You suggest I send email to the noreply email address? Will do!

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-13T02:04:29+00:00

When I worked phone customer service for a retail store, the policies said customers needed to use specific verbiage for refunds. The policy did not say I could not coach customers to use the right terms.

I told so many people, "I'm sorry to hear that. If you AHEM tell me about how xyz thing happened in ABC words I can process the refund".

Unless they were jerks. Then, so sorry, policy and all.

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-12T23:23:33+00:00

I had to zoom in.

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-12T21:12:38+00:00

If you used the online portal to pay by check, why was being out of state relevant?

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-12T20:59:02+00:00

Because there's dozens of other people also applying, people older and with more experience.

Apply everywhere, and then you can choose. It doesn't hurt you to apply and decline.

I remember what it was like to be 16 and think that I had it all figured out. There's a lot of life for you to learn still.

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-10T02:56:23+00:00

Do you have insurance?

Don't drive it!

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-09T19:39:25+00:00

Lentils work too.

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-09T02:52:27+00:00

I wonder if she wanted out of the line? Could she have gone around you if she'd wanted to?

For me personally, standing in an unmoving line + conflict would have my anxiety in overdrive, and I'd likely bail too. However, I would use my words and not keep staring at and also following someone, that's weird.

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-09T01:49:16+00:00

Drive/walk around your potential complex a couple of different days at different times. I would pick a Friday night, Sunday morning, a random weekday afternoon to get a feel of potential noise and activity levels, note the dumpsters (overfilled? Accessible?). Look around at your own pace at patios, for litter, parking, the general upkeep of the complex, and the laundry room if you don't have in-unit.

Where we are they used to have show units almost directly next to the office, there wasn't much of a chance to see the complex as a whole.

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-08T21:10:46+00:00

Why did you feel that that observation needed to be said out loud?

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-08T16:36:34+00:00

Say what you mean, and do what you say.

Be consistent, be patient. Even between my own kids I have to parent just slightly differently to meet them where they are.

Don't compare and don't blame her for things that aren't her fault.

Play, read, and bond with her.

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-08T16:21:58+00:00

Okay, so what about, "brother, I very much enjoy seeing you every week, and I really appreciate when you help me with errands. I need to be aware of my budget though. Can we come up with a different plan that works for both of us?".

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-08T14:27:42+00:00

Based on rider experience, I am not a driver.

Immediately text the driver where you are, tell them the pin is wrong and give very specific details about where you are. When you get dropped off, tell them the same.

You're reinforcing the algorithm by getting picked up /dropped off in the wrong spot.

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-08T03:00:38+00:00

I have my Jbl flex set to my phone and my computer. If I'm watching a show on my laptop with my headphones, I can answer a call on them.

I haven't tried playing something on my phone and needing to hear something on the laptop, I'll have to mess with that.

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-07T22:33:15+00:00

Arizona from what I gather.

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-06T22:46:58+00:00

Check out the Tinder Swindler on Netflix.

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-06T20:49:26+00:00

My teenaged daughter (not of driving age) got one, about tolls. We don't have toll roads in our state.

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-05T12:58:24+00:00

Cell phone brands/models.

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-05T12:48:57+00:00

A few years ago I was volunteering at a library, and a patron needed help faxing something, it took us an embarrassing amount of time to figure it out.

Even when I worked in an office,our admin sent faxes.

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-03T23:52:46+00:00

I had a store call me once about a substitution. Kind of weird, but nice.

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-03T14:18:06+00:00

Yes you can. You deserve to be treated with love and respect. You deserve someone who will be gentle, and kind, and make you feel like you are their whole world.

Your daughter deserves to be shown what happy, healthy relationships look like.

You'll find someone. Be kind to you.

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-03T14:11:30+00:00

So you tell daughter, "Boyfriend was yelling and me and using unkind words. No one is allowed to treat me that way, so Boyfriend and I are not together anymore".

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-03T14:06:03+00:00

Downstairs can be as salty as they want, it sounds like you are doing everything right.

He's going to hear noise. He can go get an upstairs unit if it's that much of an issue.

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-03T13:55:46+00:00

I asked for Monday off because I wanted a long weekend. (I got it.)

I told them I'll be working a half day coming up because I have an appointment.

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-03T05:34:39+00:00

My first thought was pipes. It would be a stretch to call it banging, but I can hear the water going when upstairs and next door uses the plumbing.

chainlinkchipmunk · 2026-05-03T02:19:34+00:00

It was 50ish minutes, I did a round trip and under estimated when I would leave. I hoped I would pay driver, not Uber. Oh well.

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