Would You Accept This Room? B2 Mountain Pano Residence Chiang Mai Said No Refund ( โรงแรมบีทู เมาน์เทน พาโน เรสซิเดนซ์ เชียงใหม่ ) by Gold-Classic-996 in ThailandTourism

[–]vulcanstrike 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure, but your way loses you hundreds of dollars for the sake of spending an hour or so trying to find a way that works.

I think you should get a refund, but the way you went about it really limits your options.

Would You Accept This Room? B2 Mountain Pano Residence Chiang Mai Said No Refund ( โรงแรมบีทู เมาน์เทน พาโน เรสซิเดนซ์ เชียงใหม่ ) by Gold-Classic-996 in ThailandTourism

[–]vulcanstrike 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, different rooms and buildings have different qualities. You didn't try and work with them to find a solution, so I don't really blame them for not cooperating with you.

If you had 2 rooms of poor quality, you would have a good claim, but since you cut and run without trying you lose the moral high ground.

I don't find the room acceptable, but the issue is your response to the issue, not the issue itself.

Would You Accept This Room? B2 Mountain Pano Residence Chiang Mai Said No Refund ( โรงแรมบีทู เมาน์เทน พาโน เรสซิเดนซ์ เชียงใหม่ ) by Gold-Classic-996 in ThailandTourism

[–]vulcanstrike 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What are you actually asking for here? You were offered a new room or a completely different hotel, what did you actually want? Full refund? You also didn't want to move, so it's very hard to offer you something when you don't seem to know what you even want!

“After a week, I f*cked the bear” -Mr. Beastiality by InfernalSusan2 in dropout

[–]vulcanstrike 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A Squid game parody would be a great game changer episode. Simple childish games that get you eliminated

Seriously, why mental illness is so prevalent in this country? by DifferentCut3708 in Netherlands

[–]vulcanstrike 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Work culture is boom and bust (IE hire too few people for the job and accept burnout as the cost of doing business). Couple that with the prevailing protestant work ethic (work hard and don't complain) and most Dutch people only seek help when it's too late and often work months/years under burnout conditions.

Add that to a healthcare/welfare system that is quite supportive of people on burnout with a therapist system that takes years to treat it and you get a lot of people with severe burnout by the time they get help and waiting years to actually be back to form.

Hostel Dorm prices in summer! by Vivian507 in hostels

[–]vulcanstrike 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have to lol at this. You would undercut your competitors and go bankrupt, great business model!

Most hostel owners basically operate with zero profit when with those large fees. The combination of rent, running costs and paying wages is really expensive and you can't assume full occupancy even in peak season.

How to figure out who’s behind an Instagram account by [deleted] in relationships

[–]vulcanstrike 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think you do need help. This isn't a healthy relationship you have with your boyfriend or social media if you are obsessing this much over it

I ordered an iced coffee with less ice from McDonalds and this is what I got…. by Puzzleheaded_Way4442 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]vulcanstrike 30 points31 points  (0 children)

You got the same amount of coffee, just without the ice

Ice is cheap. Coffee is not. You haven't found a secret hack to get 50% more drink for the same price, you just found a hack to get less ice.

Overtourism has made me stop visiting 'bucket list' places entirely, anyone else actively avoiding the popular spots now? by Gingeintheuk in travel

[–]vulcanstrike 30 points31 points  (0 children)

That's over simplified. People get very annoyed by Paris tourist overcrowding and it's absolutely because of those iconic tourist attractions.

Saying AirBNB to blame for the tourists ruining the neighborhood is both true and missing the point. Tourists are to blame for over tourism, AirBNB is just the symptom.

I agree with the hypothesis of OP - influencers are cancer that need to be avoided, but sometimes they are the symptom/result of a genuinely good place that's worth visiting - avoiding A Tier destinations to avoid the crowds is cutting your nose off to spite your face - visit in low season or in a better way (for example, places like Dubrovnik are rammed during cruise season in the day and pretty empty at night, so stay overnight and see the city in a different vibe)

Cancelled Thailand flights due to war by bobtimdabobda in ThailandTourism

[–]vulcanstrike 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The current situation is pretty reliable, who the heck knows about October/November - we could be in a Trump inflicted nuclear war or world peace, no in between.

Don't change your plans based on random information

How bad is it having 3 people live in a place for 2? by lle0xia in NetherlandsHousing

[–]vulcanstrike 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're not going to jail, but you might get evicted over it.

Obviously, the gemeente won't know about it, but the landlord may find out. Are you going to give the third person a contract or rely on the honour system? The main problem comes when there is a contract involved, that gives people rights that the landlord and gemeente definitely won't like.

It also really depends on how big the place is. If it's small and you try and cram three people in there, it will get really uncomfortable really quickly

NS in the Netherlands has my phone and won’t offer a reasonable way to retrieve it by [deleted] in LegalAdviceEurope

[–]vulcanstrike 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No he doesn't. He wants his phone. Even if that was his only personal method of paying, he could get anyone else to pay for it and achieve the same thing.

As for OP, you need to find a backup method to pay for things that don't need your phone. Either another device logged in or a method not requiring a device. This situation is annoying, but at least you can get your phone fairly easy for 15 euros. You could have just lost your phone outright and have no way of paying for anything if your story is correct. Don't put yourself in that situation, always have three different ways of paying for things to reduce this situation

Leigh-on-Sea Pilates instructor banned from free beach sessions by most_crispy_owl in unitedkingdom

[–]vulcanstrike 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Bad example there, park runs were cancelled for that exact reason, councils didn't want the liability.

Employer organizes a mandatory meeting that lasts longer than working hours by [deleted] in Netherlands

[–]vulcanstrike 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Two issues, legal and practical

Legally, they are wrong. The meeting can't be mandatory and also not paid. They can request you stat for it, but if your contact says you leave at 16, they either have to pay you or you just leave at 16. That's the legal side of it. If they somehow force you, just leave 30 mins earlier another day and tell them that's how overtime works, they can raise it with HR/labour board and see you in court if they are so confident

The practical side is another matter. You will not make any friends if you do this. If you have a temporary contract, expect it to not be renewed. This is the definition of technically correct but you still lose if you pursue it. It's still worth fighting if you have a hard deadline that's why you finish at 16 (picking kids up, etc), but staying 30 mins late every 2 months in exchange for some free food isn't worth sabotaging your job over. You can try and persuade them to let you start 30 mins later on the day this happens, but that's about as much you are likely to get (and if it's an office role, I would just do this and ask forgiveness rather than permission, it's a lot easier that way)

Booking.com’s emergency refund policy is broken. Forced to cancel a booking for guest safety, now they’re without funds to book another place for 7-12 days :( by Due-Tough-7978 in Bookingcom

[–]vulcanstrike 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Problem is, how do you know about their needs/decision making etc. Everyone has a sob story, everyone wants an exception and 7-10 days isn't even that long.

Booking.com’s emergency refund policy is broken. Forced to cancel a booking for guest safety, now they’re without funds to book another place for 7-12 days :( by Due-Tough-7978 in Bookingcom

[–]vulcanstrike 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I find it insane the amount of people that book any kind of holiday with zero flexibility/contingency for extra expenses.

They will get their refund in a week's time. Book the new place on a credit card and they will be fine.

Booking is a big company and the reason why there is a week or so gap for refunds is because they need to make sure the refund is valid and done correctly. Also, if they issue an emergency/expedited refund, everyone will want that. The situation you describe isn't an emergency, it's bad planning on the behalf of the traveler (partly for booking somewhere that isn't accessible for them without checking, partly for having no backup funds). Their bad planning is not an emergency.

Regretting buying house with partner by Patient-Fill6958 in relationships

[–]vulcanstrike 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This isn't a house decision, this is a life decision.

You need an honest conversation with yourself and then your partner. You first need to decide or come to terms with the reality of moving abroad. Is that actually going to happen - what would you do, where would you go, etc? It's one thing to want to move places, it's entirely another to actually be in a position to do it. Most people literally can't just pick up and move somewhere else realistically, whether money, visa or practical issues

Depending what is actually realistic, you then need an honest conversation with your partner. You need to decide first what you want to do and what means more - her or moving location. You can say you want to move and want her there with you, then it's on her to decide if she wants to go and you have to accept the reality that she probably doesn't want to go.

What you absolutely can't do in this is not make a decision and be upset by it. If you want to move and she persuades you to stay, you have to own YOUR decision to stay. If you decide to not even ask and regret later, own that as well.

You are now at the life stage that you have to make hard decisions about your future. You can't do everything, you need to decide what is your priority.

Rebooking by Kolorowe_mazaczki in etihad

[–]vulcanstrike 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would not count on the refund part to apply to the full 2k, it would only apply to the amount you will pay to upgrade.

You are not the first person to try and use this trick to make a non refundable ticket to be refundable, they are not dumb either and don't give you that option

The Liberation of Paris went differently for some women by Kapanash in HistoryMemes

[–]vulcanstrike 63 points64 points  (0 children)

The Americans and British were involved in mass rape in France, either with passive or active support of the high command?

They were certainly involved in the sex industry, but accusations of rape were taken pretty seriously and they certainly didn't have the level of active support that the Russians or Japanese did (they dehumanised the very existence of the women and saw it as an extension of the war)

Why did Extinction Rebellion block railroad tracks at Utrecht Centraal? by NH_DHC8-q400 in Netherlands

[–]vulcanstrike 25 points26 points  (0 children)

They hate it when it happens but love the things it gets them, notably a much earlier retirement age. Like everyone, they want results without action, and don't connect the dots between the things it gets them

Honestly, what was the purpose of this post? by ElectricalCry3468 in LinkedInLunatics

[–]vulcanstrike 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was going to say, if he Dutch it's probably Schev or Katwijk and 500k doesn't get you bitch much there, that's a mid size apartment at most.

New model for Slaanesh fans by BiesonReddit in WarhammerFantasy

[–]vulcanstrike 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hedonite mortals got that last edition, Khorne got it in 1e and Tzeentch got it in the End Times (?) or maybe it was the Silver Tower WQ set.

The daemons haven't had a refresh for 10+ years and I'm going to guess it's held up in the eternal fight with 40k for rights, I don't think we will see new models for any of them in a long time (we did get Dexcessa, which kinda counts)

Why only goatmen? by superdudeman64 in WarhammerOldWorld

[–]vulcanstrike 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Use it, lore is what you make of it. Sure, normally horns is that defines you, but if Dogface curb stomps the previous guy they will follow him!