[-] BakingCookies@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

My mom used to say Robert Redford could park his shoes under her bed anytime.

[-] BakingCookies@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

So they built a castle but only have 1.5 acres of land, and then put it right on the highway? I'm just looking at pics of surrounding areas -- the neighbor's house, the baseball field across the road, all so close.

[-] BakingCookies@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Major Payne, Grandma's Boy, Shrek 1 & 2, Super Troopers, My Cousin Vinny,

[-] BakingCookies@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That's really pretty!

[-] BakingCookies@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

The only one I remember for sure is nice. My kid was about 8yo and decided they wanted to go shopping for our Christmas gifts by themselves. So we went to Target and my husband and I gave them some cash and instructions about not spending it all to allow for taxes. We parked ourselves at the front of the store so we saw them checking out and we could see there was some kind of issue, but it got resolved. After we got home, our kid explained that they did indeed spend every bit of the money we gave them, forgetting about taxes, but the cashier "found" a coupon so they didn't have to put anything back.

Later that evening, I called the Target and asked to speak a manager. I explained what happened and I said I was sorry that I didn't know the name of the cashier but I described them and their checkout lane, and wanted to send them my praise and thanks. It would've been so easy to just make a kid put something back or get their parents, but this lady was very kind and patient, and it really made my kid's day. (My kid was very proud of themselves for buying their parents' gifts all by themselves for the first time.) The manager was so relieved and said she was very grateful to get this kind of call because at that time of year they don't always hear a lot of positive feedback.

[-] BakingCookies@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm a substitute teacher, and definitely not technical but my husband is, and he introduced me to Reddit many years ago. It was fun but I only ever used it on the RIF app. When I saw what was happening last month, I read a thread that suggested Lemmy as an alternative so here I am.

[-] BakingCookies@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yup. I substitute teach at a middle school and a couple years ago, I heard a 12yo say 40 would be a good age to die because you'd pretty much done everything you could by then... I'd just turned 40 a few weeks earlier.

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