Neon demon is, if my context from the one other time I heard the term is correct, meant to imply someone who stays out all night and brings home a lot of partners. Kinda like bar flys. So essentially she's saying no night life experts.
I only say this because she is an entitled brat, but... she likely lived that lifestyle, and that is why she is in the position that she is, hoping to manipulate some fool to support her.
As a professional photographer I've had many clients back out because they found someone less expensive then came back to me upset later saying the photos didn't turn out as expected. While I do feel bad for them wasting their money, its not my job to research other photographers. If someone asks me how another photographer's work is, I tell them to look at their portfolio.
Unfortunately, you get so many people who just want to do the blame game when they find out that the person they went too is literally (what's the word I'm looking for?) Inexperienced. And then start to take out on the Professional for, "Not letting them know how bad the other one actually is!" Like Dude, it's not my job! That's *your* job!
The funniest thing about the hearing aid story is that someone who is completly deaf doesnt need a hearing aid, but a chochlear implant, which costs around 40.000⏠(Idk the price in other countries, but in germany its that much), which only further proves just how if she truly wanted to se a minimum, a 100$ minimum wont help her with 40k xD
Good point! I didn't even catch that at 1st! I'm kinda surprised that she hadn't even bothered to learn basic sign language to help sell her grift, but glad since it's much easier to spot that way.
Well, there's different levels of Deafness and Hard of Hearing. And Cochlear Implants aren't as successful as they advertise themselves to be. A lot of the time, they just cause painful noise, because the brain hasn't developed to translate sound. But good hearing aids, for someone who is HoH, still can be a lot of money that $100 will barely touch.
My Da got his Cochlear implant in the States. 150,000USD, all covered by insurance. He has a hearing aid in the other ear, out of pocket cost after insurance 2800USD. Add the cost of batteries and itâs insane. I told him to get a cochlear implant in the other ear and call it good! Heâs getting it next month! :)
@@zikasilver1 My Da had to go to hearing therapy to learn the new sounds, etc. It was tough for him at first but within a month, he worked his arse off and was doing the exercises with me when I visited, the neighbour when I wasnât there. His wife did nothing to help, then again sheâs a piece of work so thatâs why I visit all the time. Iâll stay for six months after his new implant. Heâll be able to hear a fly pass wind, I hope! đ
As a musician who has studied and practiced my ass off for the past 15 years and spent over half of my life dedicated to my instrument and craft, people complaining about prices for performances irritates me to no end. How are you going to tell me my worth, when you couldn't play a recorder let alone entertain a party. F off.
Every time I hear a Choosing Beggar thinking âexposureâ is a good thing ⊠I always think of the saying âWho will buy the cow if you can get the milk for free?â (It really applies!) No Karen, no one is going to hire (insert professional here) if they know that they donât value their work enough to actually charge for it!
Yeah, I've done some work for free for friends as some practice for my skills before. However, the moment you tell someone who was getting the same things for free before that it's now going to cost money they'll be much less likely to pay than if you'd just charged them small fees to start with and increased the amount later as you gain more experience.
Me: _I no longer buy eggs because I'm raising chickens in my backyard._ Choosing Beggar: _So you get free eggs?!_ Me: _No! I still have to buy the matrial to build the coop and the food to feed the chickens. The eggs are not free. They are fresh, but not free._
About that last story: Please be careful in Paris and other big tourist cities in Europe like Rome and Athens. Scams like that are extremely common there. When me and my family were in Paris, we were stopped at least 5 times by scammers like those described in the story. It's also common that the people speaking to you are just trying to keep your attention so that their accomplices can pickpocket you. Please be careful and try not to look to much like a tourist when you're in big tourist cities
Before my current job I was a babysitter for three kids (7f, 5m, 1m) and only made $10 an hour for taking care of them. When I tell you I did the bare minimum (as in putting them in front of the TV or their tablets the whole time not neglecting their needs). Remember that you get what you pay for folks
I don't know if $10 an hour in US is so low, but converted to Polish money, you would be in top 5% richest people in the country. In fact you are earning more then me (a Programmer).
@@hubertnnn too put it as realistic and true as i can, ten an hour in the us will literally provide you with maybe enough too survive the month, however if you're trying too build for a house and expenses it is impossible. Poland sounds great!
@@asdawarner9902 Well, saving for a house in here is pretty much impossible. You either have to get a 20+ year loan (assuming you are allowed to get one, which is a different story) or inherit.
Free wedding band. I have a friend who, when asked to play "for exposure" or otherwise free, asks back, "Is the venue getting paid? Is the caterer getting paid? We need to be paid, too."
Exactly as musician myself I can say that there's a lot of costs incurred even if a band pays for free..like gas, equipment (if they don't provide any) etc so even if they say it's not a big deal ...it really is.
@@SourPotato I was asked to play, free, for some society event. We were asked to play just 20-30 minutes before it was to start. (NO, even for pay, not worth hauling equipment and setting up for 20 minutes.) They wanted us to do it for free "for the exposure". But they contacted us because we were the best band in the area. So why would we need "exposure"? The kicker, "Oh, and can you leave your PA set up for us to use and pick it up later?" What they really wanted was a free professional quality PA system and not have to pay to rent it.
The donation scam was pretty popular in NYC, there would be "deaf people" who would walk through the subway cars handing out cards to read and then turn around to collect the cards after the person reads it and then claim to ask for a donation after reading. I don't believe they were deaf at all. They usually operate in a small group.
There used to be a deaf guy who would come to the gas station I worked at. He was very sweet and I helped him out by grabbing one of the milk crates we had out back for him to sit on while he sold chord bracelets for his family out front. He was polite and kind, never being rude to anyone, including staff if he was told he had to move. One day, he gave me a card that said he had saved enough money for what he needed and thanked me for being so kind to him. He ended up giving me a bracelet he made and it had a little note in there from him (he knew I didn't know ASL). I still have the bracelet and note. I hope he's doing well.
Story 1: "I'm a vegan and so is my son whose a baby"... didn't she know that a Vegan woman actually starved her own 18 month old baby to death because she didn't want her baby to drink milk and only fed him raw fruits and vegetables.. Someone call CPS on her if she's doing the same to that baby
ââ@@Sus_pumpkinHuman milk...... Human... It's not vegan lol They're supposed to drink their moms milk but the vegan mom OP is talking about didn't want to feed her baby her milk because it's not vegan but babies cannot be vegan so they died.
If the mom wants free room/board/food there is one option rslash didn't mention. She could commit a crime and get the life sentence. This way both she gets 3 squares, a 9x9 bedroom, and lots of companionship and her son gets away from such a Karen.
Hearing Impaired doesn't mean deaf. If a lady said you dropped money when I had my back turn I would have a good chance of hearing it. If it is a male I have no chance of hearing it. There are different degrees of hearing lose and such discriminating comments like this only makes life harder for the hearing Impaired.
The "deaf" people that pass out cards with bracelets or whatever get real flustered when I use what little sign I know to talk to them. Usually the nod, smile, and walk away quickly. That's my easy way to know who is deaf and who isn't.
@@valoripace9038 I don't know sign language either, doesn't mean I'm not hearing Impaired. I do get what a problem these scammers are but so far your little test only show how little you know about the hearing Impaired
@@deborahcollis9814 I know the difference between deaf and hearing impared. I would also use a pen and paper to communicate but they would tap on the card and nothing else. It was just my way of knowing they were being dishonest. It happened once or twice in my life. Need to chill out Deborah.
What's funny to me is I read negative reviews to see how many people leaving 1-star reviews are full of shit. Because when it's mostly/only absolute idiots leaving 1-star reviews, the product/service is probably just fine.
If a crazy lady was demanding free rides for life, I'd be like "Fine, I'll give you a ride" and then call the cops on her for harassing and trespassing. The twist is that I don't have a car of my own or a driver license for several reasons and that I don't live in the US.
I was approached by a guy in the parking lot once who gave me a card saying "I am deaf and mute and have two kids, please help." I happen to know ASL and started to sign with him, but it was obvious pretty fast that he didn't know a lick of sign language as he just turned away and walked off.
11:01 There is a pretty good reason why professional photographers charge so much. Those cameras ain't cheap. They are some of the highest quality photographer equipment around.
There's other equipment involved too. Portable lights for night photography, those things that create a little shade in bright light, extra camera batteries, etc. Not to mention Adobe isn't free, and in settings where you can't control the light, some adjustments might need to be made. Plus, there's always a chance red eye can happen and sometimes photobombers might need to be edited out.
I am an amatuer photographer. I have just enough equipment and know-how that people who don't know anything about photography think I know what I'm doing. I've shot two weddings for close family who couldn't afford a professional. Shooting weddings quckly taught me why pros deserve thousands of dollars per gig. $10K worth of equipment is an investment, but the real cost is in time and experience. A full day of shooting will produce 100's to 1000's of pictures that have to be sorted, cropped, and enhanced for the client to choose their favorites. Those may have to be cropped for framing and further enhancemet. Further, there is a lot to know that will only come from experience. The photographer can't stop the proceedings to adjust camera settings, adjust exposure, re-focus, re-shoot. They have to know where to be to get the shots in the moment and how to get people simultaneously posed and at ease. Those skills are why photographers charge what they do.
@@toddmoore9841 Absolutely! You're paying for a professionals time and experience/skill. Unfortunately people always want $5k worth of service for $500 because they don't value other people's knowledge and skill. Hence the 'it's not that hard' OR 'anybody can do it' commentary we see in these stories. đ
I was genuinely giving the person in the first post the benefit of the doubt - maybe they were in a really tough spot from escaping an abuser or something. But someone in that situation wouldn't care so much about their food preferences and be this picky about the place. So any empathy I had is completely lost now
The story about the shelter in Santa Monica reminded me of a story about my grandmother's sister. She had a mechanic shop back in the 70's; one time there was a man asking for money to "buy a ticket out of town". My aunt handed him a broom and asked him to please clean the floor and that she would pay him for his work, but he insulted her and said he was asking for money, not a job đ€·đ»
If it's any consolation your parents named you long before the negative connotations with your name became a mainstream meme in the last 4-5 years. It's not yours or their fault.
I was a student on a very tight budget, and I was coralled by someone on a brutally cold winter morning. A buck for a coffee, and I said that I would like one too. So we went to a diner, and I've never seen someone so pissed off about getting a free coffee. If looks could kill, I wouldn't be typing this today.
That's last story, my immediate reaction would be to start signing. Most 'deaf' scammers would probably back out pretty quick if they didn't know sign. Some deaf people don't know sign either tho, you gotta be good about telling the difference
Those people who give bad reviews, because they feel entitled to smth drive me crazy. But at least some platforms allow business owners to give their version of what actually happened. Did a job interview with a guy. Immediately after introductions, and before even discussing the position and involved tasks etc., he brought up the pay. HR explained, our company is working for the govt, which is why we're _by law_ obligated to standardized govt official salaries, which increase _significantly_ with each year of employment and come with 30 days of paid vacation. (That whole explanation had already been in the job description.) I added: in a span of 5 years he'd gradually go from 50k per year to 100k per year. If he'd been a foreigner or very young, I would've understood why he doesn't understand standardized govt salaries - but he was 35 and born and raised here, and he wouldn't stop bringing up the salary. For example, I introduced a project he'd be working on and what challenges would be involved, and his response was smth like "I know and how to deal with because I have worked on and have experience with - I can have like this done in 2 weeks .. but not if you gonna pay me 50k". etc. He said things like these jokingly .. but that 'joke' became pretty old pretty fast. At some point HR and I exchanged frustrated looks, and she cut to the point "I feel I need to emphasize: the salary, and later on pay-raises, for this particular position are fixed and non-negotiable. If you are interested in working on your own terms, we could look into getting you on-board as an independent contractor. But that'd be for a different project, so we'd need to reschedule. So .. do you feel you want to continue this interview? Or should we reschedule?". The look on his face was as if she had slapped him. He didn't say anything, just got up and walked towards the door. HR asked "Sir, just to be clear, is this a No to either option?" - he snapped that he drove all this way for nothing. He didn't say goodbye, and slammed the door. We had to follow him because .. high security software and IT company, visitors must be accompanied at all times. He took personal offense to this "I've never been treated like this in my whole life!" and threw his visitor's pass in the receptionists face. He left reviews on google, yelp, glassdoor etc., using his full name, claiming we're unprofessional and unfriendly. On google he posed as a customer claiming that the software we provide doesn't work - you get the idea. HR handled it, and either set the facts straight or had the review removed. The silver lining is now that any potential employer who googles his rather unique name will find his reviews - and HR's responses to them lol.
I have spent time in that kind of community before... most come from middle class backgrounds. No person who has experienced living with no means, would be this ridiculous.
Regarding the last story: I once worked in the fast food industry and I had a woman yell at me for her food being cold, made wrong, etc.. (first, I didn't make the food, I just took the orders.) Boss resolved it and this is where it gets really good. I was at the mall with my friends about a month later and there was this person handing out business cards that read "I am deaf/mute and need help to pay my bills..." and I look up and its HER. So I handed back the card, looked her in the face and said "yeah, right. " and reported her butt to the nearest security officer I saw. (This was still when I cared to remember the faces of these Karens.)
1st story: Yeah, you have a better chance of begging for $1 million on the street, and getting it all from just one person, than you have of getting your dream home.(a free house was already pushing it, but she was also demanding free food and the place to be safe, which is impossible)
The big thing when comes to the "I'm Deaf Scam" b/c I've ran into a few, where people pretend to be deaf to get free money or free something. Literally, learn Sign Language! So, when someone taps you on the shoulder, hands you a card and points to it, asking for money. Start signing! If they don't know what your talking about then chances are that they aren't deaf. Had it happen to me a few times. I started to learn ASL, and boy when I did that in front of them trying to find out what they need help with. Suddenly they knew how to talk, and just went, "Nevermind! Just give me my card back!" And storm off to some other group.
âââââ This channel gets a five-star review if you like daily content it's definitely for you, there are butt hole decisions and so many dramas, psychos and there's even a tale from an occasional farmer, jaw-dropping dilemmas and shocking reveals, beggars speaking ridiculous deals, there are Karens aplenty even some who are really petty, no matter what Reddit you seek R/ brings you it every day of the week! My only complaint is a suggestion for you, the second channel needs to become a host for daily or weekly youtube shorts of "Dabneys Dirty Ditties" as I miss the lewd interludes! Best wishes from across the pond x
The begger story, OP should have been like "Oh, my god! You're SoOoOo right! Here's a $20 as my apology for being so audacious, give me back the $2" and once she hands back the $2, drive off into the sunset cause fuck that bullshit. Although, I can totally see the begger refusing to give any money back, regardless of how much OP was gonna "give" her in exchange. Honestly, I'm surprised she didn't demand a credit card, to keep of course Also, love, in the first story, how this Karen is demanding a free house and making MORE demands on top of a free fricking house. "Oh, I know I'm asking for a house, thousands and thousands of dollars (cause let's be honest, it's gotta be a super ritzy place since she obviously deserves it) but vegan food ONLY allowed in the house, NO "dirty " animals, bow down EVERYTIME you see me, etc....these people are insane, stop letting Karen's and Chad's get away with this shit!
There used to be a deaf/mute scam around in the 60s that was similar. You'd be shopping and some person would touch you and hand you a laminated card saying they were deaf. They would then hand you a book of sewing needles - about 30 or so - and put out their hand for a donation. I was just a kid in high school on lunch hour. As a high school kid I only had a couple of dollars, a dollar and some change. I handed her a quarter. She wasn't happy with that and kept her hand out, so I gave her another quarter and put my wallet away, put the needles in my purse and walked away., Hey, 50 cents was pretty good for a kid on a $1 per week allowance. Regarding the "big tipper" story. I read that one in Readers Digest about 40 years ago. LOL
Don't listen tho the haters. Your loyal fans love you, mostly Hugo, but you too. Tell your wife shes a super hero. I've got a lot of respect for her and her contribution to making this channel happen. Caring for a baby all day is hard work and I love how much you recognize what she's doing.
My Dad was once walking in San Francisco when we were there on vacation. Someone asked him for spare change. He told them he didnât have much in him. The choosing beggar said anything would help. My Dad got the change he had in his pocket. The CB then went off on Dad because it was so little. My Dad yelled âI TOLD you I didnât have much on me!â
You should be able to review a business without ever having patronized it. If you go into a restaurant, see that it's filthy inside, and the staff are immediately rude to you, it's entirely reasonable to leave them a bad review. Sure, people are going to abuse that, but reviewing a business without patronizing them is absolutely something that is valid to do.
@@sleepyearth Then what that choosing beggar did was also a form of patronizing. She went into the business, looked around, didn't like it, and posted a review. She just did it virtually instead of physically.
The hearing aid scam sounds like something I've encountered in The Netherlands several times when on my way to Amsterdam by train, they'd place a package of tissues on each table with a note attached to please donate to them because they're poor and buy the tissues for 2 bucks or something. That shite isn't even legal and it's just, really weird and awkward when they come to pick up the uncollected tissues again and no one wants it because city dwellers are used to scams.
Might as well tell a story which happened a few months back. I was walking to the train station from college and a guy walked up to me and asked me for me ÂŁ10 for a taxi to see his "dying mother". I was nervous, gob smacked and unsure what to say or do. Thankfully... a bus driver who was likely on break pulled me aside. Fucking legend
There was a guy like that in my city, he would approach you and stick a laminated card in your face. The card said something along the lines of "This is an official document proving that the holder is severely disabled, by looking at this card, you are now obliged by law to donate a dollar to the holder; failure to comply is a criminal offense"
First OP: if I owned a cabin in the woods that I only used for vacations, I might let her stay there (when I wouldnât be) for a refundable security deposit, on the condition that she keeps it clean and well-maintained. Basically, Iâd be getting a free groundskeeper/caretaker. Doubt sheâd take that offer though.
I remember one about how people that beg on the street do that as their living instead of working. I heard of one that would beg at freeway off ramps at a light then when they leave would drive off in a newer SUV. That is why I don't give to people but groups that help those that need it.
In regards to the last story: one time (pre-covid), me and mom had been eating in at a fast food diner, when this supposedly deaf woman came in. She was passing out these little info cards that explained that she was deaf and looking for donations, but the card also explained that the info card itself costs .25 cents to purchase from her! She had been quietly going around to occupied tables handing out these tiny cards, which she had been just dropping off before going on to the next occupied table. Me and my mom had been about done eating anyways, so we just got up, went over to her, and handed her her 25 cent card back, signaling that we didn't have money to buy her info card (we really didn't, just our debit cards), before leaving the diner. Don't know if she was actually really deaf or not tho.
"I was having a beer in the bar of a beach resort in the Bahamas." Can we appreciate this new toungue twister that he either pulled off flawlessly or we didn't get to hear the potentially hilarious number of retakes for?
I love how parents force their life style on their kids, I'm a vegan(Christian, athletic, gluten free, etc) so my kid is also that automatically. How dare my kid have different opinions, I want to speak to the manager
love how most entitled/ choosing beggar that demand free good or services can be defeated by the person offering the goods or service asking what the ET/ CB person does for a living and asked if they would work for the other person for free
10:20 sheesh, I have a cat sitting job that I get $25 to show up, feed and water the cat and change litter. It takes about 15-20 minutes if the cat wants me to spend a bit of time with her (she usually doesn't as she's old and cranky) and I'm one of the cheap options. I can't imagine someone wanting to pay less than that for a whole day of child care...
I got my first bad review on my business because a lady was pissed that I wouldnât rush her order above everyone else and complete a four month project in 30 days or less đ
The flip side of people leaving bad reviews are the business owners that contact you, and threaten you, if you don't go and change the review you left to a 5 star review.
There are a few non-cult eco communities near me that would be interested in taking in the woman and her child in the first story. 10-20 hours a week gardening or cooking and some art classes in exchange for a place to sleep and veggies from the garden sounds like a workaway or wwoof experience.
4th Story: "This is a hard time for us all". A Wedding... a hard time? Lady did you actually had a hard time like having your house destroyed by Nature or living off the street for years? a Wedding is a 1st world luxury, if you can even affort to attent to host, you are definitely NOT having a hard time.
The way to deal with suspected deaf scammers is to pull a "look over there" and, when they turn their head, clap your hands as hard as you can right next to their ear. If they jump, then you've caught 'em red-handed!
the best ( worst ) review i ever seen was in my own city in belgium. someone left a 1 star review on a restaurant and their reason was ' this ugly place is build next to my grandparent's ancestral home '. nothing about food or owners, nope. it's location is what they disliked.
That story about the scammer lady acting like she's deaf pisses me off, as I have had severe hearing loss for my entire life, I'm 18 now, and by the age of 21, I'll be completely deaf... it's honestly terrifying that in 3 years, I won't be able to hear my own voice, or even the voices of my friends and family, granted, I do have the Cochlear implant on my deaf ear (on my right side) but I've been deaf in that year since I was 9, so it's gonna take a while to get used to
I have a friend who lived in France for a while. She told me that people literally drove into the town center in expensive cars, and got out to beg for money. It's such a prestige thing to give money to beggars in the major French cities, that people can make way more money than at a regular job, if they are scrupulous enough.
I'm a french person who lives not far from Paris and has travelled quite a bit inside the country. I don't understand what you're saying, as giving to the homeless or beggars is a morally good thing, yes, but not a prestigious one by any mean...
I've seen that deaf/mute scam in Paris several times, and I know someone who starts saying in French sign language "Hi, my name is (spells her name)", it always freaks out the scammers who immediately scramble away
I took sign language in middle school and high school, so I just sign a few simple things to them like "Hi, how are you?" and it usually causes them to panic! They didn't even bother to learn any sign language before scamming people.
I love the stories when people give someone money (like the bus fair Karen) and they complain that it wasn't enough. "OH I'm sorry, hand it back and I will give you a bigger bill." Then they just drive off or leave after they hand the money back
Once my dad was at the coffee shop after work when a guy dressed in a nice suit came over and asked my dad for bus money. My dad was in his dusty, ripped up tile setter clothes covered in grout and cement. He was baffled and kinda mad that a guy would ask him of all people.
RSlash...I have a story for you... For context...I'm Army, and have been for most of my adult life and am very proud of my brothers and sisters in arms...you ask any Vet what BRANCH they are in and you will instantly start swapping stories, especially if they were in the same branch as you. This seems to hold true still even if they aren't Military Vets, just family of Vets sometimes. You almost become instant friends because you get wach other. That's not to say we all don't give a little light hearted ribbing to each other within our Sibling Branches...Army Jokes about Navy, Marines joke about Air Force, We all clown on the Coast Guard and now Space Force, but it's all in good spirits amongst family. So, I remember this one older guy who would hang out on the corner not too far from our base and ask for money with a sign that said "help a homeless Vet." Every time I passed him, I was in the wrong lane or the light was green or when it was red, he wasn't there, ect. Finally, the perfect storm! My wife was driving and we hit the red light and he was right next to us, not 5 cars away or something like usual. I was happy to finally be able to help this guy because I actually had cash in my wallet for a change too. So, I rolled down my window and handed the guy a $5 with a smile and asked "What branch where you in brother?" Because he was about my Dad's age and I'm guessing he'd been a Vietnam Vet like my Dad was...I am a combat vet too. I was just waiting to hear if he was Army or any of my Sibling Services. He didn't have that look of pride swell up in his eyes, like all vets do...nope. he instead yelled at me "Vietnam!" I looked up at the still red light and then at him and said, "No, what B R A N C H ?" To which he grunted "Vietnam!" And then looked at the cars behind me. I always have a soft spot in my heart for homeless people...breaks my heart when someone is down on their luck or just in a bad space and needed help. I was always taught we should when we could help people in need and that most Americans are 2 paychecks away from being homeless too...but as soon as this guy said "Vietnam" the 2nd time, I knew right away that he wasn't a Vet and probably had NEVER served...just knew a Troop like me would give him a quick buck. And it was the first and last time I gave him Anything while we were stationed there. Nothing passes off a Vet more than Stolen Valor...even if it's from some homeless dude.
As for the Karens, my experience is that I've met extremely kind people named Karen and also extremely rude people with the same name. Its weird because in my experience there's like no in-between.
Many years ago, I was approached by a beggar at a bus stop. He said it was very important that he take the next bus and asked for bus fare. As the bus approached, I gave him a token. He looked at it and angrily said, "What the hell am I supposed to do with this!?" As I was getting on the bus I said, "That pays for this bus ride. I guess you were lying." He threw it on the ground and stormed away.
When I was out once, a deaf man walked up to me with these little green cards that had basic sign language on it and it explained he was deaf, needed money, and was selling the cards for a dollar and any extra would be appreciated.. People like this probably aren't a scam.
Last story, Back in highschool a few of us were chilling in a coffee shop, Woman walks up with the same laminated "I'm deaf" card. My one friend, whom has deaf parents starts signing at her. Woman went full on deer in headlights mode then just walked away.
For the band for the wedding, nah they aren't just making a bunch of money to hit play, they have to buy equipment, sometimes go to school, take music classes, move heavy equipment, drive there, set up everything, they drain themselves physically with performance, they're likely staying up really late, not to mention all the other bills they have to pay for, and they split the money amongst several people.
You know what a band makes gets divided between members. Pay them and set up a tip jar thatâs even more help. Bands donât show up and be ready that day. They have set up and break down their instrument. Thereâs weeks of practice. My dad is a drummer and thatâs a lot of gear to set up and break down. Heâs preparing for a Ramones cover band and heâs practicing 16 hours a day.
I have to say, that's the best way to think about trolls and I shall strive to think of them as annoying ghosts coming out of my TV from now on. No point trying to reason with them or change their opinion, they're just gonna do their ghosty business and move on đ€·đŒââïž
@rSlash - According to Urban Dictionary, Neon Demon means "A film that makes absolutely no sense by an incompetent director who doesn't know how to structure a proper story." I would say that the choosing beggar's post pretty much fits that description, so no idea what she means. A slightly deeper look into it implies that the poster doesn't want to live with narcissists. Also seems to apply to the poster.
Honestly the last bit reminds me of something that happened to me. I was just browsing throuth some things then a woman with a "petition" to build a shelter for mute and deaf, so because I wanted to be a good human being I signed it then she started tapping it expecting money thankfully I had all my money on my bank account so I left for a few seconds to withdraw a few dollars and when I returned she was gone. Later on I found out that there were no plans for anything like that and read a story from a user warning people about these scammers
Me and my family were on holiday in Italy and visiting a church when a woman came up to us with a clipboard and started aggressively tapping it and shoving it in our faces. At first I thought she was asking for donations for the church but then saw on the clipboard she needed money for an ear operation because apparently she was deaf. My dad refused as she was being really persistent and then almost knocked me and my sisters over in attempt to get closer to him and possibly the camcorder he had around his neck (it was the 90s). My mum whoâs Italian started yelling at her to leave us alone in Italian and for a deaf person she seemed to know what my mum was saying and scampered off! We saw her trying to scam another family so my mum yelled out she dropped some money and she looked down! When she realised she gave herself away and saw my mum she ran out of the church! Itâs annoying theyâre allowed to do that in churches and canât be thrown out!
The CB in the wedding photography segment was a pure narcissist, blaming their own mistakes on someone else, no matter how irrational the reasoning. The People's Court once had a defendant who claimed the plaintiff was responsible for her collision to the tune of 50% because he let her take his car. If you get involved in an enterprise with a narcissist in any way, you risk being blamed for its failure.
the third story is why we should implement a measure to gg review to validate a patron. like providing a valid receipt bill number to indicate they did purchase from the business to protect vendors better. instead of let a-hole bash the vendors with false reviews. but well sometimes we got some gold responses from owners
I'd be careful around street beggars in places where entitlement and crime runs high. A lot of people in such places will not think twice about harassing or assaulting you for "wronging" them, not to mention thugs who uses asking strangers for stuff as a ruse to strongarm rob them.
Just an FYI, as someone with partial hearing loss (lost entirely on one side) and know a few people in the deaf community, don't underestimate lip reading and other skills like it, especially if they have even the slightest amount of hearing, hearing loss isnt binary, there are varying levels, even if you can't make out what someone is saying, the small amount you might catch on top of lip reading, body language, etc. can make it seem like they are lying about being deaf, and a lot of ableist people make that accusation regularly. I personally think its better to assume they are actually deaf than assume they are lying, because id rather more people get away with lying if it means less legitimately deaf people are abused.
Oh so hey, we had a reservation to a fancy french restaurant, but instead cancelled it and went to a McDonalds, but we were unhappy with it. Why didn't the fancy french restaurant try to correct the mistake we were making? I think they owe us a free full three course meal with drinks for the mistake they made. It's an outrage!
I responded to a similar post. Some weird dude. âThis right up your alleyâŠâ And I sent him a picture of a dumpster in an alley. He went nuts and blocked me. Totally worth it.
As someone who plays an instrument I can understand why those bands in the fourth story were charging a lot. It's not just blowing into your mouthpiece and moving your fingers and boom it's music. It take a lot of work for a band to sound good.
"teens don't need money" I had to pay for everything since I was a kid, I did paper routes to save up for an iPod, and other things I wanted. As a teen I paid for all my bills, even bought most of my clothes at age 14. And that's just cuz my parents taught me to work for what I want, not even including circumstances where teens have to help their parents pay their bills.
There was this guy one time who asked me for 50Âą to catch a bus back home. I think I had a dollar on me, so I gave it to him. A few months later, the same guy needs 50Âą for a bus. I didn't have cash on me that day. For the next few years, me and my co-workers would occasionally run into Bus guy. I guess he never did manage to get enough for a bus back home.
As a musician, Iâll only play for free if Iâm opening for a band larger than me at a venue I can get other gigs at. OP from the story is delusional if she thinks playing free for a wedding is âgood exposureâ for them.
Story one: Hon, you need to get a job. Consider becoming a live-in nanny or housekeeper. What you are asking for is not going to happen unless you are willing to take some MAJOR risks -- for yourself and for your child.
"I don't know why people who have never patronized a business are even allowed to leave reviews" you're right, but that's the world we live in... there's even 1 star reviews on places that haven't even opened yet, with some BS story along with it like "I went to eat here and there was a fly in my soup, I asked for a fresh meal and the waiter SPAT IN MY SOUP while the owner was laughing, never ever eat here!" a review from March when the place opens in April x_x
I'm Australian and here tap and go is pretty prevalent so no one really carries cash especially not loose change. The amount of beggars who will cuss you out for not having change is wild
World works this way : Most people satisfied with their purchase/experience with a business will most likely not write a review (for no specific reason) but a person who had negative experience will 99% write a negative one ( even if they're in the wrong)
The clipboard âdonationâ thing for the deaf in Paris is a common scam tactic. Iâm not sure about other places though. Some people will pickpocket you when you look at the clipboard because youâre distracted. Had it almost happen to me.
Please never sign anything or take anything from anyone offering you stuff for free in Paris (idk about other cities/countries I just know from personal experience in france). It is 100% of the time a scam, and sometimes itâs even a distraction tactic so that someone can pick pocket you.
1:34 she is the same actress that played in Species 1, 2, & 3 2:30 if she can get diagnosed with a developmental disability, the social security income she would be getting could pay her way to be in a board & care facility. Technically be happy while on medications, and they would do gardening.
My great Uncle had a way to stop the people that would panhandle. He would offer to buy them food On his credit card. He told me one time that he took a guy to McDonald's who took him up on the offer, and this guy ate I think he said 40 or $50 worth of McDonald's food in 1 sitting.. And this is back in the 1980s easier when McDonald's hamburgers were 50 cents
Neon demon is, if my context from the one other time I heard the term is correct, meant to imply someone who stays out all night and brings home a lot of partners. Kinda like bar flys. So essentially she's saying no night life experts.
Mkay, thanks!
I only say this because she is an entitled brat, but... she likely lived that lifestyle, and that is why she is in the position that she is, hoping to manipulate some fool to support her.
I thought she meant people with neon Hair đ
Came to the comments specifically for this clarification. Thank you!!
Makes sense.
I love how in the first post, the CB says "we" like the baby's going to be helping with the gardening, tutoring, home improvement, etc.
Yeah the mental image of the baby on a ladder, paintbrush in hand is hysterically funny. đ€Łđ€Ł
Smart baby
@@RakshaStormRider97 So it would appear! đ
@@RakshaStormRider97 once it grows up, i hope its smart enough to leave mommy in the dust and find a real life!
Also: Babies who are fed vegan food without supplements tend to not develop properly. There is a reason human breast milk is from a mammal...
As a professional photographer I've had many clients back out because they found someone less expensive then came back to me upset later saying the photos didn't turn out as expected. While I do feel bad for them wasting their money, its not my job to research other photographers. If someone asks me how another photographer's work is, I tell them to look at their portfolio.
Unfortunately, you get so many people who just want to do the blame game when they find out that the person they went too is literally (what's the word I'm looking for?) Inexperienced. And then start to take out on the Professional for, "Not letting them know how bad the other one actually is!" Like Dude, it's not my job! That's *your* job!
The funniest thing about the hearing aid story is that someone who is completly deaf doesnt need a hearing aid, but a chochlear implant, which costs around 40.000⏠(Idk the price in other countries, but in germany its that much), which only further proves just how if she truly wanted to se a minimum, a 100$ minimum wont help her with 40k xD
Good point! I didn't even catch that at 1st! I'm kinda surprised that she hadn't even bothered to learn basic sign language to help sell her grift, but glad since it's much easier to spot that way.
Well, there's different levels of Deafness and Hard of Hearing. And Cochlear Implants aren't as successful as they advertise themselves to be. A lot of the time, they just cause painful noise, because the brain hasn't developed to translate sound.
But good hearing aids, for someone who is HoH, still can be a lot of money that $100 will barely touch.
My Da got his Cochlear implant in the States. 150,000USD, all covered by insurance. He has a hearing aid in the other ear, out of pocket cost after insurance 2800USD. Add the cost of batteries and itâs insane. I told him to get a cochlear implant in the other ear and call it good! Heâs getting it next month! :)
@@zikasilver1 My Da had to go to hearing therapy to learn the new sounds, etc. It was tough for him at first but within a month, he worked his arse off and was doing the exercises with me when I visited, the neighbour when I wasnât there. His wife did nothing to help, then again sheâs a piece of work so thatâs why I visit all the time. Iâll stay for six months after his new implant. Heâll be able to hear a fly pass wind, I hope! đ
@@Sorchia56 a fly passing wind....lmao
CB: "We are very kind and gentle and do not like aggressive, mean or manipulative types of people."
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As a musician who has studied and practiced my ass off for the past 15 years and spent over half of my life dedicated to my instrument and craft, people complaining about prices for performances irritates me to no end. How are you going to tell me my worth, when you couldn't play a recorder let alone entertain a party. F off.
But she's offering lunch and exposure! /j
Every time I hear a Choosing Beggar thinking âexposureâ is a good thing ⊠I always think of the saying âWho will buy the cow if you can get the milk for free?â (It really applies!)
No Karen, no one is going to hire (insert professional here) if they know that they donât value their work enough to actually charge for it!
Yeah, I've done some work for free for friends as some practice for my skills before. However, the moment you tell someone who was getting the same things for free before that it's now going to cost money they'll be much less likely to pay than if you'd just charged them small fees to start with and increased the amount later as you gain more experience.
Me: _I no longer buy eggs because I'm raising chickens in my backyard._
Choosing Beggar: _So you get free eggs?!_
Me: _No! I still have to buy the matrial to build the coop and the food to feed the chickens. The eggs are not free. They are fresh, but not free._
@@chiensyang Yeah but choosing beggars and Karens don't have the same logical thinking process that normal people like you and I do.
About that last story:
Please be careful in Paris and other big tourist cities in Europe like Rome and Athens.
Scams like that are extremely common there. When me and my family were in Paris, we were stopped at least 5 times by scammers like those described in the story. It's also common that the people speaking to you are just trying to keep your attention so that their accomplices can pickpocket you. Please be careful and try not to look to much like a tourist when you're in big tourist cities
Before my current job I was a babysitter for three kids (7f, 5m, 1m) and only made $10 an hour for taking care of them. When I tell you I did the bare minimum (as in putting them in front of the TV or their tablets the whole time not neglecting their needs). Remember that you get what you pay for folks
I don't know if $10 an hour in US is so low, but converted to Polish money, you would be in top 5% richest people in the country. In fact you are earning more then me (a Programmer).
@@hubertnnn it is, i make $18.45 an hr and its JUST enough for me to live okay with roommates
@@ackestunyu I make $21 an hour (In the state of Georgia), I'm starting to feel as if it's not enough with what's going on currently.
@@hubertnnn too put it as realistic and true as i can, ten an hour in the us will literally provide you with maybe enough too survive the month, however if you're trying too build for a house and expenses it is impossible. Poland sounds great!
@@asdawarner9902 Well, saving for a house in here is pretty much impossible. You either have to get a 20+ year loan (assuming you are allowed to get one, which is a different story) or inherit.
Free wedding band. I have a friend who, when asked to play "for exposure" or otherwise free, asks back, "Is the venue getting paid? Is the caterer getting paid? We need to be paid, too."
I love this response!
Exactly as musician myself I can say that there's a lot of costs incurred even if a band pays for free..like gas, equipment (if they don't provide any) etc so even if they say it's not a big deal ...it really is.
@@SourPotato I was asked to play, free, for some society event. We were asked to play just 20-30 minutes before it was to start. (NO, even for pay, not worth hauling equipment and setting up for 20 minutes.) They wanted us to do it for free "for the exposure". But they contacted us because we were the best band in the area. So why would we need "exposure"? The kicker, "Oh, and can you leave your PA set up for us to use and pick it up later?" What they really wanted was a free professional quality PA system and not have to pay to rent it.
The donation scam was pretty popular in NYC, there would be "deaf people" who would walk through the subway cars handing out cards to read and then turn around to collect the cards after the person reads it and then claim to ask for a donation after reading. I don't believe they were deaf at all. They usually operate in a small group.
There used to be a deaf guy who would come to the gas station I worked at. He was very sweet and I helped him out by grabbing one of the milk crates we had out back for him to sit on while he sold chord bracelets for his family out front. He was polite and kind, never being rude to anyone, including staff if he was told he had to move. One day, he gave me a card that said he had saved enough money for what he needed and thanked me for being so kind to him. He ended up giving me a bracelet he made and it had a little note in there from him (he knew I didn't know ASL). I still have the bracelet and note. I hope he's doing well.
Story 1: "I'm a vegan and so is my son whose a baby"... didn't she know that a Vegan woman actually starved her own 18 month old baby to death because she didn't want her baby to drink milk and only fed him raw fruits and vegetables.. Someone call CPS on her if she's doing the same to that baby
This !!
@@ldannu5627why canât babyâs drink human milk? ïżŒ
ââ@@Sus_pumpkinHuman milk...... Human... It's not vegan lol They're supposed to drink their moms milk but the vegan mom OP is talking about didn't want to feed her baby her milk because it's not vegan but babies cannot be vegan so they died.
@@BeeTeaDubs yes but the mother is consenting??
@@Sus_pumpkinitâs not about consent lol itâs the fact that weâre mammals so milk canât be vegan as it still comes from an animal.
If the mom wants free room/board/food there is one option rslash didn't mention. She could commit a crime and get the life sentence. This way both she gets 3 squares, a 9x9 bedroom, and lots of companionship and her son gets away from such a Karen.
Ah, yes, the "deaf" scammers. In my experience, shouting "Hey! You dropped this money!" when their backs are turned is a great way to bust them.
Hearing Impaired doesn't mean deaf. If a lady said you dropped money when I had my back turn I would have a good chance of hearing it. If it is a male I have no chance of hearing it. There are different degrees of hearing lose and such discriminating comments like this only makes life harder for the hearing Impaired.
The "deaf" people that pass out cards with bracelets or whatever get real flustered when I use what little sign I know to talk to them. Usually the nod, smile, and walk away quickly. That's my easy way to know who is deaf and who isn't.
@@valoripace9038 I don't know sign language either, doesn't mean I'm not hearing Impaired.
I do get what a problem these scammers are but so far your little test only show how little you know about the hearing Impaired
@@deborahcollis9814 I know the difference between deaf and hearing impared. I would also use a pen and paper to communicate but they would tap on the card and nothing else. It was just my way of knowing they were being dishonest. It happened once or twice in my life. Need to chill out Deborah.
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3:13 This is common behavior. It's often just to try to discourage other people because a lot of people will read reviews and not think twice
What's funny to me is I read negative reviews to see how many people leaving 1-star reviews are full of shit. Because when it's mostly/only absolute idiots leaving 1-star reviews, the product/service is probably just fine.
If a crazy lady was demanding free rides for life, I'd be like "Fine, I'll give you a ride" and then call the cops on her for harassing and trespassing.
The twist is that I don't have a car of my own or a driver license for several reasons and that I don't live in the US.
I was approached by a guy in the parking lot once who gave me a card saying "I am deaf and mute and have two kids, please help." I happen to know ASL and started to sign with him, but it was obvious pretty fast that he didn't know a lick of sign language as he just turned away and walked off.
I love that you exposed him đ
11:01 There is a pretty good reason why professional photographers charge so much. Those cameras ain't cheap. They are some of the highest quality photographer equipment around.
There's other equipment involved too. Portable lights for night photography, those things that create a little shade in bright light, extra camera batteries, etc. Not to mention Adobe isn't free, and in settings where you can't control the light, some adjustments might need to be made. Plus, there's always a chance red eye can happen and sometimes photobombers might need to be edited out.
And you're talking a lot of hours during and after the event
I am an amatuer photographer. I have just enough equipment and know-how that people who don't know anything about photography think I know what I'm doing. I've shot two weddings for close family who couldn't afford a professional. Shooting weddings quckly taught me why pros deserve thousands of dollars per gig. $10K worth of equipment is an investment, but the real cost is in time and experience. A full day of shooting will produce 100's to 1000's of pictures that have to be sorted, cropped, and enhanced for the client to choose their favorites. Those may have to be cropped for framing and further enhancemet. Further, there is a lot to know that will only come from experience. The photographer can't stop the proceedings to adjust camera settings, adjust exposure, re-focus, re-shoot. They have to know where to be to get the shots in the moment and how to get people simultaneously posed and at ease. Those skills are why photographers charge what they do.
@@toddmoore9841 Absolutely! You're paying for a professionals time and experience/skill. Unfortunately people always want $5k worth of service for $500 because they don't value other people's knowledge and skill. Hence the 'it's not that hard' OR 'anybody can do it' commentary we see in these stories. đ
I was genuinely giving the person in the first post the benefit of the doubt - maybe they were in a really tough spot from escaping an abuser or something. But someone in that situation wouldn't care so much about their food preferences and be this picky about the place. So any empathy I had is completely lost now
The entitlement of some people is absolutely crazy haha
Yep! Thats so true.
The story about the shelter in Santa Monica reminded me of a story about my grandmother's sister. She had a mechanic shop back in the 70's; one time there was a man asking for money to "buy a ticket out of town". My aunt handed him a broom and asked him to please clean the floor and that she would pay him for his work, but he insulted her and said he was asking for money, not a job đ€·đ»
If I could, I'd give your podcast 10 stars. And yes, my parents actually named me Karen. I must have drawn the short straw when I was born.
I think Karen is a lovely name, its just sad that it's memeified.
If it's any consolation your parents named you long before the negative connotations with your name became a mainstream meme in the last 4-5 years. It's not yours or their fault.
Change that name lmao
It's a real shame your name has an atrocious reputation from awful entitled people
I feel bad for the nice people like you named Karen. Just know your niceđ.
I was a student on a very tight budget, and I was coralled by someone on a brutally cold winter morning. A buck for a coffee, and I said that I would like one too. So we went to a diner, and I've never seen someone so pissed off about getting a free coffee. If looks could kill, I wouldn't be typing this today.
That's last story, my immediate reaction would be to start signing. Most 'deaf' scammers would probably back out pretty quick if they didn't know sign. Some deaf people don't know sign either tho, you gotta be good about telling the difference
Those people who give bad reviews, because they feel entitled to smth drive me crazy. But at least some platforms allow business owners to give their version of what actually happened.
Did a job interview with a guy. Immediately after introductions, and before even discussing the position and involved tasks etc., he brought up the pay. HR explained, our company is working for the govt, which is why we're _by law_ obligated to standardized govt official salaries, which increase _significantly_ with each year of employment and come with 30 days of paid vacation. (That whole explanation had already been in the job description.) I added: in a span of 5 years he'd gradually go from 50k per year to 100k per year.
If he'd been a foreigner or very young, I would've understood why he doesn't understand standardized govt salaries - but he was 35 and born and raised here, and he wouldn't stop bringing up the salary. For example, I introduced a project he'd be working on and what challenges would be involved, and his response was smth like "I know and how to deal with because I have worked on and have experience with - I can have like this done in 2 weeks .. but not if you gonna pay me 50k". etc. He said things like these jokingly .. but that 'joke' became pretty old pretty fast.
At some point HR and I exchanged frustrated looks, and she cut to the point "I feel I need to emphasize: the salary, and later on pay-raises, for this particular position are fixed and non-negotiable. If you are interested in working on your own terms, we could look into getting you on-board as an independent contractor. But that'd be for a different project, so we'd need to reschedule. So .. do you feel you want to continue this interview? Or should we reschedule?". The look on his face was as if she had slapped him. He didn't say anything, just got up and walked towards the door.
HR asked "Sir, just to be clear, is this a No to either option?" - he snapped that he drove all this way for nothing. He didn't say goodbye, and slammed the door. We had to follow him because .. high security software and IT company, visitors must be accompanied at all times. He took personal offense to this "I've never been treated like this in my whole life!" and threw his visitor's pass in the receptionists face.
He left reviews on google, yelp, glassdoor etc., using his full name, claiming we're unprofessional and unfriendly. On google he posed as a customer claiming that the software we provide doesn't work - you get the idea. HR handled it, and either set the facts straight or had the review removed.
The silver lining is now that any potential employer who googles his rather unique name will find his reviews - and HR's responses to them lol.
The Vegan Artist leaves me wondering what on earth kind of childhood she had to become this level of... whatever she is.
The vegan artist?
@@Randombookwoorm The first story. The artist that's vegan, looking for a Free, Friendly, Food-providing home for her and her son.
Being vegan made her crazy, like MOST vegans.
She already sounds like a one-person cult.
I have spent time in that kind of community before... most come from middle class backgrounds. No person who has experienced living with no means, would be this ridiculous.
Regarding the last story: I once worked in the fast food industry and I had a woman yell at me for her food being cold, made wrong, etc.. (first, I didn't make the food, I just took the orders.) Boss resolved it and this is where it gets really good. I was at the mall with my friends about a month later and there was this person handing out business cards that read "I am deaf/mute and need help to pay my bills..." and I look up and its HER. So I handed back the card, looked her in the face and said "yeah, right. " and reported her butt to the nearest security officer I saw. (This was still when I cared to remember the faces of these Karens.)
1st story: Yeah, you have a better chance of begging for $1 million on the street, and getting it all from just one person, than you have of getting your dream home.(a free house was already pushing it, but she was also demanding free food and the place to be safe, which is impossible)
The big thing when comes to the "I'm Deaf Scam" b/c I've ran into a few, where people pretend to be deaf to get free money or free something. Literally, learn Sign Language! So, when someone taps you on the shoulder, hands you a card and points to it, asking for money. Start signing! If they don't know what your talking about then chances are that they aren't deaf.
Had it happen to me a few times. I started to learn ASL, and boy when I did that in front of them trying to find out what they need help with. Suddenly they knew how to talk, and just went, "Nevermind! Just give me my card back!" And storm off to some other group.
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This channel gets a five-star review
if you like daily content it's definitely for you,
there are butt hole decisions and so many dramas,
psychos and there's even a tale from an occasional farmer,
jaw-dropping dilemmas and shocking reveals,
beggars speaking ridiculous deals,
there are Karens aplenty
even some who are really petty,
no matter what Reddit you seek
R/ brings you it every day of the week!
My only complaint is a suggestion for you, the second channel needs to become a host for daily or weekly youtube shorts of "Dabneys Dirty Ditties" as I miss the lewd interludes!
Best wishes from across the pond x
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The begger story, OP should have been like "Oh, my god! You're SoOoOo right! Here's a $20 as my apology for being so audacious, give me back the $2" and once she hands back the $2, drive off into the sunset cause fuck that bullshit. Although, I can totally see the begger refusing to give any money back, regardless of how much OP was gonna "give" her in exchange. Honestly, I'm surprised she didn't demand a credit card, to keep of course
Also, love, in the first story, how this Karen is demanding a free house and making MORE demands on top of a free fricking house. "Oh, I know I'm asking for a house, thousands and thousands of dollars (cause let's be honest, it's gotta be a super ritzy place since she obviously deserves it) but vegan food ONLY allowed in the house, NO "dirty " animals, bow down EVERYTIME you see me, etc....these people are insane, stop letting Karen's and Chad's get away with this shit!
I just never...ever get tired of this channel. It makes me happy. FIVE STARS!
Yep.
Same â„ïž
There used to be a deaf/mute scam around in the 60s that was similar. You'd be shopping and some person would touch you and hand you a laminated card saying they were deaf. They would then hand you a book of sewing needles - about 30 or so - and put out their hand for a donation. I was just a kid in high school on lunch hour. As a high school kid I only had a couple of dollars, a dollar and some change. I handed her a quarter. She wasn't happy with that and kept her hand out, so I gave her another quarter and put my wallet away, put the needles in my purse and walked away., Hey, 50 cents was pretty good for a kid on a $1 per week allowance.
Regarding the "big tipper" story. I read that one in Readers Digest about 40 years ago. LOL
Don't listen tho the haters. Your loyal fans love you, mostly Hugo, but you too. Tell your wife shes a super hero. I've got a lot of respect for her and her contribution to making this channel happen. Caring for a baby all day is hard work and I love how much you recognize what she's doing.
The "I'm deaf no really" thing is actually a well known scam in tourist areas
My Dad was once walking in San Francisco when we were there on vacation. Someone asked him for spare change. He told them he didnât have much in him. The choosing beggar said anything would help. My Dad got the change he had in his pocket. The CB then went off on Dad because it was so little. My Dad yelled âI TOLD you I didnât have much on me!â
lol I don't think you noticed but you ended up writing, "he didn't have much IN him". That got a smile and laugh from me. :)
You should be able to review a business without ever having patronized it.
If you go into a restaurant, see that it's filthy inside, and the staff are immediately rude to you, it's entirely reasonable to leave them a bad review.
Sure, people are going to abuse that, but reviewing a business without patronizing them is absolutely something that is valid to do.
Actually the actions you described is a form of patronizing......
@@sleepyearth Then what that choosing beggar did was also a form of patronizing. She went into the business, looked around, didn't like it, and posted a review. She just did it virtually instead of physically.
The hearing aid scam sounds like something I've encountered in The Netherlands several times when on my way to Amsterdam by train, they'd place a package of tissues on each table with a note attached to please donate to them because they're poor and buy the tissues for 2 bucks or something. That shite isn't even legal and it's just, really weird and awkward when they come to pick up the uncollected tissues again and no one wants it because city dwellers are used to scams.
Might as well tell a story which happened a few months back.
I was walking to the train station from college and a guy walked up to me and asked me for me ÂŁ10 for a taxi to see his "dying mother". I was nervous, gob smacked and unsure what to say or do.
Thankfully... a bus driver who was likely on break pulled me aside. Fucking legend
There was a guy like that in my city, he would approach you and stick a laminated card in your face. The card said something along the lines of "This is an official document proving that the holder is severely disabled, by looking at this card, you are now obliged by law to donate a dollar to the holder; failure to comply is a criminal offense"
First OP: if I owned a cabin in the woods that I only used for vacations, I might let her stay there (when I wouldnât be) for a refundable security deposit, on the condition that she keeps it clean and well-maintained. Basically, Iâd be getting a free groundskeeper/caretaker. Doubt sheâd take that offer though.
Morning everyone hope everyone is doing well today.
Good afternoon from my side of the pond!
Good afternoon war crimes! :)
Thank you manđđhow are the warcrimes going?
@@matthewdooley9046 afternoon mate!
@@Generalgregory7960 all good here!
I remember one about how people that beg on the street do that as their living instead of working. I heard of one that would beg at freeway off ramps at a light then when they leave would drive off in a newer SUV. That is why I don't give to people but groups that help those that need it.
In regards to the last story: one time (pre-covid), me and mom had been eating in at a fast food diner, when this supposedly deaf woman came in. She was passing out these little info cards that explained that she was deaf and looking for donations, but the card also explained that the info card itself costs .25 cents to purchase from her! She had been quietly going around to occupied tables handing out these tiny cards, which she had been just dropping off before going on to the next occupied table. Me and my mom had been about done eating anyways, so we just got up, went over to her, and handed her her 25 cent card back, signaling that we didn't have money to buy her info card (we really didn't, just our debit cards), before leaving the diner. Don't know if she was actually really deaf or not tho.
"I was having a beer in the bar of a beach resort in the Bahamas."
Can we appreciate this new toungue twister that he either pulled off flawlessly or we didn't get to hear the potentially hilarious number of retakes for?
I love how parents force their life style on their kids, I'm a vegan(Christian, athletic, gluten free, etc) so my kid is also that automatically. How dare my kid have different opinions, I want to speak to the manager
love how most entitled/ choosing beggar that demand free good or services can be defeated by the person offering the goods or service asking what the ET/ CB person does for a living and asked if they would work for the other person for free
That first one has to be fake. Can anyone be that entitled and clueless?
10:20 sheesh, I have a cat sitting job that I get $25 to show up, feed and water the cat and change litter. It takes about 15-20 minutes if the cat wants me to spend a bit of time with her (she usually doesn't as she's old and cranky) and I'm one of the cheap options. I can't imagine someone wanting to pay less than that for a whole day of child care...
I got my first bad review on my business because a lady was pissed that I wouldnât rush her order above everyone else and complete a four month project in 30 days or less đ
Where I work gets bad reviews from people who have never been there and from people who can't afford us. We are a luxury product. =/
The flip side of people leaving bad reviews are the business owners that contact you, and threaten you, if you don't go and change the review you left to a 5 star review.
Keep up the good work R/Slash! Love your work.
There are a few non-cult eco communities near me that would be interested in taking in the woman and her child in the first story. 10-20 hours a week gardening or cooking and some art classes in exchange for a place to sleep and veggies from the garden sounds like a workaway or wwoof experience.
4th Story: "This is a hard time for us all". A Wedding... a hard time? Lady did you actually had a hard time like having your house destroyed by Nature or living off the street for years?
a Wedding is a 1st world luxury, if you can even affort to attent to host, you are definitely NOT having a hard time.
If I saw a post like that first one, I'd just send them an address of a nearby homeless shelter. Because asking for anything more is pure insanity.
The way to deal with suspected deaf scammers is to pull a "look over there" and, when they turn their head, clap your hands as hard as you can right next to their ear. If they jump, then you've caught 'em red-handed!
the best ( worst ) review i ever seen was in my own city in belgium. someone left a 1 star review on a restaurant and their reason was ' this ugly place is build next to my grandparent's ancestral home '. nothing about food or owners, nope. it's location is what they disliked.
That story about the scammer lady acting like she's deaf pisses me off, as I have had severe hearing loss for my entire life, I'm 18 now, and by the age of 21, I'll be completely deaf... it's honestly terrifying that in 3 years, I won't be able to hear my own voice, or even the voices of my friends and family, granted, I do have the Cochlear implant on my deaf ear (on my right side) but I've been deaf in that year since I was 9, so it's gonna take a while to get used to
I have a friend who lived in France for a while. She told me that people literally drove into the town center in expensive cars, and got out to beg for money. It's such a prestige thing to give money to beggars in the major French cities, that people can make way more money than at a regular job, if they are scrupulous enough.
I'm a french person who lives not far from Paris and has travelled quite a bit inside the country. I don't understand what you're saying, as giving to the homeless or beggars is a morally good thing, yes, but not a prestigious one by any mean...
I've seen that deaf/mute scam in Paris several times, and I know someone who starts saying in French sign language "Hi, my name is (spells her name)", it always freaks out the scammers who immediately scramble away
I took sign language in middle school and high school, so I just sign a few simple things to them like "Hi, how are you?" and it usually causes them to panic! They didn't even bother to learn any sign language before scamming people.
I love the stories when people give someone money (like the bus fair Karen) and they complain that it wasn't enough.
"OH I'm sorry, hand it back and I will give you a bigger bill." Then they just drive off or leave after they hand the money back
Once my dad was at the coffee shop after work when a guy dressed in a nice suit came over and asked my dad for bus money. My dad was in his dusty, ripped up tile setter clothes covered in grout and cement. He was baffled and kinda mad that a guy would ask him of all people.
RSlash...I have a story for you...
For context...I'm Army, and have been for most of my adult life and am very proud of my brothers and sisters in arms...you ask any Vet what BRANCH they are in and you will instantly start swapping stories, especially if they were in the same branch as you. This seems to hold true still even if they aren't Military Vets, just family of Vets sometimes. You almost become instant friends because you get wach other. That's not to say we all don't give a little light hearted ribbing to each other within our Sibling Branches...Army Jokes about Navy, Marines joke about Air Force, We all clown on the Coast Guard and now Space Force, but it's all in good spirits amongst family.
So, I remember this one older guy who would hang out on the corner not too far from our base and ask for money with a sign that said "help a homeless Vet."
Every time I passed him, I was in the wrong lane or the light was green or when it was red, he wasn't there, ect.
Finally, the perfect storm! My wife was driving and we hit the red light and he was right next to us, not 5 cars away or something like usual. I was happy to finally be able to help this guy because I actually had cash in my wallet for a change too. So, I rolled down my window and handed the guy a $5 with a smile and asked "What branch where you in brother?" Because he was about my Dad's age and I'm guessing he'd been a Vietnam Vet like my Dad was...I am a combat vet too. I was just waiting to hear if he was Army or any of my Sibling Services. He didn't have that look of pride swell up in his eyes, like all vets do...nope. he instead yelled at me "Vietnam!"
I looked up at the still red light and then at him and said, "No, what B R A N C H ?"
To which he grunted "Vietnam!" And then looked at the cars behind me.
I always have a soft spot in my heart for homeless people...breaks my heart when someone is down on their luck or just in a bad space and needed help. I was always taught we should when we could help people in need and that most Americans are 2 paychecks away from being homeless too...but as soon as this guy said "Vietnam" the 2nd time, I knew right away that he wasn't a Vet and probably had NEVER served...just knew a Troop like me would give him a quick buck. And it was the first and last time I gave him Anything while we were stationed there.
Nothing passes off a Vet more than Stolen Valor...even if it's from some homeless dude.
The first one is a prime example of how people get locked in a basement and gets her skin cut off.
As for the Karens, my experience is that I've met extremely kind people named Karen and also extremely rude people with the same name. Its weird because in my experience there's like no in-between.
Many years ago, I was approached by a beggar at a bus stop. He said it was very important that he take the next bus and asked for bus fare. As the bus approached, I gave him a token. He looked at it and angrily said, "What the hell am I supposed to do with this!?" As I was getting on the bus I said, "That pays for this bus ride. I guess you were lying." He threw it on the ground and stormed away.
Lol, almost any place will be eager to let you in...IF YOU PAY
When I was out once, a deaf man walked up to me with these little green cards that had basic sign language on it and it explained he was deaf, needed money, and was selling the cards for a dollar and any extra would be appreciated..
People like this probably aren't a scam.
Karen: I am a vegan so is my baby
Me a sane person: ohh so your going to kill them through malnutrition
Last story, Back in highschool a few of us were chilling in a coffee shop, Woman walks up with the same laminated "I'm deaf" card. My one friend, whom has deaf parents starts signing at her. Woman went full on deer in headlights mode then just walked away.
For the band for the wedding, nah they aren't just making a bunch of money to hit play, they have to buy equipment, sometimes go to school, take music classes, move heavy equipment, drive there, set up everything, they drain themselves physically with performance, they're likely staying up really late, not to mention all the other bills they have to pay for, and they split the money amongst several people.
You know what a band makes gets divided between members. Pay them and set up a tip jar thatâs even more help.
Bands donât show up and be ready that day. They have set up and break down their instrument. Thereâs weeks of practice. My dad is a drummer and thatâs a lot of gear to set up and break down. Heâs preparing for a Ramones cover band and heâs practicing 16 hours a day.
Only 16 hours a day? Your dad needs to stop slacking and get to 40 hours a day if he expects results!
I have to say, that's the best way to think about trolls and I shall strive to think of them as annoying ghosts coming out of my TV from now on. No point trying to reason with them or change their opinion, they're just gonna do their ghosty business and move on đ€·đŒââïž
@rSlash - According to Urban Dictionary, Neon Demon means "A film that makes absolutely no sense by an incompetent director who doesn't know how to structure a proper story." I would say that the choosing beggar's post pretty much fits that description, so no idea what she means. A slightly deeper look into it implies that the poster doesn't want to live with narcissists. Also seems to apply to the poster.
"Bc the cult master is going to do weird sex stuff to ya " ... I just spit my water out. đ€Łđ€Ł
Honestly the last bit reminds me of something that happened to me.
I was just browsing throuth some things then a woman with a "petition" to build a shelter for mute and deaf, so because I wanted to be a good human being I signed it then she started tapping it expecting money thankfully I had all my money on my bank account so I left for a few seconds to withdraw a few dollars and when I returned she was gone.
Later on I found out that there were no plans for anything like that and read a story from a user warning people about these scammers
Me and my family were on holiday in Italy and visiting a church when a woman came up to us with a clipboard and started aggressively tapping it and shoving it in our faces. At first I thought she was asking for donations for the church but then saw on the clipboard she needed money for an ear operation because apparently she was deaf. My dad refused as she was being really persistent and then almost knocked me and my sisters over in attempt to get closer to him and possibly the camcorder he had around his neck (it was the 90s). My mum whoâs Italian started yelling at her to leave us alone in Italian and for a deaf person she seemed to know what my mum was saying and scampered off!
We saw her trying to scam another family so my mum yelled out she dropped some money and she looked down! When she realised she gave herself away and saw my mum she ran out of the church! Itâs annoying theyâre allowed to do that in churches and canât be thrown out!
The CB in the wedding photography segment was a pure narcissist, blaming their own mistakes on someone else, no matter how irrational the reasoning. The People's Court once had a defendant who claimed the plaintiff was responsible for her collision to the tune of 50% because he let her take his car. If you get involved in an enterprise with a narcissist in any way, you risk being blamed for its failure.
the third story is why we should implement a measure to gg review to validate a patron. like providing a valid receipt bill number to indicate they did purchase from the business to protect vendors better. instead of let a-hole bash the vendors with false reviews. but well sometimes we got some gold responses from owners
Awesome. My rent and food costs went up a lot of free publicity. I want to play that wedding gig.
I'd be careful around street beggars in places where entitlement and crime runs high. A lot of people in such places will not think twice about harassing or assaulting you for "wronging" them, not to mention thugs who uses asking strangers for stuff as a ruse to strongarm rob them.
"Having a beer at the bar of a beach resort in the Bahamas" LOL, I wonder how many tries that line took to record
Just an FYI, as someone with partial hearing loss (lost entirely on one side) and know a few people in the deaf community, don't underestimate lip reading and other skills like it, especially if they have even the slightest amount of hearing, hearing loss isnt binary, there are varying levels, even if you can't make out what someone is saying, the small amount you might catch on top of lip reading, body language, etc. can make it seem like they are lying about being deaf, and a lot of ableist people make that accusation regularly.
I personally think its better to assume they are actually deaf than assume they are lying, because id rather more people get away with lying if it means less legitimately deaf people are abused.
Oh so hey, we had a reservation to a fancy french restaurant, but instead cancelled it and went to a McDonalds, but we were unhappy with it.
Why didn't the fancy french restaurant try to correct the mistake we were making? I think they owe us a free full three course meal with drinks for the mistake they made. It's an outrage!
I responded to a similar post.
Some weird dude.
âThis right up your alleyâŠâ
And I sent him a picture of a dumpster in an alley.
He went nuts and blocked me.
Totally worth it.
"No negative comments, please."
That's a surefire way to ENSURE negative comments.
As someone who plays an instrument I can understand why those bands in the fourth story were charging a lot. It's not just blowing into your mouthpiece and moving your fingers and boom it's music. It take a lot of work for a band to sound good.
"teens don't need money" I had to pay for everything since I was a kid, I did paper routes to save up for an iPod, and other things I wanted. As a teen I paid for all my bills, even bought most of my clothes at age 14. And that's just cuz my parents taught me to work for what I want, not even including circumstances where teens have to help their parents pay their bills.
There was this guy one time who asked me for 50Âą to catch a bus back home. I think I had a dollar on me, so I gave it to him.
A few months later, the same guy needs 50Âą for a bus. I didn't have cash on me that day.
For the next few years, me and my co-workers would occasionally run into Bus guy.
I guess he never did manage to get enough for a bus back home.
As a musician, Iâll only play for free if Iâm opening for a band larger than me at a venue I can get other gigs at. OP from the story is delusional if she thinks playing free for a wedding is âgood exposureâ for them.
Story one: Hon, you need to get a job. Consider becoming a live-in nanny or housekeeper. What you are asking for is not going to happen unless you are willing to take some MAJOR risks -- for yourself and for your child.
"I don't know why people who have never patronized a business are even allowed to leave reviews" you're right, but that's the world we live in... there's even 1 star reviews on places that haven't even opened yet, with some BS story along with it like "I went to eat here and there was a fly in my soup, I asked for a fresh meal and the waiter SPAT IN MY SOUP while the owner was laughing, never ever eat here!" a review from March when the place opens in April x_x
I'm Australian and here tap and go is pretty prevalent so no one really carries cash especially not loose change. The amount of beggars who will cuss you out for not having change is wild
World works this way : Most people satisfied with their purchase/experience with a business will most likely not write a review (for no specific reason) but a person who had negative experience will 99% write a negative one ( even if they're in the wrong)
The clipboard âdonationâ thing for the deaf in Paris is a common scam tactic. Iâm not sure about other places though. Some people will pickpocket you when you look at the clipboard because youâre distracted. Had it almost happen to me.
Please never sign anything or take anything from anyone offering you stuff for free in Paris (idk about other cities/countries I just know from personal experience in france). It is 100% of the time a scam, and sometimes itâs even a distraction tactic so that someone can pick pocket you.
1:34 she is the same actress that played in Species 1, 2, & 3
2:30 if she can get diagnosed with a developmental disability, the social security income she would be getting could pay her way to be in a board & care facility. Technically be happy while on medications, and they would do gardening.
My great Uncle had a way to stop the people that would panhandle. He would offer to buy them food On his credit card. He told me one time that he took a guy to McDonald's who took him up on the offer, and this guy ate I think he said 40 or $50 worth of McDonald's food in 1 sitting.. And this is back in the 1980s easier when McDonald's hamburgers were 50 cents