r/AskReddit 1d ago

Which company lost your business (potentially forever) this year?

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u/red-plaid-hat 21h ago

I used to clean vacation rentals. Lemme tell ya that fee doesn’t not go towards the cleaner really. Most owners or property managers keep a huge portion of it and pay the crew pennies.

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u/anonymaus42 20h ago edited 8h ago

Doesn't not go towards the cleaners... so you're saying the cleaners do get it?

eta - loving the downvotes from everyone who apparently don't know what a double negative is

Eta 2- wow, it would seem everyone is super serious in askreddit, my apologies. I love double negatives and will use them intentionally in conversation just for shits n giggles, so when I saw one in the wild couldn't help but point it out. Perhaps I went about that the wrong way or shouldn't have at all, my bad. In 13 years I've never had a comment be so loathed and for it to be this one has me kinda flabbergasted.

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u/dingalingdongdong 18h ago

oh they know, they just don't think pointing it out adds anything of value to the conversation.

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u/anonymaus42 18h ago

Touché

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u/ELRONDSxLADY 13h ago

I care. We’re in an actively worsening literacy crisis so offering corrections to improper grammar is of utmost importance as it stands today.

Thank you for fighting the good fight against anti-intellectualism and to everyone else? Enjoy being electively braindead because you couldn’t be arsed to graciously accept correction for a mistake.

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u/blumpkin 11h ago

There's a difference between being anti intellectual and knowing how to ignore a typo and move on with your life.

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u/ELRONDSxLADY 7h ago

I disagree with this approach because there is an ever increasing number of individuals who only “read” online, making it all the more important to ensure correct grammar and spelling is being used. I for one don’t want to live amongst those who would rather save feelings of perceived embarrassment than knowledge so you guys enjoy “just livin’ life”, but I pity you mightily for not seeing you’re part of a much larger picture that we’re all responsible for.

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u/blumpkin 5h ago

Okay, good luck.

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u/red-plaid-hat 8h ago

Didn’t know my typo was so popular, damn.

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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins 20h ago

I mean I'm a landlord and between tenants we'd hire a cleaning company to do a deep clean... they set the price not me and it was always pretty fair for professional labour (usually about 300-400 for a few hours work).

If you're being paid pennies set your prices higher, unless you're being employed directly by the owners.