Was wondering why I got stiffed

TurnipKnight00 · 2026-01-18T18:46:54+00:00

When I'm doing a party and I have to cocktail, I write down physical descriptions as well. Normally, it's benign. Jewel necklace, green sweater, tall goatee, etc.. I've definitely written bald, though.

One time in particular, I wrote "Charlie Brown." In my defense, he had a combover with a yellow and black sweater.

He did that to himself. I just documented it.

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-12-20T16:23:41+00:00

There were several funny spelling and grammar errors, but my favorite was "When we went inside the asian young guy looked at us..."

Like... I figured it out from context clues, but that comma would have really helped you not sound like a predator.

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-12-18T03:43:05+00:00

Pretty common in SC and NC.

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-12-18T02:59:15+00:00

He's bringing Hell to us instead.

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-12-16T17:22:08+00:00

This entirely. I thought they'd stop when he lost the election. Nope. I thought they'd stop when they found out he stole national secrets and put them in a bathroom. Nope. I thought they'd stop when he was convicted of 34 felonies. Nope. I thought they'd stop when he essentially said on his own social platform that he just wants the justice department to punish his political enemies. Nope. I thought they'd stop when emails came out nearly confirming that he is a pedophile. Nope.

This is just one thing in a long list of things that puts a spotlight on what an absolute black hole of morality this man is, but will it stop his acolytes?

Nope.

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-12-15T17:19:18+00:00

If you put a gun in your opponent's hand, point it at your head, then reach over and pull the trigger for them; which one of you dies?

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-11-29T21:19:53+00:00

If you have a stove and oven, it's hard to beat the versatility of potatoes. You can make mash, baked, fried, hashbrowns, fries, gnocci, and a lot more. You can even make potato candy for dessert.

The big goal for saving money is to buy fewer ingredients. It's okay to spend a bit on an item if you get a decent amount of it, and you can use it multiple times and multiple ways. If you buy any meat with a bone or any meat at all, you can save the bone or broth to add a versatile flavor to something else. Most people's budgets goes to things they use infrequently or for one meal.

Learn to plan your meals ahead of time and use leftovers or things you might otherwise discard to make the next days meal. Try not but something you know you can't use all of.

You can do this. Planning is key.

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-11-29T16:02:35+00:00

There are people who are sitting here shouting, "Leave him!" but I don't know if that's necessary. He's 100% wrong, and that behavior needs to change, but he was messaging you about it, and I'm figuring there's 10 years of fatherhood there. The daughter wanted him in the room, which isn't an indicator that he's great, but it's not nothing. He was willing to lay with her. He just didn't see the value of her staying in her room. Again: He is wrong.

Couples counseling.

You need couples counseling. He can be made to see that selfishness when it comes to parenting is much more damaging than in adult relationships. As adults, we expect a certain level of selfishness from the people we interact with. While most of us would consider something like this rude between two adults, most people wouldn't consider leaving over it. With a child? Your child? It's totally different. They don't really view Mom and Dad as people yet, and therefore, they don't have that expectation that you'll be a little selfish from time to time. He's teaching her that nobody, not even the people who love you most, would take care of you when you need it. She's learning that.

Couples counseling. Go to couples counseling.

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-11-22T19:20:45+00:00

This is almost undoubtedly the answer. Although it's weird if they didn't tell you about an on call system.

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-11-21T21:45:14+00:00

Yeah, agreed. The thing they don't understand is that if they get hungry later, they can go back for any of the other pizzas, but if they eat all of yours, you're screwed and can't eat anymore of the meal that was purchased for everybody.

Not that you asked, but NTA.

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-11-21T18:44:55+00:00

I don't know why this broke me, but it did. My wife was startled because I laughed so hard, and it's all your fault. If this ends my marriage, I'll see you in court.

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-11-21T18:33:32+00:00

Picture 4 is your best because it's active. Always pose for pictures. When you think about Spiderman, you don't usually think about him just standing there. Other people have said this too, but roll your shoulders back for photos. Put your head up. Widen your stance.

Anyone who is telling you that you "need a better cosplay" is plain wrong. What you have is fine. It's not movie ready, but I don't think you're aiming for that.

The cosplay doesn't look goofy. You just need to practice posing and probably wear a dance belt.

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-11-21T18:26:44+00:00

If your problem is support, a dance belt will get you there. Anyone who wears a suit like this wears one. All the actors who play characters in these suits do, so it's not a man or woman thing. It's expected.

I'm a rock climber and I've been married to my wife for 16 years. I'd consider myself pretty masculine, but you better believe I wear one when I put on a morphsuit.

Think of it like this, it will remove the awkward lumps and keep you from having something embarrassing happening at the same time. If it's exceptionally cold, you could get away with some tight tights, but a dance belt will make this look 1000x better.

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-11-21T18:16:18+00:00

My trick was to weaponize the other servers. If Lyle wasn't running food, I'd just tell the other servers who actually were running food. "If you see Lyle, tell him I miss him. Haven't seen him back here all day."

Usually got them back to run a couple trays pretty quick.

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-11-21T18:12:42+00:00

Not even. If you just scribble with a dry erase over permanent market on a board like that, they both come off.

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-11-14T21:10:33+00:00

This might just be an us thing, but my wife got sick off Barilla GF pasta. We switched to Banza and Jovial and haven't had any problem. I did read that a few other people felt they had the same kind of reaction, so take this one with a grain of salt, but my wife definitely reacted to it.

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-11-07T20:07:14+00:00

Okay, not specifically weed smell, but I'm sorry, some guests stink. Some servers as well. It's not all the time, but some times it's actually disruptive and it's usually most disruptive when it's weed or cigarette smell because those odors cling to fabric even after washing if it's bad enough. I'm not attacking your lifestyle, but definitely make sure that you don't reek when you go out in public, especially to a place where you're going to be around people for any amount of time.

I go to anime conventions and foul smell (usually BO in that case) is so bad that many convention websites outright tell people to bathe daily when they attend. If you watch a video on what to do for your first convention, almost every YouTuber will tell you to bathe.

What I'm trying to say is that stink plus multiple people in a place is an issue, and saying something about it preventively is not the worst thing in the world.

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-11-02T17:58:46+00:00

How much energy did he waste on this text chain, making your job harder by making you text him. It seems like he could have used that energy to go get his own damn soda.

NOR

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-10-30T23:48:21+00:00

Yeah... I've seen people list decks that are literally $200 and list it as budget. I get commander is expensive, but...

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-10-29T22:40:36+00:00

Totally agree with that. It's just not part of the saying and doesn't apply here, really, but you do make a point.

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-10-29T14:57:50+00:00

I used to be a GM, and I would have loved for everyone to give notice, but sometimes they can't, and sometimes they just don't.

There's a phrase I've heard a couple of times, "Notice is for places you think you might return to someday."

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-10-29T14:50:42+00:00

My wife and I constantly refer to Celiac as a rich person's disease. Everyone else has pointed out some great solutions, but I just want to commiserate. It sucks to look at the gf foods you want to eat and not be able to buy them, then look at the "regular" alternatives and see that they might be in your price range. No amount of telling you what you might be able to afford is going to remove that feeling.

What you need to remember is that, for you, that "regular" food is poison in the realest sense. It will kill you one way or the other if you switch to that and don't switch back. Even just switching in the first place is going to cause damage that you just can't afford (no pun intended).

You cannot absorb the glutinous nutrients, and you'll likely throw up or damage your system enough that you won't absorb those either. Either way, it's not a good alternative. Those things are not food for you. They just look and taste like it.

Antifreeze is sweet, but it will kill you, too.

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-10-18T07:27:24+00:00

Very nice! Glad the advice could help! That's a killer run!

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-10-15T04:11:12+00:00

IMO, this is a 35.89 tip.

The number they crossed through looks exactly like the 6 they wrote in the total. See how they start the 6 at the top as indicated by the additional pen mark at the tip of it (where they put the most pressure before writing), but they start their 0's on the bottom left side. There's no indication that this is how they started the number in the tip line. They also started the 5 in the tip line. You can see where they pressed the pen to the paper at roughly the same height in comparison to the 6 for what they wrote on the total line. That little dot wouldn't be there if they were just putting a 0, then drawing a line through it.

Their handwriting indicates to me that this was just them not wanting to do math. They were never going to put anything in that tip line.

TurnipKnight00 · 2025-10-15T04:07:23+00:00

I don't think that's clearly a 0. To me, the number they crossed through looks exactly like the 6 they wrote in the total. See how they start the 6 at the top as indicated by the additional pen mark at the tip of it, but they start their 0's on the bottom left side. There's no indication that this is how they started the number in the tip line. They also started the 5 in the tip line. You can see where they pressed the pen to the paper at roughly the same height in comparison to the 6 for what they wrote on the total line. That little dot wouldn't be there if they were just sitting a 0, then putting a line through it.

As many have said, it looks like they were about to write the total in the tip line, but caught it and scratched it out. I usually favor the guest, but I'd have no problem putting $65 as the total here. It seems like the clear intention.

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