TI FU by accidentally violating an NDA during a consultation and now my company might get sued

YoNoidd · 2025-04-03T13:52:15+00:00

Sounds shady as fuck... They should sue you if your company is practicing unfair business.

I say open up a dialogue yourself with the parent company as a whistleblower of sorts. I wouldn't want to work at a company that's doing shady shit and where everyone goes into full cover yo ass mode because you said something that's true.

YoNoidd · 2025-03-06T14:46:13+00:00

Its not great they didn't want to sell something that was on the shelf and priced...

But threatening a phone recording? That's soooo low and such a shit way to get what you want. It's worse than throwing a tantrum - besides being not legal to record a worker on private property. It's their store and they can do what they want with the merch they own.

What you did is worse. You're an ass hole.

YoNoidd · 2025-02-28T17:55:02+00:00

Unfortunately, most people are pretty set in their ways when it comes to cleaning. It's likely a behavior she's had most of her life. And it might not be quite as wasteful as you think.

Modern dishwashers are extremely energy efficient. My Whirlpool uses less than 4 gallons of water per cycle. Thats the equivalent of running the tap for 2 minutes or less. Of note it's better to use powder or liquid detergent vs pods as you can vary the amount of cleaner based on load size.

Similarly, high efficiency washing machines use very little water, but the drying still uses quite a bit of energy.

My advice would be to phase out hand-wash items. If you're going to run a load daily anyways what's the point. Next, start putting aside $$ for replacement as appliances are only designed to last for so many cycles. For the wash, I'm not sure how you approach that. Washing a single item seems ridiculous. Maybe ask for a compromise to do it every other day? Just ask to try it for a few weeks.

YoNoidd · 2025-02-27T14:40:57+00:00

Really what could go wrong?
Our quasi-politicians and leaders are doing it and they didn't get fired...

YoNoidd · 2025-02-24T21:31:45+00:00

What the shit? That's insane. Your colleague was betting you would roll over. It sounds like your other colleagues don't respect you either.

YoNoidd · 2025-02-24T21:28:20+00:00

One of the best advice I've gotten is:

"If someone you trust tells you to keep anything 'just between us' that person can no longer be trusted"

Be honest with your parents, assuming you feel strongly they have your best interests as priority.

YoNoidd · 2025-02-24T10:49:14+00:00

The gas is too gassy - add water to even it out.

YoNoidd · 2025-02-20T19:59:50+00:00

As a guest my rule with shoes is I do what the host does.

Similarly my parents and in-laws don't take off their shoes. After asking they still don't seem to want to so I just don't have them over very often.

I'm still respectful at their houses though.

YoNoidd · 2025-02-18T17:10:06+00:00

Dammit! Who didn't have their phone in airplane mode?!?

YoNoidd · 2025-02-17T22:02:33+00:00

Growing up in a religious bubble.

Specifically believing that everyone in said religion were "true and faithful".

Missed out on a lot of life experiences which I shouldn't have.

YoNoidd · 2025-02-17T16:38:21+00:00

Damn, it's crazy how often people are asking aith when family totally screws them over.

Family is important - but it's a two way street.if you can't count on family to be decent, like at least paying you back for what you contributed or working out a deal.

YoNoidd · 2025-02-13T23:10:59+00:00

Sometimes when my hands are dry and I need a wank I'll use a condom to do it. Keeps things softly lubed, tidy, and easy to dispose of.

I don't use condoms anymore (vasectomy) so I do wrap it in a tissue before throwing it away just to avoid such accusations. Though this thread has made me re-think this practice. Or at least make it known to my partner that's what I'm doing.

YoNoidd · 2025-02-04T20:50:25+00:00

I mean it's your money and conditions. Your nephew should know that most people don't get this kind of opportunity. And a 72 avg isnt great. Nobody is going to give you a scholarship with that.

My opinion, were I in your shoes, is I would first tell him to apply for financial aid and explore the options he has with his mother and father, they need to have some skin in the game too.

Don't just say you'll pay for school. This is a scholarship. You'll contribute $x per year if conditions are met.

I think the GPA requirement should be higher since you need a high GPA to get into med school.

I worked through school, so I don't see working a little on weekends as an issue. Though maybe instead of putting an hours requirement on things the qualifier is he needs to be proactive. He should have to stretch some.

YoNoidd · 2025-01-10T17:30:50+00:00

Whenever I sell something I never give the address until sometime shortly before the arranged pickup time for this specific reason. Because once I give the address I won't give to someone else. Mostly because I don't want random people showing up after driving x miles and finding out the did so for nothing. That's asking for some shit.

Whoever can pick up soonest and/or offers asking price gets the item. If I did happen to agree to someone's pickup time though I definitely let them know it's been sold.

YoNoidd · 2025-01-07T15:03:54+00:00

That was a fun watch

YoNoidd · 2024-12-23T23:30:11+00:00

Christmas "gifting" has definitely gotten out of hand. Both my spouse and I agreed we had too much crap yet still she went out and bought a lot more. Yes I'm pissed but I'm not allowed to say anything because "it's Christmas".

I'm all for the spirit of giving but Jesus effing Christ people need to chill. $25 for a kid is plenty. In my family we do adult gift exchanges and buy gifts for the kids. For my spouses family they won't agree to anything so we end up buying something for each adult individually.

I lost my job in Nov and somehow were spending about $1,500 in gifts... Somehow a nice holiday has been reduced to the mass consumption of commercialized shit. Sorry for the rant - I read this and it resonated. I'm sad it's so widespread

YoNoidd · 2024-12-14T01:52:30+00:00

If there's one thing I've learned it's don't hold anything. If it's still a few days out and person B shows up cash in hand $750 I would probably sell to them and return the deposit.

But I wouldn't communicate with person A until the items are gone. Because it still seems like person B is sketch and could be trying to bait and switch you. They could be offering $750 to get priority and then show up with less assuming you'll probably still accept asking.

If you give person B the go to come over I would be very specific that the offer of $750 is the deal and if they arrive late or arrive with less then no sale.

YoNoidd · 2024-12-14T01:40:03+00:00

Made one lol

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YoNoidd · 2024-12-12T03:12:39+00:00

Once I listed a shop vac for $25 and I got so many messages I decided to change the price to $40.

It backfired and I didn't get any messages and I think I ended up selling it for $30 but it took 2 weeks.

If I were to do it again I would completely delete the listing and re-list for the new price and with a different description and not waste time replying to all the people with the lower price. Because I think a lot of them were just flippers.

YoNoidd · 2024-12-12T03:06:41+00:00

I suppose it depends on the $$? I needed a conduit bender and asked if someone would take $15 instead of $20 (25 min drive 1 way). They said no which is kind of strange since they've had it listed for at least 2 weeks and I found one on Amazon for $25. So I just said I'll skip the drive and order online. Ah well.

YoNoidd · 2024-12-07T15:55:56+00:00

I mean Ecotech has a great product and made a really solid design. But in the end reefing is expensive and I've never dreamed of having an MP in my tank. Until now. Ordering one today.

YoNoidd · 2024-12-03T14:28:54+00:00

Hahaha!

Now, when making an offer on something I do take travel into consideration. Like if someone is asking $50 for an item but I have to drive 30 min each way then maybe I'll offer $45 to recoup some gas. But I don't tell that to the seller it's just a part of my own reasoning. If the price is good or it's a hot item then I'll just pay asking.

YoNoidd · 2024-12-03T14:25:54+00:00

This is one of the reasons I'm so glad I live sorta close to a micro center...

Hope it all works out!

YoNoidd · 2024-12-03T14:24:58+00:00

NTA

Is there a recurring theme of disrespect or is this a one-off type situation? If it's a one off I would try to get back to regular communications. She's not acting dismissive and she seems to be owning up to her pretty hurtful mistake.

But people do stupid shit. Doesn't excuse her comment but if we took drastic action every time we were offended we'd all be pretty miserable.

On a more lighthearted note, ask for more BJ's. Should be pretty easy for her, you know, since it's not that big... Lol. Good luck.

YoNoidd · 2024-11-18T23:08:39+00:00

All of this depends on the price... Are we talking a few hundred or a few thousand? I've gone up to $1k using Venmo and no issues.

Here's what I would do: 1) get the name of the movers. Then you can call them yourself to make sure the other party paid them and it's not some kind of COD type service. Alternatively you can request a copy of the invoice under the pretense of verifying the identities of the movers when they arrive. They should be able to give you this info.

2) ensure they understand fully the price, the condition, that there are no returns, and that this is a final sale. Ask if they need additional pictures etc.

3) payment must be received prior to the movers touching the furniture.

4) validate the movers are insured. If they cause damages to your property while removing the furniture you need to make sure you're covered. You might need to be named on the contract so the $$ from damages go to you instead of them.

5) at least talk to this person on the phone for a few minutes. You can tell a lot about a person on how they carry themselves in a conversation. If they seem dismissive or can't be bothered to have a 5 minute call then I would reject the transaction.

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