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DELETE CASCADE posted:don't make a habit of shoplifting from major chain stores. the employees may not care, but the company knows exactly how much you stole, because they have you on camera (these are very advanced camera systems that use facial/gait recognition to track you the whole time you're in the store). you're only temporarily getting away with it, as they wait for it to add up to an amount that the law cares about If they know what I have, why don't they just loving CHARGE ME FOR IT? If I have to do it myself I'm weaponizing incompetence to the most massive degree possible. Possibly they could even employ someone to determine what it is I have and what the appropriate recompense to them would be???  All bolts, nuts and other hardware at $MASSIVE_CHAIN_HARDWARE_STORE are $0.10-$0.20 washers, is what I'm saying.
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pencilhands posted:i retract my previous statement, you do not "gotta hand it" to lowtax under any circumstances How about “got to backhand it to Lowtax”?
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PJOmega posted:No. They're typically weight sensors. Otherwise it's inventoried at time of cleaning. If things are moved around housekeeping will mark it as used rather than rummage around to try and figure out what is where if it takes more than a couple of seconds. The complaint is not that minibars are overpriced, of course they are. In 2013 I went on a road trip from Seattle through to LA and then across to NY and stayed at many motels and cheaper hotels and never ran into such an insane prohibition. I don't even think they could possible charge you just for "opening the door", since how could you see whether you want to buy anything?
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the lady that checked me in at the MGM Grand last week told me not to drink the water on top of the fridge because it's $24 a bottle. this was as busy as it possibly gets right in front of her supervisor, mid day. definitely not there to exploit drunks and kids
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armpit_enjoyer posted:the mobile web is unusable and i will be waiting to greet the people responsible in hell You can't come to Hell unless you install the Hell app. You can't stay in Hell unless you subscribe to the Hell streaming service. If you're really serious about hustling and grinding your way into Hell, you can work as a boatman for UberStyx.
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sebmojo posted:Yeah 50 bucks for opening the fridge is insane It doesn't say that anywhere on the sign though.
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AARD VARKMAN posted:the lady that checked me in at the MGM Grand last week told me not to drink the water on top of the fridge because it's $24 a bottle. this was as busy as it possibly gets right in front of her supervisor, mid day. definitely not there to exploit drunks and kids Sociologists have run endless simulations with endless test populations, figured out all the numbers, and it turns out $17 is the sweet spot for the in-room bottled water at the MGM Grand. Any more than that, and the essential humanity of the check in lady asserts itself. Any less, and the check in lady thinks to herself "Yeah, gently caress this guy! I can't wait for him to see that he got billed $16 for a bottle of water!!"
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AARD VARKMAN posted:the lady that checked me in at the MGM Grand last week told me not to drink the water on top of the fridge because it's $24 a bottle. this was as busy as it possibly gets right in front of her supervisor, mid day. definitely not there to exploit drunks and kids That is loving insane. Criminal even. Used to be they'd have complimentary bottles of water sitting in the rooms since they went through them by the truckload and were all branded for the hotel. Only things ever charged were from the minibar.
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PJOmega posted:It doesn't say that anywhere on the sign though. It doesn't not say it either
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PJOmega posted:That is loving insane. Criminal even. Used to be they'd have complimentary bottles of water sitting in the rooms since they went through them by the truckload and were all branded for the hotel. Only things ever charged were from the minibar. Parking used to be free as well, now you have to sign up for their loving credit card if you want to avoid that poo poo 
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AARD VARKMAN posted:the lady that checked me in at the MGM Grand last week told me not to drink the water on top of the fridge because it's $24 a bottle. this was as busy as it possibly gets right in front of her supervisor, mid day. definitely not there to exploit drunks and kids Sounds like that lady was tired of getting yelled at for lovely corporate decisions and she didn't care who knew it.
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DELETE CASCADE posted:don't make a habit of shoplifting from major chain stores. the employees may not care, but the company knows exactly how much you stole, because they have you on camera (these are very advanced camera systems that use facial/gait recognition to track you the whole time you're in the store). you're only temporarily getting away with it, as they wait for it to add up to an amount that the law cares about lmao that's exactly what they want you to think
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PJOmega posted:No. They're typically weight sensors. Otherwise it's inventoried at time of cleaning. If things are moved around housekeeping will mark it as used rather than rummage around to try and figure out what is where if it takes more than a couple of seconds. About a decade and a half back there was a "day in the life of poison control" liveblog and IIRC one of the incidents was someone getting a beer from a hotel mini-fridge and taking a swig only to find out it had been refilled with urine. 
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PJOmega posted:It doesn't say that anywhere on the sign though. Are you a time traveler from the past? I’m sorry the billing is automatic but if you feel you’ve been missbilled please dial into this IVR and file a ticket for a refund. There is simply nothing I can do.
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Lol where the hell are you you people staying? I travel for work all the time and stay at decent places and the only time I’ve ever paid for parking is if the only option is a garage and I usually get one or two bottles of water per night for free. Hell I stayed overnight in Boston at the Omni Parker last weekend and you just ask at the front desk for bottled water or a free fridge. Do some research and stay at better hotels.
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If your hotel has a gym it probably has a water dispenser of some kind in it that you can use to fill up for free. If the hotel you're staying in doesn't have a gym it's probably a crummy hotel.
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Bob’s Discount Hotel & Oil Change Palace “Our rooms are now [mostly] black mold free! Free windshield wiper inspection while you stay!”
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BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:Lol where the hell are you you people staying? I travel for work all the time and stay at decent places and the only time I’ve ever paid for parking is if the only option is a garage and I usually get one or two bottles of water per night for free. Hell I stayed overnight in Boston at the Omni Parker last weekend and you just ask at the front desk for bottled water or a free fridge. These seem to be casino hotels. The sign is from a place in Nevada and someone mentioned MGM grand.
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In hotels I usually drink out of the bathroom sink. I've missed out on some free drinks because I assumed the room's minifridge was pay-per-drink, but it was complimentary!
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bossy lady posted:If your hotel has a gym it probably has a water dispenser of some kind in it that you can use to fill up for free. If the hotel you're staying in doesn't have a gym it's probably a crummy hotel. I usually just fill up my water bottle at whatever sink is in the room. Have not yet encountered a room without a sink but maybe that is coming after the fridge usage charges become widespread.
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I don’t know about you guys but I’m never installing another app. I refuse. Mail me a paper bill. Whatever. I don’t care I’m not coming up with a username and a password
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digitalist posted:DeepL now requires you to register an account to use their service, still free but Today the website is not forcing me to create an account, hopefully their little experiment taught them it was a bad idea.
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Lol I stayed in Vegas about 7 years ago and someone in our party immediately picked up the romance kit to see what it was and I just facepalmled knowing I would have to argue it when I checked out. Goddamn weight sensor predatory poo poo.
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They should combine the old lodgenet controllers with the weight sensor fridges and turn them into the world's shittiest claw game, it'd get me to spend some money on it as a laugh at least once.
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I treat a trip to hotel like a camping trip.
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Internet Old One posted:Are you a time traveler from the past? Everyone is a time traveler from the past.
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euphronius posted:I don’t know about you guys but I’m never installing another app. I refuse. Mail me a paper bill. Whatever. I don’t care Heh, let me tell you how apply for jobs works these days.
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just get a password manager and then a bunch of burner emails. also get email proxy/ alias services for said emails because even your burner needs spam protection. oh also get a burner phone and other virtual numbers.
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PhazonLink posted:just get a password manager and then a bunch of burner emails. Funny enough I tried to do that when I was looking for work. But 99% of job application sites are hosted via Workday and my password manager couldn't tell them apart. But I ALSO couldn't just create a single Workday account. Every employer required a stand-alone account. gently caress Workday.
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PhazonLink posted:just get a password manager and then a bunch of burner emails.
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PhazonLink posted:just get a password manager and then a bunch of burner emails. I am imagining you like Neil Breen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-daO9bUKOk
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I actually did have a separate email address and google voice number to put on my resume just because I was basically blasting that out on the internet.
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when is Jeff going to have a nordvpn discount for SA.
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wash bucket posted:Funny enough I tried to do that when I was looking for work. But 99% of job application sites are hosted via Workday and my password manager couldn't tell them apart. But I ALSO couldn't just create a single Workday account. Every employer required a stand-alone account. This is beyond frustrating, thankfully my password manager has a notes/descriptor and I would add the company's details in that. I must have at least 20 workday accounts at this point, it sucks.
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Verizon used to be kinda okay for business customers, at least as far as "this is the smallest and least-stinky garbage fire." That doesn't seem to be the case anymore.
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PhazonLink posted:just get a password manager and then a bunch of burner emails. People got jokes but I did this too and it’s a major QoL improvement being able to blast out totally bogus and unique PII at all these trash companies and start every browser session with a totally clean slate and log back in with a few clicks wherever you’re going. Feels real good when some place youve got an account announces they’ve been hacked too. Yeah fred.flintstone@arkansasmanurewholesaler.shop doesn’t care.
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BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:Lol where the hell are you you people staying? I travel for work all the time and stay at decent places and the only time I’ve ever paid for parking is if the only option is a garage and I usually get one or two bottles of water per night for free. Hell I stayed overnight in Boston at the Omni Parker last weekend and you just ask at the front desk for bottled water or a free fridge. Same. Marriott hotels never do this. I have seen one hotel in Boston do it though - the creepy former prison now fancy hotel, "The Liberty". I was legit pissed and have never gone back
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