[bigdirty]

Originally Posted by Spawned_Fighter

qft.
my ex works at mervyns and she says they have a couple guys there that walk around, looking like customers.

anyways, great thread

I did this job. ITs actually plain clothes security. BORING as fuck. I did it for a super market chain. They had 5 stores in my area all we would do is drive to each one walking around tryin to catch people stealing.

[anaconda]

Best thread at least since Sensei Al.

[thoughtsone]

A couple things from my experience:

Cable company:
Some of the boxes they give you can send info as well as receive, meaning they could be video taping you. Its in your contract and all boxes are leases regardless if they are free. So next time you and your significant other are on the couch screwing, smile for the camera. Also HD DVR boxes break more often then any other box, but if you are decent at computers you can move your saved files to your computer via firewire and a decoder.

Computer Servers:
80% of the time a desktop computer will outperform or perform comparatively to a similarly speced rackmount unit. What you pay for is the form factor.

Starbucks:
Starbucks makes roughly 1000% profit per drink. For example a shot of espresso costs .03 to make and they charge 1.55 for a latte. ( I know thats not 1000% but you get the idea)
You can also get a double shot and put your own milk in it for cheaper then a single shot latte.

Pizza:
A good pizza place makes there dough fresh every other day, dough has to sit in a cooler overnight to make it workable otherwise your pizza cooks uneven.

Washington Mutal:
Wamu will levy more fees on you then most banks. Go credit union!

[Soma]

Originally Posted by thoughtsone

Washington Mutal:
Wamu will levy more fees on you then most banks. Go credit union!

I used to be a member of a credit union but got tired of the hassle of withdrawing money since they didn't have a large network of ATMs. Went with WAMU and so far no problems. What type of fees are you referring to?

[Daley]

I was a personal trainer for 6 months. never certified, and just told my clients that i was working on it.

the gym didnt have any training process and the certification process from the gym itself was a one day workshop were you ahd an open "pamphlet" quiz at the end of the day.

they would hustle people and sell them training and then give you a general bullshit program that is pretty much common sense.

oh yeah, they would force you to try and sell heart rate monitors (which are useless) and protien to everyone you come across.

so happy to quit that job (XSPORT)

they also wont cancel your memebrship from the gym location, you will have to send a fax and repeatedly call the headquarters to cancel - they make it hard because they figure you will stop trying and just stay there.

[Three Gun Fish]

Originally Posted by thoughtsone

A couple things from my experience:

Cable company:
Some of the boxes they give you can send info as well as receive, meaning they could be video taping you. Its in your contract and all boxes are leases regardless if they are free. So next time you and your significant other are on the couch screwing, smile for the camera.

How does this work? It sounds too farfetched to be possible.

[thoughtsone]

Originally Posted by Soma

I used to be a member of a credit union but got tired of the hassle of withdrawing money since they didn't have a large network of ATMs. Went with WAMU and so far no problems. What type of fees are you referring to?

Well lets just say I switched to a credit union from wamu. They charged me 3x for the same overdraft fee. They also charged me a maintance fee this was a few years back. My ex worked there and told me that the managers need to pull a certain amount of money from fees in order to recoup roughly 75% of the costs to run the single bank. Could be false but that is what I heard.

[gasguzzler]

Originally Posted by Three Gun Fish

How does this work? It sounds too farfetched to be possible.

I'm having a hard time believing this one too. Transferring data on what you're watching, I can believe, but video of what's going on in the room? I ain't buying it.

[Sam]

*double post

[Sam]

Originally Posted by thoughtsone

A couple things from my experience:

Cable company:
Some of the boxes they give you can send info as well as receive, meaning they could be video taping you. Its in your contract and all boxes are leases regardless if they are free. So next time you and your significant other are on the couch screwing, smile for the camera. Also HD DVR boxes break more often then any other box, but if you are decent at computers you can move your saved files to your computer via firewire and a decoder.

Serious privacy violation.

Unless you provide a link, i too have to call bullshit on this.