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America’s tipping culture came from Europe in the 1850s, but it was so unpopular that it was made illegal in 6 states, and the anti-tipping movement spread back to Europe, decimating tipping in Europe to what it is today. Meanwhile the opposite happened in America, tipping was gradually accepted.
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Workplaces can be a bit rough around the edges and, especially if you’re new to the workforce, it can sometimes be hard to determine if everything that’s going on is above board.
Sometimes, though, employers do things that are so obviously corrupt it can be hard to believe they get away with it.
“What’s the most corrupt thing you’ve witnessed your employer do?”
“Worked in a restaurant that didn’t allow employees to work over 40 hours as they did not want to pay any overtime. Instead of you wanted to work extra or if they asked you to work extra they would delete hours off of your time card to keep it under 40. They always asked you when they did that in a kind of hush hushed way so it wasn’t exactly without permission but I think it was bullshit all the same.” -cloudstrife1191
“Permission or not they’re breaking the law. It’s not suddenly legal because you agreed to it” -Hugebluestr*pon
“My class action lawsuit alarm bells are going off right now. If your employer does this, I would recommend filing a complaint with the US Department of Labor and also contacting an attorney who deals with wage/hour violations who can review the case. These are serious violations that should be stopped.” -UKnowDaxoAndDancer
“Had a job out of college selling yellow pages advertising. A big part of the job was just renewing the old ads in the book and we had to call each business to have them renew their ad. But as the yellow pages book became more and more obsolete more customers would cancel their ads. So the company changed the policy of having us call each business and instead put in a policy that any customer who didn’t specifically call to cancel would be auto renewed.”
“Then they would purposefully send out the renewal notices late enough that the customers couldn’t cancel in time to avoid the following years charges. If one of us did actually get a call from a customer looking to cancel and with time to legitimately do so and we actually cancelled them….fired.” -totspur1982
“Literally Fraud. A lawyer could tear this yellowpage company to pieces.” -Redditor
“And I believe a lawyer did for this and a multitude of other reasons. We also go charge backs on our check for cancellations, even if it wasn’t your original account. A few employees filed a class action lawsuit against the company and won. I got a nice check out of that.” -totspur1982
“I worked for a company like that, the “Customer Service Reps” (people who would field the customer calls asking for returns) were graded and given bonuses for how many sales they ‘saved.’ ‘Saved’ meaning how many people who called to return our products they tricked into holding on to it past the full refund window.” -HamsterIV
“Growing up my father always told me to save my pay stubs and time receipts. I ended up working a job in my early 20 ‘s at an airport moving cars. I get my paycheck one day and i realize that it’s not right. So i do a little digging, and a lot of math, and i figure out that the company was taking hours from me.”
“I ask around and it turns out that they were taking hours from literally everyone at the job site. After doing more math we figured out that over the six months we all worked together, the company had stolen a combined 400 hours from eight people.” -42spuuns
“Wage theft is more money than all other forms of theft.”
“Robbery, fraud, burglary, etc – none of it accounts for more value/dollars than companies stealing money from their employees through under or non payment of wages.” -inthrees
“Would you like to know why?”
“It’s because if you steal from your boss, you go to prison. If your boss steals from you, it usually doesn’t get reported. If it does get reported there’s no jail time, but you have the option to sue. Suing takes years and the judgment doesn’t usually amount to all that was stolen, and your lawyer takes their cut out of the judgment. The ruling class made theft profitable when they do it, and unprofitable when we do it, and that is why they’re the country’s biggest thieves.” -reverendsteveii
“Also suing an employer will black list you from an industry so f*cking fast. ETA: and whether or not it was fully justified doesn’t matter.” -Kai_Emery
“I was working at a small brewery / bar, and caught the owner dipping into the tip jar at the end of big nights.”
“It was a new place that just opened and was kind of struggling during the off season. We literally had a staff of two bartenders and the owners (husband and wife), so the bar staff would pool and split that days tips.”
“Come to find out that he was taking a cut of the tips because “he worked there too”. When I confronted him, I explained that its actually a violation of the FLSA. In fact it’s even an exact example listed as illegal things to do with tips. He argued that it was his right as owner and fired me, so I reported him to Dept. of Labor.” -Rustee_nail
“My girlfriend used to work at a deli where the owner was taking half the tips. She’s never worked food, so she suspected it was wrong, but didn’t know for sure. She asked me like “hey is this normal?” as I was a chef for a couple years, and I explained how taking tips as the owner is probably the most frowned upon thing you can do in the food service industry.” -Mirraco323
“I was a mechanic that found out that the company was not letting me fix customers cars that had oil leaks when the customers had paid for a 200k mile warranty. The manager would tell the service writer to say that the warranty company declined it and eventually started making me take a photo to him so that he could tell me that the leak wasn’t bad enough to fix.”
“The customer paid for a warranty and the company wasn’t holding up their end of the deal because it was costing them money. They are one of the most profitable car dealerships in my town and now have 3 dealerships and are expanding.” -Idontgetitbrah
“When I used to housekeep at a hotel, our head housekeeper would go into all of our checkouts and steal our tips before we could get to them. I remember a few times seeing tips in my rooms and foolishly not thinking to pick them up before they disappeared. A few of my other coworkers witnessed similar instances.”
“At one point, a guest came up to me and said she’d leave a big tip in her room for me bc it was a mess. I found out later that the head housekeeper cleaned the room herself.”
“She walked out like a year later bc our GM demoted her to regular housekeeper bc everyone had complaints about her. She was a very awful person in general.” -Redditor
“When I was a housekeeper you’d get your room list at the beginning of the shift, so if we couldn’t finish that day the girls would go in all their rooms and take the tips, that way if they were off the next day or the room was someone else’s, they’d get nothing. The head housekeeper though worked salary so wasn’t allowed to keep tips even if they were handed to her.” -Tinycatgirl
“A few years ago I was working/living at a McDonald’s in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The area manager decided to “save” the store so she became very… involved… in its day to day micromanagement. One payday morning she made an announcement that, because everyone kept coming in asking for their checks and bothering her, she would be giving them to us when she felt we deserved them.”
“I called the local Department of Labor, who referred me to the state, who referred me back to local, who then told me they just didn’t care and weren’t looking into it. It eventually resolved itself anyway when she handed checks out the next day.” -twistedlemon732
“See there’s your mistake. You should’ve called McDonalds corporate threatening to call the DoL. Much more effective!” -zvug
“Actually, just call McDonalds corporate. Don’t even need to threaten to call. McDonalds doesn’t screw around when it comes to paying workers anymore. That kind of stuff has led to several million in lawsuit settlements in just the past ten years.” -betterthanamaster
“I work underground in the mines. One place started having, what the workers found out later, was asbestos type rock in the ore. The company took samples of it and then said it’s kind of like asbestos, but it’s not old enough to harm you. Later after a bit of more concern from the workers, it was found out that the sample they took came back as inconclusive due to something else. They lied and allowed their workforce exposure to asbestos. I quit after that and found work elsewhere.” -Chillay_90
“One time when I was a chef in college, I worked 14 days straight, with half of those days being 12 hour days. This all fell in one pay period too. It was rough but it was summer and I was gushing over the amount over overtime I was about to get. It came out to like over 70 hours overtime. I was supposed get almost an additional $1000 dollars on my paycheck. I calculated the math with tax and everything and couldn’t wait to pick up my paycheck the next week for that pay period.”
“I pick it up, and the paycheck is quite larger than I’m used to given I normally only worked 25 hours a week, but there is ZERO overtime on it. It was short almost a a thousand bucks. I got to the HR office the next day (it was located at a different casino) and ask, and they go ‘yeah so in Nevada, you only qualify for overtime if you average 40 hours a week normally.’”
“That sounded like bullshit to me, but I asked my mom who used to run finances for our family business, and she says that IS in fact 100% bullshit. She pulled up the statute online and it clearly said if you exceed 8 hours in a day, you get overtime. It said nothing about a weekly average.”
“So printed that bitch out and drove right back down to the HR office, and showed it to them. The lady at the desk who just told me that lie calls out the head of HR. She would frequent the different locations to check in with people and was always nice, but you could always tell she was shady as fuck. They both seem to get very nervous and in a stuttering voice ‘okay we will reevaluate’”
“I never heard anything or got any apology, but when the next paycheck came, the exact amount of overtime I calculated was put on that paycheck down to the penny.”
“I tell some of the other guys in the kitchen what happened, and apparently the family who owned the casino our restaurant was located in was known for pulling shit like this. Making ‘accounting errors’ knowing a lot of people who do direct deposit don’t even look at their paystubs. Funny how these accounting ‘errors’ always ended up in saving the company money, and never gave the employee extra cash lol. A server no more than a few months later had the same exact shit happen to him. Rat b*stards.” -Mirraco323
“At the first company I worked at the general manager had all his personal expenses paid by the company. His wife also had a company credit card and was paid a salary but she didn’t work. The company paid for things like their groceries, house mortgage, car payments and family vacations. The kicker is he wasn’t the owner of the company.”
“He had a creative accountant that hid these expenses but the owners became suspicious and they hired an auditor. It took them about 4 years to figure it out. He was fired and his family fled the country so I am not sure what happened to him.” -optoph
If your employer is doing something that seems shady, there’s a way for you to report it if it’s safe for you to do so.
You’re probably not the only one who is affected, and people doing shady things don’t usually stop unless they’re made to.
In today’s economy, we’re often looking for the best deals, the biggest sales, the most worthwhile coupons.
But sometimes there are things you just can’t skimp on.
Sometimes good quality comes at a higher price than we would like to admit to paying.
What makes it worth the extra cash?
We went to AskReddit to find out what they think is always worth paying extra.
“What’s one thing you’re always willing to pay the extra price for?”
Here’s some things you might want to put some savings towards.
“A good plumber, water damage f*cking sucks.” – midnight-genius
“We had an issue in our house, where the pipes would occasionally do a loud BANG and then no hot water for 20 min to 4 hours, until another bang and it came back. We called the water heater guy as that’s what I figured was wrong. He walked in, looked at our water heater and said, ‘Nope, not the water heater, I can tell from here that it’s fine, that is some other issue. Best you call a plumber.’”
“Called one plumber, who wasn’t sure, but replaced a valve that was a bit leaky and hoped for the best, didn’t help.. called a second plumber, and I was able to recreate the issue with him. He said, ‘That’s got to be the hot water tank, probably a valve issue.’”
“Called the water tank guys back, new guy came out, I explained it, and without even looking at the tank, he told me what’s wrong and what he had to do to fix it. Fixed a bad valve, and we never had an issue since.”
“First guy should be fired, his cocky attitude cost me two plumbers.” – G8kpr
“Currently sitting in the airport for an egregiously complicated over-night layover, all to save $80. I’ll always pay the extra $80 moving forward.”
“I flew out of an airport that I had to take a greyhound bus to (instead of the local one). That bus left at 5am, and my flight wasn’t until 1pm. My itinerary is Oregon > Wisconsin, but they decided to have me overnight in Dallas for god knows what reason. I have a tough time sleeping on planes, and in airports, so I’m effectively spending 2 whole days traveling, and zero of those hours sleeping.”
“If I had paid a little more, I would’ve had a single-day trip, from the local airport, without starting at an obnoxiously early hour, and without flying south only to fly back north.” – Trappist_1G_Sucks
“Dude I was trying to fly from Seattle to San Diego a few days ago and found it cheaper to take a train from Seattle to Portland, then get a flight from Portland to Seattle to San Diego. Not sure how that even made sense but it was cheaper.” – smick
“Try living in Canada. It generally costs more to fly from Vancouver to Toronto than it does to fly to Europe, Asia, or Australia.”
“I know many people who drive to Seattle and fly from there to wherever because it is so much cheaper, even with the currency conversion.” – HOLEPUNCHYOUREYELIDS
“Motorcycle helmets.”
“You don’t need the most expensive helmet, but you should pay what it takes to get something with a decent certification (SNELL*, ECE, FIM) and not just DOT. Some technologies like MIPS are also well worth the extra spend.”
“*maybe.” – Bicameral_vtec
“Everyone made fun of me when I got my shoei helmet because of the cost and them saying I don’t need it and that I was paying for equipment that was made for racing. Sure enough a lady pulled out in front of me and I ended up in her backseat. Helmet saved my brain from going mashed potatoes. All my friends have shoei helmets now.” – Dookieie
“I was a motorcycle journalist and tester in the UK for magazines. I got invited to Amsterdam to visit Arai’s European research and testing location and to see how the helmets are made, tested and improved.”
“I’ve personally taken an Arai helmet shell (with nothing inside) and jumped up and down on it sideways and top to bottom. It didn’t crack or crush. They also took an Arai helmet and dropped it three times one after the other onto a metal ball, with a head-weight inside it and lots of G sensors. Three times that helmet fell 3m onto a metal ball and absorbed enough energy to make it a very survivable impact.”
“So did the cheap alternative helmets they let us test it on. The first time. At some angles.”
“I used to buy, and then choose to test (free in return for coverage) Arai and Shoei helmets. After that experience I’d seen first hand why you pay the extra for a good crash helmet. In my experience, Arai, Shoei, Shark, BMW, Caberg and Nolan/X-Lite are among the only ones I’ll either trust to wear or recommend.” – Miraclefish
“Anything I’ll use for years. Like computer or clothes.” – Th0mas1
“A good mattress.” – not_a_drip
“I agree. My dad always said, ‘Look after your mattress and your footwear because you spend most of your life in both.’” – Outside_Tradition972
“Don’t cheap out on stuff that separates you from the ground. Mattresses, shoes, and tires.” – maverickaod
“Lots of people don’t realize this. If you buy a nice computer (like a gaming computer) and you buy a separate monitor for it, go the extra mile and get a good monitor. Why?”
“Monitors usually last (if you take care of them) for 2-3 actual computers’ lifetimes. You may replace your computer every couple years, or even after 5-6 years, but your monitor you’ll probably use for a decade, especially if its a really nice one.”
“I paid as much for my current monitor as the entire gaming computer behind it. I’ve had it for about 5 years and will probably keep it another decade. My mom still uses a 40 inch TV I bought over a decade ago and that thing has zero dead pixels. I’m still amazed by it. (Toshiba).” – Bluegobln
“Winter tires or tires in general.” – Whit-Batmobil
“Tires are so under rated. They will make an older normal car feel like it’s newer and safer to drive and handle on the road. It wont make it feel nicer inside, but going around a corner, stopping quickly, and taking off from a stop on sh*tty roads will be so much better.” – Propulus
“Especially if you live somewhere with rough winters.”
“You’ll make your life so much f*cking easier. Like obviously winter tires are a bit of a luxury but even regular mid tier+ regular tires will make your life so much easier.” – de_jim
“I don’t get why everyone doesn’t understand this. It doesn’t matter how expensive or cheap your car is, the tires are the most important part of the vehicle, it’s the one thing that contacts the ground, and the one thing that keeps you on the road!”
“Doesn’t matter how you drive or what you drive, buy better tires. They’ll last longer, you’ll be MUCH more confident on the road, and you’ll be much happier in all road conditions.” – intashu
“A really good quality winter coat or jacket. To me, it’s definitely worth the investment if you live in a country that gets cold winters. Here in Ireland it doesn’t snow much in winter due to us being a small island, but we get very cold winters and very wet ones, so you get really cold rain.”
“Paying extra for a really good quality, warm and waterproof coat makes SUCH a difference if you’re out and about a lot like I am. It pays for itself because it can last you years.” – LasRua
“I went through a couple winters with an inadequate winter coat and the long down coat I bought when I could finally afford it was one of my best purchases ever. It’s super heavy so I now have a lighter weight one that comes to mid thigh as well, but the difference that coat made in my life… truly game changing. Even with layering, I could still never get quite warm enough with the old inadequate coat.” – theexitisontheleft
“Toilet paper. Nothing worse than cheap toilet paper.” – MentalHygienx
“I went my entire life using Scott 1000 single ply. It’s what my parents bought for us 3 boys growing up. When I moved on my own, I thought I knew some neat budgeting trick — use the cheap Scott single ply and save tons of money.”
“COVID hit, and I had very few options. The only thing left was a 4-pack of Charmin Ultra. I’ll never buy another toilet paper again. I was using the wrong tp until I was 35. Never once before that did I even consider it might be worth it to buy a more expensive one. I just figured, ‘Who cares? It’s just getting flushed anyway.’”
“Jesus, I’m an idiot.” – ishkobob
“Take it to the next level with a bidet.” – craigmorris78
“I got a $35 bidet from Amazon. It has changed my life. Like the box says, there is life before bidet and life after bidet.” – DirtyLSD
“I live in Mexico. The national cinema chain (Cinépolis) often has two whole movie houses in each location. One is your standard, run-of-the-mill movie theater with 30 rows of stadium seating, while the other theater is “CinépolisVIP” which features reclining leather seats, USB charging ports, heated seats, around 30 seats total, and table service (food and alcohol). Reminds me of Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas in the USA, but these are nicer in my opinion.”
“Husband and I always pay the extra pesos for the VIP theater for comfort, plus there are rarely issues with other patrons who also pay for the VIP theater – quiet people who really want to see the movie and won’t be chatting or constantly getting out of their seats through the entire movie.”
“The price difference between the two theaters really isn’t that much so it’s a small thing we always pay for.” – CourtClarkMusic
“Movers. Having them put your furniture in a truck, drive it to your location and put it in your new place. It’s great not having a sore back when it’s stressful enough to move.” – Zolome1977
“Oh yes! Definitely. I moved to a building, 7th floor, no elevator. Told my girlfriend i am not moving by myself. So we got a van and 2 movers. All we had to do is be there . I helped of course with the carrying but within an hour we were done. Everything was in our apartment.”
“Gave then a super nice tip which they loved and I felt good afterwards knowing I didn’t have to break my back or worry about 5-6 trips myself.” – JJHookg
I’m crying, my last move was so bad, I got a truck too small and had to return it before we were done. We finished moving near midnight and almost had a fire. Never again, we’re gonna pay someone else to do it.” – poutine-destroyer
“Headphones. Never going back to anything cheap.” – Moeman101
“I got Sony WH-1000XM4 and discovered I like music a lot.” – You_are_a_towelie
“I got the XM3 when it was new and I was deployed. I definitely slept through an incoming alarm with those on. They also mostly blocked the noise of F16s taking off right next to my little bunker.”
“10/10 would unknowingly get rocket attacked again.” – Judoka229
Though you might not want to pay for some of these things because it seems like a waste of money, it might be worth the peace of mind or the reduced stress.
Money comes and goes, but your happiness is worth every penny.
Medical science has come a long way in the last few decades—to say nothing of the last century.
The rapid innovations and near-constant shifts in the field have left some struggling to catch up.
So Redditor ATOM-Tomzej decided to get some quick tips and facts about medicine in our modern age.
Of course, just as with anything else medical, please refer to your doctor and not an entertaining Reddit list for advice.
“What’s a medical fact or tip everyone should know?”
“Please, don’t give an unconscious diabetic insulin.”
“You’re probably going to kill them if you do.”~733094
“When I complained about physical problems my parents often dismissed it.”
“Don’t ignore physical pain of yourself or others and listen if someone complains about pain.”
“I’ve walked around with a broken bone in my foot for multiple weeks as a child before getting medical attention and later had bells palsy and didn’t say a thing.”~Koroit_
“ER/ trauma nurse here.”
“When performing CPR, the compressions are substantially more important than the rescue breaths.”
“If you aren’t comfortable and properly trained in CPR, stick to compressions only.”
“And, you should go ~2 inches deep into their chest with each push.”
“You will be TIRED if you do it right.”~theperipateticnurse
“The New York Presbyterian Hospital has a playlist on Spotify called ‘Songs to do CPR to’, which all have that kind of rhythm – it’s well worth a look, and a lot are very catchy!”~cortexaire
“First aid”
“Someone’s having a seizure – don’t restrain them, or put anything in their mouth, just move any objects away from them, and place some padding under their head.”
“Once the seizure stops if they’re still not fully responsive, then put them on their side into the recovery position.”
“Someone swallowed chemicals/poison – don’t encourage them to be sick.”
“This can make things far worse as you cause additional burns on the way back up, or they start choking on it.”
“Call an ambulance, try to identify the chemical/poison, and follow any instructions they give.”
“Injured people who can’t move themselves should be left where they are unless there’s an immediate threat to their safety.”
“Motorcyclists helmets – if they’ve been in an accident then as long as they can maintain an open airway and breathe leave the helmet on.”
“Only remove it if it’s causing airway or breathing difficulties.”
“Nosebleeds – you tilt the head forward now, not backwards.”
“This advice changed many years ago but the amount of people I still see saying to tilt head back is frustrating.”~GrumpyOldDan
“Top four:”
“Vaccinations”
“Vaccinations again, because it’s that f*cking important”
“Not shitting in your drinking water”
“Washing your hands”~kjata
“Signs of a heart attack in women are not your typical ‘tight chest, arm pain’ symptoms as in men.”
“Women typically experience stomach upsets and cramping first.”
“Likewise, many people experiencing heart attack symptoms do not seek emergency treatment because they are in denial.”~Jay1313
“On an alcohol note, alternate your booze and water. A hangover is your brain being dehydrated.”~I_SH*T_A_BRICK
“If you are drinking enough water, and are still getting massive headaches, get your eyes tested.”
“There’s a good chance you can’t see right and it’s strain headaches.”
“This is how I found out I needed glasses.”~Smecomposers
“Don’t be afraid to speak up.”
“Learned early on in my Husbands treatment that the Dr.s etc. had what I started calling ‘the go to drugs’ (and I’m not speaking of the chemotherapy ones).”
“Long story short…we had the majority of his drugs changed to benefit HIS goals…he was lucid enough to spend quality time with his family before he passed.”
“Priceless.”
“Don’t be afraid to monitor, question etc.“~f*kcancr
“Pap tests and prostate exams are harmless and very important.”
“They can save your fertility, can save you from a lot of pain, they can even save your life.”
“And they are so simple and easy.”
“Yes, there is some discomfort.”
“But something tells me cancer causes much more discomfort.”~Lactiz
“If you’re taking antidepressants, or you know someone who is, and you feel better, IT IS NOT A REASON TO STOP TAKING THEM.”
“You are feeling better because of them.”
“They are not bandaids, they are long haul drugs that really rejig your brain’s chemistry.”~Releaseform
“Mix water and baking soda (small amounts of each/till soupy) and put it on any kind of sting.”
“It soothes and removes some of the poison if there is any.”
“Not sure if everyone already knows this but I have not seen any of my friends do it when they got stung.”
“Your welcome people of Reddit.”~ImThe_RealDirtyDan
“Calling 911 and going by ambulance is not a fast pass to the front of the line!”
“Only call in a real emergency not for a stubbed toe at 3 in the g*d d*mn morning!”
“Hospitals will still send you to triage and you’re left with a wait to get in and a super expensive bill for a ride that could have cost you a thousand times less by taking Uber.”~jesus-christ-of-ems
“Don’t buy popular diet teas that guarantee weight loss.”
“It’s just a laxative and you’ll spend less money if you just get a laxative from the store.”
“Also don’t use laxatives for weight loss.”
“It can cause bad nausea, and massive stomach cramps that leave you curled up on your bathroom floor and wondering what end sh*t is gonna come out.”
“Only use laxatives as directed.”~volcanic-sass
Medical science has come a long way.
While there are plenty of nuggets of truth in this list, always remember to consult your own doctor for your own medical questions.
But without a doubt, laughter is the best medicine.
Maybe.
It seems like the younger generation is often the generation in charge of having basic computer skills and walking our older counterparts through how to use them.
Teaching them how to save something as a pdf, or how to install a firewall and how not to download creepy solitaire game from third party websites takes up a lot of our time..
Eventually, though, you expect they will pick up some skills of their own. When they don’t, it can be incredibly frustrating to go through what you consider a simple process again and again and again.
“What is one computer skill that you are surprised many people don’t know how to do?”
People saw it as an opportunity to vent. And vent they did.
“I remember my aunt wondering why her document wasn’t in the My Documents folder on our family computer.”
“She had saved it in her own My Documents folder on her own computer the next town over and apparently assumed there was only one Windows 98 communal My Documents folder in existence.”-b*ttboy3
“I taught a computer course several years ago.”
“I remember the biggest thing for most completely-new computer users was not looking at their hand while moving the mouse, and being terrified of breaking the computer by accidentally closing a window or something.”
“Oh, and knowing whether they should single click or double click – this was a major preoccupation for some.”-timmyrey
“I teach web design at the college level. Used to teach community weekend workshops. Html and css with some expected knowledge of computer basics.”
“Local workforce development group would enroll people to update their skills, but would never actually check for prior knowledge. Had to teach how to hold a mouse, that right-click meant use the right mouse button.”
“Had to teach how to open and save files. That the web was not loaded onto a computer and that you needed to connect to the internet first.”
“Not a lot of actual html taught some weekends, which was a shame for those who really wanted to learn. Waste of time for everyone.”
“I started sharing curated resources for web design. started pointing people to a basic into to computer class that should be taken before mine.”
“Kept making requests to have someone vet the students before putting them in my class.”
“Finally gave up when i had a student who wanted to use her ancient flip-phone so she could take work with her.”
“No internet on the thing so made her user a school computer. She got pissy when something wasn’t working.”
“Turns out she was trying to go online with Windows calculator. No idea how she even got there. She eventually went ballistic when the code she typed in her email wouldn’t work (again, wanted to save the work to take with her).”
“I have almost eternal patience, but couldn’t take an irate woman screaming in my face because aol email won’t work for writing code.”
“The class was supportive and I patiently let her leave early. I decided teaching those weekend workshops weren’t worth it after that.”-mister-chad-rules
“I once had a guy send me a picture of his desktop. I asked for screenshot of his screen as it was generally easier then asking for the IP address which our company puts on the desktop.”
“Guy couldnt figure out how to screenshot his desktop wallpaper but figured out how to take a photo with his phone and attach it to an email.”-pixxie84
“Working in phone customer support, the number of times I’ve had an old person do a Google search for a web address instead of going to the url has made me realize most middle aged and elderly have no idea what a browser or address bar are.”
“‘Type “site url” into the address bar,’ I say. ‘I did! The page isn’t here!’ they say.”
“9 times out of 10 they were just on a Google page and I lost a week of life expectancy.”-taburde
“I’ve tried to incorporate spreadsheet skills into the chemistry labs I teach, and at the intro level some of them are REALLY uncomfortable using it for repeated calculations, and instead want to just work it all out one by one.”
“Some of these students are the same ones who complain that I give way too much work…”
“That’s not to say I’m not still learning new functions in Excel (just learned about sumifs and countifs recently, which def simplifies my gradebook calculations), but I really feel like everyone should have a grasp of the super basic stuff and have a concept of what a spreadsheet can be used for.”-caffeinated_tea
“I was training a new 22 y/o coworker and noticed a lot of her typing mistakes involved both the first and second letter of a sentence being capitalized.”
“I inquired about it and her response was ‘sometimes i don’t turn caps lock off fast enough’… i was puzzled but kept it cool…”
“I decided to watch her type a little later on and sure enough she would hit caps lock every time she needed a upper case letter followed by turning caps lock back off…”
“When I told her what the shift key did she was genuinely ‘mind blown.’ She had just graduated college.”-Satanic_Nightjar
“People are generally pretty computer illiterate. I’m not a tech guy whatsoever but a basic understanding of shit will save you so much time.”
“I used to work at a Planet Fitness and good god do the managers need basic training in computer skills.”
“I was treated like a god for knowing how CTRL+F worked and having a basic understanding of Snipping Tool for printing out QR codes.”
“They used to really push us to sell Gym Essential Kits and when writing reports on how much they sold they would bring up the report and count one by one.”
“I was a front desk guy and had to show my regional training manager that if you just press Control + F and type in an individual employee’s name, however many times it came up minus 1 (it showed the employee’s name one extra time) was how many they’d sold.”
“This saved us hours over the course of a week. In typical manager fashion, he went ahead and took credit for this and promoted his real-life friend who was bad at their job.”
“F**k that place. I’ve never seen a company with that much incompetence at a manager-wide level.”-PrecariousAchiuwa
“As a teacher, I’ve been saying this for years. Kids and teens these days aren’t as tech savvy as they claim to be, or rather we claim them to be.”
“They grew up in a world populated by apps, very user-friendly apps.”
“90% of apps have the same structure- the lines or dots to indicate the menu, same style controls or swipe methods, etc..”
“They know which apps to find and can navigate them very efficiently; however, ask them to do intermediate level tasks on a desktop or even successfully using their browsers when researching and they struggle quite a bit.”
“Things I learned in tech/computer class in the early 2000s is not really taught anymore.”
“Instead, it’s heavily focused on programming and apps, and while very cool and likely a marketable skill, they seems to skipped basic functions and tools.”-ElZarigueya
“Google how to fix their problem. Apparently I have some superpower where I see the error code or know the name of the software and a brief description of the problem and get helpful google results with little effort.”
“Everyone else seems to just say ‘I don’t know how to find that…’ and then treat me like some kind of mystical wizard afterwards.”-anon_e_mous9669
The little tips disclosed here about computer use could really save you time and work one day if you didn’t already know them, so it might be a good idea to break out that notebook and write some of these down.
At the very least, we can all avoid becoming another story on AskReddit.
Life hacks have been the Pinterest mood board of the year ever since all we could do for 2020 was sit at home and figure out ways to make our lives a little easier.
Urban Dictionary tells us that a “Life Hack” is:
“A tool or technique that makes some aspect of one’s life easier or more efficient.”
Mommy blogs love them too.
Who said taking the easy way out had to be a bad thing anyway?
“Reddit, what are your best lifehacks?”
“Putting my clothes in my closet with the hangers reversed once a year. As I pull clothes out, I reverse the hanger. Every year I give away any clothes that I never took out.” – elblanco
“I do something similar. I put all the clothes I hang up each week on the left side of the closet, with each week sliding everything right to make room. Eventually the stuff I don’t wear makes its way to the right. That’s the stuff I ditch.” – keebler980
“Related to this, the most recent time I moved, I only took things out of boxes on an as-needed basis. After 6 months, anything that was still in a box got either thrown away or given to Goodwill.” – crazyeight
“When you need to remember to bring something with you, put your car keys on it the night before…” – drewlb
“What if it’s your car keys you need to remember… cries.” – Redditor
“I usually put things I need to remember on top of or in my shoes.” – nunobo
“Try a basket by the door, in which you always put your keys/wallet/what have you as soon as you walk in. This is what I do. I never lose my keys (I still do lock myself out of my car though. Usually on or right before dates).” – Redditor
“Here is a lifehack for all of the students out there. If you are charged with writing a lengthy research paper, find one very solid source that directly pertains to your thesis, and then you can use that source’s bibliography to back into locating new sources.” – Fonix79
“One of my professors says that it’s perfectly acceptable and done all the time in academia. Furthermore, you’re under no obligation to credit the source you used to find the bibliography unless you use something directly in that article.”
“Last, but not least, they have already written out the bibliography entry for you!” – Anonymous999
“For anyone just starting university, or grad school, in a program where you will write many papers: put EVERYTHING you ever read or remotely think will be useful into a bibliography database like Endnote (for Word users) or BibTeX.”
“You can pdf almost everything to a massive folder and link to it.”
“Then, not only is the info at your finger tips for however long you’re in school, but the software writes the bibliography for you.”
“NO idea why schools aren’t teaching this alongside general advice on writing all sorts of term papers…” – dolichoblond
“Never owe money on a car and never carry a Credit Card balance. It makes my life way easier and it is my way of saying F*ck You to the debt encouraging system we live in.” – cheddarben
“It’s amazing (and very, very sad) when you realize how few people actually do this.” – vtdweller
“I can’t agree enough with the credit card thing.”
“About 5 years out of college I had roughly 15k of credit card debt. I’d pay double the minimum and slowly work them down, only to run them up again when I wanted/needed something.”
“It took me three years, but I finally got it all paid off and haven’t run up anything higher than a thousand or so since then.”
“The trick is to consolidate. Put all your bills on one card.”
“Make sure to call around and get the best possible balance transfer rate for the longest. (I lucked out at something like 1% until it was paid off).”
“Then, take all the money you were paying on all the separate cards, plus a little extra, and hit it hard.”
“(For the geeky among you, imagine it as using a super-powerful attack month after month to reduce the health bar of your debt.)”
“It took about $500 a month, which made things tight, but doable.”
“The best part was that once the debt is paid, you’ve gotten accustomed to living in that -$500 a month fashion, and find yourself with an extra $500 in your pocket (or savings) each month.”
“So when you do want/need to spend, you’ve got the cash on hand.” – fffuuuu-na-mana
“Poop at work. You’ll be using less of your own tp and more of your company’s time.”
“I started going into the john to play games on my cell phone for 5-10 minutes just to take a break; while I was in there I’d pinch one out.”
“After a few weeks I realized that I hadn’t replaced my own tp at my apartment in a while.” – Redditor
“And you get paid for that sh*t.” – Redditor
“I prefer to call it ‘professional defecation.’” – De_Draad
“I did the math on this, I make about 30 dollars annually just for sh*tting.” – sambowilkins
“Back when I was 18-26, I always had one full bag packed in my car. It generally had clean underwear, a t-shirt or two, jeans, shorts, flops, and toothbrush/deodorant.”
“I can’t tell you how many times I’d just meet up with some friends and next thing you know it was 2AM and I needed a place to sleep. Having everything with me was awesome.” – ChrisF79
“‘What you invited Chris? Dude that guy sits around after everyone else has left and then suddenly is surprised that its 2am.”
“But no worries, he has a freeloader bag packed in the car. Hope you have lots of food in the fridge. You’ll need it.’”
“Just kidding.” – fdat
“Slightly different structure to mine, but I do something similar. Under the back seat of each of my trucks I have a roll of clothes.”
“T-shirt, pair of jeans, socks, and undies. The difference is, instead of a bag, I have it tightly wrapped up in stretch wrap.”
“It’s like kitchen saran wrap but we use it in receiving to wrap bundles / pallets. The benefits are it keeps it super compact and effectively watertight.”
“The times I’ve had to crack one open often have been because my current clothes got either soaked or dirty working, so nice and dry was a huge benefit.” – vetteboy
“Make lunch for work the night before.”
“1. Groceries are way cheaper than eating out every day – f*ck anyone who thinks you’re lame because you don’t have a Timmyho bagel or BK for lunch everyday. I’m saving 4-5$ per meal.”
“2. Not making lunch the morning makes the morning that much smoother.” – flatlander30
“I take the ‘make lunch for work the night before’ one step further:”
“Make the guts of your sandwiches for the whole week on Sunday. Sandwich your meat, mayo, mustard in between two slices of cheese, pop each one in a ziplock.”
“On your way out the door in the morning, toss in two slices of bread and you’re good to go.” – gertrude104
“Never go grocery shopping when you’re hungry.” – Redditor
“Or the reverse – always go when you’re hungry. I find I buy more grocery stuff, so my kitchen is more full, causing me to eat out less often. Larger initial investment, but overall investment is smaller.” – clunkclunk
“Yeah, but you buy sh*t that you would NEVER buy otherwise. It’s like picking up people when you’re drunk and horny….your inhibitions and judgement flies out the window and everything looks good.”
“Going shopping hungry is the reason that I’ve had a can of ‘gravy and meatballs’ in my pantry for two years.” – weirdboobs
“If there’s something big I want to get done, I tell all my friends I’m going to do it. The fear of looking like an a** helps keep me motivated.” – munificent
“That is how I quit smoking. In addition to telling all my friends and family, I put on my whiteboard at the office the number of days I went without a cigarette in addition to the last time I had one.”
“Last Cigarette: October 17th 2008 6:30 AM Time Since Then: <some value>”
“Every time I increased the number, I felt a small victory. At some point changing the value everyday just became a habit and somewhat trivial.”
“At 100 days or so, I started putting weeks instead of days.”
“Not only did it keep me accountable, people would occasionally see it while in my office and tell me ‘good job!’”
“While I knew they had no idea how incredibly hard it was to quit, knowing that people recognized my effort fueled me even further.”
“At some point, I finally stopped remember to change the number every Friday (70+ weeks).”
“Currently, I do not know how long it has been since I have had a cigarette, but I can tell you the exact time I had my last one.” – dulper
“In the morning I practically jump right out of bed, go and wash my face with cold water. Then I jump back into bed and listen to music while I’m waking up.”
“I’ve found this a lot easier than just lying there waiting to wake up naturally. I can just hop out of bed right away, knowing that I’ll be back in just a minute, and then the water wakes me right up.”
“Before I used to do this I’d just lay there like a sloth, moaning in my head about how tired I am etc… I’ve found this trick to be a good happy-medium.” – cocasyn
“I set morning alarms ten minutes apart. When the first one goes off, I grab a piece of caffeine gum that I keep on my nightstand, chew it for about fifteen seconds and get rid of it.”
“Fall back asleep. When the second one goes off, getting out of bed is not only easy, but exciting.” – Redditor
“Definitely agree with this. Be sure to have a good pump up song on the ready to.”
“Something that either makes you smile or one you would have on at the gym. And I love a good face rinse, just feels…right.” – SloppyJoMo
“I used to have my computer set up to start playing a specific iTunes playlist on the stereo at a certain time. The playlist was exactly as long as I had in the morning and went from chill songs to more energetic.”
“Throughout my morning routine, I could always tell how I was doing on time by the currently playing song.” – munificent
We don’t always do things the easy way.
In a time where the little things can seem extra difficult given everything that’s been going on, we might as well take some advice from stranger and make our lives a little more pleasant.
The job interview process is almost always stressful, and that’s only after you’ve sent in enough resumés and applications to get someone to offer you an interview in the first place.
Knowing what to ask your interviewer when they ask you “Do you have any questions for us?” is often the most nerve-wracking part of the interview itself.
But below, you’ll find some great questions to ask your potential employer during your next interview.
“What is THE best question to ask on a job interview?”
“One that has always gone over well for me: ‘What were some qualities that the previous employee in this role brought to the job that you would like to see carried forward?’”
“Another good thing to do is research the company you are interviewing with and you can ask things about what they may be involved in or you could drop that while reading about the company, you wondered this.” –uneasyandcheesy
“When you were interviewing here, what would you have liked to know before you joined?” –BeBackInASchmeck
“This worked for me. I asked my interviewer a question about how she had personally dealt with a company policy she had just explained.”
“She bragged about her stellar adherence to the policy. I nodded my approval. I got the job.” –slowbreaths
“This sounds like it allows too much room for them to promote themselves or the company. It’s not a bad question, I just think it will be hard to get an honest answer.” –Dukeronomy
“But are we looking for an honest answer, or just trying to get hired?” –DungeonsAndDragonsD*ldos
“Ask them what is the biggest problem you can solve for them in your first six months with the company. Similar to ‘don’t think of a purple hippo,’ this forces them to imagine you succeeding in the position.” –stack_cats
“I asked this question in the interview for my current job. The answer I got was great:”
“‘Nothing. Just settle in, find your feet, concentrate on doing the basics right. We’ll sort out some challenges for you next year’.”
“It meant that I felt really relaxed and at ease when I started, knowing that I didn’t have to make any grand statements early on in my career here.” –SamwiseTheOppressed
“What do you like best about working here?” –SJExit4
“This question has helped a lot to get an accurate view on the employer” –HurricaneHugo
“‘Good work-life balance, open and transparent communication, and a healthy work environment,’ even if none of those things are true.” –reallydarnconfused
“In February I asked this question in a job interview and the immediate response of the guy interviewing me is to look down and laugh a bit.”
“He then told me the likes the ‘balance’ and the ‘comradeship’ and that it feels like ‘family’.”
“That didn’t satisfy me but they proceeded to hire me a week later and I accepted. That comradeship he was talking about was true.”
“It was a group of 15 people and they were all 45+ and older and we’re highly racist towards everyone not German enough.”
“I quit after 2 months after listening to daily right wing conspiracies and whining about foreigners.” –Shaawny
“A question that landed me a job once was: ‘If I asked your direct reports about your management style, what do you think they’d tell me?’ Stumped a hiring manager and he emailed me personally to tell me about it, no one ever asked him that question but I got the job.”
“In my current interviews I’m asking ‘what did your company do for its employees during COVID to improve their day to day, work life balance, etc.’ and I ask ‘Is there anything your company adopted during COVID that they plan to keep post COVID?’”
“These questions give a lot of insight into whether a company treated their employees well.”
“Other questions that I’ve been complemented on are:”
“‘If we were currently sitting in my 1 year review, what would I have done in this year for you to say I excelled in my role?’”
“‘If I could snap my finger right now and change anything about your job or the company, what would it be and why?’” –Ophelia_AO
“When I’m interviewing, if it’s not offered proactively, I ask to meet some of the team I would be working with – and have a meeting where the hiring manager was not present.”
“When I’m talking with my potential coworkers I can them ask them about daily tasks/projects, any challenges, and what it’s like to work with the hiring manager. Not being able to meet with them separate from the hiring manager would be a red flag.”
“But then a couple of years ago I was interviewing and was offered a job where I would be the first employee at a company. The owner had previously done a lot of his business with contractors, and wanted to bring on an employee.”
“Obviously there were no coworkers for me to interview, since I would be the first one hired.”
“I did a couple of interviews with the owner, and he said he definitely wants to offer me the position, and he asked me to email him my references.”
“I said I would, and then I noted that normally I would want to speak with coworkers, but since that was not really possible I asked him for references of his own – specifically some who could speak to his management style.”
“He apparently loved that I did that. Said he had never been asked that before, and I could see he was surprised and hadn’t even thought about it.”
“But he agreed to send me an email later that night.”
“What I really appreciated was that he didn’t just give me people who were his direct reports in past jobs. He gave me a couple of levels of people to speak to.”
“One reference was someone who he directly managed previously. This one could speak about his long term experience with my prospective boss, and management style, and whether or not he was a micromanager (was not one, yay).”
“One reference was someone who was currently a managing partner at a pretty big Australian company. They had been VPs at the same time, managing different divisions at a previous company.”
“This one could speak to the leadership style, how my prospective boss approached business problems, and about his vision for the company. They had a long history, and it was really valuable to understand that my boss had a 5 year and 10 year plan for the business that was well thought out.”
“And I think the third reference was a current contractor at the company I was thinking about joining. This one was able to speak about current management style, and current projects I would work on.”
“Got valuable info from all of those references, and I accepted the job”
“Absolutely all of them were accurate about him as a manager.”
“A year or so later told me that me making the request for his references stood out – he took it as a sign that I was a good choice.”
“I don’t work for him anymore, but he’s still one of the best managers I have ever had.”
“The only manager I ever had who when he was trying to hire more people, came to me and said that in trying to hire he had come to realize that he was underpaying me, and gave me a $10k raise on the spot.” –LadyCiani
“Why is this position open?” –TXJOEMAMA
“The position was ALWAYS hiring (call centre) so I asked them what their turnover rate was… 20% per month.”
“I lasted a good while. I had the highest call ratings in the company, and several customers spoke to or sent letters to my manager about how much they appreciated my help.”
“But I also had the lowest amount of calls taken per shift. Because of that, they never gave me my monthly award in front of the other staff.”
“They didn’t want anyone else to think they could get away with it.”
“Quantity, not quality.” –blameitonmyouth
“Perhaps not the best but very interesting. A candidate asked me if it is possible in our company to get a significant raise without climbing up the career ladder in our company.”
“This guy never wanted to be a manager, he wanted to do what he applied for but wanted to know it will be well paid.”
“We hired him. He’s introvert, working alone in his ‘basement’ but he’s great at what he does.” –Nathaniel66
Job interviews are often stressful, but hopefully these suggestions about what to ask your interviewer make at least part of the process easier.
Happy job hunting!
Waiters and waitresses really have to put up with a lot of bullsh*t, don’t they?
The folks who work in the back of the house in restaurants have their own sets of problems, but those who are out front and center have to deal with all the drama from customers…and you better believe that there is plenty of it.
A waitress shared a story on Reddit’s “Am I the *sshole?” page about dealing with certain customers that frankly sounds like kind of a nightmare.
Let’s take a look.
AITA for refusing to return a tip AND telling a couple that I don’t have time to play mediator?
“I’m a 22 year old, female waitress at Texas Roadhouse. This is one of my two jobs to put myself through college. Most days are fine but other days are a living hell.
Yesterday I was assigned a table that had a husband, wife and what appeared to be a teenage daughter (maybe 17). Everything was going smooth at first and the wife ordered a margarita. The husband then tried ordering a beer. The wife instantly lost her noodles and said “Uh, no. He will not have a beer. He will have a water.”
She then turned to him and said something along the lines of him not needing to drink because he was driving. He said no, the daughter could drive. It was childish.
Anyways, he keeps telling me he wants a beer. She keeps telling me no. In this industry, situations like this are a lose/lose for waitresses. If I get him the beer, wife wont tip. If I dont get him the beer, he wont tip. D*mned if I do, d*mned if I dont. So while they were arguing AT me, I said “Listen, I really dont have time to play mediator here.”
They went silent. I went and got both of them their alcohol. Daughter gives me an apologetic look upon my return, presumably because her mother was acting batsh*t crazy upon seeing me bring a beer in tow.
Flash forward to after their meals. Husband has had 2 beers at this point. Wife has stopped drinking and glares at me everytime I return. Wife and daughter go to the car while husband pays. Husband drops me a $40 tip on a $68 tab. I told him I couldnt accept it. He insisted. Eventually I pocketed it.
Wife comes in an hour or so later demanding that I give her the $40 her husband gave me, stating that I was a terrible host and went against her and I dknt deserve a tip.
She got my manager involved who said “She is not obligated to give you her tip. You left the restaurant and the tip has already been processed. Have a nice night.” She was fuming, screaming at me about how much of an AH I was for supplying her husband alcohol after she said no.
Other guests started chiming in saying that she was being ignorant and that I was doing my job, which is to provide guests with what they want and said that it wasnt MY fault that she was a controlling wife. She storms out.
Given the fact that I was put on the spot like that, I feel insanely guilty. AITA?”
And here’s what people had to say about her story.
One person brought up how bad they feel for the couple’s child.
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Another person said the woman did the exact right thing in this strange situation.
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This individual said there is absolutely no way the woman was wrong in this situation.
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And this person pointed out that she was just doing her job and that she didn’t do anything wrong.
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Finally, this Reddit user said that they also feel sorry for the husband in this situation.
The wife sounds like a real treat, huh…?
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Now we want to hear from all the readers out there.
Tell us what you think about this situation in the comments.
We look forward to it!
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With all the stuff that’s currently going on with the US postal service, it’s a wonder that anybody is a mail carrier at all. But, thankfully, we have a bunch of brave folks who continue to soldier on regardless of the circumstances so we can get our much needed mail.
That’s why one person on Reddit asked this question:
Postal Workers of Reddit: What do you need right now? How can we brighten your day when we see you on our routes? from AskReddit
Personally, I LOVE that this question exists because we really could do a lot more for our folks in light blue… and it doesn’t take a lot of work.
Let’s find out more…
Husband delivers mail and he loves just about anything people do.
From pictures drawn from kids along the route to thank you letters to cold water and ding dongs.
He is appreciative of it all!!
You could buy them a battery powered mini fan that clips to something in their truck. Some wear water vests to keep cool.
Yes, postal employees can accept gifts up to $20
Here’s the policy: https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2012/pb22349/html/cover_025.htm
Former carrier here.
Had one house that always left me a bottle of ice cold water.
Highlight of that route!
My father has been a postal worker for decades.
What makes him smile the most is when people just reach out and be nice and friendly. He would always tell us stories about the people who would put a smile on his face.
Notes/cards go a long way. But also just say hi and ask them how their day is going.
Former mail carrier here, #1 get a bigger mail box lol.
Water and treats are nice, but a box they don’t have to get out at to deliver things is the gift that keeps on giving.
Cold drinks and maybe a bag of chips or something. I’m a current carrier and seeing that stuff can completely brighten our day. Also just saying hi, or leaving a note saying thank you.
I have a customer who plays tic tac toe with me. That’s pretty fun.
Honesty anything helps and please be friendly and understanding if something is late or missing. As of right now a lot of this stuff is out of our control. It’s coming straight down from up top and there isn’t a lot we can do about it ourselves.
I also agree that a big mailbox is an amazing option especially if you order a lot of small packages, but don’t feel like you have to replace your mailbox.
If something happens to your box or you’re looking for a new one, consider getting a larger box.
Carrier here!
All I ask is for the love of God PLEASE WEAR PANTS WHEN ANSWERING THE DOOR!… I’ve had straight up naked dudes sign for there package without batting a eye…oh the stories of awkwardness I could tell you guys.
Oh also smiles and friendliness is appreciated
..but with clothes on…
Put numbers on your damn mailbox/house. Send cards/legit letters to people. Tear down your POS lockbox that nothing fits into and get an actual mailbox.
Say hello but don’t hold me up for a half-hour bc I don’t have time to lose. Buy stamps. If you see the mailman struggling with your giant ass refrigerator box, help, don’t just watch from your porch.
And for the LOVE OF GOD, STOP ASKING IF ITS HOT ENOUGH FOR ME OUT HERE.
Okay… I know the whole joke about “ahhh dogs hate mailmans dogs go brrrrrr”
But please do keep your dogs inside… it scares the mail
I’m a big Jimmie Johnson fan the Nascar driver, today I opened a box and there was a signed Jimmie Johnson hat with a note saying it was for me.
That has brightened my whole week, but water or Gatorade, snacks always appreciated. However I would recommend writing a note saying it’s for the mailman as a lot of times items are left in a box and we are unsure.
One Christmas I totally thought a gift was for me and it wasn’t.
I’m a carrier and I can tell you the cutest thing I see with the men in my office is the pure joy on their face when they reveal all the drinks/snacks they were given on their routes.
They are so excited to take their treasures home to show the family. They even take pictures and post them on Facebook.
As for me I love being squirted with a hose. A garden hose that is!
My dad and his dad were rural carriers.
My dad’s favorite treat he received was peanut brittle made by different ladies on his route. If we were lucky he would bring it home to us! When I was little I would ride with him and get to meet tons of folks on his route. And yes, he loved the really big mail boxes.
Back then there was no UPS – he delivered everything, including live chicks. Oh, stories to tell.
Yoooooooo Let me chime in, Postal worker here!
STOP YELLING AT ME WHEN I CAN NOT FIND YOUR PACKAGE!!!! We get mail from UPS AND Fedex and sometimes it’s already comes all fu*ked up or they lost it…but we are last to touch it, then customers hate us for thinking we damaged the package or lost it.
MAKE SURE YOU PUT YOUR ADDRESS CORRECTLY ALONG WITH APT # (if you live in an apartment) Many many times we get packages and they don’t have an apartment number, and you know how big apartment complexes can get, so how do you expect us to find where it goes ?? Just so you guys know when it does not have an apartment number it’s get returned to sender.
Also that sh*t where it takes photos of the letters your suppose to get and it sends a pic to you, we don’t even know where the picture is taken it could be from the originating city/country, countless times people come pick up there mail and they say “where’s this letter ?!” Then proceed to show me the picture like they think I’m keeping their dam mail, it usually comes a day or so later.
STOP TRYING TO SCAM US Looking at you people who sell sh*t on eBay, we know you paid for postage for 5 lbs when In reality it weighs 30 lbs, you cheap asses !
BE PATIENT!!! many times customers come in bitching that “ooooh my package should have been delivered already” so I track that sh*t and it still has not even left the city it’s coming from just cause it says ARRIVAL AT UNIT does not means it’s out for delivery
“Mam your package has not even left Philadelphia!”
There’s probably more but this is all I could think about right now. Any questions lemme know.
When the quarantine was just getting started, a few of my customers left me a note in their mailbox.
Just a friendly thanks and reminder that I am appreciated being out there during these hard times, making sure people get their mail and packages.
I’d say this small kindness would be much appreciated again with all of this political nonsense interfering with my career.
So, it seems like they want a little bit of kindness, a lot of cold water, and maybe some bigger mailboxes.
Got all that? Think you can help out?
Let us know what you do for our postal workers in the comments OR… what you will do going forward!
Thx fam!
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Sometimes, it’s the little things that matter the most.
And sometimes those little things are facts that most people don’t know about that could end up saving their lives one day.
Hey, we only get one shot at this life thing, so we might as well soak up all the knowledge we can, especially when it comes to our health and well-being.
Here’s what AskReddit users had to say about little-known facts that could save lives.
“Take Benadryl to the forest with you.
The forest is full of life forms you do not usually come into contact with, in other words a treasure trove of allergies you didn’t know you had.
A hiker carrying Benadryl saved my brothers best friend after he stepped in a hornet’s nest with no known allergies.”
“If you think you’re being followed, take four lefts or four rights.
You went in a circle. If they are still behind you, you’re being followed.
Call 911.”
“If something stinks like fish or something similar around your room or around your house, check the outlets, most likely they are overheating.
Smell around the house and find the stench. If it goes unnoticed there will most likely be an electrical fire.
Almost happened to me, in the bathroom.”
“If you see someone drowning give them something to grab onto.
If you get close to them they will instinctively grab onto you, endangering both of you.”
“Essential oils have a high risk of causing seizures, organ failure, and death in children and pets.
So it’s best to just not use them around them at all.”
“Always know the address where you are at, especially if you are in a hotel or on vacation.
I work emergency services and the it can literally be the difference between life and death in some cases especially if you cannot stay on the phone!
Stay safe out there people!”
“If you’re lost in the wild, don’t follow herbivores thinking they’ll show you to food while also not attacking you.
Herbivores WILL attack you if they feel threatened, and the difference between them and carnivores is that if you prove to a carnivore you’re not worth it then they’ll leave you alone, but if a herbivore attacks you, it means it’s downright angry at you.
Practically nothing you do will make it stop. Just don’t follow dangerous animals in general, whether they’re carnivores, herbivores or omnivores.”
“If you fall into water with your pants on, you can use them as a makeshift life vest.
Kick off your shoes. Remove your pants (this is the hardest part). Tie the pant legs together with a square knot (two overhand knots). Place the knot behind your head. Grab the pant opening on both sides, lift it out of the water, then slap it down on the water surface. This will capture air in the pants.
Repeat until they inflate enough. Pinch the opening closed and hold it with one hand.”
“If your stomach ever gets stabbed/shot, you’ll get super hungry and the last thing you should do is eat.
When you eat, blood rushes to your stomach so eating when it’s been cut could lead you to bleed out.”
“If a service dog comes up to you without it’s human, follow it.
They are trained to find a person to bring back and assist if their owner needs assistance that’s out of their paws.”
“You can die from carbon monoxide just by riding on or near the back of a boat.
Happens to people all the time.”
“This might seem like an obvious one but kids who wear darker colored coats/clothes are much more likely to be kidnapped.
The brighter your kids clothing the 1. Less likely it is that they’ll be kidnapped and 2. The more likely it is that the kidnapping event will be witnessed And therefore stopped or -at the very least- the investigation will start sooner, and you’re more likely to get a description of the kidnapper.
So basically, make your kids wear bright colors. Make them get bright winter coats and neon backpacks. Orange, Red, bright pink, and lime green are supposed to be the best colors.”
“There are 22 million people in the U.S. right now who have sleep apnea, yet only 20% of them will seek treatment. If neglected, sleep apnea leads to memory loss, cognitive damage, chronic fatigue, and even heart attacks.
When we are awake, our throat muscles contract to keep the air passage in our throats open. However, when we sleep, our throat muscles relax, and if your throat is narrow enough, the sagging tissue can block your air passage. The most noticeable symptom of a blocked airway is SNORING.
If you snore, go to your ENT and ask for a sleep study, especially if you are overweight or over the age of 50, as these conditions dramatically increase your chances of having sleep apnea.
You’re probably wondering how sleep apnea can cause long term memory loss and heart attacks.
When your air passage closes, your brain goes into emergency mode to open your throat. Unfortunately, this also will yank you out of REM sleep. The lack of quality sleep over time can cause memory loss and fatigue. A different mechanism causes heart attacks.
When your air passage closes, your heart is suddenly forced to work harder to circulate the little oxygen left in your blood. This event can occur hundreds of times a night, and it is very stressful on your heart. Over time, this can trigger a heart attack.
Do yourself a favor and see your doctor about sleep apnea. By doing so, you’ll improve your memory, stop waking up exhausted, have a healthier heart, and you’ll won’t snore anymore.
The difference is night and day. I promise.”
“If you’re ever in legal problems abroad, do nothing, say nothing and sign nothing until a diplomatic agent from your embassy or consulate is with you.
It may mean being stuck in a holding cell for days, but it’s better than what you can potentially get yourself in.”
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