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Grem
Mar 29, 2004

It's how her species communicates

insufficient guns posted:

In America, you can be fired for no reason right? Just fire this lady wtf.



Yes in most states. But that doesn't mean there aren't consequences. Fire for someone without cause and they'll get unemployment benefits. Then the employer's unemployment insurance goes up. It almost never financially benefits a company to fire someone without cause.

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Three Olives
Apr 10, 2005

Don't forget Hitler's contributions to medicine.
What about a gay bachelor party?

boner confessor
Apr 25, 2013

by R. Guyovich
"on the one hand, I'm not going to lie - I'm horrible when it comes to women, in general my life is pretty poo poo and I hate it, but I'd like to think that I'm a generally nice person. but on the other hand, Not everyone is an immature brat in high school. I wasn't."

boner confessor
Apr 25, 2013

by R. Guyovich

Grem posted:

Yes in most states. But that doesn't mean there aren't consequences. Fire for someone without cause and they'll get unemployment benefits. Then the employer's unemployment insurance goes up. It almost never financially benefits a company to fire someone without cause.

this is why many employers create an employee handbook that you have to sign a "i read and agree with this" form which has stuff in it like conduct and hygiene clauses. i actually worked with a guy who got fired because of his rank BO and multiple warnings to shower before he came to work

Axolotl
Jan 23, 2002
Whatever

fruit on the bottom posted:

Is this question a trap? I feel like this question is a trap. Maybe it's because you used my full username, it's like I'm being scolded.

"Achtung! Der ist kein Frachter! Der ist ein Zerstorer! Tauchen, Tauchen! Schnell! Schnell!"

blarzgh
Apr 14, 2009

SNITCHIN' RANDY
Grimey Drawer

insufficient guns posted:

In America, you can be fired for no reason right? Just fire this lady wtf.

Much like "abuse" and "healthy communication in a committed relationship" many people have little understanding of what "discrimination" actually is.

Pvt.Scott
Feb 16, 2007

What God wants, God gets, God help us all

boner confessor posted:

this is why many employers create an employee handbook that you have to sign a "i read and agree with this" form which has stuff in it like conduct and hygiene clauses. i actually worked with a guy who got fired because of his rank BO and multiple warnings to shower before he came to work

Even if you don't violate any of that stuff (don't forget the "and any other duties as assigned" clause!), it's on you to prove it and fight the reason for being fired so you can get unemployment or a settlement. For minimum-wagers, that's a losing proposition. You don't have the time or money to gather evidence and go to court when you were likely living paycheck to paycheck. You just take it on the chin and find another abusive poo poo job ASAP.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost
He always got on my case for things like spending $5 on a cut sunstone at a rock show even though his worst misdeed cost me like $1,500 out of pocket :argh:

Pvt.Scott
Feb 16, 2007

What God wants, God gets, God help us all

Pick posted:

He always got on my case for things like spending $5 on a cut sunstone at a rock show even though his worst misdeed cost me like $1,500 out of pocket :argh:

It's those little expenditures that add up, dear.

:buys $600 special edition game console:

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

Pvt.Scott posted:

It's those little expenditures that add up, dear.

:buys $600 special edition game console:

His before-tax income was $94,000/yr and he was still always, always out of money and I have no idea where it went.

Haifisch
Nov 13, 2010

Objection! I object! That was... objectionable!



Taco Defender
You'll never guess the secret word.

I (23/f) caught my cousin (26/m) stealing my dad's Oxycontin not hours after my dad died. I'm so furious I banned him and his family from the funeral. My family is upset and trying to get me to change my mind.

quote:

I have no words to describe how furious I am right now.

My dad died from pancreatic cancer three days ago. He was diagnosed two weeks ago, spent all of the first week and a half in the hospital until the doctors told us to take him home. He spent the last part of his life in hospice care, unable to talk and in horrible pain. I was the only one with him when he passed and it wasn't easy. Having to hold his hand and soothe him in his final moments was the hardest thing I've ever had to do.

We're a big hispanic family, so we had lots of family coming in and out for the last week. Several stopped by the day he died, one of which included my constantly in trouble cousin. Long story short, I caught him looting and ransacking the bathroom and the room my father passed in looking for the oxycontin my dad was prescribed for his pallative care. Keep in mind he was prescribed a SUBSTANTIAL amount and now I can't loving find it. I lost my poo poo, hit and screamed at him, and all but chased him out of the house. I'm furious and since I'm the one planning the funeral, I've banned him and his enabling family from the funeral. I'm so angry and so upset that they'd let him not only disrespect my dad by RANSACKING his things, BUT DEFENDED HIM AFTER THE FACT. When I called my aunt to confront her about what her son did, SHE DEFENDED HIM and said he would never do such a thing and that I must have 'mis-seen' something.

Since I decided to ban them, I told my closest aunt and uncle to give them the news that we do NOT want them there and that if they are seen anywhere near the church or the funeral home, the police will be called. I'm now being bombarded from my family members telling me that it's not right for me to ban them from the viewing and funeral and that I'm being way too hard on them considering my dad "loved them". If my dad had caught them doing any of the things I caught their son doing, he would've thrown him out the door on his rear end, PERIOD. I'm refusing to budge on this...however, my mom, who's been kind of out of it since the death, is now sort of gently prodding that maybe we should relent and allow them in. My siblings and I are generally united except my sister things that maybe we should allow them to attend of my cousin agrees to turn over what he stole and apologizes to our family.

Am I being too hard on them? I'm just so angry. I don't think I can forgive it.

tl;dr: Caught cousin trying to steal (and he may have stolen) powerful prescription pain meds after my dad's death. I've banned him and his family from the funeral. Family is now coming down on me and telling me I'm being too hard on them.

Update:I (23/f) caught my cousin (26/m) stealing my dad's Oxycontin not hours after my dad died. I'm so furious I banned him and his family from the funeral. My family is upset and trying to get me to change my mind.

quote:

To start off...thank you to everyone that PM'd me and commented offering their condolences for my dad's death. I appreciated it very much. For those that asked me if I was sure my cousin was looking through my dad's things looking for drugs, I can 100% assure you that he was. Drawers were pulled out. Cabinets were flung wide open. When I caught him in the act, he was actually rummaging through the pockets of the pants my dad was wearing when he passed-- so YES, I'm VERY sure that he was after the drugs.

I talked to my mom about the possibility that hospice took the drugs, and she told me that they got rid of all the morphine and lorazepam. The oxycontin was untouched, and it was hidden in a very specific drawer; which I found upended. It's safe to say that I know he took them.

Anyway, the update...so. I was all set to stick to my guns and prevent them from attending. However, I got a call from my abuelita and I agreed to bring her some dinner and talk with her. I know she's been taking my dad's death really hard and I didn't want to do it, but I still felt like I had to hear her out. I sat down with her and had a long conversation...and some things came out that I didn't know before. My aunt (the one that I banned from the funeral) actually bailed my dad out of jail once when he was a very young man and had a problem with alcohol. She paid for his attorney and legal fees and everything, and I guess the experience is what helped my dad get his poo poo together and straighten his life out. I never knew any of this because my dad swore her and the rest of my family to secrecy (I suspect he was ashamed since he worked so hard to keep me and my siblings on the straight and narrow). Abuelita told me that she understood how I felt, but my aunt was a huge part of my father's life...and that she wanted all of her children there. And that being so angry and taking my anger out on other people would do nothing to bring him back.

I kind of broke down. She was right; when I wasn't angry, when I wasn't busy, and once I was left with just myself, all I felt was exhausted and...I dunno. I don't even know how to describe a feeling that goes beyond heart broken. Someone here commented that it was like a grief that puts a death of itself in you. That commenter was 100% right.

Abuelita wanted it, and my mom wanted it. My siblings and I reluctantly agreed to lift the ban, and my aunt told my other aunt and uncle that we had changed our minds; however, we would really appreciate it if the cousin did not attend.

The viewing was yesterday and of COURSE, they brought their shitbag son with them. He acted like a straight FOOL. While he had the common sense to avoid me like the plague, he had the loving nerve to act like he was so torn up, made a show of kneeling by the casket, and so on. Oh, then he proceeded to get so shitfaced at the bar next door, he promptly returned to the funeral home, wandered into the room where refreshments were being served, and, when my brother said something snide to him, a pushing match ensued in which an entire tray of desserts went crashing to the floor. My uncle promptly strong armed both of them out the door and told them both not to bother coming to the funeral service the next day if they couldn't act right (which I don't blame him for-- my siblings were under strict instruction not to engage him in any foolishness).

Douchebag cousin didn't show up to the service, but his parents did. The service went far smoother than the viewing, I gave the eulogy, and we all said good bye to my dad.

Everyone's gone now. I don't feel angry anymore. Now, I just feel so sad... and incredibly alone. I'll be missing my father forever.

tl;dr: Grandmother convinced me to allow the family to attend my dad's funeral. Funeral went off without a hitch.
Dessert

Three Olives
Apr 10, 2005

Don't forget Hitler's contributions to medicine.
Can you imagine being 22 and wanting to be in a relationship with a kid still in high school? I don't think I could date anyone under the age of 30.

Zeroisanumber
Oct 23, 2010

Nap Ghost

Three Olives posted:

Can you imagine being 22 and wanting to be in a relationship with a kid still in high school? I don't think I could date anyone under the age of 30.

Once I turned 21 I stopped dating anyone who was under-21 because not being able to take them to bars or certain shows was inconvenient af.

Nazzadan
Jun 22, 2016



Haifisch posted:

You'll never guess the secret word.

I (23/f) caught my cousin (26/m) stealing my dad's Oxycontin not hours after my dad died. I'm so furious I banned him and his family from the funeral. My family is upset and trying to get me to change my mind.


Update:I (23/f) caught my cousin (26/m) stealing my dad's Oxycontin not hours after my dad died. I'm so furious I banned him and his family from the funeral. My family is upset and trying to get me to change my mind.

Dessert

Reminds me of my juggalo cousin. He was living with my great-grandma for a while before she died, and he started abusing her and stealing from her so the family banded together and threw him out of her house. When she died he showed up to the funeral and everyone was like "Yeeaaah...nah get the gently caress out," and he tried to start poo poo but was quickly shut down.
Haven't seen him since, might be dead. Hope he's dead.

Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Dec 22, 2005

GET LOSE, YOU CAN'T COMPARE WITH MY POWERS
That's super confusing because a "stag and doe" party is a party to raise money for the wedding/honeymoon, also known as a "jack and jill", common in parts of canada. I think the OP is confusing that with a stag party to type "stag do".

Also I skipped 1000 posts, hope there was nothing amazing in there.

Nazzadan
Jun 22, 2016



The porn monster strikes again!
My (18/M) GF (18/F) doesn't like when I watch porn.

quote:

Hey guys, long time lurker, I have a couple questions. Throwaway only because my main account has personal info on it.
So to keep it short, my girlfriend and I have been apart for about 2 now, and even when she gets back, we will not have alone time for a while as we both live with our parents. Now the physical aspect of our relationship isn't the only thing that matters, but I do think it is important. My girlfriend has expressed that she doesn't want me watching porn as it makes her very uncomfortable.
So basically, because of this, I have virtually no way of relieving sexual needs for roughly 3 months. This is not a deal breaker, and I can definitely handle it for my girlfriend's sake, but it is getting pretty hard. Now I see posts all the time with girlfriends asking about controlling their boyfriend's porn usage and everyone always seems to say they all do it anyway. So what I'm asking is, is this something guys do behind their gfs' backs? I personally feel weird entertaining the idea of watching porn without her consent, but others seem to say it's not a big deal at all. I feel her request is a bit unreasonable, but not at all something to start a fight over.
tl;dr: My girlfriend and I are doing long distance for a bit, and she doesn't approve of porn. Is it wrong to watch it behind her back?

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost
*comes to her house after 2 months of invites and multiple cancellations*
*smells food* I don't want any.
{after urging} ok but not very much
*eats entire steak, leaves vegetables*
I can't wait to read the book douchebag gave me. You should take the books you gave me back I'm never going to read them.
*looks at my bookshelf*
I know this is bad, but *takes back audiobooks he had given me* I don't know if I copied these before I gave them to you
*describes pointless fight with person refitting his windows*
*goes to pet cat but recoils when lazy cat sniffs his fingers*
*gets up to leave when she takes a whizz*

maskenfreiheit
Dec 30, 2004

Cthulu Carl posted:

Is "peed off" an actual phrase actual human people use?

WampaLord
Jan 14, 2010

Pick posted:

*comes to her house after 2 months of invites and multiple cancellations*
*smells food* I don't want any.
{after urging} ok but not very much
*eats entire steak, leaves vegetables*
I can't wait to read the book douchebag gave me. You should take the books you gave me back I'm never going to read them.
*looks at my bookshelf*
I know this is bad, but *takes back audiobooks he had given me* I don't know if I copied these before I gave them to you
*describes pointless fight with person refitting his windows*
*goes to pet cat but recoils when lazy cat sniffs his fingers*
*gets up to leave when she takes a whizz*

At some point here, you lose sympathy for continuing to waste effort on this obvious failure of a person.

insufficient guns
May 4, 2009

personally, I would
like to fuck Wall-E

  :h: :roboluv: :h:

Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:

That's super confusing because a "stag and doe" party is a party to raise money for the wedding/honeymoon, also known as a "jack and jill", common in parts of canada. I think the OP is confusing that with a stag party to type "stag do".

Also I skipped 1000 posts, hope there was nothing amazing in there.

No. Stag do is a thing. Hen do is a thing. Leaving do is a thing. Work do is a thing. Why can't goons handle British English??

insufficient guns
May 4, 2009

personally, I would
like to fuck Wall-E

  :h: :roboluv: :h:
also content

quote:

Help dealing with our [18M] autistic friend who's frustrated by not having a girlfriend.

This year my friends (All 17-18 year old boys) and I have taken an autistic kid at our school under our wing. It really helps him to have some friends as he was very lonely before. We try to have him over whenever we can and hangout with him but he's been a little bit stressful to deal with and we'd like some advice.

We're all seniors in high school and so we all talk to girls at our school. The issue is that whenever one of us gets a girlfriend or hooks up with a girl, our autistic friend gets extremely upset, calling anybody who has a girlfriend or is over 6 feet tall a douche or just calling them evil.

We've tried to explain to him that he will get a girlfriend some day and tried to give him advice on how to talk to girls but he will say he's listening but not really take any of it in. The other day when one of our friends was making out with a girl openly he was swearing and going crazy in his seat. There's basically constant hate for people in our group who have girlfriends and it's getting really frustrating.

I've even tried telling him things like "Your dad had a girlfriend once, is he a douche?" and "What happens when you get a girlfriend, will you become a douche?" but he just ignores it.

How can we help him be ok with his friends being around him with girls? How can we convince him that people aren't a douche just because they have a girlfriend? Specific communication strategy advice would be great but any response is appreciated.

tl;dr: Autistic friend of ours hates people who have girlfriends

just wait til he starts calling them chads

Zeroisanumber
Oct 23, 2010

Nap Ghost

Pick posted:

*comes to her house after 2 months of invites and multiple cancellations*
*smells food* I don't want any.
{after urging} ok but not very much
*eats entire steak, leaves vegetables*
I can't wait to read the book douchebag gave me. You should take the books you gave me back I'm never going to read them.
*looks at my bookshelf*
I know this is bad, but *takes back audiobooks he had given me* I don't know if I copied these before I gave them to you
*describes pointless fight with person refitting his windows*
*goes to pet cat but recoils when lazy cat sniffs his fingers*
*gets up to leave when she takes a whizz*

Does this end with you baking him into a pie and feeding it to his relatives like in Shakespeare's dumbest play?

Barudak
May 7, 2007


Sad, its like the ending of Old Yeller

christmas boots
Oct 15, 2012

To these sing-alongs 🎤of siren 🧜🏻‍♀️songs
To oohs😮 to ahhs😱 to 👏big👏applause👏
With all of my 😡anger I scream🤬 and shout📢
🇺🇸America🦅, I love you 🥰but you're freaking 💦me 😳out
Biscuit Hider

Zeroisanumber posted:

Does this end with you baking him into a pie and feeding it to his relatives like in Shakespeare's dumbest play?

I actually saw that one performed as an over the top black comedy. It was incredible.

La Brea Carpet
Nov 22, 2007

I have no mouth and I must post
Wife pregnant, not sure who the father is

quote:

Florida - My wife and I have an open relationship and she currently has one steady boyfriend. She recently got pregnant. She is not sure who the father is. We are trying to decide how to handle this situation. Her boyfriend has no interest in having a child and we weren't trying. This was an accident. However, we recently talked about adopting a child, so I'm ok with keeping the child as our own.

She wants to know who the father is to help make decisions before the baby is born. I've read a lot online about prenatal paternity testing. There are a few companies that offer it. It's fairly expensive. There are also reviews that go both ways with all of these companies. Some people say they are great and helped them immensely, others say they didn't get the results, the results were wrong, etc. I'm concerned throwing down that amount of money with the chance that the results might be incorrect. So the first question is, does anyone have any information on getting a prenatal paternity test via blood done from a company that is reputable?

I've read that if the mother is married, the husband is presumed to be the father of the child and is added to the birth certificate as the father unless there is a paternity test that shows otherwise. My concern is that in X number of years, he changes is mind and wants to be the father and demands a paternity test and it turns out he is the father.

Second set of questions: Where does that leave me in terms of parental rights over the child? Is there anything we can do now, while he is in the mindset of not wanting a child, to make me permanently the child's father in the eyes of the law? Could I adopt the child as soon as it's born and have him sign away his parental rights? We don't want any child support from him at any point.

Tale as old as tiiiimmeeee.......

TOOT BOOT
May 25, 2010

It's a shame autism is an overwhelmingly male disease, they can't even date the similarly afflicted unless they're gay.

Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

Pick posted:

*comes to her house after 2 months of invites and multiple cancellations*
*smells food* I don't want any.
{after urging} ok but not very much
*eats entire steak, leaves vegetables*
I can't wait to read the book douchebag gave me. You should take the books you gave me back I'm never going to read them.
*looks at my bookshelf*
I know this is bad, but *takes back audiobooks he had given me* I don't know if I copied these before I gave them to you
*describes pointless fight with person refitting his windows*
*goes to pet cat but recoils when lazy cat sniffs his fingers*
*gets up to leave when she takes a whizz*

Lol

Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

WampaLord posted:

At some point here, you lose sympathy for continuing to waste effort on this obvious failure of a person.

Eh picks dumb as hell but failure is harsh

christmas boots
Oct 15, 2012

To these sing-alongs 🎤of siren 🧜🏻‍♀️songs
To oohs😮 to ahhs😱 to 👏big👏applause👏
With all of my 😡anger I scream🤬 and shout📢
🇺🇸America🦅, I love you 🥰but you're freaking 💦me 😳out
Biscuit Hider

Pick posted:

*comes to her house after 2 months of invites and multiple cancellations*
*smells food* I don't want any.
{after urging} ok but not very much
*eats entire steak, leaves vegetables*
I can't wait to read the book douchebag gave me. You should take the books you gave me back I'm never going to read them.
*looks at my bookshelf*
I know this is bad, but *takes back audiobooks he had given me* I don't know if I copied these before I gave them to you
*describes pointless fight with person refitting his windows*
*goes to pet cat but recoils when lazy cat sniffs his fingers*
*gets up to leave when she takes a whizz*

Pick you need, and I understand the irony of the advice I'm giving, to have a little more respect for yourself.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

WampaLord posted:

At some point here, you lose sympathy for continuing to waste effort on this obvious failure of a person.

I'M REALLY PATIENT AND NICE OK!? And frankly it's your guys' fault for letting me fall on this sword over and over because your idea of a good woman is one who gets treated like crap until suddenly the guy realizes he shouldn't accuse her of sleeping with the old man she complained was sexually harassing her at work!!!

Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

Pick posted:

I'M REALLY PATIENT AND NICE OK!? And frankly it's your guys' fault for letting me fall on this sword over and over because your idea of a good woman is one who gets treated like crap until suddenly the guy realizes he shouldn't accuse her of sleeping with the old man she complained was sexually harassing her at work!!!

Please summarize the crawling under the truck story I missed that one

christmas boots
Oct 15, 2012

To these sing-alongs 🎤of siren 🧜🏻‍♀️songs
To oohs😮 to ahhs😱 to 👏big👏applause👏
With all of my 😡anger I scream🤬 and shout📢
🇺🇸America🦅, I love you 🥰but you're freaking 💦me 😳out
Biscuit Hider
My (19f) boyfriend might be autistic and it explains all of our problems. I'm not really okay with it.

quote:

I have been dating this guy for nearly nine months now and he's lovely. We have a lot in common and get along well most of the time. When we do have problems though and it has always been because he doesn't pick up on social hints like I'm used to everyone doing. For example if he upsets me for one reason or another I will act upset, as one does, and get a little huffy, grumble, and complain about what he did. He never gets it. He tries to move on to whatever he was going to do or say and completely does not understand that I am upset. I ask him about why he wasn't trying to fix it at all when I'm telling him he did something that upset me and I was obviously upset and he responds with "I had no idea you were even upset".

Now, I'm not a toned-down or reserved person at all. If something happens that I don't like I will say I don't like it and become upset and it's very obvious. I have never once has this problem before. I have tried to make it more and more apparent for him. Before I would simply get less nice and refuse to continue on with whatever was happening until the issue was handled, which has always gotten others to recognize I am upset. Now, I flat out tell him I don't like something he did and he still doesn't get it. It's like me telling him he did something to hurt me is just facts and doesn't provoke him to do or say anything about it.

I have a few autistic friends and they similarly do not understand how some things they say will upset people sometimes, but I know it shows in many different shapes and forms so I didn't assume he was autistic so I just asked. At first he got upset with me and acted insulted that I would ask that. (Also upset me because ?? Asking someone genuinely that you're VERY close with should not be seen as an insult) He told me he definitely DID NOT have autism and I left it at that.

Fast forward a couple of months and the problems are still problems and they really bother me. It's really important to me to have my feelings and words listened to by the person I'm with and he just does not get it. We had a fight and he brought up the fact that a couple of people in his life including his mother think he has autism and that could be why he just doesn't understand when I'm upset. I asked him why he lied before about him being so sure and he just denied the existence of that previous conversation in general.

I'm thinking about it now and if that's how autism affects him I'm not so sure I want to be in a relationship with him anymore. It's caused consistent problems and I'm really not okay with him not caring about or picking up on any feelings I'm trying to communicate to him. Am I a bad person for this? I'm not explicitly against dating someone with autism, but just if it becomes a problem in this specific situation. I also know very little about autism really, I just happen to have a few friends with it and they explained it some previously.

It's disappointing to just say "that's how he is" and just accept that my feelings will never be treated how I would like instead of this being a problem we can work on.

Also I'm sorry if this seems super rude to autistic people! :( I really don't mean to be and I apologize if I'm making weird assumptions.

Tldr; boyfriend maybe has autism and says it's why he just doesn't understand my feelings. I'm kind of not okay with this. Am I a bad person? Should I still try to work on this with him?

Barudak
May 7, 2007

La Brea Carpet posted:

Wife pregnant, not sure who the father is

Its extremely easy, you sign as the kids dad, and believe me the dude who was plowing your wife and whose child it probably is will really thank you as he wonders exactly how large the rock that hit you on the head as a child was.

La Brea Carpet
Nov 22, 2007

I have no mouth and I must post
Bought VIP Meet & Greet Concert Tickets. Performer left the Venue without performing or meeting fans. What are my legal rights?

quote:

On March 7th 2017, I bought two VIP Meet & Greet tickets for a show on May 5th 2017.

Upon arriving at the venue, we were checked in and told that the Meet & Greet with the artist would happen after the performance at around 1 am.

At 1:30am, after about three hours of "opening acts" and no performance from the main act, I approached the individual who told me the details about the Meet & Greet. They informed me that they were running behind on schedule but to stay put. No more than 20 minutes later, the MC announced that the main act will not be performing and that they have left the venue.

Before being ushered out of the venue by police (because the crowd began to riot), I was able to have a quick chat with the woman working for the performer about obtaining a refund. She told me to e-mail her and she would take care of it. The following exchange of e-mails took place. (Note, the original e-mail I sent is at the bottom and the response is at the top)

I also contacted the promoters and venue but they are shifting the blame among one another.

I've been reading up on the consumer protection act but I still do not understand my rights. The questions I have are:

Isn't a concert ticket like a contract? The service I paid for (performance and meeting the artist) was not carried out.

As per the website where I bought the tickets, TicketScene typically only offers refunds and/or exchanges based on the promoter's or venue's instructions. Assuming the promoter/venue is not perusing any recourse with
the performer or TicketScene, am I SOL?

On the ticket, it states that there are no refunds. Does this still stand if the service was never carried out?

Do I have grounds to be requesting a refund or should I just give up and take a loss?

Some pretty standard, boring legal advice. Sounds like this person paid out a good amount for VIP tickets and got screwed. Who was the artist that caused the near riot? Click below to find out!

http://imgur.com/a/r7mCx

TOOT BOOT
May 25, 2010

wife pregnant, who dad

Haifisch
Nov 13, 2010

Objection! I object! That was... objectionable!



Taco Defender

fruit on the bottom posted:

My (19f) boyfriend might be autistic and it explains all of our problems. I'm not really okay with it.
Some people are assholes, who either lack empathy or flat out don't give a poo poo about your feelings. Some people are autistic, who have trouble picking up social cues. Some people are autistic assholes, and OP's dating one.

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Someone threatened to kill Riff Raff?

I think Jastiger has some been explaining to do.

Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

La Brea Carpet posted:

Bought VIP Meet & Greet Concert Tickets. Performer left the Venue without performing or meeting fans. What are my legal rights?


Some pretty standard, boring legal advice. Sounds like this person paid out a good amount for VIP tickets and got screwed. Who was the artist that caused the near riot? Click below to find out!

http://imgur.com/a/r7mCx

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Barudak
May 7, 2007

fruit on the bottom posted:

My (19f) boyfriend might be autistic and it explains all of our problems. I'm not really okay with it.

Good news, Paul Simon wrote a listicle song on a variety of ways you can accomplish what you need to do

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Nazzadan
Jun 22, 2016



Age gap! Cheating! Bad choices all around!
I [15F] have a huge crush on this [20M] guy I met over the summer. I think he likes me back. But I already have a boyfriend?

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Hi! I know I'm younger than the average poster but my brother gets relationship advice from here so I thought I'd try it out :)
EDIT Age of consent where we live is 16, I am turning 16 in a month!
I have a boyfriend, he is 16 and we've been dating for a year. At first I was head over heels for him but this summer I met someone else, fake name "Jack".
I was at a family event when I met Jack (cousin of my cousin's husband). We sat next to each other. My first thought was that he was so incredibly handsome. He has dark hair and pale blue eyes. He also is very charming and gentlemanly and we talked about many things, like school and books and places we've been to. Jack also complimented me and said that I was "beautiful". Before we left, he gave me his Facebook url and we added each other.
Jack is currently in university but we chat online a lot. He helps me with my homework and we talk about a lot of things, like life and stuff. We surprisingly have a lot in common. Recently I got the realization that I am in love with him...
Problem is, I'm still dating my boyfriend. And I'm feeling less and less "in love" with my BF because of my feelings for Jack. I think Jack likes me too, because he's always telling me how pretty I am. However I feel like I'm way too young for him (he turned 20 in October).
Am I emotionally cheating on my boyfriend? Should I end our relationship then? And with Jack--do you think that we may date? I really do love him and I think he's so perfect for me. We both have the same taste in literature and the same sense of humour. I just feel so alive when Im talking to him. It's hard to describe that kind of feeling.
TL;DR: I am in love with someone I met over the summer, problem is he's 20 and I already have a BF. 1) Am I emotionally cheating on my BF? 2) Do you think Jack and I could have a chance together?

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Avoid him. Do not talk to this man.
First of all, it's creepy a twenty year old man talks to a fifteen year old girl. Regardless, it's very likely any relationship you would with Jack is illegal as it's probable you can not legally consent to sex yet.

OP, 21 downvotes posted:

I added in the edit, age of consent is 16 and I am turning this in 1 month
Also, why is it creepy if we talk? He helps me with my homework and we talk about life and stuff. It's all chill !
Ooooh, never mind guys it's fine. It's chiiiiiill

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