r/lifehack

If you see someone doing something you think is lazy assume they are doing it for accessibility. You will find yourself less annoyed.

Phone app you think it’s stupid: accessibility
Kitchen gadgets you think is totally useless: accessibility.
Someone sitting in disabled section of the bus: accessibility

Found it is better to assume something is for accessibility purposes than stupid ones. If you are asking yourself why would anyone do that, thinking about how it could be used to make life more accessible makes you happier.

You end up happier. And more enjoyable to be around

Edited for better examples

ETA: TLDR This eliminates follow up questions.

I’ve done this when calling a few different large businesses like Verizon wireless and smaller companies. When the system asks how they can help, I say “customer service. I will not give you any more information.” Then it says “Okay” and connects me.

I’ve tried different variations and they’ve resulted in a follow up question. When I answer the follow up question with “I will not give you any more information”, I get connected to customer service.

My test pool isn’t huge, but it hasn’t failed me yet.

Edit: grammar

I’ve been doing this for as long as I can remember and was shocked to hear that not everybody knew about it!

The second after I start a free trial, i cancel it. Once you start it, it’s active for the whole month even if you cancel it. Then, you don’t have to worry about forgetting to cancel or setting a reminder at the end of the month. voila!

[for free trials of apps, the SECOND after you get it, go to the app store -> your profile on the top right -> subscriptions -> cancel any unwanted ones]

I learned this trick from a bread baker years ago. I was at the farmers market buying from my favorite bakery and was lamenting how the bread goes stale faster than I can eat it. The baker recommended that I slice up half the loaf as soon as I get home, and wrap the slices (2 at a time) in foil and throw them in the freezer. When I want to reheat, just stick the foil packet into the toaster oven and run the toast cycle on the darkest setting (or in the regular oven at 375 for 10 min or so). This mimics a steam oven and the bread steams itself back to life while the crust remains crunchy. Works like a charm!

I discovered this works even better for bagels! I go to my local bagel shop and get bagels as fresh as I can, and immediately come home and wrap each one individually and freeze (unsliced). Then, reheat in the same way. What I’ll normally do is then is unwrap and toast the entire bagel (still unsliced) and then slice after toasting (cursing my burning fingers). The result is a beautifully crisp bagel on the outside, warm, steamy and soft on the inside. If you like the inside toasted, feel free to slice after unwrapping before toasting.

ETA: this advice centers around using a **toaster OVEN**, not a pop up toaster. You can also use a normal oven. Don’t put foil in a pop up toaster please.

recently I have been struggling to wake up at set time on my phone timer set at 7:00 a.m.

I have just gotten this kitten about four weeks ago, and early on I used sound of cats to find where she's hiding to prevent her from getting stuck somewhere.

she is a very curious and playful cat - whom I give all my love and dedication to. she doesn't seem stressed out when she hears the sound of the cat meowing, in fact it seems to kind of sooth her as she associates the sound with cuddle time..

I have a very important meeting early in the morning tomorrow and I've already set a couple alarms just in case.

but here is my idea. I can choose whatever sound to play at any time and if I just play the cat sound, my cat will automatically run towards me, definitely meow back, thus shake and wake me up.

really just a last resort.

she might get all to use to it if used often also make sure that you have enough time to give her full attention before leaving the house if you choose to try this out.

remember your cats emotional well-being is more important but I really need this job opportunity and I am worried I will sleep over once more and miss it.

just a shower thought really. I will let you know how it goes.

stay updated lol.

I tried the fork&knife method
And the shoe method (it’s a bottle of Rosé… the more I tapped the more it started to get fizzy..)

Help

Edit: I got a corkscrew !