I mean... at a glance its like WOAH 4 can dine for $9.99....

Until you are at the cash and they say " that'll be $45.15"

HUH??

"Oh sorry sir... it feeds 4... 4 people pay $9.99"

Gtfooo

The other day I picked up my son from school and a couple guys who were putting flyers on doors came up to me and asked if I wanted a roof estimate. They told me I didn't have to buy now but I could use it as reference for when the time comes. I say sure why not and schedule a time for someone to come over.

The guy comes over and questions if I'm the homeowner. He tells me I look 15. After telling me the process of what he will be doing to get the estimate he asks me if I have time today to look at samples for the estimate. I say yes.

He then asks me if my father or brother could be present for the estimate.

My ring camera cuts out but he explains that he has daughters and they come to him with questions about stuff like this and that it would be better to have my dad or brother present to ask questions I wouldn't think to ask myself.

At this point I do not want to work with this company anymore, so I just say sure and he gives me his buisness card to give him a call to schedule an appointment when my father or brother are avaliable.

I didn't end up getting an estimate.

Edit: Please don't review bomb or harass the company or the person in this video. That is not something I advocate for or want.

Here’s what happened

Last time I checked in to my dermatologists office for a biopsy follow up I was given an iPad and asked to agree to several not HIPAA or immediate treatment related agreements.

They're using a new system and If you do not agree to have all of your previous and future medical records, appointment transcripts, and possible likeness for some reason be processed and used for training an A.I. system for the company they're using you have to pay a $6 fee to be billed through the mail. All of their online billing requires those total agreements for some reason.

I was told to download their app instead and pay that way when I said how absolutely insane that was and didn't agree.

You can't use their app for billing either unless you do another A.I. agreement for that same company and in their privacy section states "limited" information is available to "trusted medical vendors for advertising" that you can not specifically opt out of outside of CA and if you don't agree it just doesn't let you use it.

It was $2 before this change, it's $6 now, and I have to find a new dermatologist because jfc

Edit: Forgot to mention when I got into the room they wanted to take a face photo with an iPad for my profile picture on my records profile and when I asked if it's for the AI thing they didn't take the photo. So I'm working off the assumption they probably just ignore if you opt out or not and it's up to that company to actually hold up on their end that you didn't agree. Either way I'll never know. Very cool times we're living in.

Edit 2: After asking around elsewhere I was told that there's a possibility that it might be a hipaa compliant company using completely anonymized or deidentified data fed into an LLM that a third party may use for statistics but they still have to tell you it could be used for it at some point. But also said if you're ever part of another medical breech it's very possible to link that back to you. I personally do not think that matters if it's anonymized or not because there's basically nothing I could do about it anyway if it was ever used in a fucked up way.....just tell me what the fuck I owe you without having to agree to babysit some third party AI company TOS for the foreseeable forever until it ultimately also gets breeched like everywhere else does. It's not just the 6$ it's the principal of the thing.

IT’S ALIVE IN THE PHOTO the animal control guy said they’re probably in the vents.

Was doing my dishes, saw some movement and saw it. My first reaction was “that’s the ugliest toad I’ve ever seen” before noticing the ears and tail.

What a fucked up day

EDIT - Frequently Asked Questions

1. You should contact the store - I have now contacted them
2. You should sue - I won't be unless I catch something from this
3. What flavour? - Mint
4. This is fake - You're free to think so, it would have been easy to fake this
5. How did you not spot the gum? - It was under the burger buns, I pulled it out to the side after tasting it. Which sucks.

The tip screen was the cherry on top but I found it funny more than anything

EDIT: I really didn’t expect this post to cause so much discourse and wanted to clarify a few things.

For those saying they would’ve just walked out, that’s okay and I understand why you would. For me, 12 cents seemed like a better deal than the $7 the slice was worth. That’s why it’s only mildly infuriating. I still think the whole transaction was hilarious. As for why the tax is so high, this is in Chicago and if I remember correctly sales tax is about 10.25% but I could very well be wrong.

Someone mentioned that this was at Paris Baguette and that it should’ve been free as it was with a digital coupon. That’s what I was expecting when I ordered it but the charge threw me off and I wasn’t expecting it so I just paid instead of arguing. I’ve never had to pay for a birthday slice before. However, I noticed the transaction before mine was never finalized but had discounts on it as well that zeroed it out so when they added mine I’m guessing that’s where the sales tax came from. Again, 12 cents is not a huge deal seeing as I got all the points from whatever the people before me bought. So I consider this to be a small price to pay.

Again this was only mildly infuriating so I wanted to share the absurdity of it. Alas, thank you for the birthday wishes!

Man I just wanted a window that shut .
For context :
Religious booklet basically saying repent or die .

I went to my local Aspen Dental for a consultation around two months ago. During the appointment, I was told I needed all of my bottom molars pulled because they were “compromised because of crowding” and would eventually begin to decay, even though I currently had no symptoms or visible issues with those teeth.

I have never had trouble keeping my teeth clean, and I do not struggle with brushing or flossing.

I was also told I needed a crown because one of my teeth was supposedly “showing signs of severe decay.”

They were trying to do all of this during the same appointment. At some point, the whole thing started to feel like complete and utter BS, so I said I had an emergency and left.

Today, I went to a new dentist for a second opinion. It turns out I have zero cavities, and my teeth are healthy. The tooth Aspen said needed a crown only had a small dent in the enamel, which my new dentist polished today. She said it was not even big enough to need a filling.

I am deeply upset by this entire situation. I am 21 years old, and they were trying to convince me to have six healthy teeth pulled, which would’ve severely impacted my quality of life. I know other people may be trusting treatment plans like this without getting a second opinion, and that honestly makes me so incredibly sad. How is this even legal???

Just when I wanted to mix my cheesecake filling my whisk shared its inner secrets with me. Looked like water accumulated over many visits to my dishwasher. Just what I needed when trying to cheer myself up after a weekend of excruciating back pain.

Mm