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I figure this is a good thread to drop this in as well: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3075135&pagenumber=102#post498192988
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Rex-Goliath posted:I figure this is a good thread to drop this in as well: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3075135&pagenumber=102#post498192988 "Up and coming enterprise NoSQL database company that's signing large contracts with top banks, governments, healthcare providers, etc. " Oh hey I worked at one of those, they went bankrupt a couple years back.
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Sep 10, 2019 18:46
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Cocoa Crispies posted:"Up and coming enterprise NoSQL database company that's signing large contracts with top banks, governments, healthcare providers, etc. " Oh hey I worked at one of those, they went bankrupt a couple years back. Yeah the dust has largely settled in this market and we're one of the ones left standing. Our revenue is still 'lumpy' but we've been profitable for a while now
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Sep 10, 2019 19:06
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DJCobol posted:National for life! Yep, Emerald Club is the answer
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Sep 11, 2019 00:13
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There’s an ad in the AA first class magazine to purchase citizenship in Antigua/Barbados. 
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Sep 11, 2019 00:40
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Rex-Goliath posted:Yeah the dust has largely settled in this market and we're one of the ones left standing. Our revenue is still 'lumpy' but we've been profitable for a while now Is it really fair to call a 9 figure company "up and coming"? Edit: You have to tell me how you convinced the powers that be to let you book not-Avis.
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Sep 11, 2019 01:56
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KillHour posted:Is it really fair to call a 9 figure company "up and coming"? lol fair enough. I should probably edit that out next time. It's in comparison to the titans we're typically up against like Oracle or Microsoft. Avis spoilers have them lose your driver's license and raise hell with our finance dept
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Sep 11, 2019 02:01
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Cacafuego posted:There’s an ad in the AA first class magazine to purchase citizenship in Antigua/Barbados. Barbados is not that hard. Have money enough to own property and then some more, live there a few years and swear allegiance to the queen (I'm not kidding) along with the right forms.
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Sep 11, 2019 02:19
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Motronic posted:Barbados is not that hard. Have money enough to own property and then some more, live there a few years and swear allegiance to the queen (I'm not kidding) along with the right forms. Sounds P dope tbh
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Sep 11, 2019 02:47
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How on Earth did they lose your driver's license in the 5 seconds they're holding it to look you up? 
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Sep 11, 2019 02:58
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The Big Jesus posted:Sounds P dope tbh Barbados definitely is if you stay out of the super touristy areas. Not sure what you do for a living other than hospitality, but the island is really awesome. Public transport is the best.......it's all buses which you know are approaching because they are blasting reggae (and certainly not based on the scheduled time to show up......schedules don't work there).
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Sep 11, 2019 03:10
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torb main posted:Yep, Emerald Club is the answer As someone who never had a bad experience with Avis, I was somewhat upset when we switched to National. But that quickly faded when I realized National is far superior and the Executive Aisle on National has almost never let me down.
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Sep 11, 2019 03:20
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Motronic posted:Barbados definitely is if you stay out of the super touristy areas. I’m not gonna lie. I thought about it after I realized that I cant get Austrian citizenship through my grandparents. The investment wasn’t as much as I thought it would be for citizenship.
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Sep 11, 2019 03:59
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ROJO posted:As someone who never had a bad experience with Avis So... you never rent cars then?
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Sep 11, 2019 04:01
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KillHour posted:So... you never rent cars then? Don't know what to say - our corporate contract was with Avis for 7 years and I never had a negative enough experience to warrant a forum post....  But yeah National is better.
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Sep 11, 2019 04:07
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KillHour posted:How on Earth did they lose your driver's license in the 5 seconds they're holding it to look you up? This was a few years ago when I was flying out to Minneapolis every other week. How it typically works is as you've leaving the lot you hand them your ID and they hand it back in the little folder that also has your receipt and papers and whatever else. So I take the folder and throw it in the passenger seat and head for the office. Easy peasy. When I'm about half way across Minneapolis I get a call from Avis to tell me they forgot to hand back my ID. I can come back and get it now or I can grab it whenever I drop off the car at the end of the week. I tell them I'll just grab it when I drop off the car. Fast forward a few days and they're totally clueless when I ask for it. The guy at the desk goes back and can't find it. The manager goes back and can't find it. They go over to the booth at the lot's exit and turn that upside down and can't find it. After waiting about 30 mins I realize they just lost it and now have to get through airport security without any ID, which apparently IS possible, you just have to get the full rub down to get through. When I get home I call their office to keep trying to work things through and long story short it's a massive headache and every time I get passed to a new person I have to start the whole process over again. I eventually get tired of it and call HQ which eventually forwards me back to the local office who then pick up then immediately hang up on me. At this point I'm furious and CC our finance guys on the email thread I had going with Avis, say I'm not dealing with this company anymore, and to drop me from any further communication. I start the process for my replacement ID and finance reaches out to let me know that if I want to book with any other car rental company I can. This was when I started taking Lyft everywhere instead. Four months later. Four loving months later. I get an envelope in the mail from AVIS with my ID in it. 
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Sep 11, 2019 04:21
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Rex-Goliath posted:So I take the folder and throw it in the passenger seat and head for the office. Easy peasy. When I'm about half way across Minneapolis I get a call from Avis to tell me they forgot to hand back my ID. Just gonna say....these are two hard stops for me. I loving KNOW where my license and passport is at all times. If I lost track of one or the other I'd be full on mission to get it back immediately regardless of anything else.
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Sep 11, 2019 04:28
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Motronic posted:Just gonna say....these are two hard stops for me. In general anytime I surrender an ID I don’t move until I’ve double checked I have it back.
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Sep 11, 2019 04:31
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Motronic posted:Just gonna say....these are two hard stops for me. I was four hours into my Monday morning commute and had done that routine so many times it was just muscle memory. But yeah after that incident I always keep my passport in my briefcase as a backup
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Sep 11, 2019 04:33
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Midjack posted:In general anytime I surrender an ID I don’t move until I’ve double checked I have it back. I end up in a lot of facilities in a lot of places where they want "official ID" to hold while I'm in there. I start with a credit card. If they're too smart for that I pull out a state concealed carry license that looks pretty official. That usually works because nobody knows the words/terminology on it. I'll go down to drivers license, and that's happened before. But NEVER loving ever surrendering a passport.
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Sep 11, 2019 04:43
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Rex-Goliath posted:my briefcase ok dad Motronic posted:I end up in a lot of facilities in a lot of places where they want "official ID" to hold while I'm in there. I start with a credit card. If they're too smart for that I pull out a state concealed carry license that looks pretty official. That usually works because nobody knows the words/terminology on it. I'll go down to drivers license, and that's happened before. But NEVER loving ever surrendering a passport. At any given time I have my driver's license, TWIC, passport card and passport on me. If they want to hold on to something, I give them a NYC contractor card that I don't give a poo poo about, but it has my picture and a CAC chip and looks all official. KillHour fucked around with this message at 04:47 on Sep 11, 2019 |
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Sep 11, 2019 04:44
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KillHour posted:ok dad Ohhhh....TWIC is a great idea. I can get that easy at the next Global Entry renewal (if they actually make me show up lol....of course they won't they just want the credit card number to charge). I could get a passport card as well.....that's pretty official and independent of your real passport.
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Sep 11, 2019 04:49
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Motronic posted:Ohhhh....TWIC is a great idea. I can get that easy at the next Global Entry renewal At the very least, it always prompts interesting conversation from the TSA agent looking at my ID.
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Sep 11, 2019 04:52
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It’s usually worth keeping a couple of photocopies of the bio page of your passport in your bag too, many places will accept that instead of taking the actual document since they just want a copy or a scan anyway.
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Sep 11, 2019 04:53
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Midjack posted:It’s usually worth keeping a couple of photocopies of the bio page of your passport in your bag too, many places will accept that instead of taking the actual document since they just want a copy or a scan anyway. I have not run into this, but I have also not had it on offer. I'll try it next time out. (well not next time....I'm off to Estonia again and they don't give a gently caress when you're coming from US or EU).
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Sep 11, 2019 04:59
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I just noticed concur now shows the carbon footprint of each of my flights. I’m not sure if it’s just the whole flight or my individual emissions but it’s sure something to think about for any frequent business traveler.
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Sep 11, 2019 06:13
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Looking forward to the first time someone tries to justify a more expensive flight because it has a lower carbon footprint.
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Sep 11, 2019 06:34
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Motronic posted:I end up in a lot of facilities in a lot of places where they want "official ID" to hold while I'm in there. I start with a credit card. If they're too smart for that I pull out a state concealed carry license that looks pretty official. That usually works because nobody knows the words/terminology on it. I'll go down to drivers license, and that's happened before. But NEVER loving ever surrendering a passport. I'd get a replacement license and give these fools the old one.
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Sep 11, 2019 07:02
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Maybe I'm doing things wrong but Avis always come in significantly cheaper than everyone else for personal travel (although I think there's a discount through Amex). Help me change that?
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Sep 11, 2019 10:09
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I use my passport card for that purpose as I always have both that and my actual passport on me, and the card is kind of useless.
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Sep 11, 2019 11:40
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Cacafuego posted:I’m not gonna lie. I thought about it after I realized that I cant get Austrian citizenship through my grandparents. The investment wasn’t as much as I thought it would be for citizenship. Austria is one of the easier EU countries to move to. You can live and work there for 18 months on temporary visas and then apply for permanent residency. They use a point system similar to Australia and Canada, versus most of the rest of the EU which wants you to have a job offer in hand or buy a ton of real estate.
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Sep 11, 2019 12:30
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psydude posted:Austria is one of the easier EU countries to move to. You can live and work there for 18 months on temporary visas and then apply for permanent residency. They use a point system similar to Australia and Canada, versus most of the rest of the EU which wants you to have a job offer in hand or buy a ton of real estate. Hmm. Urge to know more intensifies... My wife’s cousin moved there and did that, so we have someone with knowledge of it. I’ll look into this more, thanks!
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Sep 11, 2019 12:37
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Motronic posted:But NEVER loving ever surrendering a passport. The most uneasy travel-related thing I've had to do is surrender my passport to the Chinese embassy to get my ten year visa. Not just surrender actually, but loving ship it to Chicago where the nearest embassy is. gently caress that.
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Sep 11, 2019 17:41
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torb main posted:The most uneasy travel-related thing I've had to do is surrender my passport to the Chinese embassy to get my ten year visa. Not just surrender actually, but loving ship it to Chicago where the nearest embassy is. gently caress that.
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Sep 11, 2019 17:44
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Brazil makes you deliver it in person. And then pick it up in person when it's done. That sucked.
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Sep 11, 2019 18:05
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Yeah, that's been one positive about moving to NJ, I'm close enough to NYC to deal with an embassy in person. However, NJ still isn't doing REAL ID, so I guess I can fly on my nexus card next year.
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Sep 11, 2019 18:35
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KillHour posted:Brazil makes you deliver it in person. And then pick it up in person when it's done. That sucked. just lol if your company doesn't have an expediting service i have 2 passports though with different sets of visas due to processing times
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Sep 11, 2019 19:25
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Guy Axlerod posted:Yeah, that's been one positive about moving to NJ, I'm close enough to NYC to deal with an embassy in person. Yes, because it's not going to pushed back for what, a fifth or sixth time at this point?
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Sep 11, 2019 19:34
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KillHour posted:Brazil makes you deliver it in person. And then pick it up in person when it's done. That sucked. I haven’t had to do that recently but not sure what kind of visas they have or what you need!
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Sep 11, 2019 22:05
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sellouts posted:I haven’t had to do that recently but not sure what kind of visas they have or what you need! I had to do that for a tourist visa, but there’s a consulate downtown here so whatever.
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Sep 11, 2019 23:15
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