value-brand cereal posted:

Nah man. Why the rise of alt right poo poo and pew Dee pie Fans shooting up mosques, that's a lovely thing to joke about.. pick something else to be kooky about.

CheesyDog posted:

Comments have a couple of people talking about similar situations with 7 figure results

value-brand cereal posted:

Hmmmm how do I prank my pregnant Jewish wife with wanting a wacky baby name? Do I use a made up name like mackeiriahsana, or do I go with literally the word aryan, a word used by monsters who genocided her people???

This guy is garbage. Absolutely disrespectful to her and her heritage. I wanna beat him up just because. Ugh. gently caress pranks.

MarcusSA posted:

That’s good to hear at least. It’s definitely a lovely thing to do to a small business.

Willfrey posted:

Boy you must be fun at parties

quote:

Dear Prudence: I am a woman in my late 30s marrying the woman of my dreams this fall. I will not be inviting my mother and, by extension, my father. Everyone seems to assume this is because they are opposed to gay marriage, but that’s not true. They support gay marriage, and in fact we pretty much agree politically on all points. They just don’t like me as a person—which is sad, but also I don’t really like them either. So how do I navigate this? I don’t want people maligning them as bigots, because they are not. They are just regular, run-of-the-mill assholes I don’t want anywhere near my wedding. I don’t like them, and though I will admit I do feel some sort of suppressed glee when people assume they are horrible (immature yes, but I am human), I don’t want them thinking they are horrible for the wrong reasons.
—Estranged for Other Reasons

I would encourage you not to worry about your parents’ reputation among people they will never meet. You’re responsible for not telling lies about them, but you’re not responsible for their reputation in general. If people ask you directly, “Are your parents not coming to the wedding because they’re homophobic?” you can correct them and say, “No, we’re estranged for other reasons,” but you don’t have to call up everyone who might assume your parents aren’t coming to your wedding because you’re marrying a woman and say, “Just so we’re clear, they’re nonhomophobic jerks.”

Megillah Gorilla posted:

Calm down there, Shapiro.

Antivehicular posted:

lot goin' on here and it all sucks

Smirking_Serpent posted:

I ran up to him, and explained I own the couch. He said since it was on the street corner it’s public property and he’s within his rights to take it.

Haifisch posted:

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Whilst it is possible that the cyclone may weaken before reaching the Pilbara coast, a severe coastal impact is likely.

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A doctor stole my phone number
u/Pushyourluckk
Went to the eye doctor 5 days ago and last night the doctor (from visonworks) sent me a text message asking me out. I spoke with representatives from the store who confirmed this is the doctors personal number. He clearly stole my number from the store computer and I'm worried he has access to my address and other personal information, and he has been thinking about me for 5 days now. I don't know if what he did just violates the company policy or if it's actually illegal, it seems mild but I'm horribly shaken and I feel that if he tries to contact me again (tried calling and texting me several times over the past few days) I should call the police. Any advice would be appreciated. Im in Wisconsin, by the way.

A little update. He had been trying to contact me via another number listed on my visonworks profile. He called and sent a text saying "hello" to this number the day before he sent me the text asking me out. I'm guessing he got both numbers from my profile and when no one responded from this number he tried the second one listed. Both attempts to reach me were within a day of each other. This guy is 25-30 years older than me. I have now filed a formal complaint with corporate and spoken with the manager and regional manager of his location, and I will be issuing a complaint with the licencing board.

Switchback posted:

3 generations?! How disgusting is that couch?

Haifisch posted:

From 70s Dear Abby:

SpaceSDoorGunner posted:

It’s HIPAA if the phone number was in any sort of private medical record, which it almost certainly was.

Edit: not sure what a “vision works profile” is you might be right.

At least where I work patient medical and contact information is kept in the same record so taking anything from it and improperly accessing it is HIPAA territory.

SpaceSDoorGunner posted:

It’s HIPAA if the phone number was in any sort of private medical record, which it almost certainly was.

Edit: not sure what a “vision works profile” is you might be right.

At least where I work patient medical and contact information is kept in the same record so taking anything from it and improperly accessing it is HIPAA territory.

Sagebrush posted:

Someone posted a very detailed description of what the law does and doesn't cover in this thread a while back, but I can't find it

Basically HIPAA does not cover a lot of things that you think it would, and it doesn't automatically apply to any breach of medical ethics as a lot of people seem to think it does. In this case if he knew the patient's name and pulled it out of the receptionist address book, that's not a HIPAA thing. If he pulled it off of her charts then I think it is, but I'm not totally sure.

(It's still ethically wrong of course, just maybe not through that specific law)

Smirking_Serpent posted:

AITA for pointing out my bf’s family sexist dinner routine?

When my boyfriend and I got into his car he said to me, “I really hope that was worth it.” And then wouldn’t say another word to me the entire ride home.

Yawgmoth posted:

This is great because in 2-3 years they're gonna get married and he will immediately turn into a clone of his father, then get really pissed off when she isn't a clone of his mother.

Leon Einstein posted:

Eh, it's not necessarily sexist. The dad probably does jobs that she doesn't.

My wife has literally never shoveled snow. Is that sexist?

Smirking_Serpent posted:

AITA for pointing out my bf’s family sexist dinner routine?

Whenever we go to my bf’s parents house for dinner it’s always the same routine. His mother does all the cooking by herself. Then sets the table, by herself. Then we eat and his father and him go into the other room and have a drink or two while his mother clears the table and does the dishes, again by herself.

It’s bothered me from the start. I mentioned it to my boyfriend once and he said that it’s just the way his family has always done it and it’s how they prefer it. Yeah right, I’m sure his mother really loves doing all the work of dinner alone.

Well tonight I decided to say something. When dinner was finished he and his dad got up and I said why don’t we all pitch in for clean up. His father actually asked why. I said because it’s pretty sexist to expect “mother’s name” to do all the work for dinner and then clean up while the men have a drink. No one really said anything for a few seconds until his mother “joked” saying she’d never eat off a plate the “father’s” name washed.

So I dropped it. I figured it was worth a shot, but whatever. When my boyfriend and I got into his car he said to me, “I really hope that was worth it.” And then wouldn’t say another word to me the entire ride home. He seemed to get over it later on in the night, but now I’m second guessing myself. It’s 2am and I can’t sleep because I can’t stop thinking I did something wrong. I really thought what I tried to do was reasonable, but now I’m not sure.

Edit: for all the people asking why I didn’t offer to help, are you loving serious?! How would that do anything except strengthen the sexism of the situation? I’m sorry I’m not going to be trained into being Jr Miss Housewife.

Smirking_Serpent posted:

AITA for pointing out my bf’s family sexist dinner routine?

Whenever we go to my bf’s parents house for dinner it’s always the same routine. His mother does all the cooking by herself. Then sets the table, by herself. Then we eat and his father and him go into the other room and have a drink or two while his mother clears the table and does the dishes, again by herself.

It’s bothered me from the start. I mentioned it to my boyfriend once and he said that it’s just the way his family has always done it and it’s how they prefer it. Yeah right, I’m sure his mother really loves doing all the work of dinner alone.

Well tonight I decided to say something. When dinner was finished he and his dad got up and I said why don’t we all pitch in for clean up. His father actually asked why. I said because it’s pretty sexist to expect “mother’s name” to do all the work for dinner and then clean up while the men have a drink. No one really said anything for a few seconds until his mother “joked” saying she’d never eat off a plate the “father’s” name washed.

So I dropped it. I figured it was worth a shot, but whatever. When my boyfriend and I got into his car he said to me, “I really hope that was worth it.” And then wouldn’t say another word to me the entire ride home. He seemed to get over it later on in the night, but now I’m second guessing myself. It’s 2am and I can’t sleep because I can’t stop thinking I did something wrong. I really thought what I tried to do was reasonable, but now I’m not sure.

Edit: for all the people asking why I didn’t offer to help, are you loving serious?! How would that do anything except strengthen the sexism of the situation? I’m sorry I’m not going to be trained into being Jr Miss Housewife.

Leon Einstein posted:

Eh, it's not necessarily sexist. The dad probably does jobs that she doesn't.

My wife has literally never shoveled snow. Is that sexist?

Rudoku posted:

Yes. Make her rear end shovel that snow while you make dinner. It might be fun.

SpaceSDoorGunner posted:

Doctor stole phone number

quote:

I made the mistake of recommending to O that she join my gym.

O signed up with a sales associate and upon signing up was offered a free personal training session, as is typical, by a personal trainer, Zack, that jumped into her sales meeting to arrange a date, stating he would be training her with a flirtiness that made her uneasy.

She met with him on February 20th for her session.

As I was told by one of the district managers, typically the sessions include a brief discussion of goals, a 30-40 min. workout and then a sales pitch to buy training sessions.

Instead O was ask a number of personal questions, all of which were written down, about her goals, her past relationships, what she looks for in a partner, what she is afraid of, her past, and a number of other inappropriate and probing questions.
O was polite, laughed and smiled, despite her discomfort and anxiety (women, haven't we all done this?) and repeatedly asked when the training session was to begin. After an HOUR AND A HALF, he informed her that he would not be training her and would reschedule her for the following day because he was "taking her out". She declined. He expressed annoyance because she stated she was on dating apps and single, asking her "why are you so afraid of me?". She eventually was able to exit the gym, extremely upset and uncomfortable, not wanting to return.

Later that evening, O was horrified to receive a text message from Zack's personal number again asking her on a date. To clarify, SHE DID NOT GIVE HIM HER NUMBER, HE TOOK IT OFF HER GYM ACCOUNT WITHOUT HER CONSENT, her private information, in order to text her. Completely inappropriate.

O and I contacted the gym to speak to his boss later that week, only to find out that Zack is the manager of the Personal Trainers at this location. We asked to speak to his boss and we were told he would call. 6 days later and no call, we asked to speak to someone else and were put in contact with a district manager of another section of this gym. He spoke with O and I about the details, assured us that it would be taken seriously and he would get back to O within days.
That was the last we spoke to him. Over 2 weeks ago.

O has since sent an email to Member Services and then received a call, finally, from Zacks manager.

She was told that she would be not be able to receive her money back from the two months she paid for but did not use because of this incident. She was told that Zack just got out of a relationship and is still navigating how to meet women. She was told to go to the gym in the morning when Zack is not working.

Admiral Ray posted:

I like that the mom told everyone why the dad doesn't do dishes: He loving sucks at it, just a complete goddamn moron when it comes to soaping up a dish.