mad_machine wrote:
kazoospec wrote:
SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote:
By Portland Public Schools? Or maybe just one school within the district.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/15/Portland-Oregon-schools-spent-526-901-to-learn-that-pb-j-sandwiches-are-racist
Seriously? What the hell is the problem with people?
Apparently they had a half mil of the taxpayer's money and couldn't think of a way to spend it. Believe it or not, government agencies, schools included, often think the worst thing they can possibly do is not spend every dollar that's allotted to them because then the next year they may not get as much coin. Or they really think PB&J is a sign of racism. Either is equally ridiculous in my book.
Actually, governments and corporations work the same way. If you do not spend -all- the money in your yearly budget, they will assume you did not need that much and will deduct that amount from the forthcoming budget.
It is one of those perverse times where being frugal hurts you.
how does it "hurt" you if you don't have a use for the money in the first place?
I had fried chicken for dinner.
Am I racist or am I practicing diversity? I'm all confused.
There were mashed potatoes and beer with it if that helps.
Please, help me make racially sensitive food choices!!!
novaderrik wrote:
how does it "hurt" you if you don't have a use for the money in the first place?
Because you may have one year where everything goes abnormally smoothly and your operating expenses just happen to be lower for that one year (or quarter, or whatever). The accountants will assume this is a permanent thing and lower your budget to that from that point forward.
"We see you got through a year without needing to repair the copier, paint the walls, replace any broken furniture, hire a new employee, or do any major staff training. Clearly that means you will never need to do those things and do not need us to prepare for those in your budget."
I didn't read the article so I have nothing to add... but in addition to PB&J, I like peanut butter and butter and butter and jelly sandwich...I'm just weird like that...
Beer Baron wrote:
novaderrik wrote:
how does it "hurt" you if you don't have a use for the money in the first place?
Because you may have one year where everything goes abnormally smoothly and your operating expenses just happen to be lower for that one year (or quarter, or whatever). The accountants will assume this is a permanent thing and lower your budget to that from that point forward.
"We see you got through a year without needing to repair the copier, paint the walls, replace any broken furniture, hire a new employee, or do any major staff training. Clearly that means you will never need to do those things and do not need us to prepare for those in your budget."
well, if something comes up then they can ask for more money. the "use it or lose it" mentality is running this country into the ground..
fritzsch wrote:
mmmm doner kebab.
... that was one of the best parts about Europe lol... but you honestly have never lived until you've had "kebab on chips" we had it in north Ireland... they put some amazing sauce on it... I think we had it 4 or 5 times in the week we where in the country...
How about PB B and J?
Peanut Butter Banana and Jelly.
Am I still espousing racist ideology via my go-to sandwich choice?
novaderrik wrote:
Beer Baron wrote:
novaderrik wrote:
how does it "hurt" you if you don't have a use for the money in the first place?
Because you may have one year where everything goes abnormally smoothly and your operating expenses just happen to be lower for that one year (or quarter, or whatever). The accountants will assume this is a permanent thing and lower your budget to that from that point forward.
"We see you got through a year without needing to repair the copier, paint the walls, replace any broken furniture, hire a new employee, or do any major staff training. Clearly that means you will never need to do those things and do not need us to prepare for those in your budget."
well, if something comes up then they can ask for more money. the "use it or lose it" mentality is running this country into the ground..
again, you have never dealt with the corporate mindset when it comes to money. It is coimpletely opposite of what you might thing.
I will take the one casino I work for as an example.
Some upper management type decided that -all- the departments should make money. Mind you, only a few departments actually deal with money and the customers. The warehouse, Engineering, and Entertainment, for example, don't. What this means is that if entertainment needs something from the warehouse.. paper, waterbottles, tape.. anything. The warehouse is supposed to mark up the price on their invoices to make a profit that comes out of Entertainment's budget.
This would all make sense in the real world if each department was a seperate company.. but when you realize that they all work for the same company and the money all comes from the same pool... heads start to explode
All those words... my head.
Who are these shiny happy people who can't tell the difference between racism and nationalism?
I find myself eating more PB & Nutella lately. It doesn't slide around and drip as much as Jelly.
You know, at first I thought this was really stupid, but then I realized every time I'm exposed to the concept of siesta, I feel culturally inferior, so who knows, maybe they're on to something. 
wbjones
PowerDork
9/11/13 7:28 a.m.
Beer Baron wrote:
Spoolpigeon wrote:
This whole time I've been blaming 'the man'. Turns out its damn PB and J sammiches keeping me down.
It's that WHITE bread holding in the BROWN peanut butter and RED jelly. Suppressing it.
but I eat my PB&J on brown bread ....
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
All those words... my head.
Who are these shiny happy people who can't tell the difference between racism and nationalism?
The same who don't know the difference between racism and bigotry?
Will wrote:
Idiot school administrator wrote:
...that by using sandwiches as an illustration, the teacher was engaged in a very subtle form of racism.
“What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not eat sandwiches?” asked Gutierrez.
My first reaction to Gutierrez's question was, "I'm pretty sure they eat sandwiches too, sometimes."
The math book my class used in 8th grade were written by a Hawai'ian. So the characters in the word problems were always named Kimo and Mauki, and they had rice balls instead of sandwiches. I don't believe we had any Polynesians in the classroom, but nobody seemed particularly upset by this.
beans
HalfDork
9/11/13 8:09 a.m.
Ham and cheese is clearly superior.
The Pussification of America continues.
That is all. Carry on.
If PB & J is racist, what is PB & Fluff? I mean, Fluff is white. What about a PB & J & Fluff triple stacker sandwich? Is that socially acceptable to eat, or is it insinuating that I enjoy committing hate crimes?
Dumb people are DUMB. 
OK what does that make a curried egg sandwich.
kazoospec wrote:
Believe it or not, government agencies, schools included, often think the worst thing they can possibly do is not spend every dollar that's allotted to them because then the next year they may not get as much coin.
Close but not exactly right. If you don't spend all your money constructively you get criticized for "sitting on it" which, yes, could lead to not getting as much next year. The best way to prevent this is to not ask for too much in the first place...which is another game of "ask for a pony to get a dog" because if you ask for the dog you need you'll get a hamster you can't work with.
Constructively being the key word here...I don't think this will help.
4cylndrfury wrote:
Best Commentor Evar said:
The "white codes of behavior" have made the US an extremely successful nation which is distinctly different from the very cultures and circumstances that immigrants fled from. The schools should be promoting the American way.
That has to be the most racist comment ever, how can they (non specific they) buy your vote if you work and control your own fate.
wbjones wrote:
Beer Baron wrote:
Spoolpigeon wrote:
This whole time I've been blaming 'the man'. Turns out its damn PB and J sammiches keeping me down.
It's that WHITE bread holding in the BROWN peanut butter and RED jelly. Suppressing it.
The peanut butter and jelly do the real work. The bread is just loafing. RIMSHOT
z31maniac wrote:
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
All those words... my head.
Who are these shiny happy people who can't tell the difference between racism and nationalism?
The same who don't know the difference between racism and bigotry?
I am tempted to change my name to "Sandwich Bigot"
