artisan witch

Emang toxic karena high-demanding job. SEBAGIAN ORANG yang kerja di industri itu jadi diktator karena banyak tekanan untuk standar tingginya, baik dari standar dia sendiri dan standar dari luar. Maka itu sejak awal 2000an ada beberapa chef menolak atau mengembalikan Michelin star

It was a Monday in early August 2023. The exhausted truck drivers of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour thought they were heading to a routine production meeting before the Los Angeles shows. They had no idea what was coming. Scott Swift walked in. Taylor's father didn't say much—he just began handing out envelopes. When the drivers finally peeked inside, some thought the check said $1,000. Others read $10,000. The third driver stared at his and said out loud: "This has to be a joke." It wasn't. $100,000. Each driver. Nearly 50 of them. The industry standard bonus from the biggest stars? $5,000 to $10,000. Taylor had given them more than ten times that. But here's what made it matter most: these drivers weren't wealthy. They lived in truck cabs. They hadn't seen their families in 24 weeks. They were people who would never own homes—until now. Until that envelope. That moment of shock and tears? It was just the beginning. Across the entire Eras Tour, Taylor quietly handed out $197 million in bonuses. The dancers. The band. The riggers. The lighting and sound technicians. The caterers. Every single person who built the show—they got bonuses, handwritten notes, and wax-sealed letters. When dancers opened theirs on camera in her docuseries, they broke down crying. Some couldn't believe she was real. "If the tour grosses more, they get more," she explained simply. These people work hard. They deserve it. But the crew bonuses weren't the only quiet revolution happening. Starting in March 2023, in every city where the tour touched down, a call came to local food banks. Taylor wanted to donate. No press conference. No announcement. No photo op. One donation fed 75,000 meals. Another provided hundreds of thousands of pounds of fresh produce. Across the tour, the total reached millions of meals—possibly more—all delivered in silence. She never posted about a single one. And it wasn't new for her. In March 2020, when the pandemic locked down the world, Taylor scrolled through social media posts from fans who were breaking. A photographer about to lose everything. A person staring down eviction. She sent direct messages with rent money—$3,000 here, $13,000 there. Some fans got enough for months of bills. She read the Washington Post. She noticed the names. She helped. She never announced it. Years later, in October 2025, a two-year-old named Lilah—fighting a cancer so rare that only 58 families in America had ever known it—was filmed by her mother dancing to a Taylor Swift song. Lilah called Taylor her friend. A few days later, the GoFundMe received a $100,000 donation. The note said: "Sending the biggest hug to my friend, Lilah! Love, Taylor." Mike Scherkenbach has worked with the wealthiest people in music. He's seen the bonuses. He's seen the behavior. He's watched billionaires guard their money jealously. What he saw with Taylor was different. The biggest tour in history grossed $2 billion. The artist behind it became a billionaire from her own songwriting. And then she signed her name onto hundreds of envelopes by hand and sent enough money back to the people who built her dream that they cried opening their letters. That isn't strategy. That isn't a publicity stunt. That's what happens when someone, somewhere along the way, remembered what matters.

@arieparikesit Bangeeeetttt. Deket sama HQ nya Spiderman. Hahahaha

@artisan_witch Canal Street

Yg sudah pernah ke New York City secara langsung, maupun yg belum, namun sering lihat di TV maupun film, kalau ada kesempatan kamu pengen tinggal di Borough mana? - Manhattan - Queens - Brooklyn - The Bronx - Staten Island Atau malah di New Jersey? Aku munchkin Brooklyn, kedua baru Queens.

@odedanilo English and History

That subject u never failed in school even if u didn’t study?

Udah kejadian 2x kayak gini: Keingetan lagu random, beberapa jam kemudian lagu itu diputar di radio atau denger dari kafe.

@asgagagawg97 @onthemove555 Nan ya Nan ya business

@artisan_witch @onthemove555 how much is your "foreigner wage"?

I've learned a lesson recently with Thais. I mistakenly thought if you paid them more for working harder, they would be happy. Wrong. They just aren't interested in hard work. They do the minimum and complain about it. #thaitwitter #thailand

@asgagagawg97 @onthemove555 I did. Paid them foreigner wages, expecting them to work hard, eventually they’re lazying around, not owning their job, and feeling so entitled and arrogant just because they’re paid more than other people in their circle.

@onthemove555 have you tried paying them foreigner wages. they will work really hard. there's a reason thai workers that went overseas work their asses off.

Chiang Rai hari ini entah kenapa kayak pake filter Asia Tenggara versi film2 Hollywood yang kuning2 mendung gimana gitu.

Name that country in Southeast Asia that is currently having peak corruption, economic meltdown, political chaos & impeachment, but the bootlickers or pro government tried "de-escalate" that everything is fine

@onthemove555 If you pay them more assuming they will work harder or they will prove their worth of being paid more, you’re wrong. They will use their higher salary as a tool for social status and eventually entitlement. Been there done that. One of the most expensive mistakes.

@arieparikesit Tergantung sih, kayaknya gak banyak pengaruh karena rata2 turis Belanda kalo ke Asia sekitar 3-4 mingguan. Ini kayaknya cukup mengganggu golongan yg lagi slow traveling aja sih (banyak banget klien Luminaria Yogashala yg emang lagi slow traveling di Asteng)

@artisan_witch Sebel ga mereka?

India demosi jadi 15 hari Tadinya 30 hari

@arieparikesit 60 hari

@artisan_witch Tadinya brp?

Bye bye 60-day visa exemption!

@kamarlintang Have to agree on this one, pengalaman pribadi punya staff kafe yg sering ijin dengan alasan anak. Suamiku ex kerja di hospitality dan dia tegas ke staff ini, bilang bahwa kalo anak sakit jangan cuma dia lah yg berkorban ga kerja, bagi tugas ama partnernya kek.

Chef Juna lagi disorot gara2 bilang SDM orang Indonesia itu manja. Dia ngasih contoh perilaku stafnya di area profesional kitchen, Menurut Juna, ada staf Chef de Partie (CDP) yg tiba2 izin gak masuk karena anaknya sakit, Juna bilang, "Call me heartless. Yang sakit kan anaknya. Istrinya ada di rumah. Terus ngapain kamu ikut-ikutan di rumah? Emang kamu ikutan di rumah anak kamu sembuh gitu, tiba-tiba zeng gitu, sembuh gitu. Kalau pintar masuk." Juna bilang seharusnya stafnya tetap masuk karena anak sakit butuh biaya pengobatan. Sedangkan, izin kayak gitu gak masuk cuti & biasanya potong gaji. Juna juga memastikan stafnya merasakan "neraka" saat masuk kerja lagi. Tapi, Juna menekankan itu ia lakukan karena di kitchen setiap orang udah punya tugasnya masing2,

@JoeJoeIDX Mirip nih sama staff saya (bukan staff kantoran) yang bilang mau resign. Ya udah saya setujui. Eh besoknya kirim pesen, pengen balik kerja, katanya kemarin ada masalah pribadi. Gak saya terima balik. Menurut saya yg namanya resign itu sensitif bgt, gak bisa asal sebut.

Gaes, waktu itu salah satu rekan kerjaku mengajukan resign. Setelah mendengar alasan resignnya saya langsung menatap langit-langit, mengernyitkan dahi, dan menyunggingkan bibir. Hanya karena gak diizinkan pindah posisi meja kerjanya, beliau mengajukan resign. Dan saya menyetujui. Nah beberpa hari lalu, beliau menarik kembali surat pengunduran dirinya. Menyampaikan permohonan maaf, dan siap menerima konsekuensi. Menurut pendapat kalian gimana? Komen di kolom komentar ya.

Sampah bgt nih Wix ngeluarin AI vibe coding mereka yang namanya Wix Harmony. Gw bikin website jadi berasa goblok, mau ngedit ini itu sendiri jadi lebih susah. Mana gak ada pilihan untuk switch ke classic builder. Shame on you Wix!!!

if you have a right brain , you see a kitten ; if you have a left brain , you see a bunny . what do you see ?

@omgsidewalks Betty, Margareth, Beatrice, Bernadette