charlottegarbett
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This is especially hurtful, I imagine. I'm really sorry this happened and you're feeling this way about it.
What made me unhappy today ?
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Note: I'm only using the male pronoun here because repeating "he/she/they" is tiresome. I've no idea if this person was male, and it doesn't matter.
JT, I really, really doubt that either you or your staff would do anything truly racist. So if another POC accuses you of racism, clearly he doesn't know what racism means.
I'm sorry you had to put up with that, but don't give up, and don't let him get you down. 
Exactly. To slightly paraphrase The Dark Knight: "Some people just want to see the world burn."
I've worked with the public for nigh on 25 years. I've been accused of everything from being un-Australian (because I was working instead of watching sport) all the way to stalking (because I was calling a client to remind her that her bill was due ... so she immediately lost it and assumed I must be stalking her).
One customer accused me of spamming him because I emailed him his overdue invoices ... that he asked for ... and then repeatedly called me a "corporate peon" and other, less printable things. On the plus side, I got a few compliments too. One elderly and confused-sounding gentleman sent a complimentary email (and cc'd my boss) because I took the extra time to help him understand his bill. After helping one or two clients, they not only thanked me, but added that I made their day.
So don't let the bastards grind you down. They just want a reaction, so they can start arguing. Just ignore the BS (Blustering Scum-sucker
), give them a big smile (fake or not), and say "And how else may I help you today?" ;-P
Got accused by a delivery guy of being drunk because I was a bit unsteady on my feet. He wouldn't back down until I rolled up my trouser leg to show him my prosthetic.
Did he then fear you'd take it off and use it to pummel him about the head and shoulders?
Sadly, my pummelling wheelchair wasn't nearby...
Wow, you're like a knight, with a noble wheeled steed and a prosthetic leg lance. That's a freakin' sexy way to kick ass.
I hope this isn't a riddle.
Well, that delivery man might be delivering alcohol (stranger things have happened), and it's possible to drink yourself to death.
In addition, many hardware retailers also deliver. Imagine a chainsaw being delivered to a drunk person. "Hold my beer and watch aaaaggghhh..."
Uber AmputatesIn addition, many hardware retailers also deliver. Imagine a chainsaw being delivered to a drunk person. "Hold my beer and watch aaaaggghhh..."
Precisely.
But even if you do, it's none of his business. You might also beat someone to death with a bottle of Perrier (or other brand of mineral water, just to be clear), or choke to death while trying to eat toilet roll.
Been there...
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Taxes
It wasn’t even that bad, since my tax situation is fairly straightforward, but not at all the way I’d prefer to spend my day.
It wasn’t even that bad, since my tax situation is fairly straightforward, but not at all the way I’d prefer to spend my day.
Policies about not selling/delivering alcohol to persons who appear intoxicated is based on the law, here in Ontario at least. It's also a major liability issue. The company could be sued for millions if the drunk person got even drunker and did something stupid like get in a big car wreck. Or incur damages/death from alcohol poisoning.
There is a hard line between delivery and serving in the US. If I hand you a beer with the cap still on, I've sold by haven't served you. If I remove the cap and hand you the beer, you've been served. I don't know the legal history behind that, but off-premise (liquor stores) can't be sued for selling. On-premise (bars and restaurants) can be sued for serving. That's why all the underage undercover liquor stings always order a beer. There is no gray area between a bottle with a cap and a bottle without.
ChatGPT won't help me design a rationale for human extinction in favor of an AI superintelligence.
What good is this thing anyway?
What good is this thing anyway?
I bet Grok would
Taxes
It wasn’t even that bad, since my tax situation is fairly straightforward, but not at all the way I’d prefer to spend my day.
Agreed. My tax situation is similarly fairly straightforward; it was only the first time I did it that it was complicated, since I didn't know what I could claim and what I couldn't (since I was working from home).
But after the first year, I printed out and saved the document I lodged. (I also saved the Excel spreadsheet I used to calculate my lodgment). Now I know what I can claim and what I need to do, so it's very simple. I just need to update it every month or two with new bills etc., and lodge it at the end of the year.
Things got a little more complicated when I bought a new computer and wrote it off for tax. The tax office's website warned me that they might investigate me, because I was writing so much more off than usual; a new computer isn't cheap (especially since I picked out some expensive hardware, to make the computer last longer).
But since I only buy a new computer every 7-10 years, on average, it's not an issue.
A tax accountant does our returns. She saves us way more than enough to pay her fee. My husband and I are both capable of doing math (yeah, even me), but she knows tax law and comes up with deductions we'd have no way of knowing are available.
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