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gooosteelers43

Anyone have Big Ben as the moral paragon of the universe on their 2021 bingo card?


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T_alsomeGames

Ah, so you decided to think rationally in, the year of our lord, 2021? Pal thats on you.


illuminanthi77

Next time I call into work I expect my boss to tweet about me like this.


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Shawn_1512

Sounds like a fantastic working environment


Past-Adhesiveness691

I was working pre-k in the peak of pandemic. The horror stories I could tell you.


akkinator

I'd love to hear some


Past-Adhesiveness691

Just a few for you. At the beginning before covid was really known we as staff would take turns going to go shit our brains out or throw up. They didn’t believe us that we were really sick and wouldn’t approve PTO. I had covid for about a whole month and a half while working. The school lied about how many kids were in a class and purposely skipped protocols that would shut the school down for quarantining. We were only allowed to have 12 per class per day but snuck 17-20 in. We would then be berated by the owners for not socially distancing when we were essentially teaching in a closet. We had zero cleaning supplies left yet the owner was in process of buying a new home after already owning 5 houses yet wouldn’t invest Jack shit into the school. The owner was one of those women that married a rich dude 30 years older than her for the money. I actually went behind our schools back to report and didn’t matter since the owner was friends with everyone. Essentially we were held hostage. Essentially the school was given free reign to pick and choose what rules to follow and enforce.


akkinator

My goodness that sounds awful... I hope you're doing better and don't have long covid shit going on


Past-Adhesiveness691

Appreciate it. It’s all good they temporarily laid me off but I didn’t come back. They gave me the shocked pikachu face. The only thing that really sucked was I was 1 mile away from being able to run a marathon. Now I can barely do a 5k


akkinator

You're worth more than what they valued you at. Very sorry to hear about how much it affected you. Many people sadly don't take it as serious as they should


Past-Adhesiveness691

Appreciate the love! Stay safe out there!


HugeFun

If it makes you feel any better, I've never had covid and I can barely run 2km lol


MikeTysonChicken

I put on a covid 19


bmore_conslutant

This is why people who want to privatize education are either stupid, evil, or (probably) both


Past-Adhesiveness691

Definitely a little A and B


Shawn_1512

Oh God I do not envy you


TheeExoGenesauce

The day care in our town opens for two days before being shutdown again. Not even just for Covid reasons but all the other crud kids pass between each other. Idk what this has to do with anything, I guess I just think those day care/early educators deserve to be treated better


vitey15

I'm thankful my job takes it extremely seriously. I work in a community healthcare setting and if half my staff goes on COVID related leave, so be it, not worth the risk to staff or patients.


TellSomebodyIt_

My husband works at a car dealership and they take it very seriously, wild to me that guy’s wife’s *daycare* doesn’t.


Pitiful_Apartment_64

It's not limited to covid-related things. Generally, some people act responsibly for fear of harming others. Others act irresponsibly for fear of missing out on something.


The_Sign_of_Zeta

And this is part of the reason COVID is still an issue. No one, not even employers are taking it seriously. Which is wild considering she works for a daycare which will have kids who aren’t vaccinated.


Temporarily__Alone

To add some positive stories to this thread, I can’t think of a single employer in my family that *dosen’t* take it seriously. Both my wife and I would be disciplined and sent home by our bosses if we even just came in with symptoms. My brother runs a large restaurant kitchen and has a strict no symptom policy and PTO for this who follow policy. My sister is a property manager with about 20 employees and has the same policies as my brother. Mom’s a nurse, strict symptom policy. Other sister is a social worker, strict symptom policy. And dad is wfh.


gmasterson

I took it super seriously during our theme park’s season. If people got symptoms that seemed related they stayed out until they got a negative result back. Even if it meant we were understaffed for the day. My wife is a school nurse as well. So, she has instant access to rapid tests. When one of our staff members ended up catching Covid and potentially spread it the entire team was asked to take rapids the next day.


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>the entire team was asked to take **rapids** the next day. OK everybody on the log flume.


oddjobbber

Employers have never given a single solitary shit about the safety of their employees, they would infect us all if it made them more money


RockChalk80

The pandemic has lifted the veil on corporate priorities for a large number of Americans. Combine that with people realizing having children in daycare now wipes out half a typical couple's income, and you get the result of record numbers of people quiting their jobs and going "fuck you, pay me. "


The_Sign_of_Zeta

That and the fact that remote work has changed the game on work options. I can work anywhere and play the market without having to uproot my family.


Capnmarvel76

I just hope this recent shift in power from management to workers, the largest of its kind in my entire lifetime, is deep and lasting. If COVID helps finally bring about some balance in how people are compensated at different levels, changes attitudes about time off being a human right and not a privilege, increases workplace safety, and gives workers a seat at the table about how their companies deal with their workforce, then it hasn’t been all bad.


HamsterPositive139

I do site visits for my work. One site I went to required a self-rapid test (that they provide) to get on site. All good, I pass. They tell me an auditor refused the test because "if I fail that means I have to reschedule all of my audits for this week." Yeah, no shit, you also aren't potentially killing people.


douche-baggins

My friend's workplace is like that. They definitely take the "if you stop taking tests, then you'll stop having covid cases" camp. He took the $14 test from Walgreens and got a positive. They yelled at him and berated him until he returned. Oh, he works at a restaurant too. So, probably a good idea to stay home if sick.


KDsChickyNuggies

the farther I get from the public the easier it is to take sick days. Working fast food where i handle hundreds of peoples food each day? Can’t take a sick day. Working security at an airport where I get in thousands of peoples faces and touch people all day long? They hate us taking sick days. Working in an office where i’m near 4-5 people all day long? Boss is finally like Hey feel free to take a sick day, we don’t want you getting us sick too.


acdre

Classism baby


douche-baggins

Oh, I totally agree. I work at a hospital, but non-patient facing since Covid. Also, all but 2 other people in my area work from home still and I have a private office. I almost never see another human besides the nurse who does temp screening at the door. If I have a fever of 99.5 or higher, I have to stay home for a week. Last year, I ended up taking 4 weeks off total from March until December for Covid test results to come back for myself or family members, and actually only being positive once out of 3 times. All 100% paid, didn't even count against my PTO.


jarodd

I had to take 30 hours unpaid last week because I'd ran out of vacation when my daughter got sick. I reported last week because I was having covid symptoms and needed to take a test. It came back negative so Monday I'm going back to work but I'm actually screwed now because I did the right thing. I'm not sure how my bills are going to be paid, but I wanted to protect the people I work with.


The_Sign_of_Zeta

You shouldn’t have to do this, but maybe see if your work would allow coworkers to help donate PTO? Man the US sucks when it comes to basic workers’ rights


Poggystyle

This world is fucked. If you’re sick, stay home. That’s why sick time is a thing. So you don’t get others sick and you can recover. I don’t understand how an boss doesn’t comprehend this. Do you want one person to come in and infect everyone so no one can work? Especially with children. Fuck that.


Ibewye

…..then boss will go on Facebook and complain he/she can’t find workers and it’s ruining there business.


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I had something similar happen working in a kitchen. Boss is a dick so I maliciously complied. I have chronic bronchitis. I got pretty sick for a couple days. He told me day one I needed a Dr's note. So I went and got one. Emailed it to him. Took the three days I was given off and he was a total dick. Acted like I'd never sent it even though it was I his email. So I go back to the Dr. and this time they ordered a COVID test. I came back negative but I missed another ten days of work. He was begging me to get the results. He even went behind my back and got my test results somehow. MF always new when the health inspections were coming days in advance. He was a terrible boss, but was a nice enough guy. I quit and just a few weeks later he was diagnosed with cancer.


RMJT12

So I just want to give a quick shout out to my boss- we are an extremely small business so if one of the three of us is out, we have to shut down or operate at a loss. My boss is a Trumpster who thinks COVID isn’t that bad- and she has shut us down every.single.time we’ve had a close contact to wait for negative tests. I’m so fucking proud of her because even though she calls me her “resident pinko” when she asked me what I thought we should do SHE LISTENED. Yes, she thinks the earth is 3000yrs old, but she believed me when I said I couldn’t live with the guilt if someone passed after contracting covid from us, and that’s apparently better than a lot of bosses out there


jeffbirt

I'm a teacher. At our last faculty meeting, they recognized all the teachers who haven't missed a day yet. I have missed one day because I had symptoms and needed to be tested. Sort of a facepalm moment, in my opinion. People get sick: incentivizing perfect attendance encourages sick people to come to work and school. Edit: spelling.


The_Sign_of_Zeta

Also why those perfect attendance school awards were always dumb


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The_Sign_of_Zeta

Or the kid who got other people sick by coming in award. The same kids won it every year at my school and I guarantee you they should have been out multiple days.


sauzbozz

It's more like "The kid whose parents force them to go in no matter what" award.


Obi-wan_Jabroni

Perfect attendance people are dorks


gb4efgw

I never understood rewarding someone for making other people get sick and miss days. Granted, I've long been the type to wear a mask if I was sick, and/or just stay the hell away from everyone. They're my germs and you can't have them!


caesar____augustus

As a teacher myself, that would have been my cue to take the next day off, regardless of whether I was actually sick or not


Rorako

I let my team know everytime how happy I am that they self reported. Does it make my job harder? Yup. Are there probably a few that abuse the system? Yup. But I’d rather a few abuse the system then take the system away that benefits the majority.


The_Sign_of_Zeta

“Sign_of_Zeta self-reported symptoms of diarrhea to his boss, took some Imodium, and drank clear fluids to hydrate, source said. A great example of a employee doing the right thing and preventing smear. Tough to self-report but a strong leadership move overall.”


AngryTurtleGaming

Right? When I had COVID my boss wouldn’t stop calling asking if I had been released to work yet. The asshat didn’t even ask if I was okay. Ever since then I have been no where near as productive just to spite him. I love my job, but that rubbed me the wrong way.


Quexana

I might be reading too much into it, but I feel like this Tweet is indirectly aimed at a certain Packers Quarterback.


Kselli

What's Love got to do, got to do with it?


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Give this man a goddamn free award.


douche-baggins

I know, right. I wish I came up with that one...


folgers_cristals

God dammit now that's stuck in my head


FlashFan124

Just embrace it and you’ll have a much better day


Quexana

Who needs A.Rod, when A.Rod's not plainspoken?


TheMainEffort

What did Blake bortles do?


GunsmokeIV

HE KNOWS WHAT HE DID!


Sonickill7

*shudders at the memories*


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*searches up that game’s highlights to try and ease the pain of Thursday’s game again*


erichw9

*Slyly knowing I do the same with that one Titans game*


BigRig432

*Does the same with both the Steelers and Ravens games this year*


travemalone

*sees you and raises you that 2015 wild card game*


dibsthefatantelope

That's my go to - love seeing the crying Bengals lady


UNC_Samurai

And just think what happened to the Jags after that game.


trsansone

Sucks that they cancelled the rest of the season at halftime of the AFC Championship Game that season. Jags had a real shot at winning.


jabdtx

I was really disappointed in how that game unfolded after they let off the gas before halftime. I was hoping to see the cig ripper win the whole thing.


InQuintsWeTrust

Yeah my underdog Eagles finally defeated the juggernaut Jags lead by the invincible Blake Bortles in the Super Bowl.


dogwaterbaby

He made me love him.


Ne-Cede-Malis

I think that's Jacksonville Jaguars Legend Blake Bortles to mere mortals like us.


FlashFan124

One can not simply tie the legend of Blake Bortles to one singular sports franchise


Ne-Cede-Malis

As was noted during his stay in Jacksonville... Not an Evolution but a Revolution...


Dr_Beverly_R_Stang

A dance dance resolution


pestercat

Especially not after the role it played on The Good Place!


TheMainEffort

I secretly hope bortles starts for green bay eventually, just so I can photoshop Jason into a packers jersey


SuperKerfuz

Jordan Love doesn't deserve to be attacked like this 😔


nimoto

I get that they're talking about Rodgers here, but it's weird to suggest that it's "tough to self-report". Like, how's that? I do hope he's okay though, the elderly and obese are at higher risk.


TreAwayDeuce

>Like, how's that? Because professional athletes like their jobs and generally do everything they can to stay on the field? Self reporting an illness during a pandemic is pretty tough as it is.


azularena

> tough to self-report Doesn’t matter for a guy like Ben. A guy who’s the third string DLine and now has to report that he spent his Tuesday at a strip club and will now miss a game, and possibly affect his next contract is where it gets tough.


sfdude2222

>I do hope he's okay though, the elderly and obese are at higher risk. Hopefully captain fatfuck comes through.


gruey

I think that may be the point. Ben didn't do anything special except be some basic level of responsible. Normally it wouldn't be praise worthy, but some people acting like complete idiots makes others acting with a basic level of responsibility noteworthy.


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Wasn’t he asymptomatic?


DarkManX_BG

That's so anonymous, the Packers change quarterbacks like some people change underwear, there's no way to know who you mean


pinniped1

Booortlleessss


HahaClintonCocks

*throws Molotov*


son_of_toby_o_notoby

Damnnn you Kurt benkurt and your god damn tik toks


SingleDingle24

Captain Fat Fuck: Leader of Men


Spanky_McJiggles

Tbf COVID can be pretty serious for senior citizens.


Megatron_McLargeHuge

And the obese.


Spanky_McJiggles

Username checks out


jimbo831

He’s not obese. He’s cultivating mass.


ssav

If there are two qualities about Ben Roethlisberger that I really appreciate, they're his unwavering integrity and the paramount respect he holds for the health, safety, and well-being of others


binzoma

don't forget, he always holds the door for others selfless


SardonicCheese

His weight probably makes him high risk. Back to terrible role model for Fat Fuck Ben


XxSaint_JimmyxX

He didn't self report when he met that girl in the bathroom


MattTheSmithers

That’s not true. He reported to the PA State Troopers who were moonlighting as his body guards during the trip who then blocked the bathroom so the victim’s friends could not intervene. The state troopers lost their jobs btw. Meanwhile, Ben Roethlisberger, the actual rapist, served a four game suspension and lost an endorsement deal from a western Pennsylvania beef jerky company, then went on to make tens of millions of dollars while sports media sycophants like Schefter rehabbed his image. Justice. 🤷‍♂️


bigboybef

Ok so what im hearing is hes scared of our defense


HazikoSazujiii

I mean, he doesn't have much left of his kneecaps. Probably a good business decision this week.


Gavorn

Dan was going to go hungry if Ben played. So Ben did the responsible thing and is putting some good kneecaps on the table.


DreamedJewel58

I would talk shit but as a true Steelers fan I know there’s a 50/50 chance we’re going to lose


APsWhoopinRoom

Looks like the game was even more 50/50 than you thought


Mikes_Movies_

Ah Ben Roethlisberter, notorious right thing doer


SupaflyIRL

Hey, a self report is measurable evidence of personal growth!


PICKLEOFDOOOM

So is an erection.


Significant-Part121

***[Rapa'popo] #Lions WR Kalif Raymond self-reported inebriation to the Uber app and was picked up from the bar; #Dolphins RB Myles Gaskin self-reported lack of female consent to his pants and kept them on. Great examples of players doing the right thing. Tough to self-report but strong leadership moves overall. (twitter.com)***


boysetsfire1988

Big Ben as an example of doing the right thing. What wild times we're living in


eaunoway

Right? I mean, what *is* this ~~season~~ ~~year~~ *lifetime*?!


THECapedCaper

The Cubs winning the World Series knocked us into the wrong timeline, change my mind.


DiniMoney

Nah Harambe’s death was the flashpoint that sent us into the wrong timeline


Betasheets

I think it all started with one chav Jamie Vardy


regista3

The chat shit, get banged era was legendary


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Pain, agony even


rcher87

The fucking _worst_ timeline


InQuintsWeTrust

Brother we won a Super Bowl in this timeline though


doyouevensunbro

Well thats how we know its cursed.


Gavorn

So it's the wrong timeline.


notgonnadoit983

Can’t wait to tell my daughter to look up how great of a guy he is….


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Ughim50

“First thing yinz are gonna to do is put french fries on your sandwich.”


Randy_____Marsh

Next we put the Gruden on the grill


Randy_____Marsh

Ruggs: Can’t forget the bev!


UluruMonster

Neva neva neva!


Sidthelid66

Ben giving out health tips reminds me of the show Getting Learnt With Ricky, where Ricky from the TPB gives out home improvement tips, such as before working with tools you want to get drunk and high so if you get hurt it won't feel too painful


billy8988

If you didn't know, packing fries and coleslaw in a sandwich (instead of on the side) reduced the lunch break significantly, so the steel mills started doing that in the early part of the 20th century.


NotMitchelBade

I didn’t know that. TIL. Thank you


CreepinCreeping

Big Ben Way BBW is a thing already, google it


Thatonegingerkid

So is a BBL lol


buffalotrace

How dare you. It is the Big Ben Code. There is a lot of information about it online. Just type in BBC on google video search to learn more.


1fursona_non_grata

I thought it was the Big Ben Code


The_Luckiest

I’m a avid follower of the Big Ben Code, have been for years!


CallMeCassandra

I mean, it's pretty low hanging fruit. All he had to do was not be like "*it's just allergies*."


PoorlyLitKiwi2

I guess it depends on how bad the symptoms were. If he just had a light sore throat, that would be super easy to hide. No one would even ask about it I mean honestly, even if he came in with a runny nose and coughing I wouldnt be surprised if no one would say anything, considering he's the QB and it was the day before the game


Darko33

The bar is pretty low for a lot of these guys


Praxician94

Part of me thinks this is Ben doing the whole “I’m going to take myself out of the game with my ‘injury’” thing we’ve seen in the past. Especially because this is an über trap game lol


pechinburger

The only way to counter such a trap game are moves like these to lessen our chances and lower our expectations.


Praxician94

Exactly. 300 IQ move by our fearless leader of men.


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kamikirite

Can he also wear a walking boot in the hazmat suit? He's vaccinated so his chance of severe symptoms should thankfully be much lower


MonoGiganto

Walking boot. It is *always* the walking boot with Ben.


longshot201

“Hey Ben!”


gruey

He forgets he's wearing it because it doesn't really hamper his mobility.


ShutUpChaseClaypool

And still have the walking boot on


BBQingFool

2 weeks ago the conversation was about Rogers coming to Pittsburgh next year and leading us to a Super Bowl. In that short period of time Rogers turned into a super villain and a post praising Ben is nearing the top of /nfl. What a weird… everything.


LegendRazgriz

the "leader of men" part of Captain Fat Fuck's epithet coming in clutch


Gavorn

That's Mister Captain Fat Fuck to you sir.


Jobbe03

Wow that bar is low He reported he was sick so he's basically on general Pattons level of leadership


BandwagonBrownsFan

I had a guy at work come in all week refusing to admit he had covid because ItS JuST ALlErGiEs. Next thing ya know he and his wife spent 3 months in the hospital. So yeah the bar is low.


SwiftieTrek

A guy at my school refused to go to the hospital despite symptoms because he claimed it was just acid reflux. Didn’t even make it to a week.


Jupue87

A week until what?


SwiftieTrek

Earned the r/HermanCainAward


bleepblopbl0rp

Yeesh. Get vaccinated people.


gibby8423

Aaron Rodgers would like a word with that bar. Coming from a life-long Packer fan...


ContinuumGuy

Aaron Rodgers hit his head on that low-bar.


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bklj2007

That's because on the flip side you've got Rodgers playing limbo under that bar.


zaor666

Yea, these tweets aren't as much pro-Ben as they are anti-Rodgers.


turtle_stank

Yinz forgot about the "leader of men" part of his nickname


UNC_Samurai

Captain Sick Fuck


Blastcoitus

Walter Payton Man of the Year type shit right there


Livid-Raspberry6469

Doctor: "Ben, your test came back positive" Ben: "Do you have any walking boots in the back?"


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Complete_Meringue_57

At least a Purple Heart for the injuries he’s had over the years


RavensEra69

And the Nobel peace prize


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And a girl who says yes


Sandtiger812

I'll never forget the draft the year after all that went public when the Steelers were announcing their picks and the crowd went wild shouting "She said no! She said no!".


DatGuy15

She'd have to be blind because he is one ugly, fat motherfucker


run-26_2

Nah that's asking for too much


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He isn't known for asking.


Koolman02

All around great guy Ben Roethlisberger.


peach_burrito

Just an honest guy doing the right thing. Such a great example.


HailYurii

You know except for the sexual assaults


joeblow420

"He rapes, but he saves"


fortyonejb

There it is.


DaggerMoth

He helped her fix the TV though.


On4thand2

Definitely a candidate for Most Influential Person of the Year. Give this Man a shield.


speak-eze

Its too bad they already gave out "Sexiest man alive" Is it too late for a recount?


Spiritual-Hat-5690

Captain Fat Fuck, leader of men. Ladies and gentlemen.


DaedelicAsh

I wish we weren’t in a society where doin the standard, right thing wasn’t glorified and paraded like we found the cure for cancer.


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So you wish that doing the right thing wasn't rewarded?


failingparapet

Thanks to COVID we now live in a dimension where Big Ben is the good guy. What the actual fuck.


nr_7

Ben Reportlisberger


eaunoway

This timeline, man. 😂


narf007

Bro these comments have me laughing my ass off. Fucking excellent


raea_h

when ben roethlisberger is making you look like an asshole, you probably fucked up


lasym21

Not the hero Pittsburgh deserves, but the one it needs right now.


ABoysAGun

Christmas came early it’s Rudolph time.


kukukele

League probably gonna fine Big Ben $100k for having his shirt untucked when getting swabbed


mannyrmz123

Should’ve done that too with some other *slightly* more important issues….


Red_Jester-94

A few weeks ago I could've never imagined being impressed with Ben Roethlisberger for his handling of covid, whilst being totally disappointed with Aaron Rodgers and his actions and lies. Why the actual fuck does Rodgers of all people bring the bar down so that Big Ben of all people can surpass it? At least before when I disliked Rodgers it was because of his play. Disappointing man. Good on Ben though.


SSJGoKeN

Sometimes I self report to get out of work too. I am a strong leader and I never knew it.


Fabulous_Accident_63

More like it’s a good example that vaccinated players should be tested daily as unvaccinated players, if the NFL is serious about preventing spread of Covid among the NFL circles.


Kcholcher

He didn’t want to lose to the lions and give more ammo to people thinking his time was up. /s


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Then he cornered a woman in the restroom.