Rental Car Fees
Readers, here is another rental car scam to be aware of. If you rent a car from Dollar, note that there are three fueling options. Pre-pay, Dollar refuels, or renter refuels. If you refuel the car you MUST provide Dollar the refuel gas receipt on close out of the contract.
Yup, you read it right. If the renter fails to provide the gasoline receipt on close out, they will be charged a fee. WTF! If the car was full when I rented it and returned it full, why do I need to provide a receipt? Renters beware!
Pea Shooter
I could not think of a cleaver title for this post, but who really cares? Anyway, I just read a post titled "Man used penis to assault female police officer." The first thing that came into mind was "those crazy Floridians are at it again". Read the excerpt below.
The accused got to his feet and was standing over the police officer exposing his penis and thrusting it in her face, forcing her to take evasive action to avoid getting struck.
I have a couple of questions! The story states that the defendant was sitting on the couch before said schlonging. How the hell did he end up standing OVER the police officer? Also, I want to know more about the evasive action. The story sounds fishy to me, haha.
Five Finger Discount
What would YOU do for $5.00 dollars? Hmm, let me think about that one for a minute. If you want to know what others will do for five snaps, check out Fiverr.com. I checked out a few listings and before I knew it I had spent over 30 minutes trolling around. Nice.
Alright, back to what I would do for $5.00 dollars. I would consider installing PHP scripts or utility type applications for $5.00 each. I will install WordPress plugins for $5.00 each. I will post an original wassupjose.com post on your blog for five dollars. Lame-o!
Dissing Visual Basic
Haha, check out the below snippet from a local employment listing. The company is looking for Senior .NET developers with C#, Visual Studio, JavaScript, SQL, Reporting Services, etc. and has the balls to call out that "Experience with Visual Basic doesn't count." WTF!
There is an ongoing debate between the C# & VB camps over everything and anything, but we all know both .NET languages compile into MSIL and then JIT'd to O/S specific machine code. Aside from some language differences, it is all the same shit!
It is apparent the employer does not know what the fuck they are talking about. Oh, here is another nugget to consider. Some of us know the employer! Lame. Lastly, I know VB guys who can kick their entire team's ass. Bets anyone?
Wedgie Etiquette
Some form of this topic has been discussed on the web, but here are my 2 cents. Today, I witnessed two de-wedgings in a meeting. Can you already tell where this is going? I have a couple comments and tips for the wedged.
If you are presenting or writing on the whiteboard in a meeting, one indiscrete pull of the wedgie is sufficient. No need to subject the entire audience to a short squat and twist. If you did not de-wedge it the first time, man up and ride that wedge like a wave.
Another Shopping Tip
Okay readers, here is another shopping tip. If you tan indoors this is for you. Listen closely, because I am not going to repeat the tip. Are you ready? Do not pay full retail prices! Many tanning salons sell lotions for FULL RETAIL price.
Here is only one example, but I am sure we can list many examples. A 0.5 ounce sampler of Designer Skin Queen Indoor Lotion sells for $10.00 at salons and the 13.5 ounce bottle sells for a whopping $80.00. Bend me over and do me dry!
Do yourselves a favor. Do NOT be impulsive when visiting the tanning salons. If you must buy lotion, I suggest that you buy a sampler. If you want to go big, shop elsewhere or online for major discounts! The 13.5 ounce Designer Skin Lotion can be found for $30.00 shipped!
This tip does not only apply to tanning lotions, it can be applied to many retail items. If you can wait for the item, shop around and save some dough. Earlier, I purchased two items on eBay and saved a total of $80.00 off retail. I will put the savings into the boat show fund!
Geek Poser
Damn! I was reading an article on the iDongle, which is a hardware-based jailbreak tool, and somehow ended up taking the Original Geek Test. Well, I took the geek test and scored an anemic 10.65% - Geekish Tendencies. I am a poser, smack me down now. Are you a poser?
Goo-Goo for Gaga
Gaga's video premiere of "Telephone" is available on YouTube. The video was published on Thursday, March 11th and has already racked up 14,544,737+ views. Damn! Love her or hate her, she is one of the hottest artists in the industry right now. Enjoy her latest.
iPad Pre-Order Numbers
CNN published the Day 1 estimate of Apple iPads sold. Does anyone want to take a guess? I was way off, because I thought only the Wi-Fi versions were available. I guessed that Apple would sell approx. 20-40 thousand in 24 hours. Yes, I pulled those numbers out of my ass.
Based on a sampling of orders and creative accounting, Sanity estimates Apple sold 120,000 iPads in the first day. Cha-ching! Let us see how long it takes for buyer's remorse to settle in. Think about it people, you just paid big bucks for a big ass iPod Touch. Nice.
Bad Kitty
Have you ever seen a male driver shaving while driving? Maybe. Have you ever seen a woman driver shaving while driving? No. Me neither. But just because we have not seen it does not mean that it does not occur. Hmm, I should rename this post to "Bald Kitty". Bruahaha!
According to the Key West news site, keysnews.com, "Florida Highway Patrol troopers say a two-vehicle crash...was caused by a 37-year-old woman driver who was shaving her bikini area while her ex-husband took the wheel from the passenger seat...'She said she was meeting her boyfriend in Key West and wanted to be ready for the visit,' [a state trooper] said."