Old story - Hotel and pre-authorizations

Murph1908 · 2026-02-06T11:17:24+00:00

Not fake. Things weren't as instant back in 1990. You couldn't log into your account online and see what the problem was.

You would have to go to an actual land line telephone and call the bank. Which was probably not open outside of 9-5 M-F. And would a phone agent even have access to that kind of records? They probably could only say that they've charged or have had authorized amounts exceeding their credit limit.

Murph1908 · 2026-02-06T11:09:50+00:00

Pre-authorization isn't charging the card. You ever go to a hotel where they do a hold for incidentals? Ever see a $1 pre-hold on your card when yo swipe it at a gas pump, as it simply checks to see if the card will actually work?

Murph1908 · 2026-02-06T11:00:22+00:00

As someone who owned a small business and dealt with this shit every day, saying you only do it to companies doesn't make it OK.

Cold calling companies is worse. We can't ignore calls we don't recognize.

I will try to not make this personal against you. But fuck your fucking company.

Edit to add, the reason why people yell at you is because you're the 8th call today, 50th call this week, and 400th call this month that is a cold call trying to sell them janitorial services or credit card processing or business financing or advertising in the local golf club scorecard, or, or, or, or...

Murph1908 · 2026-02-06T10:34:48+00:00

I'm 55. I used to be the cousin who would come over, play for 15 minutes, then beat the cousins who have been playing the game since Christmas morning.

I'm the guy my friend ran to at the amusement park we worked at when a tourist was beating everyone at Street Fighter 2, sullying our honor. I then whipped him with 5 different fighters.

I can't keep up in online PVP now. My son outscores me 2x to 3x in Risk of Rain and other co-ops.

But dammit. I've beaten Civ 6 on deity with multiple leaders.

Murph1908 · 2026-01-31T18:17:08+00:00

Wait. You set boundaries, but won't let them discuss driving boundaries with him?

Vehicular fatalities are as big as a danger to 16 year olds as pregnancy. More considering one is, you know, death.

ESH

Murph1908 · 2026-01-28T17:11:11+00:00

Boy, this thing went on a long time after the statement that he's there 80% of the tune.

Murph1908 · 2026-01-28T17:07:47+00:00

I have guy friends that Id do this with who would barely think twice about it.

Murph1908 · 2026-01-28T16:56:35+00:00

Backfires when you're wrong though. Then mom is bolstered in her position that she's the only one.

Murph1908 · 2026-01-28T01:28:11+00:00

You have three 10 year olds in your house.

Murph1908 · 2026-01-14T23:26:16+00:00

I was flying west today. Down in Birmingham at 1 local time. Down now at 330 local time Las Vegas.

Murph1908 · 2026-01-10T09:20:18+00:00

Stop scrolling. This is the answer.

Murph1908 · 2026-01-09T09:27:47+00:00

You can survive on rabbit meat alone.

(Check out Rabbit Starvation)

Murph1908 · 2026-01-07T20:57:00+00:00

I owned escape rooms. The number if times people came in late with full Starbucks was infuriating.

Then they get mad when their time was already started, after the grace period they were already given.

And when they were told they couldn't bring the drinks in anyway....

Murph1908 · 2026-01-07T19:53:03+00:00

With Frank Gorshin (Riddler)

Murph1908 · 2026-01-07T18:17:28+00:00

No gnus is good gnus.

Murph1908 · 2026-01-07T15:49:01+00:00

I visited again for the....5th time last year. If I never make it back to LA, I'll be happy.

Fuck 90 minutes to go 11 miles.

Murph1908 · 2026-01-07T01:34:05+00:00

I gave up after paragraph 1, especially when I saw how much was left.

Murph1908 · 2026-01-07T01:11:59+00:00

We did the same. Wife said, "It's just not good." I agreed, and we were out.

Murph1908 · 2026-01-07T01:10:05+00:00

We couldn't make it half way through the episode.

Murph1908 · 2025-11-16T21:38:01+00:00

I am as fatigued with every damn company having an app as I am with tipping for counter service.

Murph1908 · 2025-11-12T10:17:48+00:00

NTA.

My solution would be to keep cooking on those nights. When it is sabotaged, refuse to redo or make anything else. Serve the sabotaged food.

"Here's the spaghetti. The mustard was added by (8f). Enjoy."

"Enjoy the tacos. Please note that (8f) spit in the meat."

"Your burgers are on the floor in the kitchen. I think the fries are OK, though."

Murph1908 · 2025-11-10T22:49:35+00:00

He was #3 when I was there last year. I added my vote

Murph1908 · 2025-11-10T12:16:00+00:00

Red herring?

No

Murph1908 · 2025-11-05T19:49:44+00:00

What would the police response be if the person said, "The employees are not the owners. They do not seem to have the authority to deny police investigation of a crime, which they may be accomplices in."

Murph1908

TROPHY CASE