[JohnnyBuddha]

Originally Posted by CsRyan

if this is true you're blowing my mind

Hehe, same here. I've meant to do some dedicated reading on milk for a long time now but haven't got around to it.

[DuMaX]

These are some that I can offer;

A lot of nightclubs hire bouncers with absolutely no training or experience (a lot of them are actually friends of other bouncers), and pay cash under the table, so that they don't have to deal with insurance, tax or benefits (or even liability for that matter).

Most companies that train security/hire out Security Guards, Bouncers, Ticket Inspectors, etc. encourage their people to overstep their legal boundaries (which is often no more than that of a regular citizen) because the law will always favour their version of events, which can actually lead to legal consequences for you (eg: they will beat you up for doing whatever, then say that you tried to assault them - so they were defending themselves - then the police bring assault charges against you).

Although I will say that bouncers will often line you up for 'special treatment' if you cause trouble or are arrogant towards their authority (so be nice). Also, many bouncers are also offered free drinks while on the job - great mix eh?

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Most people who work at stores like Dick Smith, JB Hifi, Apple Shop, most shoe shops, sporting goods stores, etc., know almost nothing about what they are selling and will often try to bullshit you into getting the item (so do your own research and don't listen to anything they say because they will say pretty much anything to make a sale), particularly with electronics when they are trying to sell them to people who don't really have much on idea about them (which is easy because the first thing that most people say is "I don't know anything about this...").

Also check around and compare prices from a lot of stores and ask them to beat the prices, which they often do (or offer something free), and don't be afraid to walk away (often they make a last ditch offer before you try to leave), and then just come back in an hour (I got $48 off a camera that was originally ~$300).

[Steak]

Hehe, same here. I've meant to do some dedicated reading on milk for a long time now but haven't got around to it.

Milk can't be all that bad. I drank a gallon of milk a day for a month and it made me a shit ton stronger. But I also did alot of squatting, pull ups, dips and sit ups with it.

[Retarded1]

Produce Section at No Frills

At the end of the night, when all the customer's are gone, we were told to sweep underneath all the produce tables to get rid of any fallen fruits and vegetables. The thing is, we were told to put any fallen fruit that hadn't burst open or gone rotten back ON the table with the rest of the fruit, because if we didn't it was like throwing ~50$ of produce out every night.

The "brooms" we used to sweep also sometimes consisted of the same squeegee mop that was used to get rid of all the nasty water from the produce cooler in the back room, and that water is NASTY.

The grapes are nasty. Even the ones in the bags have either been picked through already unless it's a busy day, or there's a milion empty grape bags with all the grapes chilling in the boxes, making everything sticky, and no one really cleans them out properly. I was told to just fill the bags up with whatever grapes were there at the time to make it look presentable, so look through the individual bags CAREFULLY, never know what's in there.

The reduce rack - anyone, ANYONE that picks anything up off of this should be ashamed. Not one thing I have ever wrapped and put on a "reduced price" rack was good enough for me to eat, and I wouldn't recommend anyone to eat them, no matter how "ok" they look. It's all shit that's fallen on the floor, sometimes fruits are split open but we'll wrap them in a way to hide all the bruising/tears.

Mostly everything that's left from the night before was not replaced in the morning, only filled up, so old lettuce, mushrooms and green veggies basically get taken down at night, but the same ones get put back up in the morning.

Electronics Repair - Not much to say, we worked for a big company and handled all their repairs for them, but half the shit they sent to us we had to send out to be repaired by someone else, this happened a lot. When I packed your stereos and speakers, I really didn't care about placing enough styrofoam so that your unit would be ok, forgive me.

Credit Analyst for a big Bank & Finance Company (we took care of a lot of little stores and chains i.e Pier 1, Home Hardware, Jewelery and Electronics etc.)
- We are lazy. If you do not provide us with enough information to find your credit bureau, and really don't try and help us/ find out why you haven't been approved yet, your application gets declined. We do send you a fax asking to confirm information, but we don't go on a huge manhunt for it. IF YOU'RE NOT A HOMEOWNER, 80% of the time you will NOT get approved for a higher limit then 4000$, and that's only if your credit is amazing. Always lie and say you're a homeowner, right away we look at your application differently, and I have never once checked or even know how to check if they actualy own their home. We go by a system called Matrix and use Scorecards to determine how much you get. NON-Homeowners only get the Matrix amount, MAX. Anyone under a Beacon Score (or FICO) of 600 gets Declined Automatically (only at my company, we are pretty strict with granting credit)

Some reasons for an auto-decline while applying for credit (big finance companies, not for starting off credit your credit, we don't help the kids out):

-Only having a credit file for less than a year (some exceptions, i.e multiple open credit, NO missed payments)
-Previously a customer with us, and went 4 months past due on a card
-If you went Bankrupt, you need to be discharged from the bank, and then have at least 2 years of new established credit with NO missed payments since your bankruptcy.

-If your Income is 1500$ a month, and you pay 1200$ a month for mortgage, you have a DR of around 80%, leaving you with only 300$ left a month. We calculate this as Debt Ratio, and anything over 50%, we look for ways to decline you. Other things come into play for this, as in if you have monthly payments on other cards. So if you have a high mortgage and owe a lot of money monthly, don't bother applying for credit unles you have the income to back it up.
-Carrying high balances on open Revolving credit cards (anything other than a loan). We look mostly at your open Credit cards, anything reporting in the last 3 months. We take down your limits and balances, and calculate it like the Debt Ratio, and call it Utilization of open credit. Any UT over 75%, we also look for ways we can strenghten our declined decision.

We don't ever confirm the amount of money you pull in unless you're requesting a larger amount of around 10k or more. So if you can, lie about how much you make. The Debt Ration we calculate is based off your income, so the more money you "make", the less your DR is going to be, and the more money you will get approved for.


Whew, good luck reading all that, and I'm sure it's not the same for all finance and credit companies, so take what you will and use at your own risk haha, oh and we all laugh at your crappy credit and bankruptcies, sometimes calling other people over to laugh at why you even bothered applying

[Tiger]

so what to do with milk?

[OyaRetsamDnarg]

I doubt milk is as bad as that guy is making it out to be, then again I don't know about milk.

What should people like me who are trying to gain weight drink if milk is so bad?

[hypocalking]

Originally Posted by AaronT

For those with pets:

Commercial pet food is bad.

Commercial pet foods are not government regulated.

99% of commercial pet food contains "By-Products". See for yourself. By-Products, the term is not regulated, leaving a big gap for the commercial pet food industry to include whatever they wish.

ie. Tumorous, cancerous meats. Road kill. Euthuanized animals. etc. YES, you read correctly. And it's a fact.

Veterinarians endorse commercial pet foods because they are paid to. Don't believe what they say.

and here's a big one:

The dairy industry wants you to believe you NEED milk to get calcium. The calcium in dairy is almost completely leeched and/or not obsorbed due to the fats and proteins involved, as well as the fact most people don't really digest milk at all. The only think you get from milk is fat and whatever chemicals they pumped into the cow. You want calcium? You'll get way more from dark green veggies and a half-dozen almonds.

Oh yeah... and osteoperosis only exists in dairy-consuming countries. In places like China where they don't drink milk, they have strong bones at 90. Osteoperosis is unheard of. They don't have rampant heart disease either.

Most of those "food pyramids" you see on school walls and such are 90% sponsored by the dairy commission. They often even have the cow in the corner.

Wow good job of spewing lies..........
People's Daily Online -- China faces great challenge in osteoporosis prevention, treatment

[YeahBee]

Originally Posted by AaronT

For those with pets:

Commercial pet food is bad.

Commercial pet foods are not government regulated.

99% of commercial pet food contains "By-Products". See for yourself. By-Products, the term is not regulated, leaving a big gap for the commercial pet food industry to include whatever they wish.

ie. Tumorous, cancerous meats. Road kill. Euthuanized animals. etc. YES, you read correctly. And it's a fact.

Veterinarians endorse commercial pet foods because they are paid to. Don't believe what they say.

I highly doubt this

or it might hbe because I am in Europe

over here dogfood is even fit for humans, there is a big thing in the media now about additives in human food, the dog food industry have stronger regulations then human food industry, if something goes into the dogfood it needs to have a defined purpose and gain for the animal

[Ahimsa]

Best Buy has an intranet forum in which all of best buy employees are allowed to partake in. Like any other forum, employees use the forum to shoot the shit, vent, talk shit about stupid/clueless customers, and have caturday threads. You should see some of the threads and comments made about customers, they are good.

[AdamL]

Car Audiophile gear

This is an oxymoron. A car has a bazillion surfaces, including glass, for audio to reflect off of. It's also typically a noisy environment with road noise and other traffic polluting the passenger compartment. That being said, you know those incredibly expensive signal cables that the salesman tries to get you to buy when you purchase a fancy system? Yeah, they don't do a thing for improving the output since there are so many other factors that influence the sound. Halfway decent signal cables will do the job just fine.

Also, be wary of going to major chains for getting merchandise installed. It's all too frequent that the people working on your car are completely incompetent and will forget to reassemble all the parts in your car properly. They wind up with extra parts and fasteners that get tossed out. It's a very good idea to check out your electrical system before you leave the place also. It's not too uncommon that some new or stupid installer probes the wrong wire, or accidentally sinks a screw into a computer brain, and suddenly the vehicle's brake lights don't work, AC doesn't work, or even worse.

Last but not least, keep an eye out for fluid and the smell of gas, especially if an installer was in your trunk. Gas tanks are placed in some strange spots and are sometimes shaped awkwardly. Even the best installer will sometimes accidentally fasten a subwoofer with screws and penetrate a gas tank now and then.