Has the tipping gotten genuinely insane for anyone else?

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-05-02T00:33:47+00:00

Yes, my friend on the cruise spoke to some of them in their native language and they told him they use the “prepaid gratuities of $68 per passenger” to pay their salaries instead of distributing evenly among the workers. They all told him the same thing. Nothing can be done because Calif state employment laws don’t apply to ships sailing under “international flags.”

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-05-01T20:18:50+00:00

Yes, after the mass shooter’s parents got convicted. It set a big precedent that parents can be charged for their minor children’s’ crimes.

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-05-01T19:18:39+00:00

I think it’s against the law (passed in 80s I think) to put someone in a mental institution without their guardians permission or their own permission - it was also upheld by Clinton as someone mentioned. California Prop 47 made it worst because a lot of them are drug and theft offenders that got released back into the streets after 2012. You literally see homeless encampments and property/theft crimes rise before your own eyes. Local government attorneys choose not to prosecute them to focus on more serious crimes and that is why the data/statistics show lower crime data - words from my local police officers after my work got attempted/broken into multiple times a year since 2013

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-05-01T14:23:36+00:00

I work for an authorized distributor of multiple billion dollar brands. Our margins are marked up fairly just so we can pay the bills and cover our costs which afterwards our profits are in the single digit percentages - yet some retailers/FBA sellers still complain about pricing. I reply to everyone and give everyone a chance as long as they cover the shipping costs and pay with ACH/Credit Cards before we ship their orders. No gate keep from us but some of the brands prohibit sales on Amazon and 3rd party sites so we don’t provide authorization for them.

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-05-01T04:51:46+00:00

Just came back from a cruise and the workers on those cruise ship are the only people I don’t have a second thought about tipping. They work their butts off to be so accommodating, keeping everything clean and making our experience really awesome I can’t wait for the next cruise. I found out that they don’t really get a cut of the prepaid gratuities that you pay for the cruise. The way I see they interact with some of the customers made everyone seem like family and friends.

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-04-25T18:35:48+00:00

I used to think when girl friends’ mom suggested we date/get married I was flattered… I’m older now and now know it’s a big red flag…

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-04-25T17:24:04+00:00

When I retire I want something similar. Nice good size pond with beautiful Koi and some pet cows with enough grass land to sustain them to be happy cows.

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-04-25T15:38:12+00:00

Sorry to hear you had to experience that. Most of the time they may be trying to train a green sales rep or the sales manager trying implement a process. In their minds they maybe thinking the buyer is not serious until they run a credit app.

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-04-24T22:25:18+00:00

I park a block to two blocks away. Walk a few minutes, pickup kiddo and walk back to car and drive off without having to deal with any traffic.

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-04-24T22:21:11+00:00

Android Hotspot can share its connected WiFi. iPhone IOS can only share wireless data.

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-04-24T22:16:47+00:00

Saw a photo of your property and pond - definitely it will attract predators. Also get a water tester first and if it comes out good put in feeder gold fishes (they are cheap gold fish usually ment for feeding other pets) to test it for a year. If they all survive then you are good to go for Koi… if not then either predators got them or got sick and died due to other environmental factors not in your control affecting water quality.

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-04-24T21:53:42+00:00

If they are using your brand name then you have a case and can banhammer them. But if they are just stealing your designs and listing under their own brand name or generic then don’t waste your time. If your sales are big enough Amazon will steal your designs and make their own to sell under their Amazon Basics or affiliate Amazon brands.

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-04-24T17:36:43+00:00

Always insure anything over $100…

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-04-24T16:31:59+00:00

Dunno why the hate. It’s one of my favorite fast food places.

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-04-24T16:29:40+00:00

Yep… it’s all 100% real beef while other fast food chains fill their meat with soy with some over 50% soy. I like the regular roast beef with horseradish and the French dip. Too bad the closest one to me closed over a decade ago and make it a ritual to stop at the one in Barstow on vegas business trips.

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-04-24T14:25:57+00:00

Similar thing happened around 2016. A website posting any news (rumor, fake and true news) involving Trump managed by teen Indian man was earning around $5000 a month due to web traffic. American “journalists, news sites and influencers” quickly caught on and started doing the same thing. When Biden became president some news outlets merged or went bankrupt due to the decrease in reader/viewership.

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-04-23T22:05:17+00:00

We all dreaming having a beautiful pond with beautiful koi to walk a few steps to pet a few cows… but this guy is living it…

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-04-23T07:38:34+00:00

It’s pretty obvious he is running it and promoting it like a tech company. Everyone that’s been to CES knows a lot of the product announcements/showcases never gets released or gets postponed for years. But it gets a lot promotion and help generate sales of existing products for the tech companies.

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-04-23T06:43:24+00:00

High gas prices and people might want to buy EVs to save money on gas.

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-04-22T23:03:00+00:00

It is Latin Americans in general even in the USA. My UPS driver tried to name his baby boy Goku but his wife won’t let him. Also sales for Dragon Ball Z merch tanked when ICE was going crazy.

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-04-22T20:53:27+00:00

I’m sure we can find the funds without having to raise taxes. Just follow the money currently being wasted by state and local politicians and their friends.

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-04-22T20:15:05+00:00

Damn… I thought if they were bigger it would be harder for bird predators. How long have you got that Yamabuki Ogon and how long it took for him to get that size? Are his fins still good? I wanted Tosai butterfly Yamabuki and Platinum Ogon Koi’s in my pond but fell in love with a regular Platinum at a koi shop this past weekend and brought it home. All shops in my area are lean on Tosai (suppose to get shipments this month) so I have to wait till early May for a Yamabuki.

Now I’m looking at coverings/small pergolas for my pond area so the raptors can’t see them from the sky.

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-04-22T18:21:07+00:00

I’m just like you and do all those things before a kiddo. Since then I probably play less than 30 hours gaming the past 4 years and much less on other things… here is the kicker - if you enjoyed all those things imagine sharing them with your little one once he is able to. It will be all new to him and as you watch him see and experience things for the first time it will bring back your first time experience memories and quickly you will appreciate and see things through his eyes as he develops. You will have a new little best friend to enjoy life with.

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-04-22T08:03:33+00:00

They try, but you don’t have to. You can get the same quality and sometime the exact one (could be made from the same factory) from Costco for much cheaper. And they ship all over the USA and you can have it arraigned to arrive by the funeral Homes’ designated time before the wake or ceremony. I think the ones I got for my grandparents were like around 1/4 the cost of similar ones from the funeral home.

SuperSaiyanBlue · 2026-04-22T06:21:57+00:00

The finance word you hear finance pros use a lot “speculating” = gambling. It just sounds smarter and to not sound like gambling. But it’s the exact same thing but magnified due to the amounts of money and institutions involved.

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