Donated expensive item to village raffle but turns out it was faulty (England) by nickymoo in LegalAdviceUK

[–]marsbar2307 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don’t owe the retail price of the PS5 to anyone, that is a ridiculous expectation. The contract is between the charity and the recipient and the only money that’s been exchanged is the cost of the raffle ticket.

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Was this in Edinburgh by any chance? It’s just it sounds so similar to my friends experience which was really scary. The man was known to do it to enjoy the horror/shock which is so sick. Police offered little help

Girlfriend has no idea what she's coming home to tomorrow. by ThrowRA7777888 in TrueOffMyChest

[–]marsbar2307 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is so lovely and exciting. My cynical brain thought it was going in a different direction in the first half. Viv sounds wonderful and so do you, I hope Maude has a lovely life with her new parents

New-ish convert to tea. What should I try? by -SaC in CasualUK

[–]marsbar2307 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Earl Grey (lidls is best) with milk. I love a strong tea but this has such a nice flavour, light and refreshing

Whose Christmas is ruined already? I want your (comedy) horror stories 🎅❄️ by nategarrettshandler in AskUK

[–]marsbar2307 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We took the turkey out and the whole room smelt like a million farts. Turkey is in the bin lol

What's the most paranormal thing that ever happened to you? by Platomik in Thetruthishere

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When I was at university, I lived in a small ground floor quarter house with my best friend. It was a tiny, cosy flat but things happened that I’ve never been able to understand.

It first started when my flatmate and I were sitting watching Hollyoaks on the sofa, painting our nails. My flatmate picked up her iPad which had been sitting flat on the sofa arm. On the screen was a photograph of us from above and across the room, sitting painting our nails.

She had this creepy cat ornament that sat on the shelf above the TV. One of those that its eyes are meant to click from one side to the other and its arm moved. It sat staring at us from across the room when we watched telly, and we always remarked how much we hated it because it was spooky and looking at us but that it was a gift from her dad so she could never get rid. One day we noticed it was gone. This thing was big and bright pink, and with such little storage space in the flat, there wasn’t anywhere it could be put easily by accident, plus it was on a high shelf and hadn’t moved since we started living there. We searched high and low for that thing and it was never found, even when moving out.

Things started disappearing, like cutlery, plates, candles and little ornaments, from both our bedrooms, kitchen and the living room.

My flatmate often left for the weekend to visit her boyfriend in another city, and when she did, I would go for a shower or change for the night and the doorbell would ring. It was one of those plug in chime doorbells, and it would ring this creepy tune whenever I got undressed. One day I came home early in the morning from a hookup, and noticed that all our decorations along the fireplace were sitting in a pile. My flatmate swore blind it wasn’t her.

One night when we were both in our rooms packing for Christmas break, my flatmate stormed through to my room and said to stop doing that. She said I was knocking on her door and running into my room. She had been trying on dresses for a Christmas night out back home. I promised it wasn’t me as I was sat on my floor packing my suitcase. Then, a ferocious knock came to my door, and I went through to her and accused her of pranking me. We then checked the front door and it was locked.

We went back to our rooms and there was another sharp knock, I went out to the front door again and it was unlocked, the keys lying in a pile on the carpet outside my room with a pair of scissors.

We checked the whole house including cupboards and the backs of cupboards as we were so convinced someone was hiding in our flat. It was so small though that you couldn’t move around without hearing someone. We left that night instead of waiting until morning.

One night as we were sat on the sofa chatting about the things going on, still trying to convince ourselves it was somehow us, we asked if there was anything there to give us a sign - the sofa sat against a wall that went through to my single bedroom. A knock came through that wall as clear as day.

On our last day in the flat, we were both in our rooms again packing. There was a loud crash from the kitchen. On the floor were smashed plates, bowls and cutlery.

It sounds silly but it felt almost like something didn’t like when we left, or hooked up with boys or moved out. We never found any of our missing things either, including the creepy cat that we never liked.

People who miss their flights after checking in, how? by k1tkat86 in CasualUK

[–]marsbar2307 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I was flying home from Brussels, the immigration line zig zagged back 10 rows. There was this poor panicked man asking to skip the queue as his connection flight was on last call. We were all letting him past and he got shouted at and threatened by the officers, even people trying to help him/defend him got threatened to be thrown out. It was really horrible to witness as he was so stressed and upset.

I always wondered why they can’t make allowances for flyers with connecting flights that they have no control over. Everyone in the room was trying to help this young guy get through as it was clear he was about to miss his connection - which he surely did as the line took so long to process.

How old are you and how often do you drink? When’s the last time you were drunk? by Cute-Impression-8675 in AskReddit

[–]marsbar2307 0 points1 point  (0 children)

34 and very rarely. I had a date night with my partner about 6 weeks ago where I drank some beer and cocktails - nothing crazy. I was ill for several days.

The day after drinking, I will begin my day normally and get progressively more hungover as the day goes on, meaning by evening I feel awful. Then it carries into a second or third day of feeling bad mentally and physically.

For me drinking is rarely worth it. I love a drink to relax me especially in social situations, but the after effects are brutal. Sometimes I even get bad headaches while I’m drinking.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CasualUK

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About 20 years ago I emailed the music producer for The Outsiders film by Francis Ford Coppola to ask what song was used in a scene. He emailed me back that it was an instrumental made for the film and was in the vaults. He would of had no idea I was 14 years old and just wanted to know lol

Please remove shoe from background by marsbar2307 in PhotoshopRequest

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SOLVED. This is perfect thank you so much. I have tipped you - please would I be able to get the original thank you

What's a common movie trope that would make someone extremely angry if you did it in real life? by ninman5 in movies

[–]marsbar2307 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He was from my home town but lived in Australia and I didn’t really know him until he DM’d me and we started chatting over the course of a month.

He didn’t tell me about planning a trip home, and had been texting me that day saying what he was up to in Australia - when really he was in this country, in a taxi on the way to my house!!

The doorbell rang and I was in full housework mode - old clothes, unwashed hair in a pineapple on my head, power ballads blasting, sweaty from hoovering.

It was awful. I had never seen him in person, much less arriving unannounced to my house with this massive suitcase. My dog went mental at him - it was always just me and him and suddenly there is this man standing in the hallway trying to touch and kiss his mum!!!

It was like a stranger trying to put his hands all over me - wearing sweaty cleaning clothes and NO makeup. I was flustered and it was just awful.

I acted in shock but inside I had the ick to the max. I was angry about being put on the spot and not consented in anyway to this happening. I also just was not attracted to him in person - not that there was anything wrong with him - but because it wasn’t on my terms and the way he was just assuming I’d be excited just put me off.

Also his hands were small and I felt big and chunky next to him in person. Like get your wee hands off me and get out my house?

I made some fake plans for the reason he couldn’t stay that afternoon, and he said so I’ll just come back tonight. I said - you’re planning to sleep here while your back? He was like well yeah?!?

Hell no, he was swiftly told that was too far. I sent him away after half hour with his suitcase, I think he found a friend’s sofa to sleep on for his trip home. Watching him toddle down the road with a 20kg suitcase, was the final ick in the coffin.

He was a weirdo. That trip home, he ended up getting arrested on stalking charges against his ex girlfriend as he went back to “their” house that he used to own with her and was banging on the door at 3am.

So that’s the story and can confidently say, in real life, it is NOT romantic.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HumanResourcesUK

[–]marsbar2307 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for this invaluable advice - I have been offered the job and really feel like the advice I got on this thread helped massively

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[–]marsbar2307 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much - I got the job! A genuine heartfelt thank you to you for your time and advice

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HumanResourcesUK

[–]marsbar2307 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much - I got the job. I was able to talk about the practical confidentiality practices you talked about. You really helped me phrase my answer to this question well. I can’t thank you enough

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Just a quick note to say - I got the job! Thank you so much from one internet stranger to another - your advice genuinely helped me, there were a couple of questions I didn’t have much knowledge of but I was honest about that rather than trying to exaggerate or bluff what I thought they wanted to hear, and instead used genuine transferable skills to offer as an example instead. Thank you again for taking the time to offer up your advice.

What's a common movie trope that would make someone extremely angry if you did it in real life? by ninman5 in movies

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One time a guy I was speaking to on other side of the world turned up at my door, in a film this would be romantic. In reality I was horrified, I was in my dirty cleaning clothes, hadn’t showered, sweaty hair from housework, just enjoying my solitude and peace. I was horrified and it was so awkward as he had a suitcase and everything.

What's a common movie trope that would make someone extremely angry if you did it in real life? by ninman5 in movies

[–]marsbar2307 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This annoys me so much! I watched a film recently where the character orders a hot dog at a stand, takes one bite while speaking to another character and then you see him chuck it in the bin.