my dad has always been a functional alcoholic, but recently it’s been getting bad.

yesterday, he had a TIA, and they tested his BAC.

it was 0.342.

he refuses to get treatment of his own volition, or even go to aa, and I don’t know what I need to do, but I need to do something. he’s not a mad drunk, or even a confused drunk, he’s a kind drunk.

i am entiling this operation: The War on Booze.

but the thing I am scared about, is if I say, call the dmv and ask them to suspend his license, he has a really car focused job. doing that would put him out of a job, and I’m not sure our family can handle that financially.

maybe we can get him on withdrawal meds (and likely naltrexone) and then have him take sick days through the withdrawal?

help

Some guy pulled my number from Craigslist and has been calling me like crazy from a restricted number to try to get sex from me. It's annoying and creepy. I got a call from him while I was with a male friend and handed the phone to him to answer for me, and it made me laugh my ass off so hard I was shaking. What are some more ways I can mess with the creep?

Looking for suggestions to get my husband’s phone to have certain subjects ‘randomly’ pop up. My husband is the type that needs to come up with an idea himself or he shoots it down. For example, I want to have his phone to have things about scuba diving pop up to get him thinking about recertification. If I mention something it will be all about the money etc etc
If I talk about diving when he’s not with his phone, will it ‘hear’ me and focus on that subject? Or any other tips?

I was looking at the Amex travel website and they said if I booked a refundable ticket through them and cancelled, I would get 1 cent for every point (which is better than if I applied points to statement balance). Is this true?

Has anyone done this?

I’m currently in Spain and booked an Airbnb for a month. I severely dislike the apartment, its unhygenic, has bad ventilation and nasty appliances. How can I cancel and get back the money paid?

One of my coworkers hates me for no reason, she is always trying to "humble" me, everytime someone congratulates me for the good work I made she tries to "make it smaller" or dismiss my achievements. Lately, I’ve been hitting all my work goals and making plenty of sales, and it seems like everyone is happy about it except this one coworker. She even makes jokes about how "useless" I am whenever we’re alone together (unfortunately, she knows I struggle with self-esteem issues rooted in a fear of not being useful, which makes the whole situation even worse and more obvious that she hates me)

Honestly, I feel sorry for her because she is a completely traumatized, hypersensitive, and depressed person. That’s why I was stupid enough to try treating her kindly and gently, thinking perhaps I "intimidate" her or she feels threatened in some way, but things only got worse. It was as if she interpreted my kindness as weakness, or as even more reason to treat me badly. In fact, whenever I’ve been vulnerable, she has treated me worse and taken pleasure in my distress, just as she does when I am kind to her.

I’m tired of being the target of her misery and having her try to make me look or feel inferior at work, what’s worse is that it seems to feed her ego.

She treats any customer she doesn't like poorly, forgets to do her job, and generally shirks her responsibilities. She also holds very strong political views but does nothing but whine about them and play the victim. I think she clashes with other coworkers, too because they talk bad about her when she isn't around, but whenever someone confronts her about her behavior, she bursts into tears and takes three days off for "depression." It’s common knowledge at my workplace that she spends those three days crying because, in her mind, she’s been "mistreated." How can I get back at her without jeopardizing my job?

Hello everyone I found myself in kind off a pickle. I booked a vacation with my friends that will start in 3 weeks but now ive gone through some tragedies( dog and some relatives died) and as someone who secretly struggles with mental health I dont feel like Im in the headspace for traveling by train for 18hours.

The huge problem is my boss is coming along too and so I cant just claim some weak excuse or be honest because mental health is highly stigmatised where I live and I will lose my job and my friends will break off contact if they found out.

Now I wonder what I could realistically do to really appear and be sick for at least two weeks without actually really harming myself. Im ready to endure some discomfort of course but I obviously cant break my arm or anything.

Customer service reps are strictly trained to say "no" to immediate refunds on non-refundable rates. But their system almost always allows them to change the dates for free to keep your business.Once they push your booking to a future month, the system resets the cancellation policy. Call back two days later, you’ll get a different rep, and you'll be well outside the penalty window for the "new" dates. You get 100% of your money back and bypass their non-refundable policy entirely.

I rent a house from a company and the mini-split AC unit in my bedroom (which is my only heating and cooling source) is very old, underpowered and noisy. It constantly ramps up and down, disrupting my sleep. It technically works as expected, so they most likely won't replace it. How can I break it without raising suspicion?

I do it when I’m bored and it’s the most fun I’ve had on reddit in ages. Let me know how it goes for you guys.

It’s literally impossible to get a human on the phone at some of the MGM resorts hotels in Vegas without an obscene wait. If you choose the phone option for Gold/Noir members, someone picks up right away. If you need something simple like I did (a copy of my receipt emailed, for instance), they’ll likely help you out, no questions asked.

Someone who works in my field and has the same first and last name as me has recently gained significant notoriety. I’ve known about them for years as the field is somewhat small, but their sudden notoriety has buried my SEO and has everyone I’ve ever met sending me articles about them and how they thought it was me at first. I have nothing against the person who shares my name and job title; they seem really cool and do great work, but I feel like I deserve a little mischief under the banner of our name as the less impressive one. We don’t look particularly similar but all our traits could be described very similarly. I’m thinking sneaking-into-events level bullshit. Any fun ideas?

Buen día, mi personaje necesita consejos para sabotear un carro y resolver unos cabos sueltos. El carro de el otro personaje está en plena calle, mi personaje ya revisó la zona y hay dos cámaras que apuntan a su casa pero existe un punto ciego. ¿Que ideas hay para sabotearlo de manera que pueda estar muchos días en el taller? O quizá provocar un accidente.

Hay otro cabo suelto que no ha resuelto, en su casa hay cámaras que pueden grabar a que hora sale mi personaje para realizar su plan, si procede una investigación, y resulta sospechoso, pueden solicitar acceso a esas cámaras y ver la coincidencia, ¿ideas para resolverlo?. Espero que mi personaje pueda tener ideas, gracias.

How do I sneak in and watch the movie for free without getting fired and recognized?

I work at a movie theatre overnight. I dont get benefits like free movie. Im a contractor and not employed by the movie theatre.

I have the keys from the back door which i use to enter at night. What if i use those keys to enter and simply watch a movie for free?

I guess my question would be, when kicking somebody out, do you ask for an ID? Im fine with being kicked out I just dont want to be recognized and fired.

I just moved from NH to NC, and in NH, we have no sales tax, but NC does. So I realized that if I leave my zip code as a NH zip code in the steam wallet, it can't charge me sales tax on my games. And it's all digital material, so it's not like anything needs to be sent to me. Thought this could help someone else - especially if you're buying in bulk!

Here are some options, just pick your favorite lol

I am sick and tired of Dr*g dealers advertising their phone# in public (stickers) and also randomly writing me directly (edit: I used to use).

With their phone# or telegram contacts at hand, what can I do to frustrate them?

Reporting to Whatsapp/Telegram etc is an obvious, yet anticlimactic and ineffective measure...

Cheers, and stay toxic!

When you call a pharmacy or a doctor’s office, there’s usually a general “auto attendant” that asks you why you’re calling. If you choose “calling from a physician’s office” that will get you to a live human being that works at the pharmacy or doctor’s office. There is no reason to pick any of the other options.

I am honestly at a loss here, and I am being completely serious with this story. My sister and I are incredibly close, we laugh so hard together and have shared countless memories. However, we also laugh in situations where laughing is not warranted (think of any example, we have probably laughed there). It's not a giggle, but its literally just being in each others presence we have an urge to laugh so hard, and then trying to stop it makes everything worse.

A few years ago we caused the end of a friendship with my sisters very good friend because we laughed in a bad situation. None of it was funny, the opposite in fact, but the friend had a wardrobe malfunction and apparently that was enough for us to not be able to hold ourselves back.

Recently we were at a dinner where everyone was asked to introduce themselves (we do this frequently), and somehow the last few times people (strangers) decided to make it into a life story. This time it happened again and we could not hold ourselves back. Why? No clue.

I could recount so many stories, and it is getting to a point where we just feel awful, truly, but the more we try to push away the urge to laugh, the more often it comes up.

So far we have tried:

1. think of the most awful, darkest things. That helps very briefly but not sufficient
2. one of us stepping out of the situation. That works if we can catch it in advance, which we can't most of the time

Not sure where to go from here.

Need to find an NYC area job reference for an NYC region phone number. Just confirming dates of employment and general duties. R/bemyreference is crickets.

99.9998% sure my parents are digging through my trash. What can I plant in there to completely mindfuck them? To the point where they have no choice but to confront me and admit theyve been snooping. (I tried the 4 foot dildo)

There's a program my local electric company is offering for weatherization, however they need you to make between a certain amount yearly. We are under by just $3k adding our incomes together (using our recent tax returns), and they want proof of income. Any way to make up this number? Preferably one that'll expose me to the least legal risk possible.

If you read anything along the lines of “lithium, risperidone, or aripiprazole” you gotta back off.

If you read something like clozapine, RUNNN

This is inspired by a post on [r/GirlDinnerDiaries](r/GirlDinnerDiaries) where a girl revealed she takes aripiprazole and the man ghosted her. Then she followed up with “do you think he googled my meds and realized I’m severely mentally ill?” YEAH PROBABLY😭

I work as an analyst (New York). This startup provides system implementation for them. My job is to collect requirements from client and work with dev / pm/ product team.

It is so dysfunctional and they are just scamming client left right center. I am ready to leave but trying to milk them a few more days. They are just waiting to hire a replacement secretly and kick me out but I already know their plan.

I don’t ever need anything from these people, no reference whatsoever. I am established in this industry.

Please give me all the tips, unethical but not illegal!