Japanese airline, All Nippon Airways in an effort to save costs asked passengers to visit the lavatory before boarding because empty bladders means less weight carried. 00
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The Actual Cost of Owning a Dog with Some Surprising Numbers
We all love our pups, because yes, they’re adorable and part of our family, but man they can be a BIG expense.
There are one time fees, like adoption, and monthly bills that can stack up quickly. So! The folks at Rover put together this infographic to help break down what it costs to take care of your furry friend.
Photo Credit: Rover
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12+ People Remember Most Important Lesson They Learned at Their First Job
First jobs are invaluable, not just because we earn money, but because there are things you just can’t learn about working unless you’re actually doing it. Love them or hate them, it’s an experience that almost all of us will have at one time in our lives.
In case you’ve forgotten (or you’re wondering why your teenager should get into the workforce!) read through these 15 memories of lessons learned.
#15. Be nice.
“Be nice to the person at the counter/register/drive thru.”
#14. Always look busy.
“Got time to lean you got time to clean Always look busy.”
#13. Taco Bell bathrooms.
“People do strange things in Taco Bell bathrooms.”
#12. On coworkers.
“Don’t let your coworkers push their job duties on to you so they can slack off. I worked a job where it was just me and one other coworker we each had our own job duties and he would take four hour long breaks to go home and smoke weed and nap and when he’d come back he’d finish up his work. I use to let that slide because while I was at work I would just be on my phone watching movies after I finished my responsibilities eventually while he was at home he’d ask me to do his jobs and when he came back he’d just stand around and do nothing since everything was done, it was a chill job but fuck doing two peoples job and letting someone get paid for doing nothing.”
#11. Be your own advocate.
“Your boss is looking out for himself and will throw you under the bus to cover his own ass. You need to be your own advocate.”
#10. Things no one thinks to tell you.
“If you are allowed to. Always shit during work hours.
*Edit call centres also don’t pay you for your time taking a shit.”
#9. On customer service.
“The nicer you are to assholes, the angrier they get, and the more fun you have!”
#8. Wear good shoes.
“To wear good shoes. My feet are screwed for life as a result of that job.”
#7. It’s about you.
“When your boss gives you constructive criticism don’t reply by mentioning that others do similar things but the boss is presumably okay with it. The criticism isn’t about them it’s about you.”
#6. First impressions last.
“You’re expendable and first impressions last.”
#5. Alert anyone.
“Behind you”
Alert anyone you’re approaching from behind, especially if either of you is carrying something.”
#4. On rewards.
“The reward for a job well done, is more work.”
#3. You won’t see any extra money.
“Never let on if you aren’t busy. And never ask for more work if there is no benefit to you. You’ll get more than you can handle and won’t see any extra money. Learn to work efficiently, but mostly manage your own time. Help co-workers if it’s a two-way street. Common thread: people will take advantage of you. Always be wary. But having your peers’ backs (if it goes both ways) can be the only way to get through the day.”
#2. Manage expectations.
“MANAGE EXPECTATIONS.
Are you going to hand something in late? Off-scope? Early? Talk to all the known stakeholders in advance and communicate this to them. Manage the awareness of the people around you with respect to what they are expecting from you.
When you start your first job, you’re so scared of being less than perfect that you don’t realize everyone is less than perfect and they know you’ll make mistakes. What your boss and coworkers need more than you to be perfect is to be open and clear with them so they have the proper info to make decisions as things change and report to their people in turn.
People are FAR more willing to work with you to fix things than be blindsided at the 11th hour. The reason everyone around you seems to be doing their job perfectly is that they’re managing expectations so well that whatever they produce is always exactly what people are expecting from them and are prepared to receive, regardless of what may have initially been asked of them.
Edit: a spelling.”
#1. Use boredom to your advantage.
“First full time job: Use your down time to learn new skills. I learned so many new things about the internal systems, excel access etc that I eventually found my profession.
Essentially: Use boredom to your advantage.”
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You Can Give Your Leftover Taco Bell Sauce Delicious New Life
Every time you go to Taco Bell you accumulate more and more of that delicious little leftover, the Taco Bell sauce. But isn’t it a shame that so many of them will go to waste? If you’re someone who frequents Taco Bell, chances are you have a drawer somewhere in your kitchen that’s full of extra sauce packets you just couldn’t bear tossing in the trash.
Well, you’re in luck, because someone has figured out how to turn the mild, hot, or fire sauce into a deliciously spicy salt that will do wonders for a bowl of chips or popcorn.
Photo Credit: Claire Lower
The process is the same for dehydrating any wet flavoring agent and is really pretty simple. Here’s how to give it a go!
- Preheat your oven 200 degrees.
- Mix 6-10 sauce packets and 1/4 cup plain table salt. If you start with 6 packets, you’ll get the Taco Bell aroma from your salt, but with 10, your desired heat level will better come through.
- Put the combination into the food processor and blend it until the mixture is sandy and uniform in color.
- Spread it out evenly on a parchment-lined baking sheet, then put it in the oven for at least 2 hours (make sure the salt is bone dry before you remove it.
- Put it back into the food processor until it’s fine like plain salt.
- Sprinkle it on your favorite Taco Bell-esque food or a crunchy bowl of snacks.
Photo Credit: NBC
Serve it to your Taco Bell-loving friends and they’ll all be saying yo quiero your house for their late-night gatherings for the foreseeable future.
I bet you never knew that was Monica’s REAL chef’s secret!*
Enjoy!
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Bruno the Cat Found His Forever Home And They’re As Extra As He Is
Anyone who has ever adopted a pet knows how rewarding the experience can be, but also how much work it can be to get to know your new pet – their personality, their quirks, the issues they need to work through and the ways they enjoy affection. It can be hard to know when you’re wandering around what exactly you’re getting into, but anyone who walks by Bruno is going to have a pretty good idea.
Photo Credit: Instagram
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Bruno was surrendered when he couldn’t get along with his family’s children, so that’s also something helpful to know. Here he is, perusing adoption applications and weeding out the people who have children he’s too heavy to quickly escape from.
Photo Credit: Facebook
He’s extra AF.
With his extra toes, his rocking bod, and the way he catches the camera, it’s no wonder that his (fabulous) Facebook post has garnered quite a bit of attention. It lists his quirky traits, like standing on his hind legs and wanting to be petted while he eats, and his positive qualities abound:
As you can see by the updates on the Facebook post above, Bruno has found his forever family. And since there was no way this cat was going to settle into home life without a few extras, the shelter made sure his new momma was as much as he is:
She definitely deserves him.
h/t: ScaryMommy
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In 2009 California milk processors…
In 2009 California milk processors funded a 22-minute rock opera titled “Battle for Milkquarious.” It was marketed as “The most amazing rock opera ever made about milk.” 00
15 People Share How They Went From Messy To Neat Freaks Once and for All
Everyone functions a bit differently, and while some people can live day-to-day in the midst of mess or clutter, others can’t begin to fathom how it’s even possible. The facts are, however, that people who live in tidier environments are usually happier, more productive, and less anxious than their counterparts.
So, if you’re someone looking to get “clean,” read on to find out what changed these 15 peoples’ perspectives:
#15. More free time and less tolerance.
“I quit drinking and all of a sudden had a lot more free time and less tolerance for living in filth.”
#14. I wanted to stay married.
“I got married, then wanted to stay married. Good motivation.”
#13. The possibility…
“The possibility of ever having a love interest come over.”
#12. Small, quick clean ups.
“I got tired of being embarrassed if anyone ever visited or just avoiding having anyone over at all. And tired of seeing the mess every time I came home and having it on my mind that I would eventually have to clean it up. I live alone so this is what I did.
I got rid of all my dishes except for one bowl, one plate and one of each cutlery. This forces me to rinse the bowl/plate right after I finish eating and means I never have dishes to do. sometimes I do get lazy and just leave the bowl in the sink with soapy water to soak until next meal. also just one frying pan and pot.
I got rid of all my clothes except for 7 pairs of underwear/socks and enough clothes for the week. This forces me to do laundry every week on the same day that I decided is laundry day.
I keep a sponge and cleaning stuff right beside the bathroom and kitchen sink and counters. when they start to look a little dirty, I give them an easy quick wipe off. I found its much easier to do small quick clean ups than wait and do a big messy one.”
#11. Let’s not let things get so bad.
“I deep cleaned my room one day on a whim. Discovered mold growing on the wall and floor and mattress and sheet from the crappy building leaking. The mold was of course making me sick and since I was spending all my sick time in bed, next to the mold, I wasn’t getting any better.
I don’t live there anymore, but it’s been a pretty good way of looking back and telling myself, ‘let’s not let things get so bad I can’t tell if mold is growing anywhere’”
#10. I’ve never looked back.
“I was sick of not being able to see my floor so I just spent an afternoon cleaning my room. I was surprised by how much better I felt, and I’ve never looked back. Now I usually clean it about once a week and I get excited for it too, It’s really nice coming home to a clean room after a long day!”
#9. Mitigate risk.
“I just realized as I was growing up that 95% of bad things that happened to me were my own fault in some way, so the best way to avoid that is to organize my life. You can’t misplace things if you always put them in the same place. You can’t run out of clean clothes if you always do your laundry the same day each week. You save a lot of money, and can generally eat healthier, by making your own food. If you work out regularly, you stop getting sore from working out. When you have a clean living space and eat healthy, you get sick less often. Even when you do get sick, your body can fight back if it’s in good shape.
Not everything is preventable, but the vast majority of mistakes are from carelessness or rushing to do things. By planning ahead or taking care of them before it’s necessary, you mitigate risk significantly.”
#8. It feels good to see progress.
“Got super depressed but still had some energy and since I hated myself anyway I decided to deep clean my room on a whim. It actually started to feel good to see progress. After three days I walked into my room and it was clean and organized. I laid down on my bed and felt at peace.
Ever since then, I keep things tidy at home and work because it feels mentally a little better to at least be physically comfortable.”
#7. A better handle on my mental health.
“I got a better handle on my mental health. I realized how much happier I feel when things are clean, and also what caused the executive dysfunction that made me messy. I’m still not perfect. I’m still disorganized. But it’s a whole lot cleaner than I used to be.”
#6. It makes a rather large difference.
“I just started having less stuff. You’re not repeatedly moving around your shit if you have less shit to move. I highly recommend the book “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up” by Marie Kondo. It requires around 2-3 days of constant dedication, but if you do everything she suggests, it makes a rather large difference. I threw out 13 garbage bags and a bunch of other things that couldn’t fit neatly into bags. My life was changed, as advertised.”
#5. Anxiety-linked.
“My cleaning is super anxiety linked. When I would feel anxious, I would get deep into something like a bathroom. And not just whatever cleaning, deep cleaning!!! I would take the toilet seat off and clean everything until it sparkled. The end result of it made me feel more in control of my life and my surroundings.
My tip would be have the right tools – rubber gloves, good sponges and cloths, cleaning products that work. It makes the whole task feel more manageable.”
#4. Retraining yourself.
“I realized that neatness is a matter of continuous little actions rather than one big cleanup. If an object is put away immediately after being used, the mess/clutter never builds up to the point of overwhelm. If a mess is cleaned up immediately after it’s made, you never have a 2-hour cleanup job. It’s just a matter of retraining yourself to always do the little cleanup steps.”
#3. For the dog.
“Getting a dog who gets into EVERYTHING. He’s too smart for his own good. So if I wanted my dog to stay alive, which I did, I had to stop being a slob.”
#2. It just clicked.
“I used to be so messy it was crossing the line into dirty… Clothes everywhere, dirty dishes stacked-my friends would come over and just start cleaning because they couldn’t stand it. My husband is very tidy and we would get in so many arguments. I really would try to be a clean person but it seemed so overwhelming and out of reach that I thought I would always live that way.
One day I overheard my mom and my husband talking about my messiness and my husband said to my mom, “she just never puts stuff away” and for some reason, it just clicked this time. Being tidy is nothing more than just putting stuff away.
I used to see it as vacuuming, folding clothes, doing dishes, wiping off the counter, and a million other unrelated tasks that I thought I can never get good enough at all these things to be a tidy person but it turns out they are all just variations on putting things away. Forever changed my outlook.
I don’t put everything away as soon as I should but now when I have a few minutes to spare like when I’m waiting for the microwave and at the end of the day I always just start putting stuff away. I’m so proud of myself for being the tidy person I’ve always wanted to be and it’s so nice being able to let people in my apartment with no notice.”
#1. For the money.
“For me it was the dea what I was paying money to be in this space. I was working every day to come home, and home was a place to relax. No one wants to come home to a messy kitchen, clothes everywhere etc. To walk in after a long day an have everything just so is…its perfect. I am paying serious money to be here- so it should look good!
Hence why I clean a small amount every day and spiff things up before going to sleep. :”
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“Shoeless” Joe Jackson…
“Shoeless” Joe Jackson was illiterate. In restaurants, rather than ask someone to read the menu to him, he would wait until his teammates ordered and then order one of the items that he heard. 00
To deflect flight noises…
To deflect flight noises from the Amsterdam Airport, an 80-acre park in the shape of perfectly aligned furrows with high ridges in between (inspired by old farming techniques and Chladni patterns), was built. Finished in October 2013, the park cut the noise level in half almost immediately. 00
Students at Oberlin College…
Students at Oberlin College can rent original paintings by Picasso, Monet, and Dalí (among others) to hang in their dorm rooms for $5 per semester. On top of the $5 each student has to cough up, only a minimal liability agreement is signed, although the full consequences for damaging a work are unknown to the […]