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    When have I not?
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    After 2 hours on the phone i managed to bargain my way from 30.99€ to 20.99€ monthly for my Internet service.

    I feel a strange sense of accomplishment...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Archangel View Post
    After 2 hours on the phone i managed to bargain my way from 30.99€ to 20.99€ monthly for my Internet service.

    I feel a strange sense of accomplishment...
    I wish I lived in a culture that still worked on the bartering system. You people in Portugal have it good.

    I also want to live where people could ride bikes everywhere instead of driving cars.


    For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Animeniax View Post
    I wish I lived in a culture that still worked on the bartering system. You people in Portugal have it good.
    I did it by working the system you tool >_>

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    Quote Originally Posted by Archangel View Post
    I did it by working the system you tool >_>
    You need to learn to take a compliment.

    I did a similar thing when I called AT&T about a potential fee before I signed up for their Uverse service. They ended up waiving the fee for 6 months, so I saved $60 from a 5 minute phone call. Previous to that, I called them to cancel internet service because I was unhappy with their service and ended up getting half-off monthly service for 6 months, a $105 savings.


    For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?

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    Finding out that someone broke into my car while I was walking my dogs, who stole a total of 2.34$, a half pack of pack of menthol cigarettes, and a Dir En Grey CD I got from their Family Values tour with Korn. The part that made me smile was the police officer who told me the suspect dropped their wallet full of ID in my car while rummaging through my backseat; Karma for the win >
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    Quote Originally Posted by Deadlift View Post
    Finding out that someone broke into my car while I was walking my dogs, who stole a total of 2.34$, a half pack of pack of menthol cigarettes, and a Dir En Grey CD I got from their Family Values tour with Korn. The part that made me smile was the police officer who told me the suspect dropped their wallet full of ID in my car while rummaging through my backseat; Karma for the win >
    So did you get it all back?

    Stupid people who steal with ID.. reminds me of the guys who broke into our shop at 3am to steal.. then reversed their car towards the front of the shop to make moving goods easier. Because of that, the camera got their registration plate (and the car wasn't stolen).

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    I just gave the student I mentioned in this post a "job" helping me organize my classroom, file papers/assignments, and do light grunt-work while I let her listen to music and chat to her about life while getting some work done after school myself.

    She's really grateful but could totally make more money working part time for minimum wage. I can't pay her much but I really need the extra help.

    <@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs

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    I didn't get my stuff back unfortunately, but it wasn't a big loss on my part anyway I'm just glad I didn't leave my phone oranything in the car it could have been much worse. It just brightens my day to know how dumb some criminals are

    Quote Originally Posted by XanBcoo View Post
    I just gave the student I mentioned in this post a "job" helping me organize my classroom, file papers/assignments, and do light grunt-work while I let her listen to music and chat to her about life while getting some work done after school myself.

    She's really grateful but could totally make more money working part time for minimum wage. I can't pay her much but I really need the extra help.
    She may not make as much as she would at another job, but atleast she got to choose her own boss, doesn't have to deal with "customers", and if she were to strive for a teaching/substitute position after post-secondary education it would look good mon her resume. Its a win-win for both of you in my opinion.

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    By coincidence, I got escorted home from lab for about 10 blocks by about 600 raging 99 percenters and 40 cops. I was all, 'inb4 tazed bro'.

    No one got tazed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sapphire View Post
    No one got tazed.
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    Yeah, today was a big event for OWS. I'm kind of upset that I wasn't able to attend.

    <@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs

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    Quote Originally Posted by XanBcoo View Post
    I just gave the student I mentioned in this post a "job" helping me organize my classroom, file papers/assignments, and do light grunt-work while I let her listen to music and chat to her about life while getting some work done after school myself.

    She's really grateful but could totally make more money working part time for minimum wage. I can't pay her much but I really need the extra help.
    I babysat for my Spanish teacher for a number of years. The memories! <3
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    I tutored the son of my teacher for half a year. That was... interesting..

    If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~

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    Did anything inappropriate interesting actually happen?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian View Post
    I tutored the son of my teacher for half a year. That was... interesting..
    Quote Originally Posted by shinta|hikari View Post
    Did anything inappropriate interesting actually happen?
    When did gotwoot turn this gay? No, seriously.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shinta|hikari View Post
    Did anything inappropriate interesting actually happen?
    No, no.. (I lied).. it was actually quite boring. It just felt weird, even if she's a language teacher and I was tutoring physics and chemistry/maths. It just felt weird having a monetary relationship with a teacher.

    If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~

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    I can't believe I misread 'son' as 'child.' I am not interested in knowing what the ellipsis in Buff's post meant anymore.

    EDIT: posted this before I read the comment from Buff above.
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    Quote Originally Posted by shinta|hikari View Post
    I can't believe I misread 'son' as 'child.' I am not interested in knowing what the ellipsis in Buff's post meant anymore.

    EDIT: posted this before I read the comment from Buff above.
    Yes because being interested before was completely reasonable.

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    I just wanted to clarify. It has nothing to do with being reasonable (appropriate/right/whatever you wanna call it) or not.
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