OP: "Hey, why is my pay low?" Boss: "Because it's based on you being replacable." OP: "OK then, I quit." Boss: "What!?! How dare you quit!?! Just for that, you're fired!!!" Ummm....can anyone figure out the logic behind this, because I can't. 🤷♀🤦♀
story 1: In 98 when I first bought my house, there was a crack house/drug den across the street (this is an urban setting Victorian gentrification neighborhood and my neighbors wouldn't sell)...when a car pulled up and honked, the mother would send her 5 year old out of the house to deliver the drugs to the cars because who would prosecute a 5 year old? One neighbor, after getting no where with the local police, called the DEA on her. Once she was cleared out the chief of police went to the alerting neighbor's house and screamed, "What the F*** did you think you were doing?!" The police chief was making kick backs from the drug den and others like it!!!!
It’s pity that was before camera phones and home security cameras weren’t on the regular yet, that little stunt could’ve cost the the police chief his job!
@@anthonygilmour6236 How? The lady would have to prove that not only did the bags magically got in the other yard without them knowing, but that OP threw them back over. No cop is gonna bother dealing with that crazy woman spouting crazy things like that. Set up a camera to prove the bags are thrown over and she has no case whatsoever.
@@spiritbx1337 because after the first time someone as petty as that neighbour would probably film OP the second time and claim that OP was doing it and not her with the film as "proof".
@@anthonygilmour6236 Something OP should have done instead of wasting that money on more Purple Trash Bags! (or buy the house either to boot you!) Karens can care less if you hate them or not the smug pricks! It's why you shouldn't feel sorry humiliating them! OP let this go on too Long before they did anything (we had something like this before at my home! Guess what, my mother gave me full permission to make it "not worth it for our neighbors to continue doing this!" Especially as they started copying us BADLY by trying to buy the brand of Garbage Bags we use! Too bad I tie the garbage in a certain way and our brand is pretty easy to tell the difference that the tickets they were getting finally made them "do their own fucking garbage CORRECTLY! Instead of US wasting money, it was THEM wasting money playing this game for NINE MONTHS before it stopped! I was sad they finally got the message as I was hoping they'd fail to pay the rent and get evicted so we don't have to bother with them anymore.)
In the last story, while op's actions were 100% justified, and the company really did need to pay the price, I can't help but feel bad for all of the innocent people that lost their jobs
@@H-to-O I havent even gotten to the past story yet, but yeah seriously. When it comes to government regulations you dont screw around. When you choose to stay with a company like this, you should understand that you are staying with a failing company. No need to feel sorry for the chaps that didnt bail earlier. Especially because I'm sure no landlord would be able to evict you for non payment because you refused to work for an illegal boss. They can TRY and say "You should have stayed there and payed until you had a better job", but I dont think any court of law would be okay with the idea of forcing someone to knowingly break the law and steal money from the government.
@@H-to-O wait, you think it's simple to find a job that works around a college student schedule at the snap of the fingers in Rural GEORGIA? Tell us about your privilege and how you don't know what you're talking about without saying it.
@@pansprayers On the other hand, risk going to prison and potentially loosing your place in collage because you broke federal law. Personally, I think I'd go without that risk thanks.
Yeah I was wondering if this belonged in r/nuclearrevenge as there was a bit of fallout, even if what he did was perfectly legal, I guess as the saying goes "the road to hell be paved with good intentions"
He does sound like a great landlord, but it's also a lesson in being more involved than just the report from the management company. Every single one we hired in Guam when my in-laws still owned property there was corrupt and caused extensive damage to the property due to their neglect. We live stateside and had to do things this way. Eventually they sold the property, but it was the biggest PITA ever. I wished we had a lawyer look over their contract before we signed it, that clause would have saved my in-laws thousands of dollars in repairs.
@@arcanisdivinitis I definitely would have put the rent in escrow until they fixed the issue if I couldn't move out. I have problems with them fixing things where I live now and I can't afford to go somewhere else. It not something I considered major but I noticed the people who get state assistance dont have to put up with the same kind of issues. They get their stuff fixed and right away because everything must be up to code for them. I am glad that at least my apts would put up with bugs. Even if we have ant or whatever all we need to do and they will take care of it. And they do inspections to make sure there isn't any hoarders or any major problems 2 times a year. However, I found out from an ex that works in maintenance that they still don't do everything they are supposed to. I just found a new issue that I didn't know about this morning. Part of the ceiling came down over my furnace and they just did work on it in May so they should have seen signs that there was a leak then. I noticed when they did the work there was a wet spot on the ground by it but I figured it had to do with my AC and the work they were doing with it. I gotta report it to them today but who knows how long it will take them to fix it. They obviously need to fix the leak in the apt above me first. Sorry, I guess Im just complaining now.
@@sitavita Yes, I agree. My family use to own a motel that was in another state and the people who we hired to run it and take care of it seemed ok at first but they ended up not responding to our calls and so my parents went down there to find that they were gone. They stole all the money, the AC units, and for some reason left a pile of poop in the manager's apartment living room for us to find. It wasn't a company. It was someone my Mom knew who was a single Mom and thought she was helping her but giving her the job ( that paid well) and that came with the apartment as a perk. I wish there was something in their contact that would have helped my parents. I know it was obviously a crime what she did but Idk if they ever found that woman. My parents didn't tell me but we lost the business because my parents couldn't afford to reopen the place. I dont blame them for not wanting to talk about it.
@@TheOfficialTarynTots if you are having continuing issues at your apartment that aren't being fixed those same laws that protect the people who get state assistance protect you as well! Things like the ceiling coming down need to be reported to the health department, Housing Department and the State's Attorneys Office. They work for you! Your taxes pay their salary! Call!!! I call all the time! I am pleasant, no need to be rude, but I get answers and I get shit done! They will help if you call!
I think 'replaceable' OP's boss was threatened by OP's business skills-He was afraid that OP might take his job, so he needed to get rid of the 'competition' the boss IMAGINED he had. This could be the modern male equivalent of "Snow White"
Story 4: Nothing is worth the risk of doing those illegal activities. Just don't do it. You'll wind up with less profit if you follow the laws, but at least you won't be slammed with fines and jail time.
@@yuukib.5528 if you have enough power why not just do the right thing and use the power for the greater good, as politicians don't do so? also if you need to do illegal stuff to keep your company afloat, you might do something wrong.
Even if you feel the law is unconstitutional, you still have to follow it until you can get it struck down. Forcing employees to ignore the law (and likely using them as scape goats later) is highly immoral.
If I learned anything working for gas stations and mini marts over thr years, its do not screw with the lottery commission. They give precisely zero fucks about your little gas station and they will bring the righteous hammer of Thor down on your heads if you fuck with them. We had a customer complaint that got a store manager, two shift managers, and two cashiers terminated outright as well as hefty fines all around. They do not screw around.
Story 4- I used to work at this hole in the wall that had a station where they would fill propane tanks. For those who don’t know, propane tanks have an expiration date on them. X years after manufacture date you need to get them re certified to make sure they don’t have too much rust, or leaky valves etc. after the first re-cert wears off you can get them checked again. After the second one wears off it is illegal to fill them. The hole in the wall I worked for didn’t care and would fill any tank. When I refused to fill one that was illegal, my boss told me never to refuse any one again or face disciplinary action. Being young and needing a paycheck I caved but boy I wish I would have turned them in
@@paulman34340 Rentals usually are a good investment. Often, a landlord renting a house can get enough in rent to not only cover the mortgage, taxes, and any related insurance (that the owner specifically needs to carry,) but make a decent profit.
She bought that home ABOVE MARKET PRICE just to avoid buying trash bags, which she could've easily tossed back into their yard instead of going along with it for 4 months. Still seems like a loss to me, or at least, a false solution. The whole thing is stupid to begin with, forcing people to buy specific overpriced trash bags. I don't even have money to waste on regular trash bags. I just dump my can directly into a dumpster. If you won't take it, it's going to wind up in the street at 4 am.
Bosses need to realize how irreplaceable some employees are. I work retail. On paper I’m quite replaceable. I’m fluent in Chinese and English. I used to work in an area that had a very high Chinese speaking population. When word got out that a Chinese speaker worked at my store we got a major influx of customers. Several times a day I was asked to translate. Then I had to move for my husband’s job. After I left so did a lot of the Chinese speaking customers. Just an example of you never know how irreplaceable your employees are.
"Might have been a totally different story if they lived somewhere were houses weren't $75K. It'd be kinda hard to buy the house next to you if it were 5x that much." Yeah, like in the part of the country that ISN'T the Ozarks like this clearly was. Housing isn't that cheap anywhere I've been. I'd kill for that price tag.
That would actually be on the high end for a small house where I live XD But you have to remember that with low housing prices and lower cost of living comes lower wages, too. As far as I can tell, people don't get their first house any younger here, if they manage it at all.
There a lot of similar channels to this, but yours is the only one I listen to. Your narration is the best. Complete doofuses getting their comeuppance feels so justified. 🙂
Story 3: I've lost count of all the "Boss mistreats their Employee, Employee comes back and destroys Boss's Business" stories Bad Bosses make bad decisions, a lot
Story 3: Calling someone replaceable is just ASKING to lose your business. Like, that is one of the worst things to call employee. The boss should've seen that coming.
If the OP in the last story wants to really remain anonymous they could have fudged the years. I once commented in a thread about a haunted hotel I worked at that I had experiences at. The owners and managers are really really anti-paranormal and will fire employees who mention paranormal activity. I still have friends who work there, I’m not going to mention the name and risk their jobs so I was really vague while leaving only 3 options, 1 is an SRO so it doesn’t count.
@@kitarrah1422 again I still know people working there and they could get fired. But I can say that in general if there is a suite in a hotel that seems to be in a weird location it is because it was made a suite because one of the rooms was haunted or “problematic” as management would say. If the doors don’t match that also means something is possible problematic, also if room numbers don’t match up something is up (it’s really expensive to renumber a whole floor). There is something you have to remember in hotels usually every floor is identical so the differences are where you look except for the stairs to the roof that may mess with some top floors.
That last story... "Huh, dishonest business practices that were making us extra cash suddenly costed us almost everything... what other dishonest practice could we try? Surely that'll work." Just... how stupid can you get?
Story 2: I'm an exterminator. Let me give you all some advice when it comes to dealing with roaches. First of all, keep your house clean!! Any food should be kept in sealed containers and waste needs to be either sealed or out of the house. Second, dyi fumigation is always a terrible idea. Even if you apply it correctly, most of the time it will barely work and/or just makes the roaches panic and spread out, making it much harder to pinpoint and treat. You're best bet when it comes to treatment is using a good roach bait gel (advion or optigard are good brands) because it doesn't cause them to run and spread. Just note that you should apply it in little dots, not lines, as it'll dry out faster and become unappealing to the roaches. DO NOT smoke around where it's being applied. Smoke will likely coat the bait and make it much less appealing to the roaches, thus much less effective. Most smoke from cooking is okay, but, from my own experience with treatment, strong curries should be avoided as they seem to negatively effect the baits effectiveness.
Question - as I've battled roaches for ages: Is it better to apply the dots in hard-to-reach areas, like dark shadows of shelves and such? And how much is too much? Like, one dot per shelf, or one dot per cupboard?
@@calanon534 Try Borax, found in the laundry detergent dept. Sprinkle it along the baseboards, on top of cabinets, under and behind furniture and appliances. Roaches are very clean and will lick the borax off their feet after walking thru it and poison themselves. They pretty much die right there. Once a week vacuum up the borax and dead roaches and replace the borax. In the 70's I lived in a slum apt building. I was the only apt that was roach free. Took about two months of weekly application and then it became once a month. Good luck. PS You might have to remove electrical outlet and switch covers and blow Broax in around the outlets and switches to prevent roaches from coming thru there.
It really depends on where you're seeing them. You can spot where they like to congregate by noting where their dropping are. (just look up roach droppings) The most common places they'll hide are under sinks, top corners of doors and frames, just behind the frames of cabinets, behind refrigerators (they'll be attracted to the heat electronics give off), in the corners of ceiling tiles, and really just any cracks or crevices that are close to a food source (or source of rot) It's best to apply the bait generously, like a line of dots two or three inches apart (think pacman) along the edge or crevice of where ever your treating. Smaller dots, maybe half a pea size, seem to work well. Also, keep the bait in areas out of reach to pets or any kids that might consume it.
@@MOTLMom There are some hanging hornet/gnat traps you can buy online, that you put a smelly solution in. (we use "Victor fly insect and yellow jacket traps" and a solution called "Invite" ) They can get very ripe after a while though, but are reusable as long as you have a solution to refill the containers. There are also indoor plug in fly lights (A decent one is "Flyweb Fly light trap", but there may be better more durable ones out there too. ), which basically give off a light that lures flying insects to a replaceable sticky pad behind it, best used in rooms that will be dark at some point in the day. Oddly enough, I've also noticed that gnats will flock to plain old paper glueboards for rodent control as well. I don't know if theres a scent to them that lures them, or something else, but it's not uncommon that I find a whole bunch of them stuck to one thats been covered or hidden out of sight. Hope that helps! =)
Hey DarkFluff! I have reason to believe the Gas station in question is the Kangaroo Gas station brand. They were around a lot when I was younger but they all suddenly vanished and were replaced by different named gas stations.
Unfortunately that’s not the case. Around 2016 they were acquired and eventually they rebranded to the Circle-K brand. I live in South Carolina where some of the Kangaroos exist but most have been rebranded.
I don't think so. Kangaroo was always more of a central & south FL chain, and I think they were only recently branching out into GA and the Carolinas by the time Circle-K bought them. I'm from that region, but on the FL side, and the only chains I can think of are Busy Bee and S&S. I doubt it's Busy Bee because they're based out of FL and still awesome, but S&S might be a contender. It could also be EnMarket or QuikTrip, but I think those are both a bit more recent than the story implies.
@@psilocinesthesia yeah you may have a point, but quick trip are all over northern SC and southern NC. And kangaroo does indeed still exist in the outskirts of major cities like Greensboro (where I love) and surrounding areas. I know because I used to shop there.
Story 1: When the police did nothing I would have just started returning her property back to her...over the fence...with the bags emptied and dropped on top of the pile. Story 2: OUCH! That had to hurt. But I agree with the owner...the PM did not do their job properly from the start...then again with the fumigation of the wrong area. Story 4: I have never heard of a gas station that sells ammo & guns. Even checked online for any kind of reference to this story. Nada.
Story 3: We're having that same problem at my company. We mostly do steel work and welding, the manager and the foremen have gotten into the habit of telling us "If you don't like it here or you think you can find something else, feel free to leave. We can replace you within a day." So a lot of people are leaving, and while they are finding replacements quickly those replacements rarely last beyond 2 weeks, mostly due to poor work quality or drugs. As for me, I'm just waiting for a phone call so I can give my two week notice and get out of this toxic dump.
okay, last story, the memo about being a terminal offence not to sell shotgun shell to a customer regardless of age. I would have snapped a picture of it and explamed myself "what a great memo I think I'll use it as my profile picture on facebook, what do you think manager ?"
Story one: I had a crazy neighbour who spent her time making calls to the authorities about people who upset her, nitpicking by law complaints to outright false criminal accusations. I was not surprised when she eventually got around to me, but I was prepared: I phoned her landlord and offered her taxable value for the house. She chose to put it on the market and got twenty thousand above, which was fine. I got rid of the crazy neighbour for nothing! Yes, having money is a great thing when the Karen from Hell decides to start in on you!
The 1st story baffles me. I wouldn't be buying the purple bags for their trash. You wanna throw your trash into my yard? Imma throw them right back over.
As a landlord myself, I know many landlords that don’t suck. There are lots of good ones out there. Interview your landlord and read reviews if they have any. My tenant has become my friend.
Then you're extorting your "friend" for money because they need a place to live and sleep and be protected from the elements. You're not absorbing any risk, you're playing finder's keepers.
@@noellelavenza494 you clearly assume. I make ZERO off of her. I reduced her rent down to cost. As to why I did this is none of your business though. You need to stop being a damn pessimist. Your tone clearly indicates self loathing and hatred
@@noellelavenza494 🤦No, just no. A landlord is _absolutely_ absorbing the risk. Anything goes wrong with the property, it's on the _landlord_ to take care of it, _not_ the tenant. If the tenant is a bad tenant and decides not to pay rent, the landlord is on the hook for continuing to pay for the mortgage, land taxes, any utilities and water, etc., to keep the place from falling into disrepair, and may not be able to evict tenants for up to a year, which means those moochers are living rent free while the landlord is paying through the nose. It's also a pretty common thing for friends and family to take advantage of landlords, trashing the place and refusing to pay rent, because they tend to be good at guilting the landlords into letting them live rent free. The thing is, it is never truly free, because someone has to pay, and that someone ends up being the landlord. No, I'm not a landlord - I just have common sense. I also lived next to two homes growing up that were rented out for a while by the owners who moved before eventually being bought by new families because renting them out was not worth it: The first house had all the copper piping ripped out, the appliances stolen, feces smeared on the walls and ground into the carpets, and a couple of windows broken. Those tenants had lived there for about two years before finally getting evicted. The second house had all the walls needing to get fixed and cleaned, the carpets had to be ripped out and replaced, and it took two weeks for a team of landscapers to repair the yard, including laying down new sod. The tenants had only been in there for about a year and they skipped town instead of paying. This last house was originally owned by a couple of 70-year-old retirees who were depending on it for retirement income.
For the first story, I don't blame OP for purchasing the house and evicting her. As for the house, it sounds like a duplex style home which can have two owners. Also, duplexes usually split a single lot, or one owner owns the lot and the owner of the second unit pays rent for the use of half the lot, sort of like trailer parks. People own the trailers, and rent the lot. So OP getting the chance to buy the other unit for $75k sounds about right for a duplex unit.
C-Corp might mean Citco stations. All I found was a bunch of Citco stations in middle Georgia being shut by Law Enforcement. They may have been franchised as Citco but could have had other names as well. The owners and management of the franchises went down for breaking the law which means stores would start closing when they began losing money only to be sold. Probably bought by Sunoco.
Something I noticed in story 1 is, it took 2 full time and 1 part time employees to replace him kind of and the company outsourced 2 other things he took care of.
My Dad was both Company Secretary and Accountant for a number of decades for a business that owned large cattle stations in Queensland Australia. The HO was based in Melbourne, Australia. His two jobs became more and more overwhelming as time went on, and, though he managed it was starting to get to him, and it was clear that he couldn't continue getting more and more overworked. After many attempts to get the company to hire him an assistant, he finally gave them an ultimatum. "Get me an assistant that knows what they are doing, and can take over some of the workload without me having to spend more time training them than it would take me to do the job, or I will be leaving in 6 months." Six months! You'd think that would be enough notice, wouldn't you? After 3 months, nothing had changed and he reminded them of when he had said, and that there were only 3 months left. Their response? "We thought you were joking." He told them he was not. But after 3 months, still nothing had changed and he left. They hired 3 people to do the job he was doing previously.
The company owner, district manager, and others in charge of C-Corp got what they deserved. But, I feel bad for the innocent, hard working people who lost their jobs over this.
C-Corp's management did it to them, not OP. The company would have failed in some other way, or in the same way but due to a customer reporting them instead, and the innocent workers would have lost their jobs just the same. I feel for them, though.
#1 $71K for a house ? That's pretty cheap, unless that was in the 1960's early 1970's. Back then, it was pretty normal price for a single family house. #2 Property management company wanted to save some bucks by cutting the corners very round, and ended up paying a LOT. Nice revenge. Being OP, I would give my lawyer a very nice gift for the next holidays. #3 Bad boss claims that OP is the «most replaceable» of the employee... Then need to hire 2 full time and a part time to replace him, but only partially as part of OP responsibilities had to be outsourced. Bad boss made a VERY bad decision by short changing OP like he did. Ended up loosing his whole business end job. Play stupid game, win stupid prize. #4 Normally, when a store sell a winning lottery ticket, they get a cut on the wining. Also, when they have to pay the prize, they are fully reimbursed, plus the cut. So, paying up to the stated maximum DO NOT affect the bottom line of the store. At least, the monthly bottom line.
Around here, the cost of trash pickup is included in your taxes. Doesn't matter how much trash you generate, everyone pays the same. I have a friend that lives in another state. She has to take her trash to the dump, and is charged based on how much she has. So, I'm thinking that it's like that with the purple bags. You're paying based on how much trash you generate.
It is often offered as an alternative to having a bin. Consider how many packed bags you put in your bin and do the math of collection frequency and cost of service. I fill one garbage bag every 2 weeks…sometimes longer due to travel. Why pay for a bin?
Thing about landlord stories is, you never hear about the good ones, just the bad ones. My wife and I own a bunch of rental properties, overseen by a management company in multiple states. And generally speaking, if there's an issue that requires immediate action, our standing orders are get it taken care of as soon as you are aware of it, and fill me in latter. Bugs, structural/mechanical, HOA, whatever, just deal with it and tell me latter. Now you'd think, living states away, I can't be a good landlord right? How would I be there if needed? Well that's the fun thing about being a pilot, schedule me on a flight to the nearest airport, with a few day stop, and ill be there if I am needed. Of course you won't be reading about any of my properties on Reddit, since there's nothing to tell. Only problems you might have would be self inflicted.
When I was laid off in 2007, they had to split my duties between 5 people and still couldn't keep up with it all. When I left the nest job, they created a second state position and the 2 in the office with student managers could not handle everything I had.
It's principle for many managers and company owners. They have to take that stance, that any and every employee is replaceable because they hate having to pay anyone to work for them and would prefer to have them all go away.
You have to wonder what corporate thinks in these situations. What is the endgame scenario here? As Francisco eloquently phrased it, every employee who was paying attention had that nuke in their back pocket. And it would only take one of them, as we saw, to drop that nuke on them.
story 2... ofc OP is going to be the only good landlord you read about people only write these stories if they have something to complain about "hey reddit, today i want to share with you the story about how awesome my landlord is..." -- yeah, no one is going to botter writing it, or reading it enough to gain attention
Having lived in rented apartments for all my adult life, it always shocks me when landlords let valuable buildings fall into disrepair. It's their livelihood, and their investment. And it always starts with neglected little thing that build up into big things.
As a georgia girl, I'm pretty sure the last story was about citgo. Cant confirm just a big guess as I do remember a while ago there was a story about law enforcement shutting down and raiding a bunch of them and alot of them got shut down. I'm pretty sure it was bought out but not by who. I know there us still some around
Story 1, should've put up a camera to show the bags being chucked over, then chuck them back. Save himself 70.5k to get rid of a NFH. Second story, always double check your contracts before signing them. 3rd story, screwing your jack of all trades over who basically ran everything is a good way to make enemies. Then it cost the sleazeball his whole business. 4th story, such simple laws they decided to ignore and shoot themselves in the foot. Sleazy business practices never pay off in the long run.
Story 1. If houses were 375,000, I doubt the woman could afford to rent it. Generally, a landlord charges enough to make their payment on the property and maintenance. They need to make a profit. To do that, they will need to charge enough for property taxes too. If I were to rent my house instead of buy it, I would end up paying considerably more, and never have anything to show for it.
Can't even imagine telling one of my long-term employees that they're replaceable. _They're not._ Everyone seeking employment in my town right now is a crackhead, terminal alcoholic, multiple felon, or other completely nonfunctional lump of protoplasm who applied with us because they just got fired from somewhere else. We give them a chance anyway because we're desperate and because we don't want to be That Guy™ who won't even give someone a chance. Short version, crackheads simply aren't employable.
they're non-functional _human beings_ that need help. doesn't mean you should keep them on as employees at all, but it does mean you should at least talk about them in a decent way.
So you don't think the Libertarian idea of "legalize all the drugs" is a good idea? I keep saying we will still have a lot of the same problems with people committing crimes to get the money to pay for their drugs as well as junkies who can't do much of anything to help society.
Story 3. I did the exact same thing as Opie. I work for a lawn maintenance company for eight years and had built his business up pretty well over that time. Handling all of the lawn side of the business as well as taking on all of his Landscaping side work that he didn't want to bother with. After he said that I was replaceable I used the money I had been saving up from the Landscaping side work to open my own lawn maintenance and property management company.. I took six of his largest accounts and it now pays my employees salary for the whole year while I still have over 150 other accounts to help with expanding my business
First story: I would've bought normal trash bags and had a kid color them purple. Well, no. I'd buy some junky old trailer, load it with all my trash, and take it to the dump once a month. If the town didn't like it, I'd tell them "Well, your trash guys are welcome to unload the bags from my trailer..."
Story 1 is such an easy fix that the solution that came up was unexpected. Could have just kept every single receipt from buying the bags and recorded the child doing it...and then sued them. 😂
@@cherylwolf7458 if I get video of your kid throwing trash in my yard...then the parents are responsible, regardless if they told him to do it or not. 🤷🏾♂️
@@khalidfrancis6845 OH! I am with you 100%!! I was just saying, in this instance, they tried going to the cops. The COPS said they couldn't act because they couldn't prove the Mom told he kid to do it. I feel it was lousy policing, in this instance, they just didn't want to deal with it! It is the mother's responsibility whether she told the kid to or not.
Story 4: of course weapons and ammo are federal. They're manufactured in other states (or internationally), so they travel interstate and thus fall under federal law. Stupid federal grand jury duty taught me this.
Story 2: Most landlords are actually good; the problem is you pretty much _never_ hear about the good ones. So since you only hear about bad landlords, all landlords are considered bad, which... yeah, not good. Bad tenants are actually more common, as well as bad property managers - and this story had both. So, good job OP!
I was told that by my work. I retired and moved to Vegas. Fast forward 6 years. The current person in my old position quit after being called incompetent by the auditors. So they had to pay me a boat load of money to work remotely for 6 months and get the audit done and cover while they tried (twice) to get someone who could do the job 🤣🤣🤣
Some employers do recognize the good employees. I’ve been fired, and then re-hired by my current employer 3 times. Always with a pay raise. Sometimes you don’t recognize the value of a thing (or person) until it’s gone.
Yes!! I'm so glad to hear from you Fluff. I have been having busy few hours and I needed to hear something like this. Thank you for posting. Love the videos.
Story 1 The woman had it coming. That was a very good way of getting rid of her. I've never heard of special bags before. Some places you have to separate stuff, but other than that no.
Story 4 Sounds like ATF got involved. They are *not* amused when crap like that happens. Sounds more like nuclear revenge from the excessive, but warranted fallout. State and federal entities tend to get really testy when you break the law. When I was a pharm tech we had a couple of times when people were trying to pass phony/tampered with/illegal scripts. A DEA agent (I uses to work with him as he was a Pharmacist) questioned everyone. The woman was caught and got prison time (according to Mr. DEA guy). We of course had her address and phone number. How dumb do you have to be to pull stupid crap like faking a class II narcotic and letting people know _where you live_ ?
Boss ... if the bonuses aren't performance related, and they clearly aren't an equal division of the available bonus budget ... just how the hell are they determined?
Management people should read more Aesop if they can't comprehend Tsun Zu's Art of War. That manager from Story 3 should be safe if he read Aesop's "The Eagle and The Arrow", rather than blindly reading imposing Tsun Zu's saying: “One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.” and then firing everyone that's not on his terms!
Petrol (Gas) stations make most of their money from two things. Petrol/diesel sales (obviously) and lottery ticket sales. For that company to loose the Lottery license would have been a massive blow to their revenue. Not to mention all the fines they had to pay out for breaking the law. No wonder the company folded.
I worked at a gas station that sold lottery. We were told not to pay anything over $100 too. When I asked our lottery rep he said most stores do that but we're supposed to say we don't have enough money on site to pay out. That was actually the truth most of the time as we weren't supposed to have more than 150 in the drawer at any time
“No, you’re replaceable!”
Should have given the guy an UNO reverse card along with your new business card.
Boss: you're replaceable, kid!
OP: no you're replaceable.
Boss: ah, how the hell does that even work?
OP: "Hey, why is my pay low?"
Boss: "Because it's based on you being replacable."
OP: "OK then, I quit."
Boss: "What!?! How dare you quit!?! Just for that, you're fired!!!"
Ummm....can anyone figure out the logic behind this, because I can't. 🤷♀🤦♀
story 1: In 98 when I first bought my house, there was a crack house/drug den across the street (this is an urban setting Victorian gentrification neighborhood and my neighbors wouldn't sell)...when a car pulled up and honked, the mother would send her 5 year old out of the house to deliver the drugs to the cars because who would prosecute a 5 year old? One neighbor, after getting no where with the local police, called the DEA on her. Once she was cleared out the chief of police went to the alerting neighbor's house and screamed, "What the F*** did you think you were doing?!" The police chief was making kick backs from the drug den and others like it!!!!
It’s pity that was before camera phones and home security cameras weren’t on the regular yet, that little stunt could’ve cost the the police chief his job!
Why wouldn't OP just throw the bags back over the fence? Or even better put it in front go their house.
We'd toss 'em over ripped so they spill out into her yard...
Because then they would probably be charged with an offence, I know how ludicrous it sounds but it is possible. 🤷
@@anthonygilmour6236 How? The lady would have to prove that not only did the bags magically got in the other yard without them knowing, but that OP threw them back over.
No cop is gonna bother dealing with that crazy woman spouting crazy things like that.
Set up a camera to prove the bags are thrown over and she has no case whatsoever.
@@spiritbx1337 because after the first time someone as petty as that neighbour would probably film OP the second time and claim that OP was doing it and not her with the film as "proof".
@@anthonygilmour6236 Something OP should have done instead of wasting that money on more Purple Trash Bags! (or buy the house either to boot you!) Karens can care less if you hate them or not the smug pricks! It's why you shouldn't feel sorry humiliating them! OP let this go on too Long before they did anything (we had something like this before at my home! Guess what, my mother gave me full permission to make it "not worth it for our neighbors to continue doing this!" Especially as they started copying us BADLY by trying to buy the brand of Garbage Bags we use! Too bad I tie the garbage in a certain way and our brand is pretty easy to tell the difference that the tickets they were getting finally made them "do their own fucking garbage CORRECTLY! Instead of US wasting money, it was THEM wasting money playing this game for NINE MONTHS before it stopped! I was sad they finally got the message as I was hoping they'd fail to pay the rent and get evicted so we don't have to bother with them anymore.)
In the last story, while op's actions were 100% justified, and the company really did need to pay the price, I can't help but feel bad for all of the innocent people that lost their jobs
@@H-to-O I havent even gotten to the past story yet, but yeah seriously. When it comes to government regulations you dont screw around. When you choose to stay with a company like this, you should understand that you are staying with a failing company. No need to feel sorry for the chaps that didnt bail earlier.
Especially because I'm sure no landlord would be able to evict you for non payment because you refused to work for an illegal boss. They can TRY and say "You should have stayed there and payed until you had a better job", but I dont think any court of law would be okay with the idea of forcing someone to knowingly break the law and steal money from the government.
@@H-to-O wait, you think it's simple to find a job that works around a college student schedule at the snap of the fingers in Rural GEORGIA? Tell us about your privilege and how you don't know what you're talking about without saying it.
@@pansprayers On the other hand, risk going to prison and potentially loosing your place in collage because you broke federal law. Personally, I think I'd go without that risk thanks.
Yeah I was wondering if this belonged in r/nuclearrevenge as there was a bit of fallout, even if what he did was perfectly legal, I guess as the saying goes "the road to hell be paved with good intentions"
Story 2: I'd be pissed off about roaches too. It sounds like OP was a great owner. Hopefully, he hired a better team to run his apartments after that.
He does sound like a great landlord, but it's also a lesson in being more involved than just the report from the management company. Every single one we hired in Guam when my in-laws still owned property there was corrupt and caused extensive damage to the property due to their neglect. We live stateside and had to do things this way. Eventually they sold the property, but it was the biggest PITA ever. I wished we had a lawyer look over their contract before we signed it, that clause would have saved my in-laws thousands of dollars in repairs.
@@arcanisdivinitis I definitely would have put the rent in escrow until they fixed the issue if I couldn't move out. I have problems with them fixing things where I live now and I can't afford to go somewhere else. It not something I considered major but I noticed the people who get state assistance dont have to put up with the same kind of issues. They get their stuff fixed and right away because everything must be up to code for them. I am glad that at least my apts would put up with bugs. Even if we have ant or whatever all we need to do and they will take care of it. And they do inspections to make sure there isn't any hoarders or any major problems 2 times a year. However, I found out from an ex that works in maintenance that they still don't do everything they are supposed to. I just found a new issue that I didn't know about this morning. Part of the ceiling came down over my furnace and they just did work on it in May so they should have seen signs that there was a leak then. I noticed when they did the work there was a wet spot on the ground by it but I figured it had to do with my AC and the work they were doing with it. I gotta report it to them today but who knows how long it will take them to fix it. They obviously need to fix the leak in the apt above me first. Sorry, I guess Im just complaining now.
@@sitavita Yes, I agree. My family use to own a motel that was in another state and the people who we hired to run it and take care of it seemed ok at first but they ended up not responding to our calls and so my parents went down there to find that they were gone. They stole all the money, the AC units, and for some reason left a pile of poop in the manager's apartment living room for us to find. It wasn't a company. It was someone my Mom knew who was a single Mom and thought she was helping her but giving her the job ( that paid well) and that came with the apartment as a perk. I wish there was something in their contact that would have helped my parents. I know it was obviously a crime what she did but Idk if they ever found that woman. My parents didn't tell me but we lost the business because my parents couldn't afford to reopen the place. I dont blame them for not wanting to talk about it.
@@TheOfficialTarynTots if you are having continuing issues at your apartment that aren't being fixed those same laws that protect the people who get state assistance protect you as well! Things like the ceiling coming down need to be reported to the health department, Housing Department and the State's Attorneys Office. They work for you! Your taxes pay their salary! Call!!! I call all the time! I am pleasant, no need to be rude, but I get answers and I get shit done! They will help if you call!
I think 'replaceable' OP's boss was threatened by OP's business skills-He was afraid that OP might take his job, so he needed to get rid of the 'competition' the boss IMAGINED he had.
This could be the modern male equivalent of "Snow White"
Story 4: Nothing is worth the risk of doing those illegal activities. Just don't do it. You'll wind up with less profit if you follow the laws, but at least you won't be slammed with fines and jail time.
Unless you have enough power and/or political pull.
@@yuukib.5528 if you have enough power why not just do the right thing and use the power for the greater good, as politicians don't do so? also if you need to do illegal stuff to keep your company afloat, you might do something wrong.
Even if you feel the law is unconstitutional, you still have to follow it until you can get it struck down. Forcing employees to ignore the law (and likely using them as scape goats later) is highly immoral.
@@Mongolenfreak they don't think like that, the only thoughts in their heads is profit margins and how to increase them
If I learned anything working for gas stations and mini marts over thr years, its do not screw with the lottery commission. They give precisely zero fucks about your little gas station and they will bring the righteous hammer of Thor down on your heads if you fuck with them. We had a customer complaint that got a store manager, two shift managers, and two cashiers terminated outright as well as hefty fines all around. They do not screw around.
Story 4- I used to work at this hole in the wall that had a station where they would fill propane tanks.
For those who don’t know, propane tanks have an expiration date on them. X years after manufacture date you need to get them re certified to make sure they don’t have too much rust, or leaky valves etc. after the first re-cert wears off you can get them checked again. After the second one wears off it is illegal to fill them.
The hole in the wall I worked for didn’t care and would fill any tank. When I refused to fill one that was illegal, my boss told me never to refuse any one again or face disciplinary action. Being young and needing a paycheck I caved but boy I wish I would have turned them in
I watched King of the Hill...and I know tanks need to b constantly checked. Lol
@@khalidfrancis6845 Since the explosion, everything I play sounds like feels so good.
Story 1: Talk about fulfilling a Dream (Getting rid of the person you hate the most with F-you money)
Feels like a waste of money! (For both the bags and the house) hope OP gets their money worth from the new place!
@@paulman34340 Rentals usually are a good investment. Often, a landlord renting a house can get enough in rent to not only cover the mortgage, taxes, and any related insurance (that the owner specifically needs to carry,) but make a decent profit.
She bought that home ABOVE MARKET PRICE just to avoid buying trash bags, which she could've easily tossed back into their yard instead of going along with it for 4 months. Still seems like a loss to me, or at least, a false solution. The whole thing is stupid to begin with, forcing people to buy specific overpriced trash bags. I don't even have money to waste on regular trash bags. I just dump my can directly into a dumpster. If you won't take it, it's going to wind up in the street at 4 am.
Story 2, nice of a landlord who doesn't suck! Way to go dude, big thumbs up to you!!!
Helped out his tenants, and got one hell of a serving of revenge on that god awful management company
Bosses need to realize how irreplaceable some employees are. I work retail. On paper I’m quite replaceable. I’m fluent in Chinese and English. I used to work in an area that had a very high Chinese speaking population. When word got out that a Chinese speaker worked at my store we got a major influx of customers. Several times a day I was asked to translate. Then I had to move for my husband’s job. After I left so did a lot of the Chinese speaking customers.
Just an example of you never know how irreplaceable your employees are.
"Might have been a totally different story if they lived somewhere were houses weren't $75K. It'd be kinda hard to buy the house next to you if it were 5x that much." Yeah, like in the part of the country that ISN'T the Ozarks like this clearly was. Housing isn't that cheap anywhere I've been. I'd kill for that price tag.
@James Cheddar maybe so but then you're out in the goddamned wilderness. I need at least a small township nearby to feel normal.
Lol that was my reaction too! 75K would be unheard of cheap for a home in the area I live in.
@@Blackout5871 If all you want is a small township nearby, move to rural northern Wisconsin. Towns are tiny, but housing and taxes are cheap.
@@Blackout5871 you want a tiny town?! Move to Gervais Oregon! It is the definition of " BLINK AND YOU'LL MISS IT"!
That would actually be on the high end for a small house where I live XD But you have to remember that with low housing prices and lower cost of living comes lower wages, too. As far as I can tell, people don't get their first house any younger here, if they manage it at all.
There a lot of similar channels to this, but yours is the only one I listen to. Your narration is the best. Complete doofuses getting their comeuppance feels so justified. 🙂
The look on her face must have been priceless. OP standing there handing her a stack of papers and then telling her that they were eviction documents.
Story 3: I've lost count of all the "Boss mistreats their Employee, Employee comes back and destroys Boss's Business" stories
Bad Bosses make bad decisions, a lot
Story 3: Calling someone replaceable is just ASKING to lose your business. Like, that is one of the worst things to call employee.
The boss should've seen that coming.
Big fat "Playing Duck Duck Goose" in the room, while not realizing that That is the Golden Goose....
Everyone is replaceable. Which would be my response.
If the OP in the last story wants to really remain anonymous they could have fudged the years. I once commented in a thread about a haunted hotel I worked at that I had experiences at. The owners and managers are really really anti-paranormal and will fire employees who mention paranormal activity. I still have friends who work there, I’m not going to mention the name and risk their jobs so I was really vague while leaving only 3 options, 1 is an SRO so it doesn’t count.
Ooh, I would love to hear about the paranormal experiences!
@@kitarrah1422 again I still know people working there and they could get fired. But I can say that in general if there is a suite in a hotel that seems to be in a weird location it is because it was made a suite because one of the rooms was haunted or “problematic” as management would say. If the doors don’t match that also means something is possible problematic, also if room numbers don’t match up something is up (it’s really expensive to renumber a whole floor). There is something you have to remember in hotels usually every floor is identical so the differences are where you look except for the stairs to the roof that may mess with some top floors.
@@rorimorgant.williams6647 I'll have to remember that.
That last story...
"Huh, dishonest business practices that were making us extra cash suddenly costed us almost everything... what other dishonest practice could we try? Surely that'll work."
Just... how stupid can you get?
Story 2: I'm an exterminator. Let me give you all some advice when it comes to dealing with roaches. First of all, keep your house clean!!
Any food should be kept in sealed containers and waste needs to be either sealed or out of the house.
Second, dyi fumigation is always a terrible idea. Even if you apply it correctly, most of the time it will barely work and/or just makes the roaches panic and spread out, making it much harder to pinpoint and treat.
You're best bet when it comes to treatment is using a good roach bait gel (advion or optigard are good brands) because it doesn't cause them to run and spread. Just note that you should apply it in little dots, not lines, as it'll dry out faster and become unappealing to the roaches. DO NOT smoke around where it's being applied. Smoke will likely coat the bait and make it much less appealing to the roaches, thus much less effective. Most smoke from cooking is okay, but, from my own experience with treatment, strong curries should be avoided as they seem to negatively effect the baits effectiveness.
Question - as I've battled roaches for ages: Is it better to apply the dots in hard-to-reach areas, like dark shadows of shelves and such? And how much is too much? Like, one dot per shelf, or one dot per cupboard?
Got aby advice about gnats..?
@@calanon534 Try Borax, found in the laundry detergent dept. Sprinkle it along the baseboards, on top of cabinets, under and behind furniture and appliances. Roaches are very clean and will lick the borax off their feet after walking thru it and poison themselves. They pretty much die right there.
Once a week vacuum up the borax and dead roaches and replace the borax. In the 70's I lived in a slum apt building. I was the only apt that was roach free. Took about two months of weekly application and then it became once a month. Good luck.
PS You might have to remove electrical outlet and switch covers and blow Broax in around the outlets and switches to prevent roaches from coming thru there.
It really depends on where you're seeing them. You can spot where they like to congregate by noting where their dropping are. (just look up roach droppings) The most common places they'll hide are under sinks, top corners of doors and frames, just behind the frames of cabinets, behind refrigerators (they'll be attracted to the heat electronics give off), in the corners of ceiling tiles, and really just any cracks or crevices that are close to a food source (or source of rot)
It's best to apply the bait generously, like a line of dots two or three inches apart (think pacman) along the edge or crevice of where ever your treating. Smaller dots, maybe half a pea size, seem to work well.
Also, keep the bait in areas out of reach to pets or any kids that might consume it.
@@MOTLMom There are some hanging hornet/gnat traps you can buy online, that you put a smelly solution in. (we use "Victor fly insect and yellow jacket traps" and a solution called "Invite" ) They can get very ripe after a while though, but are reusable as long as you have a solution to refill the containers. There are also indoor plug in fly lights (A decent one is "Flyweb Fly light trap", but there may be better more durable ones out there too. ), which basically give off a light that lures flying insects to a replaceable sticky pad behind it, best used in rooms that will be dark at some point in the day. Oddly enough, I've also noticed that gnats will flock to plain old paper glueboards for rodent control as well. I don't know if theres a scent to them that lures them, or something else, but it's not uncommon that I find a whole bunch of them stuck to one thats been covered or hidden out of sight.
Hope that helps! =)
Too bad about C-Corp. As the saying goes, "Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives should be a convenience store, not a Federal agency."
Hey DarkFluff! I have reason to believe the Gas station in question is the Kangaroo Gas station brand. They were around a lot when I was younger but they all suddenly vanished and were replaced by different named gas stations.
Kangaroo gas exists where I am and that’s in the middle of NC. Granted there’s not a lot of em but I’m not sure it’s that
I was wondering the same thing
Unfortunately that’s not the case. Around 2016 they were acquired and eventually they rebranded to the Circle-K brand. I live in South Carolina where some of the Kangaroos exist but most have been rebranded.
I don't think so. Kangaroo was always more of a central & south FL chain, and I think they were only recently branching out into GA and the Carolinas by the time Circle-K bought them. I'm from that region, but on the FL side, and the only chains I can think of are Busy Bee and S&S. I doubt it's Busy Bee because they're based out of FL and still awesome, but S&S might be a contender. It could also be EnMarket or QuikTrip, but I think those are both a bit more recent than the story implies.
@@psilocinesthesia yeah you may have a point, but quick trip are all over northern SC and southern NC. And kangaroo does indeed still exist in the outskirts of major cities like Greensboro (where I love) and surrounding areas. I know because I used to shop there.
Story 1: When the police did nothing I would have just started returning her property back to her...over the fence...with the bags emptied and dropped on top of the pile.
Story 2: OUCH! That had to hurt. But I agree with the owner...the PM did not do their job properly from the start...then again with the fumigation of the wrong area.
Story 4: I have never heard of a gas station that sells ammo & guns. Even checked online for any kind of reference to this story. Nada.
I love stories when smug bosses screw their best employees, and in the process create their own executioners.
Story 3: We're having that same problem at my company. We mostly do steel work and welding, the manager and the foremen have gotten into the habit of telling us "If you don't like it here or you think you can find something else, feel free to leave. We can replace you within a day." So a lot of people are leaving, and while they are finding replacements quickly those replacements rarely last beyond 2 weeks, mostly due to poor work quality or drugs. As for me, I'm just waiting for a phone call so I can give my two week notice and get out of this toxic dump.
okay, last story, the memo about being a terminal offence not to sell shotgun shell to a customer regardless of age. I would have snapped a picture of it and explamed myself "what a great memo I think I'll use it as my profile picture on facebook, what do you think manager ?"
Story one: I had a crazy neighbour who spent her time making calls to the authorities about people who upset her, nitpicking by law complaints to outright false criminal accusations. I was not surprised when she eventually got around to me, but I was prepared: I phoned her landlord and offered her taxable value for the house.
She chose to put it on the market and got twenty thousand above, which was fine. I got rid of the crazy neighbour for nothing! Yes, having money is a great thing when the Karen from Hell decides to start in on you!
The 1st story baffles me. I wouldn't be buying the purple bags for their trash. You wanna throw your trash into my yard? Imma throw them right back over.
Buying ammunition at a gas station???? America is a hell of a drug.
I imagine in some parts of the country ammunition is a necessity. And there's not always the ability to setup a convenient specialized store.
Concerning story #4, that wasn't prorevenge; it was NUCLEAR (imho). When the DATF gets involved, you're royally screwed.
As a landlord myself, I know many landlords that don’t suck. There are lots of good ones out there. Interview your landlord and read reviews if they have any. My tenant has become my friend.
It's like the news, positivity doesn't get talked about and mob mentality and hateful generalization is the norm
Then you're extorting your "friend" for money because they need a place to live and sleep and be protected from the elements. You're not absorbing any risk, you're playing finder's keepers.
@@noellelavenza494 you clearly assume. I make ZERO off of her. I reduced her rent down to cost. As to why I did this is none of your business though. You need to stop being a damn pessimist. Your tone clearly indicates self loathing and hatred
@@josebaez7116 Whoa there, bud, now that's projecting.
@@noellelavenza494 🤦No, just no. A landlord is _absolutely_ absorbing the risk. Anything goes wrong with the property, it's on the _landlord_ to take care of it, _not_ the tenant. If the tenant is a bad tenant and decides not to pay rent, the landlord is on the hook for continuing to pay for the mortgage, land taxes, any utilities and water, etc., to keep the place from falling into disrepair, and may not be able to evict tenants for up to a year, which means those moochers are living rent free while the landlord is paying through the nose.
It's also a pretty common thing for friends and family to take advantage of landlords, trashing the place and refusing to pay rent, because they tend to be good at guilting the landlords into letting them live rent free. The thing is, it is never truly free, because someone has to pay, and that someone ends up being the landlord.
No, I'm not a landlord - I just have common sense. I also lived next to two homes growing up that were rented out for a while by the owners who moved before eventually being bought by new families because renting them out was not worth it:
The first house had all the copper piping ripped out, the appliances stolen, feces smeared on the walls and ground into the carpets, and a couple of windows broken. Those tenants had lived there for about two years before finally getting evicted.
The second house had all the walls needing to get fixed and cleaned, the carpets had to be ripped out and replaced, and it took two weeks for a team of landscapers to repair the yard, including laying down new sod. The tenants had only been in there for about a year and they skipped town instead of paying. This last house was originally owned by a couple of 70-year-old retirees who were depending on it for retirement income.
For the first story, I don't blame OP for purchasing the house and evicting her. As for the house, it sounds like a duplex style home which can have two owners. Also, duplexes usually split a single lot, or one owner owns the lot and the owner of the second unit pays rent for the use of half the lot, sort of like trailer parks. People own the trailers, and rent the lot. So OP getting the chance to buy the other unit for $75k sounds about right for a duplex unit.
Story 1: It would be cheaper to return their property right back over that fence.
C-Corp might mean Citco stations. All I found was a bunch of Citco stations in middle Georgia being shut by Law Enforcement. They may have been franchised as Citco but could have had other names as well. The owners and management of the franchises went down for breaking the law which means stores would start closing when they began losing money only to be sold. Probably bought by Sunoco.
i remember the news about this, it may be about them/ it was so long ago i cant remember all the details
Thx, this was what I came to the comments for. I got distracted long b4 I found it
First story, why did he just not chuck the bags back into her yard? confusing.
11:43 Dark was way too proud of that dad joke and I approve. His stifled laugh is more wholesome than the dad joke tho xD
Story 2: kudos to Landlord OP's lawyer and friend for suggesting the clause. 👏
I spent three weeks listening to DarkFluff, listening to eight or nine per day. Love it.
Something I noticed in story 1 is, it took 2 full time and 1 part time employees to replace him kind of and the company outsourced 2 other things he took care of.
Story 1
OP: "I don't want to pay for your trashbags"
Also OP: Pays 75K to get rid of neighbor.
why pay for recurring trash bags when you can buy the trash can for 1 low low payment and still make a profit in the long run.
My Dad was both Company Secretary and Accountant for a number of decades for a business that owned large cattle stations in Queensland Australia. The HO was based in Melbourne, Australia. His two jobs became more and more overwhelming as time went on, and, though he managed it was starting to get to him, and it was clear that he couldn't continue getting more and more overworked. After many attempts to get the company to hire him an assistant, he finally gave them an ultimatum. "Get me an assistant that knows what they are doing, and can take over some of the workload without me having to spend more time training them than it would take me to do the job, or I will be leaving in 6 months." Six months! You'd think that would be enough notice, wouldn't you? After 3 months, nothing had changed and he reminded them of when he had said, and that there were only 3 months left. Their response? "We thought you were joking." He told them he was not. But after 3 months, still nothing had changed and he left. They hired 3 people to do the job he was doing previously.
Story 1: Cut the trash bags open and throw them back.
The company owner, district manager, and others in charge of C-Corp got what they deserved. But, I feel bad for the innocent, hard working people who lost their jobs over this.
C-Corp's management did it to them, not OP. The company would have failed in some other way, or in the same way but due to a customer reporting them instead, and the innocent workers would have lost their jobs just the same. I feel for them, though.
Stories like number 3 is a great story for those who are just starting their own business they know what not to do.
71k...for a house...wow. Cheap. That's not even a good down payment here.
The life lesson is never do what these ppl do or you get karma and get posted on the internet for it
#1 $71K for a house ? That's pretty cheap, unless that was in the 1960's early 1970's. Back then, it was pretty normal price for a single family house.
#2 Property management company wanted to save some bucks by cutting the corners very round, and ended up paying a LOT. Nice revenge. Being OP, I would give my lawyer a very nice gift for the next holidays.
#3 Bad boss claims that OP is the «most replaceable» of the employee... Then need to hire 2 full time and a part time to replace him, but only partially as part of OP responsibilities had to be outsourced. Bad boss made a VERY bad decision by short changing OP like he did. Ended up loosing his whole business end job. Play stupid game, win stupid prize.
#4 Normally, when a store sell a winning lottery ticket, they get a cut on the wining. Also, when they have to pay the prize, they are fully reimbursed, plus the cut. So, paying up to the stated maximum DO NOT affect the bottom line of the store. At least, the monthly bottom line.
I’ve only killed a former employer’s cash cow…but I really wish I could tear the company down.
Story1: I’ve never heard of having to buy special trash bags for pick up. What kind of rip off is that?
Sounds like something that would happen in a HOA and i've never seen purple trash bags anywhere.
this is speculation but could be in lieu of a trash bill which would make the special bags less annoying unless they were really tiny.
Around here, the cost of trash pickup is included in your taxes. Doesn't matter how much trash you generate, everyone pays the same.
I have a friend that lives in another state. She has to take her trash to the dump, and is charged based on how much she has.
So, I'm thinking that it's like that with the purple bags. You're paying based on how much trash you generate.
It is often offered as an alternative to having a bin. Consider how many packed bags you put in your bin and do the math of collection frequency and cost of service. I fill one garbage bag every 2 weeks…sometimes longer due to travel. Why pay for a bin?
it's a way to promote trash sorting/recycling by inciting you to reduce the amount of trash you put in the pay-bags...
8:10 I do this, but, like, when it comes to teamwork. Not with business. It's _really_ helpful.
Story 1: just throw it back. It's petty, fun, and cheap. The perfect combo. Bonus points if THEY complain.
Story 1: I would have just thrown the trash bags back over into their yard.
And cut them open first
@@Gamemaster0225 Only a small, hidden cut so the bag rips itself apart as soon as they pick it up, dumping their own garbage right on their yard.
@@tsherwoodrzero I like the way you think hahaha
Thing about landlord stories is, you never hear about the good ones, just the bad ones.
My wife and I own a bunch of rental properties, overseen by a management company in multiple states. And generally speaking, if there's an issue that requires immediate action, our standing orders are get it taken care of as soon as you are aware of it, and fill me in latter. Bugs, structural/mechanical, HOA, whatever, just deal with it and tell me latter.
Now you'd think, living states away, I can't be a good landlord right? How would I be there if needed? Well that's the fun thing about being a pilot, schedule me on a flight to the nearest airport, with a few day stop, and ill be there if I am needed.
Of course you won't be reading about any of my properties on Reddit, since there's nothing to tell. Only problems you might have would be self inflicted.
Moral of story 3: You don't know what you've got until its gone
Story #1: ahm.. Just throw it BACK in their yard? It's not your trash!
Story #2: THAT'S an AWESOME landlord!! Respect to OP there!!
Stevo wants some fresh air. Consider a basement window?
When I was laid off in 2007, they had to split my duties between 5 people and still couldn't keep up with it all. When I left the nest job, they created a second state position and the 2 in the office with student managers could not handle everything I had.
Fourth story: Greed in its highests disgust. "We'll screw you over despite having a nuclear missile to destroy our company."
It's principle for many managers and company owners. They have to take that stance, that any and every employee is replaceable because they hate having to pay anyone to work for them and would prefer to have them all go away.
You have to wonder what corporate thinks in these situations. What is the endgame scenario here? As Francisco eloquently phrased it, every employee who was paying attention had that nuke in their back pocket. And it would only take one of them, as we saw, to drop that nuke on them.
Good landlords are few and far in between. The landlord in the 2nd story is a Saint.
That's a frickin' unicorn of a landlord.
story 2... ofc OP is going to be the only good landlord you read about
people only write these stories if they have something to complain about
"hey reddit, today i want to share with you the story about how awesome my landlord is..." -- yeah, no one is going to botter writing it, or reading it enough to gain attention
Having lived in rented apartments for all my adult life, it always shocks me when landlords let valuable buildings fall into disrepair. It's their livelihood, and their investment. And it always starts with neglected little thing that build up into big things.
Selling ammo to just anyone is really dangerous.
not to mention it’s also illegal
@@JohnH20111 It's illegal... because it's dangerous.
First story ... I'd've just chucked the bags back into the other yard.
As a georgia girl, I'm pretty sure the last story was about citgo. Cant confirm just a big guess as I do remember a while ago there was a story about law enforcement shutting down and raiding a bunch of them and alot of them got shut down. I'm pretty sure it was bought out but not by who. I know there us still some around
Story 1, should've put up a camera to show the bags being chucked over, then chuck them back. Save himself 70.5k to get rid of a NFH.
Second story, always double check your contracts before signing them.
3rd story, screwing your jack of all trades over who basically ran everything is a good way to make enemies. Then it cost the sleazeball his whole business.
4th story, such simple laws they decided to ignore and shoot themselves in the foot. Sleazy business practices never pay off in the long run.
Story 1. If houses were 375,000, I doubt the woman could afford to rent it. Generally, a landlord charges enough to make their payment on the property and maintenance. They need to make a profit. To do that, they will need to charge enough for property taxes too.
If I were to rent my house instead of buy it, I would end up paying considerably more, and never have anything to show for it.
I found my way back to this channel for my month car rides for work and it keeps me entertained and awake thank you berry much
Can't even imagine telling one of my long-term employees that they're replaceable. _They're not._ Everyone seeking employment in my town right now is a crackhead, terminal alcoholic, multiple felon, or other completely nonfunctional lump of protoplasm who applied with us because they just got fired from somewhere else. We give them a chance anyway because we're desperate and because we don't want to be That Guy™ who won't even give someone a chance. Short version, crackheads simply aren't employable.
This should come as a surprise to absolutely nobody.
they're non-functional _human beings_ that need help. doesn't mean you should keep them on as employees at all, but it does mean you should at least talk about them in a decent way.
So you don't think the Libertarian idea of "legalize all the drugs" is a good idea? I keep saying we will still have a lot of the same problems with people committing crimes to get the money to pay for their drugs as well as junkies who can't do much of anything to help society.
I love your "most replaceable" commentary after story 3, it took 2.5 new hires AND multiple outsourcing gigs to replace him. 👍
Wow!!! A landlord with a conscience. This is the first one I ever heard of.
A Fluff a day helps keep the Karens at bay!
Story 1- the moral to me is money may not buy happiness but it can buy peace of mind and that’s the next best thing
Story 3. I did the exact same thing as Opie. I work for a lawn maintenance company for eight years and had built his business up pretty well over that time. Handling all of the lawn side of the business as well as taking on all of his Landscaping side work that he didn't want to bother with. After he said that I was replaceable I used the money I had been saving up from the Landscaping side work to open my own lawn maintenance and property management company.. I took six of his largest accounts and it now pays my employees salary for the whole year while I still have over 150 other accounts to help with expanding my business
Not gonna lie, the city refusing to pick up trash because it's not "the right bag" is absolutely disgusting.
That last one though.. wow.
Story 3 is f'in amazing!!!!!!! OMG THE KING OF PETTY!!! BOW DOWN TO THE PETTINESS!!!!!!!
I found an article from 1990 , Majik Markets, Mumford Inc. It’s about a “bankruptcy” restructuring. Might be it.
8:08 = They... They.... They... WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?? Who are these business-wise people that you know? The story leaves out important details.
First story: I would've bought normal trash bags and had a kid color them purple. Well, no. I'd buy some junky old trailer, load it with all my trash, and take it to the dump once a month. If the town didn't like it, I'd tell them "Well, your trash guys are welcome to unload the bags from my trailer..."
Story 1: If there was some incriminating evidence in the trash (e.g. a letter addresed to the Karen) then she could be done for littering OP's garden.
Story 1. While OP's solution is a great one if you have the money, I would simply have thrown the trash bags back over the fence.
Story 1 is such an easy fix that the solution that came up was unexpected. Could have just kept every single receipt from buying the bags and recorded the child doing it...and then sued them. 😂
The cop said they couldn't prove the 8 yr. old was TOLD to do it by his mother. Like the kid did it in his own. THAT was the problem.
@@cherylwolf7458 if I get video of your kid throwing trash in my yard...then the parents are responsible, regardless if they told him to do it or not. 🤷🏾♂️
@@khalidfrancis6845 OH! I am with you 100%!! I was just saying, in this instance, they tried going to the cops. The COPS said they couldn't act because they couldn't prove the Mom told he kid to do it. I feel it was lousy policing, in this instance, they just didn't want to deal with it! It is the mother's responsibility whether she told the kid to or not.
yay Fluffers! My Monday is complete and now my week will be ok!!🙂🙃🙂🙃
Story 4: of course weapons and ammo are federal. They're manufactured in other states (or internationally), so they travel interstate and thus fall under federal law. Stupid federal grand jury duty taught me this.
Story 2: Most landlords are actually good; the problem is you pretty much _never_ hear about the good ones. So since you only hear about bad landlords, all landlords are considered bad, which... yeah, not good. Bad tenants are actually more common, as well as bad property managers - and this story had both. So, good job OP!
Woo! You rock darkfluff!! You help my day always!
I was told that by my work. I retired and moved to Vegas. Fast forward 6 years. The current person in my old position quit after being called incompetent by the auditors. So they had to pay me a boat load of money to work remotely for 6 months and get the audit done and cover while they tried (twice) to get someone who could do the job 🤣🤣🤣
Some employers do recognize the good employees.
I’ve been fired, and then re-hired by my current employer 3 times. Always with a pay raise.
Sometimes you don’t recognize the value of a thing (or person) until it’s gone.
Yes!! I'm so glad to hear from you Fluff. I have been having busy few hours and I needed to hear something like this. Thank you for posting. Love the videos.
Story 1 The woman had it coming. That was a very good way of getting rid of her. I've never heard of special bags before. Some places you have to separate stuff, but other than that no.
Story 4 Sounds like ATF got involved. They are *not* amused when crap like that happens. Sounds more like nuclear revenge from the excessive, but warranted fallout. State and federal entities tend to get really testy when you break the law. When I was a pharm tech we had a couple of times when people were trying to pass phony/tampered with/illegal scripts. A DEA agent (I uses to work with him as he was a Pharmacist) questioned everyone. The woman was caught and got prison time (according to Mr. DEA guy). We of course had her address and phone number. How dumb do you have to be to pull stupid crap like faking a class II narcotic and letting people know _where you live_ ?
Boss ... if the bonuses aren't performance related, and they clearly aren't an equal division of the available bonus budget ... just how the hell are they determined?
I don't think nightmare neighbor could afford that rent.
Management people should read more Aesop if they can't comprehend Tsun Zu's Art of War.
That manager from Story 3 should be safe if he read Aesop's "The Eagle and The Arrow", rather than blindly reading imposing Tsun Zu's saying: “One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.” and then firing everyone that's not on his terms!
The military teaches you, know the next 2 jobs higher than you. No one is irreplaceable. If you get blown up, next in line needs to step up.
That last one wasn't pro revenge,that was nuclear revenge!😆😆😆😆
That last story must be why when I drove through SE GA, I had to drive 50 miles to a gas station while on I-75. No joke. Lol
Petrol (Gas) stations make most of their money from two things. Petrol/diesel sales (obviously) and lottery ticket sales. For that company to loose the Lottery license would have been a massive blow to their revenue. Not to mention all the fines they had to pay out for breaking the law. No wonder the company folded.
I worked at a gas station that sold lottery. We were told not to pay anything over $100 too. When I asked our lottery rep he said most stores do that but we're supposed to say we don't have enough money on site to pay out. That was actually the truth most of the time as we weren't supposed to have more than 150 in the drawer at any time
Why does story 4 sound eerily similar to a plot straight out of a Jack Reacher novel? And in Georgia, no less.
yeah seems like one of those fake internet stories.
Story 3: spouse should have said of course! 🙄😂
My day just got a lot Fluffier! 😂😍
That OP is one hell of a good landlord.