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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

RULES:

  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Absolutely no NSFL content.
  7. Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
  8. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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[–] rozodru@piefed.world 25 points 3 hours ago (4 children)

I used to work at a Blockbuster, I'm not sure I'd want to relive those days.

My favorite was when customers would come in with the cards we mailed out letting them know they were in collections for a late return. something like $4.25 (yes we'd send people to collections for the cost of a rental) and they'd always have the same complaint "I'M TRYING TO BUY A HOUSE AND THIS IS DESTROYING MY CREDIT, REMOVE IT!" which I always did cause man...it was $4.25.

[–] Shirasho@lemmings.world 21 points 2 hours ago

Hot take - If you can't pay for a damn video tape rental you can't be trusted to pay your house loan.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

How do you buy a house without $4.25

[–] rozodru@piefed.world 16 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

the excuse was, according to them, that having the late fee sent to collections would destroy their credit thus preventing them from getting a loan.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 12 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

"Well then, sounds like you've got a payment to make"

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

More like, "well for just $4.25, plus my convenience fee of $100, we can resolve this problem"

I love being assholes to assholes, so the chub is just a side benefit.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Yeah, but then you give them something to complain about afterwards. Pissing them off by being kind is sooooo much more rewarding. You haven't experienced pettiness until you've gotten a customer to a boiling rage by being nothing but saccharine and professional to a pissed off customer looking for a fight.

I used to work retail cell phone sales for a now defunct reseller, and we'd frequently get people in who got pissed off when they found out we couldn't do a lot of carrier functions, and boy was it fun winding people up by being kind, courteous and professional.

I wasn't as bad as the South Park ISP dudes, but same vibe lol

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

I get that, but what why waive the fee

[–] toxicbubble@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

if you're in debt, your credit score goes down and you can't take out a loan

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

“I’M TRYING TO BUY A HOUSE AND THIS IS DESTROYING MY CREDIT, REMOVE IT!” which I always did cause man…it was $4.25.

I'm sure they did nothing wrong with that house once they bought it...

*looks at housing market*

OP you should have doubled the fine

[–] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

How do you buy a house with $4.25?