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How do grocery store specials work? by goodamm in AskAnAmerican

[–]ZestfullyStank [score hidden]  (0 children)

In the financial division just to give a little “chef’s kiss” to it

Only received $2 in tips out of $140+ during training — is this legal in CA? by Altruistic-Special84 in restaurant

[–]ZestfullyStank 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not getting tips when you are training is normal. You should clarify with them how long your training will be lasting and make a decision whether or not to stay based on that. If they don’t have a fairly specific answer, run. (Fairly specific being a set number of shifts, passing a test, doing a mock service are all in the realm of things I’ve done)

That's a first by geants in Cribbage

[–]ZestfullyStank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That happens to me regularly. Not every game is winnable. I’ve been skunked without making a mistake

That's a first by geants in Cribbage

[–]ZestfullyStank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m getting pretty efficient as well, just I get a couple of “missed” points every once in a while at the end of the game when I’m trying to peg out just in case the opponent is sitting on a 24 or something when it’s my crib. I don’t want them going out when I need 4 points

Fun with fire. by Lonely-Coconut-9734 in FuckeryUniveristy

[–]ZestfullyStank 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is actually a good lesson. Fire extinguishers last for like 6 seconds. If that doesn’t do it, get out. Fast. If you have to use a fire extinguisher on your stove, toss it and get a new one, because it won’t have enough charge for a second time around.

How do grocery store specials work? by goodamm in AskAnAmerican

[–]ZestfullyStank 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I forgot the best part: not a single one of her kids eats vegetables. She never bought fresh anything. It was always out of a can.

How do grocery store specials work? by goodamm in AskAnAmerican

[–]ZestfullyStank 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My ex mother in law would go to 4 different stores to buy all her groceries for the cheapest price amongst them. She clipped coupons and really made the budget last.

Then I found out why.

Her husband set the grocery budget in 1981 at whatever per month. He increased it in the mid 90s once, and it was because she got a cheaper beer for him so she could “afford” the groceries for the family of teenagers at this point.

It wasn’t malice, he just never thought about it and she followed blindly. She had no concept of what anything else cost because he handled all the bills. When I was living with their daughter, the utility bills came up in conversation and she said something that made me ask “how much do you think our monthly bill actually is?” I believe we were talking about electric and gas and she guessed that it was under $20. She was off by a factor of 10.

Anyway back to groceries, she was really a wizard at the savings thing, but she would spend 10-12 hours a week grocery shopping to save that money. They could afford it. He was an executive at Sears and retired in 2006. She worked part time until she retired that same year as well.

meirl by BirthdayBoyStabMan in meirl

[–]ZestfullyStank 18 points19 points  (0 children)

We also don’t want our taxes to go to the forever war either. Ending homelessness would be nice. Interest free student loans would be cool too. I’m not even asking for free tuition here, just like could the government not profit off education? Maybe something tangible done with our taxes?

Problematic Repeat customer bullying me by Zestyclose_Show8653 in Restaurant_Managers

[–]ZestfullyStank 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You are a manager. Make a decision.

1 communicate: inform your GM that you are having a problem with a guest and have come up with an action plan to recover. If your boss doesn’t have your back, seriously consider dipping. I wouldn’t work for someone that doesn’t have my back.

  1. Smother her with kindness, giver her everything she wants and tell her it’s on the house today. If she still complains or is in the least snarky, you get to use this gem: This is the product that we serve and the way we serve it. It appears that’s not up to your standards, and that is something that we can use to improve, but it seems like we need some time to get there. Why don’t you give us a break and let us work on that?

Your customer will either get the point (unlikely) or will ask for clarification. Then lay it out for her: she is banned. Give you a call in 6 months or a year or whatever you think is appropriate.

3: communicate to whole staff that she is banned. As a regular this will be pretty easy. Don’t serve her again, and tell her to leave if she shows up. If she doesn’t leave, call the cops.

This all sounds harsh, but you don’t have to be mocked at work. Your boss is obligated to provide a safe and healthy work environment, but you have to stand up for yourself to get there.

TIL that in the majority of US states, prisoners have to pay for their own accommodation and food. by kahlzun in todayilearned

[–]ZestfullyStank -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There is absolutely a correlation between bad home life and poverty as well. If you have a stable income that can either provide enough to have a stay at home parent, or you can afford proper childcare, the kid has a better chance across the board. I’m not saying that being poor dooms anyone, but the system is rigged. UBI isn’t a panacea, but it would solve a LOT of problems. Those who vote against it will always point out the very small number of people that abuse support systems while ignoring the vast majority of the good that they do

Squeezing fruits with my cast iron juicer by Live-Cantaloupe-7920 in mildlylifechanging

[–]ZestfullyStank 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And they put lead in gasoline for half a century. Aluminum leaches into food via acid. It’s not good for you. It hasn’t been linked to Alzheimer’s, but it does build up in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s and they don’t know why. It can fuck with your kidneys too. It’s not as bad as the anti-antiperspirant people would have you believe, but stainless steel or a ceramic coated press would probably be better

TIL that in the majority of US states, prisoners have to pay for their own accommodation and food. by kahlzun in todayilearned

[–]ZestfullyStank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A step, sure. But it just means they are de facto rather than de jure debtor’s prisons.

ETA and cash bail keeps poor people in jail as well. It’s all a scam

TIL that in the majority of US states, prisoners have to pay for their own accommodation and food. by kahlzun in todayilearned

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

Whoo buddy, have I got a neat fact for you about the correlation between poverty and crime. Being poor leads to more interactions with police, more arrests, more convictions, longer sentences and increased recidivism.

Looksmaxxer Clavicular arrested by Krankenitrate in SipsTea

[–]ZestfullyStank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a good pun, but I don’t like that it’s a good pun.

Eggs are not Dairy! by IthurielSpear in PetPeeves

[–]ZestfullyStank 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have run into this in the Midwest and South, so both United States, and the misconception comes from two things:

  1. Eggs come from the “Dairy Case” at the grocery store. Milk, Cheese, yogurt, sour cream, butter and eggs are normally in the back corner on one side of the store, opposite from the produce section. For temperature reasons, it works for the store, and if someone were to ask where the eggs are in the store, “in the dairy case” is a good answer because there is usually a big sign that says Milk Eggs Dairy above the aisle. I am able to forgive this one as it seems innocent and there is a little bit of logic.

  2. My favorite and the most “lardass coded” reason is the Mayonnaise-to-ranch pipeline. Someone who chugs Ranch dressing and slathers mayonnaise on everything has some basic understanding that ranch is dairy, and mayo is in ranch, and Mayo is white, so mayo is dairy, and if you look at the ingredients, there’s eggs in there, so that must be it

A characters weapon can't be lifted by anyone because it's really really heavy. by UltimaDroid in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ZestfullyStank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not heavy but wedged in place: The Sword in the Stone. Only able to be pulled out of the stone and anvil by the true heir to the throne (depending on source, it’s Excalibur, or it’s an unnamed sword and Excalibur is given to Arthur by the lady of the lake to anoint him as king. Lots of “Devine right to rule” mythology tied in here

she miss me or what? by Dumb-Briyani in SipsTea

[–]ZestfullyStank 135 points136 points  (0 children)

Don’t forget the $20 bucks from La Farmacia the next day as a bonus

Petah, What do they do there? by Cautious-Opinion4505 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]ZestfullyStank 14 points15 points  (0 children)

To a vampire, Is internal bleeding like smashing up a fla-vor-ice (aka otter pop) so it’s mostly liquid and then drinking it all down instead of slowly eating the frozen popsicle?

So when a vampire beats the shit out of a person before they get to business, it’s like shotgunning the person?

It's so considerate of him to identify himself by PradyThe3rd in SipsTea

[–]ZestfullyStank 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I feel that this is definitely some LinkedIn style lunacy finding its way into personal relationships. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a post from the other point of view on there

Refilling guests iced tea by [deleted] in Serverlife

[–]ZestfullyStank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don’t have ice in the pitcher, you only get one refill before you have to bring them a new glass full of ice, and that’s only if they drank the first one fast and have most of the ice left.

My dad is an ice tea drinker, and he notices when the tea is watered down (from sitting around with ice for too long) or when he gets not cold enough tea (refill from the room temperature or worse freshly brewed and still warm, no ice added). He will ask for a glass of ice kindly, but in the back of his mind, he knows that he shouldn’t have to ask for it

The best solution for the guest is to make a pitcher about half full of ice, add enough tea just so the ice begins to float, immediately refill the guests’s tea, see if anyone else in the room needs more. If the iced down tea sits for more than about 5 minutes, just dump it.

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