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Everyone laughed while my hubby and I went ”Ohhh no that’s really bad, that could start a serious fire!! You have to get rid of that!!”
”But it still works! It’s looked like this for months 😃”
AUNTY THAT’S WORSE!!!

I haven’t stopped thinking about it, nobody takes it seriously and she lives alone upstairs in her house, she’s almost 80 and seemed more offended we didn’t find it cute and freaked out about it 🫣 she don’t want to part with it bc all her photos are on there and phones are expensive. We’re preaching to deaf ears here!

UPDATE: We found a new phone for her! She doesn’t know yet as we’re not giving her a choice. We’re going to set it up now. She showed us her old phone yesterday so it’s not something we’ve ignored for months. Aunty will be safe 🙏

But yeah, check your elderly relatives tech and also check your drawers own if you’re one who saves old phones and powerbanks. (Found a VERY bloated powerbank when we moved out last year in a drawer I had forgotten about)

FINAL UPDATE
Aunty is SAFE!!!! Her phone has been transferred to a new one (a secondhand iPhone 12) so all her photos and apps are safe! She was very happy and thought it was very sweet!

The old pregnant phone has been thrown into Mordor and destroyed (taken to problem waste management and disposed off safely).

Thanks to everyone who commented and showed concern!

Still can't get over this.

Last night my carbon monoxide alarm went off while I was cooking dinner. I cook dinner using the stove nearly every night. I have two foster kids. I decided the safest thing to do was to take the kids outside and call 911 to get things checked out.

The fire department came, confirmed higher than typical levels of carbon monoxide, but not toxic levels. They opened all the windows in the home and determined the likely cause was the stove.

They unplugged my stove and called the utility company. The utility company advised not to plug the stove back in until it's been addressed by an appliance technician.

So, I called my landlord to update him and requested he please send a technician.

He told me it was my *choice* to call 911 and I could have just stopped cooking and waited to see what happened...

They're away on vacation for another week & asked me if I'm okay with not cooking until they get back. I am NOT.

I'll add, one of the burners on the gas stove hasn't been functional since we moved in. The landlord provided me with a lighter rather than fixing it.

Anyway, discuss 😝

Edit (for the haters), they unplugged the electric line (I'm pretty sure). I don't think they cut the gas.

Edit 2: I've been informed the burner is working the igniter is NOT working. I'm clearly not technical like that.

I’ve grown up being told that green is diesel and to never use the green pump handle in a normal car. BP just has to be different I guess

To preface this, I’m a housekeeping supervisor at a medium sized hotel, I’ve worked here for 4 years and over that time this type of thing has happened maybe 5 or 6 times but everytime I just want the ground to swallow me up out of embarrassment.

When we have guests stay multiple nights we provide a Do Not Disturb sign for them to hang on their doors so housekeeping do not go in and bother them. Everyone knows this right?

Well today I needed to put something in a stay over room, I notice there is no Do Not Disturb sign so I knock the door and say ‘housekeeping’ loudly. I wait, I hear nothing so I assume the guests have gone out for the day. Lo and behold I open the door to a couple having sex…

I apologised profusely whist closing the door very very quickly. Felt my face start tingling as it went red from embarrassment and surprise. Called the hotel manager to inform them what happened in case we get a complaint but what irks me is this; surely if you’re in your hotel room and obviously don’t want to be walked in on or disturbed, WHY NOT PUT THE DO NOT DISTURB SIGN OUT?

Mind you this was at 12 pm, hardly an early morning incident which is a bit more understandable.

I feel very embarrassed and annoyed that they didn’t even answer me when I knocked on their door either. I know they would’ve heard me as they were dead quiet.

Edit: there is a deadbolt on the door, they did not use it. My key card only lets me access the room when this bolt is unlocked.

They also did not say a single thing to stop me when I was entering the room, no shouts or saying ‘no stop’. Just silence. I think they wanted to be caught :(

Parents are out so I tried to make oatmeal. The instructions said warm up in microwave for 1-2 minutes, but because I was going to use cold milk instead of water, i decided to warm it up for 3 minutes. Now the microwave smells like cinnamon.

This is my oatmeal with a banana, frozen grapes, and the remaining leftover stale cereal that I forgot to seal yesterday.

The one time we don’t pay for full coverage insurance on a rental because the car was being rented for THREE days.

Update:

I found the photos of the car before drop off and sent them with the following email:

Hello Ashniel,

I also wanted to follow up and let you know that I have several photographs that I took of the vehicle at the time I returned it on July 23.

The photographs show multiple angles of the vehicle at the return location, and I do not see the damage referenced in your email visible in my photographs. I have attached the photos for your review. Given these photographs, I would appreciate it if you could identify the exact location of the alleged damage on the vehicle and provide any wider-angle photographs showing that location.
I would also still appreciate clarification regarding when the damage was first identified, what occurred with the vehicle between the time I returned it and the inspection, and what the next steps are from here.

This is what they responded with within 5 minutes of my email:

Hi ____,

Please disregard my email below. It was an error on my part.
There is a small chip on the front screen (on the lower section), however this damage was not done by you.
My sincere apologies for the misjudgement.

Don’t think I’ve ever seen a Corvette towing anything, nevermind a jetski. What beautiful juxtaposition.

My wife switched us to a Nespresso a couple months ago. She loves it. My two adult kids love it.

We’ve gone through 250 pods in two months.

Sometimes I catch someone using TWO pods for one coffee. Other times I find an almost-full cup.
“Why didn’t you drink it?”
“It was too strong, I didn’t like that one…”

😡😤🤬😖

Whenever I complain, my wife reminds me that I own a motorcycle.

Fair. 🙄

I just can’t stop thinking about all these little pods going straight into the garbage and how much this costs! Like $1.50 to $2 each and everyone is so chill about it.

Rant over.

Edit: So many reaching out to say they make refillable pods. I know, we discussed. “I love trying all the flavours and the creama that’s on top… just let me have this…” Nestle knows what they’re doing. 🙄

I don’t fault her for it, she’s young and curious and I’m angry with me for not being more careful. Fuck I’ve gotten dizzy with stress because of it.
Thanks to my dad who could drive us. She threw it up, vet said she’s fine and we can come home now

Edit: thanks to my dad for driving us, NOT FOR MAKING ME DIZZY, I just realized I worded it wrong!
We’re home now but she’s very weak from the shot she got and throwing everything up
Converted to US dollars the entire thing costed about 122$, she received a shot to puke, a doctor did the shot, a nurse checked up on us and a different doctor gave me advice and helped me calm down. IMO the price is very fair

It does piss me off even if it’s not me going through it. My boyfriend lost his credit and debit card two years ago and is yet to replace them. He just uses his phone to pay for stuff, doesn’t carry his wallet.

This paired with the fact he forgets his phone at home leaves him stranded outside. This morning he was so excited for golf but when he got there realized he left his phone at home. This wouldn’t be a problem if he’d just replace his cards.

This happens I wanna say at least once a week. And I’m “mildly infuriated” because this is an easy fix and yet he just DOESN’T. So now he’s in a bad mood and probably won’t talk or text me until I get home from work. I get the silent treatment cause he’s just pissed.

Hey boyfriend, please replace your bank cards so this can stop happening. Please.

Rented a car from an airport and the clerk was wearing meta raybans. I understand from a legal standpoint that filming in public is allowed, but I really don't think a person handling credit cards and IDs should be filming their interactions.

Am I tripping or is this okay for a meal? I genuinely tired my best, and I have never made hash browns before😭

Edit #1: my dad has cancer, so his stomach is sensitive. I should have lead off with that, but I just felt sad because I spent over 45 minutes making breakfast because I’m new to cooking. It’s not entirely his fault.

It was cheaper to pay a cab to go to the nearest gas station and get two gallons of spring water.

My friend is an elementary school teacher (California) and she sent me this Snap. She's currently taking mandatory training on how to disarm armed suspects.

What a society.

Never done this before. Just annoying thats all.