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30 People Who Don’t Work For The Company Anymore Reveal What They’re Hiding From The Public
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Nearly every profession has secrets that the general public is unaware of. Many businesses claim that their goods are fairtrade, hand-made and eco-friendly when, nine times out of ten, it’s not. However, humans are curious by nature and are always trying to find out what’s going on behind the curtains.
So when the popular Twitter account UberFacts asked its 13.6M followers, “What company secrets can you reveal, now that you don’t work for the company anymore?” the thread quickly went viral. From bankers to hospitality workers, people started opening up and sharing some insider knowledge about their former jobs.
Take a look at the best tweets we have collected from the thread and upvote the ones you may not have known about! And if you’re hungry for more posts where people spill their industry secrets in plain sight, be sure to check them out here, here and here.
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#1
Oopsydaisy 3 years ago (edited)
Why are they allowed to return them? This is a disgusting policy, and impacts badly on small business, which can't afford returns of unwanted goods. I think Americans get a bit of a shock when they try this s**t on in other countries.
Marcellus II 3 years ago
How? All of the EU you have the right to return purchases within 14days. Because often enough it's a scam/ it's missold/ it's not as described, citizens have to be protected from that. Yes some people will abuse that... see also: Returned obviously-used wedding dresses & other single-occasion clothes.
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Dave In MD 3 years ago
Lot of places have a no return policy for large TVs bought right before the Super Bowl.
Tom Susala 3 years ago
The stores should charge exorbitant restocking fees to cover the store's loss from having to resell as an open item...
MiriPanda 3 years ago (edited)
In my country it is the law that consumers can return any item within 14 days after purchase without reason as long as it is not a personalised item or damaged by the buyer (that was my answer to Oopsydaisy, wrong comment placement)
MiriPanda 3 years ago
I just caught myself out on a lie: apparently this is true for many contracts and online purchases, but not for purchases in shops. You learn every day...
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Vasana Phong 3 years ago
I used to work at rite aid, at that time they had a no question return policy , a lady returned a kid’s folding table, after the transaction we inspect it to see if it’s damaged or can go back on the floor, it had crayon, paint markings all over, she obviously bought it for a child’s party then returned it, dumbest policy I’ve ever seen
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Ian Smith 3 years ago
Some of these types of practices are to abide by government food safety regulations or to protect against lawsuits
Gaby Almodovar 3 years ago
So, it's safe enough to sale, but not safe enough for an employee to take home.... ahham.
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Esther Wijnen 3 years ago (edited)
I hope that the "Too good to go" gets populaire around the world. Dunkin in the Netherlands Dell doggybags of all "not bought donuts" 5 minutes before closure to buy at half price. You dont know what you get, but iets not thrown out either.
Jasmine Hufflepuff Henderson 3 years ago
The reason they can't is because if someone has an allergic reaction the restaurant is then liable and can get sued.
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Erin Mitchell 3 years ago
Yep. The food places at my college did this too. I once walked by one of them as the cleaner was dumping everything. He'd just opened a fresh trash bag and started dumping all the leftover donuts, bagels, muffins, scones, etc into it when he walked around the corner to grab something. The hallway was empty so i just grabbed it before he came back. Ket a few for myself and shared with the other broke af students around campus.
Debbie Comrie 3 years ago
That’s appallingly disgusting; WASTING good food, that at the very least could go to a shelter or a homeless kitchen those who are less fortunate and can’t afford to buy those things!! Shame on Dunkin Donuts!! 😡😡
Jasmine Hufflepuff Henderson 3 years ago
They can't because it's against food regulations because if someone is allergic and has a reaction the restaurant is then liable.
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Eagle Girl 3 years ago
DD is franchised. Not all of them do this. My local gives them to the homeless people in the area
Mister Ghost Foot 3 years ago
Saw this all the time when I worked maintenance at a truck stop that had a Dunkin Donuts attached to it. I'd always take out trashcans filled with donuts. Those bags were heavy too! Don't even get me started on the kitchen bags though. They had whole pizzas and tons of food thrown away through out the day.
It’s no news that every company has its own skeletons in the closet that remain virtually invisible to the general public. Chances are that you will probably never look at the companies mentioned in this post the same way ever again. But the more we know, the better—that’s why shedding a light on these dark secrets is the first step of dealing with them.
Bored Panda has contacted one of the Twitter users who replied to this thread. They preferred to stay anonymous but were kind enough to discuss the bad practices that some businesses carry out and why we are so eager to learn about them.
They told us that they were previously employed in the hospitality industry: “I worked on and off at a few bars for some extra cash when I first moved out at 23.” Finding out what was happening in the background was quite shocking, so they tried talking about this with some of the other servers.
#3
Coleby G 3 years ago
There is about 20 other countries including the us that have for profit healthcare.
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sofacushionfort 3 years ago
I hate the COVID-deniers with their “University of Facebook” educations, but the US medical profession allowed that to happen by destroying their own credibility for years for the sake of higher profits.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
If either of the first two doctors are men and you’re a woman, get a third and fourth opinion—-from female doctors. Somewhere between them is the truth.
Dave P 3 years ago
It has to do with how hospital tax system works in combination with insurance. It's why non-insurance clinics (Surgery Centers that are only out of pocket and for profit, no insurance) are far less likely to recommend surgery over other treatments and cost significantly less. It has less to do with hospital profits and more with how they work within the crazy system of mish mashed regulations and tax codes
TrashPandaSociety 3 years ago
My mom had a pacemaker installed and turns out she didn't even need it.
thatdisasterpanda 3 years ago
my mom is a surgeon and fortunately this policy is not in place where she works
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adiiantryx 3 years ago
a diamond obtains its monetary value not from any intrinsic property or usefulness, rather from the value we give it in society, which itself was manipulated by marketing campaigns from mining conglomerates advising people to gift diamonds to their partners for weddings, it's like a successful scam like the whole apple a day thing
Aria Whitaker 3 years ago
And there are LOADS of them. They have folks out here thinking that they are "rare"...um, no.
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Rapthorne Lightweaver 3 years ago
Diamonds themselves are one of the biggest scams out there. They are far, faaaaaar more common than jewellers would have you believe, and their price is entirely arteficial. Many diamonds are also mined through slave labour.
Ben Smith 3 years ago
Diamonds aren't rare, we know this, but a diamond with better clarity and fewer flaws etc IS rarer than a cloudy diamond with many flaws. Of course a distributor will sell diamonds to many different retailers, but the quality is VASTLY different between Walmart and Tiffany.
Wendy 3 years ago
I seriously doubt this person worked at Tiffany if they are implying that the quality is the same at both locations.
Load More Replies... Treessimontrees 3 years ago
Well there's only about 3 diamond distributors so that's not a huge surprise
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
Tiffany’s and other high end retailers USED to sell quality items. Beautiful, elegant, well-made—-and they had people on staff to repair and/or resize the jewelry, or tailor the clothing to fit you better (and the clothes were made with better cloth, plus a couple to a few extra inches of it at the seams and hem to allow for alterations). Nowadays, though, it seems like even the expensive stores are selling the same cheap, low quality, tacky, practically sheer or cut out or printed on s**t as the discount stores, only the label’s different and they’re charging a fuckload more for it. The last time I saw that was the mid-eighties when I bought a really nice coat at the Miller & Rhoads store in Raleigh NC, but it was too long, and the staff seamstress/tailor came out and measured how much she would have to redo the hem. A couple days later, I went to lick it up and you could not tell it had been altered! Wore that coat for years, and that hem never gave out.
Dave P 3 years ago
Not totally true, but they are different grades and quality. Talk to a GIA Certified person, different grades and quality rankings affect price. Further its a myth that Diamonds are not "rare" and therefor value is "fake" most diamonds are industrial grade, a quality used in heavy industry but would never be able to sell. Jewelry quality diamonds are not as common as people realize and their value is assessed based on a whole list of criteria from luster, to clarity to size, and imperfections, etc. Which is then graded against how rare such a diamond is.
Ellen Tannenbaum 3 years ago
Don’t think you are investing when buying fine jewelry. Good luck getting back half what you paid for it.
Apparently, “they said they’d experienced the same at every bar they’d worked in. We worked out between us that most of the bars in the area did the same thing—some were really established places.”
“After I worked there, I had table service a handful of times at other bars, each time the bottle came out already opened with a pourer in place and a sparkler. When I looked closer at the bottle (as I knew what to look for), the foil seal looked really old, the bottle was chipped and scratched,” they explained that it looked like it had been around the block a few times.
#5
Hiker Chick 3 years ago
My frames just broke for the third time and the eyeglass place told me "oh, well, you bought the cheap ones, nothing we can do unless you spend $100 to replace them." My dollar store readers have lasted longer than my prescription frames!
Rapthorne Lightweaver 3 years ago
The US spectacles market is absolutely predatory. a found a pair of glasses in my country for £30, and the exact same pair in the US was $275
Becky Samuel 3 years ago
Again, USA problems. In the UK you can get your eye exam and a pair of glasses and walk away with change from £80. If you're a pensioner, a child, on means-tested benefits, or have a direct relative with glaucoma and you're over 40, then eye exams are free, and you may qualify for a voucher that pays for your glasses completely.
Treessimontrees 3 years ago
You can buy any RayBan frame on a market in Thailand for $1 (they have a factory there and let's say a lot don't leave the factory the way they're supposed to).
Linda Yesenia 3 years ago
I use to buy the expensive name brands but F that, Dollar store shades!
Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
I know. That's why I got new glasses 3 times because they weren't correct (pupil placement was wrong) and had my frames repaired twice (sat on them once) for free. The markup is so much, they can afford to just give you new glasses until they are correct.
Rebekah Krause 3 years ago
Is there something you can do about this? Because I am blind as a bat and poor as hell
Furgus McGurgus 3 years ago
Clarification: Luxottica not only owns most of the major frame brands, but also has licenses to produce frames for major fashion labels, like Armani and Burberry. There are only 2 or 3 players in that space, dominated by Luxottica and Essilor. If you buy from Lenscrafters then you're buying from Luxottica. There are independent frame manufacturers - thinking ZeroG, Lindberg - but you will pay a premium for their products because they don't have the distribution reach that Luxottica has.
Kiara Eagar 3 years ago (edited)
Where I'm from if you need new lenses they will fit them into your old frames so that you can get your new prescription cheaper. All you pay for is the lenses and a small service fee. A whole lot cheaper then buying new frames
#6
TheCatasaurusMeowMom 3 years ago
NGL, I hate living here as a US citizen. So, I def don't blame you. Our healthcare system is screwed the eff up.
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SlartyBlartFast 3 years ago
Can you please stop assuming the 'murican way is what the world does? Yes, sorry for your bad system, but make a note at least to point in which country.
Zalzany Games 3 years ago
If you can't tell I am sorry for you, but sounds like your public school is on par with ours if you had to think for a minute that maybe the country with more people then yours, and more social media pressence and more likely to click this is who its talking about lol
Load More Replies... Marilyn Ransberry 3 years ago
No bill in Canada. Americans have been hoodwinked into believing socialized medicine is bad.
Dave P 3 years ago
This overbilling actually has to do with our currently regulatory system. Dr. Makary, head of policy at Johns Hopkins has written extensivly how this is done to comply with govt regulations around insurance and billing to avoid getting government fines. Much easier to do it this way to avoid govt regulators. He points out the problem in the system is how the government has so many regulations on top of regulations, that clash, that hospitals do this just to avoid violating some obscure rule and getting fined millions
Thea Grace 3 years ago
True. I'm an American in nursing. Most hospitals lie and have no right to do most of what they get away with behind closed doors.
Eucritta 3 years ago
In my experience - here in the US - I've not had an itemized hospital bill contain listings for medications I wasn't given, at least not while I was conscious. But I -have- seen some surprisingly hefty charges listed for 'sundries' and 'incidentals' that no hospital to date has been able or willing to break down. I'm pretty sure they cover the basic care essentials provided like toothpaste and nonslip socks, but beyond that anyone's guess is as good as mine.
Zalzany Games 3 years ago
Yep my friend had to fight bills for all 3 of her kids from hospital. They had so much crap tacked on she never took or did, but it was "automatically" put on as customer service would later tell her, and she go "that is great I didn't get that, so take that s**t off, also this doctor here, we never saw him I am not paying him." They would go "oh that is the one who does the epidorials!" She facepalms "I didn't get one its one of the things I told you at start I am not paying for I didn't get it!"
Looking at how many Twitter users contributed to this viral discussion, it seems like people not only like spilling the tea about their jobs but also think it’s relevant to get a little sneak peek into the profession. The former bar worker believes that people are mostly interested because there’s a suspicion that “companies are not always run above board.”
“I did notice a lot of people replied to my tweet in denial of the goings-on and I think, socially, people hate having to accept they’ve been conned,” they mentioned. “I think my tweet was particularly interesting because people are usually drunk and, therefore, vulnerable in a bar/club environment.”
#7
Hiker Chick 3 years ago
Depends on the store. Two of my regular stores keep stock in the back (different sizes of clothes, additional products that ran out on the shelf).
Tiffany Stafford 3 years ago
I think OP is simply saying we should trust them about whether there's any backstock. If they do, they'll take a look. If they don't, they're just avoiding a conflict with the consumer.
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Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Depends which store and country you're in. In the UK we have so much stock back in the stockrooms and almost always have to check the computer's inventory, we don't just 'know' what's back there. When I moved to USA, it surprised me how many stores just don't even have a back stock room anymore, what's on the floor is all they have. Last time I found a place that had a stockroom in america was the shoe department at Dillards.
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
I can confirm. Unless stock showed up, I knew exactly what was in all the backrooms. I'd often take that moment to sit down for a few seconds.
Linda Riebel 3 years ago
Actually, asking for that has worked for me -- there WAS the item I wanted in back.
Cydney Golden 3 years ago
I just asked for a product at Trader Joe's the other day. The person went in the back and returned with the product. Sometimes especially these days stores don't have enough personnel to get the shelves stocked quickly.
Jenny Shmurak 3 years ago
Most of the time when I asked this in clothing stores, the sales person came back with the product. So, not always true.
Great Panda Mamu 3 years ago
I generally just ask if it's possible there is more in the back. Most stores just don't have a big back room and keep all product out front if possible. A big back room is wasted space that could be used to sell that product instead of hiding it away.
#8
Debby Marengo 3 years ago
That's what the code word means though - someone is stealing. We had one at Walgreens when I worked there many moons ago. Something like Code 54 in aisle 5. If you're the only one in aisle 5 and you stole something - you've been caught.
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Treessimontrees 3 years ago
I was sat (bored) waiting my 15 minutes after getting a covid shot at Target. I counted 75 cameras I could see from where I was sitting.
Eagle Girl 3 years ago
at walmart it's a big burly guy chasing you almost out of breath
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Sarah Benedictus 3 years ago
uh maybe demand a decent living wage for all jobs and demand social spending. remove the need to steal. how about that?
Load More Replies... Mary Peace 3 years ago
IF I was at Target and I WAS stealing, I wouldn't stop to listen to what employees were saying on their walkie-talkies, becos I'd be busy running out of the store/ trying to look like a normal customer.
Many people replied to the user saying they could tell the difference between alcoholic beverages which, for very few people, could be true. “However, after a few drinks, most people will happily drink whatever you give them without question.”
The user hopes that people who read this thread would actually take this new information into account and “maybe make better decisions” in the future. “Just buy a drink at the bar and have fun with your friends, there’s no need to look flashy,” they advised.
#9
Eagle Girl 3 years ago
I mean really??? you're saying EU banks don't favor the rich? C'mon!
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Mel in Real Life 3 years ago
Yep, when it comes to overdrafts, say you have 100 dollars in the bank and you have a check for 20.00, 10.00 5.00 and 95.00 needing to clear. They will process highest to lowest causing all the other checks to bounce (3 overdraft fees) but if they would process lowest to highest you would only have one charge.
Thomas Mack 3 years ago
Nope, standard practice is to charge from lowest to highest actually to ensure the most possible transactions go through. If your bank does it the other way you need a new bank. (Source <-- banker)
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Jessica Rabbit 3 years ago
I had this problem in high school with Bank of America and refuse to bank with them now because of it.
Cassie 3 years ago
Back before online banking, there was no way to view transactions in real time. My bank had a policy that deposits posted within 48 hours. The first time I overdrew was when I made a deposit and waited three days to make a purchase, but the purchase overdrew my account because the bank failed to post the deposit. From then on, I waited five days before spending a deposit, but it happened one more time anyway. I fought them on that one because one day difference might be an occasional anomaly, but failing to post my deposit in five days was ridiculous, plus, I had spent less than $20, but got charged over $300 in fees because it was something like eight small transactions and each transaction incurred a flat fee and, of course, they organized the transactions not by how they occurred but by what would get them the most money. Those are the only times in my life my account has ever been overdrawn and I am bitter that those two events exist.
Grumble O'Pug 3 years ago
That has been scrutinized and the practice has been stopped. Here's the old way: you have $100 in your account. A rent check for $400 goes through and wipes you out, but then you have two debit transactions (say $20 and $55) They would scoop out the $400 first, then the other two would hit giving you three overdraft charges. NOW you will have your two smaller transactions go through first then the one big rent check, so you only get one overdraft. If you are financially savvy you are using a credit card to pay all your bills, then pay it off when the statement comes through, so the money isn't yours if there is an issue, but I digress.
Montanna Washburn 3 years ago
Bank auditor here - kind of. Each bank organizes transactions in a certain manner but your disclosures tell you what that manner is and it doesn't change. They've set a policy and it stays that way. It's not to ensure you overdraft, although it does obviously make that happen, it's due to how every different transaction type processes in banking. Different transactions process faster than others due to how the entire banking system is set up. Electronic transfers process faster than checks - that's just how it is, so banks post those transactions last (typically) b/c they essentially have to. Another reason why you need to read the documents you're given at account opening so you know how your account works.
Stacy Pierson 3 years ago
That's not true. I promise you. It's against Federal Regulation and examiners and external auditors can find any instances and subject the bank to huge fines.
Steve Allingham 1 year ago
Many f the bank charges most people in the US see as normal are illegal here in the UK, You might pay small monthly charge if your account includes extra services (like vehicle breakdown cover, travel insurance, legal protection etc), but otherwise you will only pay a (small) charge if you go wildly overdrawn without authorisation.
#10
Nancy Obertubbesing-Maiewski 3 years ago
I went to a taping of America's Got Talent with Howie Mandel and Scary (Mel) Spice as judges. EVERYTHING is completely fake, and I do mean EVERY PART OF THE SHOW. It is all pre-planned and pre-scripted. While I knew some of it was, I just didn't know to what extent. Never will watch any of those type of shows again!
Trizia Norris 3 years ago
They also approach people to audition. I know because a niche-interest band I used to be into we're approached.
Anne Mitchell 3 years ago
Are there people who actually believe that any of these "live" tv shows are not choreographed/scripted/pre decided? Oh dear. I have bridge for sale. PM me,
VeryDarkMatter 3 years ago (edited)
I think you must be really stu.. err naive, if you think this kind of shows are genuine. Everything is fake. The crying audience when someone is singing so emotionally.. the bad singers who are put in front of cameras for a laughter. The jury crying.. playing bored ..everything in this shows is FAKE.
Thomas Bollmann 3 years ago
Laugh all you want, but William Hung has over 4500 monthly listeners on Spotify. He can almost buy a used 91 Tercel with those royalties.
When it comes to bad practices, sometimes businesses purposefully ignore or even enforce them. From the user’s experience, the companies (especially the clubbing and drinks industry) practice a “take what you can get” attitude.
“I’m not speaking for all bars and clubs at all but just a few that I’m aware of,” they specified. “There’s not many checks or inspections, maybe once a year, and—let’s face it—people can look above board for one day of the year.”
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Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Nope, not in all. Many times call center workers are grateful to put you on hold because we don't have to listen to the customer's whining, it gives us a sanity break.
Aria Whitaker 3 years ago
Yep. When I worked at one while in college we had two "holds": "silent hold" where you werent really put on hold, just on mute and we could hear everything....and "hard hold" where you were actually put into a hold queue and could hear music and we could NOT hear you in that one. But either one...was a welcome break.
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Bobby 3 years ago
depends on the call center, I worked for one where if I put you on hold I'm listening to the same crappy music you are
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Depends on the phone service and whether the company wants to pay for it. I’ve worked jobs that weren’t customer service that had it and it was VERY eye-opening, especially when you called a fellow employee and heard what they said about you, and others as well, when they forgot about that particular hold feature.
Vanessa Richardson 3 years ago
I was once on the phone with my internet provider. The man asked if he could put me on a brief hold while he looked up my account—-forgot to put his phone on mute and I got to hear him answer a knock at his front door. It was a friend that went clubbing with him the night before, talked about and smoked some weed, cussing up a storm, just hanging out. Then he abruptly said “oh sh*t! I’m on a call!” And came back on the phone all professional sounding. He never knew I heard a thing😅
Rissie 3 years ago
Well, actually... That depends on how options on the phones/software are used and what's available. If they have a shrivel of decency than the hold-function actually does just that, put you on hold where the agent can't hear you. And I speak of experience that it's nicer as an agent too, you get to focus and not worry about someone blabbering in your head at the same time.
Nimitz 3 years ago
Worked at a call center. We had 3 forms of "hold." One just muted our mic so the client heard nothing, one muted the mic and the client heard music, and one was actual hold where they heard music and you couldn't hear them. You could always tell which you were getting cause the first two were "just one sec while I look something up" and the real hold required us to ask if they mind holding while we checked for a solution.
Nimitz 3 years ago
The reason was because actual hold time was a metric tracked by the companies the call center was contracted to serve. Using it was bad for stats so we'd use the other two mute/holds and just check back in every minute or so.
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I remember one time working on a call center, it was collections for a credit card, this cardholder had a questions, and said hold on, let me check with my manager. So what you do you mute, they can't hear you talking. This lady says this "dumb b***h b***h doesn't know anything. So I took my headseat off of mute, and said "Mam, I can still hear you wand would appreciate it if you did not refer to me in that manner". Need less to say she was quite embarrssed!
LesAnimaux 3 years ago
Next time I will grace you guys with my excellent singing abilities. I sound like a banshee.
Zalzany Games 3 years ago
My dad found that out, he was little drunk and a d**k to begin with. Got charges pressed on him with home owners insurance company because he was talking mad s**t, and said some crap about how he would go down their and whoop that persons ass. Its like you know they tell you they record this s**t right? Sure enough "they don't got right to record me with out telling me!" They play back the message warning them are recording it in the recording to him lol
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Gaby Almodovar 3 years ago
True... the difference makes, what are the everyday hygiene -rules and what are the extra-ones. Because honestly, the wall of the kitchen isn't cleaned daily (if it's not seemingly dirty). Nowhere.
RMT 3 years ago
Ah yes, the “I have very little experience yet I will lump all restaurants(over a million in the US) into the same category”. No not ALL restaurants have ‘few hard and fast hygiene rules’
Mermaid Elle-Jaye 3 years ago
Yeah, I always worked liked the ‘health inspector’ was arriving, because having standards is not only more healthy but long term more profitable.
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Persephone 3 years ago
From experience: my restaurant is actually great, and always up to par; just have to be careful where employees set drinks if they're not covered (people can forget and this is very minor). I've seen many restaurants cut serious corners tho. As for the hospital: you'd better hope people wash their hands properly, gown-up properly, etc... I've seen some people really slouch there, which is worse.... This was pre-COVID tho.
Richard Camp 3 years ago (edited)
Former food safety inspector here- and we can tell the difference between the "oh s**t inspector is coming" stuff/habits vs the stuff that's been done properly for long periods....and I write your butt up for the bad (critical food safety violations) habits that you will (guarantee) slip up on during inspections exactly b/c of that.
Synsepalum 3 years ago
Not true. Most restaurants are very clean and take hygiene very seriously.
Joe Rusynyk 3 years ago
The 'oh s**t' rules are things like 'how many boxes of gloves are visible?' and 'did anyone wipe down the microwave in the last 5 hours?' you're not going to hide anything real in the 10 minutes front of house can stall the inspector.
Zalzany Games 3 years ago
Every place with food, deli slicers in my state at least seem to never get cleaned once every two hours like they are suppose to, its just "oh s**t health inspection did you initial the logs! "uh no I didn't have time to clean it you said "dont bother" to me remember." Panic "you suppose to intial anywyas!" Its like no no its gov doc I am not lying for your ass, you initial so its your ass on the line if its not a big deal lol
Joe Rusynyk 3 years ago
The only logs I've ever seen a health inspector check, and the only logs I've ever seen a kitchen crew take seriously, are the logs for the temperatures of the coolers and freezers. And none of the logs have ever been government documents.
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Space whale 3 years ago
My mum own a small takeaway and even though her place is always clean it's just a little extra shiny when the inspector is due
The former server also wanted to discuss things they saw from a client’s point of view: “There have been many times, as a customer, that I have witnessed sexual assault, drug-taking and men being aggressive and highlighted to security and [the establishment] completely ignored it—paying customers are the main priority it seems.”
They added, summarizing their thoughts about the thread: “I’m sure there are plenty of companies, in all industries, still practicing a zero-hours contract, not adhering to the minimum wage for cash in hand jobs, no contracts, dodgy tax dealings, etc.” So if you don’t want to be exploited and serve corporate interests, it’s important to call out such behavior whenever possible.
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Redemption Happens 3 years ago
Joining a union is one of the very best things to ever happen to me. I’ll be a teamster at my new job. Union busters are untrustworthy despicable selfish people.
WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
Joining a union is bad for the company and your career opportunities. And that's why American employees are nothing more than wage slaves in the 21st century.
Nathan Pogorzala 3 years ago
Unions are the reason anyone has days off and not working 16 hour days. Unions are the reason people don't fall into smelters in steel mills or cut in f****n half at a sawmill. Take your anti union s**t the f**k out of here.
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Crystal Barkhauer 3 years ago
All of the corporate jobs I have worked for demonise unions, I swear.
Marilyn Ransberry 3 years ago
So why would a company discourage employees to join a union. Could it be it is bad for the EMPLOYER not the employees?
Michael Stuart 1 year ago
Well, nowadays, big businesses don't hire employees, they hire independent contractors that hire employees. Which, pretty much means, you can't unionize.
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Ace Girl 3 years ago
I heard a great analogy for this. It's like putting butter on bread. Buttered bread left overnight is still soft in morning, whereas plain bread left overnight will be stale in the morning. Just having something on your face will do the trick!
Kendra Miller 3 years ago
Your skin also has to breathe, which is why it's strongly recommend to remove makeup before bed. It also has to do with your skin type. If your dry, you'll need to add moisturizer, if you're oily like me, maybe just rinse your face versus washing away all your oil if it isn't excessive. When I use to use regular soap, and washed it all away, my pores would freak out and have my skin recoated in less than an hour. I have a healthier relationship with it and only need to use a gentle soap every few days. My microbiome is happy and healthy
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wenchie 3 years ago
This one I'm a little meh on. I've literally seen the effects from finding skin care suited to my skin's needs. File this one under not all skin care is created equal.
Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
Many anti-aging creams have a vitamin (I think it was E, not sure) that causes inflammation in the skin, making it puffy and thus 'reducing' wrinkles. It's not healthy, it doesn't actually reduce wrinkles, but it looks good.
Load More Replies... TrashPandaSociety 3 years ago
Don't tell my 76 year old mother who spends thousands of dollars on expensive brand name "anti-aging" creams! And no, she doesn't look younger!
Mary Peace 3 years ago
But maybe she thinks she does, and for some ladies, that's worth paying for!
Load More Replies... Mermaid Elle-Jaye 3 years ago
I dunno, Ive used normal drug store stuff forever, convinced by this statement then recently went to a dermatologist (I’m getting my face done for acne scars). She walked and talked me through things and I purchased $470 for a cleanser, toner and cream. I felt stupid and felt like she sold me crap I didn’t need…………. I’m seeing the results from the rich peoples products already, after remembering they have the money to make their skin more amazing (I saved hard for mine) . Even more surprising, whatever miceller water was on sale was what I was using to take waterproof mermaid make up off, but the new cleanser uses half a pea worth and takes everything off and more. Seriously noticing it, it’s been big on my fb, I have honest friends who don’t sugar coat what my face looks like etc. it’s amazing the difference and can’t wait for the scar treatment to top it off. (Dr spiller if you’re wondering on what is being used).
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Hiker Chick 3 years ago
Also, why are they charging me $10 for a single generic tablet that probably costs them 15 cents to manufacture?
Kendra Miller 3 years ago
Capitalism, supply and demand, means they can charge however much they want
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January Tempis 3 years ago
I totally agree that big pharma is awful. But "avoid at all costs"?? I respectfully disagree. As a person with bipolar I am eternally grateful for my mood stabilizers so I can live a sweet little life. As a person of a certain age I am grateful for my thyroid supplement so I have the energy to get out of bed in the morning. I don't care for the medical industry as a whole right now but I damn well make use of modern medicine.
Miranda Mott 3 years ago (edited)
I worked in a *very* expensive restaurant. One night, there was a group of young doctors sitting at one of the most expensive tables available. Since I'm staff and not a person, they felt fine talking in front of me. They talked about prescribing new drugs because those drug companies pay them the most for writing that prescription. Not only are the drug companies robbing you, but they'll also pay any *willing* doctor to create guinea pigs. Those young guys also talked about their killer student loan debt. Doesn't make it better, but it's a nasty system.
Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago
If you avoid your medication it could kill you so what’s the point in worrying about it. It’s safer to take the medicine.
Stephanie Cox-Davis 3 years ago
I worked for several pharmaceutical companies, and you don't want to know.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
Yeah but you see, some of us can’t afford, health-wise, to avoid our prescriptions. But I get the gist of what you’re saying. There’s probably a similar lack of care in materials sourcing for some companies as well.
Rissie 3 years ago (edited)
It's complicated. You need evil and cutthroat to keep the practice of bruteforcing pharmaceuticals going. It's like cracking passwords by just trying them all. And once you hit the jackpot with that very inefficient process, you have to get all the moneys. There is no smarts in that. It's like getting your dumb big ass cousin to break and enter every home in your neighborhood to find you that extra special My Little Pony you didn't even know existed. Problem is, it's getting worse and is at the point it is actively repressing actual advancement in medicine. So. We might want to start changing how it works bout now.
Zalzany Games 3 years ago
Why I am glad I got VA coverage for my disability with army. S**t is crazy even VA is like "oh hell no you use our pharmacy or we mail it unless its an emergency then my doc hast file paper work saying I can't reach the VA hospital, and need that med(s) that day and its easier to get it from supermarket one.
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Shane S 3 years ago
This is true in a lot of cases. Sometimes it takes more energy to recycle than it does to create new product so it’s technically worse for the environment. Try to create less trash in the first place
Joe 3 years ago
there are almost eight billion people on Earth. Two billion just in Asia. We're never going to "create less trash." We're all too lazy, greedy and careless.
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Glynn Reid 3 years ago
Companies do a lot of virtue signalling with things like recycling, environmental protection, community initiatives etc. but if it's not cost effective, they either won't enter into it or they'll quietly withdraw or amend the policy soon afterwards. Remember, companies are there to take your money. No other reason. If there wasn't profit in it, they wouldn't exist.
v 3 years ago
The entirety of the recycling enterprise is a lie. Plastic is one of the worst lies since there is typically only one bin for plastic which means that all the various types of plastic are blended together and there's no efficient, environment, way to separate it out. Green weenies bought it hook, line and sinker and feel good about it but it's not providing any real benefit.
Joe Rusynyk 3 years ago
this is the entire trash collection industry in the US. We haven't been doing our own recycling ever really, we just shipped it all to china, then they stopped taking it. Basically if you don't know exactly where your recycling goes, it isn't recycling.
Craig Reynolds 3 years ago
Actually, very little gets recycled. It just got packed into containers and shipped overseas to places like China. A few years ago China put an immediate ban on imported "recyclables" Apparently, it wasn't being properly sorted before being shipped and was full of non-recyclables, trash, toxic chemicals, and biowaste. The US never had a recycling program. We were lied to and just made our mess someone else's. Now it's really our mess because we have no one to p**n it off on and it's filling landfills and the oceans.
Uchman 3 years ago
The whole of Europe exported their "recycling" to Asia
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Kantami Blossom 3 years ago
This happened in the UK as a whole, for years our recycling bin content was either sent to a landfill or shipped overseas to Malaysia(the government actually had the cheek to moan when Malaysia decided they didn't want it and sent it back😂).
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Rissie 3 years ago
In all honesty the existence of stores like these is very obvious BS too.
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Rapthorne Lightweaver 3 years ago
That doesn't make any sense to me. Surely if they are being disposed of, it makes far more sense for someone to get use out of them than to just end up in a landfill
Adriana Loborec 3 years ago
But but but somebody would get something for free rather than giving their money to corporations!!! (American thinking)
Load More Replies... Grumble O'Pug 3 years ago
#DonateDontDump check out Trash Walker on Instagram. She's calling out companies who do this.
Thea Grace 3 years ago (edited)
That just means that now there are thousands of dumpsters with free wax melts ripe for the picking. 😂
Edwin Lesperance 3 years ago
A broken candle is two candles to a homeless person - or a poor witch.
Barbara Skolly 3 years ago
There are pushes to prevent companies from doing this in various parts of North America I had a new Fossil watch stop working and they smashed it to prevent any employees from taking it home and putting time into repairing it
Shinobi Shabby 3 years ago
I might be wrong.. but if a defective/returned product is found and used by someone dumpster diving- it doesn't stop them from shaming the brand or being harmful for not being up to standard if the return was a legit defect. So this one I kind of understand.
Vasana Phong 3 years ago
Sad, sad, I always hear of the animal shelter needing donations for food and towels, blankets and of course volunteers
#18
Chris D 3 years ago
Apple was sued and proven that they did in fact make an update slow older phones to user would buy a new one. Never buy Apple crap.
September 3 years ago
I've been boycotting Apple, since April of 1988. Not changing my mind.
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Leodavinci 3 years ago
Sure they are... because obsolescence as a result progress doesn't exist. Windows was an absolute mess for a good part of its existence as they kept trying to keep it compatible with older and older hardware. Because MS's major clients, corporations such as IBM, did not replace hardware every year or two... or even every three or four years... and Windows had to keep working on older and older PCs... and their attendant ports and peripherals. Sounds like a good idea, right? Problems were all that legacy code caused problems for new machines... while code for newer stuff caused problems on older machines.
Radek Suski 3 years ago
I have an old iPhone 5s that I use as an alarm clock and few other things and it still works smoothly so there is that
Steve Allingham 1 year ago
Never understood the whole fascination with Apple (or Samsung for that matter), when you can buy something with a better spec, better compatibility and more useful features for a tenth of the price. I'll stick with my lesser known brand, they don't start slowing down after the third update either.
Randall Richardson 3 years ago
Worked for the company in question through a contractor. Accurate.
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Gaby Almodovar 3 years ago
Gross! At my place, the housekeeping is bringing down the glasses from the rooms for the dish-washer every single day.
Claudia Dugral 3 years ago
The Hotel I worked for used to wash them in the sink and dry them off with a "used" towel. Yikes. I never did that brought my own teatowels and dish soap and Didi it properly. But ever since I never ever use a glass in a hotel before I haven't washed it ....
Mermaid Elle-Jaye 3 years ago
I always prewash everything I use, just in case someone’s been lazy or management is s**t and let’s that (above) happen as standard.
Eagle Girl 3 years ago
My X thought it was crazy I hand washed anything before using it. Also ask for fresh sheets & change the bed. Don't even wanna know what I've found under the sheets ickkkk
Jessica Bertram 3 years ago
and THAT right there is why i wash my glasses with soap and hot water.
Steve Allingham 1 year ago
Must decent places leave a new set sealed in plastic every day, if not I wash them myself, always pack travel size washing up liquid.
Jennifer Reding 3 years ago
Always use a wrapped plastic or paper cup in a hotel room. Or bring your own water bottle.
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Dave P 3 years ago
Actually calling does work, as long as you follow up. Members of congress have to log every call to their office and if the person followed up. Studies have shown that if at least 600 people follow up twice, with at least 2 days apart between calls, it gets actions. I cannot speak for state legistlators as each state had their own rules.
Richard Newell 3 years ago
i called my congress representative about the VA taking over a year to give me their decision on my disability. Within a week i had my VA letter.
wowbagger 3 years ago
This entry is not like the others. Businesses engage in shady practices. That's bad. But our democratically elected representatives ignore their own constituents? That's a serious issue that, if true, violates our basic human rights. We should be very angry and willing to fight against this. Don't lump it in with scuzzy business practices.
Rissie 3 years ago
I'm sorry, you're naivety is showing, might want to cover that up.
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v 3 years ago
Democrats are just much politicians as Republicans and, at their core, they are all the same.
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Sioux White 3 years ago
Email or post and copy always have proof when working with organisations especially government. Never phone as it will be denied
Steve Allingham 1 year ago
There is still the odd occasion when old fashioned snail mail is the best tool. As somebody who worked with politicians in the UK I can assure you a 'real' letter gets more attention and has to be logged and responded to in a different way, usually requiring a reply within a fixed timeframe. Also never use a proforma letter with pre-written text, they just get counted and don't go through the full process, you will not get a reply.
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Rijkærd 3 years ago (edited)
Its funny that people are selective over garbage bags...i reuse my shopping bags for that...
Nathan Pogorzala 3 years ago
Plastic shopping bags don't exist anymore in MANY states. We still all have a bag filled with a million bags somewhere in our house, waiting for dog s**t or used as a lunch bag. Just not at the same time.
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Anna Banana 3 years ago
You have brand garbage bags?! Wait... do we have brand garbage bags...?
Rapthorne Lightweaver 3 years ago
This is the case with a huge amount of common and commodity items. All manufactured in the same place using the same materials, just with a different packaging label
Steve Allingham 1 year ago
Even though they cost 30p a shot, I still get the heavy duty carrier bags every time I shop. Our building has refuse chutes, and none of specially made ones fit it.
Debby Marengo 3 years ago
Same thing with a lot of OTCs and bread. Stop & Shop brand is Table Talk and made in the same factory. Acetaminophen is Acetaminophen no matter the brand on the box. The companies make money either way.
Jaybird3939 3 years ago
I use generic all the time except for 1 thing. Dawn dishwashing detergent. Only brand, generic or regular, that doesn't dry my hands out.
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Giga Bit 3 years ago
This is why you should eat at local eateries.. I've worked at 3 local places and all of 'em made the food fresh that day, it was never frozen!
deathrose 3 years ago
I use to make GALLONS of soup a day at a Cafe I worked at. Everything was made in house. We also had a catering service and other local restaurants would try and buy my soup from us to sale themselves.
Load More Replies... Cindy Martin 3 years ago
These items are flash-frozen, which as far as frozen food goes is actually reasonably healthy. The Mac and cheese is tossed 4 hours after it hits the steam table (and the bags are no secret--the kitchens are open and the bags are opened right in front of customers.) Because the soups are in large portions, they are iced and labeled at the end of each night, and the closers temperature check before putting them in the cooler. Openers double-check this in the morning to ensure proper holding. Per company standard, each soup may only be reheated one time for quality. Personally, I like novel experiences in restaurants, but in a chain where customers expect consistency, this is a decent way to execute it. -Former Panera Operating Partner
Tim 3 years ago
All frozen food is flash frozen (at least from the place of initial preparation). It doesn't keep very well if it isn't.
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Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
Do people really believe these franchise places are sourcing local ingredients and prepping food stock, baking and cooking fresh menu items? From Applebees to KFC, these restaurants simply reheat. Or, fry frozen.
Mary Haynes 3 years ago
our KFC closed by corp because they WERE using local chickens
Load More Replies... Tim 3 years ago
Panera brands themselves as a "made from scratch" type of place.
Load More Replies... Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Exposed what? This is common practice for all chains. I'm actually impressed they're in separate plastic sealed bags and at least look organized. Seen so many where it's just a tray of half-rotten meat and they're still serving it.
Gaby Almodovar 3 years ago
Soups, meat, fish, sauces are not unusual to be frozen in restaurants, even in fine dining ones. Just imagine, these items should be made in large quantities, taking 1 whole workday of a person. A jus, for example, must be cooked 7-8 hours... no matter if you are making 3 liters or 30 liters. But freakin' pasta and dairy products???!!!
v 3 years ago
Everything that is made on premises requires space to make it in, tools to make it with and space/equipment to clean it. Minimize the actual prep to industrial size sous vide equipment and you reduce the overall cost of operation.
Load More Replies... SlartyBlartFast 3 years ago
Well, did you expect a known brand name for pasta, uncooked, so you can turn into a Karen if it's not on your table in 5 mins? Or chickens freely roaming in the backyard and then fresh on your plate. Of course everything is pre-made and pre-packaged. It's called FAST food for a reason.
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John Smith 3 years ago
I always assumed it was just an animated gif. I would be amazed if it was actually connected to your pizzas progress.
eric riggs 1 year ago
probably not an animated gif (which would be easy to copy/paste, and get 'outed' very quickly) but yeah, it's not actually connected to the actual progress of your pizza, because that would require some sort of qr scanning setup, and I know for a fact that the pizza places don't do that. At least none of the ones I've ever been inside. The person makes your pizza, sticks it in the oven which spits it out in a bout 10 minutes or so, and then boxes and cuts it. No scanners around anywhere, no time taken to press any buttons on a keyboard, or anything.
Load More Replies... Nimitz 3 years ago
Not true. Worked at Dominos. We selected the order and hit the button when we started making the order, then selected the order and hit the button when we put it in the oven, then selected the order and hit the button when we took it out and boxed it. Then the driver selected the order and hit the button when he loaded it up. We saw the status updates on a display in real time. The tracker was 100% accurate at my store
SlartyBlartFast 3 years ago
In your country maybe, but where I am you follow the timer, as it also may change with updates. And you do get your pizza for free if your door bell or phone did not ring before the countdown ended. Again, assuming this is 'murican who posted....
Sebastian Bajon 3 years ago
Not true, I can see the Dominos I order from through my balcony, I can see when the delivery guy leaves the premises and it updates on the screen
Aaron Davis 3 years ago
When I lived in Hawaii and it would tell me "Tim is baking your pizza" and "Eric is checking your pizza" and "Beth is delivering your pizza" I knew it wasn't real. No way Tim, Eric, and Beth are all working together in a Hawaiian Dominos
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WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago (edited)
I'm pretty sure that in my country they'd wake you up to avoid bad publicity. "Woman dies in Ikea show room bed. Goes unnoticed till closing time."
Mary Peace 3 years ago
'But she was supremely comfortable in the moments before she died.'
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Louise Fogh 3 years ago
So in December some people got to sleep the whole night in IKEA beeds because a snowstorm had closed the free way down. IKEA Aalborg Denmark. They even made them breakfast.
Rissie 3 years ago
But it's not funny? Not even outside the context of this set of posts.
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Felype Rennan 3 years ago
The smarter thing to do was let them sleep for half an hour then wake them with "Wakey wakey, so, how do you like this mattress, so f*****g comfortable aint it?"
Rose the Cook 3 years ago
At IKEA in Beijing I was surprised to see people napping on beds and couches, students doing their homework on desks and people generally "trying out" the furniture with no objection from the staff.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
So basically, do NOT buy the floor model bed, no matter how discounted it is. If you’re poor and decide to take the chance, have it thoroughly cleaned and replace all soft materials, like pillows and mattresses. Duly noted.
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Nathan Pogorzala 3 years ago
Airlines are stealing your s**t too. Dumb s**t also, like 1 shoe just to f**k with you.
September 3 years ago
If you're rude to a worker at an airline counter and are checking bags, your checked bags are likely to get a "mark" to identify it to the line workers as a bag that needs to lose a shoe, or worse.
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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
The Post Office processing centers have had this problem off and on for decades. My husband is British, and for Christmas one year I ordered a toast rack for him. It never arrived in time, I had the the PO do an investigation and they said it must be lost (took their time about it too). So I ordered another, which arrived in time for his birthday in March. Guess what appeared at our doorstep in June? In a box that someone obviously ripped open then taped back together—-probably because the hicks at the processing center closest to me, which is located in the boonies, had never seen or heard of a toast rack before so couldn’t figure out WTF it was, couldn’t sell it, didn’t want it after all, and moved it on to me. The reason I know this is that, later that summer, news broke about MASSIVE theft by employees at that processing center. FFS. The PO pays well, and the cost of living is comparatively low in that neck of the woods, yet they decided to risk their good jobs to steal? Sheesh!
Micah 3 years ago
UPS drivers will as well. I had a driver claim that he attempted delivery 3 days in a row, when surveillance shows he only drove up to the address, got out of the truck, got back in, and drove off. I held the package at the distribution facility. I get down there and get the package; it looks damaged. I opened it up in front of the worker, and there was a rock inside.
Ladedah 3 years ago
The downside of mail order meds... somehow my package was "lost" after I missed the first delivery attempt (I was sleeping between 12 hr shifts). They never came back with it again (I know, because I have cameras). I'm sure some fedex guy got real efficient at his job after making off with my 180 ct. bottle of Adderall xr 🙄... took me a whole month to get it straightened out with the pharmacy and have another bottle sent. Replacing a controlled substance is a lot like pulling teeth.
David Houde 3 years ago (edited)
I have security camera footage of a FedEx truck pulling up my driveway, the driver going into the back, retrieving my package (retail box clearly indicating what was inside), then leaving without ever stepping out of the vehicle. I called FedEx that night, explained the video and the next day the package was delivered by someone in their personal vehicle late at night. The entire time they were careful to keep their face covered so I couldn't get him on camera.
John Kime 3 years ago
sounds like he got shamed into returning the stolen item here. hopefully he was fired too
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Zedrapazia 3 years ago
Sounds like a lot of people should just be fired immediately. They should rather be working at a trash facility where they can throw stuff all day without ruining people's stuff. I had packaged that contained several hundred dollars that were destroyed because of these lazy bastards.
Sky Render 3 years ago
Context is stupidly important here. Those sort centers have absurd metrics on packages processed per minute. The workers are so careless solely because management has put them in a position where their options are "be careless and keep your job" or "do proper due diligence and get fired for consistently not meeting metrics".
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SlartyBlartFast 3 years ago (edited)
Come on, if the internet knows it, then the company chiefs know it, and they allow it. Firing employees will do nothing if this is allowed, as the next batch will follow the same practice
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
I’ve seen people in the back room of my local small town post office—-which doesn’t get the volume of packages of other comparable areas of the state—-and even they were tossing packages or practically slamming them down into the carts. And the snarl on the faces of those back room employees is practically the model for cartoons of stereotypical grumpy government employees. FFS! They’re not all that busy, so they have the time to take at least a modicum of care.
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
If i'm purchasing something and it shows the delivery options - if I see the only option is UPS, I will switch the website I'm shopping on. The only company that's worse than UPS is Hermes in the UK.
Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
Yeah, lol... I can understand being upset with your employer, being underpaid and overworked, but to have no regard for the possessions of others. Inexcusable. People paid their hard earned money for those packages and it's not their fault your life sucks.
TrashPandaSociety 3 years ago
UPS treats their employees like trash and will literally scream and cuss at you to load the trucks faster. So yeah, s**t breaks and gets crushed.
Load More Replies... Michael Stuart 1 year ago
I bought a box of donuts that arrived in crumbs. I was like, were the drivers playing soccer with it?
BreAnn East 1 year ago
UPS just delivered a package from California to here in Toronto to me. A brand new Amazon box is beat to s**t with three holes in it.
Kerrie Furlong 3 years ago
I used to work for the Royal Mail back in the day, and we were told if it didn't have 'fragile' written on it, you don't have time to be gentle; it would get launched across the sortation bay - if it had 'fragile' on it, you HAD to place it gently in a large cage that was specifically for those items
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LH25 3 years ago
A friend of my mom's works for a local store chain, and they are told never to confront shoplifters. It's supposed to be for the employee's safety. People know this and walk out with all kinds of stuff.
September 3 years ago
We were told that and I asked, "Okay, we can't stop them but can we at least ask them what they took so we can put it on our shrinkage report?" Upper management wasn't amused.
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Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago
I did a project for a company to determine how much to raise the prices to cover shoplifting. It was an accepted expense. We determined how much to raise the price on everything plus how much to raise the price on selected items. For instance, adult diapers were 65% over normal cost because they were the most commonly stolen item in the $20-$50 range. They expected half of them to be stolen and they not only covered the cost of the lost merchandise, they could set a price point a bit higher because it is a necessary item. You can put the new pair of shoes back. You need the diapers. In addition, a bunch of insurance covered them so that extra cost was not absorbed by the consumer. After I did it, I now think they should always be covered as a medical expense. Someone shouldn't risk jail time over embarrassment or lack of money for a needed item.
v 3 years ago
The best time I had while working at Old Navy was when one of the 2 or 3 groups of shoplifters would come in on my shift. I wasn't part of their theft control team so I couldn't really do anything but I made sure that wherever they went in the store I was right behind them and always in line of sight folding clothes or cleaning up. It was so much fun to watch them get frustrated and fed up. One of these groups would come in with a big bag full of older (stolen) O.N. items and claim them for returns. For this group I would do the same as above but also make sure I was on register when they decided to check out. With O.N. if an old item is returned they would still take it but it was pennies on the dollar compared to legit returns so then they'd get pissy about not getting enough back on their returns.
TrashPandaSociety 3 years ago
Well I'll just apply my five finger discount next time I'm there! JK JK JK
Neill Powell 3 years ago
TBH, we've walked out of a few stores and just forgotten to take something out of our cart and place it on the till. Sometimes cheap, sometimes, yeah, a little pricey! Shopping carts are huge in our country and well, it can handle a full day's shopping. Also, stores don't care who's cart you are coming in with, they're all shaped the same. They're supposed to tape up all the bags from other stores when you enter, but yeah, sometimes a few things end up in bags from other shops... Also, really high-value items carry a tag, so the alarm MUST go off when you exit the store and right there the inspect the invoice and effect the warranty for the the product, should it have one.
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Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Nowhere in any country is the quilt/blanket covering the bed ever, EVER washed. I've worked in hotels in UK & USA as well as staying in hotels across the world. Linens are always changed, but the quiltcover is never washed or changed on the bed. Only time I ever saw one get taken off the bed was when a guest had masturbated and left his....fluid...all over the bed cover. Head of housekeeping just dragged it off the bed, threw it in the garbage and grabbed a new quiltcover from the extra's pile in the housekeeping closet.
vivioh 3 years ago
So what is the reason they didn’t just wash it? Seems pretty stupid and wasteful IMO
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
I can see leaving it if the same guest is in the room for a number of days. But FFS, at the very least change it between guests!
WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
Also ask for new drinking glasses and a refil for the room refrigerator. As we all read on BP what happens with the bottles....
Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago
The hotel I use always put clean bedding for each guest and I have waited for them at times to get into my room and seen them doing it
Ellen Tannenbaum 3 years ago
This is why most hotels have switched to a sheet-like top bed cover, because they are easier to launder after every visitor.
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LivingTheDream 3 years ago
Ah yes... Fraud because you don't like someone. That makes it okay.
Cassie 3 years ago
Done deliberately, they could probably be charged with food tampering.
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Bettie-Jean Neal 3 years ago
As someone who sometimes get low BP for no reason, if I got decaf, I'd be mad. I'm in kidney failure and only allowed 32 oz. of liquid/day, so needing caffeine and not getting any when I'm limited? Rude.
Ellen Tannenbaum 3 years ago
My brother used to claim he had to have caffeine but t would get a horrible headache. My parents only drank decaf but never told him when he was home for visits. Zero headaches.
Persephone 3 years ago
If they were being abusive, I'd rather call security or throw them out, so they don't come back.
Kantami Blossom 3 years ago
What if they needed a caffeine boost to get by and not giving it resulted in them falling asleep behind the wheel?
Cal Bro 3 years ago
If you need a "caffeine boost" to stay awake behind the wheel, you absolutely should not be there and should be charged with dangerous driving...
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Bored Panda 3 years ago
This is BS; I've won a radio competition. There are also laws about things like this. Sheesh!
Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago
I won several years ago, and have never been employed by a radio station. Maybe a few contests are rigged, but not all are.
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Gary Davidson 3 years ago
I won my weight in ice cream from Swenson's in 1982 via a radio call-in..."be the 12th caller and have the correct answer to this question...".
Joshua Wachtenheim 3 years ago
This one just isn’t true. Maybe the one you worked for but I’ve gotten on the air and so has my uncle.
Jonathan Zagrodnik 3 years ago
Still in radio here. This is BS. I can't speak for other countries but in Canada stations can get into serious s**t for doing this!
Daniele Tigli 3 years ago
Nope, not true for Europe, at least: a specific authority is even checking on prizes and transparency, our calls and winners are 100% real (I'm a radio host)
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Dave In MD 3 years ago
Heard the same thing about Trader Joe's which makes it all sus. Only difference was the other post was worded to make it sound like a great thing Trader Joe's was doing while this one makes you believe you are forcing Whole Foods to do it.
The Deez 3 years ago
I worked at Whole Foods years ago and can confirm that this is actually true and was actually one of my favorite parts of my job! More than once, if someone was trying to decide if they wanted to buy a product they'd never had, I'd just say, "Tell you what, we'll just give it to you and that way you can try it. Then, if you hate it, it's not a big deal because you didn't have to pay for it!" I loved the look on their face and how excited they'd get!
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Fluffy Griffin 3 years ago
I used to work at a big box retail store (not Wal-Mart), there is no reason for them to hold back merchandise. They put out all of the sale stuff, unless it physically can't fit, and even then for black Friday they really stuff the aisles.
Load More Replies... Rapthorne Lightweaver 3 years ago
Black Friday as a whole is a massive scam, from companys manufacturing intentionally inferior versions products just for black friday sales, to price hikes the month before so the Black Friday "Sale" is just the standard retail price.
#33
Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
Why is something minor and silly as that a law, but basic employee rights aren't?
Stephen Steve Stephenson III 3 years ago
Any time the cable goes out you can receive credit for that timeframe. of course you have to be willing to put up with the call center.
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Circumvent this by not having cable, learn to pirate with a VPN and download everything you want to watch/read/listen to. And for installing the internet you don't need a cable guy - seriously if you need help taking the modem outta the box and plugging it in...you shouldn't be on the internet.
#34
Ace Girl 3 years ago
This is helpful! I also use walmart.com when I'm physically in the store to help me find the aisle where a product is located. On walmart.com you select the store you are in, then search for the item you are trying to find, filter search results by clicking "in-store" and voila: it gives you the aisle number. I used this trying to find furniture pads. They weren't in the furniture section like I expected, but in a random hardware aisle. Saved me a lot of wandering!
TrashPandaSociety 3 years ago
Every time I go on walmart dot com, it says "only sold online" and then I have to spend $30 before I can get "free shipping" but it will take 4 weeks to get here! I never shop on their website!
Load More Replies... Vanessa Richardson 3 years ago
Being able to scan items in the app is how I find all the unmarked clearance deals. I also scan marked clearance too, often times, it will have gone further down in price but hasn’t been marked yet.
Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago
If you find it online cheaper, buy it from the seller online. There's a decent chance that person offering it is selling it to Walmart at a cheaper price than they even posted online. Walmart pays $20 for that pair of jeans and sells it for $30. Buy them online for $25 and give that small retailer the extra $5 instead of Walmart's stockholders.
#35
WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
That's why you donate directly to your favorite charity instead of giving businesses the opportunity to dodge taxes.
Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago
It's better to just give directly to a charity. Then you know they are getting 100% of your donation.
Load More Replies... Jennifer Lynn 3 years ago
it's net zero for a company, just really great PR. They claim the donation on taxes against the revenue (your donated money) for a net zero affect
Marc Palmeri 3 years ago
who cares who it comes from, as long as it actually gets to the charity?
Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago
no that's a lie I have worked with supermarkets and the donations are directly sent to the charity.
Neill Powell 3 years ago
KFC has done this for years in our country. People have wisened up on that as well.
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Whenever they ask these donation questions at the checkout, my answer has always and will always be no. First I can't afford to donate (when they ask if i want to donate to 'hunger' programs my reaction is always "bitch, I'M poor & starving, where's MY free food?!), secondly, always have your hand going directly to the mouth that needs it, you never know what the middle man is skimming.
Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
It’s pretty naïve in today’s age to believe that any trivial donation done at a grocery store check out has any real affect or even benefits the actual charity in anyway.
#36
WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
Because of "health concerns" and "liability". They sh!t they sold you 10 minutes ago suddenly is a threat to your health and makes them liable.
Leodavinci 3 years ago
Because, even if there is no law saying they have to do it, they can still be sued by someone. Blames over zealous judges and lawyers.
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zak 3 years ago
Any time I call and there's an automated menu, I always select that I'm calling to cancel my service. That way you get routed to the Retention department, and they have access to the best promotions and discounts (and your call will be answered much faster). I call my TV provider every few months and when I get to a live person I just tell them I'm calling to see if I'm eligible for any discounts or incentives. I save hundreds of dollars every year.
#38
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
All could be donated to women's shelter's and charities. A simple law change by a government that actually did its fuc*ing job would fix this.
Nimitz 3 years ago
Law's not broken, just people's perceptions. It's perfectly legal to donate things in good faith and be exempt from any reasonable legal ramifications. Called the Good Samaritans Act in the US. People only think they can get sued for garbage, in reality companies are free to give the product away, they just choose not to because capitalism
Load More Replies... WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
You do not know why the stuff has been returned and you don't want a dumpster diver get electrocuted by a faulty hair dryer.
Tami 3 years ago
That's part of the reason, so I'm not sure why you got downvoted. Another part is profit of course.
Load More Replies... Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
That’s just trashy. Who cares if someone scouts your trash? Lock it up. Better yet, donate these products to locks of love or a women's shelter. Crass materialism is reinforced by destroying resources.
Joe Reaves 3 years ago
I'm honestly fine with this (deterring dumpster diving that is, it should be recycled not sent to landfill but that's a different issue). But when people do it with food it makes me sad. So many people out there going hungry and places pouring bleach on perfectly good food so no one can take it out of the dumpster.
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#40
Bec Jac 3 years ago
They most likely have a place where they live and hours they don't work...
Load More Replies... Heather Menard 3 years ago
I have never heard of anyone doing this. I drive for Amazon. We don't even look at the name. You are just an address and a number.
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Pffft, i work in a law office and I google everyone associated with weird cases. This is common nosey-morbid-curiosity everyone has.
Sage Gusano 3 years ago
So that time I ordered duct tape, rope and a shovel they looked me up?
LivingTheDream 3 years ago
I really enjoyed the Amazon kid yesterday. My delivery was labeled explosives and he literally asked me "Did you order explosives? cause the box is kind of warm" I said "Smoke bombs... you're safe" and you could literally see the tension leave his body.
TrashPandaSociety 3 years ago
So every time I order sex toys and sexy lingerie, Amazon employees are looking me up on social media?!
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#42
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
You're a good pet owner. Trust no one with your furbaby.
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birdy gobyebye 3 years ago
I have heard many horror stories about dogs that are injured or died while at Petco Grooming,
Talon 3 years ago
I guess it’s a good thing we groom our puppy ourselves. She’s a 2 1/2 y/o spoodle (cocker spaniel poodle) and she has gone to a professional grooming salon like twice and she hated it and they never did the cut the way my mom wanted so my parents decided to do it themselves and my mom has actually gotten pretty good at getting the cut she wants
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago (edited)
Used to take my dog to an independent highly rated groomer, i'd never leave grooming or vaccinations or any type of care of my animal up to some idiot working at Petco. I'd have groomed my animal myself if I could, but she was a Hovawart and it was impossible for me to groom her, even the poor professional groomer took 3hrs just to dig through her fur. That and expressing the ana* glands, I threw money at the groomer to do that for me.
#43
Powerful Katrinka 3 years ago
Steven Mnuchin, Trump's Treasure Secretary, basically stripped Sears of its assets in order to destroy the company. He owns a huge amount of stock in Walmart. This was part of his scam.
#44
Fen Wolf 3 years ago
I see a lot of people don't understand the point of this tweet. He said NOW not new and he meant NOW not new. There's a massive shortage of cars right NOW, both new and used. New cars because of the chip shortage that effects most electronics. Used cars because there aren't as many new cars, but mostly because during covid (especially the first year) the rental industry took a hit. Normally, rental companies keep a car for a year, then sell the used ones to dealerships when they get the new models. With covid, a lot of rental companies sold most cars to the dealerships to stay afloat. So for a brief time, mid 2020, cars were REALLY cheap, epecially used. Now, people need cars again, but the rental companies haven't fully recovered so they're holding onto their cars longer, because its so hard to get new ones with the chip shortage. So there's no used cars either. Too much demand + not enough supply = price hikes. I could sell the car I got in mid-2020 for a profit at this point.
Albo alt 3 years ago
Car prices are insane and will continue to be until 2023 at best. Not only keep driving your beater until then, but also drive safely, because if you get in a wreck and insurance totals your car, you're stuck finding an overpriced used car in a seller's market. We sold my mother-in-law's 2014 Accord for $14K to CarMax. Without Covid or the chip shortage, that would normally get $8K for trade-in value.
Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
What do you suggest? Walking to work, 300 km away? Never buy a NEW car unless you have stupid money to blow, but used is perfectly fine. Of course it devalues over time, it's used...
Lee F. 3 years ago
I’m sure he’s telling you to lease instead of buy, not walk lol
Load More Replies... Neill Powell 3 years ago
Used Cars are a steal... Well, no they are being sold for what they're actually worth.Luxury mid-tier cars in particular. Remember, these cars log every hard brake, every over-rev, and the last driver's style. If two 2nd-hand cars are listed in the same year with the same mileage but one is cheaper, yep, that's the one has been driven into the ground. Also buy a car you "should easily afford" over one you "can afford". All Vehicles are terrible expenses for the entire duration that you own them, or pay them off. Dealerships generally work on fixed margins in the 2nd hand market, so the more expensive one is not better, but most likely will give you less trouble.
WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
Duh, cars have depreciated in value as soon as it is registered to you. Your new car is now a second hand one for the next buyer.
Fen Wolf 3 years ago
Date of the tweet, no they meant now. Because of covid there's a massive shortage of cars, new and used. New mostly because of the chip shortage, used mostly because of rental companies (that's a long story to explain). But the price of all cars, new or used, is up. Surprisingly, if you bought a car in 2019, right now you can probably sell it to a dealer for more than you paid. But this fluke in pricing won't last long, maybe another year at most, especially since rental companies are renting again. So if you buy a car now, next year the prices are likely to revert to "normal", which will be a greater drop in value than normal, and you'll be underwater on the car almost instantly.
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WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
Same in the Netherlands. We "recycle" everything. But since people do not know how to recycle, a lot of stuff goes straight to a dump. A few pizza-boxes between paper makes the entire 10 tons of collected paper unusable for recycling.
Joe Reaves 3 years ago
Because we have just one bin for all recycling we actually get less of that problem. Since it all has to be separated anyway the stuff that shouldn't be there can be removed more easily than if you expect the public to separate it with the intention of sending it all directly to the recycling plant.
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Martin Blaney 3 years ago
Yep, around 90% of the recycling programs are pure scams to make you feel good. It started way back during WWII and hasn't stopped since.
Laura 3 years ago
My city had a huge recycling program (think fines if you didn't do it properly) and because we were part of a pilot project, it ended. The funny part is, it wasn't widely known that it had ended, so everyone was still recycling like their life depended on it, and the city was still racking up fines. If came out about two years after that all of our recycling was going to the landfill. So I really don't care about recycling, but it's just going to the same place
Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago
The largest trash collector in my town goes the other way. Every bag that goes in the bin is torn open and sorted through with anything of value being pulled out. In addition to the landfill, they have a "place" outside town where they pile different recyclables waiting for the price to go up. When Trump and China started their embargos, they just piled up scrap steel, copper, and aluminum. Once Biden ended them, they sold their piles off to the Chinese. Just Checked and they don't have anything posted for my town right now but they're paying $22/hr in Dallas, TX for sorters.
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Why don't we have the Swedish take over the global recycling? They do a better, more efficient job than the chinese or our domestic recycling programs, they were so efficient they ran out of recycling for their own country and started importing other countries trash so they could keep their recycling plants running. We have the amazing people to fix this problem, let's get them on it!
Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
Not true. Most waste management companies are private & how they process it is up to them. Some make profit just disposing and some break it apart and sell off all of it as some sort of asset. In some US states it has to NOT go to a landfill because we don’t have landfills. Nor do we sell it to another location. My local (in US, not NL) waste management company keeps recycling, yard waste and household trash separate. It gett put into a processing belt/system where it’s separated by type of trash. From there it is sorted out into organic, metals, types of metals, plastic, etc. and it is all sold off to other companies for whatever they use it for.
lazyNinjaCat 3 years ago
OK hear me out, why is the USA called the United states of America, when each individual state is now so completely different?
Leodavinci 3 years ago
Because the definition of "United"' is not "same" nor "identical".
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Ethan Lang 3 years ago
So they just call the catfish squad on themselves for clout? People really need hobbies :/
Max L. 3 years ago
Many stories are scripted with actors. Fact is authors can get paid if they sell stories to play, not for real people telling what really happened them. You can spot this when the actors clearly never match to the story, i.e. a fit shape model with a "not so well looking" type, to be polite.
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Nev and Max or Kami actually do the research and are the only ones who don't know what's going on...the crew and producers know everything. They also sometimes make these "stories" sound more dramatic than they actually are as well
#47
Leodavinci 3 years ago
Are you sure it isn't "something is always on sale"?
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Brenda Spagnola 3 years ago
That's illegal in the United States. If you can prove it, many companies have lost lawsuits over this
Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago (edited)
Um. That’s retail vs wholesale. Because the coupon applies to regular prices, theyre not pulling a Black Friday. They’re retailing products they buy at wholesale. That’s what retail shops do. It’s in their name.
Leodavinci 3 years ago
Not saying it hasn't happened at all, but overall it's a common retail myth. I have never been in any store where I noticed that prices changed because items were on sale. Same prices before, during, and after.
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Not an unknown fact. And with their prices, who still shops there?
#48
Toni K. A. 3 years ago
And I read yesterday that the larger straw makes a difference too in taste because you get more carbonation.
Leodavinci 3 years ago
It's nonsense. The carbonation is in the soda, Straw has nothing to do with it. A bigger straw just lets you drink it faster. You go get more since you finished drinking before you finished eating and will want some more to drink. McD's doesn't do free refills.
Load More Replies... Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Prefer Burger King coca cola, already pre-watered down. Tastes better watered down and its healthier.
RedMarbles 3 years ago
Could be your local establishment. I've experienced that on occasion and I just don't return to that one if I'm craving a fountain coke. Seems like most of them do it right.
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Jacob Ross 3 years ago
Not quite. I used to work there, and honestly it's one of the better companies in retail. It depends on the profit margin of the product. Like on paint we made almost no money. The real money was in accessories and disposables. Our department was also the target of frequent scams. A popular one is where a customer orders a can of paint, then comes back and says that they don't like the color. They return the paint for a refund and leave. We mark the paint down and put it on an end cap. Their buddy/partner comes back and buys the same paint color for a very significant discount. We would always add new pigment to returned cans in order to foil this. It was hilarious to see the looks on scammers faces when we did it.
Load More Replies... Sage Gusano 3 years ago
Statement is a bit too blanket for my taste. You're saying I can get a $52 item for $2.01 at the discretion of ANY employee without a flag? Doesn't ring true.
RedMarbles 3 years ago
I imagine they're allowed to do it without first having their superior punching in their code or whatever, but I'm sure they'd be questioned later if they gave a customer that sort of discount.
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Rissie 3 years ago
Don't kid yourself. Those practices are found here too.
Load More Replies... Leodavinci 3 years ago
I really need proof. Pretty sure Chic-fil-a does not get their chicken from Tyson. Their chicken nuggets aren't like those anywhere else.
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Bored Panda 3 years ago
Simply by looking at the ingredients, you can see that breads with various labels/bags are usually not the same. Don't be a moron.
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Unless you're buying La Brea bread, ONLY bread you can find in the american stores that is simple flour, water, yeast and salt. Every single other bread company adds chemicals, sugar, honey, corn syrup etc. Otherwise I have to go to the local european-style bakery and have them custom bake me loaves of 'clean' bread.
#52
Nimitz 3 years ago
Funny how when it comes to clothes people only care about price, never about which company uses slaves. You can actually find non-evil places that sell clothes at non-evil prices with just a little tiny bit of effort. But please, tell me more about the current $4 dress on TikTok/Instagram...
#53
RedMarbles 3 years ago
It seems like throwing Buttigieg's name into this anecdote is meant to disparage him. I admit I didn't like hearing he'd worked for them, until I learned how huge that company is and how aggressively it recruits top young talent. Still don't like the company, but I've forgiven him for working there. At any rate, not sure he deserves being linked to this, as I can't imagine he had any part in this weird and evil rebate for overdose scheme the OP is alleging was recommended by the consulting firm.
Hugh Walter 3 years ago
Why put Buttigieg's name in this? Every politician . . . every human . . . has worked for an unethical company because most companies are unethical - that's capitalism! At least he's willing to something about it from [what passes for] the Left [in the USA]!
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
All of medical care/pharmaceuticals in America is one giant industry wank circle.
#54
Dave In MD 3 years ago
But why would they? Yeah I know it's been 6 months since I bought it and I don't have to box but I want MY money back.
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TrashPandaSociety 3 years ago
At Burger King, they're shut down because we have to refill the ice cream mix. Also, no, we didn't clean it out very well but sometimes we'd pour boiling water in it to rinse it out.
#56
Bored Panda 3 years ago
If you cannot tell the difference between, say, Bush's black beans and Trader Joe's black beans then you should continue to believe this. For everyone else, this is BS.
#57
Rijkærd 3 years ago
Anyone who goes to shop with intent to steal deserves to be caught...even robin hood would be at a loss if he tried that s**t in the real world...
Leodavinci 3 years ago
Every store does this. There are security firms that offer this as a service to small retailers who can't afford to hire dedicated employees for it. My sister once worked for such a firm.
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Omg, ok I have a new fun thing to do, find one of these people in the store, then take my cart and follow them about all day giving them the shifty-eyed look. Eventually when the person asks me about it, i'm going to pretend i'm a new 'store stalker' who's been hired, and make out that us two store stalkers have just been pointlessly following each other around. God I love screwing with people.
Amir Ahmed Asif 3 years ago
"Wow, this guy is always buying jackets whenever I walk by. He must be living on the top of an icy mountain"
WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
Simple solution: Do not steal. I still do not get how you can pay for your cigarettes and booze, but "need to steal" genuine food products.
Eucritta 3 years ago
You're assuming the people shadowed actually are thieves. As I've been openly followed by store detectives a time or two in stores because they didn't like my purse (I'm Type 1 diabetic & carry my kit plus emergency glucose, which is a bit bulky), I'm going to just guess here that many are not.
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Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Not true. They may have made the packages smaller, but whatever Oz weight is reported on the side of the carton is the weight of the ice cream inside. If they used to sell a 50oz carton for $3, but now that same carton sells for $5, that's just called inflation/greed.
Leodavinci 3 years ago
Nope. Ounce isn't a size, it's a weight measure. 16 oz you bought years ago is the same 16 oz you buy now. What they are doing is selling you 14.5 oz for the same (or more) price you used to pay for 16 oz.
Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
If they advertise the same oz size, they are the same oz size. Well, maybe that doesn't go in the US, but in Europe they aren't allowed to lie about that. They do make packages smaller and keep the same price, but then the oz size is also different.
Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
I just tested this with HagenD and Ben/Jerry. The weight was nearly perfect t to the oz after cutting off packaging. Granted, an is it two melted in the process but they’re a curYe to the weight.
Rapthorne Lightweaver 3 years ago
In Europe this is illegal, all packages have to display the weight of the food item, not including packaging.
Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
Same in the US. WjT they’re saying is that they’re smaller portions than they used to be but still meet the weight on the outside.
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Mel in Real Life 3 years ago
Pepsico, that is why these places do not serve coca cola!
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New Everywhere 3 years ago
Most well-known chain restaurants and products are owned by a few gigantic companies. Media is like this as well.
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John Smith 3 years ago
You get christmas bonuses... Lucky. I usually get a line like "its been a lean year so..." While the managers get 1K
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
This is a comment about a single business, not an "industry secret".
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Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago
All the companies I worked for either carried holidays over or paid them in cash.
LivingTheDream 3 years ago
Not sure about other places but in California USA, It doesn't matter why your employment is terminated, they are required to pay you for your unused vacation. Vacation pay is considered part of your wages if it is in writing when you start employment.
WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
But in the USA people are afraid to use their vacation time because they can't afford to be unemployed. So it doesn't matter anyway which method the company uses.
Karasi Mills 3 years ago
Are you trying to say that people will be fired for using their vacation time? That hasn't been the case in any of my US jobs. People may feel too busy to use it but that has nothing to do with not affording unemployment....
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Bored Panda 3 years ago
Clothing simply sitting in boxes makes them smell of mold? That's not how mold works.
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Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago
Anybody who still participates in Black Friday madness is either stupid, foolish or ignorant - and probably some combination of the three.
Blarrg 3 years ago
This one is objectively not true. Sure, there are items marked up so they can fake a mark down. And there are junk items sold cheap. But there are tons of sales on items that I've been watching, and are available at significant discounts. They are considered loss leaders to get you in the store doing your holiday shopping.
Wintermute 3 years ago
Also, they're not the same products. They're built from parts that fail QA for the full price products. So they're made cheaper to sell cheaper. Just look the same. At least as far as electronics go. I used to work with QA at a semiconductor manufacturer.
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Black Friday is only for the most stupid of the population......which is.....most of the population. Dammit!
Leodavinci 3 years ago
Yes... those DVDs typically priced $14 - $20 all year long were repriced up to a whopping $9.99 for BF deals. A lot of these "secrets" in these BP posts carry the same flavor of entitled, socialist, class warfare rhetoric made by an old white over 150 years ago... being regurgitated by infantile, naive (and real world ignorant), supposedly highly educated, recent university graduates... that I've read/heard for decades.
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Gaby Almodovar 3 years ago
I don't get, why are you people telling, this is racist? If I'm robbed by a black guy, and I'm telling to the police officer, that it was a black guy, am I racist? Even if, I'm also black?
RedMarbles 3 years ago
The difference here is that, in your scenario a Black person committed a crime and the criminal needs to described, and in OP's scenario, the Black person is shopping and there is no need to address the color of their skin, much less treat them differently because of it.
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Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
This is illegal. At least in the US & Netherlands, that I personally know of.
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Smirnoff tastes better than Grey Goose anyway. If you're buying Grey Goose at all, you're an idiot.
#66
Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago
I always back up and reset the phone if possible before any repair
#67
Karasi Mills 3 years ago
Wow that was NOT happening at the AMC I worked at. Everything was scrubbed every night (food stuff one group, bathrooms the other group). Your AMC was gross
DDmaybeandor 3 years ago
This makes it sound like people who clean bathrooms and theaters are gross and shouldn’t be permitted to work with the food. Very untrue and unfair. Trust me, when you clean anything like that you WANT to wash your hands immediately. What’s more likely to be overlooked is handling money and they washing your hands.
Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago (edited)
Got a Grudge against AMC, maybe they sacked you. Rat dropping in the popcorn does not happe.
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Or, don't go to movie theaters at all. Rely on your streaming services or learn how to pirate safely with a VPN. The day of the movie theater is dead, hollywood just won't let it go. At their prices, it's cheaper and better to wait a little bit and stream it at home where there's no loudas* americans talking/chewing too loud or have brought their damn kids or won't stop farting or their hygiene is awful so you spend the movie holding your nose. Not worth it anymore.
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WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago (edited)
At Sea World they hold killer whales in a swimming pool while reserving a spot the size of an ocean for parking cars.
Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago
The only food in our sea world is in the enclosed café no seagulls in there.
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
6yrs old, Sea World Orlando, I saw the giant Orca in that tiny as* tank, burst into tears, never recovered from it. Can't even go to an aquarium because of that fuc*ing memory.
Sleazy Weaver 3 years ago (edited)
If I donate to a homeless shelter & then kick a homeless person in the teeth, I'm still a piece of s**t for assaulting a homeless person, even if I made a donation. One action does not excuse another. If Sea World actually cared, their cruel exhibits would not exist.
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Rebekah Krause 3 years ago
Nothing about this bothers me. Popeyes has the best jambalaya and I wish they would bring it back. A couple days in the refrigerator only improves jambalaya. The fact that they reduced food waste by using old chicken only makes me like it more.
Ace Girl 3 years ago
Exactly. A company is lambasted for throwing out food for being wasteful. But if a company reuses that "waste" then they are called gross and misleading. Pick a lane!
Load More Replies... birdy gobyebye 3 years ago
And the chili at Der Weinersnitchel is made from left over hamburgers and hotdogs from the night before.
SueMcB 3 years ago
The hotdogs in the chili bothers me more than the leftover chicken. Yuck.
Load More Replies... Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
Frozen chicken at the market. Like nuggets??? They’re over two months old. What’s the point of this?
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Fen Wolf 3 years ago
Given how often you see people walking in stores eating the grapes....
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Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
Nor should you clean them until just before you're ready to use them. Cleaning them in advance will exacerbate mold growth.
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
You don't wash grapes right up until you're about to eat them anyway, otherwise you wash off the natural "bloom" which protects against bacterial/mold growth. Germs are good for you anyway, strengthens the immune system.
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Kari Marine 3 years ago
About 25 years ago my dad brought in his own bag of M&M's and when one of the workers came in during the movie for a routine check she noticed his bag was larger than what they sell they took it from him and told him he could pick it up after our movie was done.
Hiker Chick 3 years ago
One of my friends is in her 70's and she has always brought in her own giant bag of homemade popcorn. She's quite bold!
thatdisasterpanda 3 years ago
ok, but i heard that if bags from outside places are found in the theater, employees can get fired. if you do bring food, throw the bag away outside the theater
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Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago
No they don't they try to retrain you first and their wages are high.
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Which country is this? Cus for Scotland, that's a pile of garbage. You should see the wee old biddies working the Aldi and Lidl registers going at 1mile an hour.
Parthania Dawson 3 years ago
Yes. I'm old enough to remember when Aldi didn't have scanning registers and the cashiers had to know the product prices. Those people were amazing.
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Wintermute 3 years ago
Yeah, and you're at McDonalds. What are you expecting? Gourmet? Hork down your soggy cheap potato mush and move on.
Load More Replies... WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
Reading the rest of the posts, I doubt if McDonald's employees are really going to wipe down the fry station.
No you didn't 3 years ago
I would feel like a douche putting salt on my per special request unsalted fries.
Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
How f-ing entitled & anti-worker. Make your own fries if you need them “fresher” than your local slop house makes them.
Amir Ahmed Asif 3 years ago
This was discussed hundreds of times online. They need to go through many steps to entertain that (blood pressure -no salt). Instead, asking for the next batch is good enough. Many McDonald's employees have begged people not to do it unless medically required.
Deson 3 years ago
One of my earliest jobs was at a Hardees and I hated it when people would do that during a lunch rush. It slowed me down, it slowed down EVERYONE'S orders and literally your fries (salted or non) never hung around long enough to get soggy to begin with! The only thing that you are doing is inconveniencing other people.
Richard Newell 3 years ago
When driving I hate fresh hot fries, give me the ones that have been sitting for a couple of minutes. I can eat them faster.
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Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago
Surely a safety check would have found this out. Probably fixed since you left.
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Rebekah Krause 3 years ago
I worked at a grocery store bakery and we definitely got there at 4 AM and baked many, many cakes.
Tami 3 years ago
Yes, I know a women who worked for a Safeway bakery and she was a very busy baker indeed.
Load More Replies... Bored Panda 3 years ago
This obviously depends on the grocery stores you go to. Yes, it is true for some big chains, but totally untrue for other stores.
Mushroomlover 3 years ago
My neighbor is the bakery manager at one of our area grocery stores. It’s a grocery chain with 190 stores in 4 US states and they bake/fry all of their items. So this isn’t the case in all stores.
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Another not true one. SOME cakes are bought in pre-frozen, but others are not. At my local Smith's there's a lovely baker who makes, from scratch, the best cheesecake i've ever had in my life. She mixes and bakes the cheesecake herself, melts the chocolate and drizzles it herself, and hand decorates the whole top with fresh fruit. I watch them baking cakes constantly in that bakery, mixing the icing, hand decorating - and it's a local crappy supermarket chain.
Dave P 3 years ago
Depends on the store. Costco you can literally see the bakery and them cooking it. There is a chain of stores near me that each store contracts out their bakery to a nearby independent bakery. So my store in Queens gets in the cakes and cookies daily from a bakery in Brooklyn, and the bread comes in par baked and finished in a convenction oven on sight
Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago (edited)
BS. This is also specific to one experience at one point in time. My sister does the holiday pastries for a large supermarket in US. She’s friends with many of the bakers who bake all morning and day long.
Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago (edited)
so what it all go's in the same pie hole. By the way our local bakers bake on site.
Jessica Rabbit 3 years ago
I figured this out when I was shopping around for birthday cakes and looked at all the grocery stores and realized that they had the same flavors, designs, etc. Plus they aren't that good, TBH...
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Bored Panda 3 years ago
Correlation is not causation. The computers are slow because they are old and no one cares - also because someone renting a computer is probably not a "power user". It's not some sophisticated ploy to jack the customer around.
Tami 3 years ago
Yah, that's a weird post. AFAIK, copier charges are based on the number and type of copies, not on how much time you take. Copier tip: most libraries have copiers and scanners you can use for free if you have a library card. They typically have a daily or weekly allowance for each person, so you can't print huge documents, but most people need just a few pages now and then anyway.
Load More Replies... Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago
I don't see how a slower time costs more money as you pay per photo.
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
No one would do their work on a staples Copy & Print station, everyone would come in with it already on a flash drive. You'd go to your local library and get your computer work done for free, then walk your butt to Staples to print it out, but who is 'working' on a staples print & copy computer like they're at a damn internet cafe? No one.
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Richard Newell 3 years ago
I'm call Bullshit, I have worked at different movie theaters and my sons have worked at movie theaters. The one thing in common, at the end of the night all popcorn was thrown away or taken home by employees. After a while you get sick of popcorn and it gets thrown away. you can always tell the new employees who ask for the popcorn at the end of the night.
Lori Rommel 3 years ago
Popcorn is dirt friggin' cheap to begin with! These theaters are really gouging everyone! And then to "recycle" the previous night's leftovers ... Wow! I think I've used up my quota of exclamation points for the day.
Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago (edited)
Theaters don’t get a single cent of box office for the opening week/weekend and after that only a very small percentage. Thank often don’t make 50% of the ticket cost for the first two months, by the time the movie is either out of the theater or hardly filling the seats. makeUpwards of 80% of their revenue is concessions. I used to asst manage our local theater company and witnessed what a slim margin they operate on. Which is why they’re a dying business in the steaming and a CoVidian era.
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Sky Render 3 years ago
Going by 99-X's flavor (which apparently is the original recipe slightly tweaked by the Colonel himself), sage is an ingredient. I've tasted 99-X without chicken masking the flavor and I know what uncooked sage tastes like; it's pretty distinct.
Rebekah Krause 3 years ago
Nope. I have been told this recipe over and over practically since the first days of the Internet (like 1997) and it does not taste like KFC. Plus a lot of these bird almost immediately when you fry the chicken.
Nathan Pogorzala 3 years ago
If we can't trust a comment from Pornhub, who can we trust?
Load More Replies... Nimitz 3 years ago
I managed to make this taste like KFC but I had to brine the chicken overnight. It was close, but I swear the pressure cooker fryers they use work some kind of secret magic to change the flavour
Nimitz 3 years ago
Then Popeyes started opening stores in Canada and I immediately stopped caring about KFC forever
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Rebekah Krause 3 years ago
A lot of Dunkin’ Donuts are independent franchises that make their own choices about what to do with food. I live right between two Dunkin’ Donuts and they both have very different policies.
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Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
The reason it’s slang is based in a racist history. The lin to Google why it’s called “ nick” is right there in the post.
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Dutchman Callypso 3 years ago
Or just accept you broke your non insured phone and you have to pay for the repair now. NOT THE EMPLOYEE'S PROBLEM.
Bored Panda 3 years ago
Yeah, being an a-hole is always a great way to get people to help you. Good advice.
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Kristin Ingersoll 3 years ago
I mean... that;s a HUGE generalization! There are great doggy daycares! Do your research. Talk to the humans. Watch the dogs. This is bologna.
Joy 3 years ago
That is appalling. Hope it's not true of the UK. We famously adore dogs and I would hope that for all our faults, we still have enough humanity to hire people who love dogs in order to care for them. Hurting my pet would be dangerous.
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Tami 3 years ago
But, but, what about the biggest corporate secret: WHAT'S THE RECIPE FOR THE SECRET SAUCE??
Nicholas Yu 3 years ago
F*ck it, it's 1am. As a former flight attendant that flew for Endeavor Air Inc, a midwest regional carrier that flew under a major airline that rhymes with "Smelta"...I once worked a 20 min flight on a CRJ 200 aircraft with a main cabin door that did not properly close. Rather than cancel the flight and wait for another crew to bring in another plane the next day, my Captain didn't want to miss his brother's wedding so the two pilots bungee corded the door (the same cords you buy to secure a car trunk). There's a partition wall between the door and the first row so we moved everyone back so they couldn't see the pilots apply the ties. Captain assured us that by flying under 10,000 feet nothing would would happen. My jumpseat is perpendicular to the door and I held on for dear life like Captain America holding his shield being smashed by Thanos' sword in Endgame. It rattled the entire time. Passengers were oblivious. We landed safely and Captain wrote the plane up for repair.
Ronnie Cassinello 3 years ago
It's not really "Bash on Americans" when an American website selects American Tweets and Reddits of Americans talking about bad stuff in America...?!
Load More Replies... Tami 3 years ago
But, but, what about the biggest corporate secret: WHAT'S THE RECIPE FOR THE SECRET SAUCE??
Nicholas Yu 3 years ago
F*ck it, it's 1am. As a former flight attendant that flew for Endeavor Air Inc, a midwest regional carrier that flew under a major airline that rhymes with "Smelta"...I once worked a 20 min flight on a CRJ 200 aircraft with a main cabin door that did not properly close. Rather than cancel the flight and wait for another crew to bring in another plane the next day, my Captain didn't want to miss his brother's wedding so the two pilots bungee corded the door (the same cords you buy to secure a car trunk). There's a partition wall between the door and the first row so we moved everyone back so they couldn't see the pilots apply the ties. Captain assured us that by flying under 10,000 feet nothing would would happen. My jumpseat is perpendicular to the door and I held on for dear life like Captain America holding his shield being smashed by Thanos' sword in Endgame. It rattled the entire time. Passengers were oblivious. We landed safely and Captain wrote the plane up for repair.
Ronnie Cassinello 3 years ago
It's not really "Bash on Americans" when an American website selects American Tweets and Reddits of Americans talking about bad stuff in America...?!
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