Don LaFontaine, the movie trailer voice guy, offered to record an answering machine message for anyone that contacted him, if he had the time. He received so many requests, he had to stop offering.
In Japanese Folklore, Ijuu…
In Japanese folklore, Ijuu is a strange beast that lives in the forests. If you are hiking and run into Ijuu, don’t be scared. Just offer to split your lunch with it and the beast will most likely repay you by carrying your heavy backpack.
Thank Your Lucky Stars That These Fails Happened to Other People
I feel kinda sorry for these people…I really do. They’re going along, doing their best, and then WHAM, they end up having epic fails out of nowhere.
Let’s review these fails together and sympathize with these folks…before we laugh hysterically.
1. That’s really not good.
stopped by the liquor store for a bottle of wine after a 9-hour workday and as i was bending over to grab a bottle from the bottom shelf the entire ass of my overalls ripped wide open. cheek to cheek. heard someone say "oh my god" and "noooo she's wearing a thong"
— ava wolf (scary) (@wownicebuttdude) October 17, 2019
2. How romantic…
So me and Alyssa took our engagements pictures yesterday. She found a Pinterest picture that she wanted to try and recreate
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I botched it pic.twitter.com/oSSUCB4o6A— Big Stack Dibbles Jr (@collinhewett17) October 20, 2019
3. Even Hollywood stars blow it sometimes.
Thought for sure there was no school today. I was wrong. Better 3 1/2 hours late than never. #TigerDad pic.twitter.com/q5M5ok2q4C
— Jerry O'Connell (@MrJerryOC) October 14, 2019
4. Not pleased with that one.
Oh for fuck’s sake pic.twitter.com/qxJijklEys
— yoko (@middleofanegg) October 18, 2019
5. A successful mission.
me “sneaking” out everybody, just thought the world should see this pic.twitter.com/M42YdOyrnT
— Mia (@meeeuhmia) October 17, 2019
6. That didn’t end well.
Wow Oklahoma maybe you should stop running the horses and wagon on the field. #fail pic.twitter.com/U45lAkSWMP
— Anastasia (@WVUOU) October 19, 2019
7. This guy is clearly a pro.
8. I’m glad someone finally did this in real life.
Police said the 20-year-old pulled out his wallet and as he searched through it, officers could see the fake Hawaii ID card with the name “McLovin” and a birthdate of June 3, 1981. https://t.co/qPhzSMsKVN
— WSVN 7 News (@wsvn) October 15, 2019
9. Classin’ it up!
straight people: gay marriage is an embarrassment to marriage!
also straight people: pic.twitter.com/9ybD9PbXQT
— beelay (@invalaid) October 18, 2019
10. I’m sorry, Mother.
i accidentally texted my mom “hi my name is mary and i miss my tall big dick boyfriend” pic.twitter.com/7KIEiA6eTw
— marybeth (@marybethkelley_) October 15, 2019
11. Time to get rid of Hinge.
Deleting Hinge too (Side note. I don’t do drugs I was joking. pic.twitter.com/hgignwDvjS
— Michele (@Lady_Sparky_) October 17, 2019
12. My heart doesn’t work that way.
My mates had an absolute mare on tinder pic.twitter.com/eDhDNdazzX
— Sam (@SamEvanns) October 20, 2019
I hate to do this, but I’m gonna need you to share your epic fail stories and photos in the comments, mmmmkay?
Thank you for your cooperation.
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Enjoy These Funny Tweets About Snoring When You’re Dozing off
I snore like a madman…but I also can’t stand snorers.
Am I a hypocrite? Absolutely.
Am I a terrible person. Maybe…
Either way, these tweets might look familiar if you live your life with a snorer.
1. Fitbit on overload.
My wife got a Fitbit for the sole purpose of proving how many times I wake her up in the middle of the night by snoring.
— Simon Holland (@simoncholland) January 20, 2016
2. I can’t live like this.
*my dog whimpers in her sleep* omg so cute
*husband breathes in his sleep* SHUT THE FUCK UP
— oll (@dulcetry) June 24, 2015
3. So in love.
Snore again and I’ll smother you.
–married pillow talk
— James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) January 16, 2015
4. Pushed to the edge.
Stages: Coping w Snorer
1 Nudge
2 Say "You're Snoring"
3 Roll them
4 Kick/Growl
5 Stab w pen
6 Scream TAKE THIS CUP O SUFFERING AWAY FROM ME— A Mancino-Williams (@Manda_like_wine) May 26, 2016
5. The honeymoon is over.
*watching husband sleep*
Me: "I just love him so much, he's my everyth-"
*husband snores*
Me: "I can't live like this."
— Stephanie Ortiz (@Six_Pack_Mom) August 28, 2016
6. You can at least do that.
Me, crawling into bed, "Can you do me a favor?"
Hubs, "OMG YES!"
Me, "Let me go to sleep first so I don't have to listen to your snoring."— Lady Lawya (@Parkerlawyer) March 7, 2017
7. A construction zone.
I'm not saying you were snoring much it's just that I've never had such an intense dream about the local sand & gravel before-
— Al Dente (@six_2_and_even) March 11, 2017
8. Don’t do it, okay?
When your hubby falls asleep first & snores so loud you want to suffocate him w/ a pillow. #momlife #wifelife #nosleep #snoring
— Kathleen Gullette (@KatSusanne1982) March 2, 2017
9. That would be me.
“Me? I don’t snore.” – every person who snores for 7 hours a night
— George Balekji NBC15 (@GeorgeBalekji) March 17, 2017
10. She needs help NOW.
When your husband snores the majority of the night…#sendhelp #snoring #wifeproblems pic.twitter.com/IGb8ZsMMEd
— Jamie Stephens (@oujamie) March 7, 2017
11. What’s your weapon of choice?
[elbows loudly snoring hubs]
Hey, you're snoring.
H: I'm not even sleeping!
M:
H: [snores again]
M: {fluffs sleep aid/murder weapon}
— CJ (@BrassBallsCJ) March 13, 2017
12. Livin’ on a prayer.
When you're pinning all your hopes for a good night's sleep on the life of the battery in your noise cancelling headphones #snoring #Bose pic.twitter.com/cJNMOZCwPA
— Holly Cook (@holly_louisec) February 25, 2017
I’m gonna work on my snoring, I promise!
In the meantime, everybody hang in there if you live with a snorer…
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12 People Share the Conspiracy Theories That They Believe
Do you believe in conspiracy theories?
Somebody on Reddit asked the questions: “What conspiracy theory do you believe to be true? What evidence led you to this conclusion?”
And boy did the people deliver!
Enjoy these 13 VERY questionable conspiracy theories… and please don’t believe everything you read. Okay?
1. The real conspiracy…
I’m starting to think that the really stupid conspiracy theories (vaccines causing autism, flat earth, lizard people, etc.) are intentionally spread by propaganda groups and troll farms.
They don’t care what stupid shit you believe, but they are very interested to know that you’re a gullible mark who will believe anything with no evidence, and won’t do research with authorities on the matter to find the truth.
If you want to spread misinformation, look for the people who do it as a hobby.
2. Oh snap….
The 10 year challenge all over social media is actually a way to record and gather more facial recognition data
11. The strange killing of John Lang.
The Fresno Police killed John Lang.
It’s been a while since I’ve read the story, so forgive me if I get something wrong. John Lang was a journalist who was very critical of the FPD. He wrote an article about how the police went into poor parts of the city and pulled cars over that parked in free parking lots or something like that. Eventually, he started noticing people watching his house, “FBI style.”
One night he asked on Facebook if he could stay in someone’s home for the night, as he knew the police were going to kill him that night. After no one let him, his house caught on fire.
3. F is for Fake
I’ve always speculated that a lot of priceless artwork and historical documents are actually replicas or copies.
Obviously a painting by a world-famous artist using a very specific technique would be very hard to fake, and I don’t think that every art scholar in the world is paid off in some grand conspiracy.
Rather, I just think that either the national treasures never left their vaults or that some national treasures actually were lost to history but they were copied.
4. The OJ theory…
O.J. Simpson didn’t do it, it was Jason Simpson.
Nicole Brown was nearly decapitated and Ron Goldman was stabbed 20+ times and had numerous defensive wounds. The prosecution claimed the injuries were consistent with two knives being used and produced a stiletto knife -good for stabbing but not cutting- and a Swiss Army knife -not really good for hurting anyone other than yourself. O.J. had only a small cut on his hand with no other evidence of having been in a fight. The only blood found in his home were a few drops of his own blood which were contaminated with a preservative used in blood draws.
Jason did it: Means: Jason was employed as a sous-chef and had his own knife set, and also owned a double-edged combat knife.
Motive: Jason was cooking alone at his restaurant that night and had specifically invited Nicole to come see him cook. She stood him up and went to Mezzaluna where Ron Goldman worked. Jason was known to be bothered by Nicole seeing men other than his father.
Opportunity: Jason’s timecard that night was handwritten for a time much later than when the restaurant shut down. His alibi changed multiple times, but the last time anyone can definitely account for him is around 9:30 that night.
The kicker? The day after the murders, O.J. retained one of L.A.’s top criminal defense attorneys for Jason and did not hire his own defense attorney until several days later.
5. The Unabomber was made by the government?!
When Ted Kaczynski (the unabomber) was at Harvard, he participated in a brutal psychological experiment led by professor Henry Murray. The experiment lasted for three years and by many accounts they seemed to have an extreme impact on Kaczynski’s psyche. I think this experiment was part of the CIA’s MKUltra project and destabilized Kaczynski enough to where he eventually went on his reign of terror of sending bombed packages around the country.
During the MKUltra project, the CIA collaborated with university professors on these mind-control experiments but a lot of the documentation was destroyed when people started to look into it.
TL;DR: The unabomber participated in an experiment that was a part of the MKULtra project that eventually led to him becoming a mass-murderer.
6. They’re listening….
All my devices listen in on me.
The other day I was arguing with my Dad about some chicken I thought had gone off (it was frozen for about a month so we weren’t too sure but my Dad was insistent that it was still edible).
Dad decided to ask Google, and low and behold the related searches even from the first letter were: “Is chicken edible after being frozen for a month” and “How long can you freeze chicken before it goes off”.
Also, my Mum and I use this tactic where if we need to ring up a company about something and it puts us in a queue, we swear at it. It then puts you on a priority list and you don’t have to wait as long.
Kinda sketchy on the company’s behalf.
7. What goes on up there?
I believe there is a ridiculous amount of pedophilia among the upper echelons of society.
Whether it is uncovered in the Catholic Church, British parliament, Hollywood, Washington DC, Saudi Arabia, the mainstream media doesn’t seem interested in shining a light on the networks and procurers who allow this practice to thrive.
Remember when Sacha Baron Cohen inadvertently uncovered an underage sex service in las vegas? Imagine the demand required for this heinous practice to exist. Offered by the concierge no less.
Who is the mystery party requesting secrecy in Jeff Epstein’s sex trafficking suit?
Why was Johnny Rotten banned from the BBC for attempting to expose Jimmy Savile for sickening crimes against children?
These types of stories are far too common, and they do not receive the attention they deserve.
8. Flight 370
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 wasn’t an accident.
There were definitely external forces that catalyzed its disappearance.
The flight path was diverted many times and there was a lot of shady stuff about some of the passengers and the pilot of Flight 370.
We may never know unless the plane is found.
9. The never-ending war…
That the USA deliberately gets into an armed conflict every decade or so for the purpose of ensuring that at any given time, they always have a critical mass of soldiers with actual combat experience.
They get in a lot of conflicts, and it seems highly probable that the leadership of a country that spends so much on national defense would highly value the institutional knowledge that comes from that kind of continuity of practical experience, even if it comes at a high human cost.
10. Michael?!?
Sony killed Michael Jackson.
He owned the rights to the Beatles discography.
After he died, Sony had remastered versions of every Beatles album available days after MJ’s estate sold the rights to Sony.
There’s no way they could have remastered the albums and published the CDs in that short amount of time.
11. The art market…
I believe that modern/minimalistic art exists solely for money laundering. It’s just a way for rich people to move money around. There’s a reason why paintings of plain geometric shapes sell for millions of dollars, and it’s not because the buyers are really into shapes.
It’s actually more of a loophole than a conspiracy. All countries, and most cities have “free port” zones. Free ports are areas, usually near a port where goods can be stored duty free because they are ultimately bound for another country.
HOWEVER, these “free ports” can also be used to store art. Art with incredible value, crated away never to been seen again. These free ports become untaxable, untraceable banks for the ultra wealthy.
I wanna be an oligarch, i hate having to play by the rules
12. And finally… this insane one about the Titanic
The Titanic/Olympic conspiracy.
It has credibility because there is photographic evidence. It’s really one of the only conspiracy theories I put much belief in.
The sister ships (and their third counterpart, the Britannic) were owned by White Star Line. The Olympic was put into service in June, 1911. She collided with another ship, the HMS Hawke, in September of 1911 and both ships were badly damaged. The accident was a financial disaster for White Star Line, as they were found to be liable for the accident and had to pay for the damages to both ships and legal fees for court cases associated with the accident. Repairs on the Olympic took nearly two months and parts intended for the Titanic, which was still being built during this time, had to be given to the Olympic instead. Only a few weeks after being returned to service, the Olympic suffered another minor incident where one of the propellers broke off and pieces intended for the Titanic were once again cannibalized.
At this point, the Olympic was looking like more and more of a money-drain for the White Star Line, though its achievement in not actually sinking despite a major accident that should have sunk it cemented the Olympic-class liner’s reputation as “unsinkable”, but I’ll get back to that in a moment.
The Titanic was finally finished and ready to leave port on her maiden voyage on April 10, 1912, having been delayed while new parts were made and delivered to replace the ones needed for the Olympic, and from there we all know the story. She went first to France, and then to Ireland, and then began her trek across the Atlantic to New York, during which she struck an iceberg and after nearly two hours, sank, taking 1,500 souls with her to a cold, watery grave that would not be seen again by human eyes for nearly a hundred years.
The Olympic went on to have a 24-year career as a successful ocean liner. She served during World War 1 where she earned the nickname Old Reliable for her impenetrable hull, and then in 1919 she was re-outfitted to be a civilian passenger ship and served as an ocean liner until 1935, when she was retired from the fleet. Her ownership changed hands several times and she was eventually dismantled and sold for scrap metal.
But what if it wasn’t the Titanic that sank? What if it was actually the Olympic? What if it was a ploy to remove a faulty ship that was costing them more money than she was bringing in for White Star Line and cash in on her million-pound insurance policy?
So here is the conspiracy theory. At some point after the Titanic was completed, they switched the identities of the ships. The new “Titanic” was actually the Olympic and the “Olympic” was actually the brand-spanking-new Titanic, fresh from the construction yard with zero problems and zero history. They intended for the “Titanic” to suffer some sort of failure that would result in the destruction of the problem ship so they could collect the insurance money. I doubt they intended to also cause the deaths of 1,500 people; the events that transpired which led to the sinking of the “Titanic” possibly happened purely by chance and the iceberg wasn’t part of their plan (i.e., they didn’t hire the captain to specifically ram the iceberg to sink the ship or anything like that). They probably had another plan involving the repairs that had already been made on the ship when it collided with the HMS Hawke.
In any case, it wasn’t really the Titanic that left port on April 10, 1912 — it was the Olympic.
After the sinking of the “Titanic,” White Star Line received a tidy sum of £1,000,000 in insurance money (or £89,289,575 in today’s money). This, of course, ruined the insurer, Lloyd’s of London. There’s an additional conspiracy theory that American financier and banker J. P. Morgan was in on this whole scheme; his company, J. P. Morgan & Co., financed the International Mercantile Marine Company in the hopes of becoming rich off of sea travel, but this turned out to be a bad investment because of the unpredictable nature of sea travel and travelers themselves. J. P. Morgan or one of his associates may have schemed with White Star Line, who was a subsidiary of this IMMC, in order to bankrupt the IMMC and allow J. P. Morgan & Co. to withdraw from the IMMC without breaking a contract. I cannot provide evidence for this beyond speculation.
However, I can provide evidence that backs up my claim that the two ships were switched and it was the Olympic who sank, not the Titanic.
This is an image of the RMS Olympic in drydock (I am currently unable to locate a picture of the Olympic while under construction with the name clear so you can be sure it definitely is the Olympic — I can only assume such a photo doesn’t exist):
http://www.greatships.net/scans/PC-OL35.jpg
Check out the very top row of portholes in the white railing. Count them. Look closely at the grouping of the last five portholes and how they are clustered with two close together, one set apart, and two more close together.
This is an image of the RMS Titanic being built:
http://cdn.history.com/sites/2/2014/01/titanic-bow-construction.jpg
Look at the top-most portholes in the railing on the Titanic. Count them too. Look at the last five portholes and see that they are evenly spaced apart.
This is a picture of the “Titanic” before leaving on its maiden voyage. Check out the portholes in question:
https://timmyatt.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/titanic-harbour.jpg
Here is the “Olympic” in New York after the sinking of the “Titanic”:
There is no reason why the ship builders would have changed the portholes on the Titanic when they were nearly done building it. That piece was not one of the pieces cannibalized from the Titanic to repair the Olympic that would have needed to be replaced by a different piece. The only answer is that the ship in the final picture, which is the ship that left port on April 10, 1912, and was met with a terrible fate near Newfoundland, was not the Titanic, but actually the Olympic. You can find pictures from newspapers further supporting this, as they clearly show the name of the ship and the wrong number/orientation of portholes.
I doubt we’ll ever know one way or another, since the wreck at the bottom of the Atlantic is quickly being covered with sediment and will be completely buried and inaccessible soon and pieces of the ship that was retired in 1935 and dismantled in 1937 are both difficult to find and difficult to authenticate, and anybody who might be able to either confirm or deny this theory are all dead.
If that last one didn’t satisfy your thirst for conspiracy theories, I don’t know what will!
So… do you believe in any of these? Have a better one to share?
Let us know in the comments!
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15 Times Starbucks Really Blew It
Starbucks does many things well, but getting people’s names right is NOT one of them.
They constantly mess them up, but hey, we can overlook that because the drinks sure are tasty, aren’t they?
But we’re still going laugh at these mistakes.
Let’s do it!
1. Like a genie in a bottle.
2. That was a nice try.
3. Not sure what happened here…
4. C’mon, you messed that up?!?!
5. Wow. Impressive.
6. That’s not nice.
7. Like an airline pilot?
8. Hahaha, not even close.
9. Hmmmmm…no.
10. That is outrageous.
11. Hanida in the house!
12. That’s interesting.
13. Kind of like the Mad Hadder?
14. That is very creative.
15. Bye, Felicia…
Has this ever happened to you? If so, share a screenshot in the comments so we can laugh together!
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Here Are the Origin Stories Behind 5 Iconic Memes
Memes are everywhere!
Whenever we search Google… they’re there! Even if we’re trying to find a serious image, we find that mockery instead. BUT… it is the perfect escape to share how you feel and ROTFL at the same time.
So hve you ever wondered where the most iconic images for memes came from?
Let’s take a look at the history of five memes we’re sure you’ve seen before…
1. Side-Eyed Chloe
With over 17 million views on Youtube, this video Chloe was captured as maybe a little confused about going to Disneyland, while her sister, Lily, is crying hysterically. It didn’t take long for this to hit the internet and thus her side-eyed glare became a meme sensation.
2. Ermahgerd Gersberms
Who can’t laugh at the nerdy girl with the Goosebumps books, pigtails, and a retainer? This picture started circulated the meme world in 2012 and has changed text several times, like my personal favorite “ERMAHGERD MERSHED PERDERDER” and the original “ERMAHGERD GERSBERMS”.
Maggie Goldenberger, the girl in the photo and now a nurse in Phoenix, was 11 when this was taken. She loved acting out made-up characters with friends. So she grabbed her “costume” and shot a hilarious photo. She later posted on social media and a Reddit User reposted the pic.
3. Disaster Girl
This little girl, Zoe Roth looks like she may have started the fire, amirite? That’s not really the case.
“The fire department in our town was test-burning a house, so we went down to check it out. My dad just got a new camera so he took pictures of me and my brother in front of it. I think I just thought it was super weird and dangerous. I didn’t know it was a test fire until later so I was pretty worried.”
It was later picked up online and eventually made it into JPG Magazine
“Funnily enough, some people asked to take a picture with me the other day at work for the first time ever!” Zoë said, who’s now in college. “It affects me when people make games and books with me in, but mostly my life hasn’t changed.”
4. Doge
This picture went full force 6 years ago and since then many other Shibu Inu memes sprung from this idea. The original, Kabosu, an 8-year-old recuse dog was discovered in a 2010 blog post. And the Verge was on a mission to find out more. After seeing her pup everywhere online the Owner, Atsuko Sato said, “I was taken aback. It felt very strange to see her face there. It was a Kabosu that I didn’t know.”
5. Overly Attached Girlfriend
Laina Morris was just a gal trying to get Justin Beiber’s attention. He announced a challenge to his fans to make a video countering “Boyfriend” and thus Morris’ character for “Girlfriend” was born. But when a Reddit user screenshotted the infamous creepy look, the meme caught fire.
Recently, she posted a video about quitting YouTube and the reasons why.
Pretty interesting origin stories, right? Wouldn’t have guessed how simple some of these were, yeah?
Let us know your favorite memes in the comments and maybe we’ll do another story about them!
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Chick-fil-A’s First Restaurant in the U.K. Is Already Closing
This is some bad news for popular chicken chain Chick-fil-A: less than a month after the fast food company opened its first location in the United Kingdom, it is already closing down.
The British shopping center where the restaurant has its only UK location has been pressured by an LGBTQ rights group called Reading Pride to rethink their decision to allow Chick-fil-A on the premises. And it looks like people behind the Oracle Shopping Center listened.
I'm pleased that The Oracle has listened to concerns from #Readingpride #rdguk BBC News – Reading Chick-fil-A outlet to close in LGBT rights row https://t.co/EueyfxLmKd
— Matt Rodda (@MattRodda) October 19, 2019
Chick-fil-A is known for its anti-LGBTQ attitudes, and it looks like some folks in Reading did not want to welcome the franchise to town. To show their feelings, groups protested outside the Oracle Shopping Center in Reading.
#GetTheChickOut @Reading_Pride pic.twitter.com/qSna9PwjeJ
— Newbury Pride (@NewburyPride) October 19, 2019
Live in Reading protesting @ChickfilA alongside @Reading_Pride and many Pride Organisers across the UK https://t.co/Cjm4adXaHo
— UK Pride Network (@UKPrideNetwork) October 19, 2019
In 2017, Chick-fil-A donated over $1 million to anti-LGBTQ groups. The protests caused the shopping center to reverse course and not renew the lease for the restaurant after it had only been in business for a week.
A statement from the shopping center read as follows: “We always look to introduce new concepts for our customers, however, we have decided on this occasion that the right thing to do is to only allow Chick-fil-A to trade with us for the initial six-month pilot period, and not to extend the lease any further.”
Chick-fil-A has about 2,400 locations in the United States. In 2012, said, “We are very much supportive of the family – the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that … We want to do anything we possibly can to strengthen families.”
So there’s no mystery where Chick-fil-A stands on this issue, in case you were wondering.
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An Instagram Influencer Gave a Bad Yelp Review to a Restaurant That Wouldn’t Accept “Likes” as Payment
This “influencer” culture is really pretty confusing, and I’m not sure I understand it completely.
Or that I want to understand it.
And here’s another perfect example of why I feel that way (and maybe why you do, too).
A Yelp reviewer who claims to have over 11,000 Instagram followers (is that even impressive?) wrote a negative restaurant review because the establishment wouldn’t give them free food or drinks.
Yelper is mad because restaurant didn’t them free meal in exchange for potential IG exposure from trashy
Does that sound like an entitled person, or am I completely crazy and living in an alternate universe?
The person said in the review that they thought the food and the service was great but ultimately a 1-star review was warranted because, “I thought she would be greatful [sic] for the free advertising but when the check came there was literally no discount at all. I thought at least one of the entrees would be taken off but they didn’t even take off the calamari or even the drinks!”
The review was posted on Reddit (it looks like it’s been taken down from Yelp) and other Redditors offered up their own stories in response.
“I work at a hotel near Disneyworld, where rooms can reach 300+/night. It shames me how much we comp and how much ass we kiss for bloggers, “influencers” (whatever the fuck that is), social media personalities, etc., only to have the same losers condescend and treat like shit the employees of the hotel. They are a blight.”
“I also work at a hotel where the rates are 300+/night. We tell self-described “influencers” to get fucked.”
“Just so you know, big thing now is to try to pass yourself as an influencer to get discounts and free stuff. You don’t even really need to be one; you just need to tell people you are. Mikey Chen from Strictly Dumpling admits that even before he became a blogger, he’d hound hotels and airlines to get a discount and exploit his status as an influencer.”
Yikes. Not cool.
Do you have any personal stories similar to this while dealing with a so-called “influencer”? If so, please share them in the comments so we can all vent together.
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This Woman Wore 5 Pounds of Clothes to Avoid Extra Luggage Fees at the Airport
Heroes don’t always have to wear capes…
In this case, it was just a whole lot of extra clothes in order to avoid extra baggage fees at the airport. I think we can all honestly say we’ve thought about trying this before, but we just didn’t have the guts to give it a shot – although I have actually seen my friend Dan throwing clothes and other items from his bag into the garbage to avoid those pricey extra charges, so you can always go that route, too.
But that’s not what Gel Rodriguez did. Nuh uh. She bucked the system, took things into her own hands, and became a legend in the process. Well, at least she’s a legend to me.
Posted by Gel Rodriguez on Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Rodriguez was taking a flight from the Philippines when she found out her carry-on luggage exceeded the maximum weight limit. And you know what that means: more money in the pockets of the airlines via extra baggage fees.
The limit was 15 pounds, and Rodriguez’s bag was nearly 20 pounds…so she did what she had to do. She packed on 5 pounds of clothing, layer after layer, to get her carry-on bag to the correct weight limit so she wouldn’t have to dish out that extra cash.
That’s called going above and beyond, people.
when the airline staff at the check in counter said: “EXCESS NA PO KAYO, 7kg lang po allowed na hand carry.”me: NO PROBLEM! *from 9kg to 6.5kg baggage #ExcessBaggageChallengeAccepted
Posted by Gel Rodriguez on Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Can we name an award after this woman, please?
Thankfully for all of us, Rodriguez took a photo of the iconic photo and posted it on Facebook. Sometimes, social media really can be used for good…
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