So I am at Walmart scanning and bagging my almost $300 worth of groceries while the employee that wants $15 an hour "monitors" and then this happened.
Her - why are you double bagging all of your groceries?
Me - excuse me?
Her - you are wasting our bags!
Me - if you don't like the way I'm bagging the groceries, feel free to come on over here and bag them yourself.
Her - that's not my job!
Me - okay, then I will bag my groceries how I please if that's all right with you.
Her - why are you using two bags?!
Me - because the bags are weak and I don't want the handles to break or the bottoms to rip out.
Her - well that's because you are putting too much stuff in the bag. If you took half of that stuff out and put it in a different bag then you wouldn't need to double bag.
*10 seconds of me just staring at her.
Me - so you want me to split these items in half and put half of them in a different bag so that I don't have to double bag.
Her - exactly.
Me - so I would still be using two bags to hold the same number of items.
Her - no because you wouldn't be double bagging.
*me pressing two fingers to my left eye in an attempt to make it stop twitching.
Me - okay so here I have a jug of milk and a bottle of juice double bagged. If I take the milk out and remove the double bagging and just put the milk in the single bag and the juice in that single bag I'm still using two bags for these two items.
Her- no because you are not double bagging them so it's not the same number of bags.
*me looking around at about 10 other customers who at this point are enjoying the show.
Me- is this like that Common Core math stuff I keep hearing about?
Her- never mind you just don't get it.
And with that, she returned to her small Podium to resume texting or playing games on her phone or whatever she was occupied with before she opted to come over and criticize my bagging abilities.😂😂
Great American Ball Park, you available?
Moeller and St. Xavier will play for the Division I state championship Friday in Akron.
Both teams won today to advance to an all GCL South championship game.
St. X won the season series 2-1 over Moeller.
@StXBall@LetsGoBigMoe
David Tepper never earned a single A in high school - then became the most profitable trader of his generation
Goldman Sachs made him head junk bond trader in 6 months - then denied him partnership twice
he walked away - started Appaloosa in 1993 with $57 million
in early 2009 the world was certain the banks would be nationalized - Tepper bought Bank of America at $3 and Citigroup near $1 while everyone else was selling
his fund made $7 billion that year - he personally took home $4 billion, the biggest payday in hedge fund history
"I am the animal at the head of the pack. I either get eaten, or I get the good grass."
he keeps a pair of brass balls on his desk - rubs them for luck during the trading day
today: $20+ billion net worth, owner of the Carolina Panthers
32-min - free. watch it
bookmark and watch it today
Your $250,000 in credit card debt is worth about $9,000
That's what the collector paid for it. Everything above that is them praying you don't know the game
Here's how to settle a quarter million in debt for the price of a used Camry
The collections industry is the biggest legal scam in America and nobody says it out loud. When you stop paying a card, the bank writes it off after 180 days, takes the tax deduction, and sells your $250K in balances to a collector for 3 to 4 cents on the dollar
Read that again. Your $250,000 debt gets sold for around $9,000. The collector's entire business is calling you, scaring you, and hoping you pay full price for something they bought at a 96% discount
So you never pay full price. You pay what they paid, plus a little
The settlement play:
Never pay a collector without negotiating. They'll demand $250K. You counter at 5 cents on the dollar. They'll act offended, threaten lawsuits they'll never file, then counter at 15
You hold at 8. They settle around 10 to 12 cents. Your $250K just became $25K to $30K
Always demand DELETION in writing, not "paid in full." Paid-in-full still tanks your score. Deletion makes the account vanish like it never existed. No deletion letter, no payment, period
Get everything signed on letterhead before a dollar moves. Pay by money order so they can't draft your account
Read that again. You stack $250K at 0%, deploy it, and if a chunk goes sideways you're not facing a $250K monster. You're negotiating against someone who paid $9,000 for the paper and will take $25K to make you go away
Your debt was never real money. It's a number someone bought for pennies. Treat it like that lmfaooo
dm me "funding" and i'll show you how you can qualify for up to 250k in 0% APR funding (if you have a 700+)
Genetically Modified Ketchup: Heinz Ketchup just got the “Contains Bioengineered Food Ingredients” label.
Your family’s trusted BBQ and burger staple is now officially Frankenstein food.
That’s mostly GMO high fructose corn syrup (92%+ of U.S. corn is bioengineered) + sugars from bioengineered sugarcane and sugar beets that spike blood sugar, fuel inflammation, and mess with hormones & gut health.
Plus a non-disclosed secret proprietary blend of 'natural flavors' that is kept from public knowledge.
You thought you were just squeezing tomatoes… but you’re feeding your kids ultra-processed junk while the brand keeps the same nostalgic red bottle.
Ditch it. Make your own in 5 minutes.
Quick Homemade Ketchup (no HFCS, no GMOs):
• 1 small jar (6 oz) tomato paste
• ⅓ cup apple cider vinegar
• 2–3 Tbsp maple syrup or honey (to taste)
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp onion powder
• ½ tsp garlic powder
• ¼ tsp mustard powder
• Pinch black pepper + optional cayenne
Mix until smooth. Stores in fridge for weeks and tastes way better.
Throw out the Heinz. Make homemade instead.
I still don't think ppl realize what an amazing deal locking in a 3% mortgage in 2020 has been for homeowners
Inflation has averaged 3.9% this decade
It's now back above 4%
You're basically borrowing for free
This was the deal of a lifetime
John Malkovich in ROUNDERS (1998) feels like he got handed a serious poker movie and decided to create a character nobody would ever forget. Twenty years later, people are still quoting Teddy KGB more than the winning hand.
Jeff texted me about Cal Sefcik entering the transfer portal, and although I really hated to hear it, I also completely understood it.
As I was leaving the baseball offices on Monday, I knew there was one more player that might enter the portal, but I did not know who it was. However, as I was walking out of the offices, I saw Cal coming into them and spoke briefly to him.
As I was walking to my car, I started wondering if that meeting between Cal and Coach B was a really important one because there were no others in the offices, and Cal was leaving for Cape Cod that morning.
My hope is Cal finds a good fit and has a great senior season.
My disappointment in losing not just a good player but a great person quickly dissipates once I know that player has landed on his feet and is doing well.
UC fans saw me celebrating Chase Horst’s season at JSU throughout the year. For me, these kinds of difficult situations are never about placing blame with anyone and more about supporting both sides.
I know this was not an easy decision for Cal, and I also know this was not the preferred outcome for the Cincinnati staff. It’s the proverbial “stuck between a rock and a hard place” dilemma for me.
The school that gets Cal will be getting a great teammate, a solid outfield defender, a player a lot faster than you’d think and a guy with sneaky power. His last hit at UC was a home run.
Wherever he lands, many of us will still be watching and rooting for him.
My mom paid off her house in 2003.
Thought that was it. Thought she was done. Thought it was finally hers.
Property taxes were $1,800 a year back then.
She’s retired now. Fixed income. Same house. Same neighborhood.
Property taxes are $24,000 a year.
That’s $2,000 a month.
On a house she already paid for.
She’s 71 years old and the government sends her a bill every year just to stay in her own home.
You never really own anything in America.
You just make payments to a different landlord.