What Grinds Your Gears?!19739

Originally Posted by EbayMafia
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Originally Posted by xkonk
@EbayMafia I get it, because I thought it was unfair at first, but a) servers who work in higher tax areas need higher tips so that their income covers their higher costs, and b) you're talking about a negligible difference to yourself. A 20% tip on a $20 bill is $4, and a 20% tip on a $20 + 10% sales tax bill ($22) is $4.40. The difference is only ever going to be a couple percent unless you're a big tipper. But it does feel weird, feels like a tip should just be for service and not for sales tax.

I Partially agree. Sometimes the highest sales tax is an indicator of cost of living in the area. Sometimes it's a function of how the tax revenues are generated (sales tax vs. Income tax, property tax, etc). I Agree that it's an insignificant amount per transaction. But the manipulation behind it is that the credit card processors want as many dollars as possible going through their machines. Those small numbers multiplied by millions of transactions add up when they take their 2-3% fee. So, they use a little deception and shaming to prod a bigger number.

Originally Posted by Bronte
@EbayMafia

Thankfully the problem resolved itself. And I never had to do it. However, no person should ever have to see their parent naked.

Being a caretaker, the list of stuff I have to do grinds my gears daily. I can't wait for the hell on earth to end.

Originally Posted by doog
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Originally Posted by Bronte
@EbayMafia

Thankfully the problem resolved itself. And I never had to do it. However, no person should ever have to see their parent naked.

Being a caretaker, the list of stuff I have to do grinds my gears daily. I can't wait for the hell on earth to end.

I was the caretaker for my mom for about a year, then moved her to a memory care facility. Turns out I should have moved her much sooner, she did much better there, with better professional care. Her doctor said keep her in familiar surroundings as long as possible. Her doctor was wrong.
And I got my life back.

Originally Posted by Bronte
At hospital now since Tuesday. Dad fell and fractured his vertebrae. He wants to go home against medical advice. I'm fighting him to stay in hospital. This has to be one of the worst fights yet. This is almost worse than catheter.

Originally Posted by Studley_Dudley

After my father had a stroke in early 2022, he was also diagnosed with moderate Alzheimer's which will eventually progress. My sister lives him, and I try to go down to Cincinnati at least once every week or two to hang out for a day or so. It took me some time, but I can tell what a result of the stroke is and what is a result of the Alzheimer's. I started having some questions back in 2018 but my siblings thought I was jumping the gun. He resists certain things like socializing with people even though he is a very social person. He refuses to go to the senior center during the week because he doesn't want to "sit with a bunch of old farts". Bro is 78, but he does try to stay active. I know at some point he'll need more help than we can provide.

Originally Posted by xkonk
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Originally Posted by Studley_Dudley
Federal civilian employees. As a contractor, they are the ultimate personification of fraud, waste and abuse within the government.

I've been both, and that door swings both ways. Personally, I think paying a company twice what it would cost to hire the contractor in the first place is fundamentally wasteful.