Aw man, now I want a cookie. Or a hot female coworker. But mainly the cookie. What type was it?A hot female coworker offered me a cookie today.
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A sugar cookie, crispy instead of chewy, and it had a spiral pattern on top.
Similar, though the spiral peaked in the center of the cookie.
Sure they weren't shortbreads/butter cookies? The description sounds more like a spritz cookie.
(this picture has the peak cut off, but it's just as easy to leave it on and end up with something that looks like a Brach's chocolate star.
--Patrick
About 4 years ago we had really hit some hard times financially and you guys came to the rescue. I will forever be grateful for you all helping us out.
So today I'm hanging out on Twitter and a friend retweeted a request for help from her friend (outside of the US). She's working, but hasn't gotten paid. Dad's out of work and just had an accident. No money for groceries and other necessities for her dad. She's at the point where she doesn't know what to do. I sent her some money. It wasn't a lot, but I know she'll have groceries for the next couple of weeks. It kind of felt like paying it forward now that we're doing ok.
So today I'm hanging out on Twitter and a friend retweeted a request for help from her friend (outside of the US). She's working, but hasn't gotten paid. Dad's out of work and just had an accident. No money for groceries and other necessities for her dad. She's at the point where she doesn't know what to do. I sent her some money. It wasn't a lot, but I know she'll have groceries for the next couple of weeks. It kind of felt like paying it forward now that we're doing ok.
Hmm, could've been. Though the cookie's gone now so I can't examine it more closely.
Oooh does that mean you can go grab plant based KFC for supper ahead of the rush?!
And I got you a shirt that announces your loyalty to the soft drink of champions!
Irn-Bru?
Coke, the robust cousin of Diet Coke, the champagne of soft drinks.
GasBandit
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I saw that on the shelf at kroger when I went to the store this week and thought of you!
(Cued up to the proper point)
I've been in the doghouse at work for not renting to locals. Old policy is no longer in effect I guess. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
So tonight, a guy and his son come in. Local. I check them in this time. $20 tip. Whoa. My shift *never* gets tips.
Later, I fix an issue with his room. Another $40 tip. Whee!
With $40 in groceries from mom, and the $30 I forgot I had sitting in my Draft Kings sportsbook account, any anxiety about making it to the week on jusr ramen and pb&J is gone. Now I can fill up the car and take a drive to Pittsburgh to both give the new car a nice shakedown and stock up on some Japanese groceries.
So tonight, a guy and his son come in. Local. I check them in this time. $20 tip. Whoa. My shift *never* gets tips.
Later, I fix an issue with his room. Another $40 tip. Whee!
With $40 in groceries from mom, and the $30 I forgot I had sitting in my Draft Kings sportsbook account, any anxiety about making it to the week on jusr ramen and pb&J is gone. Now I can fill up the car and take a drive to Pittsburgh to both give the new car a nice shakedown and stock up on some Japanese groceries.
Local business is too big around here for my hotel to have any policies denying them. But on average our most troublesome guests are usually locals (which is why other hotels have similar anti-local policies) so we've enacted a few policies that can at least protect us a bit from the no-good-nicks. No cash. ID photocopies. No suites without a reservation 3 days in advance.
Tips are pretty uncommon for the overnight here as well. Front Desk especially regardless of the shift. I think the most I've ever received was $100 from a couple that had just gotten married.
It's shitty that they didn't let you know and got mad at you for it, but I'd guess hotels can't be picky about their clientele these days.
While trying to figure out some issues I was having with BigScreen, I discovered that my husband was getting way faster internet speeds than me. We then discovered my computer was only negotiating at 1/10th the speed of his, and thus we replaced the cable to the router, and woo I have doubled my internet speed. Now I just need to get him to pay Comcast more so we can get gigabit. 
(Hilariously, gigabit from Comcast here is semi-resonably priced, because our town has started looking into getting their own municipal service thanks to the success of Nextlight)
(Hilariously, gigabit from Comcast here is semi-resonably priced, because our town has started looking into getting their own municipal service thanks to the success of Nextlight)It was Cat 5, we just stuck a new Cat 6 in there. I honestly don't know what was wrong with it though. (It was newer than my husband's cable)
GasBandit
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There's a huge number of things it could have been. Bad terminations, kinked conductors, insufficient shielding (especially if it was only cat 5 and not cat 5e).... I run into this crap literally every day at work. AV streaming appliances are incredibly picky about cable spec and quality.
In order to run a cable to Cranky's room, I had no choice but to run it along the backside of a hanging workshop-style fluorescent light fixture. I bought a CAT 7 SSTP cable just for that run.
--Patrick
GasBandit
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Ugh, light ballast noise is the wooooorst. I had a job at a County Courtroom where the dumbasses that came before me practically wrapped the speaker cable around every ballast in the ceiling as it snaked its way around the room. Made for a real PITA when it came time to tune the EQ.
I mostly abandoned tumblr after the whole adult content ban. This week I've had extra time to kill, so I started looking at my dashboard again. I forgot how creatively silly some of these threads can get.
Where twitter makes me despair, tumblr is giving me hope.
(ETA: paycheck FINALLY posted. Road trip after work for gyudon topping and natto is back on. Oh, and running catalytic converter cleaner through the car.)
Where twitter makes me despair, tumblr is giving me hope.
(ETA: paycheck FINALLY posted. Road trip after work for gyudon topping and natto is back on. Oh, and running catalytic converter cleaner through the car.)
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