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Six years driving, always regular ed. Dispatch called Thursday and said I’ve got a sped route Monday because the guy who had it last year didn’t come back.

Asked what I need to know about the kids. Got told the monitor will fill me in. Fine, except I looked at the sheet and there’s no monitor on it Tuesday or Thursday. What’s bugging me is that this information obviously exists. It just never makes it to the person actually putting them in the vehicle.
Is this everywhere? Asking seriously.

Every few months something gets written up as the next big thing and it turns out to be a study in mice at doses nobody could take. I am 54 and past the point of wanting to be a test subject. I would rather build a short list of things that have been through a randomized trial in actual people, even if the effect is small and boring. What is on your list?

fitness franchise, 2 corporate + 6 franchisee locations opening next 6 months

on mindbody now, corporate paying for all locations (part of franchise support package)

at 8 locations looking at $2400/mo base + processing (probably $4500 all in)

franchisees asking why software costs so much, theyre right

looking at switching everyone to something cheaper before we scale more

glofox, pike13, zenplanner - anyone use these for franchise?

main thing is franchisee isolation (can't see each others data) and corporate dashboard for all locations

Basically I want to do a few of the personality tests but $40 a month is a lot when I’m not even sure I’ll use it past like one weekend. Seen the TestLibrary lifetime thing but that’s nearly $100 so also no. If anyone has access and wouldn’t mind letting me use it for a bit I mainly want to do the Enneagram and maybe the career one, I’ve been going back and forth on what I actually want to do after school and someone told me the career test is actually useful for that. Idk if asking this is allowed but worth trying.

Didn’t want to be dramatic but lol title came out this way. Anyway, i think i might be grieving. Finished my island completely, every villager i wanted, museum done, k.k. slider has heard every song request i have and now i just log in to water flowers and log back out within like 90 seconds lol. It’s not that i want a “better” game, i just want something that gives me a reason to actually spend time in it again, yknow? Something where theres always a little task waiting, a new area to poke around in, some kind of progression that isnt just cosmetic. Genre doesn’t matter to me at this point im just looking for my next obsession, someone please save me from myself!

Relocating to the city for a new job. I have driven in Chicago maybe twice in my life. The idea of navigating a 15 foot rental truck on the Kennedy Expressway makes me want to throw up. How do people do this? Should I just bite the bullet and hire someone? I am terrified of getting stuck under a low bridge.

I’ve been thinking about trying an online psychic reading, mainly for some relationship and career guidance, but it’s hard to know which sites are actually worth paying for. I’ve looked at platforms like Mysticsense, Keen, and Kasamba, but the reviews are all over the place. Some people swear by them, while others say the readings felt generic. I’m not expecting anyone to magically predict my future, I just want an honest, insightful reading from someone who feels genuine.
If you’ve used an online psychic service, I’d love to know:
* Which site did you try?
* Was the reading accurate or helpful?
* Did you use chat, phone, or video?
* Was it worth the price?
* Would you use that reader or platform again?
I’d also appreciate any recommendations for sites with good first-time offers so I can try one without spending a fortune.
Looking forward to hearing some real experiences rather than sponsored reviews.

Spent months this year deep in the plumbing side of payments and the boring stuff is what actually determines whether things work. Ledger accuracy mattered more than any feature we shipped, a small reconciliation gap compounds fast and is brutal to unwind later. Compliance requirements shaped our architecture more than product decisions did, things like KYC and data residency aren’t bolt-ons, they change how you design from day one. And banking partner relationships turned out to be as much a dependency as any API, a slow response from a partner bank held up launches more than once.
Anyone else underestimate how much the unglamorous infrastructure work would actually run the show?

Refund policies usually say some version of “case by case,” which is not very helpful once a project is already failing and everyone is annoyed. I’ve started keeping a small dayone baseline for every provider account. Same public URLs, timestamps, connection errors, returned content, and geo results byteful included. If performance changes later, I can show the difference instead of arguing from memory or comparing my logs with a dashboard that uses different success criteria. It also forces me to test the account while the purchase is still fresh, when a problem is easier to raise.
Has anyone received an actual refund from clean before-and-after logs, or do providers usually offer account credit instead?

Is there such a thing as a dog trainer but for humans? Not a therapist, not a coach, but an actual person who’d patiently teach you how to do the important grown-up stuff (mom?) 🙈. Basically I hate that my whole discipline and focus problem has started leaking onto my dog. I keep reading that you’re not supposed to run on willpower or spend all your brain battery on it, you’re supposed to build an environment. Lists, reminders, apps, gadgets, communities… Basically set things up so your surroundings kind of push you toward what you want,you know With cleaning or work or normal adult stuff I sort of get it. But with training my puppy it’s harder. I caught myself only ever doing the fun part. Teaching tricks, sure, I can do that all day. Getting her to quit chewing the furniture, nope, boring, tedious… I’m thinking about finally shelling out for a real trainer or just downloading one of those dog training apps that keep targeting me nonstop: Pupford,Woofz, Pawchamp, Dogo, and a few others, you can’t even remember them all. But it’s kind of… not really solving the problem. Anyone been through this? Maybe some of you will say why did I even get a dog then. I love my Richard,but I guess at the start of this journey I was more optimistic. And now I don’t know what to do. Any tips, reviews?

I run a small cafe in a touristy area. Honestly, we never really bothered with the online presence thing, our regulars kept us busy (foot traffic), and that was enough. Although a massive new place opened up a year ago and they already have almost 500 reviews, it makes no sense to me… I feel as if they bought it, to be completely honest. I personally think that most people see that and walk right past us due to the sheer amount of difference, but we’re quite decent too.

We tried asking our customers to leave reviews. Put up signs, added a QR code on receipts, even mentioned it casually when people said they enjoyed their meal. Barely anyone actually leaves reviews. We’ve got maybe 12 reviews total, while the new place already has almost 500 ish.

At this point I’m wondering if people actually buy reviews for Tripadvisor? I just want a fair shot at getting noticed by travelers. Does that even work or is it risky?

I moved out of my SoMa high-rise last week to head to Texas. I thought I had everything prepped. I paid for the SFMTA 72-hour tow-away signs, got them posted, and of course, some guy in a Tesla ripped them down and parked right in our loading zone the night before. I woke up at 6am to a blocked zone and thought the whole interstate move was doomed before it even started because my building has a super strict 2-hour freight elevator limit. Eventually parking enforcement came and cited the guy, but my blood pressure has permanently altered.

I just saw the next trial date. It kicks off July 27 in LA and it's only the second one to actually reach a jury. For me this was never about the $6M, it's about what it opens up.

The plaintiff is a 15-year-old from Florida going by R.K.C., who says heavy social media use led to depression and anxiety that needed treatment.

Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat are still named. YouTube settled confidentially last week and is out. The core claim across all of these is that the platforms were built to keep people hooked.

What makes it significant is the first trial earlier this year. A 20-year-old named Kaley claimed anxiety, depression and body dysmorphia.

Snap and TikTok settled and that leaves Meta and Google, and the jury ordered them to pay a combined $6M.

It's the first of its kind, and the first crack in the idea that these companies just host content and aren't responsible for how people use it, which is what they've leaned on for years.

There are thousands of these suits pending, so a second win could shape how the rest get valued.

One verdict can be called an outlier. A second plaintiff verdict would be harder to wave off, and more cases involving both individuals and school districts are expected to reach trial soon. So does July 27 move the needle, or not?

Im looking for an in person BLS class near Richmond. If you’ve taken one recently

I’m considering a trip where I’d like to see a few places without changing hotels every couple of days. I usually do land trips, so cruising is new to me. The options I’m looking at are Silversea, Viking, and Seabourn for either the Mediterranean or Northern Europe. What appeals to me is unpacking once, having meals handled, and waking up in different ports. What worries me is feeling rushed or only getting a shallow version of each destination. For people who have done both, when does a cruise make sense and when is a land trip clearly better?

Started moving away from our old provider back in early fall and figured I’d share where we’re at since I couldn’t find many honest mid-process accounts when I was researching.

The good: call handling for standard guest requests like checkout times, amenity questions, and room service hours is running smoother than it did before. Those conversations basically take care of themselves now and the front desk has noticed the difference. That part of the migration went about as cleanly as we could have hoped.

The messy part: anything that touches our property management system has been inconsistent. Sometimes the agent pulls the right reservation info, sometimes it doesn’t, and we haven’t fully diagnosed why yet. Our old setup had the same problem honestly but we were kind of hoping a fresh start would fix it automatically, which was naive.

Has anyone else gone through a mid-migration period with voice ai customer service where the system integration was the sticking point? Curious whether this is usually a configuration issue on our end or something that takes real troubleshooting time with the vendor.

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I’ve spent the last two weeks doing what I do with most big decisions: building a comparison matrix and narrowing things down before committing. I have a first-round McKinsey interview in about five weeks and I wanted to be deliberate about where I put my practice time rather than just grabbing whatever got mentioned most on forums.

My shortlist right now is: a structured online course for framework foundations, a peer matching platform for live partner practice, one AI simulation tool for high-volume reps, and a set of written case guides for reference. The logic is that each one covers a different gap. The AI tool handles repetition without scheduling overhead, the live partner platform handles pressure and real-time feedback, the course handles gaps in my structural thinking, and the guides are reference material when I’m stuck.

What I’m less sure about is whether this is over-engineered. I’m a few years into a finance role so I’m not starting from zero, but I’ve never done a formal case interview before. My instinct is that the AI simulation piece is doing the heaviest lifting in this setup, since it’s the only one I can realistically use every day without coordinating with another person.

Has anyone actually run a structured prep plan like this, or did you find that one or two tools covered most of the ground? Specifically curious whether the combo of AI simulation plus live partner practice is redundant or genuinely complementary.