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Around the Internet => Antimustachian Wall of Shame and Comedy => Topic started by: Zamboni on August 31, 2019, 09:45:38 PM
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Tonight I actually typed this sentence in a complaint email draft:
"My room service dinner delivery was too slow."
And then I thought, "Holy shit, Zamboni, that complaint must be near the top of the "first-world problems" list!"
(I ordered it at 8:30 pm and didn't get it until 11:15 pm, just in case you are wondering how slow is too slow in cushy Zamboni-land where people bring me food in my rent-a-bedroom with a view.)
What's the most first-world problem phrase you've ever said (or written)?
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Do you live in a hotel? Or you're on vacation or something...
The most first-world sentence? Probably "I'm too tired". At least in the context of human existence, that's a pretty unpersuasive one.
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"I'm bored" probably qualifies.
Most people in the world don't have the option of being bored - they're busy just trying to survive.
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Coworker, steaming mad: "They won't let me hang my own painting in my office." Makes $130K+
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Coworker, steaming mad: "They won't let me hang my own painting in my office." Makes $130K+
Is this "they won't let me decorate?" or "They won't let me drill holes in the wall?"
I ask because I was forced to put in a work order to mount a white board on the wall in my office. The building contract doesn't allow us to do that kind of stuff.
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For me, probably "I have too much work" (I'm self-employed).
But honestly, since we live in the first world, most of our problems are first world ones, so I am not too fussed about people vocalising such problems as long as they're not unreasonable in the first world context. I'd be really annoyed too if my room service took 2.5 hours - especially since you're already paying a room service surcharge.
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“This bonus is going to put me in the 34% tax bracket”
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"Costco stopped carrying [insert name of probably unnecessary food item] and now I have to find it at one of the other dozens of local grocery stores! So annoying!"
(Occasionally me. Husband and occasionally tease the other by saying "First World Problems" when the other starts whining about something petty.)
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They increased the property taxes on my second home...
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"My bonus check is too big to mobile deposit so I have to drive to bank :("
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Coworker, steaming mad: "They won't let me hang my own painting in my office." Makes $130K+
Is this "they won't let me decorate?" or "They won't let me drill holes in the wall?"
I ask because I was forced to put in a work order to mount a white board on the wall in my office. The building contract doesn't allow us to do that kind of stuff.
It's the decorating itself. They want control. They write the checks. If you cash the checks you relinquish control. Sorry not sorry haha
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“Traveling can be uncomfortable.”
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I live in Phoenix (supposedly the hottest city in the US). I've worked for a couple of local water utilities, and a major complaint received by the customer service reps in the summer is the cold water is too warm! People have instant access to potable water (as much as they want in the middle of a desert) and they complain about the temperature. I'm sure someone in a Third World county without easy access to safe water would find this hilarious.
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"My bonus check is too big to mobile deposit so I have to drive to bank :("
“... but I can’t yet because the shop is taking FOREVER to get my Lexus detailed”
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Oh man, I could make up a million of these, but the one that I think should take it would be something like
“Uh, my vintage car collection is getting so big I have to rent a warehouse 10 miles away”
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Coworker, steaming mad: "They won't let me hang my own painting in my office." Makes $130K+
Is this "they won't let me decorate?" or "They won't let me drill holes in the wall?"
I ask because I was forced to put in a work order to mount a white board on the wall in my office. The building contract doesn't allow us to do that kind of stuff.
It's the decorating itself. They want control. They write the checks. If you cash the checks you relinquish control. Sorry not sorry haha
Because they know what total goobers some people are and what kind of "art" will find itself on the walls. Why let yourself in for problems like that? I sure as hell wouldn't.
I could post examples but then the moderators might get annoyed and others get offended.
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"It was pretty warm out on the golf course today. I considered renting a cart."
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Coworker, steaming mad: "They won't let me hang my own painting in my office." Makes $130K+
Is this "they won't let me decorate?" or "They won't let me drill holes in the wall?"
I ask because I was forced to put in a work order to mount a white board on the wall in my office. The building contract doesn't allow us to do that kind of stuff.
It's the decorating itself. They want control. They write the checks. If you cash the checks you relinquish control. Sorry not sorry haha
Because they know what total goobers some people are and what kind of "art" will find itself on the walls. Why let yourself in for problems like that? I sure as hell wouldn't.
I could post examples but then the moderators might get annoyed and others get offended.
Yep the whole thing turns into a nightmare grey area menagerie and fills the place with FU by the end of the month. No thanks. Want a wall? Buy rent or lease your own haha
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I live in Phoenix (supposedly the hottest city in the US). I've worked for a couple of local water utilities, and a major complaint received by the customer service reps in the summer is the cold water is too warm! People have instant access to potable water (as much as they want in the middle of a desert) and they complain about the temperature. I'm sure someone in a Third World county without easy access to safe water would find this hilarious.
My tap water is so cold it hurts my teeth.
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This toaster doesn't even have a bagel setting!
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Last week putting up the groceries I said out loud," Dang it, I can't fit all the food in the pantry."
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“This bonus is going to put me in the 34% tax bracket”
The number of times I have heard some version of this one is too numerous to count.
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My brokerage can't let me buy ETFs anymore because I live in Germany, and the IRS would make me pay a lot of tax on the EU-based ones I could because I'm a US citizen.
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I bet there is someone in the world that has said “My butler is ten minutes late”.
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"I'm bored" probably qualifies.
Most people in the world don't have the option of being bored - they're busy just trying to survive.
+1
Boredom is an indication that you're too lazy to figure out something to do with your incredibly easy life.
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Last week putting up the groceries I said out loud," Dang it, I can't fit all the food in the pantry."
Every time I see yet another "lose weight fast!" click bait article I'm amazed that the biggest problem many people have is having too much to eat.
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My doctor stopped returning my text messages.
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My prepared meal delivery service doesn't use compostable packaging.
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I just can't find the "exactly right" case for my new iPad.
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I can’t get the new opener on the 3rd garage door to sync with the controls on my car’s visor so I have to use the included remote like some kind of savage.
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I can’t get the new opener on the 3rd garage door to sync with the controls on my car’s visor so I have to use the included remote like some kind of savage.
@ChickenStash - My gosh. Have you considered a Gofundme campaign? I can't even...
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I think the biggest first world problem I've *written was: "I have so many photos to go through from my 5 week European vacation this summer that I'm still not done, it's taking forever!"
(*disclaimer: this was in a thread where we were specifically stating our first world problems)
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https://youtu.be/bwvlbJ0h35A (https://youtu.be/bwvlbJ0h35A)
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"The only non-stop business class flight from [origin city] to [destination city] leaves at seven in the morning, which means that we have to be at the airport at five, and factoring travel time we would have to get up at 3:30 am at the latest, and that's just too freaking early."
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On a recent business trip, I heard a guest in line complaining about not receiving turn down service the night before. “I had to move my own pillows...”
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“I have no clothes” or “I have nothing to wear”
While wearing clothes, looking into a very full closet of clothing, standing next to a dresser full of more clothes with a laundry basket of even more clothes next to it, in a bedroom with several boxes of seasonal clothes under the bed.
Looking at you DW. At least she rarely buys clothes since I’ve known her. Seems her mom sends her most of them and most of them she doesn’t care for.
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^Hand me downs and gift clothes are a bad idea.
I would encourage your wife to work through her wardrobe using Marie Kondo's method . . . donate everything that doesn't spark joy. It actually is possible she has very little that suits her in that pile.
But, yeah, overall that complaint is complaineypants.
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This photo popped up in my Facebook feed (apparently from a found notebook) and I instantly thought of this thread.
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Quoting myself from the race from 250k to 500k thread...
"Won't be able to sustain positive gains in down months for much longer"
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"Where's the new content? Why do all the Manga writers go on hiatus at the same time?" Said at 2 AM looking for the weekly updates of the stories I follow.
"Looks like the ashtray and glove box are getting full, time to think about getting another car."
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The house cleaners moved things out of alignment and I have to fix it!
(This is a biweekly SO complaint and I had to ask him to please never complain about it again in my presence; yes, the rug is moved a little and the chair is in a different spot. Deal with if.)
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I need to make sure my new custom dressage saddle isn't delivered while we're on vacation in Peru!
Yeah, I took a moment to appreciate my amazing position in life...
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Oh man, I could make up a million of these, but the one that I think should take it would be something like
“Uh, my vintage car collection is getting so big I have to rent a warehouse 10 miles away”
First world problem that happened in my neck of the woods a few months ago. "My multi-million dollar porsche collection got destroyed!"
https://journal.classiccars.com/2019/04/10/porsche-collection-damaged-durham/
(eta I changed from million dollar to multi-million dollar, but have no idea of $ value)
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^Yeah, I feel like anything happening to a Porsche "collection" would be upsetting. This is why I do not have car collections.
This photo popped up in my Facebook feed (apparently from a found notebook) and I instantly thought of this thread.
Lol, that kid's list is EPIC. Love how he listed setting out plates AND silverware AND drinks as all separate complaints on his list, in addition to another line for having to set the table tomorrow. The good meter set on 99% bad seals it.
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https://youtu.be/bwvlbJ0h35A (https://youtu.be/bwvlbJ0h35A)
Weird Al always nails it.
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^Yeah, I feel like anything happening to a Porsche "collection" would be upsetting. This is why I do not have car collections.
This photo popped up in my Facebook feed (apparently from a found notebook) and I instantly thought of this thread.
Lol, that kid's list is EPIC. Love how he listed setting out plates AND silverware AND drinks as all separate complaints on his list, in addition to another line for having to set the table tomorrow. The good meter set on 99% bad seals it.
My wife loses her mind if I don't place the knife, fork, and spoon on the correct sides of the plate. I sympathize.
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"I'm not going to be happy until my other car arrives. I'm not entirely comfortable with the first car, bicycle, cheap taxis, and bus system at my disposal."
-Me this week
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I don't want to work paid overtime for this month/quarter as it cuts into my family and fitness time, plus it is a hassle to re-schedule everyone's rec activities for just a month.
(maybe it just applies to the JingaNation Family)
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Just read about this one today
"The app is down and I've been locked out of my Tesla for 3 hours, WTF!"
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Oh man, I could make up a million of these, but the one that I think should take it would be something like
“Uh, my vintage car collection is getting so big I have to rent a warehouse 10 miles away”
First world problem that happened in my neck of the woods a few months ago. "My multi-million dollar porsche collection got destroyed!"
https://journal.classiccars.com/2019/04/10/porsche-collection-damaged-durham/
(eta I changed from million dollar to multi-million dollar, but have no idea of $ value)
My new Bugatti only does 307 mph...
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Just read about this one today
"The app is down and I've been locked out of my Tesla for 3 hours, WTF!"
Doesn't bode well for a future proof car. At least with a 1965 Ford Falcon it is driveable as long as there is gasoline to put in the tank.
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Just read about this one today
"The app is down and I've been locked out of my Tesla for 3 hours, WTF!"
Are you kidding me? Every Tesla owner knows you're a beta tester. Never leave home without your car key as backup and the instructions for how to reboot your car's computer. Hmph! He doesn't have a first world problem, he's got an intellect problem.
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"Where's the new content? Why do all the Manga writers go on hiatus at the same time?" Said at 2 AM looking for the weekly updates of the stories I follow.
Was this during Golden Week?
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Nope. They just decided one by one that they were "taking a break" for the rest of the summer. So over the course of a month my new content has dwindled to next to nothing. *Sniffle*
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https://youtu.be/bwvlbJ0h35A (https://youtu.be/bwvlbJ0h35A)
Weird Al always nails it.
That he does. This was my favourite line “My barista didn't even bother to make a design in the foam on the top of my vanilla latte”
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Said to me by a coworker while on a business trip:
"This hotel's wifi is like third-world dial-up."
I immediately replied that 'third-world dial-up' was the most first-world thing ever said.
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Said to me by a coworker while on a business trip:
"This hotel's wifi is like third-world dial-up."
I immediately replied that 'third-world dial-up' was the most first-world thing ever said.
Having lived in one of the poorest third world countries for more than a year, I can assure you it probably wasn't that bad. I remember watching my connection speed skyrocket to 200 baud for two entire glorious seconds.
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My bank account has a mobile deposit limit of $xx / month. It's slightly less than what I want to deposit in two months. BUT, because of how I bill and receive payments, I often get a check on the 25th of the month. I can't deposit the second check because it makes me exceed the limit. I always wait the 5-6 days to deposit the next month's check.
I've asked the bank on numerous occassions to raise my limit by $10K, but they have NEVER even answered. I'm sure someone at the bank is crying over my first world problem.
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My bank account has a mobile deposit limit of $xx / month. It's slightly less than what I want to deposit in two months. BUT, because of how I bill and receive payments, I often get a check on the 25th of the month. I can't deposit the second check because it makes me exceed the limit. I always wait the 5-6 days to deposit the next month's check.
I've asked the bank on numerous occassions to raise my limit by $10K, but they have NEVER even answered. I'm sure someone at the bank is crying over my first world problem.
Seriously? On the next occasion, I'd be following up with instructions to close my account and move to a bank that would value me as a customer.
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My bank account has a mobile deposit limit of $xx / month. It's slightly less than what I want to deposit in two months. BUT, because of how I bill and receive payments, I often get a check on the 25th of the month. I can't deposit the second check because it makes me exceed the limit. I always wait the 5-6 days to deposit the next month's check.
I've asked the bank on numerous occassions to raise my limit by $10K, but they have NEVER even answered. I'm sure someone at the bank is crying over my first world problem.
Seriously? On the next occasion, I'd be following up with instructions to close my account and move to a bank that would value me as a customer.
Or open a second account, mobile deposit up to the limit, and just transfer from one to the other.
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In a recent conversation with my daughter, she said that she and her coworkers were arguing about some detail of a local sports team's schedule.
I said, "If only there were somewhere you could go to ask these questions!"
She said, "We couldn't because we didn't have Alexa hooked up at the office!"
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From my own damn mouth: "UGH, why did I get this 5th generation iPad when the 6th gen has the functionality I really want? Should I upgrade? Trade mine in? Keep the old one and buy a new one if I'm going to be out a chunk of money either way? This is such a pain and it's stressing me out so much!!"
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"Has anyone seen the remote? Has anyone SEEN the remote? Who had it last? Where did you put it? I can't believe I have to get up to change the channels."
"Can you pls call my cell? I can't find it!"
"Is there some way we can teach the cats to feed themselves or get one of those automatic cat feeders?"
"I know you think it's cool that you taught the cat to use the toilet instead of litter box, but don't you think you should have taught it to flush too?"
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The house cleaners moved things out of alignment and I have to fix it!
(This is a biweekly SO complaint and I had to ask him to please never complain about it again in my presence; yes, the rug is moved a little and the chair is in a different spot. Deal with if.)
I have a co worker who is a constant complainer. He'll come in after the cleaners did the office the night before and flip out if his trash bin was moved to the other side of his desk. He can move it without even standing up and he still complains. Every. Single. Time.
He was also the one that got our free pizza privileges revoked by the company because he complained too much about the choices. And guess which one in the office had more of those pizzas than everyone else...smh.
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My bank account has a mobile deposit limit of $xx / month. It's slightly less than what I want to deposit in two months. BUT, because of how I bill and receive payments, I often get a check on the 25th of the month. I can't deposit the second check because it makes me exceed the limit. I always wait the 5-6 days to deposit the next month's check.
I've asked the bank on numerous occassions to raise my limit by $10K, but they have NEVER even answered. I'm sure someone at the bank is crying over my first world problem.
Seriously? On the next occasion, I'd be following up with instructions to close my account and move to a bank that would value me as a customer.
Or open a second account, mobile deposit up to the limit, and just transfer from one to the other.
@Gremlin I've thought about that, but it's a pain to open a business account. I'd have to actually go in person.
@Travis - I hadn't considered that. It might be a possibility for me.
The bottom line though is that it doesn't really matter to me. My business account doesn't earn any interest, and even if it did, it would be pennies (I try to move money in and out of it quickly). 5-6 days of waiting is simply an inconvenience in that I have to remember to deposit it at a later date.
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I don't have the exact quote, but me complaining about this forum being down again is probably the most 3rd world thing I've ever said.
Complaining about the inflated prices in the secondary bourbon market is one that I've been seeing a lot lately in my little world.
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Don't have the exact quote, but feel free to scour the internet for any of a dozen variations on the theme:
"My computer game hardware is too expensive because of those darn bitcoin/(other cryptocurrency) miners!"
Specifically: Back at the height of the cryptocurrency craze, gamers would frequently complain about the fact that demand from cryptocurrency miners was driving up prices on video cards, and about how it was unreasonable/unethical that the video card manufacturers/resellers were selling to the highest bidder instead selling to them at original MSRP.
Regardless of how you feel about bitcoin/cryptocurrency, complaining about the price of one's video game hardware lies pretty far out on the edge of "first-world problems".
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Don't have the exact quote, but feel free to scour the internet for any of a dozen variations on the theme:
"My computer game hardware is too expensive because of those darn bitcoin/(other cryptocurrency) miners!"
Specifically: Back at the height of the cryptocurrency craze, gamers would frequently complain about the fact that demand from cryptocurrency miners was driving up prices on video cards, and about how it was unreasonable/unethical that the video card manufacturers/resellers were selling to the highest bidder instead selling to them at original MSRP.
Regardless of how you feel about bitcoin/cryptocurrency, complaining about the price of one's video game hardware lies pretty far out on the edge of "first-world problems".
Inconvenient to be sure, but that's just supply and demand. On the flip side, somebody on here built a new gaming computer for pennies after the price of Bitcoin collapsed a couple years ago and those miners now wanted to offload their computer hardware (the reverse side of supply and demand).
"I spent $2000 on this $500 video card and I can only get $300 for it on Ebay!"
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"I know you think it's cool that you taught the cat to use the toilet instead of litter box, but don't you think you should have taught it to flush too?"
If the cat uses the toilet and flushes, you won't be able to monetize your cat's poo (see another thread).
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My train will not leave for another hour, because there is no train driver (machinist?) available, so I have to take a different train that will leave in 10 minutes, that brings me to the other train station in my town.
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I don't have the exact quote, but me complaining about this forum being down again is probably the most 3rd world thing I've ever said.
Complaining about the inflated prices in the secondary bourbon market is one that I've been seeing a lot lately in my little world.
Didn't know that there was a "secondary bourbon market". I'll file this with "secondary Kool-Aid packets market" b/c apparently that is a thing too.
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"My diamond earrings are scratching my new iPhone screen."
I'll show myself out.
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I don't have the exact quote, but me complaining about this forum being down again is probably the most 3rd world thing I've ever said.
Complaining about the inflated prices in the secondary bourbon market is one that I've been seeing a lot lately in my little world.
Didn't know that there was a "secondary bourbon market". I'll file this with "secondary Kool-Aid packets market" b/c apparently that is a thing too.
My quick blink vision of a "secondary bourbon market" was selling the results of "reverse drinking". Then I thought, that can't be right...but Kopi luwak is a thing...
Yep looked up "secondary bourbon market" wow!
I'll stick with my several year old ( after opening) Evan Williams and Makers Mark.
edit for spelling kopi luwak
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I like to book a cruise well in advance to have something to look forward to.
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I was actually complaining yesterday: "I was really tired because my flight was delayed, and this was made worse when my chauffeur got lost because he typed the wrong street name in his GPS."
Wow. That's just embarrassing.
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" I'd like the breakfast special to go, no (included) coffee, my car does not have a cup holder". -- Owner of a 2000 Porsche Boxster - me.
"My car doesn't even have variable speed intermittent windshield wipers" The is a spot on the dash for the knob, but it was not included.
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I bet there is someone in the world that has said “My butler is ten minutes late”.
Often said in India!
The driver hasn't come, the kid has to go to school.
Or I just don't like the new cook/maid/nanny. I am looking for new one.
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We think opening our 7 window folding door is so much fuss that we just keep it closed.
(Actually, since last week we have opened it several times, for taking the home sales pictures. So we're getting better at opening it.)
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"I had to use a telephone to call my bank to spend more than $2,500 in one transaction on my debit card!"
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“This bonus is going to put me in the 34% tax bracket”
The number of times I have heard some version of this one is too numerous to count.
"this bonus will put me into HCE next year!"
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" I'd like the breakfast special to go, no (included) coffee, my car does not have a cup holder". -- Owner of a 2000 Porsche Boxster - me.
"My car doesn't even have variable speed intermittent windshield wipers" The is a spot on the dash for the knob, but it was not included.
Sometimes that is an easy upgrade to do yourself. My 90s VW had fixed delay wipers. For I think it was $25 I bought the variable delay wiper relay and it snapped right in. Even better - it COULD be used as part of an upgrade for many other cars with a little re-wiring of that car.
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" I'd like the breakfast special to go, no (included) coffee, my car does not have a cup holder". -- Owner of a 2000 Porsche Boxster - me.
"My car doesn't even have variable speed intermittent windshield wipers" The is a spot on the dash for the knob, but it was not included.
Sometimes that is an easy upgrade to do yourself. My 90s VW had fixed delay wipers. For I think it was $25 I bought the variable delay wiper relay and it snapped right in. Even better - it COULD be used as part of an upgrade for many other cars with a little re-wiring of that car.
Yep, I could, but I get so much mileage out of NOT having it on a originally $48k MSRP car (NOT my price). I have had the cigarette lighter socket changed from EURO spec (2 mm wider) to US spec so charging plugs wouldn't keep falling out.
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I thought of this thread the other day when this thought occured to me:
"The seat warmers in my Lexus just get to darn hot!"
(Background: I bought a Lexus ES 300h hybrid: 6 years old, 90,000 miles. It should last a long time, it's really comfortable, and it gets more than 40 MPG. It was little bit - ok, a few thousand - more than a similar vintage Camry Hybrid, but a whole lot nicer. Except for those damn seat heaters... You may begin your sneering judgement now.)
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I thought of this thread the other day when this thought occured to me:
"The seat warmers in my Lexus just get to darn hot!"
(Background: I bought a Lexus ES 300h hybrid: 6 years old, 90,000 miles. It should last a long time, it's really comfortable, and it gets more than 40 MPG. It was little bit - ok, a few thousand - more than a similar vintage Camry Hybrid, but a whole lot nicer. Except for those damn seat heaters... You may begin your sneering judgement now.)
There should be multiple levels of settings for the heated seats. Are they too hot even on the lowest setting? I've also heard people complaining about the Lexus ventilated seats not cooling enough.
The ES 300h is a very nice choice. It's actually based on the Avalon platform so for comparison purposes the Avalon Hybrid would be more accurate than the Camry Hybrid.
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I thought of this thread the other day when this thought occured to me:
"The seat warmers in my Lexus just get to darn hot!"
(Background: I bought a Lexus ES 300h hybrid: 6 years old, 90,000 miles. It should last a long time, it's really comfortable, and it gets more than 40 MPG. It was little bit - ok, a few thousand - more than a similar vintage Camry Hybrid, but a whole lot nicer. Except for those damn seat heaters... You may begin your sneering judgement now.)
I remember a story I read a few years back.
Lady starts getting intense hot flashes for no apparent reason. She spends 6 months going to the doctors and getting tests run, nothing comes up. Eventually her doctor tells her that there's nothing he can do for her and recommends psychiatrist. She goes to a few sessions and then her psychiatrist sits up straight and asks her a question. Yes, she replies, she had bought a new car a bit over 6 months ago. They go look at the car and discover it came with heated seats and they had been turned on. Everytime she drove anywhere...
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I thought of this thread the other day when this thought occured to me:
"The seat warmers in my Lexus just get to darn hot!"
(Background: I bought a Lexus ES 300h hybrid: 6 years old, 90,000 miles. It should last a long time, it's really comfortable, and it gets more than 40 MPG. It was little bit - ok, a few thousand - more than a similar vintage Camry Hybrid, but a whole lot nicer. Except for those damn seat heaters... You may begin your sneering judgement now.)
I remember a story I read a few years back.
Lady starts getting intense hot flashes for no apparent reason. She spends 6 months going to the doctors and getting tests run, nothing comes up. Eventually her doctor tells her that there's nothing he can do for her and recommends psychiatrist. She goes to a few sessions and then her psychiatrist sits up straight and asks her a question. Yes, she replies, she had bought a new car a bit over 6 months ago. They go look at the car and discover it came with heated seats and they had been turned on. Everytime she drove anywhere...
God, I wish it was that simple to resolve hot flashes...
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The first class lounge is at a different gate than our boarding gate
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This private jet doesn’t stock single malt scotch
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My FWP: I'm FIREd but there is STILL not enough hours in the day...
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https://youtu.be/bwvlbJ0h35A (https://youtu.be/bwvlbJ0h35A)
My reaction was "This better be Weird Al..."
^Yeah, I feel like anything happening to a Porsche "collection" would be upsetting. This is why I do not have car collections.
This photo popped up in my Facebook feed (apparently from a found notebook) and I instantly thought of this thread.
Lol, that kid's list is EPIC. Love how he listed setting out plates AND silverware AND drinks as all separate complaints on his list, in addition to another line for having to set the table tomorrow. The good meter set on 99% bad seals it.
My wife loses her mind if I don't place the knife, fork, and spoon on the correct sides of the plate. I sympathize.
Put them in the positions a right-handed person would naturally pick them up in. Simple. Slightly less simple if you're left-handed, to be fair.
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This private jet doesn’t stock single malt scotch
"What do you mean you don't have anything older than 18 years? Your manager's going to hear about this!"
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There should be multiple levels of settings for the heated seats. Are they too hot even on the lowest setting? I've also heard people complaining about the Lexus ventilated seats not cooling enough.
The ES 300h is a very nice choice. It's actually based on the Avalon platform so for comparison purposes the Avalon Hybrid would be more accurate than the Camry Hybrid.
There are three levels - but the first level is scorching, the the next ones you could cook eggs on. And I've only used the cooling once, but didn't notice all that much effect. How can I drive under these conditions? ;-)
But aside from that, it's a great car, and I hope it will last a long time. From everything I have read, this thing at 90,000 miles is just barely getting broken in. I have had several people congratulate me on my "new car" - and when I tell them how old it is they are amazed.
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“This bull market has lasted so long that I don’t know what to do with my stockpiles of cash”
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“This bull market has lasted so long that I don’t know what to do with my stockpiles of cash”
Why do you have stockpiles of cash?
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Why do you have stockpiles of cash?
A couple decades of experience has taught that busts always happen. And during a bust there is always amazing things to buy with cash
Basically been successful at market timing so I always stockpile cash
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f26/hello-from-canada-99808.html#post2297135
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“I have 20 houses but I can only live in one”
“What’s the point of all this money if there’s nothing that I want to buy?”
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From neighborhood blog:
“residents can only pick ONE night to watch the World Series from the roof”
Poster argues that residents should have priority over guests and be allowed every night.
https://1221van.com/gallery/
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BIL had given us a few Norwegian money notes that are no longer valid, in the hope that we can turn it into modern notes. He lives abroad and had this left over after a vacation here. It is so long invalid, that we cannot spent it or easily turn it into something else. DH has downloaded a document that he filled out. Now he needs to visit a certain place in Oslo where you can swap them and convince them that this is not black money from some sidegig. Luckily it is only 80 euros.
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"I know it was free but it still pisses me off that it was so expensive."
- Me, whining about the cost of groceries I got for free with a $20 store coupon for transferring a prescription.
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I need to take the afternoon off so I don’t max out my ETO (Earned Time Off = vacation + sick leave).
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Overheard at a party ...
"We only HAVE five bedrooms!" - one of the couple that lives in the house (no children).
He was complaining that her crafting supplies were taking up more than two of those bedrooms. She copped to "maybe" one and a half.
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Overheard at a party ...
"We only HAVE five bedrooms!" - one of the couple that lives in the house (no children).
He was complaining that her crafting supplies were taking up more than two of those bedrooms. She copped to "maybe" one and a half.
We have 5 bedrooms, one in a MIL suite. Our craft stuff takes up the entire MIL suite plus another bedroom plus the woodshop/pottery studio we built out back. Seems perfectly reasonable to me! We've got one more bedroom than we really need, but it came with the house, so...
(And neither of us are complaining, we like it that way!)
Then again, we paid $96K below appraised value for the house (about 30% below market value), so I don't feel too bad about the extra floor space. There's no reason not to be frugal in our luxury spending! :)
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Quoting myself from the race from 250k to 500k thread...
"Won't be able to sustain positive gains in down months for much longer"
Where’s this thread ?
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The saga continues: I bought a new water bottle and now I don't drink enough water because it is too insulated and the water stays uncomfortably cold all day.
Last year I complained because my coffee mug was too insulated so it didn't keep my hand warm when I walked to work. Now I figured out a system where that mug is for my "lunch coffee" and it gets carried in my backpack; I use a different one for breakfast coffee.
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The saga continues: I bought a new water bottle and now I don't drink enough water because it is too insulated and the water stays uncomfortably cold all day.
For once, buy a soda in a bottle that is the size that you want to use. Drink the soda and reuse the bottle for water use.
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The saga continues: I bought a new water bottle and now I don't drink enough water because it is too insulated and the water stays uncomfortably cold all day.
Last year I complained because my coffee mug was too insulated so it didn't keep my hand warm when I walked to work. Now I figured out a system where that mug is for my "lunch coffee" and it gets carried in my backpack; I use a different one for breakfast coffee.
I hate drinking too cold water! At work the water cooler dispenses water very cold, so I started adding just a little bit from the hot dispenser to adjust it to a comfortable temperature.
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You must not live somewhere hot. The right temp for soda and water is when it is slushy.
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The saga continues: I bought a new water bottle and now I don't drink enough water because it is too insulated and the water stays uncomfortably cold all day.
Last year I complained because my coffee mug was too insulated so it didn't keep my hand warm when I walked to work. Now I figured out a system where that mug is for my "lunch coffee" and it gets carried in my backpack; I use a different one for breakfast coffee.
This made me laugh out loud. Just quirky enough to be something I would do.
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I own six of my favorite coffee thermos because someone said that model was being discontinued, so I just bought a lifetime supply.
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I own six of my favorite coffee thermos because someone said that model was being discontinued, so I just bought a lifetime supply.
I would totally do that.
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Today my wife and I were discussing whether to cash out some PTO. I said I didn't think it was a good idea, because our income this year is already too high.
She said Wow, I wonder how many people have that problem?
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I have no losses to harvest this year.
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I PAID INTEREST TODAY!!! BLAAAAAHHHH!!!!
That was pretty close to my actual reaction. I changed which bank account was paying off my credit card this month and I forgot to check the "autopay" button on the new account. I missed the deadline by two days and paid $8 in interest. This was on my American Express account. My other credit cards consider AutoPay to be a standing function regardless of which checking account is paying the bill. With AMEX you have to set it each time.
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I PAID INTEREST TODAY!!! BLAAAAAHHHH!!!!
That was pretty close to my actual reaction. I changed which bank account was paying off my credit card this month and I forgot to check the "autopay" button on the new account. I missed the deadline by two days and paid $8 in interest. This was on my American Express account. My other credit cards consider AutoPay to be a standing function regardless of which checking account is paying the bill. With AMEX you have to set it each time.
I don't autopay my credit cards. I go in every 2 weeks, look at the charges, and then pay. Call me a bit paranoid, but I do like to check.
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I PAID INTEREST TODAY!!! BLAAAAAHHHH!!!!
That was pretty close to my actual reaction. I changed which bank account was paying off my credit card this month and I forgot to check the "autopay" button on the new account. I missed the deadline by two days and paid $8 in interest. This was on my American Express account. My other credit cards consider AutoPay to be a standing function regardless of which checking account is paying the bill. With AMEX you have to set it each time.
Give them a call. It's pretty common practice to forgive/refund the charge for a first time mistake.
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The pump on my hot tub makes a noise that's so loud it can wake me up over night.
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"I work for the NY Times in my dream career, and I make $85,000 a year. Over the next 25 years this means I will make $2,125,000. My $180,000 loan debt (which includes all the interest) needs to be forgiven by society because I can't handle it myself."
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I PAID INTEREST TODAY!!! BLAAAAAHHHH!!!!
That was pretty close to my actual reaction. I changed which bank account was paying off my credit card this month and I forgot to check the "autopay" button on the new account. I missed the deadline by two days and paid $8 in interest. This was on my American Express account. My other credit cards consider AutoPay to be a standing function regardless of which checking account is paying the bill. With AMEX you have to set it each time.
I don't autopay my credit cards. I go in every 2 weeks, look at the charges, and then pay. Call me a bit paranoid, but I do like to check.
I pay it off weekly when reviewing charges, but I still have auto-pay set up in case I forget or am unable to pay them. It would suck for them to accrue interest that my wife would have to pay if I suddenly died.
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The pump on my hot tub makes a noise that's so loud it can wake me up over night.
Do you have neighbors living close by? They might not like that sound either.
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I admit to saying this:
"It sucks that the valet services downtown don't take credit cards".
Mea Culpa.
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Me: "The Montreal business class lounge doesn't have showers."
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Me: "The Montreal business class lounge doesn't have showers."
Someone who uses airport lounges! Please rate Ottawa and Vancouver .
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Me: "The Montreal business class lounge doesn't have showers."
Someone who uses airport lounges! Please rate Ottawa and Vancouver .
Ottawa: cleaner and better-maintained than most (I'm in it right now), perhaps because powerful people use it. Nice natural light. Okay food. Annoyingly, always has CBC Newsworld on at fairly high volume (perhaps because powerful people use it).
Vancouver: good showers, nice views of mountains. Often has my favourite MLL soup (Thai Chicken Curry). Too many National Posts and not enough Globe & Mails. Often crowded. Nobody knows how to use the new boiling water dispenser, so the tea corner smells like boiled plywood. Will put on the Raptors game if you ask nicely.
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I PAID INTEREST TODAY!!! BLAAAAAHHHH!!!!
That was pretty close to my actual reaction. I changed which bank account was paying off my credit card this month and I forgot to check the "autopay" button on the new account. I missed the deadline by two days and paid $8 in interest. This was on my American Express account. My other credit cards consider AutoPay to be a standing function regardless of which checking account is paying the bill. With AMEX you have to set it each time.
I don't autopay my credit cards. I go in every 2 weeks, look at the charges, and then pay. Call me a bit paranoid, but I do like to check.
I pay it off weekly when reviewing charges, but I still have auto-pay set up in case I forget or am unable to pay them. It would suck for them to accrue interest that my wife would have to pay if I suddenly died.
I did this for years, back when Bank of EvilAmerica refused to offer full-balance autopay. I had the autopay amount set to the usual minimum payment for my level of spending (i.e., the minimum-minimum), so if I forgot to log in I wouldn't get a late fee.
Now that all of my accounts autopay in full, I just go in at the end of the month (mid-cycle for all of my CCs) to download the data into my spreadsheet, which also covers checking for spurious charges.
In practice, though, the very few times I've had bad charges in the past ten years or so, almost every single one was caught by the bank and alerted to me automatically. Only one time I can think of that I spotted one on my own, and that was for a very small charge (someone managed to order themselves some Chipotle on my dime).
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The pump on my hot tub makes a noise that's so loud it can wake me up over night.
Do you have neighbors living close by? They might not like that sound either.
My neighbors may indeed inhabit a different first world than I do if they do not like that noise. I will engage them and work on managing those relationships.
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"My bonus check is too big to mobile deposit so I have to drive to bank :("
You actually get checks? Your employer doesnt just direct deposit all wages/bonuses into your bank account?
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I PAID INTEREST TODAY!!! BLAAAAAHHHH!!!!
That was pretty close to my actual reaction. I changed which bank account was paying off my credit card this month and I forgot to check the "autopay" button on the new account. I missed the deadline by two days and paid $8 in interest. This was on my American Express account. My other credit cards consider AutoPay to be a standing function regardless of which checking account is paying the bill. With AMEX you have to set it each time.
Give them a call. It's pretty common practice to forgive/refund the charge for a first time mistake.
Fixed. I didn't even have to explicitly ask for forgiveness.
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Coworker, steaming mad: "They won't let me hang my own painting in my office." Makes $130K+
Is this "they won't let me decorate?" or "They won't let me drill holes in the wall?"
I ask because I was forced to put in a work order to mount a white board on the wall in my office. The building contract doesn't allow us to do that kind of stuff.
It's the decorating itself. They want control. They write the checks. If you cash the checks you relinquish control. Sorry not sorry haha
Back when I had an office (With a window! Where I could see a tree!) I had facilities repaint the walls before I moved in (it was in pretty bad shape after several occupants and Facilities had cans of the "standard" color paint, ladders, etc)
For adding stuff, I just did DIY and didn't ask anyone. Hanging diplomas/certs on the wall? Sure. Mounting a (home made) coat rack on the wall? Yep.
The lure of bigger challenges and noticeably more money had me give up the office for a semi-nomadic cubedweller life. Got the "eviction notice" on one of my part-time cubes yesterday, talked my way into part time use of an office on the other side of the building.
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"My bonus check is too big to mobile deposit so I have to drive to bank :("
You actually get checks? Your employer doesnt just direct deposit all wages/bonuses into your bank account?
I get actual paper paycheques biweekly. The staff don't, but us contractors do.
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"My bonus check is too big to mobile deposit so I have to drive to bank :("
You actually get checks? Your employer doesnt just direct deposit all wages/bonuses into your bank account?
Yes, in past years we got paper checks for our bonuses - one in the summer, and one just before Christmas. It took forever to get DD in the first place (small company). For many many years (in the mid-2000s), I had to physically go to the bank every other Friday.
This year, however, we got DD bonuses. This was neat, because I got one even though I had quit the week before! (It wasn't a mistake.) The text I got from my BF (who works for the same company) - "Apparently it's direct deposit. Wtf, where's my cash." You can't make everyone happy - he habit was to cash it at the bank and spend paper money for a while.
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"My bonus check is too big to mobile deposit so I have to drive to bank :("
You actually get checks? Your employer doesnt just direct deposit all wages/bonuses into your bank account?
Yes, in past years we got paper checks for our bonuses - one in the summer, and one just before Christmas. It took forever to get DD in the first place (small company). For many many years (in the mid-2000s), I had to physically go to the bank every other Friday.
This year, however, we got DD bonuses. This was neat, because I got one even though I had quit the week before! (It wasn't a mistake.) The text I got from my BF (who works for the same company) - "Apparently it's direct deposit. Wtf, where's my cash." You can't make everyone happy - he habit was to cash it at the bank and spend paper money for a while.
"My bonus check is too big to mobile deposit so I have to drive to bank :("
You actually get checks? Your employer doesnt just direct deposit all wages/bonuses into your bank account?
I get actual paper paycheques biweekly. The staff don't, but us contractors do.
I didnt realise getting paid by check was still a thing for anyone, I am in Australia and have been paid by direct deposit since i started working (2002) and my parents have been paid by direct deposit as long as I remember (since mid 90s, though I dont know when that started)
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"My bonus check is too big to mobile deposit so I have to drive to bank :("
You actually get checks? Your employer doesnt just direct deposit all wages/bonuses into your bank account?
Yes, in past years we got paper checks for our bonuses - one in the summer, and one just before Christmas. It took forever to get DD in the first place (small company). For many many years (in the mid-2000s), I had to physically go to the bank every other Friday.
This year, however, we got DD bonuses. This was neat, because I got one even though I had quit the week before! (It wasn't a mistake.) The text I got from my BF (who works for the same company) - "Apparently it's direct deposit. Wtf, where's my cash." You can't make everyone happy - he habit was to cash it at the bank and spend paper money for a while.
"My bonus check is too big to mobile deposit so I have to drive to bank :("
You actually get checks? Your employer doesnt just direct deposit all wages/bonuses into your bank account?
I get actual paper paycheques biweekly. The staff don't, but us contractors do.
I didnt realise getting paid by check was still a thing for anyone, I am in Australia and have been paid by direct deposit since i started working (2002) and my parents have been paid by direct deposit as long as I remember (since mid 90s, though I dont know when that started)
I'm not an employee, I'm not on payroll and my fees aren't handled by the same people that manages the staff paycheques. There are three of us who are independent contractors who work somewhat variable hours. The owner pays us directly.
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I'm not an employee, I'm not on payroll and my fees aren't handled by the same people that manages the staff paycheques. There are three of us who are independent contractors who work somewhat variable hours. The owner pays us directly.
But even then I would have thought direct transfer. I had a tradie come to my house and I paid him by direct transfer(as opposed to check or cash). My work employs independent contractors and we still get their bank details and pay them directly via transfer.
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I'm not an employee, I'm not on payroll and my fees aren't handled by the same people that manages the staff paycheques. There are three of us who are independent contractors who work somewhat variable hours. The owner pays us directly.
But even then I would have thought direct transfer. I had a tradie come to my house and I paid him by direct transfer(as opposed to check or cash). My work employs independent contractors and we still get their bank details and pay them directly via transfer.
Definitely not the standard in my industry. Almost all of us contractors are paid by check. No idea why.
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I'm not an employee, I'm not on payroll and my fees aren't handled by the same people that manages the staff paycheques. There are three of us who are independent contractors who work somewhat variable hours. The owner pays us directly.
But even then I would have thought direct transfer. I had a tradie come to my house and I paid him by direct transfer(as opposed to check or cash). My work employs independent contractors and we still get their bank details and pay them directly via transfer.
Definitely not the standard in my industry. Almost all of us contractors are paid by check. No idea why.
I am in Australia, I dont think anyone gets paid by check for anything any more
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I'm not an employee, I'm not on payroll and my fees aren't handled by the same people that manages the staff paycheques. There are three of us who are independent contractors who work somewhat variable hours. The owner pays us directly.
But even then I would have thought direct transfer. I had a tradie come to my house and I paid him by direct transfer(as opposed to check or cash). My work employs independent contractors and we still get their bank details and pay them directly via transfer.
Definitely not the standard in my industry. Almost all of us contractors are paid by check. No idea why.
I am in Australia, I dont think anyone gets paid by check for anything any more
It must be regional. I'm a freelance contractor. My three big contracts are with companies in Asia, and they all pay monthly by direct deposit. A couple of years ago, I had an 18-month contract with a local company and they paid biweekly by check. It seems that checks are still fairly common in N. America.
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I'm not an employee, I'm not on payroll and my fees aren't handled by the same people that manages the staff paycheques. There are three of us who are independent contractors who work somewhat variable hours. The owner pays us directly.
But even then I would have thought direct transfer. I had a tradie come to my house and I paid him by direct transfer(as opposed to check or cash). My work employs independent contractors and we still get their bank details and pay them directly via transfer.
Definitely not the standard in my industry. Almost all of us contractors are paid by check. No idea why.
I am in Australia, I dont think anyone gets paid by check for anything any more
It must be regional. I'm a freelance contractor. My three big contracts are with companies in Asia, and they all pay monthly by direct deposit. A couple of years ago, I had an 18-month contract with a local company and they paid biweekly by check. It seems that checks are still fairly common in N. America.
Not all of North America. I'm Canadian, and I don't think I've ever had a job that paid regular pay by paper cheque. Just bonuses and times when something went wrong with direct deposit.
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I'm not an employee, I'm not on payroll and my fees aren't handled by the same people that manages the staff paycheques. There are three of us who are independent contractors who work somewhat variable hours. The owner pays us directly.
But even then I would have thought direct transfer. I had a tradie come to my house and I paid him by direct transfer(as opposed to check or cash). My work employs independent contractors and we still get their bank details and pay them directly via transfer.
Definitely not the standard in my industry. Almost all of us contractors are paid by check. No idea why.
I am in Australia, I dont think anyone gets paid by check for anything any more
It must be regional. I'm a freelance contractor. My three big contracts are with companies in Asia, and they all pay monthly by direct deposit. A couple of years ago, I had an 18-month contract with a local company and they paid biweekly by check. It seems that checks are still fairly common in N. America.
Not all of North America. I'm Canadian, and I don't think I've ever had a job that paid regular pay by paper cheque. Just bonuses and times when something went wrong with direct deposit.
Even bonuses being paid by cheque still seems odd, why wouldnt they be direct deposit if regular pay is?
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Re: bonuses by cheque - I think it’s only so they can hand over an actual envelope during your annual review.
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Re: bonuses by cheque - I think it’s only so they can hand over an actual envelope during your annual review.
That makes sense, we just get a letter and then its in with out next pay. It has worked out sometimes that I get the letter after I have got the bonus in my account
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Yesterday afternoon, my daughter and I were driving home and were stuck at a left turn. It was just car after car and I couldn't turn. In a tone of utter frustration, I said, "Will this ever end? I have spin class in 45 minutes and have to get home to change!" My daughter turned to me, and said, "That is the most first-world sentence I've ever heard. BUT I HAVE SPIN CLASS!" Oops!
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driving a car to spin class?
Maybe you need to spin over to the intentional discomfort thread and see what the ultra-hardcore mustachians are doing.
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driving a car to spin class?
Maybe you need to spin over to the intentional discomfort thread and see what the ultra-hardcore mustachians are doing.
LOL! I go to yoga after spin. So a solid 2 hour workout. I will work out hard if someone is watching me. Otherwise, it is like, "Wow! I worked out for a minute, I think I'll go sit down now." It is SO worth it to me to pay someone to push me hard. Also, where I live we have narrow roads and no bike lanes, so you are taking your life in your hands if you walk or bike on the streets.
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Yesterday afternoon, my daughter and I were driving home and were stuck at a left turn. It was just car after car and I couldn't turn.
I often find that in that scenario it's easier to make a right turn and then make a U-turn at the next light or find some other way to turn around.
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Yesterday afternoon, my daughter and I were driving home and were stuck at a left turn. It was just car after car and I couldn't turn.
I often find that in that scenario it's easier to make a right turn and then make a U-turn at the next light or find some other way to turn around.
I will often do that, but in that spot if you take a right you will end up in the center of town. You do NOT want to be there in rush hour. We were coming back from the doctor's office which is in this weird spot where there are only a few connecting roads without completely going out of your way. It isn't bad if you aren't in a rush, but otherwise can be annoying.
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Yesterday afternoon, my daughter and I were driving home and were stuck at a left turn. It was just car after car and I couldn't turn.
I often find that in that scenario it's easier to make a right turn and then make a U-turn at the next light or find some other way to turn around.
My mom is the queen of that. I have one particular intersection here in Charlotte where I do it a lot.
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"This is exhausting hanging up all my polo shirts to dry--it's like they're never-ending" ~Me
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Yesterday afternoon, my daughter and I were driving home and were stuck at a left turn. It was just car after car and I couldn't turn.
I often find that in that scenario it's easier to make a right turn and then make a U-turn at the next light or find some other way to turn around.
I will often do that, but in that spot if you take a right you will end up in the center of town. You do NOT want to be there in rush hour. We were coming back from the doctor's office which is in this weird spot where there are only a few connecting roads without completely going out of your way. It isn't bad if you aren't in a rush, but otherwise can be annoying.
I'm seriously considering planning a semi-retirement that involves no driving. Our light rail in my city is being developed and will open a new section in two years. Driving sucks and other drivers suck even more, commuting is for crazy people. I'd rather listen to great literature while sitting on a train.
Does this count as a first world problem?
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Being able to retire may well be a first-world problem.
Living a car-free life is quite common away from the first-world.
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" I'd like the breakfast special to go, no (included) coffee, my car does not have a cup holder". -- Owner of a 2000 Porsche Boxster - me.
"My car doesn't even have variable speed intermittent windshield wipers" The is a spot on the dash for the knob, but it was not included.
Sometimes that is an easy upgrade to do yourself. My 90s VW had fixed delay wipers. For I think it was $25 I bought the variable delay wiper relay and it snapped right in. Even better - it COULD be used as part of an upgrade for many other cars with a little re-wiring of that car.
Hyundai i10 earlier models had intermittend. Later models did not. Talk about stupid changes.
I didnt realise getting paid by check was still a thing for anyone, I am in Australia and have been paid by direct deposit since i started working (2002) and my parents have been paid by direct deposit as long as I remember (since mid 90s, though I dont know when that started)
Welcome to the USA! The most technologically advanced country in the world. They have even figured out how to prevent online banking fraud by using analog paper money transfers!
first world sentence: When homeworking I cannot get the free coffee from the machine at work!
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"These granite counter tops are 'dated' and they need to be replaced."
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^Hahaha, yes, I'm so embarrassed to have dated counters.
My brother makes custom cabinets. At one point he put in a $50K kitchen for a couple (which is really expensive for just cabinets and counters . . . no appliances or flooring or anything), then 5 years later the same guy hired him again because his new, second wife didn't like the colors that the first wife picked out. So he pulled out what he felt like he had just put in and redid it all to the tune of another $50K. You can't make this stuff up.
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Bet those old kitchen cabinets would look great in my garage shop... ;)
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"These granite counter tops are 'dated' and they need to be replaced."
Yeah, they are dated at about 100 million years, give or take a few millions ;)
It's liek salt: It is amazing how the companies know which salt, that was millions of years down there, is going to run stale in 2 more years and always get that one up.
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I'm in a very poor country now so even though I'm living in a shipping container, it's still better than 90-95% of the country. I've got A/C, electricity, clean running water, and a bathroom. I drove through a village yesterday where the majority of dwellings were piled up rock walls with sticks or scrap metal covered by old pieces of fabric, plastic, or metal for roofs. Generally about 20-30 SF for a family. There's essentially no jobs other than goat herder, and the bathroom is the area on other side of the dirt road.
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"These granite counter tops are 'dated' and they need to be replaced."
Yeah, they are dated at about 100 million years, give or take a few millions ;)
It's liek salt: It is amazing how the companies know which salt, that was millions of years down there, is going to run stale in 2 more years and always get that one up.
Lately I've heard people justifying "upgrading" to quartz because "granite requires too much upkeep". That's a marketing ploy if ever there was one. Head-->Desk.
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I'm in a very poor country now so even though I'm living in a shipping container, it's still better than 90-95% of the country. I've got A/C, electricity, clean running water, and a bathroom. I drove through a village yesterday where the majority of dwellings were piled up rock walls with sticks or scrap metal covered by old pieces of fabric, plastic, or metal for roofs. Generally about 20-30 SF for a family. There's essentially no jobs other than goat herder, and the bathroom is the area on other side of the dirt road.
Has Albuquerque gotten that bad?
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I'm in a very poor country now so even though I'm living in a shipping container, it's still better than 90-95% of the country. I've got A/C, electricity, clean running water, and a bathroom. I drove through a village yesterday where the majority of dwellings were piled up rock walls with sticks or scrap metal covered by old pieces of fabric, plastic, or metal for roofs. Generally about 20-30 SF for a family. There's essentially no jobs other than goat herder, and the bathroom is the area on other side of the dirt road.
Has Albuquerque gotten that bad?
1. New Mexico is the Land of Enchantment how dare you
2. This is what I saw when I visited rural Jordan last year. It looks like the moon--just nothing but rocks and white dust--except the moon doesn't have goats who somehow manage to live on thorn trees and then shit everywhere, attracting salt flies. The shit doesn't even seem to decompose very well, because there's no other organic matter for it to interact with and no moisture.
In conclusion, desertification is no joke. Plant trees wherever you live and seek recharge the aquifer with responsible rainwater sequestration practices.
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"These granite counter tops are 'dated' and they need to be replaced."
Yeah, they are dated at about 100 million years, give or take a few millions ;)
It's liek salt: It is amazing how the companies know which salt, that was millions of years down there, is going to run stale in 2 more years and always get that one up.
Lately I've heard people justifying "upgrading" to quartz because "granite requires too much upkeep". That's a marketing ploy if ever there was one. Head-->Desk.
Are they cutting meat with diamond-bit drills right on the counter?
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"These granite counter tops are 'dated' and they need to be replaced."
Yeah, they are dated at about 100 million years, give or take a few millions ;)
It's liek salt: It is amazing how the companies know which salt, that was millions of years down there, is going to run stale in 2 more years and always get that one up.
Lately I've heard people justifying "upgrading" to quartz because "granite requires too much upkeep". That's a marketing ploy if ever there was one. Head-->Desk.
Are they cutting meat with diamond-bit drills right on the counter?
Beats me! Also, people think quartz countertops are "natural". LMAO.
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"My accountant says I have to get a more expensive car once this lease is up."
(True story. My business partner's car lease is 4x as much as mine and if I don't spend closer to what she is spending, it messes up her or the firm's taxes somehow. Problem is, my car is the nicest car I have ever had, I absolutely love it, and frankly I don't want something "nicer.")
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"These granite counter tops are 'dated' and they need to be replaced."
Yeah, they are dated at about 100 million years, give or take a few millions ;)
It's liek salt: It is amazing how the companies know which salt, that was millions of years down there, is going to run stale in 2 more years and always get that one up.
Lately I've heard people justifying "upgrading" to quartz because "granite requires too much upkeep". That's a marketing ploy if ever there was one. Head-->Desk.
Are they cutting meat with diamond-bit drills right on the counter?
Beats me! Also, people think quartz countertops are "natural". LMAO.
OT, but here's my experience:
We renovated kitchen and baths in our house late 2018. Went to the big Orange and Blue box stores, then a couple of stone warehouse showrooms to learn and understand countertop materials. Laminate was a no-no. We were very concerned about staining, as we use a lot of spices, esp. turmeric.
At one of the warehouse showrooms, the owner, from India, told me that everything can be stained given enough time (he sells quartz, granite, onyx, marble, travertine, quartzite, porcelain, and semi-precious materials). Very light quartz can stain. Very hot pots on quartz will scorch and do things to the resin that binds.
As @Dicey said, the misconception that "quartz is natural" is pervasive. He suggested to go with a natural material and go with a darker color. However, he was quoting us $1000+/slab for the granite we liked.
I took a few light-colored (but not white) stone and quartz samples and conducted stain tests at home. The man was right.
We found another stone place, barebones, that supplies to the stone warehouses. (The stone warehouses are the ones who deliver your stone to the fabricator when you place the order via the big box store.) This place was half the price, plus free delivery to fabricator.
After installation, I used a water-based sealer (which doesn't perform well). We paid for a man to come in and apply 2 coats of a polymer-based sealer (wife wanted it done professionally). That stuff works great. Need to reseal every 2 years, but can do it myself.
Lastly, properly sealed granite doesn't need more upkeep than our 40 year old laminate countertops.
The price/sq ft at the supplier warehouse was X, price at the fancier showroom stone warehouse was 1.5-2X, price at big box store is 2-2.5X.
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I work part-time at a major fitness gym. I get this one A LOT.
"I don't have my keytag because I have the wrong car/car keys today."
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Hehe, "the wrong car"
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https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/mini-money-mustaches/annoyed-with-grandparents'-separate-529-for-my-son/?topicseen
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I'm in a very poor country now so even though I'm living in a shipping container, it's still better than 90-95% of the country. I've got A/C, electricity, clean running water, and a bathroom. I drove through a village yesterday where the majority of dwellings were piled up rock walls with sticks or scrap metal covered by old pieces of fabric, plastic, or metal for roofs. Generally about 20-30 SF for a family. There's essentially no jobs other than goat herder, and the bathroom is the area on other side of the dirt road.
Has Albuquerque gotten that bad?
No, I'm deployed. Though some guys have related the normal areas here to the worst parts of Mexico.
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I'm in a very poor country now so even though I'm living in a shipping container, it's still better than 90-95% of the country. I've got A/C, electricity, clean running water, and a bathroom. I drove through a village yesterday where the majority of dwellings were piled up rock walls with sticks or scrap metal covered by old pieces of fabric, plastic, or metal for roofs. Generally about 20-30 SF for a family. There's essentially no jobs other than goat herder, and the bathroom is the area on other side of the dirt road.
Has Albuquerque gotten that bad?
No, I'm deployed. Though some guys have related the normal areas here to the worst parts of Mexico.
Slightly off-topic, but I think about stuff like this occasionally: Every part of the Earth was undeveloped at some point. Some groups of people developed the areas in which they live (by that, I mean there's now running water, bathrooms, solid structures/buildings, jobs, etc.), and others did not. I wonder about the basic differences/motivators between "people who develop" and "people who don't." Just a curiosity for me. I was lucky enough to be born in a developed country.
Any of the rest of you think about stuff like that?
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I'm in a very poor country now so even though I'm living in a shipping container, it's still better than 90-95% of the country. I've got A/C, electricity, clean running water, and a bathroom. I drove through a village yesterday where the majority of dwellings were piled up rock walls with sticks or scrap metal covered by old pieces of fabric, plastic, or metal for roofs. Generally about 20-30 SF for a family. There's essentially no jobs other than goat herder, and the bathroom is the area on other side of the dirt road.
Has Albuquerque gotten that bad?
No, I'm deployed. Though some guys have related the normal areas here to the worst parts of Mexico.
Slightly off-topic, but I think about stuff like this occasionally: Every part of the Earth was undeveloped at some point. Some groups of people developed the areas in which they live (by that, I mean there's now running water, bathrooms, solid structures/buildings, jobs, etc.), and others did not. I wonder about the basic differences/motivators between "people who develop" and "people who don't." Just a curiosity for me. I was lucky enough to be born in a developed country.
Any of the rest of you think about stuff like that?
Have you read Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond? It addresses a lot of this.
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Have you read Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond? It addresses a lot of this.
Never heard of it. Thanks for the recommendation!
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I'm in a very poor country now so even though I'm living in a shipping container, it's still better than 90-95% of the country. I've got A/C, electricity, clean running water, and a bathroom. I drove through a village yesterday where the majority of dwellings were piled up rock walls with sticks or scrap metal covered by old pieces of fabric, plastic, or metal for roofs. Generally about 20-30 SF for a family. There's essentially no jobs other than goat herder, and the bathroom is the area on other side of the dirt road.
Has Albuquerque gotten that bad?
No, I'm deployed. Though some guys have related the normal areas here to the worst parts of Mexico.
Slightly off-topic, but I think about stuff like this occasionally: Every part of the Earth was undeveloped at some point. Some groups of people developed the areas in which they live (by that, I mean there's now running water, bathrooms, solid structures/buildings, jobs, etc.), and others did not. I wonder about the basic differences/motivators between "people who develop" and "people who don't." Just a curiosity for me. I was lucky enough to be born in a developed country.
Any of the rest of you think about stuff like that?
I would assume a lot of people do, Guns Germs and Steel was a best seller for a reason, and it's not exactly the lightest or easiest read out there.
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I'm not an employee, I'm not on payroll and my fees aren't handled by the same people that manages the staff paycheques. There are three of us who are independent contractors who work somewhat variable hours. The owner pays us directly.
But even then I would have thought direct transfer. I had a tradie come to my house and I paid him by direct transfer(as opposed to check or cash). My work employs independent contractors and we still get their bank details and pay them directly via transfer.
Definitely not the standard in my industry. Almost all of us contractors are paid by check. No idea why.
Here too. never know how long a gig will last, so why bother with all the DD paperwork? It's not that hard to take a photo and submit it to the bank.
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Have you read Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond? It addresses a lot of this.
Never heard of it. Thanks for the recommendation!
It's hilarious, especially his frequent references to "marriage" to refer to mass enslavement and rape. His account is from the typical male-centric academic perspective, and the privilege he displays in some of his narrative made me laugh aloud (which is unusual). I'd recommend the book for the entertainment value alone, especially since the intention was to break down some of the more pervasive stereotypes. He does it for racial stereotypes but doubles down on the gender ones. Typical for male academics of his generation.
Notwithstanding all of that, and his basic lack of understanding about why human beings make the choices they make (hint: self-interest) Diamond makes some extremely good points about factors that affect domestication and propagation of crops and wild animals, specifically insolation, latitude, and barriers to east-west migration.
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Slightly off-topic, but I think about stuff like this occasionally: Every part of the Earth was undeveloped at some point. Some groups of people developed the areas in which they live (by that, I mean there's now running water, bathrooms, solid structures/buildings, jobs, etc.), and others did not. I wonder about the basic differences/motivators between "people who develop" and "people who don't." Just a curiosity for me. I was lucky enough to be born in a developed country.
To put it in over-simple terms, some parts of the world enslaved other parts of the world and/or controlled most of their resources for quite a few centuries, so that has had a pretty big impact on the development levels of various countries. As have ongoing wars.
With few exceptions, there are not "people who develop" and "people who don't develop." There are people who have access to more resources and more wealth, and people with access to fewer resources and less wealth. Putting it in terms of people who do or don't develop implies that the people living with their families in 20-30 square feet do so because of some kind of intrinsic lack of motivation.
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To put it in over-simple terms, some parts of the world enslaved other parts of the world and/or controlled most of their resources for quite a few centuries, so that has had a pretty big impact on the development levels of various countries. As have ongoing wars.
With few exceptions, there are not "people who develop" and "people who don't develop." There are people who have access to more resources and more wealth, and people with access to fewer resources and less wealth. Putting it in terms of people who do or don't develop implies that the people living with their families in 20-30 square feet do so because of some kind of intrinsic lack of motivation.
Prior to colonialism, there were enormous and stark differences between various world cultures in terms of industrial development. You might attribute that to chance, but to say that colonialism is the source of developmental differences seems disingenuous at best.
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To put it in over-simple terms, some parts of the world enslaved other parts of the world and/or controlled most of their resources for quite a few centuries, so that has had a pretty big impact on the development levels of various countries. As have ongoing wars.
With few exceptions, there are not "people who develop" and "people who don't develop." There are people who have access to more resources and more wealth, and people with access to fewer resources and less wealth. Putting it in terms of people who do or don't develop implies that the people living with their families in 20-30 square feet do so because of some kind of intrinsic lack of motivation.
Prior to colonialism, there were enormous and stark differences between various world cultures in terms of industrial development. You might attribute that to chance, but to say that colonialism is the source of developmental differences seems disingenuous at best.
The lesson: Keep up with defense tech and, whatever you do, don't lose a war.
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A relative undergoing housing renovations (outsourced) moaned that "we only have one bathroom for four people over Christmas break."
I really didn't know what to say, as my husband and I had spent recently a month plus renovating (in sourced) our only bathroom. Buckets were involved.
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To put it in over-simple terms, some parts of the world enslaved other parts of the world and/or controlled most of their resources for quite a few centuries, so that has had a pretty big impact on the development levels of various countries. As have ongoing wars.
With few exceptions, there are not "people who develop" and "people who don't develop." There are people who have access to more resources and more wealth, and people with access to fewer resources and less wealth. Putting it in terms of people who do or don't develop implies that the people living with their families in 20-30 square feet do so because of some kind of intrinsic lack of motivation.
Prior to colonialism, there were enormous and stark differences between various world cultures in terms of industrial development. You might attribute that to chance, but to say that colonialism is the source of developmental differences seems disingenuous at best.
Yeah, for example the Chinese were more advanced than europeans - except for guns. And thanks to guns the Europeans could force the Chinese to suffer enormously from opium while making a lot of money.
There are always a lot of factors involved - for example some attribute the simple fact that Europeans had access to more domesticated animals than everyone else a big weight (food source and store). And of course better climate.
But undoubtedly taking away more than half of all people in some parts of Afrika as slaves had serious impacts. As had ruler-borders etc.
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Lol, the comments on this one are a gold mine:
https://thetakeout.com/salt-bae-gold-steak-police-1840931391 (https://thetakeout.com/salt-bae-gold-steak-police-1840931391)
I'm not paying for the gold-wrapped steak, because I ordered the $235 economy version!
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I don’t know how much to give my ayi (housekeeper/maid) as a red pocket/gift for Chinese New Year.
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I'm in a very poor country now so even though I'm living in a shipping container, it's still better than 90-95% of the country. I've got A/C, electricity, clean running water, and a bathroom. I drove through a village yesterday where the majority of dwellings were piled up rock walls with sticks or scrap metal covered by old pieces of fabric, plastic, or metal for roofs. Generally about 20-30 SF for a family. There's essentially no jobs other than goat herder, and the bathroom is the area on other side of the dirt road.
Has Albuquerque gotten that bad?
I'd like to take a moment of appreciation for this joke.
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I'm in a very poor country now so even though I'm living in a shipping container, it's still better than 90-95% of the country. I've got A/C, electricity, clean running water, and a bathroom. I drove through a village yesterday where the majority of dwellings were piled up rock walls with sticks or scrap metal covered by old pieces of fabric, plastic, or metal for roofs. Generally about 20-30 SF for a family. There's essentially no jobs other than goat herder, and the bathroom is the area on other side of the dirt road.
Has Albuquerque gotten that bad?
I'd like to take a moment of appreciation for this joke.
Thanks, Steve. Everybody else took it seriously.
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The most first world problem of a sentence is. . .
Anything starting with “My iPhone...”. and “You won’t take my Apple card? “
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I work part-time at a major fitness gym. I get this one A LOT.
"I don't have my keytag because I have the wrong car/car keys today."
I do this because I don't want to buy 2 sets of car seats, so I use a different car when I have my kids at the gym and when I don't.
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^Lol, that is truly a beautiful first world follow up about the first world car key problem.
Speaking of cars, my daughter complained today "It's such a pain to always to have disconnect the car blue tooth from my iphone when you are driving and I want to use my ear buds."
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"It's hard to remember to move my two cars to the other side of the street when a nationally mandated work holiday falls on a day when the city comes to clean the street for us. Of course we *could* park those cars in the car garage that came with our home but *that* space is filled with the stuff we don't use very often. Naturally we can't park them in the driveway either because that space is occupied by our camper/trailer."
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"I need 100% financing on a home loan as 3% is lot of money to come up with." -Said by someone who makes over $70K a year.
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"I need 100% financing on a home loan as 3% is lot of money to come up with." -Said by someone who makes over $70K a year.
Yes it's not even in their universe to think of 20%. My coworker asked me how I did it and I told him first off I work twice as many hours as you do, so my income is double, and I spend about 60K/year less than you do. There's the answer right there.
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Oh, and I forgot to mention it was 3% on an under $250K loan, so we're talking only $7500 at most. But is too much to save up.
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Oh, and I forgot to mention it was 3% on an under $250K loan, so we're talking only $7500 at most. But is too much to save up.
I want to be a fly on the wall when they come in and mention how the house needs a paint job or a new appliance.
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“Think how much time it’ll save me untangling the wires...”
Me - trying to justify to my work colleague why I asked my other half to get me Apple AirPods for Christmas.....
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“Think how much time it’ll save me untangling the wires...”
Me - trying to justify to my work colleague why I asked my other half to get me Apple AirPods for Christmas.....
Just make a plan for what to do when the batteries are empty. I don't think you can replace them at all.
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Nope. If the pros can't do it then don't waste your time...
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/AirPods+Pro+Teardown/127551
May I suggest one of the alternative brands: https://www.gearbest.com/c_11240/bluetooth-earbuds
Can't vouch for any of them and they aren't any more environmentally firnedly but you'd save alot of money. I can vouch for the retailer. I bought a 3D printer from them.
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Even my body conspires against spending: my ears are too small for buds. I can't even sit still without them falling out.
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“Think how much time it’ll save me untangling the wires...”
Me - trying to justify to my work colleague why I asked my other half to get me Apple AirPods for Christmas.....
Just make a plan for what to do when the batteries are empty. I don't think you can replace them at all.
They come with a charging case & cable, rather than batteries.
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Nope. If the pros can't do it then don't waste your time...
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/AirPods+Pro+Teardown/127551
May I suggest one of the alternative brands: https://www.gearbest.com/c_11240/bluetooth-earbuds
Can't vouch for any of them and they aren't any more environmentally firnedly but you'd save alot of money. I can vouch for the retailer. I bought a 3D printer from them.
Too late! My other half already bought them for my Christmas. And I love them! Wouldn’t have bought them for myself.
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“Think how much time it’ll save me untangling the wires...”
Me - trying to justify to my work colleague why I asked my other half to get me Apple AirPods for Christmas.....
Just make a plan for what to do when the batteries are empty. I don't think you can replace them at all.
They come with a charging case & cable, rather than batteries.
Yes, but the charger charges a battery inside the earbuds. And that battery will become bad after some time.
And then you cannot change it. They make battery replacement difficult on purpose, just like with many phones.
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Batteries are hard to replace because consumers prefer slim, beautiful designs over larger, bulkier designs that would be require to accommodate modular batteries that could be more easily removed. When everyone is racing to have the slimmest phone, or when there are serious size limitations for something like an earbud then custom batteries are the solution.
You can replace (with some difficulty) the battery in your phone. I wonder if it will be possibly to do for earbuds as well? That might be getting small for the average consumer.
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"What do you mean I can't use Apple pay on my Apple watch to pay?!?!?"
Overheard in line at Walmart. The guy was quite indignant, and repetitive.
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LOL.
I have been known to mutter "Ugh no Apple Pay well I guess then I'll have to just slide my card like some kind of peasant."
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The most first world problem of a sentence is. . .
Anything starting with “My iPhone...”. and “You won’t take my Apple card? “
Well, I just got an iPhone 11, so I made some of these embarrassing statements this week.
First world sentence #1: "The earbuds that came with this iPhone have an old-school round connector, not a lightning jack, so how am I supposed to use them with this phone?"
Other half "Well, they sell adapters . . . "
First world sentence #2: "JFC I have to buy an adapter to use the earbuds that came with my phone with the same phone?!"
And so it went, on and on all evening, me making first world complaints continuously until my iphone was finally completely set up. I refused to activate apple pay . . . I like to have to actually hand over money when I buy things, not wave a magic wand.
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I complained this afternoon that the micro kitchen at work had run out of free chocolate snacks. The horror!
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^that IS horrible!
My employer's provision of food is at least 20% of the reason I go to work . . . running out of chocolate snacks feels like a 20% pay cut!