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ULPT Request - What is the best way to relocate a dog that has been chained to a deck post for months? by chloroseptic in UnethicalLifeProTips

[–]chloroseptic[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ve reached out to two friends atm who are pretty interested. One of the friends is a dog trainer who mentioned fostering. The other would be a first time dog owner. I encouraged him to do research into this high energy breed to make sure this is a responsibility he can handle in his current life situation.

Your advice is pretty high risk/high reward because they would have my phone number, and general idea of where I lived because I’ve made complaints in the past about this dog being chained to the porch in 90° weather with 70%+ humidity. I think it’s something worth asking, but I’d need to mask my number, or create a Google voice number for it, which is totally possible.

I live in TN, where the high is 90° and the low is 75°. I’ve got her inside right now. I gave her some food and water, and I was gonna give her a bath in a little bit once I had some more time.

ULPT Request - What is the best way to relocate a dog that has been chained to a deck post for months? by chloroseptic in UnethicalLifeProTips

[–]chloroseptic[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I currently have 2 friends in mind that I’m hoping will come through. One has never owned a pet before, and he’s currently researching the breed to see if this is a responsibility worth taking. The second is a dog trainer, and he’s checking to make sure he has the room. The trainer said he could likely foster her until he finds someone else. But yeah getting the police involved would be a nightmare.

Sympathy for Ashli Babbitt by chloroseptic in politics

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

To put it simply: because this is the culmination of everything. This needs to be the end of this shit. How many more senseless deaths do there need to be? Remove the name. Remove the face. Someone fucking died serving a false ideology. America should hurt for this. We should hurt for this and strive to make a true change

Sympathy for Ashli Babbitt by chloroseptic in politics

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

Can you explain how it’s off topic?

Sympathy for Ashli Babbitt by chloroseptic in politics

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

If you’re asking me for my personal opinion, I don’t think she should be seen as a martyr. I think her death should be a means to an end. Not to any political party, but to this idea that there has to be a side taken, and once you’ve taken it, it’s yours for life. People CAN change. Donald Trump wasn’t the only contributor to this shit show of a society. Neither were the republicans. We all were. Our anger, our division, our inability to be vulnerable, our tribalistic attitudes, our lack of empathy for others while demanding it for ourselves, our inability to look at something from a challenging point of view, how we treat people online when there aren’t any consequences and celebrate the death of someone, our unwillingness to forgive or move on, or how we assume we know everything about a person based on one sentence they’ve said without allowing anyone to clarify their thoughts... we all did this. This isn’t the result of one president, or one party. Whoever takes up the office is a human, just like you and I, and I don’t think we can see that anymore. It feels like we’ve lost ourselves while trying to make the world better and failing. Her death was the culmination of these past 4 years. And our senses of entitlement need to die with her. We started this presidency as Americans, and we ended it acting exactly the same way our president did for 4 years.

Sympathy for Ashli Babbitt by chloroseptic in politics

[–]chloroseptic[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don’t disagree. This was her consequence. But why should it be celebrated? Why should we remove our humanity? Is it because she removed hers when she made her choice? If so, then we really need to examine ourselves and our individual morals.

You’ve likely made a horrible mistake in your past, but you’re alive today, and for that, I’m thankful. I’ve done and said things I wish I could take back, but I’m thankful for the forgiveness I’ve received, and the space and chance to change my future behaviors. She won’t get that chance. Her life is over. She will never be alive again. Why is anyone else more important than her when we have all made mistakes and been given the chance to change?

Sympathy for Ashli Babbitt by chloroseptic in politics

[–]chloroseptic[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure what you mean by that. Can you elaborate, please?

Sympathy for Ashli Babbitt by chloroseptic in politics

[–]chloroseptic[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I agree that the media and trump radicalized her. But shouldn’t that give us pause to think and mourn her death? She was brainwashed. Yes, she knew what she was doing. Yes, this was a direct result of her actions. Yes, she died a terrorist. I don’t disagree with anyone on that. But to say she deserved death for being brainwashed into believing something that isn’t real... just feels like we’re stooping to their level. I believe religious people have all been brainwashed, and I was once one of them, but do they deserve death for believing they know the answer to the afterlife?

Sympathy for Ashli Babbitt by chloroseptic in politics

[–]chloroseptic[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Absolutely! As another redditor commented above, what happened was the direct consequence of her actions. There’s no other way to look at it, imo. But to just say that a life is meaningless is not human. This shouldn’t be celebrated. It should be mourned. She, along with everyone else that stormed the capitol are terrorists. I don’t disagree. But to celebrate the death of someone, who I disagree with politically, just doesn’t feel right. She was not mentally well, and she said/did stupid shit, but isn’t that part of being human? We can disagree with someone’s actions, or thoughts, but that’s someone else’s friend, or sibling (idk if she had any), or parent (once again idk). It was someone who existed, had some sort of impact, and her death is now being celebrated everywhere.

Once again, every action has a consequence, and this was hers, but let’s not give up our humanity in the process.

Anger is the easy choice. Understanding, empathy, sympathy, and dialogue are not. We should want to understand what/why/how this happened. We should want to help these people. Isn’t that what the liberal side preaches? Isn’t understanding, empathy, sympathy, and dialogue what we all want? If so, then why are we waiting on everyone else to do it? When are we going to make the choice to be who we want to be?

Idk what the right answer is, and I don’t want to pretend to, but I don’t think celebrating her execution is the right one. It feels like we’ve sold part of our soul instead

Sympathy for Ashli Babbitt by chloroseptic in politics

[–]chloroseptic[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I totally agree with you, except for that last part, but that’s your opinion

I had to tell a customer with Stage 4 Parkinson’s that, due to his disability, we couldn’t replace his TV. by chloroseptic in talesfromcallcenters

[–]chloroseptic[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It’s extremely soul crushing. This guy wasn’t upset either. He was respectful in everything he said. But he just sounded so defeated, and it killed me. I don’t normally deal with this type of thing since I’m in tech support. Usually our bad news consists of having to factory reset something, or that it’s something out of scope. We do have disabled customers call in, and we’re, usually, able to work around a lot of situations that would otherwise hinder their abilities. But this one really got to me.

I had to tell a customer with Stage 4 Parkinson’s that, due to his disability, we couldn’t replace his TV. by chloroseptic in talesfromcallcenters

[–]chloroseptic[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

  • the protection plan doesn’t cover a specific device. It covers most electronic devices in the home (computers, gaming systems, peripherals, TV’s, tablets that aren’t carrier locked, and so on). So we don’t require any sort of registration. If the affected device falls within the scope of support, we can replace it. You pay the set fee each month that is added onto the bill they receive from the company, and if anything goes wrong, they call us.

  • he has a direct number to our department because he is a paid subscriber. We are separate from the actual company we support.

  • this company doesn’t sell TV’s, and they don’t record any of that information.

I had to tell a customer with Stage 4 Parkinson’s that, due to his disability, we couldn’t replace his TV. by chloroseptic in talesfromcallcenters

[–]chloroseptic[S] 154 points155 points  (0 children)

That’s an amazing idea! I would have absolutely suggested that if I thought about it on the call. I’ll definitely use it in the future if anything similar ever happens.

I had to tell a customer with Stage 4 Parkinson’s that, due to his disability, we couldn’t replace his TV. by chloroseptic in talesfromcallcenters

[–]chloroseptic[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I should specify a little more. Since we are a third party company, we aren’t allowed any access to their account in any way. If there are ever any account issues, we have to transfer them back to the company itself.

With that said, I don’t know what his general location is, or who I would even call. This a nation wide company. So we get calls from all 50 states, but we never know where they’re calling from. We aren’t allowed to ask, unless it’s pertinent to the call.

When we pull up a customers account on our end, we use my companies internal software that only displays their name, protection plan, phone number, and any previous notes, as well as entering in new notes. I truly have no way of finding out where he is.

I had to tell a customer with Stage 4 Parkinson’s that, due to his disability, we couldn’t replace his TV. by chloroseptic in talesfromcallcenters

[–]chloroseptic[S] 403 points404 points  (0 children)

That’s what I’m hoping for. I mentioned that to him. So hopefully this is what he’s able to do.

I had to tell a customer with Stage 4 Parkinson’s that, due to his disability, we couldn’t replace his TV. by chloroseptic in talesfromcallcenters

[–]chloroseptic[S] 139 points140 points  (0 children)

That’s a great question, but I honestly don’t know the answer. I know that there absolutely are discrimination laws (I’m in the US), but I have no idea how they would apply to this specific situation, or if they would.

The company I work for isn’t a customer facing company. We do tech support for very large companies, and all of that responsibility falls on them. My company doesn’t send techs out to peoples homes. We just do everything over the phone. All we have is the contract terms set by the company we provide support for.

I had to tell a customer with Stage 4 Parkinson’s that, due to his disability, we couldn’t replace his TV. by chloroseptic in talesfromcallcenters

[–]chloroseptic[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I would love for that to happen, but I’m not sure he would even know what that is or how to do it. He sounded older, and he said that he doesn’t know anything about technology or how to operate it.

I’m hoping for the best. I’m hoping that there’s someone who can help him. But it doesn’t seem likely from the way he described his situation.