Post by lissaholly on Sept 21, 2014 21:53:47 GMT -5
Oh! I forgot this one that my cheap ass parents did! My sister travelled to Europe fairly frequently, still does, throughout college. My parents would want to know that she arrived safely but didn't want an international call on their phone bill on day one. So my sister would call collect and if the call was from "sister name" everything was good and my parents would deny the charges. If, the call was from "sister nickname." Then they would accept the charges and talk to her.
The Target hack happened to me this weekend but I didn't do it knowingly. I picked up a 6 pack of beer that said $8.99 on the shelf but rang up $10.99. I told the cashier it said a different price but maybe the 6 pack was in the wrong spot, NBD. The cashier said no problem and changed the price. I would have paid the $10.99 but was happy to get it cheaper.
Simular experience....I picked up an octoberfest beer and the price didn't come up at all. They asked me if I recalled the price, I said the correct price and the lady said just put it in for $5.
Sometimes I will get a coupon in the mail from Kohls. It won't be valid for another week or two. I go ahead and take it to kohls. When they ring me up, I hand them the coupon and act surprised when they say it isn't valid yet. They almost always go ahead and give me the percentage off. I don't feel guilty because I don't end up using the coupon again during the actual sale dates.
The Target hack happened to me this weekend but I didn't do it knowingly. I picked up a 6 pack of beer that said $8.99 on the shelf but rang up $10.99. I told the cashier it said a different price but maybe the 6 pack was in the wrong spot, NBD. The cashier said no problem and changed the price. I would have paid the $10.99 but was happy to get it cheaper.
Simular experience....I picked up an octoberfest beer and the price didn't come up at all. They asked me if I recalled the price, I said the correct price and the lady said just put it in for $5.
Wait, Target has beer in some places? I can't get out of that place for less than $100 as it is. If I could stock up on booze, too, I'd have to resort some unethical life hacks to pay the bill.
All of the trucks I have seen have something on the back that says "stay back xxxx feet. Not responsible for broken windshields". I think it is 500 to 2000 feet--I can't exactly remember the distance. I wonder if that legitimately makes them not liable?
Yeah, this is what I was thinking, too. That wouldn't even work because those trucks have signs on them that explicitly state they aren't liable.
Simular experience....I picked up an octoberfest beer and the price didn't come up at all. They asked me if I recalled the price, I said the correct price and the lady said just put it in for $5.
Wait, Target has beer in some places? I can't get out of that place for less than $100 as it is. If I could stock up on booze, too, I'd have to resort some unethical life hacks to pay the bill.
It depends on your state's liquor laws. In my state, each company is allowed to have one store that stocks liquor/beer/wine. There's only one target/costco/walmart/etc. in the whole state that has the liquor license. This is obviously independent of actual liquor stores.
"Fries with no salt" is an excellent way to get fries with employee spit.
I worked at several fast food chains in HS and college (including McDonald's) and not once did anyone spit into the fries someone ordered without salt, and it would have definitely been talked about among the line workers. So either I worked with the most stand-up fast food employees ever, or the fact that the fries are made in front of everyone with cameras all over the place kept them honest.
Simular experience....I picked up an octoberfest beer and the price didn't come up at all. They asked me if I recalled the price, I said the correct price and the lady said just put it in for $5.
Wait, Target has beer in some places? I can't get out of that place for less than $100 as it is. If I could stock up on booze, too, I'd have to resort some unethical life hacks to pay the bill.
We have a whole aisle of liquor!!! Beer, wine and more!
It depends on your state's liquor laws. In my state, each company is allowed to have one store that stocks liquor/beer/wine. There's only one target/costco/walmart/etc. in the whole state that has the liquor license. This is obviously independent of actual liquor stores.
Whaaaaa?
Ridiculous liquor laws.
We can only buy hard liquor and wine/heavy beer at liquor store but gas stations, grocery stores, and places like Target can stock beer that has less than 3.2% alcohol. And liquor stores are closed on Sundays. Stupid MN.
Wait, Target has beer in some places? I can't get out of that place for less than $100 as it is. If I could stock up on booze, too, I'd have to resort some unethical life hacks to pay the bill.
We have a whole aisle of liquor!!! Beer, wine and more!
Seriously, the target wine juice boxes are the best invention ever. Can't bring glass somewhere? Wine juice boxes!
I worked at several fast food chains in HS and college (including McDonald's) and not once did anyone spit into the fries someone ordered without salt, and it would have definitely been talked about among the line workers. So either I worked with the most stand-up fast food employees ever, or the fact that the fries are made in front of everyone with cameras all over the place kept them honest.
I don't think this would really even bother the employees. They have to put up with a lot of assholes and unreasonable requests, I'm sure...this one is probably pretty far down on the list.
Yeah. I worked at a McDonald's in HS and i honestly didn't care when people ordered fries without salt. Not my problem it they want to wait 3 minutes or whatever.
We can only buy hard liquor and wine/heavy beer at liquor store but gas stations, grocery stores, and places like Target can stock beer that has less than 3.2% alcohol. And liquor stores are closed on Sundays. Stupid MN.
Dang. I'm trying to think of any liquor laws here...um, you have to be 21 to buy it? lol
Here, we can only buy wine at a state run liquor store, and beer from a beer distributor. Want variety, or to ship booze from out of state? Too bad. It's like 1925 up in here.
We can only buy hard liquor and wine/heavy beer at liquor store but gas stations, grocery stores, and places like Target can stock beer that has less than 3.2% alcohol. And liquor stores are closed on Sundays. Stupid MN.
Dang. I'm trying to think of any liquor laws here...um, you have to be 21 to buy it? lol
Can't buy booze after 2am here, which was only an issue when I was very young and did things like stay out till 2am
Oh and this reminds me of the time my ex BIL dented their car in the driveway and wanted to take it to a parking lot to claim it was a hit and run by someone for the insurance $.
Post by sillygoosegirl on Sept 21, 2014 23:55:32 GMT -5
My parents always blame cracked windshields on gravel trucks. But they also live like a mile from a gravel quarry, and are therefore on the road with gravel trucks all the time, so I'm pretty sure it's completely true.
All of the trucks I have seen have something on the back that says "stay back xxxx feet. Not responsible for broken windshields". I think it is 500 to 2000 feet--I can't exactly remember the distance. I wonder if that legitimately makes them not liable?
I worked for a huge construction company and no matter what our trucks said, we'd replace windshields that were damaged by our vehicles. I saw a few reports come in, and the people were always taken care of.
Oh! I forgot this one that my cheap ass parents did! My sister travelled to Europe fairly frequently, still does, throughout college. My parents would want to know that she arrived safely but didn't want an international call on their phone bill on day one. So my sister would call collect and if the call was from "sister name" everything was good and my parents would deny the charges. If, the call was from "sister nickname." Then they would accept the charges and talk to her.
"Fries with no salt" is an excellent way to get fries with employee spit.
I worked at several fast food chains in HS and college (including McDonald's) and not once did anyone spit into the fries someone ordered without salt, and it would have definitely been talked about among the line workers. So either I worked with the most stand-up fast food employees ever, or the fact that the fries are made in front of everyone with cameras all over the place kept them honest.
And the customer is like two feet from the fryer in full view.
Oh! I forgot this one that my cheap ass parents did! My sister travelled to Europe fairly frequently, still does, throughout college. My parents would want to know that she arrived safely but didn't want an international call on their phone bill on day one. So my sister would call collect and if the call was from "sister name" everything was good and my parents would deny the charges. If, the call was from "sister nickname." Then they would accept the charges and talk to her.
Oh! I forgot this one that my cheap ass parents did! My sister travelled to Europe fairly frequently, still does, throughout college. My parents would want to know that she arrived safely but didn't want an international call on their phone bill on day one. So my sister would call collect and if the call was from "sister name" everything was good and my parents would deny the charges. If, the call was from "sister nickname." Then they would accept the charges and talk to her.
We used to do this in high school when we needed a ride home after sports. The late school bus only took us hallway home, and the rest of the way was 5 miles, mostly up a mountain road. There would usually be a group of us, and we'd call one of our parents collect from the general store near where they'd drop us off and just leave our name or "pick-up" when we needed a ride.
Yeah. I worked at a McDonald's in HS and i honestly didn't care when people ordered fries without salt. Not my problem it they want to wait 3 minutes or whatever.
Interesting. I just posted how it was universally hated at my McDs. We had to get soap and degreaser and wash the crap outta the fry station though before we could do it. I think that is why it was so hated. Did you have to do that?
Really thats crazy. I don't know McD's set up but at CFA when the fries came out of the fryer all we did was use tongs to take the fries directly from the basket and put them in the fry carton. Them drop any remaining fries from the basket in the usual fry station.
Yeah. I worked at a McDonald's in HS and i honestly didn't care when people ordered fries without salt. Not my problem it they want to wait 3 minutes or whatever.
Interesting. I just posted how it was universally hated at my McDs. We had to get soap and degreaser and wash the crap outta the fry station though before we could do it. I think that is why it was so hated. Did you have to do that?
What? No. We just had to drop some fresh fries or make sure to use some that were just coming up and then not salt those. I did get annoyed when I was doing the fries and I would automatically reach for the salt when I dumped the fries, and then I'd have to start over again. Those people that asked for unsalted fries would sometimes have to wait longer (what was it, 3-4 minutes? I can't remember now) for me to do a fresh basket.
Yeah. I worked at a McDonald's in HS and i honestly didn't care when people ordered fries without salt. Not my problem it they want to wait 3 minutes or whatever.
Interesting. I just posted how it was universally hated at my McDs. We had to get soap and degreaser and wash the crap outta the fry station though before we could do it. I think that is why it was so hated. Did you have to do that?
No way. I think I would have hated it if I had to do that, lol.
This is what I was thinking. A guy I used to know got in trouble with the law for stealing at self-checkouts...
Him and his friends in college would scan an item, but put 5 items down the conveyor belt so they would get a couple hundred bucks of groceries for less than $100. :^)
That would never work at the one I go to. Each item I put on the belt must weigh the same as the item checked out. The other day I sat my purse on the belt for a minute because I was fumbling with too much stuff and a manager had to come and use her code so I could check out again.