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This post is a part of my final attempt to find my chocolate labrador lashley who was abandoned 5 years ago by my father. I will first post a short introduction before explaining lashley's story in detail.

About Lashley:

Chocolate Labrador Retriever

Nicknames: Boochie, Dachaley, Laboli

Distinctive white patch on his chest also known as bolo marks

Age when he was abandoned - 3 1/2 years old

Current age - 8 to 9 years old

Last known area: Domlur, Bengaluru (near Jogupalya, Indiranagar & Ulsoor)

If anyone living in Bangalore recognizes him, knows someone who might have adopted him, or have any information at all—even if it seems insignificant—please leave a comment or contact me through WhatsApp/call +91 8660826795

Detailed explanation of what actually happened & why he was abandoned

Back in 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, my family was going through a very difficult time financially and personally. Also during this time my father was suffering from severe chronic depression and other mental issues. After some time we had just moved to a new house, so my dad left Lashley to stay at my grandmother's house and claimed he would bring him to our new house. My father told me he would bring him to our new home once everything settled down. But few months passed by and this did not happen. During that time I used to visit him during the weekends. Some of the pics & videos i have posted here are during that time

So one day without my knowledge, according to my grandmother's account he claimed to take lashley for a walk and when he had returned lashley wasn't there with him. When he was asked about it he told her he had sold it or given it to someone but did not mention the specifics like to whom. When he came home he did not tell us about this. A few days later, my father took his own life at my grandmother's house. It was only then that we found out. During that time, our family was consumed by the shock, grief , funeral, legal matters, and everything that followed after my father's death so our thoughts were consumed by this and finding lashley wasnt at the forefront of our minds I also did not want to disturb my mother and other family members by bringing this up.

After some time we decided to search for lashley but had no idea where he went or with whom he was. We visited some well known breeders and rescue organisations but couldn't find him. Also found out that my father had also given away lashley's vaccination certificates & other things like prescriptions from the vets. So i had lost hope and finally decided that it was almost impossible to ever see him again. I loved him so much and wanted to be with him till his final years this was what made it so bad. I couldn't even see him to wish him a final goodbye before he left me. He was an extremely expressive and affectionate lab who always loved to be around me. I can't imagine how panicked and lost he must have felt after he was given away. He loved me like no other dog ever did. So I just suppressed those memories and went on with my life. But it just didn't work. For the past few months I have been feeling intense regret that I didn't do enough to find him, that I had in a way betrayed him. I kept dreaming about him regularly - both positive and disturbing dreams. So i finally decided I need to make a final and serious attempt to find him before he leaves this world. I want to be with him through his final years.

My search efforts will be both offline and online - I will visit every rescue organisation, veterinary clinics , breeders, pet boarding schools and kennels in my city. I will also be creating pages on every social media platform where I will be documenting and updating my search efforts. Even if the search fails i atleast get to preserve lashley's memories and get to tell his story to many. Hope this post wasn't too long. Thank you for reading

Should i keep this or return?🥹

Hey Everyone, I got a baby golden retriever and want to name him something desi because I'm not getting that vibe with western name.

What's the most heartbreaking thing , someone has ever said to you ??

We booked a cafe and invited 14 strangers.

You see, Bangalore has no shortage of places to meet people.

There are dating events. Networking events. Pub nights. Social mixers. Board Games.

But sometimes you don't want to date/network.

You don't necessarily want to drink with them either.

You just want to meet some new people, do something fun, and maybe leave with a couple of people you'd actually hang out with again.

That's what we wanted to test.

Most of them didn't know each other.

We had some games, food, a little jamming session, and enough time for people to actually talk.

People talked, laughed, played, ate, exchanged numbers and somehow left as slightly less-strangers.

We're building Orchy around this problem, helping people find the right people to do things with, without everything having to become a date, a networking opportunity or a night at a pub.

This was our first meetup, hopefully we'll do our next one this week.

If you showed up from reddit, thank you for your support!

Ownly branded themselves as a brand with no hidden charges, inflated pricing, price match, etc and they are ending up being another Swiggy and Zomato.

This restaurant I frequent charged 40 for 2 idlis at store, I am okay if it is inflated to 50 or 55 but inflating the price to 68 - close to 80% is Swiggy level price inflation. Also A2B itself charges 55 for 2 idlis on Toing so this is liking digging your own grave.

No wonder the app will die down soon.

I want to become emotionally numb.

I know this probably sounds unhealthy or dramatic, but lately I’ve been thinking that I genuinely want to become emotionally numb. I don’t want to feel things so deeply anymore. I don’t want to get attached, care too much, overthink everything, get hurt, miss people, or have my mood depend on things I can’t control. And honestly, I’d be willing to give up the good emotions too. If becoming numb means I also lose some happiness, love, excitement, or that feeling of being genuinely alive, then so be it. At this point, feeling nothing sounds more peaceful than constantly feeling everything.

Has anyone else ever reached a point where they genuinely wished they could just switch their emotions off? What did you do?

Flatmate left, ex got love of the live. Started living alone, picked up myself on day 5th, back at life again.

I’m a BBA 2nd-year student from Bangalore. After finishing my 1st-year exams, I had around 3 months of vacation, so I decided to try something completely different — doing Rapido.

I’d usually go online around 8 AM and come back by 4:30 PM, so roughly 8.5 hours a day.
On a decent day, I could make around ₹1,200.

Initially, I had absolutely no idea how the platform worked. But after spending some time on it, I started understanding where/when the demand was and how to make the most out of the algorithm.

Once I figured that out, earning decently became surprisingly straightforward.

For me, it was actually a pretty good side hustle.
But it also made me think a lot about people who depend on gig work as their entire livelihood.
I didn’t really take breaks during those hours.

If I was online, I was basically working or waiting for the next order. And since this was just vacation money for me, I always had the option of going home. Someone doing this full-time doesn't necessarily have that option.

One thing that genuinely pissed me off was how little control captains seem to have.
For example, if a customer cancels, your rating can apparently take a hit, even though the cancellation isn't your fault. And whenever something goes wrong, getting proper support can be a nightmare.

I also did food orders during the slow period around 12–3 PM, because rides were comparatively low.
And holy shit, some restaurants are a completely different experience.
Sometimes the food is ready immediately. Other times you're standing there for 20–25 minutes waiting for them to prepare it.
There was one incident I'll never forget.

I accepted a Swiggy food order through Rapido because the drop location was close to my house. I reached the ice cream shop and found out there was no electricity. Their machines and computer were shut down, so they couldn't prepare the order.
The staff told me I had to call Swiggy and cancel it.
I called Swiggy → they told me they couldn't cancel it and that I had to contact Rapido.
Called Rapido → they told me to contact Swiggy because it was a Swiggy order.
Basically, I was stuck in a Swiggy ↔ Rapido infinite loop.

I spent around 45 minutes trying to figure out what the hell I was supposed to do.
Then I noticed the drop location was a tuition centre. I searched it on Google Maps, found their number and called them directly. Someone picked up, I explained the situation, they asked me to hand the phone to the restaurant staff, spoke to them and eventually got the order cancelled.

The craziest part?
Rapido doesn't show you the customer's contact details until you've picked up the food, which itself requires an OTP from the restaurant.

So if the destination had just been some random house instead of a business I could find on Google Maps, I genuinely don't know what I would've done.

The restaurant staff even told me this had happened before and that another rider had apparently been stuck waiting for 2 hours.
And then there's the whole Bangalore auto-driver situation.

For three months I regularly logged in around places like Majestic, railway stations and other busy areas. Auto drivers would sometimes stare at me like they were trying to see through my soul 💀.
But honestly, I never had a single auto driver threaten or confront me during those three months.

I also surprisingly had a lot of conversations with random passengers. I never really had a negative interaction with a customer. Most people were completely normal and some conversations were actually pretty interesting.

I finished my Rapido journey before all the recent ban/RTO-seizing drama, so I didn't personally experience that side of things.
Overall, I'm glad I did it.

It wasn't just about the ₹1,200/day. I got to see what gig work actually feels like from the worker's side — the waiting, fuel costs, uncertainty, platform rules, customer issues, restaurant problems and the constant pressure to keep moving.

The biggest thing I took away from it is this:
Doing gig work for 3 months as a student is very different from doing it because your family depends on it.
For me, it was a side hustle.
For someone else, those same ₹1,200 might be the difference between paying their bills or not.
Curious to hear from people who have been doing Rapido/Swiggy/Zomato full-time — what has your experience been like, especially with support, ratings, cancellations and earnings?