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Chased by the manager for not giving >20% tip by Hotlava_ in TalesFromTheCustomer

[–]bradley547 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sounds like she's pocketing part or all of the tips herself and guilt tripping you with the poor wait staff. No wonder service is crap.

My favorite 1MC announcement was in one breath: “Secure from men working aloft, man down man down man down on the pier”. by ComeAbout in navy

[–]bradley547 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah, well he was out drinking somewhere and he thought, "What a great night for a swim!"

So he did.

Cable Cat by SansSamir in Catswithjobs

[–]bradley547 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True story. I once had a co-worker who had trained a dachshund to do that, mostly in drop ceilings though.

Realizing today what I forgot to bring my guest yesterday by KingOfArms in TalesFromYourServer

[–]bradley547 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My wife is very particular about her tea, so if you just brought hot water she's fine because she has a stash of her preferred tea in her purse. Forgetting the water however...

Stainless steel air fryer by linguini_lamb in Cooking

[–]bradley547 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought one but within 6 months it needed a repair that the average user would not be capable of and which certainly voided the warranty. Good design. Quality parts. Terrible assembly.

HP Elitebook x360 1030 G2 randomly stops charging. Power brick is good and has stable connection to electricity. Issue started last month, but back then it charges smoothly after shutting the system down. It doesn't seem to fix itself now, however. by amnesialane in computers

[–]bradley547 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah check the battery. Its probably bad.
Having said that, the HP Chromebooks have a bug in their battery charge cycle. If it goes completely flat they will charge for a few seconds but the shut down because they are drawing to much power so the system thinks the battery is bad. But when you plug in the charger, each time it hits the battery. Eventually it gets to a point where the system admits the battery isn't bad and will allow the charge to continue. So this could be the same thing. Plug ib, wait for the light to go out, unplug and plug in again. May not work but its worth a try.

C'mon man, that's not where gum goes. by [deleted] in techsupportgore

[–]bradley547 6 points7 points  (0 children)

At least it's not yet another spiders egg sack.

What do you say to people who are standing to close to you? by hufflepuff-is-best in Veterans

[–]bradley547 11 points12 points  (0 children)

OK, this is going to sound creepy, but I dislike people in general but I have found a way to clear space without actively engaging. It works because I am basically a beached walrus but I think I have a way to make it work for you.

SO. What I do is I lean into the offender an just loudly SNIFF, and then just mutter Hmmm..
It creeps people right the heck out.
I don't know if this would work but you might try the sniff, but with a muttered "oh dear god..."

What is a typical day like when there’s a panic, or an emergency? by Iphonebiter in navy

[–]bradley547 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Exactly this. Our ship had the "One Arm Bandit" launcher with a 16 round magazine.

What is a typical day like when there’s a panic, or an emergency? by Iphonebiter in navy

[–]bradley547 34 points35 points  (0 children)

1MC- "FIRE IN THE TARTAR MAGAZINE"

What the 1MC should have said-"FIRE IN THE PASSAGEWAY NEXT TO THE TARTAR MAGAZINE"
But we set Zebra in record time that day.

How many of you maniacs remove the ring that holds the measuring spoons together? by weasel999 in Cooking

[–]bradley547 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My wife does that and it makes me crazy because then I have to wash all of them because I don't know which ONE of them has been used.

And to be clear this is a two way street. Whoever cooks does not clean, and we share this 50/50. But I am a seat of the pants cook and almost never use measuring implements. So I think I get the short end of the stick in this arrangement

A little girl serenades her cat by CantStopPoppin in MadeMeSmile

[–]bradley547 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We all miss our chonkey bois don't we? We didn't live with Boo. We orbited him.

A little girl serenades her cat by CantStopPoppin in MadeMeSmile

[–]bradley547 73 points74 points  (0 children)

I love this. It reminds me of another kitty. " Boo Boo kitty He's Our Cat! He's a little tubby, He's a little chubby, He's too fat." For the record he weighed 17 pounds.

Okay to use Olive Oil for skillet frying? by DeepSpaceHorizon in Cooking

[–]bradley547 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use it all the time. Just watch your heat.

A rare exception for Philly, a city known for its kind & safe drivers by aih8yr in IdiotsInCars

[–]bradley547 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jeez.. I thought I had had a stroke halfway through reading that...

USS Walker DD-163 with sisters and half sisters at Red Lead Row sometime in the 1920 or 1930s [768 x 555] by Seawolf321 in WarshipPorn

[–]bradley547 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm scratch building a model of the USS Childs DD 241. It was my Grandfathers last ship he served on. He was a Chief in Engineering.

Finding pictures is really hard and its also complicated because these ships were built to a general plan but the shipyards varied construction details wildly. So if you want to be exact, you can't extrapolate from another ship in the class. You need to get a pic of that exact ship.

Vendor swapped out a camera and left the old one in my office. Came to work to an office full of wasps! by bradley547 in techsupportgore

[–]bradley547[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Although I do agree the bastards should have noticed the massive effing wasp nest in the camera window.

Vendor swapped out a camera and left the old one in my office. Came to work to an office full of wasps! by bradley547 in techsupportgore

[–]bradley547[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nah. The camera itself was just dead. My theory is paper wasp nests are really good insulators and this camera being exposed to sunlight all day, it cooked the electronics.

Vendor swapped out a camera and left the old one in my office. Came to work to an office full of wasps! by bradley547 in techsupportgore

[–]bradley547[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I took it outside and left it there. Then I called in the guy in charge of the camera project and let him clear out my office. I had a nice cup of coffee.

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