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[–]Kill_the_worms 4818 points4819 points  (365 children)

i'm only supposed to put six olives on your Footlong.

you all deserve to know.

[–]NoWigwams 1196 points1197 points  (59 children)

I used to work there and just put a small handful on. I would get in trouble for it occasionally but it was better than carefully laying out six olives across a foot of bread and seeing the customer's look of absolute contempt.

[–]raynebowskye 288 points289 points  (41 children)

The one thing I love about the subway I go to is they do the handful method. I get tend to get massive amounts of pickles and they don't charge me for them _^

[–]DeathKitten666 175 points176 points  (15 children)

Work there. Anyone can have as many veggies as they want. They have to ask though. Currently corp is breathing down every managers neck. So we have to go back to 6 olives. But you can literally keep asking for more and we cant say no.

We get yelled at for food cost, but customers can have as many veggies as they want. How the fuck does that work.

[–]PaintDrinkingPete 57 points58 points  (8 children)

How the fuck does that work?

It works because most folks will be fine with the "standard" amount, and even though some will ask for more, in the grand scheme of things you will use less overall by starting with smaller "default" portions.

(though I'm not sure about 3 olives per each half of a footlong, that does seem ridiculous ... but I hate olives so I'll be pissed if you put 1 on there).

[–]Empole 725 points726 points  (60 children)

I went to Subway the other day, and asked the guy to put extra olives and he was like

"I'm only supposed to put 6 you know, and I put on 12. If you want more I'm going to have to charge you extra"

No thanks.

[–]SalamandrAttackForce 558 points559 points  (19 children)

Go to a subway near a business district during lunch. They don't fuck around because their clientele can afford to go elsewhere if they'r not up to par

[–]mytherrus 242 points243 points  (9 children)

Yep. There's at least 3 fast lunch spots every block. If I don't like your service I can drop another 3 dollars, walk another two blocks and have better food.

[–]youfailedthiscity 1072 points1073 points  (58 children)

THANK YOU! I feel so vindicated after years of telling people about the olive conspiracy at subway.

Edit: olive conspiracy. There is no conspiracy against Oliver.

Edit 2: This went in a weird direction. I guess you could call it an unexpected "twist" (sunglasses on)

[–]just_a_flutter 397 points398 points  (35 children)

the oliver conspiracy

What happened with Oliver??

[–]lenamarieee 330 points331 points  (18 children)

And 6 banana peppers! I worked at Subway last year and there was some sort of banana pepper shortage. We always ran out in between deliveries and my manager told me if anyone asks for extra to put 2 extra on every time they ask unless they specified a certain number. I felt like such an idiot putting on 2 at a time.

[–]ImQuestionable 288 points289 points  (9 children)

I came here to post this. It's madness! If I put the suggested amount of olives on, customers look at me as if I'd hurled an insult at them or if it were a joke.

"No really, olives please...."

[–]hardspank916 209 points210 points  (23 children)

If we ask for extra olives do you charge more?

[–]JesusIsMyZoloft 849 points850 points  (15 children)

Yes. You still get six olives, but you get charged more for asking.

Edit: /s

[–]upsidedowntoker 3256 points3257 points  (362 children)

The chances of you surviving cardiac arrest are only between 5-10% with the proper application of life saving measures . people seem to be under the assumption that most people come back ... They don't .

[–]Storyartscam 140 points141 points  (9 children)

10% survival if you have a cardiac episode outside of a medical centre/hospital.

[–]ses1989 960 points961 points  (58 children)

I think most people confuse cardiac arrest with a heart attack.

For those that wish to know: a heart attack is blood being blocked from getting back to the heart while cardiac arrest is the heart altogether suddenly stops beating unexpectedly.

[–][deleted] 205 points206 points  (36 children)

Unexpectedly? Just like that?

I assume being inactive increases your chances, but is it really just a random thing that can kill anyone?

[–]Chouston3 337 points338 points  (29 children)

Don't forget that most people die within 24 hours of being resuscitated from a cardiac arrest.

[–]catzmakeherdance 113 points114 points  (0 children)

And the percentage of those survivors who don't have life long complications/brain damage is even smaller. I work in healthcare and my coworkers and I say all the time how we never want to be resuscitated.

[–]I_cant_stop_evening 352 points353 points  (22 children)

Manager of a lighting business.

If you're a band and rent a light for more than an 18 week tour, you basically paid the full retail price of that light for us, and we continue to rent it out making profits off of it for years.

I can't tell you how many lights (some with price tags of over 10,000 to 15,000$ per light) a car company have rented from us that we bought new from manufacturer just because said car company would be renting the lights for 5 months to do car shows. They basically bought the light for us, then paid us more money to have them for another few weeks. The even crazier part is they will rent them again the next year. They could have just as easily bought these lights and kept them in a storage facility, but I think the justification for it is that moving lights are very complex machines and we maintain them after every single show/event that they go to.

[–]pigeondancer 162 points163 points  (1 child)


This right here, dude. I worked for a non-profit that put on shows for half a year, every year, and decent lighting would drain our budget. We looked into buying lights ourselves but that would mean we'd need the ability to store it somewhere, rent a rig to put them up, and hope that we don't screw anything up in the process of either of those. Basically, the rental cost is high because owning and handling it yourself is a pain in the ass. Companies know you guys are charging us out the ass but if you fuck up the lights before our show, you'll have it fixed and it's not our problem to worry about.

[–]crono09 677 points678 points  (43 children)

I work as a statistician in the healthcare industry. My company does consulting work for hospitals all over the country, and I sometimes go with our consultants when they present our findings to the hospitals' executive teams. I have yet to see an executive team that was concerned with patient care, even at not-for-profit hospitals. No matter how poorly they were doing, all they cared about was cutting costs so the hospital could make more money. Our consultants were good about explaining how poor patient care can ultimately affect their bottom line, but it's disheartening to see people running hospitals who don't care about people dying in their facilities.

[–]lottathoughts 95 points96 points  (10 children)

I worked as an RN in a large health system, and quit because this attitude was obvious - even from the bottom of the organization.

Management wanted us to use "scripts" to try and manipulate patients into saying good things about us on the surveys. And would rather spend money on trainings for that than even discuss safe staffing levels.

Your direct caregivers probably want you to get well. The higher decision makers couldn't care less.

[–]samanthaspice 3280 points3281 points  (355 children)

Funeral home worker for 5 years.

That casket has a huge markup and it is illegal for a funeral home to not let you source your own casket. In my area Amish make them and their prices run from reasonable to unreasonable and here's another tip - Walmart sells caskets. They are still slightly overpriced but usually better than what your director is probably selling.

Shop your casket options.

[–]meech7607 981 points982 points  (45 children)

Out of curiosity.. I checked Costco.. They also sell Caskets, but only about $100 cheaper than Walmart..

[–]asdaaaaaaaa 1429 points1430 points  (31 children)

You gotta buy in bulk still right? Might as well invest in a few generations worth of funerals.

[–]SalamandrAttackForce 106 points107 points  (11 children)

Are they allowed to charge some arbitrary fee when you bring in your own casket? Like a set up service or some bs?

[–][deleted] 621 points622 points  (91 children)

The cost of my dads funeral was 12k. His casket costed 6k. It was half of the total bill.

[–][deleted] 816 points817 points  (80 children)

Save money save land cremate

[–]punromantic 662 points663 points  (38 children)

Don't buy a crate. Be great: cremate!

The slogan still needs work...

[–]sonofaresiii 553 points554 points  (12 children)

Cremation: Don't let death stop you from losing those last few pounds

[–]AwkwardTelegram 328 points329 points  (20 children)

Or when I die just throw me in the trash.

Edit: the reference https://youtu.be/0Rtu1Va-dnM

[–]Monteze 245 points246 points  (8 children)

Fuck if people find out walmart sells caskets they will probably try to get their money back anyway. No receipt, but by god they will threaten to call corporate!! They only got it yesterday and its not working!!

[–]Upnorth4 76 points77 points  (3 children)

I'm sorry but I can't accept your return because there's clearly a dead body in the casket

[–]Heirsandgraces 136 points137 points  (0 children)

He wasn't dead when I bought it!

[–]Karova1 1125 points1126 points  (55 children)

Most people already have the tools I use lying around, and would know how to fix their problem if they watched a five minute youtube video.

[–]applesauce42 399 points400 points  (33 children)


[–]Karova1 468 points469 points  (31 children)


[–]Acc87 372 points373 points  (19 children)

but I rather have a guy using these tools who went to trade school for two years. Also if something goes wrong I can blame him

[–][deleted] 632 points633 points  (15 children)

$1 - Hitting with hammer

$9999 - Knowing where to hit with hammer

[–]Karova1 182 points183 points  (9 children)

Pretty much. You aren't paying me for what I'm doing, but for what I know.

[–]Lostsonofpluto 1415 points1416 points  (135 children)


[–]they-call-me-sadison 328 points329 points  (17 children)

My mom's work had like 5 kittens. But when the kittens showed up, that's when they stopped having a pigeon problem.

[–][deleted] 348 points349 points  (13 children)

My cat get locked down on the church tower of my father's village. We only lived here on weekends and holidays, and the priest only go there on Sundays, so the cat was locked almost a whole week. My father thought that the cat was dead for lack of food and water till he went to the tower and found a fat and happy cat and 2 dozens of pigeons killed in a line. The cat was very proud of herself, and the priest too because he hated the tower pigeons.

[–][deleted] 285 points286 points  (4 children)

Some solid input from a 19th century villager right here.

[–]tylerb108 731 points732 points  (62 children)

My WalMart had cats. Most days there'd be a cat somewhere in the back. I suppose it kept the mouse population down.

[–]Bobby_Stunberger 422 points423 points  (11 children)

Disney has cats at their parks to control the mice population.

[–]PopeliusJones 232 points233 points  (14 children)

Don't trust a bodega without a cat...

[–]Lostsonofpluto 618 points619 points  (17 children)

Our store has a resident cat too. He mostly hangs out around the back near the dumpster. Alsp, he's scared of everyone except the guy who runs the frozen section

[–][deleted] 220 points221 points  (8 children)

I want this kitty.

[–]CaptnCarl85 2698 points2699 points  (238 children)

That if everyone being charged with a crime insisted on it going to trial, no plea bargaining, the system would crash.

[–]Bezere 1784 points1785 points  (117 children)

I got a ticket for "failing to signal for 2 seconds"

Their plea bargain was like a $100 fine plus classes.

I fought it and had to pay squat.

Always fight your tickets

[–]ifyouaretheone 440 points441 points  (64 children)

What defence did you use? intersted.

[–]Bezere 1075 points1076 points  (35 children)

Basically just denied it happened.

I knew I signalled because there was a fucking cop following me. Idk how long I signalled but I did.

He was two lanes away from me, so even if I didn't signal for two seconds, I knew there was no way he caught the beginning of my signal on his dashcam

Edit: basically it's up to the court to prove you did it. Unless it's fucking obvious, I'd fight them in court.

[–]ThePointForward 1064 points1065 points  (3 children)

"Your Honor, I knew I signaled because there was a fucking cop following me."
"Case dismissed."

[–]please_hava_seat 394 points395 points  (26 children)

I got a ticket for driving through a crosswalk while a pedestrian was crossing. There are so many variables to that. How many lanes was he crossing? Was there a median? Was he in a safe space? It took me five minutes to find the law that proved I was in the right. Just because a cop gives you a ticket for something, it doesn't make them right. Most of these laws can take just a few minutes to find out.

[–]ThePointForward 193 points194 points  (11 children)

Over here cops have to prove both formal and material sides of the violation.

Formal is that you drove 55 in 50 kmph zone (standard town speed).
Material is that you were dangerous to society (like doing that in low visibility area, for example lots of parked cars with kids running around).

This happened after some cops had to fill their fines quota and ticketed someone for doing just that (55 in 50) around 20 meters before the "end of town" sign (after which you're allowed to go 90).
The guy took it to court and the judges (it went all the way up to Supreme administrative court) had none of it.

[–]911ChickenMan 2046 points2047 points  (157 children)

911 operator here. Most of our technology is dangerously outdated. We got our current radio system in 1997. It looks like this. (That's a generic photo online, not from my center).

Our Dispatch software looks like this. And it's not just our center, any 911 center you go to will have software and equipment that should have been replaced years ago. Check out this map of text-to-911 coverage. It's scary. Only about 80% of our cell phone calls provide a usable location, and even that can be off by hundreds of feet.

Most states add a 911 service fee of about $1 onto your monthly phone bill. That money is supposed to go to the 911 center exclusively, and provide funding for equipment and software upgrades. But there have been widespread cases of those funds being diverted elsewhere. We don't get much from tax revenue, either. We're a footnote on the budget, and our technology reflects that.

Bonus note: If you call 911 for a medical call, it might seem like a game of 20 questions. Rest assured that help is almost always dispatched as soon as we have the address, any other questions we ask are to determine a priority and update the units en route.

[–]CalvinDehaze 4500 points4501 points  (197 children)

I work in visual effects for large hollywood movies. We do so much digital cleanup and enhancement of practical effects, yet get no credit for how it looks. We only get shit on when a director or studio forces us to make cartoony CG characters or un-photorealistic backgrounds. We're the only department that doesn't have a union, yet we're in charge of upwards of half the movie's budget. Life of Pi was shot mostly on green screen, yet the cinematographer got an Oscar, even though most of those shots were created later in VFX without his input.

[–]Fulvia5225 1051 points1052 points  (27 children)

The downfall of the VFX industry is its best when you don't realise you even worked on it. Try not to let this get you down, a lot of us appreciate your work.

[–]sirjusticewaffle 675 points676 points  (18 children)

Like Futurama God said "when you do things right people won't be sure you've done anything at all"

[–]LittleMissLokii 1135 points1136 points  (37 children)

I'm in the games industry, so I know a lot of people in movie effects...and it just makes me so mad how you guys are treated.

I know people who worked on Life of Pi and got laid off while the movie was getting rewards and all the accolades.

These studios want high budget effects for a low budget price and it's a damn shame because you guys are freaking killing it with no credit.

I always stay after the credits at films to look at the various studios that were involved because man...so much talent involved.

[–]spacetug 409 points410 points  (29 children)

The final kick in the balls is that despite the long lists of credits for FX artists, a lot of them don't even make the cut. No mandatory screen credit (because no union)

[–]Raincoats_George 198 points199 points  (10 children)

I may be shooting from the hip here. But given the importance of VFX to cinema. This might be the kind of thing you rally together and fight for unionization.

I mean shit look how devastating the writers strike was. I'd expect studio's are not keen to see a repeat of that. And they are not going to be changing their minds without a little pressure.

I'm sure there's 'a lot of things to it' I don't understand. But fuck it. If you're getting shit on and the industry literally exists because of your hard work. Make the industry bend the knee.

[–]accountofyawaworht 287 points288 points  (31 children)

Similar situation with audio production. The sound mixing and the music are critical to engrossing you in the story, but most people don't realise just how true that is until it is off.

And then there are totally unrealistic sounds that you are supposed to create, simply because it's what audiences expect. Punches don't whoosh loudly through the air and land like you just threw 30 kilos of meat onto your granite floor, but people are so used to that sound that anything else sounds wrong to them.

[–]CalvinDehaze 141 points142 points  (6 children)

Hats off to you sound guys. I've been working in this industry for 15 years, and in VFX we need to know pretty much everything about how a film is made... except sound. I apologize in advance for all the explosion timing changes you'll have to fix.

[–]accountofyawaworht 78 points79 points  (2 children)

And right back at you VFX people, because I have not a clue about how you all work your wizardry. I'm happy to make those changes as long as the explosions look badass.

[–]Art_of_lurking 168 points169 points  (3 children)

I totally understand your pain. People love to shit on bad CGI because thats all they can notice/point out, when in reality a lot of things on screen that are also CGI go completely unnoticed becuae of how well done it is.

[–]eniporta 133 points134 points  (12 children)

As a Kiwi, everyone here loves Weta and will watch shit just because they were involved in the VFX.

We also have an amazing stunt industry though, and noone seems to give a shit about that.

[–]RBedlam 359 points360 points  (17 children)

I'm a designer in the toy and novelty gift industry. I work for one of those companies that make things like farts in a can, or heat sensitive mugs with funny messages on the side. We make versions of beer pong and miniature table tennis. If you're buying a stocking filler at Christmas it's probably from a company like mine.

Literally everything we make is copied or ripped off from somebody else. It is made in the cheapest possible way over in China, with very little testing. It's poorly conceived, poorly made, and poorly marketed. Most of the people that create and sell this shit admit that it's good for nothing but landfill. However amazingly we manage to turn over several million a year in sales

[–]jonboi9 2123 points2124 points  (115 children)

Am a valet. Will drive your personal car gently. Rentals, will try to get air on speed bumps. Also, (at least at my location ) we're not gonna look through your shit. I don't care what's in your glove box, although I will judge you if your car smells like garbage or farts.

[–]kamgar 1068 points1069 points  (38 children)

Stop judging my farts, I was nervous for my date!

[–]sortakindah 594 points595 points  (34 children)

Do what I do. Once they build up and pressure has to be released, pretend like the car is driving funny. Pull over, get out and walk around the car looking at the tires, kicking them, whatever. All the while just farting like you have never farted before.

[–]TheKochBrothers 216 points217 points  (11 children)

What happens when you do this 20 times in an hour?

[–]sortakindah 349 points350 points  (7 children)

Power a small country with the amount of wind coming out of your ass

[–]jonkoeson 615 points616 points  (43 children)

I'm sure it's not everywhere, but a buddy of mine did valet for years and he said if you looked like you had drugs, or he could smell it, in the car he (and most of the people he worked with) would look because then they can smoke for free and no-one wanted to fill out a form to complain that their weed was stolen.

[–]goblingonewrong 568 points569 points  (17 children)

My friend had his weed taken at a mechanics, he just went back into saying wtf you guys stole my weed, and they brought back some younger guy from the back of the place and made him give back the weed lol

[–]YCSMD 197 points198 points  (15 children)

Jokes on him if you are in California, Colorado, or Washington

[–]Bananaenvious 1793 points1794 points  (111 children)

I used to work at Texas Roadhouse & YES we are REQUIRED to say hand-cut steaks, freshly baked bread, fall-off-the-bone ribs, ice cold beer and legendary margarita's..

Secret shoppers come in 3 or more times per month as regular guests and management gets a report of whether or not we said all of the story items, among other things..

If you get a bad score on a shop you get fired or you have to be a busser for a month..

True story

[–]woode1 554 points555 points  (26 children)

They started in my hometown. They didn't used to micro manage but that's what happens eventually. I still love to eat there but I hate cheesy gimmicks that get enforced negatively. Seems unnecessary and aged.

[–]TCizzleu 255 points256 points  (19 children)

I work in national sales for Pepsi - and even tho Roadhouse isn't a pepsi customer - I can let you know that each vendor/company pays large amounts of contractual funds for those sayings to be said - which is why the company secret shops - to provide valid back up data to the companies that are paying out. Always bigger picture .

Or if it is a proprietary item of the company - it is one of the higher margin items they are pushing for profit.

[–]ypsm 344 points345 points  (23 children)

I kind of like the idea of secret shoppers to weed out bad behavior, but that doesn't include dumb stuff like failing to use the right adjectives.

EDIT: Thanks for all the replies on secret shopping. I was completely ignorant and have learned a lot, both good and bad. Upvotes for everyone!

[–]TokeyWeedtooth 280 points281 points  (8 children)

A good manager will know if someone is treating their customers poorly. I worked in many retail stores over 12 years. Secret shoppers are a negative type of behaviour enforcement and tend to make employees more disgruntled.

Have good business practices. Train your staff properly and hire good people.

The avg customer just wants their product and to get out of the store.

[–]TheWallTheVeil 461 points462 points  (41 children)

Worked in the tattoo and body piercing industry for years and we all know that the daith piercing (which has been claimed to help with migraines) is a sham. But they'll take your money for believing stupid shit and pretend it works.

[–]savagestarshine 396 points397 points  (11 children)

known placebos still produce a placebo effect

brains are fucking weird

[–]djmenace 1529 points1530 points  (159 children)

I've managed a car dealership for about a decade. Never negotiate the payment. Often times we move the numbers around to favor us. We will negotiate your trade in. The price of the car. The interest rate. Dealer installed options.

To get the best deal I'd follow these simple rules.

  1. Do your research before stepping foot in the store. You'll look on amazon for 30 mins for a phone case but won't google the car you about to spend 30k on.

  2. Deal with internet or fleet. They're mainly volume and could care less what the price is. Often times they're on special pay plans anyways.

  3. When it comes time to negotiations don't focus on payment or term. Look at the bottom line. What you are paying out the door.

  4. Secure your own financing. Go to your bank and get a loan through them to secure the best rate.

  5. Walk out. Seriously. Never buy the car the day you go to look at it. Chances are I'm going to yell at my sales guy to call you and offer you a lower price to get you back in.

We don't work for free and profit isn't a bad word. At the end of the day we make a fair share.

Hope this helps!

[–]Kobrakmander 196 points197 points  (4 children)

I have done the walk out method, works wonders. The bullshit end taxes threw me off. Told the wife to follow my lead, saved a shit ton on the bottom line price.

[–]TheKochBrothers 327 points328 points  (50 children)

When my dad bought my mom a car (their first while they were married), he said it was about a week before the end of the month. He walked in, found a car that looked mechanically decent and my mom liked (used but he could buy the car outright). He didn't even reason with the guy, he wrote his offer on the check, signed and everything, and handed it to him. Guy declined. Dad ripped the check in half in front of him and told him thank you for your time, and walked out. Mom was suuuuper pissed because she really liked the car, she needed one, and they could afford the full asking price. My dad got a call the next day for the price he asked. So yes, people underestimate the power of walking away. It also helps when you have buying power a.k.a. ca$h money.

Edit: I thought I should clarify. 1) This was 20 years ago, times have changed. 2) This particular car was not a brand new vehicle by any means. When I say used it was USED. 3) This was at a smaller dealership where there wasn't a ton of traffic, and in a small town. (This is just my personal opinion now) My dad always told me that a person should never take out a loan on a car because if that car breaks down, you're still having to make payments whether you can afford to repair it or not, or if it can even be repaired. And then you're down to walking. Yeah, I know it sounds old and outdated, but it had saved my ass more than once when I'm broke as a joke but I'm not making payments on broken down car. I buy older, reliable cars I can afford. I have way too many friends who have newer cars that are P.O.S. and are still making payments on them to ever turn back in my ways now.

[–]Outdoorsinwisconsin 130 points131 points  (25 children)

Cash doesn't talk like it used to when buying a car. Now it's all about getting you to finance it through their in-house financing. Walking away does help though.

[–]foolishpheasant 1568 points1569 points  (186 children)

Speaking as a bank teller in the US, you can opt out of overdraft protection.

Overdraft protection is the bank saying that if a charge comes through that you don't have the money for, the bank will consider paying it so that you don't get declined.

If you opt out, your card will be declined for point-of-sale purchases.

You may still get overdrafted on automatic drafts, ie: Netflix, automatic bill pay etc.

BUT. If you don't want to accidentally overdraw because you got McDonald's and didn't realize your gas purchase only showed up as $1 but then posted as $30 and put you down to $2, call your bank and tell them you want to opt out of overdraft protection.

Can't stress it enough. If you don't want to be overdrawn but aren't great at keeping up with your balance, opt out. You might get embarrassed by a cashier telling you that your card was declined, but IMO it's better than giving your bank $36.

[–]the-umop-apisdn 136 points137 points  (3 children)

Former law enforcement.

TV cop dramas are absurd on every level, but on the subject of lost or destroyed evidence, they may actually undersell how pervasive it is. It happens all. the. time. And though incompetence or outright corruption are problems, 95% of the time it's just due to sheer volume and forces of nature, like floods, pests, or fires. Though total security and a manageable, organized system for evidence would be ideal, the fact is that the amount of resources and time that would take will never be realistic.

Make copies. Record whatever you're allowed to (and take time to understand the laws yourself to know just what your rights are in this respect). Make sure there is SOME record of any evidence you've given police, whenever it's at all safe or appropriate to do so, as long as it doesn't compromise the integrity of the evidence itself.

[–]jaedaddy 283 points284 points  (20 children)

Work for one of them "donate your pc or car or boat" places.

Yeah 95% of the companies don't donate jack. It ain't for the kids.

[–]FdauditingGbro 985 points986 points  (152 children)

Your hotel room most likely isn't as clean as you think it is.

EDIT: I should've done an AMA lol

[–][deleted] 725 points726 points  (36 children)

Last hotel room had a slice of pizza in the ac

[–]ponyboy414 292 points293 points  (11 children)

It probably made the room smell like a nice pizza for about an hour until it started smelling like hot cheese and pepperoni grease.

[–]Homebrewman 226 points227 points  (16 children)

This varies from hotel to hotel or even housekeeper to housekeeper.

I worked in one for 3-4 years as houseman and know which of the ladies would do a proper cleaning job.

[–]Darth_potato_head 1145 points1146 points  (113 children)

That most of the people driving trains through your city are sleep deprived and routinely fall asleep while working.

[–]tahitiisnotineurope 517 points518 points  (21 children)

somebody could shoot the tires out on the train

[–]911ChickenMan 525 points526 points  (19 children)


[–]ponyboy414 193 points194 points  (35 children)

This doesn't really concern me, if anythings on the tracks they can't stop in time anyway. Plus its a train so you know its literally on rails

Edit: Holy shit guys i get it sometimes trains derail.

[–]awesome0300 229 points230 points  (21 children)

I work in rail, our trains have dead man switches, every 90 seconds a loud beep goes off in the drivers cab and they have to press a pedal to let the train know there awake/alive

[–]boyninja 1001 points1002 points  (81 children)

I use to drive for an escort agency....to make more money the girls would have sex on their periods by inserting a sponge and using a colored condom......good times......

[–]TheWallTheVeil 542 points543 points  (35 children)

they do this in the porn industry too, with makeup sponges. I read about one where the pornstar forgot about the sponge for over a week and when they were filming they said they could smell something that they thought was rotten meat, then the sponge came out and made everyone on scene sick

[–]vdgift 273 points274 points  (21 children)

I read a similar story on reddit, but it was a tampon that had been in a lot longer than a week. And the actor with her said, "there's something blocking me," before pulling it out.

[–]jtaylor9449 1715 points1716 points  (155 children)

I work in IT. Most of, if not all of the solutions to tech issues you run into can be found on Google, but we are really good at phrasing the search though, to get right to an answer quickly.

[–]SoleInvictus 346 points347 points  (52 children)

As an ex IT person, I concur. We just know what the broken things are actually called.

[–]10outa10woodrapeagan 367 points368 points  (31 children)

I dont work in IT and i usually either search up my problem, watch a video on how to fix it, or give up

[–]oramon 117 points118 points  (16 children)

If its too bad i just reinstall OS every time. Use a ext hd for videos pics music etc.

[–]legend6546 77 points78 points  (9 children)

is that ext2 3 or 4 (this is a really bad filesystem joke)

[–]howsthatwork 217 points218 points  (24 children)

TL;DR: Your college textbooks are a scam.

I wouldn't say people don't know this, but - as a former textbook editor for a company that rhymes with "Schmearson," the amount of absolute bullshit that they demand authors change with each new edition to justify its existence.

For example, I was always supposed to talk up things that were new and improved, such as "UPDATED MATERIAL IN CHAPTER 2" that was literally a new intro sentence and three changed words on the fourth page. "FRESH UP TO DATE TECH TIPS" meant they took a sentence mentioning the word "book," changed it to "tablet," and pulled it out of text to made it a margin note labeled "TECH TIPS." (Fun fact - I once had an author who was told to update all existing references to technology, and in a throwaway sentence about how he'd done his thesis on a typewriter, because the man was like 65 years old, he changed "typewriter" to "laptop." It stayed.) In fairness, sometimes there would be an actual amount of new material, but it often wouldn't add anything fresh to the subject, because most fields just don't evolve that much in a year or two.

Does your book seem incomprehensible and poorly edited? I didn't do a shit job on purpose; they budget the bare minimum for me and ask me not to spend much time on it (and I shouldn't need to, because, like, spell check will fix everything, right?). I recently was asked to read "only the new bits," which meant that they expected me to read a single sentence dropped into a paragraph with no idea whether it made sense in context or contradicted something stated elsewhere or whether the cited researcher's name was spelled correctly against other citations used earlier. I used to check all these things anyway, but after years of going above and beyond, I no longer have hours to waste that I'm literally not being paid for. And as often as not, I'd point out an issue that needed to be addressed by the publisher or author because it was a change too major for me to handle, and they'd shrug and nothing would be changed, because they're on a tight schedule and no budget and can't be bothered.

Oh, and those online quizzes we all hate so much are the ABSOLUTE WORST, because authors hate making them and don't know how to write them, so even getting them submitted is like pulling goddamn teeth. Then they give me something completely muddled with misleading questions, answers that don't agree with what the text says, and choices that don't even make sense (things structured like: "What is a lion? (A) A cat, (B) An animal, (C) A dog, (D) A feline. Answer: A) A cat"). When I explain that they don't make sense, or are unnecessarily confusing, or that they need to accept both "1/3" and "one-third" as a correct answer, they argue, shrug, get confused, and it stays. I can only do so much.

Don't get too mad at your professors for assigning you their latest book "just to make money," because their contract probably specifies that they make updates and promote the newest edition. Even getting them to write it is usually a pain in the ass and they really don't make that much from it. The only one profiting is the company.

God, sorry, I started ranting and forgot to stop.

[–]onthelevels 376 points377 points  (13 children)

I worked in a boarding school until very recently, and despite what establishments of this type may say in their shiny brochures about taking bullying seriously, they only do something about it if parents threaten to sue the school. Otherwise they pretty much let it slide, because expelling the bully means losing at least ten grand a term in fees, and the flower arrangements in the school office have to be paid for somehow...

[–]lizardface42 274 points275 points  (18 children)

I'm a vet tech. Veterinarians are not in it for the money. We want you to get you pets vaccinated because it's cheaper than treating parvo. I'd love to do everything for free but I have bills just like you and the hospital does too.

[–]leejinkis 88 points89 points  (6 children)

Our wi fi for hotel guests is actually free, but we make you think it costs so that you'll sign up as a club member with us. Staff get to hit their membership targets for the month and we can spam your email with our latest offers


At our hotel we had free basic WiFi. If the guest wanted faster Wi-Fi they could pay a small fee and be able to access our special "deluxe" Wi-Fi. There was no difference. It was all the same speed.

[–]cuterus-uterus 933 points934 points  (154 children)

In my state if I ask for your ID when you order an alcoholic drink and you don't let me check it, I can't serve you. Even if you're super old. Stop being offended when I ask for your obviously-in-their-early-twenties child's ID and not yours. I'm not being rude.

[–]Mezduin 504 points505 points  (70 children)

I never understood why some people get SO MAD about this. Aside from people trying to cheat, anyway.

I used to work in a bank. People would get FURIOUS when I asked for ID sometimes, and when I insisted I couldn't do their transaction without it, they'd hand over a valid ID... I still don't get the anger.

[–]quick_dudley 287 points288 points  (9 children)

At a bank you're supposed to be more angry when you don't get asked for ID (assuming you don't like the idea of other people walking off with your money)

[–]powpowbang 572 points573 points  (33 children)

Banks don't want to foreclose on a home or repo cars. It's lose-lose for them to do it. Get in contact with your bank and see if you can work something out. It's worth the try at least to see if they can figure something out with you.

edit: added last sentence

[–]Eschatonbreakfast 198 points199 points  (9 children)

Do not let the bank tell you to quit paying your mortgage to renegotiate your loan.

So many times I've seen people a year and a half later, 18,000, 24,000, even 30,000 or more behind, they haven't saved the payments they've missed, and they are nowhere close to a loss mitigation agreement, and now I can't really do much to help them because they're a week out from foreclosure and there's no way they can afford to pay back that kind of money through bankruptcy.

[–]JazzMansGin 360 points361 points  (45 children)

If you live in apartment/have a landlord and you have a maintenance-related issue that needs their attention, ask them exactly what they are going to do. Visibly/audibly take notes as they explain it to you. Observe them as they fix the problem if you can. Google that shit and check up on whether what they did is in any way related to what they legally/ethically SHOULD be doing. To be clear, I'm mostly talking about mold, insect infestations, flooding, gas leaks...important stuff. Just sayin.

[–]fortstermcfort 174 points175 points  (3 children)

"We're here to switch out the SD cards on the shower cam...er I mean fix the faucet."

[–]RingGiver 76 points77 points  (8 children)

I'm a lifeguard. If I start performing CPR on your relative, you should probably find a clergyman of the relative's preference.

Also, lifeguard standards can be ridiculously low. I have worked with some absolute morons. I know that many places near me run tight ships, but our standards are insanely low. The lifeguard office conversation is either sex or drugs whenever enough people are scheduled for the rotation to have multiple lifeguards in the office. Patrons can hear it. That kind of professionalism is echoed in how most of us handle the job. I look forward to my next pool because I can't imagine its standards being so low.

[–]Shinysharpsociopath 148 points149 points  (12 children)

In UK the library system is not just in peril but totally USC. The government wants to replace all librarians with volunteers, all libraries with self service machines and are actively setting up community run libraries to fail so they can close them. At the moment there is bs propaganda that they are doing well but go to any volunteer run library and see how empty and ill managed it is. Most of them are becoming cafés.

At the same time the government are pushing more people online for everything_ job hunters, house hunters, disability seekers, blue badge, child support. Most don't have access and have never used a computer before. The government tells them to go to their local library and the librarians will help them use a computer for the first time.

Said library is now run by an 85 year old volunteer called Gladys who doesn't understand the Google.

[–][deleted] 653 points654 points  (45 children)

The internet is held together with duct tape and twine.

[–]Pancake_Nom 446 points447 points  (18 children)

I thought it was just a small black box with a flashing red light on it?

[–]el_monstruo 992 points993 points  (182 children)

I've worked in higher education the past decade.

There are too many to name.

They screw over the least smart people which also happens to be the poorest. Oh you don't have the grades or test scores for admission? Well take this semester of remedial courses for no credit and we will let you in. Oh you had a poor semester, take this Restart class and pay an extra fee and we will let you continue.

They implement new fees or increased fees while touting no or a small tuition increase. Many students are oblivious to such fees.

Some are making it a requirement to live on campus and/or purchasing meal plans. That is thousands of extra dollars out of student pockets. Many students don't even use the meal plan balance so it is effectively free cash.

Many state governments have mandates which base state funding on graduates so there are things like en route degrees. They also find ways to graduate people who should not graduate.

I could go on and on. I've worked in higher education for 10 years in admissions, records, IT, and other areas. You want to know something just ask.

[–]AdjectiveNounCombo 282 points283 points  (66 children)

Is it really true that student athletes and other less-than-fully-qualified students are cut a lot of slack because the school wants to keep them on the team, artificially inflate graduation numbers, etc.?

[–]Azurepriest 202 points203 points  (20 children)

I don't know about slack but, I have heard they will try to be persuaded into easy but pointless degrees. Read it in a couple different articles but, a friend of mine told me this was the case for them, advisers tried to persuade them to go into an easier program, then take a smaller course load.

[–][deleted] 259 points260 points  (52 children)

Health products intended for pets such as dental treats and herbal supplements for all manner of ailments are based on flimsy evidence.

Dental treats and kibbles, for example, are supposed to provide helpful scraping surfaces. But the animal is essentially coating its teeth in starch, and the contact point is going to be a small portion of only some of the animal's teeth, and those contact points are the least vulnerable: just consider that your gum line is the site of your dental infections, not the tips and sides of your teeth from which detritus and saliva naturally fall away.

There is no real oversight as there is with products marketed for human health. I'm not saying that everything is bullshit, of course. Rather, it is that a huge part of the pet-product industry is creating a product that appears to fill an essential niche but that is ultimately a repackaging of material that they already have access too (such as starch and flavoring and supplements). So a savvy pet store will walk the line of stocking all such products that have yet to be outed in the pet-blog community as "problematic." At that point, the product is done for; popular perception is everything.

Various "theories" of pet nutrition are cooked up by marketing departments: we are supposed to recommend rotating between multiple formulas, in actuality because we don't want the less-popular formulas expiring on the shelf. (The expired ones are mostly still fine; it is just that most people refuse to buy them or will post some hysterical negative review on Yelp.) Less-successful brands are stressed often only because the store cannot risk reliably selling only a few brands: every brand will encounter a recall; often that is the death-note of that brand; when that happens, and a store only moves, say, two brands, one of which was that brand, their income tanks.

*By the way, there is no point in busting a retail worker's balls for recommending crunchy potato starch dental treats for your cat, for example. All people have to do is stop buying a product and it is gone.

[–]TriscuitCracker 67 points68 points  (3 children)

If you want to pay less for your cable/internet/phones ask for a recontracting with a deal anytime, even if your contract isn't up. Sales makes the most money off of recontracting, they will be happy to do so. There's always a deal going on.

[–][deleted] 364 points365 points  (14 children)

Nightfiller for a supermarket. The black dust is everywhere, and on everything.

There's so much pressure on us to get shit done that we don't have any time to wash our hands during a shift (except if we can sneak in a bathroom break).

You ever handled a bunch of newspapers/flyers? Notice how black your hands get? Our hands are like that, but with dirt too. If there's a bunch of soft drink cans that look like they've been hand stacked (individually placed), there's a fair chance we've touched the top.

Customers hide stuff everywhere and we find 99% of it. Everything from the onion they didn't want, to the stolen makeup/nicotene patch packaging, to the chilled ready meal just left on the ambient shelves.

The other 1% is nasty. If we notice an aisle starts to smell, we'll do our best to find whatever the cause is. We don't want to fill with that stench in the air. However if we can't, it just sits there. I've pulled tins of cat food with maggots coming out the lid, a cheese wheel someone hid behind a bunch of hair dyes. And who could forget the tin of rotting crushed tomatoes. Eugh.

Also there's a chance that any given product you pick up has ridden around the store for a few days in the pocket of one of the waste trollies we use. They're supposed to be emptied every day, but there's no time. If you're lucky the trolly gets emptied and the product sits on the shelf out the back for a while, then after a day or two it'll get moved to customer service where they'll return it back to the shelves.

Finally, stop putting frozen stuff on the grocery shelves and vice versa, you fucking savages!

Edit: More stories.

Edit 2: Since this got some more attention, here's another little tidbit:

Next time you're in the soft drink aisle, look up at the ceiling (or to the back of the top shelf if your store has a high roof). 9 times out of 10, you'll see lovely brown marks from where bottles have exploded. We do our best to clean up, but there's always somewhere we miss/can't reach!

[–]WillyDope 355 points356 points  (37 children)

Won't specify where...but we do giveaways and sometimes rigged the system for people we know to win

[–]hardspank916 228 points229 points  (14 children)

Radio DJs

[–][deleted] 167 points168 points  (3 children)

Hello am I caller number twenty seven

[–]ShamelessMendacity 67 points68 points  (7 children)

Advertising: Digital advertising is absolutely drowning in fraud. I can't tell you how much because nobody knows exactly, but if you've ever bought digital advertising, you are being robbed to one extent or another. It's so bad that even Google (who depend solely on their ad revenues) have admitted around 50% of their traffic is fake. This is an extremely lucrative business for cyber criminals, and so far nobody has actually been prosecuted for it.

The reason this is happening is twofold: One: advertising agencies and ad-tech firms get their 'cut' of the ad dollar long before the ads are actually served, so they don't give a damn, and will lie through their teeth to convince the clients smart enough to ask about it that they have fraud 'under control.' For their part, the clients are too scared of the implications of ignoring/being ignorant of this for so long to actually do something about it. (Firms like Procter and Gamble who are being proactive about the issue are almost non-existent.)

Two: it's almost impossible for many ad agencies to make money anymore thanks to changing economics and the complexity of the media landscape/buying practices. I suspect even most people working in agencies don't realise it, but many big agencies are lucky to make $10,000 in profit these days on $1m of billings. Since media commissions have always been the main revenue stream for agencies, and since digital media buying is still fairly profitable, nobody's in any hurry to clean it up on the agency side.

[–]TemporaryBoyfriend 61 points62 points  (4 children)

I work in Enterprise IT. Security is a joke on most systems. This year I had a two week project to extract some data from a server. One of the admins logged me in as a regular user. I asked for access to the database server and storage management server, the admin said he'd get back to me.

In the 4 hours it took for him to return with the access, I escalated my privileges from a user account to an app account, from there into the database server, and from there into the storage server.

When he returned to give me access to the accounts, I told him I didn't need them anymore, that I found the information "elsewhere", but had him write them down for me in case I needed them later.

[–]life_is_dumb 650 points651 points  (63 children)

Most money managers don't beat the market net of fees.

In other words, you'd be better off buying shares of an ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) that follows an entire index (such as S&P 500) rather than hiring a money manager to try and pick specific stocks that they think will perform better than the market as a whole over time.

EDIT: I actually don't listen to freakonomics, I just work in the industry and see it plain as day! :)

[–]vladmech 230 points231 points  (18 children)

That many IT issues really can be solved with 'have you tried turning it off and back on again?'

People constantly joke about this but easily a third of our tickets wouldn't need assistance if people would just try this before calling in. Or hey, call in and lie about it, Nancy, because I can easily check uptime and see your computer's been on for 23 days and that's just Jon security for me.

[–]callmesomethingelse 458 points459 points  (96 children)

Recently started at a grocery store deli. The counter is 5 feet tall. We clean where the customers can see, which isn't much given the height of the counter. The floors are filthy and that's where I can see. Under tables, behind the slicer, around the rotisserie oven, and worse the table where the cakes are decorated - all disgustingly filthy. There are flies everywhere. I tried pulling a table and cleaning behind it and got YELLED at, so I ain't trying again, I'm also not eating there.

[–]they-call-me-sadison 173 points174 points  (5 children)

At the deli in my old store, if you spent too much time cleaning dishes, you'd be written up. There was so much junk on those dishes, I stopped eating there. The food inspector came one time and we just barely passed... Not even sure how we did pass.

[–][deleted] 172 points173 points  (26 children)

Y'all need Publix in your life.

[–]JoeSki42 83 points84 points  (9 children)

Worked in a Publix deli for about a year. Everything gets cleaned. Everything. And I worked in what was considered a grimy disciplinary location.

[–]Bezere 41 points42 points  (0 children)

That was the first thing I did when I started at a deli. My trainer was embarrassed

[–]FucksDogs 604 points605 points  (55 children)

teachers do drugs

[–][deleted] 116 points117 points  (16 children)

A few things..

1) Everyone jokes about "TURN IT OFF AND TURN IT ON AGAIN! HAHA" Well, if most of you did that, 70% of your problems would resolve.

2) Download MalwareBytes, this will fix 20% of your problems if there created by Viruses, Ad's etc.

3) Empty your recycle bin.

4) Run CCleaner

Seriously, these super common tricks will fix most of your problems...

Now this secret I'm about to share is only for The Elite...

Don't read past this point unless you can handle the ultimate truth..

5) Use fucking Google.

Seriously, that's all we do, is use Google and fuck around clicking things seeing what it does.

A lot of what we do is common sense, but it's stressful because of things the end-user asks us to do.

[–]Taywho 1307 points1308 points  (39 children)

The pole spins, not the stripper!

[–]meow_meow_hiss 683 points684 points  (8 children)

Not all stripper poles spin. I've worked in clubs that had both kinds of poles.

But yes, I can definitely tell when a spinning pole is being used when I see someone perform.

[–]Aelle1209 285 points286 points  (38 children)

I work in a public library. Listen, someone has to bring a book back in absolutely hideous condition before we'll toss it. We once had a guy bring back a book that smelled like shit and had brown streaks on it. We disinfected it, stuck it in a bag with some air freshener until it smelled like fake flowers, and put it back up on the shelf.

The reason why we do this is because we rely a lot on donations and we can't afford to throw away books.

Edit: For clarity, I work in a very small public library in a similarly small, poor city. Not all libraries do this. If they're well-funded and get lots of donations they're much more likely to just chuck the books.

[–]blueman1027 84 points85 points  (7 children)

Another public library employee here.

That's terrible! I'm sorry that you guys have to deal with that. At my library, anything that comes in like that gets thrown away immediately. It may or may not be replaced (depends on budget), but either way that item isn't going back on the shelf. It will get bagged up and trashed while another staff member sends the patron a bill. If the patron is present, then we just tell them that they can keep the item and must pay for it if they want to check anything else out. If they pay, we're square. If not, we send them a bill. If they don't respond to our billing letters after a couple of months, they will get sent to collections. We'll either never see them again, or they'll come back in a year or two when they check their credit score.

[–]gil_beard 198 points199 points  (18 children)

Just like Disney world General Motors won't declare a worker dead within one of their factories. If you die on site they will do what ever they have to in order to keep alive until your body is off site. Otherwise they have to pay your family big time in insurance.

[–]SirHotWad 883 points884 points  (51 children)

If you ever hear your waiter tell you that chef Mike cooked your meal there's a good chance it was cooked in a microwave.

[–]poopscooper34234 332 points333 points  (3 children)

There was a Kitchen Nightmares episode about this exact thing. I didn't realize other places called it "chef mike" too.

[–]Bengoris 106 points107 points  (4 children)

Of course it was, Mike has other things to do. Like cleaning crime scenes, killing for drug cartels and shit.


Why say anything, then? Why would you share a code word with the customers if it has a negative meaning?

[–]CapnJuicebox 196 points197 points  (11 children)


[–]SalAtWork 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Pizza hut -

Cheese pizza. 1 full cup, 1 half cup (I say cup but it's some odd measurement with a full line and a half line)

Other pizza. 1 full cup cheese + other toppings.

Extra cheese = 1 half cup of cheese.

Thus a Cheese extra cheese = 2 cups cheese. 2x as much cheese as a pepperoni, but only 33% more than a normal cheese.

[–]clarque_ 54 points55 points  (4 children)

Janitor here. Whatever you touch, chances are there's been vomit or shit on it. I'm constantly wearing gloves because where I work has a 1 in 5 STD rate. There are needles in the trash and no I'm not an idiot. The job pays well and the benefits are insane. Plus I get to listen to audiobooks while I work.

[–]Sugarpuddin 104 points105 points  (7 children)

Long term care nurse....if grandmas insurance sucks then she won't be getting any physical, occupational, or speech therapy services regardless of the need. On the other hand if she has good insurance she will be getting all of those services regardless of need until insurance says no more. It's sad that a lot of aspects of healthcare are decided on a financial level rather than a healthcare level.

[–]prilli419 361 points362 points  (41 children)

They're about to raise your fees and you have no idea. Shit is going to hit the fan, you will be pissed, and I will want to stab myself in the face every time I have to say the script to you assholes.

[–]Bezere 266 points267 points  (25 children)

I found the Xfinity guy

[–]LAND0KARDASHIAN 41 points42 points  (6 children)

Criminal Law: There is no justice.

•Plea deals are largely determined by the mood of the prosecutor or their schedule at the time. •The innocent are more likely to plead guilty than the guilty, because they generally have more to lose at trial. •Judges are surprisingly weak on the law. •Jurors are incredibly unreliable. •Prosecutors swear to uphold justice but are compelled to seek convictions. •There is almost never a penalty of any kind for state witnesses, police or prosecutors who lie, even under oath. •The rich skirt the system, the poor are destroyed by it.

In short: Every negative thing you've ever heard about the criminal justice system is true.

[–][deleted] 152 points153 points  (20 children)

I was working at a company that made some 'high end' furniture, in reality it was the same shitty wood mix as everything else just with a fancy paint slapped on it. I made about 200 bathroom cabinets per day and they were being sold for 400+ euro per cabinet, 400 euro was the cheapest model and the most expensive one was over 800.

Also I got paid the minimum wage for that.


I hired a carpenter to build me five bookshelves and it cost me $500 (including labour and materials). The bookshelves I wanted from the store was $2900.

[–]UpsettingPornography 72 points73 points  (9 children)



Now this is where things get cringe worthy. I've also worked at a few different medical collectives over the years and it is downright mortifying what some of the owners will allow to be sold to people with medical conditions. I've seen employees crack the mason jars that the weed is stored in and the owners try to separate the weed from the tiny pieces of glass. I've seen sawdust end up in weed sold to patients. I've seen owners flat out tell patients that their favorite weed has mold on it this week, and still sold it to them at full price. (Why they bought it? I don't know.)

This wasn't just at a single location either. More than a dozen collectives that I worked with over the years had problems with mold, bugs, and excessive pesticide issues. Some of them were even well known, if not famous, companies. It was absolutely sickening and killed much of my faith in the Washington and Oregon medical industries. Not that it's unique to the Northwest, as I've also heard of these issues in other medical/recreational states.

TLDR: Grow your own weed.

[–]Optimet 223 points224 points  (19 children)

Before deciding whether to order a large or a small drink, ask to see the cup sizes. Often the "big" cup will just be narrower and taller, with the "small" being wider and shorter. They might actually hold the same volume of liquid, in which case it makes more sense to order the small because it will be cheaper.

Bonus tip: sometimes the takeaway dishes are larger and give you more food for the same price, or vice versa.

[–]vikingzx 202 points203 points  (3 children)

There used to be a stir-fry place at my college. You'd go in, place your order, and get rice with stir-fry on top. Not bad.

One day I went in and the bowls had gotten much smaller but deeper. I immediately said "Hey, the bowls are smaller!"

Panicked, the cashier replied that they were the same size, just deeper, but everyone still got the same amount.

Then I pointed out that the stir-fry was put on top to cover the rice, and so with the reduced diameter and same volume, the bowls were the same amount of rice but about half the stir-fry. Basic math.

I got a very dumbfounded look from the cashier.

That place went out of business not long after. I wasn't the only one that stopped going there for a five-dollar rice bowl.