u/Hippy_Lynne

Witnessed the following exchange on Bourbon today:

Uniformed cop leaning against his cruiser on the corner. Very visibly intoxicated woman passing him says "Oh my god, you are so good looking!" Cop replies "Give me your number!" Woman laughs and continues walking. Cop reaches out and grabs her shoulder, says "No, seriously, can I have your number?" The woman just kept walking and that was the end of it.

All I'm going to say is it's pretty clear the consent decree is over. 😬

EDIT: Thanks for the responses. I was bothered by it but honestly didn't know if I was being too uptight considering it was Bourbon Street. I do have dashcam footage but no sound, only going by what the woman told me. Frankly without the consent decree I'm not comfortable reporting it since there's a good chance I'd see him again while working, but I'm going to be hanging on to that footage just in case. And if you're trying to identify him all I'll say is he was on the younger side, white and he was actually pretty good looking. I figure if you work down there and he's on the Bourbon Task Force that's enough to know who he is.

So I had an absolute a-hole today. Requested a pickup from the middle of the block on Bourbon Street, which is not only closed to vehicular traffic at night, there are literally huge concrete barricades preventing me from driving up it. The app of course told him he had to walk to an intersection to get picked up but I still had to call him and guide him to get there. Then he had a daiquiri. Gave me some pushback about not allowing it in the car. Bitched about having to walk half a block to me. 🙄 Probably should have left him there, but it was a short ride so I didn't.

Anyway, the ride gets going and he's on the phone with somebody at his hotel. On speakerphone of course. He hangs up a couple blocks from his hotel and I pleasantly say "So what brought you to New Orleans this week?" "Were you listening to my phone call?!? Why are you so nosy? Don't be all up in my business! Just shut up and drive!"

Yeah . . . I don't think so. Pulled over, ended the ride, told him to get out. Cue a bunch of arguing that isn't even worth repeating. I just kept repeating "I ended the ride, get out of my car." Eventually I had to call 911 on speakerphone before he would get out (I've had to do this probably a dozen times in ten years, they always get out once they realize I actually called the police.) Reported him to Lyft and noted the time so I could pull the dashcam footage later, then went back to work.

A couple rides later a passenger tells me there's a wallet in the backseat. Yep. It's his. 🙄 If ever there was a time I was going to chuck it out the window, this would have been it.

I'm a good person but I refuse to talk to or see this guy again. So I message Lyft and explain the situation and ask if I can either drop it off at the front desk of his hotel or bring it to the police station. They told me to bring it to the police station. It's maybe a mile from his hotel and about five blocks from where I picked him up, so okay. I mean, I live out by the airport which is a 20-minute ride so I really could have fucked him by bringing it to a station out there. 😬

Go to the police station and the cop behind the desk is one I know because I've been working down there for decades. She was a little confused about why I wasn't just going through the normal procedure to return it and I explained that he had been an asshole and I had to kick him out so I wasn't doing that. She laughed. Then she told me she was going to put a note on it that said "Make him wait." 🤣🤣🤣 Just an FYI, NOPD will *always* side with local service industry workers over a drunk tourist.

And yes, I got the $20 return fee! 😃☺️

So during the pandemic there were a few shows that incorporated it into the plot lines. I remember thinking it was a good thing TBBT had ended because how TF could they play Sheldon? 🤣 So now it looks like we might get alternate universes, and at least a couple years have passed since the end of TBBT. Which would mean if we do run into other characters, they would have been through the pandemic.

This is a response to everyone defending the mayor and city council, claiming they were playing 3D chess, and saying that backing off of this indictment would somehow benefit the city. 🙄🙄🙄

Capitulating to bullies does not make them stop bullying you.

I came across your book a little more than 20 years ago when I was about to turn 30. Prior to that I did wash my face daily and use sunscreen, but I really didn't use any other products (and I had been washing my whole life with one product which was not right for my skin type.) I did the test and created a routine using mostly the cheapest options available. I spend maybe $50 a month on products. I just turned 50 and people's jaws literally drop when I tell them my age. Most assume I'm at least 10 years younger than I am. I know some of that is genetics and lifestyle but I also know that I haven't had acne or pimples at all in 20 years (except for a few periods of depression when I wasn't taking care of myself) and it used to be a regular occurrence before that.

Anyway, skin care has come a long way in that time and I totally support people using whatever products they can afford that they feel are worth it. But I just wanted to let people know that you can still achieve that with just Neutrogena and Aveeno type products!

I work in the service industry and while I wish it wasn't so, you do get treated better, and more tips, if you look younger and have clear skin. I just want to thank you for providing advice for people at all income levels. ❤️

So I separated from my Q 14 years ago. We had some sporadic contact over the next 8 months, mostly for him to get his things and having to do with the health insurance. I have not spoken to him, reached out to him, reached out to any of his friends or family, or in any way tried to have anything to do with him since the day he finally picked up the last of his things. I filed for divorce and he never showed up or contested it and that was that.

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We are both natives of the New Orleans area, and if you know anything about New Orleans, it's actually a small town and everyone knows everyone. I have been extremely fortunate that in those 14 years I've never run into him anywhere or run into anyone who was close to him. In addition to being an addict he was also a sociopath and I want absolutely nothing whatsoever having to do with him in my life. I've had him, his family, and any mutual acquaintances blocked on social media since we first separated.

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Well last year he found me on Blue Sky and messaged me. I didn't respond, blocked his account, vented to a few friends, and moved on. Today he found me on Reddit. 🤬 Same routine, didn't respond, blocked him, have vented to a few friends. Honestly I'm a little happy he reached out because now I know his username and I'm able to block him (he apparently got that username about a year ago, he may have had other ones that eventually got shut down because he's that kind of person.)

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I'm giving myself 24 hours to vent and then I'm putting him out of my mind again. I'm not even going to try to analyze why he may have wanted to get back in touch, whatever the reason is I'm sure it was selfish and had nothing to do with helping me. I'm not scared because he knows if he ever came near me again I have people who would dump him in a swamp. I'm definitely not going to vent to anyone who might possibly get back to him because I don't want him to know it's even bothering me. I'm hoping this will be the last time I go through something like this, but honestly if he reaches out a third time I'm going to look into a no-contact order. It's extremely obvious that I want nothing to do with him and he knows that if I did I could find him.

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The one silver lining is that I did creep his profile a little bit and I discovered he's completely estranged from his son, my former stepson. I've never reached out to my former stepson because I did not want to have any contact with him, so now I'm thinking maybe it would be okay to. I'm not sure if he would want to talk to me but I do know people who are friends with his stepson after we split up and they said his stepson had no hard feelings against me at all. Regardless, if I do decide to reach out it's going to be after I've had some time to think about it. And for whatever reason he doesn't want to be in touch, I'm okay with that. I was a child of divorce and I fully understand that it's pretty common for (good) step parents to have more affection for the stepchildren than vice versa. That's what you sign up for when you marry someone who already has children.

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Anyway, just wanted to vent a little because as much as I would like to say it's not, it's definitely stirring up a bunch of emotions. I'm going to let myself feel those until midnight tonight and then I'm locking them away again. Here's hoping he gets the hint this time!

My mom was the type to save news articles and memorabilia from the year I was born and I remember her telling me there were all kinds of celebrations for the Bicentennial that year and they were calling the babies born that year "Bicentennial Babies." Now I'm turning 50 as the country is turning 250. Doesn't seem like there's "massive celebrations", but it is definitely getting a lot of press in the last couple months. Just wondering if anyone else born in '76 grew up hearing that, or my mom was just weird. 🤣

Pull up for an early morning airport run and my passenger is eating something out of a bowl with a spoon. Put my window down and tell him "I'm sorry sir, I can give you a few minutes to finish your cereal but you can't eat that in my car." "It's not cereal, it's fruit!" (Strike 1, like fruit isn't sticky & messy.) 🙄 "I'm sorry sir, I don't allow any eating in my car." "Ok, well just take my suitcase now." (I load suitcases up anyway to protect my car, but to assume I'm going to do it got him a strike 2.) As I'm picking up the suitcase he again replies "It's just fruit!" (Strike 3, buddy, you were definitely going to try to pressure me into letting you bring it in my car after I had loaded your suitcase.) "I'm just going to cancel and you can get a driver who can accommodate you better." <Cue various protests that ignore as I get back in my car and leave. While noticing that the fruit bowl also has a mound of whipped cream on top of the fruit. 🙄🙄🙄>

The nerve of some of these paxholes!!! 🤦‍♀️