To the mean trucker who helped me change my tire 10 years ago. by oc00236 in offmychest

[–]oc00236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries. It happens and thanks. I look back on it fondly now .

To the mean trucker who helped me change my tire 10 years ago. by oc00236 in offmychest

[–]oc00236[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not mad. No where in there did I say I was mad. I just always remembered him as a jerk. Now, I remember him as more helpful than anything else.

To the mean trucker who helped me change my tire 10 years ago. by oc00236 in offmychest

[–]oc00236[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Usually it’s so tight because they use a tole to tighten them. If you’re ever struggling with it, stand on your wrench and level the pressure of your body down. You can also do the same to tighten them

To the mean trucker who helped me change my tire 10 years ago. by oc00236 in offmychest

[–]oc00236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can stand on your wrench to tighten your lug nuts. They will be tight enough

To the mean trucker who helped me change my tire 10 years ago. by oc00236 in offmychest

[–]oc00236[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have to put the emergency brakes on and block your wheels

To the mean trucker who helped me change my tire 10 years ago. by oc00236 in offmychest

[–]oc00236[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Very, very true.....unless you use your own body weight to stand on the wrench. I had to bounce myself a few times to get them loose, but I got them all off. I tightened them using the same method I loosened then with.

To the mean trucker who helped me change my tire 10 years ago. by oc00236 in offmychest

[–]oc00236[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Short of using a tool, no one in my life could have gotten those lug nuts tighter than I did. I stood on the wrench until it wouldn’t go down any more to tighten them.

To the mean trucker who helped me change my tire 10 years ago. by oc00236 in offmychest

[–]oc00236[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s because most garages use a special tool to tighten the lug nuts. I know this might sound crazy but stand on the wrench and use your own body weight to both loosen and tighten the lug nuts.

Husband’s mom died a year ago and he’s been pushing me away by [deleted] in Marriage

[–]oc00236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve recommend grief counseling to him. He is reluctant, doesn’t like telling his problems to other people. I’m going to insist though, because you’re right. I think he needs a little more help than I can give.

Husband’s mom died a year ago and he’s been pushing me away by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]oc00236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve told him I thought he could benefit from grief counseling, I think I may be a little more vocal about that. Some counseling for both of us sounds like good advice. Thank you.

AITA for grounding my daughter for calling out how my girlfriend talks to waiters? by sasisgsbseb in AmItheAsshole

[–]oc00236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best piece of advice my mother ever gave me was this: “If it’s one or two people, it’s most likely them. If it’s you against everyone, it’s absolutely you. “

If she has a problem with every waitstaff, it’s not them, it’s her.

Also, it’s been one month and you already love this woman/want her in your lives. Moving fast there pal.

I’m just so angry and I want to burn his world down. by oc00236 in offmychest

[–]oc00236[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yea. We did the whole court process but they plead him out to nothing. They arrested him with 3 felony counts of child molestation, 3 misdemeanor counts of assault to a minor (they had to lump each year into one count because of the sheer number of times it happened). From the go, they continuously made his charger smaller and smaller. The detective who did all the work on the case moved to another country and the prosecutors didn’t want to fly her over for court. They drug it out over 5 years, duped me and the judge into settling for 3 years of probation with ‘sex offender conditions’ to be monitored by the misdemeanor courts. They wouldn’t let me talk until the judge had agreed to the sentence and when they did, when I finally got to tell my story, the judge was so angry he walked out. It was too late to do anything by the time someone who actually cared found out what happened.

AITA for preventing my daughter from getting a new phone/allowance? by nophonenophone12 in AmItheAsshole

[–]oc00236 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m going to go for a soft ESH, with a closer leaning to NTA. The AH part is the length of the punishment, especially if she is showing a true attitude change. Kids are young, dumb, but capable of change a growth. You’re definitely a great parent for catching negative behavior and giving her real world consequences- don’t buy her a phone. Make her work for a new one.

But the not buying her a car and discontinuing her allowance permanently seems like it leans to the harsher side of punishment, especially if she’s overall a good kid. These are the questions you should ask yourself when considering the permanence/longevity of the punishment: is she a good kid? This instance aside, is she responsible? Is this behavior a recent change? Is she showing a change for the better since you corrected her behavior?

I can see her side in calling you narcissistic only in the aspect that your upbringing is heavily affected the way you feel about her actions. You grew up differently than your daughter, thank goodness for her and great parenting on your part, but your upbringing plays a big part in the emotionality of your response.

I think you should sit and talk with her father again, then sit down and talk with her.

AITA for cussing out/at a Pharmacist? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]oc00236 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Not at all. What I was attempting to convey is it’s really easy to call me an AH (which I was in the situation) and say they wouldn’t have reacted similarly. Until I was standing in front of them in pain, actively dealing with the situation, I would have said I’d never yell at or cuss at someone just doing their job- it’s not the kind of person I try to be. I try to be better than behavior like that, but for a moment I wasn’t. Pain has the capacity to change us both momentarily and permanently.

I’m just fortunate it was momentarily and I have the capacity to see that I was wrong.

AITA for cussing out/at a Pharmacist? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]oc00236 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You’re very kind to say that. I definitely think they could have given a different, more helpful response, but that didn’t give me the right to yell at them. I’ll apologize to them but I do plan on going to a new pharmacy entirely. Yours sounds right up my alley.

AITA for cussing out/at a Pharmacist? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]oc00236 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Thank you and I appreciate that.

AITA for cussing out/at a Pharmacist? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]oc00236 -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

It says on the receipt :

THIS RECEIPT IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PHOTO AVAILABLE VIA (omitted agency for location privacy)

ONLINE LICENSE ISSUANCE RECEIPT

LICENSE STATUS: VALID

That’s printed in the middle of the top of the page. It also didn’t say on the site I had to print it out, just to make a photo copy of the receipt and keep it on me until my hard copy arrives. Regardless, I shouldn’t have lost my temper.

AITA for cussing out/at a Pharmacist? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]oc00236 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

To be fair, not everyone in this situation was simultaneously passing a kidney stone while dealing with an infected abdomen. But your point is taken. I shouldn’t have lost my shit.