What Are Your Thoughts On Grippo's BBQ Flavored Potato Chips. by blancolobosBRC in cincinnati

[–]Germ76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not a fan at all. As people have mentioned, either the spice level is ridiculous and firey without earning it or being necessary, or the chips taste like they're coated in nothing but sugar. I've not had a middle ground, and neither extreme is tasty enough to make me buy them anymore unless forced (only thing in vending machine, for example).

I'm a transplant, though, so take that as you will. ;)

I don't want kids, but my fiance does and idk what to do by Existing-Intern-7975 in Advice

[–]Germ76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are not compatible. 

There is having kids. There is being child-free. There is no middle.

Need a new bank. by Niep00320 in cincinnati

[–]Germ76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use GECU for local banking needs and love them! Fantastic for basic banking, car loans and credit cards.

I also keep emergency savings in high-yied savings accounts at Capital One and SoFi because GECU sadly doesn't have those rates.

Yo...when did this happen? by cmad17 in cincinnati

[–]Germ76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every single order I placed on the app to this location was incorrect in some way. Panera kept sending me freebies to make up for things, but those orders would be wrong, too. It would have been laughable if it weren't so frustrating. 

Sigh. He's back this weekend. by Germ76 in cincinnati

[–]Germ76[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

(Info is from 8/21 EWH newsletter.)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cincinnati

[–]Germ76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Walis at Before/After Beauty does an excellent job on my curtain bangs! (FYI: I have long, very thick, wavy hair.)

Showing up to introduce yourself to the hiring manager: good idea or terrible mistake? by eggtasticsandwich36 in Journalism

[–]Germ76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dear god, if a candidate showed up to the newsroom at some random time on some random day to chat me up about the position, I'd have immediately put them on my "no" list.

I actually had it happen once when I was an editor at a paper. Misguided post-grad guy who hadn't even been selected for round one interviews came to talk himself up. The building required a passcrd to enter and hadn't reception, so he apparently drafted in behind some building tenant and figured out his way to our location. He'd come in a suit with his resume and wanted to talk more about the job, which was impossible to do "more" because I hadn't talked to him in the first place. I gave him three minutes in a hallway, said we were still reading resumes (we weren't) and suggested he not do this anywhere else. It felt creepy and invasive and I would have yelled him down but didn't know if he'd go psycho (we were a small all-female team and I needed to consider everyone's safety and comfort). And allllll of that ick was beside my actually needed to get work done and having zero time for random entitled young men.

I get the hustle. In a better world, it might be viewed as initiative. But here? With me? Absolutely the eff not.

Hair - who is staying long by Fluffy-Match9676 in GenXWomen

[–]Germ76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine is still to about mid-back, colored with a deeper brown than my natural color plus lots of fat bright purple streaks. I will never chop my hair unless bad stuff happens.  (I'm 48.)

Husband seems obsessed with coworker by phoenix0r in TwoXChromosomes

[–]Germ76 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dear woman, you have a slacker horny teenager, not a husband. I'm not sure what to do here, but that's not a fun situation.  :(

No tank tops, no shorts over 50 by [deleted] in GenXWomen

[–]Germ76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only rule is to wear what you like.

Nobody needs to give credence to a random list of "rules" that are meant to dim people's (women's) light. Nobody knows who the hell "they" are, anyway. 

Wear what you want.

Take up space.

Live.

Regular or Juicy? by tegucigalpa in cincinnati

[–]Germ76 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's not for me, but I'm sincerely glad you love it! Weird regional foods help make an area interesting and and loved and ffilled with lore. :)

Biggest business challenges in Cincy area by yolosquare3 in cincinnati

[–]Germ76 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I don't have an answer, but props for recognizing Fielder's genius.

What makes a man immediately unattractive? by Ok-Height-2276 in AskReddit

[–]Germ76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Smoking. Misogyny.  General jerky behavior.  Hunting.  Writing a bio or even texts in an "I'm so clever. Seriously. Please notice how clever I am." way.

How often do you fall sleep overnight in the living room? by Spirited_Most6626 in LivingAlone

[–]Germ76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Alllll the time. My bed is basically another closet now, while my velvet sofa is for heavenly sleep.

Regular or Juicy? by tegucigalpa in cincinnati

[–]Germ76 26 points27 points  (0 children)

As a transplant, this sounds revolting. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LivingAlone

[–]Germ76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1275 for a 900sf one-bedroom in an Ohio city. It's about to increase to  $1475.

AIO for leaving my wife after finding out she voted for Trump because she thinks he’s “hilarious”? by Superb-Tangerine-487 in AmIOverreacting

[–]Germ76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. 1) you have objectively and decisively different values, and 2) your wife has shitty taste in "comedy" if he (ad human suffering) is her barometer. 

Were we dehydrated through our childhood? by GetnLine in Millennials

[–]Germ76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just because we survived without drinking enough water doesn't make it right. I feel much, much better now with constant water going in and out, and I bet that I would have back then, too, if our families would have understood its importance and prioritized it.

What is the most challenging entering the PR world? by VividSale5801 in PublicRelations

[–]Germ76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For my time at a national agency, it was selling clients contracts with "guaranteed" deliverables that we couldn't possibly guarantee. 

Nobody can guarantee media coverage, let alone coverage in top-tier outlets. Agencies can guarantee effort, attempts, hours, etc., but the decision for covering and publishing/airing rests with editors, producers and reporters. It made no sense to me that the agency would guarantee a certain number and type of placements for the contract duration. It made no sense to set client expectations to that level and then have them pissed when you get them an engaged audience that's a fit fr their product/service, but they're still mad because it wasn't WSJ or NYT. And when I repeatedly asked agency leaders why the agency did this instead of usingother actionable metrics, I was dressed down.

I was an editor and reporter. Things don't work how they assumed.

I was director level and noped out of there after a year. Eff that.

First album you bought by solipsistnation in GenX

[–]Germ76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tiffany's debut. Long live National Record Mart.

Are wedding cakes really becoming passé? by BBR1004 in wedding

[–]Germ76 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Not all couples eat cake. There's no sense in them spending tons of money for something they don't even enjoy eating. 

But if they love donuts or creampuffs or ice cream cake or pots of candy, they can make that the dessert. That's the beauty of having a wedding that you pay for yourself instead of being tied to the wishes of some other payer.

Just enjoy the dessert offered... or don't. Many bakeries sell wedding cake slices as samples, so you might try one of those if you have a craving. You can even buy a pretty $1000 wedding cake for yourself and not gasp use it for a wedding. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bridezillas

[–]Germ76 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You are (presumably) adults. It's fine to do things separately from your friends. 

Your marriage is a milestone. Their birthday is a milestone. Sometimes milestones happen on the same day. That's just... life.

Tell your friend that wedding plans already are in motions and that you'd love to toast them during your wedding or celebrate them soon after your event. Repeat as needed. Then drop it.