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First time I've heard that. I love it. :D

In the US, it's usually a misdemeanor even for passengers (depends on state though). Considering what's at stake above and beyond a ticket, I chalk it up to garbage risk assessment skills.

Yup. Even without a passenger fatality, or driver injury for that matter, an accident like that can still screw your brain up. Anon needs all the therapy.

Just get AOC's people on it - she did an Among Us stream a few years ago.

The KenM energy is strong with this one.

Thanks, I hate it.

But seriously, I just held a credit card for a solid minute. This is sobering. Bio-accumulation is a bitch.

Yup. This goes back to the Southern strategy which was brought to the fore by the Nixon campaign (although it was in play since before then). From that era we also get this chilling warning from Barry Goldwater:

Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.

Agreed. And "would you give your mother a foot-rub" is not a good self-assessment for whether or not it's an appropriate opener, either.

Anon should know that suggesting physical contact with a total stranger is a red flag, possibly two if we consider it's about feet.

Pretty sure you just triggered every developer and/or person who had to sit through a product meeting.

NGL, I was feeling very uncomfortable myself by the end of typing said list. Is it hot in here? I need to lie down.

Common language used to dismiss bad decisions like this:

• We need to track and meet our metrics for the quarter
• Engagement for $FEATURE is down, so we have to take measures to get people to take notice
• It's opt-in/opt-out, so it's the right thing to do
• It's only a one time thing and then the system remembers^1^ what the user selected
• Only new users are affected - our power users will put up with it
• It's just a minor inconvenience, really
• It's just a website

1 - Oh, did you turn off cookies or clear your cache? Sorry about that.

I can see how someone would make this mistake. On the other hand, it's not hard to see why this is a bad idea.

Here's the situation. Approaching or propositioning anyone while they're at work is going to come off poorly since they're backed into a corner. They're a captive audience, as they must be in that space in order to get paid. In the case of retail, not only are they supposed to be nice to you, but they often can't physically avoid you lest they get in trouble for poor service. In the end, the already hard job of saying "no" is made much worse by compounding it with proper workplace behavior. And even if they would find your advances interesting in any other setting, it's the workplace that's likely to sour things.

Edit: Anon needs to do this in a setting where everyone can come and go freely, in a place where people deliberately go to be social.