Then sincerely hope that doesn’t impact any investigation by the authorities.

Maybe not. Ample time to make an independent judgement whether to downvote.

OP, if you suspect financial crimes are being committed, you should not be tipping off those involved by publicising this.

Is anyone able to screenshot the modmail receipts? I can’t actually see them, and without them OP’s story seems… rather thin.

10 minutes is a long time on the internet.

“Authentic engagement”? It’s been a matter of minutes since you accused people on Lemmy of being sockpuppets…

These accounts somehow were able to fully understand an incredibly complex story in less than 10 minutes

What is easily understandable, in far less than 10 minutes, is that a) this is incredibly hard to follow, and b) your mass-posting this everywhere does not comes across well.

If, as you allude to, you have retained legal counsel, I urge you to ask them if posting this all over the place and getting into internet bunfights is likely to impact your case… and I also urge you to follow their advice when they advise you to stop.

Oh, I absolutely believe that people in America can accept it’s “not as big a deal as you might think”.

This is a thread about things about America that make no sense. So: I don’t understand why America, seemingly uniquely, accepts this as “not a big deal”.

It’s weird. Land of the free, home of the public toilets strangers can see inside. So odd.

Thank you for your comment. I can’t speak for the entire world, but in the UK a 1 cm" gap in the door of a public toilet would be massive and unacceptable. It’s not enough that someone can only see into a stall through a gap in the door if they are “right up to it”; they should not be able to see in at all. Public toilets in other countries have doors with gaps you can’t leer through at all.

Re. the “gaps meaning ventilation”, surely the “big gap at the bottom” and the fact that the whole top is open will be contributing more to ventilation?

You say you think this might be a regional thing in the US. Okay, could be. I have personally encountered this issue in Washington, California, North Carolina, DC, Massachusetts, Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland.

From a euphemism for being suspended on full pay pending an investigation. You aren’t working, and you can’t work for a competitor, so there’s not much to do but potter about in the garden.

(The term originated when the paid white-collar workforce was still overwhelmingly comprised of men who weren’t responsible for housework or child rearing.)

I don’t get it either. Ignoring the inherent power imbalance between a single worker and an employer, good luck getting Gardening Leave in an at-will workplace.

https://www.gov.uk/handing-in-your-notice/gardening-leave

Yes, maternity leave! The US approach is bonkers.

Oh that’s true. American pints are a disappointment.

This is a thoughtful reply. I will just say that the UK also has public toilets all over the place, and a desire for people to not screw & get high in the cubicles. Ditto many other countries. But I’ve never been anywhere else with this door gap problem, where no-one gets privacy.

I did once use a UK bathroom in a supermarket where the lighting was all blue, which makes it hard to find a vein to inject. But the doors still closed properly.

“Panties”

Ick.

Yes. The correct answer is “Not too bad, you?” and after they’ve also not answered truthfully the conversation may begin.

Sir, pride in the sanctity of the Queue is reason enough alone.

Seriously though, being in places where people don’t queue properly is miserable. That’s something America should be applauded for.

You don’t have separate recycling? With recycling bins & separate food waste collection, our general waste wheelie bin takes ages to fill up…

Come visit the UK. We have fluid ounces too, but only for baking. Your drink will be served by the millilitre, unless it’s beer in a pub, or milk in a home, in which case it will be served by the pint.

Sticker price isn’t the price you pay at the till. Why? Why do you do that.

Massive gaps between the walls and doors of public lavatory cubicles. This is not some mystical, advanced technology. Get it together.

Em, no. No it isn’t. Private healthcare gets to cherry pick off all the more straightforward stuff (knee replacements, dermatology) but curiously enough is quite content for the NHS to handle all the expensive stuff (intensive care, trauma).

It took over 40 years to privatise everything on that list. Not exactly “fairly quick”.

Feel free to consider it “scaremongering bollocks” all you like, but be aware that government ministers literally wrote a book about how much they want to do it.

And be aware everyone thought that British Rail would never be privatised, either. But of course it was. After it had been run into the ground through underfunding.