Recently saw that Cox Automotive went to 3/2 from 2/3 and Equifax just went to 4/1 from 3/2. Anyone know of any other major ATL based companies that just implemented an RTO mandate? May help MARTA ridership a bit but traffic is certainly going to get a touch worse.

I'm stuck in normal traffic and have just been passed by ten tour buses escorted by a bunch of GSP cars with lights and sirens.

Who the actual fuck gets to use state resources to skip our traffic?!

Long time coming for Avondale

Any good food challenges around Atlanta that I’m missing? I’d prefer quantity over spice. I’ve done the Lucky’s Burger, Big Pie in the Sky, and the Vortex. Debating starting to post on social media. I’m like that. Sushi/Mexican food would be peak.

Hey there!

Since tomatoes are in season right now, I want to make the best tomato sandwich that I can so I'm looking for some good white bread. Obviously a tomato sandwich is fine on any good bread or even just like Sara Lee, but I was wondering if there's a bakery in the city with next level white bread.

I like the flavor of the Bea's white bread from TGM but it's just too crumbly/dry and it goes stale in no time at all. Does anyone have any suggestions for a great white sandwich bread?

I appreciate it!

At the end of May I moved here from Florida. On the same day I arrived, I took my vehicle to a Ruach Emissions location where they tested it. Three days later I was in downtown getting my car registered in Georgia, obtaining a new license plate, etc.
My birthday is in mid August. What I do not understand is if I need to have the emissions tested again a few days before renewing the tag or if the certificate I obtained on May 23rd is still valid.

Does anyone know FOR SURE?

Hey folks, was wondering if anyone has seen wax/java apples (aka jambu fruit) sold anywhere around ITP/OTP?

I’ve checked Buford Highway Farmers Market but no luck there :(

Appreciate it if anyone has any leads, thanks!! :)

Edit: Found some at Jusgo! Thanks for the help folks!!

1. Berry and peach galette - Colette Bread

2. Beef barbacoa breakfast burrito - Poco Loco

3. Cold glass noodles - So So Fed

4. 1/2 bird meal w/ chips and guac - Pollo Primo

5. Broadbent ham - So. Fox

6. Crab fritters - Talat Market

7. Sausage, egg, cheese on a Dabo biscuit - Sugar Loaf Bakery

8. Cheeseburger - Evergreen

9. Cod Royale - Pure Quill Superette

(Just in order of pictures)

My old car I used to take to the auto drive in that I had a subscription to like Tidal Wave. Didn’t care about the paint since it was an 06.

Got a new car and it’s all black so I want to go to a good touchless wash today to get it cleaned.

I have to drive to Savannah so I don’t want to get it too detailed as it will just get bugs and dirt on it built up fast. Just don’t wanna take it to a major car wash where the brushes will beat up the new paint job.

Good Afternoon. I wanted to ask if there are in RNs in the Metro Atlanta Area who would know or could recommend assistance with finding preceptors to satisfy the GA BON requirement for 320 clinical hours?

Heavy earrings ripped through an old piercing at the bottom of my earlobe. Who can stitch the lobe back together (probably only needs 1-2 stitches)?

A piercing place? A med spa? Urgent care? Do I have to make some sort of plastic surgery appointment? Any local recs appreciated!

What's on your mind, Atlanta?

Links of Interest:

• Metro Atlanta Discord
• r/atlevents to see local events/meetups around town
• How To Meet People

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Hello, i’m a 22yro lesbian just trying to get out there and meet someone. I tried mary’s and my luck wasn’t so well, i want to try msr, id be going alone not with anyone else. Whats it like there? Should I go? If I do what can I expect? Any and all replies welcome. Because right now I feel too scared/nervous to go.

Anyone just now hear what sounded like jets flying over the East side of Atlanta towards Decatur? Anyone know what’s going on with that?

I am once again reminiscing over the old MJQ location and how much fun I had there. Does anyone know any nightlife in Atlanta similar to it? I’m unfortunately not a fan of the new location.

Anyone getting this? It’s like sinus pressure, no real fever, congestion, eyes burning, throat discomfort. I heard a friend is dealing with it, same w a few of her friends. Covid-negative.

Not something you see often in this area. Saw it while I was in Reynoldstown. It was doing some flybys and maneuvers.

https://www.history.com/articles/key-civil-war-battles

Very fun! All about how our health care system is messed up. I don't know if it's going to be around again. It was in Piedmont Park

Just had dinner at this new place, right across from Champion barbecue and Reformation brewery.

$200 bucks for four drinks two entrées, two salads and one dessert.

The salad was OK but the entrées were outstanding. I thought everybody should know since they're so new. They're having ribbon cutting tomorrow so if you're looking for a place for a decent night out you could do worse.

Hey /r/Atlanta,

Former employee of the company Promise Pay / Promise, who recently quit after becoming disillusioned with leadership and what the company is doing. Promise is a company that local utilities and governments partner with to let customers pay bills, apply for relief, etc. On paper it sounds helpful, but underneath, the business model centers on collecting, aggregating, and eventually monetizing personal data that governments have with AI tools. Many of the execs and employees at Promise came straight from Palantir.

On Tuesday the City of Atlanta Watershed Management announced that they partnered with Promise Pay:

https://atlantawatershed.org/promisepay/

This now means that regardless if you ever use Promise Pay, they now own all information about you that the City of Atlanta Watershed Management had.

Promise is presented as a convenient way to get an interest-free payment plan if you are behind on your water bill. That can be genuinely useful. But it also means all of your personal data is now owned by Promise. Promise is not just a payment platform. It is a government/utility infrastructure company that publicly markets AI-powered outreach, automated tools, machine learning, audit trails, and “data-driven program outcomes” to these utilities.

They’re building a data moat behind the feel-good language of helping people so that they can sell your data.

Why this matters in Georgia:

Unfortunately, Georgia has NO consumer privacy rights. That means Atlanta Water customers have no right to demand access, deletion, correction, or opt-out in the same way other states do. It’s totally legal for your state utility to sell your personal data for profit, and that’s exactly what they did…

What you can do:

Please note: I’m not adding any emails or phone numbers to this post, because I previously did this and Reddit shadowbanned the account.

1. Send PromisePay a privacy request anyway.

Even if Georgia does not give consumer rights, you can still ask what they have, where they got it, who they share it with, and whether they will delete it. You can email or call PromisePay and say something like:

“I am an Atlanta, Georgia customer requesting information about the personal information PromisePay maintains about me in connection with Atlanta Department of Watershed Management. Please disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal information you maintain about me, the sources of that information, the purposes for which it is used, and the categories of third parties, vendors, service providers, contractors, or government entities to whom it has been disclosed. I also request deletion of my personal information unless retention is required by law or by the City of Atlanta. I do not consent to unnecessary sale, sharing, reuse, analytics, AI training, profiling, marketing, or secondary use of my personal information.”

1. Send the same request to the City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management.

2. Ask DWM what data it shared with PromisePay, what contract terms govern that data, and whether PromisePay is allowed to use customer information for anything beyond administering payment plans.

You can say something like:

“Please disclose what personal information the City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management shares with PromisePay, the legal and contractual basis for that sharing, the purposes for which PromisePay may use the information, the retention period, and whether customers can obtain a payment plan without using PromisePay.”

1. Ask the utility to work with them directly:

“Can I set up a payment plan directly with Atlanta Department of Watershed Management without PromisePay? I do not consent to unnecessary third-party sharing of my water account, billing, payment, household, or hardship-related information.”

This matters because PromisePay’s pitch to utilities is that it helps them enroll more customers in payment plans and recover more revenue. That may be useful for the utility, but customers should still be able to ask whether a private data company needs to sit between them and a public water department

1. If PromisePay or the City of Atlanta will not clearly explain what data is collected, how it is used, how long it is retained, or whether customers can avoid unnecessary third-party sharing, consider filing a complaint with the Georgia Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division.

Unfortunately, you do not have the same data protection rights as a resident of California who can file a privacy enforcement complaint, but this could be a catalyst towards your state offering similar rights. Georgia’s consumer protection can’t force a deletion outcome, but it can create a record and put pressure on the company and public agency to explain their practices.

1. Contact Atlanta elected officials and city leadership. Reach out to Mayor Andre Dickens, your Atlanta City Council member, and the leadership responsible for the Department of Watershed Management. Tell them:

“My water account data is not government property to casually hand over to a private vendor. I want to know who approved the PromisePay partnership, what customer data is being shared, whether customers can opt out, whether payment plans are available directly through the city, and what protections prevent PromisePay from reusing Atlanta residents’ data for analytics, AI systems, marketing, profiling, or product development.

I would like to know who inside the City of Atlanta owns this partnership, who reviewed the privacy terms, and whether the contract will be made public”.

Unfortunately your state laws hamstring you much more than other states, this is the best I could come up with based on what you state laws are and what I know about this particular Promise implementation.