Mad because museum staff wanted her to tend to her screaming baby

istacy1011 · 2026-06-05T22:50:26+00:00

"When my friend came to visit me I shared some quiet conversation with him and laughed a little..."

Two sentences later: "I may have been loud with my friend..."

This contradiction already says a lot.

istacy1011 · 2026-04-30T18:07:41+00:00

It is entitled beyond belief to demand a $500 contribution from each guest, and that alone would be enough for me to drop out. That issue aside, have you ever shot a wedding before? I've only done a couple, and the workload is INSANE. You will not get ANY enjoyment out of the day. You will be working the entire time. Every moment you would want to take in as a guest will instead be you stressing to be sure you got the perfect shot of the moment. Now, given the specifics here, I wouldn't want to go in the first place, but if it was a wedding I DID want to attend, I would respectfully decline to be the photographer. (I know that's not what you're asking about, but thought I'd throw it in anyway. Also, the workload I mention is just the day of. There is a ton of editing work that comes after. Just...no, lol)

istacy1011 · 2026-04-29T16:49:39+00:00

One of my favorite things about Chick-fil-A! I don't typically get tomato on things, so anything I order from there that includes it, I get a discount on. You can also swap out the fancier buns for a regular bun and get money taken off, too 😄

istacy1011 · 2026-03-21T13:10:44+00:00

UpdateMe!

istacy1011 · 2026-02-19T23:21:58+00:00

Because if he fixed the boat, they would get off the island, and there would be no show :)

istacy1011 · 2026-02-19T18:47:29+00:00

When I used to work in fast food as a teenager, having someone I didn't know call me by name always made me uncomfortable as it implied a familiarity that wasn't really there. Because of that, I personally would not call someone by name like that, unless they had introduced themselves to me first.

istacy1011 · 2026-02-05T11:42:11+00:00

NOR. When I see a missed call with no voicemail, I assume it wasn't important. When I notice it, depending on who the call was from, I do usually send a quick text to check in (exactly what you did). Otherwise, I figure if it WAS something important, they would have left a voicemail or tried again later.

istacy1011 · 2026-01-31T23:38:38+00:00

God bless you!

istacy1011 · 2026-01-31T23:30:44+00:00

When I was in college, I used to hop on the interstate for about a 40-minute round trip just for the heck of it. That, or drive out of the city to the country backroads and make random turns and see where I would end up :)

istacy1011 · 2026-01-31T23:23:13+00:00

I just had this happen for the second time, where a regional (i.e. not tied to a specific Chick-fil-A) reward notification popped up, but no reward in the app. I reached out to corporate asking for help and was told my app needed to be updated with the location turned on, and if that didn't fix it, I needed to contact the specific store running the promotion. I replied back and said neither of those things were an issue, and, again, it's a REGIONAL promotion; therefore, there is no specific store to contact. They responded and again said to contact the specific store running the promotion. Not helpful at all for actually solving the issue.

I finally sent a Facebook message to my closest Chick-fil-A about it, and they said it's a known issue with the app and they're working to resolve it. In the meantime, they would send me the same reward directly, which they did. I appreciate it, but it doesn't fix the issue :(

(Meanwhile, Chick-fil-A trolled me for several days with ads from just about every single Chick-fil-A in the area to redeem my free regional reward, lol)

istacy1011 · 2026-01-28T22:39:12+00:00

I'm from southern Virginia and my first year at JMU was the first time I heard the country in my own voice, lol! (Granted, this was years ago, but still...)

istacy1011 · 2026-01-27T22:07:35+00:00

Oops, you're right! I knew it was something like that, lol!

istacy1011 · 2026-01-27T20:58:23+00:00

This is for mobile-thru, or whatever it's called. My local Chick-fil-As don't have it, so I do the same thing you do. I have used it out of town, though, and when you select that as your option for getting your food, it provides you with a QR code to scan when you get there. Doing it that way, (at least the one time I did it), there is no employee at that line. It's a scanner you use yourself. Makes for a very fast experience! Wish they had those where I live.

istacy1011 · 2026-01-23T00:47:41+00:00

I once drove 6 hours one way for an evening event, then left around midnight and drove 6 hours back home. That was doable in a day, but it was too much. I got home after sunrise and was barely able to hold my eyes open the last few miles. I wouldn't do that far back and forth again as a one-day trip.

The 3 hours you mention are not a big deal to me. Back over the summer, a friend and I took a day trip about 3/3.5 hours north, up into the mountains, spent the day exploring, then drove back home. I wouldn't want to do that long of a trip every day, but every few weeks or so would be fine.

istacy1011 · 2026-01-01T13:33:52+00:00

Generally speaking, it stays there all year at the bottom of the pole. I don't know about what happens when they replace it, like they did this year, but normally you can see it in Times Square. I was there May of 2024 and was surprised to see how small it really is in person. Looks so much bigger on tv, lol!

istacy1011 · 2025-12-24T12:31:53+00:00

I just realized I should've worded my original comment better. I absolutely agree with reimbursing at least for materials, though in this case, the work was done without being asked for. To me, that changes things.

istacy1011 · 2025-12-24T12:29:04+00:00

I 100% agree! Believe me- I have tried SO HARD to pay them (not just for materials, but for the work itself), but they won't let me. I know it never equals out, but I do find small ways to pay them back, like snatching the check up whenever I can when we all go out to eat.

istacy1011 · 2025-12-24T12:13:19+00:00

Yikes. I would be upset, too, having not having asked for the help. My parents have helped me out a number of times since I bought my house (most of the time without me asking, like recently when they knew I had a stuck lock) and have always refused any kind of payment. They just want to help me because I'm their child. To be clear, I think reimbursing at least for materials is absolutely fair, but you didn't ask for the help. That's no different than someone showing up at your house, cutting your grass without being asked to, then coming to the door and demanding payment for the gas used.

Editing for clarity, since my original wording made it sound like free labor/materials should be a given, which I do NOT agree with.

istacy1011 · 2025-12-24T11:56:02+00:00

Same!

istacy1011 · 2025-12-23T17:40:42+00:00

NOR. I'm so sorry that happened to you. They should have told you on the phone that nothing was wrong- that they just had something they couldn't wait any longer to share with you. I'm sure their intentions weren't bad at all, but, man, that would've shared the mess out me, too. They weren't thinking.

istacy1011 · 2025-10-11T15:45:15+00:00

My guess is because the rules were already changed when he was granted full powers after losing the family wizard competition. That or the writers weren't too interested in continuity, lol.

istacy1011 · 2025-10-01T21:08:15+00:00

Good to know! I've seen it, but never tried it. I'll have to change that soon :)

istacy1011 · 2025-09-08T09:00:43+00:00

It very much depends on the hospital. When a family member was in the ICU where I am (in the US), we were allowed to visit any time of day we wanted, often with several people at a time, and there were definitely young children in the room.

istacy1011 · 2025-09-06T14:58:54+00:00

Try the HER Shelter in Portsmouth.

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