then_three_more
@then_three_more@lemmy.world
- Comment on Sounds like a problem for them, not me. 1 week ago:
Same, the closest I’ve come is I’ve looked at the holiday rota and gone “wow it’s literally just me and the manager in that week, probably best to book the week before or after”
- Comment on Psst, the Americans are asleep, post some eggs 2 weeks ago:
UK here - it’s common not to. I think they technically will last longer in the fridge, but they’re absolutely fine kept out.
- Comment on Select a tip 3 weeks ago:
America seems to be a bit crazy.
Pretty sure 0%-10% is standard in the UK. Though a lot of those cheeky service charges are around 12.5
- Comment on I wish I could be unemployed 3 weeks ago:
Working in an “essential job” meant I really missed out on the furlough holiday that most of my friends had.
- Comment on Water bills in England and Wales to rise by £123 a year in April 3 weeks ago:
Joe Lycett did a thing on this. Most of the board of the regulator are ex high ups from the water companies.
- Comment on Would you like to finance your hot chocolate with a loan set at 69% apr? 3 weeks ago:
That kind of thing I get. It’s the corporate mass produced side where they literally just repackage the same product and mark up the price that’s objectionable.
- Comment on Would you like to finance your hot chocolate with a loan set at 69% apr? 3 weeks ago:
Switch Kids out for Wedding and triple the price.
- Comment on BDSM 4 weeks ago:
Windows Bob has entered the chat
- Comment on Time to chop wood 5 weeks ago:
I’m gonna guess this is an American thing
- Comment on Time to chop wood 5 weeks ago:
I’m 38, I’ve not used a cheque since I was 19.
- Comment on Got my boy Crassus on speedial 5 weeks ago:
Classic mistake. He should have persuaded his neighbours to have private firefighters. That way they’d have put his house out to stop the fire spreading to that of their clients.
- Comment on Time to make your decesion 1 month ago:
Well. Shit.
- Comment on Time to make your decesion 1 month ago:
Can I work from home instead?
- Comment on Le Reddit Army is Here 2: Electric Boogaloo 1 month ago:
Remind me, just how long did it take them to ban thedonald?
- Comment on The key is to over share until they stop asking. 1 month ago:
As a Brit this is easy. The response is always along lines of “good, you?”. You might get away with “mus’nt grumble” if you’re having a really shit day.
- Comment on Water 1 month ago:
Not Hitler though.
- Comment on For your wish using a noun associated with a male chicken is a mistake 1 month ago:
A jenie will always twist a wish. I think the wiser was quite lucky this was a result and they didn’t end up like that freaky cock sup from the boys.
- Comment on If someone murdered me, how long would it take (if ever) until they catch the murderer? 1 month ago:
Fucking hell mate. Where do you live that’s so rough? There’s around 600 murders a year in the country I live (UK).
That said I don’t think there’d be much effort to investigate here either, the police just default to saying things are a civil matter these days.
- Comment on "Images of 'Saint Luigi Mangione, The patron saint of health care justice' have been making rounds on social media" 1 month ago:
Doesn’t one of the charges carry the death penalty?
- Comment on Excellent anti smoking ad 2 months ago:
It’s not great. I’ve way the photos are lit and the angles does make it look cool.
That chicken looks like it’s in a gangster movie.
- Comment on The European mind can't comprehend 2 months ago:
I’m sure it’s not worse than Russia.
- Comment on The European mind can't comprehend 2 months ago:
With the level of ambulance delays after 14 years of managed decline under the Tories, you might be better off with the Uber in the UK too. Just for different reasons.
- Comment on How is it that "protecting basic democracy and the rule of law, and not crowning a criminal dictator" wasn't even on the chart?! 3 months ago:
This was what the UK discovered after Brexit
- Comment on There you go little guy 4 months ago:
The first two are newsworthy because of their exceptionality. Thousands of cameras two issues.
The third link points 100% away from the argument that it’s just to get revenue. If it were they would be actively decreasing the amount of dropped fines. They’d be making sure cameras were calibrated correctly (as if they’re not the court would throw out) and that they weren’t
unable to send tickets to motorists in the post within the allotted time before they are no longer valid
and that they wouldn’t suffer from a
lack of resources to bring cases to court
- Comment on There you go little guy 4 months ago:
Riiighhtt because you’re sooo busy and soooo important to your job that you can’t take a morning off. Speed awareness course is like 4 hours and you can do over video call. Get a fucking grip.
Or, if you are genuinely so important and busy you must be paid a bomb, so just pay the fine, take the points, pay the bit extra on insurance. Job done.
Or, here’s an idea. Don’t break the mother fucking law in the first place.
- Comment on There you go little guy 4 months ago:
“hi boss I need to take a half day holiday on X date, I have to attend a speed awareness course”
"Hey bob, can I swap a shift with you on X date, I’ll work your X Saturday. I’ve got to attend a speed awareness course "
Or if you’re to chicken to tell the truth replace with dentist.
It’s hardly rocket science.
- Comment on There you go little guy 4 months ago:
It only seems to be since the yanks woke up.
- Comment on There you go little guy 4 months ago:
Over here if you’re just a bit over they’ll normally put you on a speed awareness course for the first time getting caught.
And I 100% agree on fines being income based. I think some of the Scandinavian countries have done that. I also think there needs to be some kind of catch for the super rich who work the system so they don’t really declare an income. Maybe if your net worth is x times the national average the fine is the greater of either a percentage of your net worth or income.
- Comment on There you go little guy 4 months ago:
In the vicinity of camera sites, the pre/post reductions ranged from 8% to 49% for all crashes and 11% to 44% for fatal and serious injury crashes. Compared with controls, the relative improvement in pre/post injury crash proportions ranged from 8% to 50%.
- Comment on There you go little guy 4 months ago:
I don’t know what the rules are in the USA but over here you should be stopping on amber, not blasting through.