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There are a decent amount of companies that, if you have worked for them, you will avoid their services or products like the plague. Unfortunately, most places will fire you if you start telling the public about what goes on behind the scenes.
Someone asked “What is a corporate secret you can now safely tell because you don't work there anymore?” and ex-employees spilled the beans. From tips and tricks to how to get around customer support and hotel staff, to horrifying facts about what goes on in a fast food restaurant. So upvote your favorites, comment your thoughts, and keep learning!
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#1
Health insurance dude. When you file a claim, it is often denied because they're counting on you not escalating it. Once you do, your case goes to a "medical management group" which ought to be called the "we don't wanna pay" group.
Keep escalating and involve your doctor. Fight for the insurance you paid for.
DeShotz 1 year ago
Unfortunately, in the US, medical decisions often are made by people who are looking out for the best interests of the shareholders, not the best interests of the actual patient.
TheAmericanAmerican 1 year ago
Now let me be very clear: health care "insurance" is nothing but a useless middle-man scam! People's very lives are at stake here so NOTHING about it should be for profit!
WFH Forever 1 year ago
My insurance sent me to four different neurosurgeons 'in network' who all said the same thing: if I remove this spinal cord tumor there is a 50/50 chance she will be paralyzed so she needs to see Dr. X. Of course they didn't want to pay for Dr. X and the medical center he works at until one of the docs pointed out that the cost of my medical care as a paraplegic for life would be thousands of times more than the one off surgery.
FABULOUS1 1 year ago
I work in medical insurance and members also need to know who their provider is contracted with before they use them. I often have to explain to members that they cannot just use their benefits anywhere they wish to, if the provider is not contracted the claim will not be paid.
Robby Bell 1 year ago
Then they need to get some medical "out"surance! wompwomp...see what I did there?
Load More Replies... Riche White 1 year ago
In California doctors/hospitals are required to tell you the total cost upfront before any medical procedure. Specifically asked K****r how much for my CAT scan and bloodwork. A month or so later get a bill for over $400 extra for each. I fought them on it and finally received a letter saying "As a courtesy we are removing these charges from your bill." No, you're following the law and doing the right thing.
Sue User 1 year ago
That "as a courtesy" bit when companies eff up really upsets me. When they act like they are doing you a favor, and you should be grateful when you demand what is rightfully yours.
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bob cameron 1 year ago
From my perspective it seems more of a problem that your government allows this to happen?
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Natalia Girotti 1 year ago
It took more then 3 months for my insurance to grant me a iron therapy. Me, my doctor and the insurence went back and forth almost every two days. And it finally worked. I was even more anemic after all that battle, bu took my iron recently. I won!
Trisec Tebeakesse 1 year ago
I'm sorry. I used to do that. I was very, very good at finding loopholes and discovering new ways to deny your claim. I left healthcare over a decade ago. Now I drive a bus.
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#2
I did data entry for a church before, digitalizing all their wills and donations. Since my NDA has long passed, I can say that it's ridiculous. People donating their entire wealth, millions upon millions to the church, even private estates and islands. There's even old money trusts from like 1800s still pumping in money.
It's a sham and these churches are filthy rich. And it's not even a "prosperity" megachurch.
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
OR we can just do away with scammers and conmen who would only find another way to scam people if religion didn't exist?
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Nicola Mawson 1 year ago
There's religion and then there's responsible churches that are spiritual. Not the same thing
David Paterson 1 year ago
Do not give the impression that churches are rich. Those that I know are dirt poor. "As poor as church mice" is more than just a saying. And they really do care for all people, not just churchgoers.
Bill Hankel 1 year ago
Listening to random people on the internet spouting nonsense is the latest scam.
Angela Darling 1 year ago
The amount of real estate the Catholic Church owns GLOBALLY is unbelievable !! The amount of wealth hoarded by this institution COULD be HELPING those that need it rather than covering the court costs of the their pedophile 'brotherhood'.
#3
Never put your information into any online financial form that claims to comparison shop for you.
1. They don’t comparison shop for you.
2. They sell your info to 4-5 of the highest bidders and your phone will be blown up with calls and texts for weeks with people trying to sell you their finance stuff.
Sorry!
DarkViolet 1 year ago
So true. That happened to me with health insurance. The minute I submitted my information, my phone rang. And rang. And rang. I was averaging a call every 20 minutes for the next week. Never again.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
Same. And when I tried to refinance my car on Lending Tree. SO annoying!
Load More Replies... censorshipsucks 1 year ago
Worse still, the insurance company owns the website that does the "comparison" as well as all the "compared" companies and they're just different resellers for the same monopoly.
You stole that from Robocop 1 year ago
I used a made up name with my neighbour's address so it has the correct zip code.
TheCrazyBunnyLady 1 year ago
Yep, but some countries consider consumer rights to be communism... Yay, big corp!
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Sharon Ginsberg 1 year ago
I was looking for cruise information for next year. Never put my information on any form. BAM! Several web sites got my email information and I've been bombarded with emails about cruises. Just keep deleting them.
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
Weeks? I've been off the job market for four years and I still get calls (and emails) from the vultures...
Tristan J 1 year ago
Not in the UK, or I believe in Europe. It's a legal requirement to only do that if you explicitly opt in, and the boxes to opt in must be clear and not pre-checked.
James016 1 year ago
GDPR. Companies cannot contact you unless you give permission.
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PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago (edited)
If you want them to stop calling ❤️my method - when they call, answer in a kids voice, when they say their ‘hey I’m so and so from *company* how are you?’ You answer back with ‘ good im at home doing homework and my daddy is watching the news’ then they ask if im a minor etc and i tell them im 14 and they never call back and they take the number off the list cos its illegal to call children :) ❤️
NDAs are a lot more common than one might think. In the US, as of 2022, around one-third of all employed people have an active NDA at this very moment. So perhaps it’s good that there are anonymous outlets like the internet out there where people can share what goes on behind the scenes without risking their jobs.
While most exist to protect the company from the sort of things we see here, there are many that are just to limit the spread of “trade secrets.” However, given the sheer number of NDAs out there, it would appear that “trade secret” is a pretty loosely understood term.
#4
Worked in nursing homes for years. Not sure how “secret” this is but a couple things: most of the staff does actually care about the patients, we just have many. But you yelling and screaming at staff because of how we treat your parent is almost certain to make us care much less. The people who are kind and patient get better care for their parents every time.
Also lowkey: once your parent goes into a nursing home/independent living, they really do start to live a different life, with different social groups, norms, and daily routines. They usually adapt more easily than their kids do and when their kids visit and start hollering about every little thing, it causes the patient more stress and anxiety than anything else.
James Howell 1 year ago
This is so true. My Momma had to go into assisted living. I left her to become part of the community. I visit her regularly, and belong to a social page for the facility. My Momma is always at ALL the activities and Always smiling. She didn't want to go into the facility, but has blossomed into a thriving, happy, beautiful person. It's not always true for all, but you have to guide them into the positive aspects of their new life. AND, for the love of God, treat the staff as family members, they will recipricate!!!!
Michelle Carlson 1 year ago
My sister and I love the staff at my mom's facility. Mom has Alzheimers and has been a BIG handful since she got there, but the staff were always, "This isn't your mom, it's the disease..." always kind. They do NOT get paid enough.
AnonymousApple 1 year ago
If the level of care given to a patient is dependent on how "nice" the family is... that's honestly pretty sh*tty. I mean I get it, people should absolutely not be treating the staff like c**p, but that also shouldn't impact the level of care to the patient, because it's not their fault if their family are jerks.
The Starsong Princess 1 year ago
Nursing home staff are underpaid and overworked. Many staff care about their patients but many do not. Regardless of their caring, they and their institutions will lie without hesitation to cover their butts. If you want the best care for your family, be present and pleasant but be firm and lower your expectations.
Angela Darling 1 year ago
The OTHER side of this is elderly ABUSE - so DO keep an eye on your loved ones and the living conditions they must bare.
Nannychachi 1 year ago
I worked in a nursing home for many years as a nurse. 99% of us loved and cared for your relatives as of they were our own. We spent alot of time with them. If you came in and treated staff badly and were demanding, we still loved your relative. But, rest assured, if you were a difficult family we always put on a fake smile and did what you asked. When you left, we went back to the daily routine that worked to ensure ALL residents were taken care of. Your family member isn't more special than anyone else's. And yes, we mean-mouthed you when you left. AND when you arrived for a visit we all let each other know you were in the building. And we didn't like you. At all.
Binky Melnik 1 year ago (edited)
Shouting at, threatening, and angering people is NEVER the way to go. If they’re in a position to help you, they likely won’t (unless they’re saints) just because they’re irritated with you now and would prefer NOT to do anything you want. (And who can blame ‘em? If you’re an a*s, people don’t like you.) They’re human beans; pretend you are, too, and treat them like human beans. You know how you get more flies with honey than with vinegar? It’s the same with people: if you want something, be nice, not a donkey.
#5
Farmed salmon is Frankenfish. They are infested with sea-lice to the point that their eyes are eaten out and they have huge open sores on their skin. They are chock-full of growth hormone and antibiotics. The fish that die off by the millions from infection are still allowed to be sold for human consumption. I had a friend who worked as a diver for Grieg Seafoods, a Norwegian fish-farming company, and the videos he had were horrifying.
shackattack 1 year ago
Can confirm this having worked on fish farms all over Norway Scotland and Ireland. Don't eat farmed salmon they live a horrible deizie rinden life and it's destroying the environment around it .
pasej41913@bustayes.com 1 year ago
Disease ridden. And that's absolutely horrific 😬🤢
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sweetrottenpeaches 1 year ago
Wow. I've never ever been so happy not to even have the money to pay for salmon :')
shackattack 1 year ago
I could not agree more all my past work between fish farms and trawling I've never seen such environmentally destructive ways of getting fish both are so wasteful and damaging it's a grim future for the beautiful seas . I'm sorry to have been apart of it .the only fishing I do is with a single hook now an keep a couple reasonable fish to eat
Grenelda Thurber 1 year ago
They're allowed to dye the salmon flesh pink, so it looks healthier and more appetizing than the gray it actually is.
Michelle Forbes 1 year ago
Rotten fish goes to be smoked because you can't tell afterwards. Caught dates are lies. Whole fish are bought and frozen sometimes for years...defrosted and refrozen several times and then passed on as fresh. Also....the fish you buy from lidls or aldi is the exact same you'll pay 3 or 4 times more for at Marks and Spencer. You'd be horrified if I told you more
Kate Koppen 1 year ago
if he fish is smoked you "can't tell" its likely not as rotten otherwise large amounts of people would get horribly sick every day that would be kind of noticeable.
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David 1 year ago
Maybe in Europe, but the US and Canadian ones have a very strict standard they have to follow, and all the ones I see have no hormones or antibiotics, and none with worm infections are allowed to be sold in the US. So from this and some of the comments, it seems to be a European issue
shackattack 1 year ago (edited)
My old company I used to work for used to sell and maintain a lot of equipment in Canada and the USA from the couple of times I went was a carbon copy as every where else we were in 17 country's not just farming salmon lots of other species of fish and shell fish
Load More Replies... censorshipsucks 1 year ago
I still think that that is preferable to bulk ocean fishing with tons of by-catch. Solution: stop eating animals. Thanks.
shackattack 1 year ago
The amount of fish and seals destroyed in salmon farming is a disgrace it would suprise you what the kill to set it up and maintain it
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#6
Not sure if it is all furniture stores, but they like to sell you stain resistant coating. It is literally a 6 dollar bottle of scotch guard in a spray bottle. We would charge 90 dollars per item sprayed.
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
Yep but that's a labour charge to do the work, so not totally unreasonable. Just overpriced.
Astro 1 year ago
I mean…..for a similar anecdote, some dealerships charge people to install floor mats. Like the cost of the floor mat plus a labour charge, usually 15 mins or 30 mins of labour. To put floor mats in your new car. Sure there was a minute or two of what could be called labour but I always found that charge to be kinda bs
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Rose Thorny 1 year ago
Scotch Guard is no longer produced. It turned out to be too good at repelling things that it never breaks down, dissolves and is incredibly bad for the environment.
You stole that from Robocop 1 year ago
Yeah, we did our recliner sofas in Scotchgard and saved about £400.
Ladedah 1 year ago
I also used to work at a furniture store... yes, the fabric guard is probably some cheap spray, but - at least where I worked - the higher cost pertained to the stain warranty... as in, if you or the company can't get the stain out, either the fabric or furniture item is replaced.
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
I love the furniture companies who will not guarantee their furniture if you don't get their add-ons. What a scam.
That being said if something downright criminal is happening, most countries do have laws to protect whistleblowers. After all, unethical practices are, unfortunately, not always against the law. Indeed, legal experts have found that some companies make employees sign NDAs that they can’t legally enforce, for example having clauses that “prevent” them from complaining about discrimination or harassment.
#7
Former data analyst for an alcohol monitoring company. I won't say the name but they're the big one with the ankle bracelet that measures alcohol from your sweat.
Most of the time, the data is made up.
We get a VERY vague idea of how the alcohol is being expelled from their body through sweat. Sometimes it's enough to make some sense of it but most of the time we were "encouraged" to "find the event" through the noise or we would be fired. Because of this, I believe numerous people reported false information to the courts.
This has ruined countless people's lives. Their own and their families.
I quit before the end of my 90 day probationary period.
Dee Rutherford 1 year ago
A lot of stuff happening these days is unethical. What can we do about it??
Load More Replies... Riley Quinn 1 year ago
Wish OP hadn't wussed out by not revealing the company's name. If what they posted is true, they owe it to the unsuspecting public to tell them.
Rick Seiden 1 year ago
I'd rather be fired than called into court to testify that I was told to "find the event" and complied.
Angela Darling 1 year ago
wow....prisons being 'businesses' and having contracts w/ the states they are in for 'residents' to fill them is one of the issues that 'tumble down' to this kind of ..wel..l LYING for profit! Welcome to the corporate-run USA
#8
I worked for a consulting service. 90% of our reports were just copy and pasted. We charged thousands for every one
Cricket 1 year ago
I am a consultant in a specified area. If someone is having a problem in a certain area, meaning turnover, advertising efficiency, etc., there are only so many ways you can say the same thing. We do gear it specifically to them, but a lot is boiler plate on the best practices issues.
TheAmericanAmerican 1 year ago
After experiencing the services of a consultant just one time was enough for me to realize they are useless grifters. McKenzie is the top grifter firm.
#9
My aunt worked building chicken houses for large poultry companies. When you pay the extra couple dollars for free range eggs, you feel you’re doing the right thing. A lot of these companies have “free range” chicken houses that leave the doors open. The chickens can come and go as they please. However, the companies install large fans at the doors that make the chickens afraid to leave the chicken houses, forcing them to stay inside. The whole free range thing is ultimately b******t.
Ace 1 year ago (edited)
In the EU there are well defined rules about what Free Range does and does not mean. The scenario you describe would not be allowed, but would classify for 'Barn Raised'. In France there are also "Label Rouge" products , applied to all sorts of food production, which lays down even more stringent rules for chicken/egg rearing.
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
I wish the US was part of the EU. Sure, European corporations aren't angels, but at least you folks have some protection. In the US, corporations are "people", so we don't stand a chance.
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Shark Lady 1 year ago
It's not that far away from battery farming, there is still the same number of birds but instead of being in cages they are all squished in a barn. The birds still have very little room for movement and diseases spread like wildfire.
Rose Thorny 1 year ago
In Canada free range just means each chicken has an allocated amount of space to them (ei 1 square foot per chicken). They usually are still inside large barns, crowded together, they are just free to roam the pen instead of being stuck in a cage.
Scott Rackley 1 year ago
Buddy of mine keeps chickens, I get all mine from him. You can find local farmers that sell eggs.
Edward Treen 1 year ago
Europe (both the EU and the UK) is streets ahead of the Home of the Brave when it comes to livestock welfare and prevention of food adulteration.
PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago
Oooih that’s what they were for, I saw a farm in Margret river area in Perth and it was sad (steggles and the free range birds were the same bird diff bag).
v 1 year ago
All of the labels associated with agriculture (free range, organic, etc.) are marketing b******t and people lap it all up and willingly pay more simply due to ignorance.
Edward Treen 1 year ago
Again, not in the UK: Terms such as "Free Range" have a legal definition and are strictly enforced and protected. UK firms ain't perfect by any means, but they're somewhat less rapacious than 'Murican Corporations.
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Any lab who runs any type of genetic test on you is selling that data in one form or another.
PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago
I personally haven’t had that happen with 23&me. I used them around 2019-20
Load More Replies... David Paterson 1 year ago
"selling that data" sounds a lot worse than "contributing to medical research". You can look up the medical journal articles on identifying and curing genetic diseases with the help of data from lab on a chip style genetic testing. A good reason for getting a genetic test is to contribute to medical research.
Happy to be a wallflower 1 year ago
This is kinda unrelated but the process they use for genetic testing is very cool
Angela Darling 1 year ago
the whole covid testing was a HUGE DNA mining op. Yeah -your DNA is in a gov't file...probably along with your 'cardio-rhythm ID'...yes - through a device your heartbeat can identify you.
Steve Hall 1 year ago
Usually to some government or law enforcement agency. Cousin Fred may go to jail thanks to you.
Mike F 1 year ago
Then it was just a matter of time, wasn't it? If cousin Fred was a murderer or rapist, he SHOULD be in prison.
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Used to work at a factory that made US military boots and shoes. Looking perfect was way more important than comfort. Some for the Navy were hard to get the back height right when sewing/forming the leather, so when the soles went on, they were adjusted to look level. Basically, the sole of a left or right would be much thicker than the other. I've seen some off by a half inch/15mm. I constantly brought it up to management, that it was essentially the same as having a piece of 1/2 inch board taped to the bottom of the boot, and would be extremely uncomfortable walking the 20 miles a day like they do. They didn't care as long as it looked good.
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
And yet the US military consumes so much money it could permanently house and feed all people in need.
Jon Penryn 1 year ago
Look at it this way, the USA forces are the ultimate socialist society. You get fed clothed and taught how to live. Your medical needs are fully met and you are given a job to do.
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Deep One 1 year ago
Most of the military spending goes to "salesmen" who inflate all the prices. I worked at a company who sold products both to commercial companies and to the military. The EXACT same product. The price for the military was 1000x what the commercial customers paid and we still had the military salesman (NOT ours) complain it was too low because he couldn't make as much. Remember this when people say the military needs more money. The American military is the biggest cash grab in the world.
Bookworm 1 year ago
There was an opinion piece in the Washington Post yesterday about an AI company that compiled and organized the unimaginable amounts of data necessary for Operation Warp Speed to roll out the covid vaccines. This company is apparently doing some amazing work that could revolutionize government operations. For about 10 years the Pentagon refused to award them any contracts, until they sued under a law that says the federal government can't spend money to build its own stuff if there's an equivalent product already on the open market, and they still feel they aren't being treated fairly, because they aren't the 'right' kind of people and they don't operate the same way as the legacy defense contractors. It's a pretty telling picture of why the government can't seem to get anything done unless it's a 'people are dying right this second' emergency. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/06/artificial-intelligence-state-of-the-union/
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If you have a medical device that uses electricity, you can send your prescription to the electric company and they can’t legally ever turn your electricity off.
Edit: Since multiple people take everything completely literally here. I’m referring to if you don’t pay your bill they can’t legally turn you off. I’m by no means referring to maintenance, fire protection, or power outages. Idk why I need to explain this. Also idk if it’ll affect your credit score or anything along those lines.
Anikulapo 1 year ago
“In the past”. I’m not going to make statements I can’t back up so I’ll just say I hope you’re right but it’s not what I’ve heard.
Load More Replies... Nicola Mawson 1 year ago
Tell that to Eskom in South Africa. Hospitals get turned off too, just like all ordinary citizens
You stole that from Robocop 1 year ago
My wife has a large selection of "massage devices", do these count?
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
lol in African. We had to get parliament to pass this and even then it only applies to certain hospitals.
K Weir 1 year ago
Had a client brag about this because he has a CPAP machine. He also joined the military to "get what he's owed" which is anything and everything through lies. He also said he teaches others how to manipulate the system, has had the government pay for 5 degrees, and is going to turn his garage into small living spaces to house the poor and get paid by the government.
Binky Melnik 1 year ago
I’ve never met this client of yours but I hate him. Please don’t ever bring him around me. Thanks!
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Huddo's sister 1 year ago
My brother used to use bi-pap, pulse oximeter, electric run oxygen, humidifier etc, so if the power went out, the company had to get a generator to us asap. It never happened, but it was good knowing it would be there if needed. It also meant that we had a electricity rebate that covered some of the cost. If you need any equipment like that (I know c-pap has become more common for people) make sure you have a plan in place.
#13
when people submit their videos to viral social media pages, they immediately sign the rights of the video away to the company. but people rarely ever read the fine print on the submission forms so don't realise
Bexxperience 1 year ago
Well, you need to sign over the rights for worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable licence (with right to sub-licence) to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform that content, otherwise the company would not be able to publish it on their platform. You're granting a "limited licence" to them, but you will always retain ownership.
#14
An open secret at a big orange box retailer of home improvement goods I used to work at was that they would accept pitches for new products from inventors, demand a sample for consideration before agreeing stock it in store, then ship the sample to China to create a similar product with just enough changes to skirt patent law, copyright, etc.
B Jones 1 year ago
Yep, such and such product is popular, the next day an "amazon basics" is available
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Man, someone with a sadistic side and a petty streak could really make this backfire on them...
Daddy’s Girl 1 year ago
Had this happen to a friend years ago. He fought, lost and did jail time. 😡
Upstaged75 1 year ago
And that's how you get sued for patent infringement! Hopefully inventors know they can do that.
John Carr 1 year ago
What small-time inventor has the legal backing to beat a large retailer?
Load More Replies... Angela Darling 1 year ago
This is done w/ ALL new inventions that may threaten the larger manufacturers !! there are patents for hydrogen engines that could solve the pollution issues...OWNED by the car companies that keep us tied to fossil fuels!
#15
When I was young I worked at a meat processing/packaging plant. Hotdogs, bologna, pepperoni, etc. Not really a corporate secret I’m revealing. but the production of all that s**t was disgusting. Worse than you think.
Adam S 1 year ago
Yep. I made sausages for two weeks. It is 100% pork. Pig nipple, pig lip, pig snout, etc.
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
And... is there anything BAD about it? It's still edible meat that is not wasted.
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frederick clause 1 year ago
Too many years ago when I was in high school I worked part time at the local butcher shop. Knowing how these things were made never bothered me at all. The average person would be amazed at the amount of food that would be wasted if it wasn't used for these things.
Binky Melnik 1 year ago (edited)
And yet if you go outside in fur (and to a lesser extent, leather), you’ll be excoriated and your clothes are likely to be vandalized. 🤔😥 I’ve not taken my Fox fur stole out of storage for … huh. About 28 years. Last time I did, some 🫏🕳️ squirted ketchup all over it and me. Let’s eat ALL the meat, but throw away the fur and skin. 😰
Load More Replies... PSimms 1 year ago
I worked in a meat plant many years ago, and I have not eaten any canned meat or processed meat since, just because of the s*** I saw go down at that place.
bob cameron 1 year ago
And what part of the chicken do you think eggs pass through?
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Margrete Sonnenberg 1 year ago
My dad worked in a butcher shop (his grandfather's) when he was younger, so he knows what goes into every sausage that they had.
Rebekah Fuentes 1 year ago
Anyone who isn't aware of this is either, willfully ignorant or naive.
#16
Worked for a major Railroad in the 90's. I worked in HazMat/Environmental. So making sure HazMat laws are followed and the environmental side was cleaning up HazMat spills.
They had fulltime staff that were lobbyist. When something really bad would happen; Railcar with nasty s**t in it crashes into a water way. The lobbyist job was to get the law changed so they didnt have to pay anything and even to correct it. The will do ANYTHING to keep from paying fines. If the state threatens to take them to court, they counter they will close all rail traffic in the state (as they own the rail).
Surenu 1 year ago
There are so many things that never should have been privatized and the railway is one of them.
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
Regulatory laws were essentially dismantled by the Reagan administration, and we've been fighting an uphill battle against powerful lobbyists ever since trying to get companies to acknowledge their negligence-for-profit schemes. The US is a demockracy, not a democracy.
Auntriarch 1 year ago
We're still suffering from the reign of Reagan's whõre
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Happy Homemaker 1 year ago
John Oliver did a good episode on this. https://youtu.be/AJ2keSJzYyY?si=3PvHGoh71ui-iYEz
#17
Wayfair will buy and photograph competitor's furniture and stuff that looks close enough to their own cheap s**t. We were told if a vase arrived looking like plastic c**p, to go to West Elm or Target etc and buy a ceramic better looking one. Same.with couches, chairs, and so on. They are a C**P company to work for and their goods are 90% garbage.
Anna Chandler 1 year ago
And where do they get off claiming they're cheap. I checked their website just once. They sell c**p at luxury prices.
Stephanie A Mutti 1 year ago
My experiences with Wayfair have been really good. But I will say with anything bought online READ the reviews. The 1stars especially. Sometimes it's user error, persnickety customers and/or delivery issues but if the 1stars are consistent about quality, move along to something else.
Poison Ivy/Boo 1 year ago
Great advice and works for any online shop. I always check the reviews first if something catches my eye. No review, no purchase.
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AMaureen Dance 1 year ago
Been waiting 2 weeks for a pair of lamps that keep getting pushed back. But, since they're on the loading dock, Wayunfair calls that shipped and it cn't be cancelled, until they finally arrive and I get to send them back. So they have my money and I have no lamps.
Nikki Sevven 1 year ago
I visited their website once. They wouldn't even let me view their products without signing up. I declined to acquiesce to their request.
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
If it's any consolation, Wayfair are one of the covid-made-us-huge companies who are in deep trouble now. https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/19/investing/wayfair-layoffs/index.html
#18
The cheap.dole orange juice, medium priced Tropicana and expensive naked juice are all the same s**t.
Annik Perrot 1 year ago
Actually, here, there are two kinds of juice: the "pure juice" and the one made out of watered down concentrate. "Nectars'' are made of fruit puree with added water and sugar.
Ace 1 year ago (edited)
True in France but in some other countries there's a third type, exemplified by Sunny Delight, which is a "Fruit Drink" and not subject to minimum fruit content requirements. They even add vegetable oil into it, FFS. Never seen it here, hopefully it's outlawed.
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Toothless Feline 1 year ago
Unless you live within a day’s drive of where the oranges are harvested, concentrate will actually be closer to “pure” juice than the premium “not from concentrate” orange juice. This is because non-frozen stored oranges and juice slowly lose flavor over time. They add it back in with “flavor packs” containing the chemical compounds that disappeared during storage. Because these are supposed to be exactly the same as what’s naturally in the oranges, it’s not legally considered an “additive” and the package doesn’t need labeling indicating that addition. (Yes, some of this also happens with concentrate, because all commercial orange juice in the US is pasteurized and deoxygenated, which removes a portion of the flavor. But that happens to all commercial orange juice. The “not from concentrate” juice has almost no flavor of its own; it pretty much all comes from the flavor packs.)
majandess 1 year ago
OMG. I gagged when I first learned about this. I don't drink a lot of juice anymore.
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CanadianDimes 1 year ago
I don’t buy this. I’ve had some store brand OJ here in the UK and the quality is noticeably different than name brand.
Jo Davies 1 year ago
Hubby works for a fruit juice company that makes juice under their own name and for 3 of the biggest supermarket chairs in the country. It us really good juice and is allowed to state, by law, that it is 100% fruit juice. But it isn't. It comes in as concentrate and is mixed with water from the RO plant.
Flora Porter 1 year ago
Fresh juices start to oxidise and separate within minutes. All pre-packed juices are heat or otherwise treated to make them last, and that kills off the enzymes. If it's not freshly squeezed in front of you, you might as well save your money and drink squash.
censorshipsucks 1 year ago (edited)
No it depends on restaurant. Also in my country we do actually produce oranges and have pure orange juice so ... you can tell it's fake if you pick up SO2 in the taste. Also, if you see them USING the orange squeezing machine on the bar, you also know.
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
Once I find a brand I like, I stick with it. Doesn't matter if it's high, low, or medium-priced.
#19
Hotel industry: of course club members get priority when it comes to upgrades, but even if you’re not a member, you are more likely to get a free upgrade if you list “Dr.” as your prefix.
MaximumKarmaSaint 1 year ago
Really? What hotel gives you free upgrades? (I'm not counting things paid for by someone else, unless the someone else is the hotel).
Bec 1 year ago
There are lots of little things they can comp or upgrade. I'm a 'member' for at least one chain because that is how you get the free wifi. If they have lots of available rooms, they'll ask if you want a free upgrade to a King etc. Had a bit of an incident with a group we were with. One person received a free bottle of water from the desk while another was told it was $2.50. The Hotel said it was because it was a different desk person but we couldn't help but notice one person was White and the other was not.
Load More Replies... Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
Well, Dr. Love and Dr. Feelgood never went to jail, so... (note:could be wrong on that last one)
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There's almost always mold in the ice machine. Both my S.O. and I have worked in many restaurants. You'll live but it's still gross. I always ask for no ice.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
We have a company that comes by every two weeks to clean ours out.
Verena 1 year ago
I did it and discovered, that there are areas which cannot be cleaned. Take one of these apart. Really apart.
Load More Replies... Tyranamar 1 year ago
Where do people come up with this stuff? I've worked in a ton of restaurants. Never seen any mold. We almost all have automatic ice makers in our home freezers. Do you see mold in your freezer at home? No. Mold generally doesn't like to be frozen.
Bec 1 year ago
Agree. We had nasty build up from whatever impurities are in the water that would get slimy, I wouldn't classify it as mold. We made sure to let the ice bins get all the way empty and clean it all regularly. Getting up in the ice maker was harder to do, but the boss would take it all apart and clean it regularly.
Load More Replies... Mike F 1 year ago
It's not necessarily "mold" that we're accustomed to but black "slime" that seems to come from the PVC that the machines are plumbed in with. First time I personally saw it was ~1982 in Houston. The inspector told the management what chemical to use to get rid of it, it was pretty simple and straightforward.
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Debby Keir 1 year ago
Recently bought an 'American style' fridge freezer and purposely bought the one without the water filter and ice maker for precisely that reason.
Sans Serif 1 year ago
But, making ice with filtered water is the best way to make "clean" ice...
Load More Replies... Riley Quinn 1 year ago
Have you ever asked your waitperson when the last time the ice machine was cleaned? Like looking at a deer in the headlights.
Lara Verne 1 year ago
That's allarming. I worked in grocery store, and we also make coffee and drinks for customers. All machines had to be perfectly clean, we had to take it apart and clean it everyday.
#21
The Radisson Hotel has a "Yes I can" policy. If they are capable of doing something for you as a guest and you ask directly, they are supposed to say yes and maintain a positive attitude towards providing you satisfying services. ALWAYS SHOW UP EARLY FOR CHECK IN AND ASK FOR AN UPGRADE. This is how I go from $250 a night in a regular room to $250 a night for a jacuzzi suite every time I travel.
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
Seriously doubt this will work at Radison in SA. Our attiude to business is the customer is a pain and no we can't do that.
Binky Melnik 1 year ago
That’s a motel, not a hotel. Obviously they’re cheaper because there are usually few to no amenities. You’re throwing in apples when the topic for discussion is hotels. Not everyone wants nothing beyond a bed and a toilet.
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Used to work at Michael’s craft store.
There’s a quota for the amount of credit cards we can get customers to sign up for.
We have to try and convince them to sign up for credit cards or else we lose hours and get in trouble.
We’re told not to tell anyone about the interest rate as it’s very high, 32.5 percent APR rate.
We get an extra dollar in our paycheck if someone signs up for one.
We’re only allowed to sell it to people speaking English, even if we speak fluent Spanish or other languages.
Also for the rewards they say you get 5 dollar coupons ever 25 dollars you spend but that’s not true. That is only when you first sign up, after that it’s only 3 percent of every visit you go to Michael’s. It’s not really worth it. I worked there and I tried it and it only ended up making me spend more by trying to earn the vouchers.
There’s no way to change ur email or phone number for the rewards, when we change it in store it’s only per transaction and doesn’t permanently change.
Everything in the store is marked up to be expensive on purpose so if you use the coupons it will still be slightly overpriced but people feel like they’re saving.
The quality of their art supplies is bad because they stopped carrying good brands and started to only carry cheap brands owned by Michael’s that were made poorly and are incredibly expensive.
We have so many holiday items that are “ 50 “ dollars that are entirely made of styrofoam’. Look at the big Easter bunny for 50 dollars, break off an ear, it’s styrofoam.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
Most store credit cards are borderline loan sharking. They all seem to be around that high 20s or low 30s interest rate. The "buy now and get it 12 months interest free" is inevitably on a card like this and the credit provider is banking on people failing to pay it back before the 12 months is up. After which the interest snowballs rapidly.
AMaureen Dance 1 year ago
I only charge what I can afford, and pay it at the end of the month. I save up my points to use for special occasions.
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Dela Bee 1 year ago
Downvote me all you want, but I disagree. I changed my email using the website and it stuck. I get DMC floss at Michaels during their sales because the price is cheaper than Joann's or Walmart, but let's be real - everything we buy is marked up. Also, yes, the homegoods and decorations are pretty cheap, but the baking, needlecraft, and art supplies are the best selections around unless ALL you sell is baking supplies. I refuse to do store credit cards though so I can't disagree with that.
deathrose 1 year ago
Yeah, I feel like if you're there for a textile craft, like yarn or needle craft, you'll find exactly what you need at a good price. I feel like it's the decorative stuff that has quality issues, like decorations, scrap booking, and jewelry making. Also, I've been using Michael's for years, and this is the first I'm hearing of a credit card.
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B Jones 1 year ago
Reminds me of J C Penny? They would do coupons aot for store card holders but have marked up merch. Anyway a new CEO came in and just said F it we'll mark the item as it would be with the coupon and not make people jump through hoops. And customers hated it, because they didn't feel like they were saving money LOL. I guess paying 15.00 for a shirt wasn't the same as 20.00 then getting 5.00 off
Kim Kermes 1 year ago
That's how it was at SouthGoodweather rack. I couldn't work register because I'm hard of hearing and that's where most of the cards were set up.
Angela Darling 1 year ago
you can get the credit card from any store for the discount they offer at the register. receive the card in the mail -then shred it! then after 30 days cancel the card. THEN after another 60 days you can repeat the process!
Big Chungus 1 year ago
I don't know exactly how true some of this is. I worked at Michaels as well during college, and we didn't have credit cards. Maybe it is new, but that didn't exist when I worked there. Hell, their website at the time was just a catalog, you couldn't even order online yet.
D. Pitbull 1 year ago
Ha.. I knew it. When Michaels started dropping all the 'normal' brands for certain things... only to fill it with suspiciously similarly coloured in-store brand stuff - I knew they were phasing out decent-quality goods for their own garbage. Ohhh there's a difference in quality all right.. Funny... I found I'd not made a Michaels purchase in a while... went on their website to browse and was reminded of their overpriced, under-quality goods.
Rebekah Fuentes 1 year ago
Michael's is absolutely a racket. I personally have never been accosted with a CC offer. Didn't even know they had one. Maybe this Latina doesn't fit their demographic LOL!
#23
I will flat out just say don’t trust any diamond grading report that is not GIA. I worked for another diamond grading lab that worked with retail jewelers and the boss would fudge the grades to help them.
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
honestly I doubt the average person can tell the difference between crystal glass and diamond, so ... who cares?
Robby Bell 1 year ago (edited)
It's kind of true about gems- that unless it's truly a remarkable stone, it's pretty worthless on a free market at least. Like my mom had this collection of jewelry I knew she had over the years paid like over six figures for. Beautiful necklaces, rings, bracelets, with decent sized stones in each, emeralds, diamonds, rubies, sapphires, peridot, garnets, individual pieces with dozens of stones in them with like 20 ct , 30 ct cumulatively in each. she had a 60 carat citrine ring it was like a golf ball on her hand. she died, and when I went to have a few pieces appraised and to sell a few to a jeweler, he gave me what I still felt was a decent amount of money, and a bag, with all the stones in it. I was like"oh, don't you want these gemstones? why are you giving it to me?" and he was like stones under 5 ct. solitaires are. essentially worthless. all the money came from the gold used. If you dont want them back we'll just throw them out for you."
#24
I did data entry for a major telecommunications company 20 years ago. The sales representatives would file expense reports for so much c**p under “entertaining expenses” and the company uses this as their basis for tax reduction. For example, one sales rep was very good friends with a guy who was a branch manager for one of our customers. A couple of times a month the sales rep would host his friend aboard his fishing boat, and he would write expense reports to pay for their beer and refreshments and ice for their cooler and gas for the boat. All came under “entertainment expenses.” And since the guy was a customer, the sales manager signed off on it. There was all kinds of the stuff going on. The company also sponsored a national golf tournament and paid for entertainment expenses for customers who were executives from large corporations. The expense reports for these events came in, and they were 4 to 5 inches thick and had to be manually entered. So there we were, clerks, barely making enough to live on and were transcribing accounts showing that a vice president (customer of ours) would check into a luxury hotel, suite, and immediately send their clothes out for dry cleaning, order shrimp cocktails and champagne from room service, and my company would pick up the entire tab. Multiply this by about 300 other individuals. These people had generational wealth and they were highly placed into large corporations. The irony was that these were the people most likely to complain about welfare for low income people and yet they were getting all this paid for, and my company was using it to eliminate their tax. This is why you hear about about corporations not paying any tax, because of write offs like this. Don’t get me started on their conventions because that’s exponentially worse….
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
I had a former CEO who was actually IN the office less than six weeks a year. Unless there was inclement weather, he was out on the golf course with either prospective or existing (in the name of retention) clients every other weekday. The amount for his entertainment budget must have been a thing to behold.
BlueBlazer999 1 year ago
This entry makes much more sense as one paragraph. Learn to read.
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the secret ingredient in jimmy john's delicious tuna salad is soy sauce
pasej41913@bustayes.com 1 year ago
Jimmy John's is a horrible unethical company who abuses its employees terribly. Not surprising since the owner is a fan of Donald Trump.
#26
If you've ever put your ID into a computer for a background check it's probably been circulated to others regardless of whatever cybersecurity claims the company doing the background check claims.
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
Not necessarily. In fact this is illegal in my country. We have a thing called Protection of Private Information Act which says they have to explicitly ask your permission. You can sue if you find out that they shared without permission.
MaximumKarmaSaint 1 year ago
Which country? I just want to know because if you're in my country, then I can do things without as much fear.
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#27
Rental car companies: the upgrade price is made up on the spot.
Maxigrod 1 year ago
Little story: wanna rent a car for a few days, look it up in the company site, cars were available and cost x. But, been near an office i went there figured i will get the car faster. So when i was there ask for same car, but price was Y, so.i said what i was already researched and they make something ti justified the price they give me. I stand up, said ok i will reserved online. Magically the price was matched.
Mike F 1 year ago
And avoid Hertz! Their record keeping is terrible and a great many people are being arrested because Hertz is turning in the cars as stolen when they were returned on time and checked in. There's no negotiating with the police when a warrent has been sworn out. Hertz used to be one of the best car rental companies, but now they are terrible.
DeoManus Argentem 1 year ago
There's a minimum upgrade charge in the pricing matrices set daily by the manager depending on availability. The rental agent can ask anything above that without getting an override from the manager. And they do - it's a sales job - the agents get up to 15% of any extras you purchase if they hit the highest tier (upgrades, gas, insurance, child seats, roadside assistance, etc.) - that's why they try so hard - if you don't purchase any extras it actually hurts them because it lowers their percentages and could knock them down a tier. You can get the cheapest upgrades at night because the managers like to toss their counter people a bone (and they know the later the arrival the cheaper the flight and more price-conscious the renter.) You can also negotiate the insurance prices, but almost nobody realizes this.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
Assuming they're talking upgrading from Model A to Model B car then surely you just look up the car rental prices for both and say "well the difference is $20. So that's the upgrade price right?"
RajunCajun 1 year ago
not all the time. I was renting a car once and the girl working kind of gasped when checking me out. I asked and she told me with my company contract I got to upgrade to a Jag for just $5 a day.
#28
When a Verizon rep tells you they fixed something but to call back in 2 hours or 2 days, it’s because 8 times out of 10 they didn’t solve your problem but if you don’t call back in within 2 hours or 2 days depending on department it won’t affect their stats.
ETA: if ANY rep tells you that the credit department or ANY department can raise your finance limit (unless it’s an error), they are lying.
#29
Lululemon comes in straight from Hong Kong to the US. Mostly made in Sri Lanka and Vietnam. Same with Mast Global, Lane Bryant, Torrid, Express, etc.
BrownTabby 1 year ago
That’s a secret? I assume all clothing companies’ stuff is made there unless they’re an explicitly ethical company, and often even then.
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
If only the US would allow children to work in our factories all our clothes would have the 'Made in the US' label. Seriously, it's bad enough prisoners make so much of our things and don't get compensated for it. And for those of you questioning why a prisoner should be adequately compensated for their labor it's because otherwise it's slavery.
Binky Melnik 1 year ago
I’m okay with prisoners having something to do to pass the time and learn a trade and not make minimum wage. They’re put away because they can’t behave among society, so they don’t get all the perqs that law-abiding citizens do.
Load More Replies... Upstaged75 1 year ago
Do they even make clothes in the US or Europe anymore? Other than boutiques and custom stuff.
Trisec Tebeakesse 1 year ago
You can buy the same things at LL Bean and Walmart. They're made on the same line. You're paying the premium for customer service and return policy, but it's the same fabric sewn by the same slaves.
Angela Darling 1 year ago
you're paying outrageous prices for POLYESTER ! I can justify $$$for quality fabrics - but not polyester
Daddy’s Girl 1 year ago (edited)
Bought a beautiful pricey vest on Coldwater Creek only to find out it was made in China
#30
I can't speak for other food/beverages, but I would safely assume it's the same ... i worked in a sauce factory. Kosher sauce is the same sauce, but the difference is when they are starting to cook it a rabbi is present there blessing it.
Brand name sauce and off brand sauce are essentially the same. Barilla and Aldi's are identical. Barilla ships out the door stacked nicely, pallet shrink wrapped properly. Aldi's brand ships out stacked terribly, with a thin wrap of shrink wrap. Thats where the savings is. Loading Aldi's sauce on to trucks you could guarantee there was going to be at least one or two pallets dumped.
David 1 year ago
This is 100% False, there is no Rabbi Blessing for Kosher, The Rabbi needs to inspect all the ingredients to make sure they are all kosher, properly clean down the entire production line with scalding hot water at 212F, and much more. It is why most Kosher food are made in all Kosher Plants (but not all). This person is lying because you can see they have no clue what they are talking about. Also some brands like Barilla own their own factories and make in house, some premium brands do use Co-Packers, but while made in the same facility, you choose the grade of ingredients, you choose recipe, etc. So most of the time they are not the same as a off brands. I know because I interned for a Kosher Supervising agency years ago, and did factory inspections, so I Know the kosher end and the factory end.
David 1 year ago
There is zero blessing involved in making items Kosher. The Rabbi has to make sure the production is Kosherized with 212F scalding water if it had ever been used for non-kosher food, check every ingredient going in, supervise the whole process, etc. That is what Kosher is
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The insurance companies target for you paying on life insurance is about ten years. It's long enough to have made back the commission and expenses plus some profit. After that, they will make it easier and easier for you to forget to pay for it, and have it lapse. There will suddenly be an issue with automatic payments...things like that. But why? If the policy is lapsed when you die, there is absolutely no payout despite ten years of premiums. That's why.
Janos Schumacher 1 year ago
You are correct that a lapsed policy doesn't pay. 10 years of premiums isn't 10 years of savings. You don't get your money back when you stop paying on your car insurance right? Everything else in this comment is wrong. "Problem with automatic payments?" seriously? If the insurer doesn't follow their end of the payment agreement then the policy does not lapse. You forget to pay your premium because everyone forgets things. That's not the carrier's fault. Insurance is based on actuarial tables and keeping enough reserve so that claims can be paid. Yes, there are disreputable brokers out there, but all the major carriers play a straight game. If you have trouble with getting a claim paid, you are probably the one with the problem. Pay your bills, keep your paperwork in order, read your damn certificate of insurance so you understand your own coverage.
#32
I waitressed at a nice restaurant in a very upscale neighborhood. One day I went into work and the back dining room, which was devoid of customers, smelt like death. Literally one of the foulest smells I’ve ever come across. We were about to have a dinner rush, so I alerted my manager and she hurried back. This woman goes, “oh, the trap worked!”, pulls the seat off one of the booths, and picks up the largest decomposing rat I’ve ever seen. It was pregnant. An hour later someone was digging into their burger in that booth… Despite their upscale label, many high-end restaurants will have pests like rats and roaches. I once saw a roach crawling up an ice bucket. Management never did anything, just made sure the customers didn’t know. Also please think twice about ordering soft drinks, the machines are most likely not being cleaned properly and mold loves those areas.
#33
Candy and chip packaging plant.. The production lines didn't change depending on the brand, just the package. The chips that were being produced went into a Kroger bag at $0.99, then a few thousand runs later, they switched the package to a name brand for $1.99. Outside of the label, nothing changed.
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
yes I play guess the brand. So we have basically 2-3 actual brands here, and the in-store brand is almost always one of those three. So it's just about guessing who the original was.
SynthaCybe 1 year ago
yep, used to repair machines at a snack packing plant here in the UK. What went into Lidl, Aldi, Co-Op, Tesco, Sainsbury's, ASDA, Waitrose and Occado is all the same, with slight variations to the salt / flavor blend... but the core product (crisps/potato chips) are all from the same batching fryer!
Russell Rieckenberg 1 year ago
The tortilla chip/popcorn factory I worked at packaged name brand and store brand simultaneously from same production line. Also store branded products usually had an expiration date a week or two later than name brand, so comparing the two side-by-side in the store, would give the impression the store brand was fresher, or at least would last longer.
#34
Not “corporate,” per se, but 15 years ago, when the MA state healthcare budget was tight, MassHealth (the state Medicaid program) decided to send out an extra “redetermination” form to everyone covered by MassHealth. This form was normally sent out yearly and used to determine if people still qualified—had their income changed, or had they been offered insurance through their employer?—and was written in extremely difficult-to-parse English. If the form wasn’t returned or if it wasn’t delivered (extremely common if the person had moved or didn’t have a permanent address), the person would immediately lose their MassHealth coverage. Sending this form out every six months instead of every year was a great way to knock a few thousand extra people off the Medicaid rolls in the middle of the year and save money in the short term. In the longer term, people who truly needed coverage would not be able to get their cancer treatment/diabetes medications/addiction treatment. It was a truly disgusting decision, and I was in a position where I was told by high-ups why it was being done but couldn’t do anything about it other than protest.
#35
if you keep calling apple to get your phone repaired for free, eventually you will get the right person on the phone that can’t be bothered and will give you what is called a customer satisfaction code which can be used for a free repairs/replacement at the nearest apple store. don’t give up, always ask for a supervisor. also phone insurance is a scam. just put that extra $15 a month in a savings account account.
#36
Having an insurance agent (auto/home) is about 20-30% more expensive than if you do it online yourself. I’m talking about the same exact policy from the same exact company. Also, almost all insurance companies sell the same exact policy but they just rename stuff to make it sound like they are giving you something else. Oh, and most of the time, the insurance agent has no f*****g clue about what they’re talking about. They just want you to buy whatever b******t they are selling. They are a step up from a used car salesman. Insurance is simple in terms of the coverage you get, YOU DO NOT NEED an agent. Your agent also doesn’t represent you. If you file a claim, they can’t do anything other than give you a claims number.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
I always assumed people like an insurance agent (or mortgage broker) are just there to save your time doing the legwork. Instead of you looking at half a dozen companies and getting quotes the agent does that for you and recommends the best (or cheapest) option. The question is whether the time you save not doing it yourself outweighs the cost of their commission.
Linda R 1 year ago
Insurance agent here (30 years' experience). It's generally only a 10-15% markup for agency commissions. The benefit of using a reputable agent is that they do the shopping for you and should be knowledgeable about the product they offer. Yes, there are crappy agents out there, but if you find a good one, it can save you a lot of legwork as well as providing an explanation of coverage. Our agency does help with claims as much as we are allowed. Most agents just don't like to do it.
Little king trash mouth 1 year ago
Yeah - my guy has been doing the behind the scenes stuff I don't want to do for years. I pay for that service because I don't want to. Not because I don't think I can.
Tim Douglass 1 year ago
And if you get a good agent they are worth their weight in gold. Mine has saved me thousands of dollars and managed claims I hadn't the slightest idea how to work with.
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
We have apps for this now. Not even call centres. No paper involved. No humans involved.
Anna Chandler 1 year ago
Every time I tried to get insurance through an agent, they tried to scam me by billing me a much higher price than they quoted me, leading me to immediately cancel said policy. I will never use an agent again.
#37
If you buy a new game from GameStop, and it’s not in the shrinkwrap, there’s a pretty decent chance that an employee has taken home and played that copy of the game.
Edit: spelling
RedBadgerCan'tSwim 1 year ago
It's not like discs wear out. As long as it works and still has any codes that came with it. If it bothers you ask for a shrink wrapped copy. At least at my local stores the staff is pretty helpful.
#38
My wife was once employed by a large glass warehouse in the midwest. Her job? 1. Open box of glassware from Poland. 2. Open box that says Made In USA with company logo. 3. Transfer glassware from Box A to Box B. 4. Seal Box B, put Box A into bundler. Mind you, this is s a regional operation, so diming them out ain't gonna help anyone. Management said this was legal and that building was there for 20 years doing it and its still in operation today.
Auntriarch 1 year ago
Like the handbag with a little leather tag stamped "genuine leather" well they just mean the tag
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#39
When I was younger, I had a summer job at a bakery. Everything was frozen but the whole community thinks it’s homemade. They get away with it by saying everything is baked fresh daily - that’s technically true, but it was frozen first. They wouldn’t even use their dumpsters to throw out the packaging and boxes.
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
Where I live, it's now mandatory to disclose if the baked product was frozen before baking.
Fall F. 1 year ago
Yeah, in Germany too. But have to mention, most -like 90%- of the doughs are fine with freezing, without quality-issues. So. if your bagel tastes "eww!",it's not because of freezing, more because of a fckd up dough.
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Frozen and baked that day in-shop is better than two day old delivered by truck.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I see people complaining about this a lot and I don't get what the problem is. Freezing it doesn't make it taste different generally and it is fine to refreeze if needed.
Auntriarch 1 year ago
I admit to being surprised to find that on the fresh fish counter, fresh meant freshly defrosted
#40
Skin care companies make a butt load of money because the manufacturing costs of their products usually are just a few bucks. AHA for example just costs about a Dollar and a couple of cents then they are sold as $20 or more. I worked in supply chain so I handle the manufacturing, logistics and warehousing part of a well known skin care company.
#41
Housing associations (UK) Many of the staff laugh at their tenants who are struggling. If your housing association runs care homes as well the office staff also look down at care staff. They also think it's disgusting that you ask for a living wage. I f*****g hated working for one, bunch of pricks.
SynthaCybe 1 year ago
add to this "housing management companys" i used to pay £120 a year to such a company (it was tied into the deeds of the house) for them to cut 10 sqr. meters of scrub grass twice a year, every body in a 20 property road did! bloody thieves! and when you wanted to sell your house you had to pay up for the next year in advance, otherwise they could, & would block the sale of the propety!
#42
Audit is a sham. It is required by law for large companies so they pay auditors to sign off on their accounts. Even though it is supposed to be independent review, it is more like auditors work for the company they are auditing. Majority of the audit is spent on fixing the cr**py accounting done by the companies. And when audit finds something that is beyond fixing, nothing happens. It gets buried and everyone pretends nobody saw nothing. I have seen many huge f**k ups that got covered by the audit partner with lies. There was this company that generated 2 mil of operating profit for the year, which is fine for the company of their size. But during the audit I have found the problem with their underlying accounting system that was undercharging the company liability by a little each time. This was going on for number of years, basically their whole accounting was wrong. Ran this through technical department, through directors and talked with the partner and they all agreed that this is wrong and we have to adjust the financial statements. But what they did not realise was the size of an error. Once we finished calculations it came close to 6 mil euros of unreported liability. There is only one fix you can do here at this time - expense it all and report 4 mil loss for the year. Thats where the audit magic started to happen. Partner has immediately took over and said they will raise this with the board of directors. They never have but they met with ceo for total of 5 minutes and told us that they discussed the issue at lengths and it is fine as is this year. They will make changes next year to do proper calc going forward (they most certainly have not done so). This is just an example of black and white case that got buried, but the amount of fudging going on during audits to make the accounts look fine is scary. Any of the big scandals that get into media and people asking why did audit not find it, you can be sure that they have. But they were told by superiors thats its actually fine.
David Paterson 1 year ago
Looking it up. "KPMG's South African operation was caught up in a corruption scandal when it was accused of facilitating tax evasion and corruption by the Gupta family during the 15 years the firm audited the books of several Gupta businesses." And "KPMG wants a second chance to reestablish its business in South Africa after a series of high-profile scandals."
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#43
I worked in advertising for a large publisher. We used to sell digital ads called a fireplace (essentially three ads that surround the page on a desktop screen). The publisher would sell the impressions (how many times someone sees a page/ad) of these ads x3 for each page, instead of them being one page view. When I pointed out that this was fraudulent I was “made redundant” with a fat payout as long as I kept my mouth shut. That was at least 5 years ago now though so…
#44
When one big name appliance manufacturer purchased another, their lab techs noticed something odd in their audit reports regarding product failures. All products are designed so that when they fail they do so safely. Any time it does not do so is notable. The techs noticed that the number of failures was well below what could be expected, it raised red flags. It turns out that their number of failures was higher than recorded. The executives had ordered that fires be officially recorded as *phyre* and leaks be recorded as *leeks*. As the buying company assumed the liabilities of the selling company, the buying company has turned around and sue the selling company and the company executives personally. In the end they could stand to win back all that they paid, retain the company and receive personal and punitive damages from the execs. I believe the case is still before the courts.
#45
Hunter Douglas. The extremely expensive shutters are made of compressed cardboard. And your bonus for exceeding projected manufacturing goals is a pizza party. And Walt is a d**k.
Ace 1 year ago (edited)
Oh, Window blinds. There used to be( (probably still is) a large UK company advertising heavily. I did once call them to ask for a quote, but they absolutely refused to do so without a home visit. I lead them on for ages over the telephone, assuring them that I did actually want to put extending blonds or whatever on all my windows, plus in the conservatory etc. but that I was very rarely and unpredictably at home, making an appointment difficult, so could they please, pretty please, give me at least a vague idea of costs? When they eventually did I nearly laughed him off the phone. It was literally three or four times what I could buy a much better product for at a local builders yard/DIY shop. Even if I paid someone else to fit them they'd have worked out half the price of the crappy branded product.
#46
High end, partner leveled lawyers do not care about your case. They will simply give it to the underlings and blame whoever worked on it if something goes wrong. Basically.. Corporate lawyers take all the glory and have job security as long as paralegals and low level lawyers do the work/blame.
#47
CARMAX will sell a car that they have to tow from place to place, or get it into "good enough to start" condition, so you fill out the loan paperwork and get into a lemon that dies as soon as you get it home.
Theyll blame it on you, and people are very afraid of taking a company like CARMAX to court over lemon laws.
They exploit that enmass
Edy Eddins 1 year ago
SO many things incorrect here. First one is that Lemon Laws do not apply to used vehicles. Second is that Carmax has a automatic 90-day repair policy and a 30 day return policy. Literally the safes place to buy a used car.
Nikki Sevven 1 year ago
In Massachusetts, the Lemon Law does apply to used vehicles with less than 125,000 miles AND those with more than 125,000 miles that fail to pass inspection within 7 days after buying.
Load More Replies... kansasmagic 1 year ago
I wonder if OP is one of those "smart" people who buys a new car every three years, only to complain about depreciation and a $700 monthly payment.
Anna Chandler 1 year ago (edited)
I've bought all my cars from CarMax for the past 15 years. I had a couple of "lemon" cars, but the warranty is cheap, and I never paid a cent for repairs. I'll keep buying my cars from Carmax, because they don't follow you around and harass you, but also because the cars I've bought have been affordable and reliable.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
Not sure about the US, but that's why I wouldn't buy a car in Australia without an RACQ check first. Costs to get it done but they're very thorough and it'll (usually) save you from buying a lemon. I assume there be a similar check available from whatever the US automobile association is called?
#48
Work in mortgages. Your initial closing disclosure is hot garbage designed to meet legal requirements. The company can and will increase fees on you and will find a way to pass it onto you. That was my entire job. Finding ways to pass fees onto customers.
#49
Don’t use strategy consultants. The managers are megalomaniacs who have been in the game too long to realize they just faked it ‘till they made it (made it meaning they ended up in cushy, well-paid jobs - not that they stopped faking it). Most of the work is done by overworked and underappreciated interns/newly graduated consultants who have no clue what they are doing half the time anyway.
#50
Almost everything on a quote to work on your car is negotiable. Most dealerships use matrix pricing on parts. That means you’re paying more than MSRP. Most manufacturers have a 32-35% markup on parts. So if the part costs the dealership $100, average MSRP would be bout $135. I’ve seen dealerships that did a cost + 100% matrix so the customers would be charged $200 for that same part. Don’t be afraid to ask for a discount.
WFH Forever 1 year ago
Or avoid the dealership altogether and support your locally owned and operated repair shop?
Nikki Sevven 1 year ago
Yep. My mechanic is within walking distance of my house, which is a HUGE plus. He's honest and realistic and his prices are reasonable.
Load More Replies... Michelle Carlson 1 year ago
My dealership (Subaru) has always been cheaper and better than the local operators. Honest and never pushy. Love them.
#51
Oh! I used to work for a big-in-my-region farm company that grew berries as well as bought berries from other farms, they packaged them and sold frozen berries under their own name as well as for Fred Meyer, Trader Joe’s, Albertsons, etc. The farms they bought berries from were supposed to get certain checks done before we would accept their fruit (make sure their water source didn’t contain E.coli, test the soil, have people look through the berries to remove bugs, prove their fertilizer & pesticides were approved by my company, etc.) and, at the end of the season, maybe two of the fifty or so farms we bought from had actually done everything. We’re just happily letting people get rawdogged by their frozen fruit.
#52
so a lot of people in Asia do business like this, it's like an all day thing sometimes maybe even goes on for a few days. they take you to some luxury dinner you eat the best kind of food, then you go to some luxury spa, massage, like tea time or whatever, and basically fun s**t could even be bowling in some giant high rise. then they take you to some VIP brothel only for the executives, you have all the sex you want, then chill inside the brothel which has soft beds with TV attached to it in a sleeping room with all the other VIP members. you get honeyd**ked into giving them the deal, works 99% of the time.
Amanda Young 1 year ago (edited)
Honey came first maybe they thought it was sweet d**k🤣🤣 Edit:forgot a word
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The secret sauce at Bronco Burgers is just ketchup and mayonnaise.
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
We call that "thousand island" sauce in SA and you can get it pre-made in bottles in stores. What I want to know is what exactly is "ranch".
Poison Ivy/Boo 1 year ago
Ranch dressing is mayo, sour cream and buttermilk (can use regular milk), herbs, salt, pepper and lemon juice. I make mine instead of buying bottled as I think it's nicer.
Load More Replies... Anna Chandler 1 year ago
If it isn't ketchup and mayo, it's thousand island dressing. There is no such thing as "secret sauce" in the US.
#54
Used to work at Staples. We had a conversion report that came out every day. Basically, it was to monitor foot traffic in the store. Every single person who walked into our door had to be converted into a customer. No window shopping allowed. Even if you had to sell them a cheap item, it counted. God, I don't miss retail.
Russell Rieckenberg 1 year ago
I "window shopped" many times in Staples. Rarely did anybody even acknowledge my presence, and when they did it was just a quick "Can I help you find something?" "No I'm good." "Okay, let me know if you need help."
Stephanie A Mutti 1 year ago
Why would you go into Staples without an intent to purchase something
Astro 1 year ago
To window shop 🤷♀️ I once was shopping for a printer but wanted to see the printers in person to make sure there was one that would fit my tiny desk.
Load More Replies... DarkViolet 1 year ago
Neither do I. With Mervyn's, it was the blanket sale. Every. Darn. April. You had a quota to fulfill. I hated that sale, and I'm sure that the customers did as well. Who wants to buy blankets in April?!
#55
Half the IT systems in the oil & gas industry were built in the 70's and 80's and have a handful of consultants that can even touch them. These guys get paid hundreds of thousands a year to be on retainer and sometimes go years without coming in. Worked with dozens of companies in the sector and yet to see a publicly listed one where this isnt the case. At the top they all pretty much use SAP....but there's some wild s**t underneath that feeding information into SAP from a computer thats lucky if it runs DOS. I've seen floors of personnel dedicated to manually inputting that s**t.
#56
The “secret” to Chickfila chicken is just pickle juice and pressure cookers. Bose does not make great speakers. They’re loud, and we have a bias towards loudness when comparing audio, but they’re not good. Bank tellers are rated and rewarded based solely on how many new account leads they can sell. Nobody cares about their speed or accuracy so long as you meet some minimum threshold. They exist to sell you products you probably don’t need by searching through your recent transactions. Also, Washington Mutual’s “sale” to Chase was b******t. I’ve had a few different jobs in the last 20-something years…
Keveros 1 year ago
Not all Banks rate the tellers like that... It's LARGE corporation banks that do shady garbage things like that... Stick with smaller banks and get treated fairly..!
Biofish23 1 year ago
Honestly that one confused me. I have never had a bank teller try to sell me anything. I do most of my banking online now, but when I do physically go to the bank they generally just seem to be trying to get people in out out efficiently.
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InfiniteZeek 1 year ago
As a former bank teller, I never had to sell anything to anyone, absolutely nothing. It was not part of my job description. The only thing they cared about, was how fast I was, and that my till balanced at the EOD.
Amanda Young 1 year ago
Despite their very tasty nuggets and sauces and all the feel good commercials they show on TV, Chik-Fil-A as a whole company is awful. Very discriminatory and extremely anti-ANYTHING non christian.
#57
Peloton has more than one manufacturer for the bikes and other equipment etc…. One manufacturer is better than the other and when you call in with a broken bike etc they know which one you have and so does the tech fixing it. Warehouse Employees used to pick their own bikes so they can make sure they get the “better” one . FYI Always get the warranty!
#58
In a lot of cases, "premium" liquor is the same stuff with a different label. Lots of "small batch, handmade" stuff is bought in bulk from MGP, filtered and bottled. They're not handmaking anything and a small batch is tens of thousands of gallons.
#59
A significant chunk of the UK Internet used to be secured by a single Cisco router, you could access it publicly, and everyone knew the password which was also a common dictionary word. I'm astounded it never got broken into (at least to my knowledge). This was back in the 1990s, don't even bother looking for it now I'm sure it's not there any more!
Shaun “KAMIKAZE” Kimura 1 year ago
why break in when the door is open? we will just scrap all the data passing through said router :)
#60
Oh, I've got so many... I used to work for Apple. The one that probably surprises people the most is that the level of support you get totally varies depending on how wealthy you are and how likely an issue can come back to bite the company in the a*s. To explain, there are varying levels of support. You have consumer support, then you have support for Enterprise and Education, Apple internal support (called Partner Relations, but is only applicable to employees and vendors of a certain level, in most cases) and finally... VIP Support. Consumer support is just how it sounds. Any regular person that can call the 1-800 number can get help. Nothing special. E&E requires a contract. Someone buying 15 devices for their business means nothing to Apple. You can complain all you want about how "your business needs this", the call will end and someone will take a good 3 minutes to laugh at you and tell their boss. The contracts are really hefty too, on the low end it's usually around $250,000 for tech and services for 3 years. Some universities have terms that last for a decade and are several million dollars though. PR covers a few things. Some of it is worker support, like a store has a tech issue and needs to report it, but it also covers Safety escalations (if your phone ever shocked you or your Mac smells smokey, they get involved) and Carpe Facto escalations (they cover widespread issues and develop solutions to them by working alongside engineers and programmers), but most of the time they never talk to customers, only Apple employees. When they do talk to a regular consumer, it's a big deal, and likely being done to avoid any legal issues. VIP Support is basically what everyone thinks Apple should do for everyone. However, it's pretty much only available by being connected in some way. Celebrities, executives, various other rich people... they get treated special. When you sign up, you get assigned a special support ID and a dedicated Advisor, so you pretty much just have one person that helps you constantly. That person will maybe have 3-5 people, at most, they're assigned to, and they're paid a handsome salary to be on call for them 24/7. If Taylor Swift has someone call in at 2:45 in the morning because she needs someone to trigger the Find My alarm for her phone... you've gotta get your a*s up and do it. If The Rock's phone gets broken during a workout because a weight fell on it accidentally, even at 4 in the f*****g morning, he can have someone call in and get a new phone sent to him directly in about 2 hours. If Spongebob's voice actor, Tom Kenny, wants someone to help him know how to connect his iPhone to a projector in the middle of the day... he can have someone talk it through with him step by step and they'll even go and speak to the projector manufacturer themselves if something goes wrong. Outside of special promotional offers (some of which are in gift bags at events like the Academy Awards, Grammys, etc.), it's generally a paid service... when I worked there it was $50,000 per year but I'd imagine it's gotten more expensive since then.
Michelle Carlson 1 year ago
I work for a major Big 10 university and Apple will not change a single thing in their contracts with us regardless of how many devices we sell in our store or how many licenses for Apple software are sold.
#61
My first assignment at my new job for a fortune 500 company was to hack a security patch from slightly newer but still well past its end-of-life version of PHP into our own ancient version of PHP that we'd been custom building ourselves because we couldn't get it pre-built for our operating system. Because we "cared" about security enough to cover our asses for a handful of high profile vulnerabilities, but not enough to run modern software. This wasn't just used in some old machine off in the corner that ran a report once a month, this was an integral part of our core SaaS platform. They assigned me this despite having no indication that I knew anything about C code, I'd been hired for a job that included some light scripting and automation. If I was dumb and had screwed it up, it'd have been a Sev1 incident and quite expensive. If I was smart and nefarious, I could've hacked _anything_ into that binary. I guess they judged well enough, because I did it without breaking things.
#62
Public transportation company, most of the buses that were active back then havent passed inspection for about 10 years, and the "inspection" approved the buses to be on the field everytime. Until one of the buses braking air system failed and ran over a couple of people while the driver was uphill. Everyone in the company knew these types of practices and multiple times we would report this to HR and authorities they never replied. As soon as that accident happend there was an internal investigation by the authorities they found out the reports from the employees were not investigated internally or reported accordingly since HR never looked at them and now currently the poor bus driver is currently in jail for that s**t. And the company went bankrupt in less than 2 months afterwards. It was a s**t show.
#63
This was from a few years back but top flight golf balls are the exact same as the nice Callaway golf balls Branding was the only difference.
#64
That the flour Domino’s uses is so gross I have never eaten a pizza there ever since I worked for a certain transportation company that transported said flour 🤮
#65
Blockbusters charity tins on the counter weren't charity tins. They were to balance the tills at the end of each day with a made up charity on them. Friend used to work there, not a single penny ever got donated.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
Every Blockbuster's nation-wide or just your friend's? Or was it a friend of a friend?
#66
The dirty little secret of Silicon Valley is churn. At peak startup boom, you’d have companies valued at billions of dollars with something like 30% YoY customer retention. Which means that enterprises were spending millions of dollars on software licenses that their employees rarely used. In one startup I worked at, an account was considered “healthy” ( or unlikely to churn) if 5% of seats were utilized at least twice per month.
#67
Your 401k money might be held at a large reputable company, but it’s likely managed by a different and much smaller company you’ve never heard of. And maybe that small company’s IT sucks so much that your social security number is stored in raw text on multiple very old and insecure databases.
#68
Dont trust best before dates. Its all about selling the product. If the production date is not suitable for the buyer, it will just stay in the cold room and be processed on the day that will match the expire date (21 days from production)
So let's say something is produced today (February 16) and is set to expire on March 18, but the buyer (some grocery store) wants it to expire March 21, the producing company will just let the goods sit in cold storage for 3 days before putting on best before label.
Dela Bee 1 year ago (edited)
I call bs on this. I used to work in food manufacturing. The date is printed in the carton while it's still flat, then it's pulled and glued and the product is shoved inside. The absolute headache and wasted time it would take to put the date on a finished box at a later time is insane, the line would have to go at maintenance speed and hand fed, which is glacial. Manufacturers are looking at the most profit, and they just give it to a distributer who's going to move it the fastest.
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
I've found that most things are still ok months after the "BB" date, but it depends on how squishy they are. Stuff like pies and salads: no. But anything else is usually ok.
Russell Rieckenberg 1 year ago
Most "best by" dates are just made up. As I stated in another thread here I worked in a factory that packaged different brands from the exact same production line with "best by" dates as much as two weeks apart.
Load More Replies... David Paterson 1 year ago
My ex used to work for a chocolate factory. Any Easter chocolate not sold would be returned by the shops to the factory cold storage and sit there for a year. Brought out next year, best before date changed by a year, and shipped off to the shops again. For some chocolate this wasn't too bad, but certain Easter Chocolate products would get insect infestation.
#69
A lot of fancy wine is the same wine as the cheap stuff until it gets bottled and labeled. I used to service a larger wine maker as a route driver, and a guy showed me how the whole bottling process worked.They switched labels in the middle of a run, and he said the labels just tripled the price of the wine coming out of the barrel.
Mat O'Dowd 1 year ago
Agreed, living and having grown up in France, it takes less than a second to detect plonk from good wine. If the OP is from a country where wine isn't part of the culture or education, then it may be possible, but not around here.
Load More Replies... Kelly Scott 1 year ago
Wouldn't a profile of the two wines show them to be either the same or different?
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
Yes and no. I can tell the difference between a good wine and a cheap one, generally. It has to do with how sharp/acidic it is, and whether it gives you a headache the next day.
#70
Former Byrne dairy cashier when I was in college. If you live near a Byrne Dairy (New York and North east U.s.) there is a good chance that the Walmart milk is also Byrne Dairy milk. Them and Stewart's are the top milk providers in that region. Stewart's and Byrne Dairy also have a huge rivalry . Don't get ice from the ice machine, they don't clean it often enough at Byrne convenience stores. It's appropriate to ask the last time the coffee or soup was changed. Coffee is supposed to be refreshed every 30 min on a busy day. The soup sometimes gets icky and they just stir it rather than change it. Buy the Byrne dairy thermos. Coffee is suddenly a lot more affordable with the discount you get. It's worth it . If the pizza looks dried out in the case, don't get it, they should have thrown it out an hour ago.
Nikki Sevven 1 year ago
I live in the northeast US and I've never heard of Byrne Dairy. Where I live, it's definitely Hood country.
RajunCajun 1 year ago
I don't buy bags of ice, or if I have to I do not use it in my drinks. I have seen too many things done to the ice before it gets bagged in the stores.
#71
GDPR is more of a guideline really. It's been around for about 7 years, yet I've never seen any client suing over their personal info, or any entity trying to enforce it. Sites/apps/games keep insane amounts of personal info of their users, that go back 15 years+
Tobias Reaper 1 year ago
its not a guideline its the law you can actually get a criminal record and unlimited fine for breaking it
Toothless Feline 1 year ago
Yes, if they actually pursue legal action. It almost never happens. That makes it functionally equivalent to a “guideline”. A law that is not effectively enforced is essentially not a law.
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I used to work at five guys. Complete scam one burger was $12 without fries or a drink after fries and a drink it’s $20 and the fries we could give you a whole bag of fries and you would still be overpaying. And they SEVERELY underpay their employees. We could’ve all made $20 an hour and they would still be in a very good profit margin but underpayed us “because you make tips as well”. And lied about the employee average wage on the front door. Another time someone OD’d in the bathroom, died, was resuscitated and the whole time we stayed open so all the customers saw a dead man getting CPR in the bathroom. If you had a mental issue, they didn’t care, panic attack? Didn’t care. One of the my coworkers who had been working there for 14 years tried to get workers comp because she fell on a hole in the floor and couldn’t even start the process “because she didn’t have a valid claim.” I could go on but I think this is enough. Best of wishes to you all.
JenniB 1 year ago
Unrelated but I went to a Five guys once in PA, USA. I'm Canadian and this was years before they opened in Canada. Asked for a veggie burger and literally got a bun with lettuce, tomato, onions and ketchup... Veggie patties definitely existed back then just not at Five Guys i guess!
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General Anaesthesia 1 year ago
BP is quickly losing its international outlook.
Load More Replies... Anony Mouse 1 year ago
A lot of these are meaningless if they don't name names. "I work for a health insurance company that blah blah blah." They are too vague to be interesting and can easily be made up. Watch: I work for a major fast food chain. The secret to our secret sauce? It's ketchup and mayonnaise. See? I just made that up. I work for a major software company - the password on our server is "password". I work for a car manufacturer. The seats are stuffed with recycled mattress fluff.
B Jones 1 year ago
People afraid of getting sued for liable or slander or whichever is written vs spoken. A lot have been around a long time like brand name vs store brand food...but a lot of this is probably true for most places, of course they're going to maximize profit and cut corner, every business does that
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KatZen 1 year ago
I was literally going to go to Home Depot then to Whole Foods to get some salmon for dinner. I shouldn't have read this. Ignorance is bliss.
Load More Replies... General Anaesthesia 1 year ago
BP is quickly losing its international outlook.
Load More Replies... Anony Mouse 1 year ago
A lot of these are meaningless if they don't name names. "I work for a health insurance company that blah blah blah." They are too vague to be interesting and can easily be made up. Watch: I work for a major fast food chain. The secret to our secret sauce? It's ketchup and mayonnaise. See? I just made that up. I work for a major software company - the password on our server is "password". I work for a car manufacturer. The seats are stuffed with recycled mattress fluff.
B Jones 1 year ago
People afraid of getting sued for liable or slander or whichever is written vs spoken. A lot have been around a long time like brand name vs store brand food...but a lot of this is probably true for most places, of course they're going to maximize profit and cut corner, every business does that
Load More Replies... KatZen 1 year ago
I was literally going to go to Home Depot then to Whole Foods to get some salmon for dinner. I shouldn't have read this. Ignorance is bliss.
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