centex Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 6 hours ago, cv91915 said: Any other tips for increasing travel expenses in exchange for the identical product? Meh...depending on airline and distance and specific aircraft, the $113 extra sounds like the +EV move here. hegemony 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarkRaven$ Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 On 11/3/2020 at 8:35 AM, hegemony said: Yesterday I booked my first flight since 2/2020. basic economy was $390 (plus bag restrictions) economy was $497 (plus bag fee) first/business was $610. I paid the $610 just to piss off some work jockey who expects to be upgraded on every flight. I've already gotten 3 emails telling me all the wonderful things the airline is doing to keep me from dying on the flight! And they said something about me having to wear a mask. PotO and hegemony 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hegemony Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 9 hours ago, cv91915 said: Any other tips for increasing travel expenses in exchange for the identical product? as if there isn't a cost to earning status. don't worry, it isn't AA as I didn't want to spend 3.5 hours at DFW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cv91915 Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 1 hour ago, hegemony said: as if there isn't a cost to earning status. don't worry, it isn't AA as I didn't want to spend 3.5 hours at DFW. I know exactly what it costs and what I'm getting in return. I'm wAAy aheAAd. Pam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Pam Posted November 4, 2020 Admin Share Posted November 4, 2020 1 hour ago, cv91915 said: I know exactly what it costs and what I'm getting in return. I'm wAAy aheAAd. @hegemony you know he has a spreadsheet. cv91915 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hegemony Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Pam said: @hegemony you know he has a spreadsheet. of course... and maintaining it has a cost too. I hope there is some DYKWIM giving me side eye when I board wearing crocs, running shorts, and a hoodie with ketchup stains. PotO and centex 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Pam Posted November 4, 2020 Admin Share Posted November 4, 2020 3 hours ago, hegemony said: of course... and maintaining it has a cost too. I hope there is some DYKWIM giving me side eye when I board wearing crocs, running shorts, and a hoodie with ketchup stains. I am not a DYKWIM but I would give you side eye on principle alone. hegemony 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centex Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 5 hours ago, hegemony said: of course... and maintaining it has a cost too. I hope there is some DYKWIM giving me side eye when I board wearing crocs, running shorts, and a hoodie with ketchup stains. Leaving out of LAS, some would wonder why you had dressed up for the flight...I've seen homeless people dressed better than some of what is in the waiting area of the D-gates. hegemony 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVig Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 The place that cuts my hair, got new POS equipment. No longer codes as grocery. As far as I'm concerned, the new equipment is a POS. File this one away in my first world problems folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Doctor Frost Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 1 hour ago, TheVig said: The place that cuts my hair, got new POS equipment. No longer codes as grocery. As far as I'm concerned, the new equipment is a POS. File this one away in my first world problems folder. That sounds like it was a problem before, but is now fixed. On the topic of haircuts, one of the barbers at my old shop opened a new shop of his own. Great haircuts, now with the added benefit of not having to go downtown to encounter the drunks and bums. TheVig 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVig Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Bad Doctor Frost said: That sounds like it was a problem before, but is now fixed. On the topic of haircuts, one of the barbers at my old shop opened a new shop of his own. Great haircuts, now with the added benefit of not having to go downtown to encounter the drunks and bums. It was a problem that worked to my benefit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cv91915 Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 I bravely ventured into Costco this morning and stocked up on several things, since I refuse to go into that hellhole between mid-November and mid-January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centex Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 22 hours ago, TheVig said: It was a problem that worked to my benefit. And you could see the squirrels through the window...then someone took the stapler. TheVig and hegemony 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyPoolPlayer Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 centex, TheVig, hegemony and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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StarkRaven$ Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Triggered. People lashing out over nothing claiming they were triggered. smartlypretty, TheVig and PotO 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartlypretty Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, StarkRaven$ said: Triggered. People lashing out over nothing claiming they were triggered. People do definitely overuse this. But! But I just wanted to say that one of the biggest widow groups that exists is run by a "censored profanity your feelings" dude and threads about being triggered abound, because it happens to widows a lot (and bereaved parents I assume). Especially a young population, many of whom found their partner unexpectedly dead at 40 or 32 or 26, these people ... I mean it's happened to me, not that I told anyone. It's embarrassing, but it is really distressing. The first time it happened to me I was working on an immigration story, and a secondary editor started asking me to call USCIS and ... that did it. USCIS had sent us an approval letter not three weeks earlier, and my husband was then-recently unexpectedly dead. And I got triggered and was on slack and I just said "can you please ask other editor if she's willing to call them?" and secondary apologized and it wasn't a big deal. [ETA I didn't make a big deal out of it but I shook for hours and no one knew and I was embarrassed.] Also stupidly, I got triggered when I voluntarily watched a video about cremation. I didn't expect it, but elements of how detailed it was made me get sick. I'm fine with cremation, it was unexpected. My friends get triggered by passing accidents sometimes if that's how it happened, or by blood if their partner exsanguinated in front of them (mine was thoughtful enough to die elsewhere), or by trees creaking (some suicide widows), or by bangs (other suicide widows), or by hospital ERs (a lot of us). I triggered one of my best friends in life by mentioning a song title which unwittingly reference her partner's cause of death. I still can't hear one Pink Floyd song which comes on in casual dining places more than I ever imagined without having to go outside for the duration. I just can't. It's like your dumb stupid body does the panic attack shuffle before your normal person brain can even get a word in. Edited November 10, 2020 by smartlypretty PotO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarkRaven$ Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 1 hour ago, smartlypretty said: People do definitely overuse this. But! But I just wanted to say that one of the biggest widow groups that exists is run by a "censored profanity your feelings" dude and threads about being triggered abound, because it happens to widows a lot (and bereaved parents I assume). Especially a young population, many of whom found their partner unexpectedly dead at 40 or 32 or 26, these people ... I mean it's happened to me, not that I told anyone. It's embarrassing, but it is really distressing. The first time it happened to me I was working on an immigration story, and a secondary editor started asking me to call USCIS and ... that did it. USCIS had sent us an approval letter not three weeks earlier, and my husband was then-recently unexpectedly dead. And I got triggered and was on slack and I just said "can you please ask other editor if she's willing to call them?" and secondary apologized and it wasn't a big deal. [ETA I didn't make a big deal out of it but I shook for hours and no one knew and I was embarrassed.] Also stupidly, I got triggered when I voluntarily watched a video about cremation. I didn't expect it, but elements of how detailed it was made me get sick. I'm fine with cremation, it was unexpected. My friends get triggered by passing accidents sometimes if that's how it happened, or by blood if their partner exsanguinated in front of them (mine was thoughtful enough to die elsewhere), or by trees creaking (some suicide widows), or by bangs (other suicide widows), or by hospital ERs (a lot of us). I triggered one of my best friends in life by mentioning a song title which unwittingly reference her partner's cause of death. I still can't hear one Pink Floyd song which comes on in casual dining places more than I ever imagined without having to go outside for the duration. I just can't. It's like your dumb stupid body does the panic attack shuffle before your normal person brain can even get a word in. That's perfectly understandable. I remember after my last parent passed on, sometimes I would get teary eyed when I saw an elderly person in public. I was going through the change so the flood gates would overwhelm me. I think this is why I was a good caregiver for the elderly years later. My parents were a lot older than my peer's parents. smartlypretty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lander Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 On 11/9/2020 at 9:19 AM, centex said: And you could see the squirrels through the window...then someone took the stapler. I could set fire to the building. centex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheVig Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Triggering and microaggressions. *** *** Every couple of years at work we have to take an online course on various types of harassment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarkRaven$ Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 1 hour ago, TheVig said: Triggering and microaggressions. *** *** Every couple of years at work we have to take an online course on various types of harassment. Does @PotO narrate those courses? I thought I read that was his new side hustle. 😉 PotO and TheVig 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVig Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 1 hour ago, StarkRaven$ said: Does @PotO narrate those courses? I thought I read that was his new side hustle. 😉 The course we had a couple of years ago, I swear was narrated by the same guy who narrated all those home economics, science, VD, and military films back in the 50's and 60's. PotO and StarkRaven$ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyPoolPlayer Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 On 11/16/2020 at 1:20 PM, TheVig said: Triggering and microaggressions. *** *** Every couple of years at work we have to take an online course on various types of harassment. Your company needs the Sexual Harassment Panda https://southpark.cc.com/video-clips/mz4eya/south-park-everyone-vs-everyone TheVig and centex 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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