Posts Tagged ‘RU Ok?’
Toxic boss who makes your life hell on a daily basis, now suddenly wants to know if you’re ok
DEFINITELY NOT OK: A Sydney CEO has taken a quick break from his oppressive rule over staff by asking them if they’re OK, and offering them a free R U OK Day cupcake. In accordance with the company’s R U OK? Day policies, he went round the office offering to “touch base” with staff. “Have a free cupcake,” he said to each of them. “And also, R U OK? But please be brief as I need to get round to talk to everyone.” Workers were left completely unprepared for his attempt at empathy. “I felt like I was in a…
Read MoreREPORT: Nobody Is OK
NOT OK: It’s the annual day when people are urged to ask ‘R U OK?’ to help start a conversation that might make a difference in someone’s life. But a new report reveals that nobody is ok. “It seems we’ve all been secretly hiding our inner turmoil behind well-rehearsed smiles and emojis in text messages,” says report author Geoff Sparks from UNSW. Researchers asked 2000 Australians for an anonymous answer to the question ‘R U OK?’ to find 0% of them were. “I don’t know anyone who is OK right now,” one man told DBT. “Cost of living pressures, the…
Read MoreScott Morrison Sends Text Message To Victorian Premier Asking: ‘R U OK?’
Today is the annual day when all Australian’s are urged to ask ‘R U OK?’ to help start a conversation that might make a difference in someone’s life. And it seems the country’s highest profile politicians are getting on board. The Prime Minister has sent the embattled Victorian Premier Dan Andrews a text message asking: R U OK? “I know Dan has been under a huge amount of pressure lately, so I just wanted to let him know that I’m thinking of him,” says Scott Morrison. It comes amid increasing calls for Dan Andrews to step down as Premier after…
Read More‘R U OK Day?’ 2020 Cancelled After Organisers Realise That Nobody Is OK
It’s the annual day when people are urged to ask ‘R U OK?’ to help start a conversation that might make a difference in someone’s life. R U OK? Day 2020 was scheduled to take place tomorrow, but organisers say they’ve been forced to cancel this year’s initiative. “With Covid and everything else happening this year, ‘R U OK?’ is actually a pointless question right now,” says organiser Ralph Roche. “We’ve realised that everyone’s answer is the same: ‘No, I’m not OK!’” 2020 has been a torrid year. It began with ferocious bushfires along Australia’s east coast, then devastating floods…
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