Let me make this perfectly clear to vegans: Cats NEED meat protein to live. Give your cat a diet of dog food (which is a majority of plant-based protein) for a week and see how fast their health/weight will decline. This isn't an ideological issue, it's a nature issue. Any vegan who forces their cat onto a vegan diet is actively neglecting them. PERIOD!
Yep, they're obligate carnivores. Tho my cat is a little bit greedy and will eat the dog food if given half a chance because she does not like her very strict diet that she's medically required to eat. She likes the food just fine, it's the strict amounts and meal times.
@@donaldbarnard7349 they're also incapable of producing some of their own arginine and have an extremely limited ability to produce their own taurine, both essential amino acids (the building blocks of proteins) and absolutely have to get it from their food. Plants don't have taurine at all, so even if they could digest a vegan diet, which they can't, they'd still not be able to survive on a vegan diet.
Furthermore, as anyone who's ever owned a cat or a dog will tell you, they'll go for the meat-based stuff every time. Dogs are descended from wolves and cats are descended from wildcats. Both animals were originally carnivores. Domestication hasn't curbed their craving for meat.
On the trespassing neighbor, Step 1 put up a no trespassing sign so it is posted. Step 2 put up cameras, and call the police to report it to build a paper trail. Step 3 if they try to use noise to fight with you, report the noise following your local noise ordinances. Good job handling the police once asshat called them.
Second story, HR telling another employee (outside of HR) what a doctor's note said is a no-no. That's a lawsuit waiting to happen, and it has nothing to do with HIPAA either.
Debatable on the contents there were shared and the work structure relationship. The employee's boss being told a ADA issue such as equipment changes, or excused time at the most basic level details would generally be ok as the employee would need to go over that with their boss anyway and may have requested HR to inform the boss in their absence. Telling the random Janitor that handles a completely unrelated area anything would be a major lawsuit if proven.
@@truekurayami Think about the wording. "They did not give me details, but told me documentation from her doctor did not justify all of these absences." That's making a reference to what her medical documentation said. If they had simply said that her accommodations didn't justify/allow all of the absences, that would be just fine. OP doesn't need to know the who or why on the accommodations being made, on what the accommodations are (and possibly the reason the accommodations to make sure that they are fitting the person's needs). Why is she getting these accommodations? That's privileged information. Who (medically) authorized these accommodations? That's privileged information. What is the point of a particular accommodation? Well that's a reasonable question because the supervisor may need to be involved to make sure it's working to the person's benefit. Depending on what it is, it might be information that they can be told. But being told that a doctor's note (documentation) says or doesn't say is a no-no.
@@Wolfie713OP was her boss, "They did not give me details, but told me documentation from her doctor did not justify all of these absences." covers only excused time as in her absences, and only details given was that she didn't have a documented medical exception for at least part of the time she skipped work. The details of the post are so minuscule that most courts would side with the company/op if a lawsuit was brought up. Also on the point on "on what the accommodations are" OP was her boss so accommodations, such as time off, that affect schedual, duty assignment, and so on is something OP needs to know to do their job as Karren's boss. Might not need full details but at least some are relavent to OP's job and affect it as well even to the mere fact of getting a temp to cover Karren's work while she was away on short term, for filling the roll out right if she is away long term.
@@truekurayami You saying "only details given was that she didn't have a documented medical exception" is exactly the point that I was making. It doesn't matter what the medical notes exempt or not, it's confidential. All OP needs to know is if it's an accommodation that is authorized or not. Even if it's common knowledge why her accommodations are being made for her, it doesn't matter. HR can't disclose what is or isn't in the medical notes from her doctor. There is a separation there even if you can't see it. Think about it like this. A new desk has to be provided as an accommodation because the coworker has recently been confined to a wheelchair. Telling OP the accommodation and why (wheelchair) is fine because OP can then arrange for the accommodation. But what OP described is akin to saying the doctor's note doesn't allow for taking their spinal injury meds outside of their lunch break. That's providing information that is confidential. To say that the accommodations doesn't allow for prescription meds outside of their lunch break wouldn't be confidential information.
Story 2: Karen getting OP's number, from somewhere/someone in the company and calling OP was a HUGE legal issue for OP's former employer. That kind of thing can lead to criminal data security charges for the company and everyone involved. OP could have contacted HR and gotten Karen arrested for that. Not to mention HR f'ed up telling someone outside of HR about and employees doctor's note, even if it was a superior, is an unlawful disclosure of protected health information. Not even the CEO of the company is supposed to have access to the private medical information of an employee. So this company's data protection is extremely lax and I'm surprised they haven't been shut down by multiple regulatory agency's ⭐⭐🌟🌟✨✨
Story 2. I'd say OP had a good case for constructive dismissal. They allowed Karen to abuse OP. Even supported it. They forced a bogus writeup. Then, after OP resigned,they acted against Karen as they should have done before. I'd say that looked really suspicious and I'm sure there would be lawyers salivating over that case
Story 1: I don’t know where this is from, but in the US, if you know your neighbor has a gun and they practice shooting outside safely, you don’t ever mess with them. Ever.
I would in this case but not for an obvious reason like not wanting them to shoot. My reason is simple, the way they described their setup sounds unsafe in 2 ways, and firearms safety should be his first concern. First, the only thing separating them from the neighbours is apparently a wooden fence, which unless it's also a half mile away isn't good enough. A deflection, ricochet or just misfire puts a round through that fence and they don't know whats on the other side of it. Sure these are unlikely but I dislike this still because mistakes happen and if your firing off enough rounds to be a competent shooter, your firing enough to ensure the law of averages will strike. My main peeve though is the one which is actually likely to kill someone. There is no backstop behind their target, they said the garden leads towards a river, so I assume they fire in that direction. That's likely a public waterway which they have no control over, people can easily enter the line of fire without OP been aware (swimmers for example or a fast boat). Then there is the opposite bank and the land beyond, bullets don't care that its undeveloped land (and neither do kids). He needs a solid backstop, an earthen barrier is ideal, 10-20ft tall and a good 5ft thick ideally (depending what he is firing). He could also build a shooting "bunker" with thick walls/back to protect from those ricochet's I mentioned earlier. Honestly it's not hard or overly expensive to make one if you have a half mile of land and a day's spare like OP seems to have. Breezeblock walls, sandbag linings, an inch thick sheet steel roof (you can use other materials but I needs to stop the rounds safely) and your golden.
@@cgi2002 If he uses commonwealth spellings, and needs a firearms license, then OP might live in a country where rivers and even some nature trails are considered public. Very risky, very very risky.
The GF in the cat story is um a nice way to say "touched in the head". She is the type of vegan that makes me hate veganism, on top of all the other issues with it.
First story.... This doesn't seem to be the US. I enjoy shooting too, but in a neighborhood is a no-no. And, a good solid backstop is required, in the rural areas. Shooting over a river or lake is a huge no-no. I can understand the neighbor calling the cops. But lying to the cops is a crime in itself. There are rules and laws to be followed on both sides. On days I can't get to the range, I limit my shooting to airguns inside my home - yes, I live alone! And use a proper pellet trap. Suppressors ("silencer" is incorrect) require a Class III license here, same as for automatic firearms. Silly, but that's the law.
Second story: If I was the CEO of that company I would fire Karen and the whole useless HR team because they are stupid as heck to act defensive against a baseless lawsuit.
I am making assumptions that there were establish and written HR rules and regs pertaining to attendance, punctuality, use of paid/unpaid time off for illness or injury, when physician documentation is required and in what format, performance of assigned duties and ramifications if employee fails to perform such duties, etc. Upon said assumption, Every single infraction of such rules/regs, Karen should have been counseled, either by OP (if such counseling was within OP's job description, and if not in her JD, then by HR), it is called progressive counseling, with every step/level of said counseling documented, documented, DOCUMENTED! Now, if Karen eventually was out of the office under the aegis of the federal mandated FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act) leave, that requires specific forms and specifically spells out how it is administered (with medical documentation and a physician statement that such leave is necessary for the patient, the employee in this case, and for how long ...... FMLA covers the employee for 12 weeks within a 12 month period). Again with proper documentation, HR would have been covered if Karen had been fired and then tried to sue. OP should have gone over HR's heads and gone to upper management about HR's refusal to do its job properly.
I often read about companies who allow some sub-unit like accounting or HR run their company. That's even more a sign of completely useless upper management than of useless accountants and HR. Such companies deserve to go out of business.
My dad owns about 1 acre outside of the city limits in an unicorporated part of California so target shooting on private property is actually allowed if its safe to do so. The rules he explained to me were no homes in the area we were shooting, no people, nor animals. We also were not to shoot over a roadway etc. He also had a personal rule of only shooting during daylight hours after 9am and before 9pm. We also liked to use this old motorhome he has as our backstop. Had a neighbor try to call the cops on him for target shooting one day. Cops came out looked the set up over and said just be safe and told the neighbor off as well for wasting the limited resources the county had on stupid shit.
Story 4 just so everyone is aware felines of any type are obligate carnivores they physically cannot survive without it and it is extremely cruel to try
Some sort of meat diet is preferred but it is simply not true that they will die or suffer necessarily without it. Though I doubt most extreme vegans can keep themselves much less a cat or dog healthy without it. It can be done but nobody said it was easy.
@@consaka1 They will go blind and then eventually DIE from lack of taurine, which can ONLY be obtained from meat. I don't know about YOU, but I call that suffering...
@@consaka1 Most of the nutrients cats get are from the meat they eat which is hard to replicate in plants. Without sufficient amount of those nutrients, they can suffer from several health problems
I've been married 39 years and if my hubs said I had to get rid of my cats (and/or pet rabbits for that matter!) I'd say well, it's been nice knowing you! Nope, ain't gonna happen!!!
The one about shooting. He could sue for defamation because of the lies to his boss. Loss of reputation and potential loss of income is grounds along with demonstrated malice. Take his house or at least get some payback.
Many vegans are city folk that have been completely sheltered from the way of the world. They cannot stomach what it means to survive (to consume others) because they don't actually spend all that much time in nature or around animals. It's a sensitivity that I find to be naive at best and completely childish at worst. I love animals, have always protected bugs from being unnecessarily squished, but I also grew up on farmland. Loving animals and nature is realising it's all as beautiful as it is brutal.
Good on you for knowing more than one culture and language, Ripe! I have found, even experiencing other cultures, to very mind broadening! On Mittens- the GF had lost her BF the moment she asked him to get rid of Mittens. The very fact she demanded he choose, means she has already lost! Definitely dodged a bullet there mate!
The first time the police visited my backyard range we were finishing up 5,000 rounds of sustained beltfed fire. We had about 40 NFA items spread out on tables, a Gatling on an artillery carriage and tripod mounted beltfeds. They observed that we were being safe and told us to have fun. OP should booby trap the gate the neighbor uses. A convenient wood chipper for him to fall into. OP should file additional charges for liable, harassment, trespassing etc.
There are fanatics in every group. Whether it’s religion, sports, or a fan of the Beatles, some people take it to the extreme. OP’s vegan GF wanting to break up with him over his cat’s diet is absurd.
9:13)She had to be on salary. A hourly employee could not miss that many hours. Maybe they should have put her in a "rubber room". The New York City school system had one for bad teachers that could not be fired. They DID NOTHING all day.
I hear that they do that in Japan. An employee is punished by a reassignment to a banishment room where they do nothing meaningful all day, every day. A very boring job. The only way out is a voluntary resignation and the loss of many benefits like unemployment.
If Disney had blue eyes our cats would be identical. Is Disni as much of a lovable trouble maker as my Catnip Everdine (Catnip for short)? She has water bombed my weiner dog, Maya, with her water dish, conspired with Maya to ambush both me and my other cat, and other impish pranks
🐱⭐⭐⭐Never Mind The Dog, Beware of Cat⭐⭐⭐🐱 That neighbor obviously wasn't dealing with a full deck lol. I mean come on!! Who in their right mind goes trespassing onto someone's property, makes demands, while they are holding a gun???!!! Forget the meme of bringing a knife to a gun fight. How's about bringing some brains, then again, that guys lucky his wasn't decorating the ground 😂
Neighbor would have been on the receiving end of a civil suit for the trespass, assault and messing with the employer. OP and Mandy had an encounter with the Virtue Signaler. The "hero" nobody wants or deserves. The vegan cat is a decision not made by the cat. Sorry but make the ultimatum of it's me or the cat and the response from me is how soon can you be packed and out? ( Mittens is an absolute floofy baby btw).
Shooting Range Story: If I were in OP's shoes, the very first time Neighbour barged into my back yard and told me to stop shooting, I'd have told him to Fuck Off and never again step foot on my Property without my Permission or I WILL have him Arrested for Trespassing and Harassment. I'd then put a lock and No Trespassing sign on my gate and arrange to have Security Cameras installed on my home watching all entrances to my Property... The next time he tried to get me in trouble, I'd call a Lawyer and Sue him for Harassment, Slander, Libel and Defamation of Character in addition to getting a Restraining Order (No Contact & Stay Off My Property)...
Story 4: I know it's not representative of most Vegans, but zealots like OP's GF are just the loudest. I think OP rather then just cutting the relationship off right there should have given her an ultimatum, "You except Mittens living with us or this relationship is over, give me your final answer right now." Make her have to decide whether she's going to change, or if she's willing to throw that relationship into the trash. OP has been more then a good boyfriend, he chose to go Vegan for her, but she went too far demanding he change Mitten's diet, then later demanding he get rid of Mittens, and looking at the pic and story details, I'd say Mittens is worth more then a relationship with her. Mittens is super cute and fluffy and sounds like a sweety and a cuddler, it is not easy to find a cat combo like that as many can be unfriendly or just not much of a cuddler, mine only like to cuddle when they want to, kind of unfortunate as they still live at my parent's house and I moved out 2 years ago but can't have pets at my place, I live less then 5 minutes away, but don't visit a ton. So I basically have to pick them up and cuddle every time I come over, they don't bite but don't often like being held too long or may just walk away, yet sometimes they do walk up to me and look like they want attention. Cats can be so wierd and mixed on teir reactions, but they're decently sweet and don't ever bite, just might moan or start squirming if they want down. But I still love them so much.
So speaking the language of the native people of America as opposed to English is supposed to be racist. I guess I must be a racist also because in English I'm very efficient, however I am poorly conversant in Japanese, Korean, Tagalog ( Filipino) Chamorro, and pretend no Spanish. All right here's the real racist thing, I can say the two most important words in any language "thank you" in 26 different languages, because I am not a racist but as a sign of respect.
we have a neighbor that does drugs and was told he is not allowed at our house. My son has autism and was having one of his meltdowns when our nighbor just walked right into our house and started yelling at my son
Story 2: HR literally make their bed there and was in clear violation on a lot of rules too by providing ammo who can be use for a lawsuit. The fact they catter to Karen was to cover their asses because they make that mistake by telling her what is Doctor's note is. She only needs someone who can sign a paper and put a seal on it and that is all. Story 4: Fanatic Vegans ... because nothing saids: "I'm an effing entitled idiot" than a Fanatic Vegan.
OP uses very poor practices for his gun range. He should have at the very least a built-up berm to catch the stray bullets. I'm surprised the police didn't ticket him. And silencer is a misnomer. The gun still makes a lot of noise.
In many places, shooting a gun anywhere near a residential area *is* illegal. You often have to be at least a mile away from any residential dwellings.
5:40 I think Op or the company he works for could actually take the neighbour to court over the lie that he told. What he did was akin to saying that Op had conducted corporate espionage, and that's no small thing to be lying about. 👀 15:57 I was actually thinking about something similar this morning. This Karen is the same kind of person that would preach about 'Cultural Appropriation' during a festival put on by a different culture in order to promote 'Cultural Education'. There isn't a thought that goes on between the ears of these people sometimes, I swear. 😮💨
I'd call HR and threaten to sue if they didn't fire Karen for digging through off limits files to obtain my phone number and then proceeding to harass me after I quit.
I don't think Karen meant that OP was racist towards Native Americans. She thinks it's racist to speak something other than English around white people because clearly you have no respect for "American Culture". Sadly, it's not uncommon in America for foreign speakers to be harassed in public for not speaking English. I've got it from people just for practicing my French at a restaurant with my friend from France who comes to visit every year.
Can I just point out that the neighbour was a moron. He trespasses onto the property of someone who is armed. Now even though he is trespassing, shooting the neighbour would probably result in charges against OP because he was not in immediate danger. Yes, it's the same for normal people as well as cops. Cops are just held to a higher standard. At least in theory. But he would have every right to point the gun at him to get him to leave. If the cops weren't there when the neighbour attacked, he would probably be in the hospital or dead.
Story 2: You'd be surprised how many natives are white, black, or Latin presenting. The reservation I sometimes have to visit for work has very few "red skinned" Indians. It's normal for people to marry outside of their tribe no matter where you are in the world. And if skin color happens to be one of those things that is different for people in the tribe and out of the tribe, then you're going to start seeing a lot of different skin colors on your tribe.
story 2: the HR is a moron. they should be fired as well story 3: my goodness... i hate these kinds of people. these are the same people who will tell you that using things not "from your culture" is appropriation. "if you're not asian, don't eat with chopstick6 etc" kind of BS story 5: dump her.
YeH, THERE are CLEAR differences of the OP and his Neighbor being either non intentional AND MALICIOUSLY (ILLEGALLY) Intentional. OP with his personal Target shooting practice was being done during the Daytime, when the OP could Clearly warn anyone trying to come on his PERSONAL PRIVATE PROPERTY So they could stay a safe distance away and that way, NOT get hurt. HOWEVER THE BUTT HURT NEIGHBOR REVING UP his CHAINSAW during early EVENING HOUR.... COULD have COPS CALLED ON HIM, for his malicious petty annoyance noise inducing CHAINSAW.... There ARE ACTUAL times in evenings where Anytime AFTER sunset, NOISE POLLUTION LAWS Come into play and neighbor CAN be cited by cops being called by any person calling the police to complain about some guy trying to use a Chainsaw... AT NIGHT!! For No Practical or logical reason. THIS is WHY THE NEIGHBOR DESERVES TO BE CALLED A MAJOR D- BAG, and like I said, Deserves to have the COPS CALLED ON HIM, For keeping ALL the people who live around his house Up and unable to turn into bed. Other people work and NEED to ALSO get up early to prepare to get ready to go to work!!!
I await for the next Karen to get arrested by somebody who is "TOO YOUNG", to be a cop! Also suggest girlfriend gets a pet COW, definitely a vegetarian, which people are by choice. Animals do not have a choice as to their diet.
I wouldn't give mittens either ? There isn't anything work with vegans unless they try and force veganism on you ? We all have our own ways of staying alive it's our choice on the way we live
Story 1 - I feel a bit more communication _could_ have avoided a problem. I would have asked the neighbor to let me know if he was on a call / meeting so I could time my practices to be less annoying. There's a solid chance the problem might still have arisen, but at least no one would be able to say I hadn't tried.
♾🌟s & 😻🤗s for Ripe, JB and Disney!
Let me make this perfectly clear to vegans: Cats NEED meat protein to live. Give your cat a diet of dog food (which is a majority of plant-based protein) for a week and see how fast their health/weight will decline. This isn't an ideological issue, it's a nature issue. Any vegan who forces their cat onto a vegan diet is actively neglecting them. PERIOD!
Vegans aren't People!!!
Yep, they're obligate carnivores. Tho my cat is a little bit greedy and will eat the dog food if given half a chance because she does not like her very strict diet that she's medically required to eat. She likes the food just fine, it's the strict amounts and meal times.
Cats not only need protein from meat but also a bit of extra carbon is they are domestic as wild cats get all they need from nature
@@donaldbarnard7349 they're also incapable of producing some of their own arginine and have an extremely limited ability to produce their own taurine, both essential amino acids (the building blocks of proteins) and absolutely have to get it from their food. Plants don't have taurine at all, so even if they could digest a vegan diet, which they can't, they'd still not be able to survive on a vegan diet.
Furthermore, as anyone who's ever owned a cat or a dog will tell you, they'll go for the meat-based stuff every time. Dogs are descended from wolves and cats are descended from wildcats. Both animals were originally carnivores. Domestication hasn't curbed their craving for meat.
On the trespassing neighbor, Step 1 put up a no trespassing sign so it is posted.
Step 2 put up cameras, and call the police to report it to build a paper trail.
Step 3 if they try to use noise to fight with you, report the noise following your local noise ordinances.
Good job handling the police once asshat called them.
Step 4 put a lock on the gate
Second story, HR telling another employee (outside of HR) what a doctor's note said is a no-no. That's a lawsuit waiting to happen, and it has nothing to do with HIPAA either.
Debatable on the contents there were shared and the work structure relationship. The employee's boss being told a ADA issue such as equipment changes, or excused time at the most basic level details would generally be ok as the employee would need to go over that with their boss anyway and may have requested HR to inform the boss in their absence. Telling the random Janitor that handles a completely unrelated area anything would be a major lawsuit if proven.
@@truekurayami Think about the wording. "They did not give me details, but told me documentation from her doctor did not justify all of these absences." That's making a reference to what her medical documentation said. If they had simply said that her accommodations didn't justify/allow all of the absences, that would be just fine. OP doesn't need to know the who or why on the accommodations being made, on what the accommodations are (and possibly the reason the accommodations to make sure that they are fitting the person's needs).
Why is she getting these accommodations? That's privileged information.
Who (medically) authorized these accommodations? That's privileged information.
What is the point of a particular accommodation? Well that's a reasonable question because the supervisor may need to be involved to make sure it's working to the person's benefit. Depending on what it is, it might be information that they can be told.
But being told that a doctor's note (documentation) says or doesn't say is a no-no.
@@Wolfie713OP was her boss, "They did not give me details, but told me documentation from her doctor did not justify all of these absences." covers only excused time as in her absences, and only details given was that she didn't have a documented medical exception for at least part of the time she skipped work. The details of the post are so minuscule that most courts would side with the company/op if a lawsuit was brought up.
Also on the point on "on what the accommodations are" OP was her boss so accommodations, such as time off, that affect schedual, duty assignment, and so on is something OP needs to know to do their job as Karren's boss. Might not need full details but at least some are relavent to OP's job and affect it as well even to the mere fact of getting a temp to cover Karren's work while she was away on short term, for filling the roll out right if she is away long term.
@@truekurayami You saying "only details given was that she didn't have a documented medical exception" is exactly the point that I was making. It doesn't matter what the medical notes exempt or not, it's confidential. All OP needs to know is if it's an accommodation that is authorized or not. Even if it's common knowledge why her accommodations are being made for her, it doesn't matter. HR can't disclose what is or isn't in the medical notes from her doctor. There is a separation there even if you can't see it.
Think about it like this. A new desk has to be provided as an accommodation because the coworker has recently been confined to a wheelchair. Telling OP the accommodation and why (wheelchair) is fine because OP can then arrange for the accommodation. But what OP described is akin to saying the doctor's note doesn't allow for taking their spinal injury meds outside of their lunch break. That's providing information that is confidential. To say that the accommodations doesn't allow for prescription meds outside of their lunch break wouldn't be confidential information.
Story 2: Karen getting OP's number, from somewhere/someone in the company and calling OP was a HUGE legal issue for OP's former employer. That kind of thing can lead to criminal data security charges for the company and everyone involved. OP could have contacted HR and gotten Karen arrested for that. Not to mention HR f'ed up telling someone outside of HR about and employees doctor's note, even if it was a superior, is an unlawful disclosure of protected health information. Not even the CEO of the company is supposed to have access to the private medical information of an employee. So this company's data protection is extremely lax and I'm surprised they haven't been shut down by multiple regulatory agency's ⭐⭐🌟🌟✨✨
Time to start a lawsuit for slander, trespassing, and harrasment
Or just add a “trespassers will be shot” sign, then follow up.
I don't understand how people don't know that cats are obligate carnivores. Everybody knows cats are picky and dogs aren't.
Story 2. I'd say OP had a good case for constructive dismissal. They allowed Karen to abuse OP. Even supported it. They forced a bogus writeup. Then, after OP resigned,they acted against Karen as they should have done before. I'd say that looked really suspicious and I'm sure there would be lawyers salivating over that case
Should have pressured HR by threatening to sue them too...
Story 1: I don’t know where this is from, but in the US, if you know your neighbor has a gun and they practice shooting outside safely, you don’t ever mess with them. Ever.
Yeah, that's genuinely some advanced stupidity.
I would in this case but not for an obvious reason like not wanting them to shoot.
My reason is simple, the way they described their setup sounds unsafe in 2 ways, and firearms safety should be his first concern.
First, the only thing separating them from the neighbours is apparently a wooden fence, which unless it's also a half mile away isn't good enough. A deflection, ricochet or just misfire puts a round through that fence and they don't know whats on the other side of it. Sure these are unlikely but I dislike this still because mistakes happen and if your firing off enough rounds to be a competent shooter, your firing enough to ensure the law of averages will strike.
My main peeve though is the one which is actually likely to kill someone. There is no backstop behind their target, they said the garden leads towards a river, so I assume they fire in that direction. That's likely a public waterway which they have no control over, people can easily enter the line of fire without OP been aware (swimmers for example or a fast boat). Then there is the opposite bank and the land beyond, bullets don't care that its undeveloped land (and neither do kids). He needs a solid backstop, an earthen barrier is ideal, 10-20ft tall and a good 5ft thick ideally (depending what he is firing). He could also build a shooting "bunker" with thick walls/back to protect from those ricochet's I mentioned earlier. Honestly it's not hard or overly expensive to make one if you have a half mile of land and a day's spare like OP seems to have. Breezeblock walls, sandbag linings, an inch thick sheet steel roof (you can use other materials but I needs to stop the rounds safely) and your golden.
That's not correct. I join them.
@@cgi2002 If he uses commonwealth spellings, and needs a firearms license, then OP might live in a country where rivers and even some nature trails are considered public.
Very risky, very very risky.
US aside it just doesn't really seem wise
The GF in the cat story is um a nice way to say "touched in the head". She is the type of vegan that makes me hate veganism, on top of all the other issues with it.
Ripe you are very fortunate to share two languages and cultures. Most people here only speak one language.
I actually speak 4 in total but nowadays only Thai and English is needed 🥲
@@RipeStories don't forget your other languages. You are very blessed. I think you also speak cat too.
She just nuts and wants to control your life so I'm glad you are going to get rid of crazy you don't need
Thanks for the heart my friend
Man, the extremes & pettiness that a crazy-ass neighbor will go to is just unbelievable. Crazy but, at times, hilarious or scary.
OMG! The wheelchair story! I get where the names the OP gave them comes from-'LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE"!
First story.... This doesn't seem to be the US. I enjoy shooting too, but in a neighborhood is a no-no. And, a good solid backstop is required, in the rural areas. Shooting over a river or lake is a huge no-no. I can understand the neighbor calling the cops. But lying to the cops is a crime in itself. There are rules and laws to be followed on both sides.
On days I can't get to the range, I limit my shooting to airguns inside my home - yes, I live alone! And use a proper pellet trap.
Suppressors ("silencer" is incorrect) require a Class III license here, same as for automatic firearms. Silly, but that's the law.
the only thing ill say is the cops did not seem to have any issues when they saw his setup, so he must be within local guidelines and laws.
Second story: If I was the CEO of that company I would fire Karen and the whole useless HR team because they are stupid as heck to act defensive against a baseless lawsuit.
I am making assumptions that there were establish and written HR rules and regs pertaining to attendance, punctuality, use of paid/unpaid time off for illness or injury, when physician documentation is required and in what format, performance of assigned duties and ramifications if employee fails to perform such duties, etc. Upon said assumption, Every single infraction of such rules/regs, Karen should have been counseled, either by OP (if such counseling was within OP's job description, and if not in her JD, then by HR), it is called progressive counseling, with every step/level of said counseling documented, documented, DOCUMENTED! Now, if Karen eventually was out of the office under the aegis of the federal mandated FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act) leave, that requires specific forms and specifically spells out how it is administered (with medical documentation and a physician statement that such leave is necessary for the patient, the employee in this case, and for how long ...... FMLA covers the employee for 12 weeks within a 12 month period).
Again with proper documentation, HR would have been covered if Karen had been fired and then tried to sue. OP should have gone over HR's heads and gone to upper management about HR's refusal to do its job properly.
I often read about companies who allow some sub-unit like accounting or HR run their company. That's even more a sign of completely useless upper management than of useless accountants and HR. Such companies deserve to go out of business.
Story 1. Camera are also useful if he comes back breaking the restraining order, it won't be his word against yours.
My dad owns about 1 acre outside of the city limits in an unicorporated part of California so target shooting on private property is actually allowed if its safe to do so. The rules he explained to me were no homes in the area we were shooting, no people, nor animals. We also were not to shoot over a roadway etc. He also had a personal rule of only shooting during daylight hours after 9am and before 9pm. We also liked to use this old motorhome he has as our backstop. Had a neighbor try to call the cops on him for target shooting one day. Cops came out looked the set up over and said just be safe and told the neighbor off as well for wasting the limited resources the county had on stupid shit.
Mittens man... you dodged a Tsar Bomba. Now reward yourself (and mittens) with a nice thick steak...
What kind of heartless person does it take to hate Mittens? Such a handsome kitty.
Story 4 just so everyone is aware felines of any type are obligate carnivores they physically cannot survive without it and it is extremely cruel to try
Some sort of meat diet is preferred but it is simply not true that they will die or suffer necessarily without it. Though I doubt most extreme vegans can keep themselves much less a cat or dog healthy without it. It can be done but nobody said it was easy.
@@consaka1 They will go blind and then eventually DIE from lack of taurine, which can ONLY be obtained from meat. I don't know about YOU, but I call that suffering...
I remember a story similar to her, it’s called “the nature of predators” and she is acting precisely like the herbivores in it.
@@anondabomb It's still ongoing, over a hundred chapters now.
@@consaka1 Most of the nutrients cats get are from the meat they eat which is hard to replicate in plants. Without sufficient amount of those nutrients, they can suffer from several health problems
It is quite dangerous to confront someone who is legally engaged in legal firearms training, especially if you are breaking the law to do so.
That NFH was trying for the Darwin Award.
Being one who has lived with cats in the past, one does not own a cat, the cat owns the person
First story, why didn't OP just buy a lock for his garden gate?
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I've been married 39 years and if my hubs said I had to get rid of my cats (and/or pet rabbits for that matter!) I'd say well, it's been nice knowing you! Nope, ain't gonna happen!!!
The one about shooting. He could sue for defamation because of the lies to his boss. Loss of reputation and potential loss of income is grounds along with demonstrated malice. Take his house or at least get some payback.
Many vegans are city folk that have been completely sheltered from the way of the world. They cannot stomach what it means to survive (to consume others) because they don't actually spend all that much time in nature or around animals.
It's a sensitivity that I find to be naive at best and completely childish at worst. I love animals, have always protected bugs from being unnecessarily squished, but I also grew up on farmland.
Loving animals and nature is realising it's all as beautiful as it is brutal.
Good on you for knowing more than one culture and language, Ripe! I have found, even experiencing other cultures, to very mind broadening! On Mittens- the GF had lost her BF the moment she asked him to get rid of Mittens. The very fact she demanded he choose, means she has already lost! Definitely dodged a bullet there mate!
Hi Ripe! Thank you for being a bright spot in my day.😊
You’re welcome Carol ⭐️😻⭐️
Nta. Knowing and speaking another language isnt racist. Ppl are so dumb.
Hey Ripe, I spent some time in Thailand, and loved the language and culture. Sad that I can't eat that hot anymore.
Unless it’s a medical reason you can get used to anything again ⭐️🙏🏻⭐️
The first time the police visited my backyard range we were finishing up 5,000 rounds of sustained beltfed fire. We had about 40 NFA items spread out on tables, a Gatling on an artillery carriage and tripod mounted beltfeds. They observed that we were being safe and told us to have fun. OP should booby trap the gate the neighbor uses. A convenient wood chipper for him to fall into. OP should file additional charges for liable, harassment, trespassing etc.
There are fanatics in every group. Whether it’s religion, sports, or a fan of the Beatles, some people take it to the extreme. OP’s vegan GF wanting to break up with him over his cat’s diet is absurd.
The neighbour would become a strange smell in my garden
FYI: "Sr." is an abbreviation for "senior".
And Ripe your little white kitten is a cutey too . And your English is really getting good
9:13)She had to be on salary. A hourly employee could not miss that many hours. Maybe they should have put her in a "rubber room". The New York City school system had one for bad teachers that could not be fired. They DID NOTHING all day.
I hear that they do that in Japan. An employee is punished by a reassignment to a banishment room where they do nothing meaningful all day, every day. A very boring job. The only way out is a voluntary resignation and the loss of many benefits like unemployment.
If Disney had blue eyes our cats would be identical. Is Disni as much of a lovable trouble maker as my Catnip Everdine (Catnip for short)? She has water bombed my weiner dog, Maya, with her water dish, conspired with Maya to ambush both me and my other cat, and other impish pranks
Disney is more chill but she tends to dislike almost everyone she meets 🤣
Good afternoon Ripe. Perfect vid for my lunch
Tyvm 4 all the stories ❤❤❤
16:15 Crochet is pronounced - crow SHAY. (It's French)
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A vegan diet for a cat is crule!
Thanks Ripe. Was this neighbor named Mr Karen? Lol. See you tomorrow
Potentially 😂😂
Nta. Sue the neighbor for trespassing and harassment. Also for calling and giving false accusations that could have cost your job
Ah yes. The daily Disney tax 😊🥰😻
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That neighbor obviously wasn't dealing with a full deck lol. I mean come on!! Who in their right mind goes trespassing onto someone's property, makes demands, while they are holding a gun???!!! Forget the meme of bringing a knife to a gun fight. How's about bringing some brains, then again, that guys lucky his wasn't decorating the ground 😂
Neighbor would have been on the receiving end of a civil suit for the trespass, assault and messing with the employer.
OP and Mandy had an encounter with the Virtue Signaler. The "hero" nobody wants or deserves.
The vegan cat is a decision not made by the cat. Sorry but make the ultimatum of it's me or the cat and the response from me is how soon can you be packed and out? ( Mittens is an absolute floofy baby btw).
Nta. Karen clearly was milking the system
Mittens has glorious whiskers, NTA.
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Big thumbs up for the channel...
final story - she would love watching my snake eat a screaming mouse, not to mention my tarantulas
Story 3: Does this mean I'm a racist by this Karen standard? I'm a Vietnamese that are decent with English.
Shooting Range Story: If I were in OP's shoes, the very first time Neighbour barged into my back yard and told me to stop shooting, I'd have told him to Fuck Off and never again step foot on my Property without my Permission or I WILL have him Arrested for Trespassing and Harassment. I'd then put a lock and No Trespassing sign on my gate and arrange to have Security Cameras installed on my home watching all entrances to my Property...
The next time he tried to get me in trouble, I'd call a Lawyer and Sue him for Harassment, Slander, Libel and Defamation of Character in addition to getting a Restraining Order (No Contact & Stay Off My Property)...
7:00 I would sue the prick at this point.
By Karen's standards I must be both racist and ableist because my electives in college were Spanish, Japanese, and American Sign Language
Story 4: I know it's not representative of most Vegans, but zealots like OP's GF are just the loudest. I think OP rather then just cutting the relationship off right there should have given her an ultimatum, "You except Mittens living with us or this relationship is over, give me your final answer right now." Make her have to decide whether she's going to change, or if she's willing to throw that relationship into the trash. OP has been more then a good boyfriend, he chose to go Vegan for her, but she went too far demanding he change Mitten's diet, then later demanding he get rid of Mittens, and looking at the pic and story details, I'd say Mittens is worth more then a relationship with her. Mittens is super cute and fluffy and sounds like a sweety and a cuddler, it is not easy to find a cat combo like that as many can be unfriendly or just not much of a cuddler, mine only like to cuddle when they want to, kind of unfortunate as they still live at my parent's house and I moved out 2 years ago but can't have pets at my place, I live less then 5 minutes away, but don't visit a ton. So I basically have to pick them up and cuddle every time I come over, they don't bite but don't often like being held too long or may just walk away, yet sometimes they do walk up to me and look like they want attention. Cats can be so wierd and mixed on teir reactions, but they're decently sweet and don't ever bite, just might moan or start squirming if they want down. But I still love them so much.
Story 2: "Write me up and I will be the one suing you".
Gotta love ripe feeding his cat chicken at the end of the vegan story :D
Injuries have nothing to do with age.
With the first guy I'd have just brought a few extra boxes of ammo and simply unscrewed the suppressor.
🇺🇦🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🇺🇦 Hi Ripe,
The word "crochet" is pronounced "krow-shay" as it is derived from French. Hugs and pets to Disney!
I'll never understand how so many people assault others RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE FUCKIN POLICE?
Has most of the commenter said the vegan makes absolutely no sense. A cat will be a cat and that's that ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐❤️
So speaking the language of the native people of America as opposed to English is supposed to be racist. I guess I must be a racist also because in English I'm very efficient, however I am poorly conversant in Japanese, Korean, Tagalog ( Filipino) Chamorro, and pretend no Spanish. All right here's the real racist thing, I can say the two most important words in any language "thank you" in 26 different languages, because I am not a racist but as a sign of respect.
Vegetarian is an old Indian word for Bad Hunter...😂
Yes this man is trespassing and harassing
Nta. The store karen can bring her own chair. Ops wheelchair is in no way any concern of Karen's.
we have a neighbor that does drugs and was told he is not allowed at our house. My son has autism and was having one of his meltdowns when our nighbor just walked right into our house and started yelling at my son
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Had no idea that I wasn't subscribed this whole time of following/supporting your channel......Go figure??! 🤷😂🤦
How dare you?! I might have to call the manager of all managers!
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I’ve always said if u can’t accept my kids r animals than u get out of my life.
Story 4: "Harriet," as in the obnoxious neighbor kid in "Small Wonder?"
I was expecting karen to attack op for her wheelchair. I guess she was just a sharon.
Sneaking in on a firing range,
is SO wrong, on so many fronts!
Good way to check out your life
insurance.
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"She is an outspoken vegan" is there any other type?
'Crochet' is pronounced 'Cro-Shay'
By that same logic, is she advocating that all carnivorous life be made extinct?
What about all the bugs and worms and small rodents and things that get mulched up when you plow a field to grow plants?
Asks how many animals die for that food while simultaneously advocating for the extinction of house cats
16:19 Small note for you: the “T” in crochet is silent. Its pronounced “kroh-shey”
I wonder how that vegan would react if she found out that her food was being protected by a cat at the farm?
Cats are known for hunting mice that can get into grain. That was one of the first things they did for farmers millennia ago.
Story 2: HR literally make their bed there and was in clear violation on a lot of rules too by providing ammo who can be use for a lawsuit. The fact they catter to Karen was to cover their asses because they make that mistake by telling her what is Doctor's note is. She only needs someone who can sign a paper and put a seal on it and that is all.
Story 4: Fanatic Vegans ... because nothing saids: "I'm an effing entitled idiot" than a Fanatic Vegan.
OP uses very poor practices for his gun range. He should have at the very least a built-up berm to catch the stray bullets. I'm surprised the police didn't ticket him. And silencer is a misnomer. The gun still makes a lot of noise.
In many places, shooting a gun anywhere near a residential area *is* illegal. You often have to be at least a mile away from any residential dwellings.
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I think Op or the company he works for could actually take the neighbour to court over the lie that he told. What he did was akin to saying that Op had conducted corporate espionage, and that's no small thing to be lying about. 👀
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I was actually thinking about something similar this morning. This Karen is the same kind of person that would preach about 'Cultural Appropriation' during a festival put on by a different culture in order to promote 'Cultural Education'. There isn't a thought that goes on between the ears of these people sometimes, I swear. 😮💨
Cute mittens. I have 2 orange cats as well.
Mittens is just waaaay too cute.
Well, I guess that means I am racist as well since I speak Czech but I live in Canada.
How dare you! 😂
@@RipeStories Lock me up 😝
I'd call HR and threaten to sue if they didn't fire Karen for digging through off limits files to obtain my phone number and then proceeding to harass me after I quit.
I don't think Karen meant that OP was racist towards Native Americans. She thinks it's racist to speak something other than English around white people because clearly you have no respect for "American Culture". Sadly, it's not uncommon in America for foreign speakers to be harassed in public for not speaking English. I've got it from people just for practicing my French at a restaurant with my friend from France who comes to visit every year.
Can I just point out that the neighbour was a moron. He trespasses onto the property of someone who is armed. Now even though he is trespassing, shooting the neighbour would probably result in charges against OP because he was not in immediate danger. Yes, it's the same for normal people as well as cops. Cops are just held to a higher standard. At least in theory. But he would have every right to point the gun at him to get him to leave. If the cops weren't there when the neighbour attacked, he would probably be in the hospital or dead.
Story 4 I thought the karen was gonna dump them out of their chair
Crochet is pronounced cro-shay - crotchet - with an additional T - is a musical note!
Mittens is so pretty of a cat
I have a pretty boy named Dobby
Cats are so sweet and make good companion
Story 2: You'd be surprised how many natives are white, black, or Latin presenting. The reservation I sometimes have to visit for work has very few "red skinned" Indians. It's normal for people to marry outside of their tribe no matter where you are in the world. And if skin color happens to be one of those things that is different for people in the tribe and out of the tribe, then you're going to start seeing a lot of different skin colors on your tribe.
story 2: the HR is a moron. they should be fired as well
story 3: my goodness... i hate these kinds of people. these are the same people who will tell you that using things not "from your culture" is appropriation. "if you're not asian, don't eat with chopstick6 etc" kind of BS
story 5: dump her.
YeH, THERE are CLEAR differences of the OP and his Neighbor being either non intentional AND MALICIOUSLY (ILLEGALLY) Intentional. OP with his personal Target shooting practice was being done during the Daytime, when the OP could Clearly warn anyone trying to come on his PERSONAL PRIVATE PROPERTY So they could stay a safe distance away and that way, NOT get hurt. HOWEVER THE BUTT HURT NEIGHBOR REVING UP his CHAINSAW during early EVENING HOUR.... COULD have COPS CALLED ON HIM, for his malicious petty annoyance noise inducing CHAINSAW.... There ARE ACTUAL times in evenings where Anytime AFTER sunset, NOISE POLLUTION LAWS Come into play and neighbor CAN be cited by cops being called by any person calling the police to complain about some guy trying to use a Chainsaw... AT NIGHT!! For No Practical or logical reason. THIS is WHY THE NEIGHBOR DESERVES TO BE CALLED A MAJOR D- BAG, and like I said, Deserves to have the COPS CALLED ON HIM, For keeping ALL the people who live around his house Up and unable to turn into bed. Other people work and NEED to ALSO get up early to prepare to get ready to go to work!!!
Mittens is beautiful!!!! Great choice !!!!!❤❤
I await for the next Karen to get arrested by somebody who is "TOO YOUNG", to be a cop! Also suggest girlfriend gets a pet COW, definitely a vegetarian, which people are by choice. Animals do not have a choice as to their diet.
I wouldn't give mittens either ? There isn't anything work with vegans unless they try and force veganism on you ? We all have our own ways of staying alive it's our choice on the way we live
Story 1 - I feel a bit more communication _could_ have avoided a problem. I would have asked the neighbor to let me know if he was on a call / meeting so I could time my practices to be less annoying.
There's a solid chance the problem might still have arisen, but at least no one would be able to say I hadn't tried.
Keep the cat, lose girlfriend