A man went viral on TikTok after warning viewers to keep cash on hand should a hypothetical bank collapse ensue. But commenters were divided over whether this tip would actually help. T&K Garage (@spctactical1776), who shares reviews and “prepping information” on his TikTok page, advised viewers to “always keep small bills on you.” To help …
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Alarm Company Wouldn’t Stop Hounding Company To Install A New System, So They Got Revenge By Finally Telling Them To Come On By
One of the more frustrating things about dealing with salespeople is when you tell them yes, but not right now, and they annoy you so badly you want to cancel the thing altogether. OP owns a business and wanted her alarm company to move to a new location with her. A few years ago, I …
Newsletter: Trump’s missile defense system goes ‘Bing ding ding ding ding’
Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr. Our top stories today are about: Former President Trump getting mocked online for his very bizarre explanation of missile defense, whether your favorite restaurant is committing “fish fraud,” the internet not being happy over Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig being snubbed by the Oscars, and an …
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eBay Had A Weird Way To Measure A “Top” Seller, So She Gamed The System With $2 Bills
You would think that large resale sites like eBay would have a reliable way to determine who is actually a top seller. Instead, it seems they just throw an arbitrary number at the wall. OP has sold well over the “top seller” dollar limit but has not sold the required number of units. I resell …
‘If we all agree to this, then we can all get perfect scores.’ – Student Figures Out An Ingenious Way To Game A Weird Grading System And Win
There’s a certain sweetness when, as a student, you can figure out how to beat your teacher or professor at their own game. Especially when the system they’ve set up is pretty hard to beat without some subterfuge. OP was a non-traditional student, but he didn’t appreciate his professor’s non-traditional way of grading quizzes. This …
Heartless Management Schedules Employee During A Legendary Movie Premiere, So He Works The System And Gets His Way
When you’re young and working one of your first jobs, it’s hard to care about long term consequences for your action. Especially when there’s a movie you really want to see. OP was in his 20s and working at Walmart – doing his best, you know. It was mid May 2002. If that seems oddly …
Walmart Tells Them A Deal Is “Online Only,” So Shopper Gets Hilarious Revenge By Beating Their System
I am of the opinion that no one looks forward to going to Walmart. That goes double, I would think, for big shopping events like Black Friday. OP went in to buy her in-laws a microwave that had been advertised at a certain price. My in-laws needed a new microwave so I went to Walmart …
Someone questioned the Costco cake ordering system. You do not question the Costco cake system.
Costco is known for many things—their employee satisfaction and retention, their amazing Kirkland Signature generic brand, their massive (and addictive) $4.99 rotisserie chickens, their never-going-to-raise-the-price $1.50 hot dog and soda meal and more. But one favorite Costco feature that might just top them all? The Costco cake. Costco cakes are legendary. If you’ve never had …
Airline Tells Weary Traveler That They Can’t Make A Flight Change Without Paying For It, So They Play The System And Win
Everyone looks forward to their vacation days, and to the opportunity to travel. That said, we all know this can include headaches that come part and parcel with mass transit. That’s what OP was dealing with when a snowstorm ground travel to a halt. There has been a heavy snowfall in Southern Germany this weekend …
‘The company lost over half its clients.’ – Business Owner Creates Bad New Bonus System And Alienates His Employees And Customers
There’s nothing quite like realizing that you have a great job – one that would not be easy to replace and one that lets you do what you love without hassling with the necessary evils that come with it. OP had one of those in the tech sector. He got to help all of the …
Manager Insists On A “Car Booking System” For The Company’s Transportation, Then Finds Out His Car Is Part Of The Fleet
Companies do things in all sorts of different ways. Ideally, those best practices lead to ease and efficiency for all involved, but it can take some trial and error to figure it out. OP worked for a company where a lot of driving was done, and so their office had a car that their team …
‘Forcing girls to do unpaid emotional labor.’ – Mom Pulls Her Daughter From A Class Trip Of The Teacher’s Ridiculous “Buddy” System
No kid ever wants to get yanked out of a class trip, so if a parent did something like that, they must have had a good reason, right? RIGHT?!?! Well, I guess that depends on the details… Check out this mom’s story from Reddit’s “Am I the *******?” page and see if you think she …