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February 12th, 2024 at 1:16:24 PM permalink
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and that picture doesn't quite capture my dislike of bacon.



Had I realized that, this picture may be more appropriate.


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I haven't worn a hat like that since...
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March 27th, 2024 at 7:08:24 PM permalink
Question for the forum about an awkward interaction in a casino.

I’m in the food court of a Las Vegas casino. I ordered food and sat down by myself at a table. I’ve been there maybe 5 minutes when a young attractive woman approaches me. She’s maybe 23. I’m literally holding a knife and fork while looking down at my phone which I’ve placed in front of me. She says “Hi, can you take our picture?”. She points at a table maybe 10 feet away. I had not noticed their table before and the request caught me off guard. My first thought is that it’s rude to interrupt someone while eating and second thought is maybe this is some kind of distraction scam since my cell phone is out. I say “I’m sorry, I’m just trying to eat”. She looks shocked and walks to the next table and asks someone there. She gets her photo taken. After her group is done eating (3 people total), they walk past me one by one and say sarcastically “I hope you enjoyed your dinner”. By the time of the third person, I say “have a good night a———“. They keep walking.

Was I in the wrong here? My guard is always up in casinos. And I don’t trust the intentions of random attractive women who start a conversation with me. I do think it’s impolite to bother someone with your Instagram-photo request while they’re eating.
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March 27th, 2024 at 7:17:32 PM permalink
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Question for the forum about an awkward interaction in a casino.

I’m in the food court of a Las Vegas casino. I ordered food and sat down by myself at a table. I’ve been there maybe 5 minutes when a young attractive woman approaches me. She’s maybe 23. I’m literally holding a knife and fork while looking down at my phone which I’ve placed in front of me. She says “Hi, can you take our picture?”. She points at a table maybe 10 feet away. I had not noticed their table before and the request caught me off guard. My first thought is that it’s rude to interrupt someone while eating and second thought is maybe this is some kind of distraction scam since my cell phone is out. I say “I’m sorry, I’m just trying to eat”. She looks shocked and walks to the next table and asks someone there. She gets her photo taken. After her group is done eating (3 people total), they walk past me one by one and say sarcastically “I hope you enjoyed your dinner”. By the time of the third person, I say “have a good night a———“. They keep walking.

Was I in the wrong here? My guard is always up in casinos. And I don’t trust the intentions of random attractive women who start a conversation with me. I do think it’s impolite to bother someone with your Instagram-photo request while they’re eating.
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Maybe you overreacted? In my travels I’ve asked hundreds of tourists to take pictures of me and wifey with site in background. And I’ve taken more than I can count. I frankly cannot recall a single person refusing to take our picture.
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March 27th, 2024 at 7:21:31 PM permalink
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Question for the forum about an awkward interaction in a casino.

I’m in the food court of a Las Vegas casino. I ordered food and sat down by myself at a table. I’ve been there maybe 5 minutes when a young attractive woman approaches me. She’s maybe 23. I’m literally holding a knife and fork while looking down at my phone which I’ve placed in front of me. She says “Hi, can you take our picture?”. She points at a table maybe 10 feet away. I had not noticed their table before and the request caught me off guard. My first thought is that it’s rude to interrupt someone while eating and second thought is maybe this is some kind of distraction scam since my cell phone is out. I say “I’m sorry, I’m just trying to eat”. She looks shocked and walks to the next table and asks someone there. She gets her photo taken. After her group is done eating (3 people total), they walk past me one by one and say sarcastically “I hope you enjoyed your dinner”. By the time of the third person, I say “have a good night a———“. They keep walking.

Was I in the wrong here? My guard is always up in casinos. And I don’t trust the intentions of random attractive women who start a conversation with me. I do think it’s impolite to bother someone with your Instagram-photo request while they’re eating.
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Maybe you overreacted? In my travels I’ve asked hundreds of tourists to take pictures of me and wifey with site in background. And I’ve taken more than I can count. I frankly cannot recall a single person refusing to take our picture.
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I should edit to say: I appreciate the feedback and thoughts (sincerely).

That said, Did you ask anyone to take your photo while they were in the middle of eating? Also a food court is not a tourist area. If I’m at Mount Rushmore and I’m not eating, then sure.
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March 27th, 2024 at 8:42:53 PM permalink
I wouldn't worry about it either way. Maybe you can choose to take the picture next time, or not. I would worry more if they wanted to borrow your phone to make a call. As long as you were alert to what's going on around you anyway, you can be on your guard a bit. Just keep an eye on anything like if you're carrying a bag.

I saw a purse snatching go down in a food court. The kid reached over the ladies back and took off through the back door. Neither i, nor anyone else was fast enough to catch up with him. Nor was the oldest security guard in the world who eventually showed up.

People want you to go somewhere with them, that's a whole 'nother level of risk.
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March 28th, 2024 at 7:26:22 AM permalink
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Was I in the wrong here?

From what you described, absolutely not. First, one should never feel obliged to take someone else's picture. There may be legitimate reasons for refusing such a request, and you named a few. I assume taking their picture would have required getting up from your table and going over to theirs. If I were in your position, my biggest concern would be turning my back on my food/drink. I would never do this if dining alone, especially in Vegas.

This woman and her friends sound completely self-absorbed. My advice would be to not give their actions/words any more of your thought or energy.
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March 28th, 2024 at 9:27:21 AM permalink
The way you're telling the story, I wouldn't say you're in the wrong. But again, we're only getting your side of things.
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March 28th, 2024 at 9:49:25 AM permalink
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The way you're telling the story, I wouldn't say you're in the wrong. But again, we're only getting your side of things.
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Wow

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March 28th, 2024 at 10:04:52 AM permalink
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The way you're telling the story, I wouldn't say you're in the wrong. But again, we're only getting your side of things.
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Wow

A search for witnesses is underway to make sure we aren't getting bamboozled!
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March 28th, 2024 at 11:08:33 AM permalink
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Was I in the wrong here?
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Nope. How could you be in the wrong, you don't know these people you don't owe them anything. I've never asked a stranger in my entire life to take my picture nor will I ever ask. The reason is I don't want somebody asking me. Hell no I don't want to take your picture, I'm eating dinner for crying out loud. The only way I would ever ask somebody to take my picture is if I offer them five bucks to do it. But I don't want my picture taken, so that's never going to happen. There are fewer pictures out there of me then of anybody I know because I don't allow it. I love being anonymous and I believe like the Indians used to believe that somebody takes your picture they're stealing a little something from you.

So long story short you did good, screw them if they don't like it.
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March 28th, 2024 at 11:37:29 AM permalink
I have a different slant on this.

If I am at a table eating food and I am in a conversation that has importance to me -say, with a family member on a subject with emotional content, with a business associate on a subject of financial consequence, with someone I'm attracted to and have romantic intentions for, then I would resent someone being insensitive enough to interrupt our conversation for the purpose of getting a photo.

But just sitting around by myself in a food court eating a salad or a burger? On even alone at Ruth Chris eating an expensive meal? No problem. I would be jolly and welcome the chance for some extremely casual interactions with the people around me. Nothing is lost in so doing.

And if I were eating with a business associate or someone I had a romantic interest in, I would realize that refusing to help with a photo request would make a negative impression on my tablemate and hence would be counterproductive. It is currently fashionable to judge a new acquaintance by how he treats a waiter, particularly a poor waiter. The situation you have described is close enough.

I do also think that the behavior of the group you turned down was definitely wrong. So, I understand why you feel wronged.

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March 28th, 2024 at 12:04:31 PM permalink
Usually, my wife doesn't like it when anyone asks us to take a picture of them. She tends to view it as a "my time is more valuable than yours" type request. But sometimes she will offer to do it cheerfully, and I can't always determine why she made that decision.
I generally don't care, will help out and don't think about it much.

But they shouldn't have bothered you while you were eating and picked someone who was just walking around, or just sitting there not eating actively.
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March 28th, 2024 at 2:33:41 PM permalink
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Question for the forum about an awkward interaction in a casino.

I’m in the food court of a Las Vegas casino. I ordered food and sat down by myself at a table. I’ve been there maybe 5 minutes when a young attractive woman approaches me. She’s maybe 23. I’m literally holding a knife and fork while looking down at my phone which I’ve placed in front of me. She says “Hi, can you take our picture?”. She points at a table maybe 10 feet away. I had not noticed their table before and the request caught me off guard. My first thought is that it’s rude to interrupt someone while eating and second thought is maybe this is some kind of distraction scam since my cell phone is out. I say “I’m sorry, I’m just trying to eat”. She looks shocked and walks to the next table and asks someone there. She gets her photo taken. After her group is done eating (3 people total), they walk past me one by one and say sarcastically “I hope you enjoyed your dinner”. By the time of the third person, I say “have a good night a———“. They keep walking.

Was I in the wrong here? My guard is always up in casinos. And I don’t trust the intentions of random attractive women who start a conversation with me. I do think it’s impolite to bother someone with your Instagram-photo request while they’re eating.
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Not at all. You are under no obligation to accomodate their request. If you don't want to be bothered while eating-for any reason-then you have a right to say, however politely you want to say it, to not bother me while i'm eatng. Their reaction is not your concern. That being said, I've never turned down a request to take a picture, and even offered once or twice.

There was a Law and Order episode where, I forget the main plot, the cops needed a reason to detain a suspect. So they set up a sting where a couple of attractive females asked the suspect to take a picture, the dude obliged, and once he took possesion of the digital camera, the cops swooped in, seized the camera, looked through it and said "Look at all these pictures of potential terrorist targets. You are under arrest for attempted terrorism." That always struck me as a pretty good ruse. Strangely, I haven't been asked to take a picture with someone else's camera since that episode. So, maybe you were being set up by the cops? :)
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March 28th, 2024 at 7:43:33 PM permalink
TinMan,
The way they were berating you as they left reminded me of a panhandler hitting me up for gas money when I was eating dinner (with company). He told his sob story, I stopped everything and paid attention, told him I couldn't help, he called me (rude names) and stomped off.

The antagonist in my story didn't go hitting up any of the other dozen or so diners in the food hall, so I figure he wasn't really desperate for the cash.

I figure anyone sincere about selfies for social media can carry a pocket sized tripod and set it for voice activation.

Not the butthole. ;)
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March 29th, 2024 at 9:36:28 AM permalink
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TinMan,
The way they were berating you as they left reminded me of a panhandler hitting me up for gas money when I was eating dinner (with company). He told his sob story, I stopped everything and paid attention, told him I couldn't help, he called me (rude names) and stomped off.

The antagonist in my story didn't go hitting up any of the other dozen or so diners in the food hall, so I figure he wasn't really desperate for the cash.

I figure anyone sincere about selfies for social media can carry a pocket sized tripod and set it for voice activation.

Not the butthole. ;)
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My response would have been: I am a professional photographer. It will cost you $50.00.

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March 29th, 2024 at 1:05:52 PM permalink
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TinMan,
The way they were berating you as they left reminded me of a panhandler hitting me up for gas money when I was eating dinner (with company). He told his sob story, I stopped everything and paid attention, told him I couldn't help, he called me (rude names) and stomped off.

The antagonist in my story didn't go hitting up any of the other dozen or so diners in the food hall, so I figure he wasn't really desperate for the cash.

I figure anyone sincere about selfies for social media can carry a pocket sized tripod and set it for voice activation.

Not the butthole. ;)
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My response would have been: I am a professional photographer. It will cost you $50.00.

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Quite a curmudgeonly crowd we have here! My answer would have been ‘sure’. Virtually no circumstance I can imagine where I’m eating alone where I wouldn’t help out.
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March 29th, 2024 at 3:01:23 PM permalink
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Quite a curmudgeonly crowd we have here! My answer would have been ‘sure’. Virtually no circumstance I can imagine where I’m eating alone where I wouldn’t help out.



I also can't imagine saying no but the original poster can definitely say no and needs to offer no reason.
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August 18th, 2024 at 9:27:38 AM permalink
What is the deal with youth travel sports league parents?

These groups are legitimately terrorist organizations, and the alcoholic parents are worse than the children.
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August 18th, 2024 at 9:49:53 AM permalink
Endless credits at the end of movies with print too small to read and too fast to comprehend their functions or names.

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August 18th, 2024 at 10:00:35 AM permalink
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Endless credits at the end of movies with print too small to read and too fast to comprehend their functions or names.

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Not disagreeing with you, but many union rules in the film industry require that certain people receive on screen credit, whether they are on screen talent or as part of the crew or production. For example, SAG-AFTRA rules require that an actor who says even a single word on screen gets credit.

I like to stay for any post-credit scenes, unless my companion(s) wish to leave.
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August 18th, 2024 at 12:15:17 PM permalink
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Endless credits at the end of movies with print too small to read and too fast to comprehend their functions or names.

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They’re not getting smaller or faster, we’re just getting older…!?
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August 18th, 2024 at 12:24:34 PM permalink
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Endless credits at the end of movies with print too small to read and too fast to comprehend their functions or names.

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They’re not getting smaller or faster, we’re just getting older…!?
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On a lot of the TV channels, they certainly seem to accelerate the closing credits while the announcer talks up the next program.
Sometimes they reduce the size to fit something else on the screen.
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August 18th, 2024 at 2:28:21 PM permalink
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Endless credits at the end of movies with print too small to read and too fast to comprehend their functions or names.

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They’re not getting smaller or faster, we’re just getting older…!?
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On a lot of the TV channels, they certainly seem to accelerate the closing credits while the announcer talks up the next program.
Sometimes they reduce the size to fit something else on the screen.
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I think they're doing that so they can save a few seconds on programming, leaving time for more commercials.
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August 18th, 2024 at 3:29:47 PM permalink
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Endless credits at the end of movies with print too small to read and too fast to comprehend their functions or names.

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They’re not getting smaller or faster, we’re just getting older…!?
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On a lot of the TV channels, they certainly seem to accelerate the closing credits while the announcer talks up the next program.
Sometimes they reduce the size to fit something else on the screen.
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I think they're doing that so they can save a few seconds on programming, leaving time for more commercials.
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Certainly. Doesn't mean that I can't be annoyed that the Third Assistant Best Boy Electric doesn't get his full quarter second of recognition.
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August 19th, 2024 at 5:58:46 AM permalink
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Endless credits at the end of movies with print too small to read and too fast to comprehend their functions or names.

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They’re not getting smaller or faster, we’re just getting older…!?
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On a lot of the TV channels, they certainly seem to accelerate the closing credits while the announcer talks up the next program.
Sometimes they reduce the size to fit something else on the screen.
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I think they're doing that so they can save a few seconds on programming, leaving time for more commercials.
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Certainly. Doesn't mean that I can't be annoyed that the Third Assistant Best Boy Electric doesn't get his full quarter second of recognition.
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You'll feel differently when your son is the Third assistant Best Boy.
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August 19th, 2024 at 8:27:00 AM permalink
What appalls me about the credits on films is that they list the individuals that catered the movie, and the accountants, legal staff and security team that worked on the film. I guess it costs nothing to list these people and increases the good will they receive from these workers.
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August 19th, 2024 at 8:48:21 AM permalink
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What appalls me about the credits on films is that they list the individuals that catered the movie, and the accountants, legal staff and security team that worked on the film. I guess it costs nothing to list these people and increases the good will they receive from these workers.
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I believe most of these people are in unions and it's in their contract, they have to list them.
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What appalls me about the credits on films is that they list the individuals that catered the movie, and the accountants, legal staff and security team that worked on the film. I guess it costs nothing to list these people and increases the good will they receive from these workers.
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Movies can ask for discounts in return for a credit
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Not a specific problem of mine.
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August 19th, 2024 at 11:03:18 AM permalink
The solution to the problem is to invest in a DVR service.

I DVR everything I watch. I mean everything. I can't recall when I watched a TV show in real time.

I fast forward thru the commercials and the credits. If I miss something that was said, I can rewind a few seconds to rehear what was said.

When I watch the news I can fast forward if the subject doesn't interest me. (Russia/Ukraine/Israel/Gaza/Democrat/Republican).

When I watch a baseball game I fast forward when the opposing team is at bat and only watch when my team is at bat.

I can schedule when to record a movie or TV show.

Invest in a DVR service and enjoy watching TV.
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August 19th, 2024 at 11:09:16 AM permalink
Amazon keeps hiring these dumb fat ass drivers who insist on driving their huge vans up my long driveway because they're too lazy to stop where they know they can't get stuck and bring it up the driveway on foot. They have to come all the way to the top where they can't turn around so they have to back down and so far I've had to call three wreckers on women drivers who can't even find reverse let alone back up one of those vans. Today it was a guy and he got down okay with my direction but if I hadn't gone out there he would have gotten stuck for sure. Idiots. My brother's last job was as a semi truck yard mover, all he did is move semis from one lot to another and back them into place. He got paid a lot of money for doing this because backing up a semi is something a lot of full-time drivers can't even do.
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August 19th, 2024 at 11:38:33 AM permalink
Is Amazon too cheap to put in backup cameras? They’re too cheap to hire competent delivery.

My lazy ass would just leave it lower on the driveway make you get off your own own lazy butt and walk a few feet, but that’s probably why I haven’t worked for someone else for over a decade.
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August 19th, 2024 at 2:43:42 PM permalink
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Is Amazon too cheap to put in backup cameras? They’re too cheap to hire competent delivery.

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(snip)

Prime customers pay around $12/month for that delivery service.
As I understand, it's worth every penny.
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August 19th, 2024 at 3:00:52 PM permalink
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Amazon keeps hiring these dumb fat ass drivers who insist on driving their huge vans up my long driveway because they're too lazy to stop where they know they can't get stuck and bring it up the driveway on foot. They have to come all the way to the top where they can't turn around so they have to back down and so far I've had to call three wreckers on women drivers who can't even find reverse let alone back up one of those vans. Today it was a guy and he got down okay with my direction but if I hadn't gone out there he would have gotten stuck for sure. Idiots. My brother's last job was as a semi truck yard mover, all he did is move semis from one lot to another and back them into place. He got paid a lot of money for doing this because backing up a semi is something a lot of full-time drivers can't even do.
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Your complaint reminded me of an old Dave Dudley song, "Give Me Forty Acres":



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August 19th, 2024 at 3:37:24 PM permalink
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Is Amazon too cheap to put in backup cameras? They’re too cheap to hire competent delivery.

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(snip)

Prime customers pay around $12/month for that delivery service.
As I understand, it's worth every penny.
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Prime and the Amazon Fire Stick are my entertainment. Delivery's are the cherry on top.
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August 19th, 2024 at 4:04:14 PM permalink
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Is Amazon too cheap to put in backup cameras? They’re too cheap to hire competent delivery.

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Prime customers pay around $12/month for that delivery service.
As I understand, it's worth every penny.
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Prime and the Amazon Fire Stick are my entertainment. Delivery's are the cherry on top.
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I rarely watch Amazon Prime, to me that is just the cherry on top for getting "free" deliveries. I would guess we get close to 15 Amazon deliveries per month.
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August 19th, 2024 at 4:49:35 PM permalink
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Is Amazon too cheap to put in backup cameras? They’re too cheap to hire competent delivery.

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(snip)

Prime customers pay around $12/month for that delivery service.
As I understand, it's worth every penny.
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Prime and the Amazon Fire Stick are my entertainment. Delivery's are the cherry on top.
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I rarely watch Amazon Prime, to me that is just the cherry on top for getting "free" deliveries. I would guess we get close to 15 Amazon deliveries per month.


I think they still offer free delivery for $35 orders
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August 19th, 2024 at 5:25:38 PM permalink
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Is Amazon too cheap to put in backup cameras? They’re too cheap to hire competent delivery.

My lazy ass would just leave it lower on the driveway make you get off your own own lazy butt and walk a few feet, but that’s probably why I haven’t worked for someone else for over a decade.
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Yeah that's why I pay a monthly fee so I can walk all the way down to the road to get my package. And it's not a few feet my driveway is 100 ft long, so 200 ft round trip is not a few feet. Especially in January.
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August 19th, 2024 at 5:31:37 PM permalink
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Is Amazon too cheap to put in backup cameras? They’re too cheap to hire competent delivery.

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(snip)

Prime customers pay around $12/month for that delivery service.
As I understand, it's worth every penny.
link to original post



Prime and the Amazon Fire Stick are my entertainment. Delivery's are the cherry on top.
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I rarely watch Amazon Prime, to me that is just the cherry on top for getting "free" deliveries. I would guess we get close to 15 Amazon deliveries per month.
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Piker, I average 25 deliveries a month. And now I'm reading that drivers are starting to expect us to leave tips for them. Yeah, they act like they're the only ones that do deliveries. If I leave a tip out there I guarantee Walmart or the other grocery store is going to take it before Amazon ever shows up. If they want to get tipped make room for it in the order and I'll do it then. I ordered from Amazon almost everyday, half of it has something to do with my cats. Today it was cat food, I have an order coming tomorrow with new pillow cases for their pillows. That's right my cats have pillows. Cats love pillows.
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August 19th, 2024 at 5:54:34 PM permalink
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What appalls me about the credits on films is that they list the individuals that catered the movie, and the accountants, legal staff and security team that worked on the film. I guess it costs nothing to list these people and increases the good will they receive from these workers.
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I don't think I've ever seen the caterers listed individually - just the company.

On the other hand, pretty much every Pixar movie I've seen includes credits for Pixar Human Resources.
And let's not forget Production Babies.
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August 19th, 2024 at 7:54:39 PM permalink
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August 20th, 2024 at 12:17:24 AM permalink
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Is Amazon too cheap to put in backup cameras? They’re too cheap to hire competent delivery.

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(snip)

Prime customers pay around $12/month for that delivery service.
As I understand, it's worth every penny.
link to original post



Prime and the Amazon Fire Stick are my entertainment. Delivery's are the cherry on top.
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I completely spaced the streaming aspect. (Doh!)
Still, if the delivery service is somewhere between "free with streaming service" and $15/month, the economics seem to dictate that you're not getting the top paid delivery drivers.

EvenBob, I'm a little surprised that the driveway doesn't have a little branch to do a Y turn on the way out. Many rural compounds do, if there isn't a loop up near the house.
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August 20th, 2024 at 8:04:12 AM permalink
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Quote: billryan

Quote: Dieter

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Is Amazon too cheap to put in backup cameras? They’re too cheap to hire competent delivery.

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(snip)

Prime customers pay around $12/month for that delivery service.
As I understand, it's worth every penny.
link to original post



Prime and the Amazon Fire Stick are my entertainment. Delivery's are the cherry on top.
link to original post



I completely spaced the streaming aspect. (Doh!)
Still, if the delivery service is somewhere between "free with streaming service" and $15/month, the economics seem to dictate that you're not getting the top paid delivery drivers.

EvenBob, I'm a little surprised that the driveway doesn't have a little branch to do a Y turn on the way out. Many rural compounds do, if there isn't a loop up near the house.
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It has a circle at the top If you have a regular vehicle. If you have one of those giant Amazon Vans you're stuck, you have to back down and I live on a hill so you go off the edge of the driveway it's tow truck time. Which happens two or three times a year with Amazon especially in the winter.
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August 20th, 2024 at 8:20:07 AM permalink
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I don't think I've ever seen the caterers listed individually - just the company.
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If it's a small enough production they'll be listed individually because one or two people are the entire company.
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August 20th, 2024 at 9:00:26 AM permalink
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Is Amazon too cheap to put in backup cameras? They’re too cheap to hire competent delivery.

My lazy ass would just leave it lower on the driveway make you get off your own own lazy butt and walk a few feet, but that’s probably why I haven’t worked for someone else for over a decade.
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Yeah that's why I pay a monthly fee so I can walk all the way down to the road to get my package. And it's not a few feet my driveway is 100 ft long, so 200 ft round trip is not a few feet. Especially in January.
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Don’t worry about it, it’s a hypothetical that will never happen. I’d shoot myself before I’d be caught delivering packages up your driveway.
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August 20th, 2024 at 9:09:55 AM permalink
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Is Amazon too cheap to put in backup cameras? They’re too cheap to hire competent delivery.

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(snip)

Prime customers pay around $12/month for that delivery service.
As I understand, it's worth every penny.
link to original post



Prime and the Amazon Fire Stick are my entertainment. Delivery's are the cherry on top.
link to original post



I completely spaced the streaming aspect. (Doh!)
Still, if the delivery service is somewhere between "free with streaming service" and $15/month, the economics seem to dictate that you're not getting the top paid delivery drivers.

EvenBob, I'm a little surprised that the driveway doesn't have a little branch to do a Y turn on the way out. Many rural compounds do, if there isn't a loop up near the house.
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It has a circle at the top If you have a regular vehicle. If you have one of those giant Amazon Vans you're stuck, you have to back down and I live on a hill so you go off the edge of the driveway it's tow truck time. Which happens two or three times a year with Amazon especially in the winter.
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Interesting. I thought those vans were fairly nimble.
It's not like Amazon is coming by on home deliveries with a 75 foot long trailer truck.
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August 20th, 2024 at 10:26:23 AM permalink
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Interesting. I thought those vans were fairly nimble.
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Yeah, they sure seem nimble with the way they go zipping around my neighborhood. Maybe they can't handle the mountains or wherever it is EB lives.
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August 20th, 2024 at 10:52:09 AM permalink
Saturday night, around 3 AM, a car pulled up to our guard gate and said he was an Amazon driver there to do deliveries. The guard refused to let him in, and a big kerfuffle occurred. Police were called, and somehow, the resident was notified that there was a delivery at the gate. The Amazon driver was denied entrance, and the company was notified. It was the biggest crime in the community since a javelina absconded with someone's lunch a few months ago. The park had gone almost a year without a non-medical call to 911.
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August 20th, 2024 at 11:35:42 AM permalink
Quote: Dieter

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Quote: Dieter

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Is Amazon too cheap to put in backup cameras? They’re too cheap to hire competent delivery.

link to original post



(snip)

Prime customers pay around $12/month for that delivery service.
As I understand, it's worth every penny.
link to original post



Prime and the Amazon Fire Stick are my entertainment. Delivery's are the cherry on top.
link to original post



I completely spaced the streaming aspect. (Doh!)
Still, if the delivery service is somewhere between "free with streaming service" and $15/month, the economics seem to dictate that you're not getting the top paid delivery drivers.

EvenBob, I'm a little surprised that the driveway doesn't have a little branch to do a Y turn on the way out. Many rural compounds do, if there isn't a loop up near the house.
link to original post



It has a circle at the top If you have a regular vehicle. If you have one of those giant Amazon Vans you're stuck, you have to back down and I live on a hill so you go off the edge of the driveway it's tow truck time. Which happens two or three times a year with Amazon especially in the winter.
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Interesting. I thought those vans were fairly nimble.
It's not like Amazon is coming by on home deliveries with a 75 foot long trailer truck.
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It's a tight circle at the top and even with a car you can't make the turn without backing up first. Nobody likes my driveway because it has a suicide cliff on the right hand side all the way down that doesn't allow for any mistakes. It terrifies my wife when she comes over so she hardly ever does. Works for me.
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