Sả là một gia vị được nhân ta dùng phổ biến, đồng thời cũng là một cây thuốc chữa bệnh và trừ côn trùng tốt.
Sả là loại cây thảo sống dai, cao khoảng 1m, mọc thành bụi (tên khoa học là Cymbopogon Citratus (L.) Pers.), thuộc họ lúa (Poaceae). Củ sả là một gia vị được dùng trong chế biến nhiều món ăn, chủ yếu là để kích thích tiêu hoá, khử được mùi tanh của cá, thịt, giúp thức ăn thêm thơm ngon.
Theo Đông y, sả vị the, mùi thơm, tính ấm, có tác dụng làm ra mồ hôi, thông tiểu tiện và tiêu thực. Sả được dùng chủ yếu làm thuốc chữa cảm sốt, đầy bụng, tiêu chảy...
Liều lượng mỗi ngày 8 - 12g lá và củ sả dưới dạng thuốc xông hay thuốc hăm. Phổ biến nhất là nồi nước xông lá sả phối hợp với một số lá khác như lá tre, lá cúc tần, lá bưởi, lá tía tô. cây ngăi cứu.. mỗi thứ một nắm, đem nấu nước xông cho ra mồ hôi để chữa cảm sốt, nhức đầu.
Tác dụng chính của sả là ở tinh dầu. Trong lá sả có tinh dầu, thành phần chủ yếu là geraniola và citronelola. V́ vậy, khi ta ṿ lá sả thấy có một mùi thơm đặc biệt phảng phất mùi thơm của chanh.
Tinh dầu sả bôi lên da hoặc phun trong nhà có thể xua đuổi được ruồi, muỗi và các loài côn trùng khác như dĩn, bọ chét... do đó thường được dùng làm thuốc trừ muỗi và khử mùi hôi.
Phụ nữ cũng thường nấu nước lá sả để gội đầu cho trơn tóc, sạch gầu và có thể tránh được một số bệnh về tóc.
Ngoài ra, củ sả và tinh dầu sả c̣n dùng để chữa một số bệnh thông thường như : Lấy 3 - 6 giọt tinh dầu sả pha với xi-rô và nước, cho bệnh nhân uống để chữa đau bụng, đầy bụng, chống nôn và thông trung tiện. hoặc thái cũ să đem ngâm rượu đễ dành khi đau bụng gió uống 1 li nhỏ
Bosses & Owners, Coworkers, Craft Store, Current Events, Minnesota, Retail, Silly, USA | Working | May 13, 2020
It’s Wednesday, around 1:30 or 2:00 pm. I’ve just gotten off the register after helping several customers in a row. We’re waiting on our governor to have another press conference related to the global health situation at 2:00 pm.
My assistant manager is heading toward the same part of the store I am after also doing something up front.
Me: “Is it terrible that I want to say ‘Happy Quarantine’ to every customer I help today?”
Assistant Manager: “Oh, my gosh. Do it, [My Name]! That would be great.”
Me: “Or, like, ‘Happy Lockdown’? I don’t know which is worse.”
Assistant Manager: *Sing-song-ish* “Say it with a smile on your face!”
My co-manager is walking past to go to lunch.
Co-Manager: “Who’s smiling?”
Me: “Me! As usual.”
I laugh as I walk away. Within an hour, our co-manager comes back from his lunch break, giddy that the governor has issued further stay-at-home orders, and our store will be closed starting after business hours Friday. A bit later in the day:
Coworker: “Did you see [Co-Manager]?”
Me: “Not recently, but I heard him singing earlier.”
Coworker: “He was dancing.” *Laughs*
Me: “Sounds right. Oh, [Co-Manager].”
He often sings when he’s bored or excited, but I’ve rarely or never seen him dance. I wish I had! He’s so excited for a break, and I can’t say I blame him.
Bizarre, Employees, Hospital, Ignoring & Inattentive, New Hires, USA | Working | May 13, 2020
I work for a rather big cafeteria inside a large hospital. This happens shortly after I start and am still trying to find my way around. I have an issue that needs a supervisor’s attention, but I cannot find one. A coworker tells me that they’ve seen the supervisor near the back storage area, a huge, unorganized maze of an area that I am not familiar with. I see someone who vaguely looks like her going through a door, so I run after to catch up, grabbing the lady by the arm… except it’s not my manager.
Me: “I’m sorry. I’m looking for [Supervisor]. Has she come back here?”
Lady: “[Supervisor]? [Supervisor]? No such person exists here. Who are you? Where did you come from? What are you doing here? Do you know where you are? What have you seen? Who sent you? What have you done? Do you know what we do with lost sheep back here? BAA BAA BAA.”
As she’s saying this, she grabs my shoulders and starts practically screaming in my face, walking me backwards towards the door we came through. I try to stammer out an answer while struggling to get away from her when she reaches behind me and opens the door. She leads me out the door and around the corner to a room where my supervisor is talking with another coworker.
Lady: “Ah, [Supervisor], seems like you’ve lost another sheep; keep better watch over your flock, shepherd. BAA BAA BAA.”
I was shaking and in tears as I told my supervisor what happened and angry when she burst out laughing.
Turns out, the door I went through was to a very restricted area that I definitely was not allowed to be in. Running up behind someone as they use their clearance to enter a door is a rather serious offense called “piggybacking” and I could have gotten into trouble if I had been caught by the wrong person. The lady I ran into meant no harm and knew I was there by mistake and just wanted to scare me so I didn’t try to do it again.
She apologized later and, as it turns out, she’s actually a nice person. Just really, really weird.
Employees, Extra Stupid, Medical Office, USA | Working | May 13, 2020
I work for a large doctor’s office that offers several specialized clinics; said clinics are the only ones that do these things within several hundred miles and as such, they do all their own EVERYTHING, including scheduling their own patients.
I am the main line of the building, so I get a lot of phone calls and have to triage and decipher where the patients need to go — whether it’s a basic thing I can do, or if it goes to one of these special clinics. So, I have some basic questions that I ask when people are vague. This one, though…
My phone rings.
Me: “[Doctor’s Office], how can I help you?”
Referring Doctor’s Office: “I’d like to set up a consult for a patient.”
Me: “Okay, for what exactly?”
I’m hoping they’ll narrow down a test or exam type.
Referring Doctor’s Office: “For a consultation.”
Me: *Totally done* “Okay… but like, for what?”
I had to force them to dig deeper into patient complaints and symptoms to get a diagnosis, to find that they DID need one of the special clinics.
Bosses & Owners, Employees, Ignoring & Inattentive, Retail, USA | Working | May 13, 2020
I am scheduled to work on the fourth of July, which is fine because I don’t do much for it and I get time and a half. I show up for my noon start time.
Assistant Manager: “When you clock on, call [Male Assistant Manager].”
Me: “Okay.”
I walk into the back and find him already there.
Male Assistant Manager: “Okay, so, you are alive. You were supposed to be in at ten.”
Me: “What?! No, I was scheduled for twelve to six.”
He walks over and checks the schedule.
Male Assistant Manager: “No, you’re on here from ten to six. We thought you had been killed in a car wreck or something because you’re never late. And you always call, even if you’re thirty seconds late. And I already filled your shift and I don’t have the budget to pay an extra person holiday pay. If you want, you can clock on for an hour.”
Me: “In that case, I will just go home. Sorry about the mixup.”
In the end, I got iced out of time and a half and a coworker got it. My schedule had said noon to six for weeks; a few days before, it changed and my brain hadn’t registered it yet. On the upside, I got an extra day off.
I find this kind of funny and laugh it off, assuming he’ll find me after my break. After lunch:
Coworker: “Hey, [Manager] wanted me to let you know that there is [a product in my department] in the back that you should put out today.”
Me: “Oh, okay! I guess I’ll go do that now, then.”
I go find the product right away, as it won’t take long and I’m waiting for a coworker to come back from lunch so we can continue on our project together, anyway. Five or ten minutes later, when I’m back on the project…
Manager: “[My Name]! Did [Coworker] tell you—”
Me: “About the [product]? Yeah, already took care of it.”
My manager shakes his head. He says something about me being too fast or something, kind of a running joke at this point, because I usually do things pretty quickly and he knows it.
A little while later, I have this conversation with an assistant manager:
Me: “[Manager] paged me on my lunch break again and then cancelled it immediately.”
Assistant Manager: “Yeah, I was standing right near him. He said something about you and I said you were on break and he picked up the intercom and started paging you. I guess it didn’t click right away.”
That wasn’t the first time they’ve paged me on a break, and it probably won’t be the last. One of the more entertaining times it’s happened, though.
Bad Behavior, Employees, Houston, Office, Rude & Risque, Texas, USA | Working | May 12, 2020
We have recently hired a new employee to work exclusively with a particular client. At our company, we have a ninety-day probationary period for all new hires. Unfortunately, the new employee is not a good fit, alienates the client right from the start, and appears to have exaggerated the skills he listed on his resume. We make the tough decision to let him go before the probationary period is up.
Me: “…so, unfortunately, the client is just not happy and we don’t feel you are working out in this position. We have to let you go.”
Associate: “Wow. Okay. So, what happens now? Is this effective immediately?”
Me: “Yes, it is.”
Associate: “But like, can I still get on my computer? I have a few things to do.”
Me: “We don’t need you to do anything; we’ll take care of anything that is still in progress. You can just take your personal belongings and head out.”
Associate: “Can I get on the computer for a few minutes to delete some personal stuff?”
Me: “What kind of stuff? You’re not supposed to have anything personal on your work computer.”
Associate: “Oh… Like… paperwork and things like that. It has my social security number and personal info on it; I want to delete that.”
Me: “We hired you. The company already has that information. Anything on there will be kept secure, if that’s what you’re worried about.”
Associate: “I would just feel better if you let me delete things.”
Me: “I’m going to have to go with ‘no’ on that.”
I never did find out what he had on there that he was so worried about. IT did their job and kept anything that was on there private.
Employees, Furniture Store, Jerk, USA, Wyoming | Working | May 12, 2020
A new furniture store opens up in town, and my boyfriend and I decide to go check it out. We just want to browse and compare prices, not buy anything. Their website has completely different furniture; if it weren’t for that, I would much rather not have to deal with this sales lady on this day.
Sales Lady: “Hello. Welcome to our store! Is there anything you’re looking for?”
Me: “Oh, no, thank you. We’re just browsing.”
Sales Lady: “Okay, let me know if you have any questions or need any help.”
Me: “Thank you.”
Literally three minutes later…
Sales Lady: “Looking for something specific? We have sets on sale for $800.”
Me: “No, thank you, just browsing.”
Five minutes later, across the store…
Sales Lady: “What’s your income? What’s your spending limit so I can point you in the right direction?”
Me: “We’re just looking right now. We just moved and need to save a little.”
I was irritated. She was trying to make a sale; it was more than obvious. After a few more minutes, she came around again asking what we were looking for. We told her nothing and left. I looked online to see if the company works on commission. They don’t. The lady also has a ton of complaints on Yelp and Google for harassing them too much.
This Caseworker Threw Away Their Shot To Pay Attention
British Columbia, Canada, Employees, Health & Body, home, Ignoring & Inattentive, Victoria | Working | May 12, 2020
I am disabled, on benefits, and living in affordable housing. As a result, I have a caseworker. I am also transgender and have to give myself a hormone shot every week. I keep all of my shot supplies in a basket, but I don’t make any effort to conceal it because A, I have nothing to hide, and B, I practically never have anyone over.
Caseworker: “So, where do you go for your injections?”
Me: “Oh, I do them myself.”
Caseworker: “Okay, but, who prescribes it?”
Me: “Oh, it’s [Doctor].”
A few months later, my caseworker is in my home and points to my safe needle deposit box.
Caseworker: “Umm, [My Name], what is this?”
Me: “Oh, that’s for my hormone injection needles.”
Caseworker: “You do that yourself?!“
Me: “Uh… yeah? I told you that months ago.”
My girlfriend also once had a worried friend ask about my box, but they reassured her that we were most definitely NOT using intravenous drugs and it was for entirely medical reasons
Airport, Employees, Jerk, Retail, UK | Working | May 11, 2020
I am flying out to Germany to visit a friend. I try a bit of shopping in the duty-free shop before heading to my terminal and see a watch I like, but there isn’t a price.
Me: “Excuse me, how much is this watch?”
Worker: “It’s duty-free, so it’s cheaper!”
Me: “Yes, but I don’t know how much it is.”
Worker: *Opening the case* “You won’t find it this cheap anywhere else.”
Me: “I know, but how much is it?”
Worker: *Walking to the register* “Come with me and I’ll let you try it on. It’s cheaper!”
I stand staring at her.
Worker: “Is there a problem?”
Me: “Yes, I don’t know how much it is.”
Worker: “It doesn’t matter. It’s cheaper!”
I give up and leave. Five months later, I am at the same airport. I check the shop again and the watch is still there. There is a price tag on it this time and I decide I want it. I speak to the same woman again.
Me: “I’d like to buy this watch?”
Worker: “No, you can’t afford that.”
She rushed to the case, yanked it open, ripped the watch out, and ran away from me.
Airport, Canada, Employees, Lazy/Unhelpful, Toronto | Working | May 11, 2020
My mom needs wheelchair assistance at airports and arranges to get it in advance. But once, when she got off her flight, no one was there to meet her. She managed to make her way to a worker with a buggy and asked for a ride to her next stop.
The woman agreed but just sat there chewing gum and texting while my mom, a clearly disabled woman with a walker, loaded her luggage into the back. You’d think that a two-hour layover would give plenty of time to get to your next flight, but due to offloading time and management incompetence, she only barely made her flight.
Bad Behavior, Employees, Houston, Office, Rude & Risque, Texas, USA | Working | May 12, 2020
We have recently hired a new employee to work exclusively with a particular client. At our company, we have a ninety-day probationary period for all new hires. Unfortunately, the new employee is not a good fit, alienates the client right from the start, and appears to have exaggerated the skills he listed on his resume. We make the tough decision to let him go before the probationary period is up.
Me: “…so, unfortunately, the client is just not happy and we don’t feel you are working out in this position. We have to let you go.”
Associate: “Wow. Okay. So, what happens now? Is this effective immediately?”
Me: “Yes, it is.”
Associate: “But like, can I still get on my computer? I have a few things to do.”
Me: “We don’t need you to do anything; we’ll take care of anything that is still in progress. You can just take your personal belongings and head out.”
Associate: “Can I get on the computer for a few minutes to delete some personal stuff?”
Me: “What kind of stuff? You’re not supposed to have anything personal on your work computer.”
Associate: “Oh… Like… paperwork and things like that. It has my social security number and personal info on it; I want to delete that.”
Me: “We hired you. The company already has that information. Anything on there will be kept secure, if that’s what you’re worried about.”
Associate: “I would just feel better if you let me delete things.”
Me: “I’m going to have to go with ‘no’ on that.”
I never did find out what he had on there that he was so worried about. IT did their job and kept anything that was on there private.
Employees, Furniture Store, Jerk, USA, Wyoming | Working | May 12, 2020
A new furniture store opens up in town, and my boyfriend and I decide to go check it out. We just want to browse and compare prices, not buy anything. Their website has completely different furniture; if it weren’t for that, I would much rather not have to deal with this sales lady on this day.
Sales Lady: “Hello. Welcome to our store! Is there anything you’re looking for?”
Me: “Oh, no, thank you. We’re just browsing.”
Sales Lady: “Okay, let me know if you have any questions or need any help.”
Me: “Thank you.”
Literally three minutes later…
Sales Lady: “Looking for something specific? We have sets on sale for $800.”
Me: “No, thank you, just browsing.”
Five minutes later, across the store…
Sales Lady: “What’s your income? What’s your spending limit so I can point you in the right direction?”
Me: “We’re just looking right now. We just moved and need to save a little.”
I was irritated. She was trying to make a sale; it was more than obvious. After a few more minutes, she came around again asking what we were looking for. We told her nothing and left. I looked online to see if the company works on commission. They don’t. The lady also has a ton of complaints on Yelp and Google for harassing them too much.
This Caseworker Threw Away Their Shot To Pay Attention
British Columbia, Canada, Employees, Health & Body, home, Ignoring & Inattentive, Victoria | Working | May 12, 2020
I am disabled, on benefits, and living in affordable housing. As a result, I have a caseworker. I am also transgender and have to give myself a hormone shot every week. I keep all of my shot supplies in a basket, but I don’t make any effort to conceal it because A, I have nothing to hide, and B, I practically never have anyone over.
Caseworker: “So, where do you go for your injections?”
Me: “Oh, I do them myself.”
Caseworker: “Okay, but, who prescribes it?”
Me: “Oh, it’s [Doctor].”
A few months later, my caseworker is in my home and points to my safe needle deposit box.
Caseworker: “Umm, [My Name], what is this?”
Me: “Oh, that’s for my hormone injection needles.”
Caseworker: “You do that yourself?!“
Me: “Uh… yeah? I told you that months ago.”
My girlfriend also once had a worried friend ask about my box, but they reassured her that we were most definitely NOT using intravenous drugs and it was for entirely medical reasons.
Airport, Employees, Jerk, Retail, UK | Working | May 11, 2020
I am flying out to Germany to visit a friend. I try a bit of shopping in the duty-free shop before heading to my terminal and see a watch I like, but there isn’t a price.
Me: “Excuse me, how much is this watch?”
Worker: “It’s duty-free, so it’s cheaper!”
Me: “Yes, but I don’t know how much it is.”
Worker: *Opening the case* “You won’t find it this cheap anywhere else.”
Me: “I know, but how much is it?”
Worker: *Walking to the register* “Come with me and I’ll let you try it on. It’s cheaper!”
I stand staring at her.
Worker: “Is there a problem?”
Me: “Yes, I don’t know how much it is.”
Worker: “It doesn’t matter. It’s cheaper!”
I give up and leave. Five months later, I am at the same airport. I check the shop again and the watch is still there. There is a price tag on it this time and I decide I want it. I speak to the same woman again.
Me: “I’d like to buy this watch?”
Worker: “No, you can’t afford that.”
She rushed to the case, yanked it open, ripped the watch out, and ran away from me.
Airport, Canada, Employees, Lazy/Unhelpful, Toronto | Working | May 11, 2020
My mom needs wheelchair assistance at airports and arranges to get it in advance. But once, when she got off her flight, no one was there to meet her. She managed to make her way to a worker with a buggy and asked for a ride to her next stop.
The woman agreed but just sat there chewing gum and texting while my mom, a clearly disabled woman with a walker, loaded her luggage into the back. You’d think that a two-hour layover would give plenty of time to get to your next flight, but due to offloading time and management incompetence, she only barely made her flight.
Employees, Ignoring & Inattentive, Office, Ohio, USA | Working | May 11, 2020
At my workplace, we have several lockers employees can use during the day, all of which open with keys. Employees will carry their locker keys with them and unlock their lockers at the end of the day, while some will simply leave the key in the lock.
On her last day, just before she is about to leave and move to another state, one employee reports to the manager that her purse was stolen from her locker. This begins a building-wide search for the missing purse. The purse is never found, and the employee fills out a missing item form.
A few days later, the manager has an interesting story to tell.
Manager: “Remember [Coworker]? Well, we found her purse.”
Employee: “Really? Where was it?”
Manager: “After all the searching we did, turning the building upside down, it was in her locker.”
Employee: “What?”
Manager: “Turns out her locker was number 83, but she had a key labeled 93… that opened locker 83.”
Employee: “Still, I’d think the first place I’d look is in every locker, instead of all over the building.”
Manager: “It’s too bad, really. She had to cancel her credit cards and everything. Her dad is coming to pick up the purse. He’ll get it to her somehow.”
Crazy Requests, Job Interview, Job Seekers, Restaurant, Time, USA | Working | May 11, 2020
I apply for a job at a restaurant that is famous for having girls in skimpy outfits as waitresses, but is supposedly “family-friendly.” I don’t hear back for a week, so I figure I’ll just forget about it.
Late at night, I’m browsing the Internet and I get a message saying that I’ve got a new email.
“We would like to meet you in one hour to interview. Please reply if yes.”
It’s 1:00 am. Of course, I don’t reply! Luckily, they don’t email me again. Guess they aren’t so friendly!
Australia, Brisbane, Coworkers, Health & Body, Jerk, Retail | Working | May 11, 2020
I have just worked all weekend even though I was sick because I didn’t want to ruin others’ weekends off. By Monday, I can barely talk, my chest hurts, and I even pulled a groin muscle from coughing. I call in to get my afternoon shift covered.
My doctor takes one look at me and can see how sick I am. After taking vitals, he gives me a certificate to have two days off with orders to visit him on the third day, which is my day off anyway.
I text my manager to let her know what is going on but still ring in to let her know I texted. A coworker answers.
Me: *With a croaking voice* “Hi, [Coworker], it’s [My Name].”
Coworker: “[My Name], I heard you were sick. You know, I feel sick, too, and I still came in.”
I’m barely able to get words out.
Me: “I just worked all weekend sick. Can you tell [Manager] that I just sent her a message because I can barely talk.”
Coworker: “FINE!” *Hangs up*
Me: “B****.”
This woman constantly calls in sick; in fact, she’s got no paid sick leave days left. I haven’t had a sick day in well over a year.
Australia, Coworkers, Ignoring & Inattentive, Office | Working | May 10, 2020
We get four weeks of paid vacation leave every year. One of my coworkers always puts in for time off during school breaks, including over Christmas. Our manager doesn’t pay attention to how much time off she gets but realises just as he’s about to take his leave that he authorised her time off even though she no longer had any leave time left. He gives her the choice of going without pay or not having the break. He also authorised it for when he was away, leaving us short-handed.
I get a phone call from the coworker.
Coworker: “I got short paid this week. Can you find out why?”
Me: “You are on vacation without pay; [Manager] told you.”
Coworker: *Shrilly* “What do you mean, ‘without pay’? I need to get paid my holiday pay.”
Me: “You’ve used up all of your paid holiday time. [Manager] told you and you agreed that you would take the rest of this break without pay.”
Coworker: “I don’t remember him saying that. I need my pay.”
Me: “I was there when he told you. You’ve already taken four weeks off this year and then you’re taking the next two weeks off, as well. You don’t get paid for them.”
Bosses & Owners, Salon, Scotland, UK, Wild & Unruly | Working | May 9, 2020
My sister and I are about to go on holiday to Thailand and we go to a local salon to get our nails done. We were told about this place because it does some amazing nail designs. But the owner gets my sister’s nails all wrong.
Sister: *To me* “They look wrong.”
The nails are all wonky, some shorter than the others.
Sister: “Excuse me, can you tidy them up?”
The owner makes them worse. She asks a few more times, but they stay wonky.
Me: “We’re going somewhere else. My sister shouldn’t have to pay for a bad job.”
To our surprise, the owner gets cross and grabs my sister by the arms.
Owner: “No, I’ve done a beautiful job!”
My sister tries to fight herself away, sending bottles everywhere. The owner lets go and stands in front of the door, the only exit, locking us and two other young customers inside.
Owner: “You must pay!”
Sister: “Let us go!”
Owner: “No, you pay!”
We are now scared. He rummages behind the counter. One of the other customers asks to be let go. To our horror, the owner lets her go, but locks the door behind them!
Me: *Yelling* “I’m not having this!”
I see a long black case on the floor, and my sister and I bang it against the window.
Owner: “Pay now, pay now!”
I lunge for the door, but he fights me, pushing me hard. I fall onto the sofa, see my handbag, and grab my phone. I call the police.
Me: “Help, my sister and I are being held hostage in [Nail Salon]!”
To my surprise, the owner stopped being so vicious and let the police in when they arrived. He was only fined. But there’s no way we’re going back to that store.
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