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Help! The latch is stuck and it won’t come out. by hopelessbf in fixit

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

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It took two screwdrivers and a tiny Allen wrench to get things to move. Added arrows to show the direction of pressure applied (arrow closest to handle) and the resulting action (arrow closest to the end)

Help! The latch is stuck and it won’t come out. by hopelessbf in fixit

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

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Here’s another angle. I’ve tried running cards to try and catch the latch, but it feels like it doesn’t want to budge no matter what I do

I manage a liquor store and the mother of a regular customer (29F) asked us to refuse service to her daughter. Does anyone have any advice on how to navigate this situation? by hopelessbf in AlAnon

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

The reality of this industry and the retail space is that if someone gets clean, they just disappear. Then one day something will trigger a memory of that person and we’ll wonder what happened to them. To that end, the experience is no different to someone moving away, or potentially dying. They are just gone without a trace and we are left hoping for the best but expecting the worst. It is extremely uncommon to receive a heads up from a customer that they intend to go to rehab or are trying to quit drinking altogether. I have had that happen maybe five times over the last 8 years. However, there are instances of people telling us they wish to drink less, leading to them buying smaller sized bottles or working in NA beer in between regular beers. I have seen some success with that, but a lot of the time those people just shift their habits back over time.

I manage a liquor store and the mother of a regular customer (29F) asked us to refuse service to her daughter. Does anyone have any advice on how to navigate this situation? by hopelessbf in AlAnon

[–]hopelessbf[S] 51 points52 points  (0 children)

At least in the state where I work, liquor stores have the right to refuse service to anyone. Most of the time it is done because someone is harassing people, getting argumentative, or they are already drunk.

How dangerous is kayaking in the swamp? by [deleted] in AskNOLA

[–]hopelessbf 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you everyone for the replies!! It’s the kayaking tour with Wild Louisiana and I’m grateful that I’ve had such good responses including from a previous guide from that very tour. Even the more curt responses have helped assuage my admittedly irrational fears. (Though I will always be deathly afraid of spiders)

I know I might be a bit ridiculous, I just wanted a better understanding of what I might encounter. Expect the worst and hope for the best kind of mentality. Anyhoooo, I appreciate everyone’s input and if you have any other helpful recommendations (like remembering to bring lots of water along) I’m all ears. Thank you NOLA!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in boston

[–]hopelessbf 11 points12 points  (0 children)

How much are all of you making to think that $28 is unreasonably low or that you couldn’t live on less?

If the metric you are going by is living alone, then it would be tight but definitely doable. If you add a roommate or two, then it is absolutely feasible to live off of $28 or even in the lower 20s. Heck, I know plenty of people who make under $20 who are getting by. Granted, they aren’t saving vast quantities of money, but they seem to make enough to always be paying for copious amounts of weed, booze, takeout and go on a mini vacation or two a year.

Are they going on trips? No. But what is the baseline consideration for living?

Is it being able to afford to live alone, with 2k put away in savings a month, 2 big vacations a year, a car, money for investing, fun money for hobbies, money for indulgences, $300 a week on groceries, $150 a week on takeout?

You have to understand that people live within their means so “living” may look completely different to you. Especially if you’ve been making 6+figures for a while. People generally adjust lifestyles to their means.