#dad advice

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

[pervertedripper]

Remember my fellow trans guys out there your facial hair needs to be washed And conditioned as often as your head hair!!

My beard is so soft since I started conditioning it!

[hypnobrainwashertoo]

Never pay a bill you suspect is incorrect. Send the email. Use the customer service chat. Make the phone call. Just realize that once you pay it, that money is theirs and no one has any motivation left to help you.

[swankyangles]

While all corporations are evil basically, some of them are better than others. I would just like to state from a personal experience,

If you are looking for "ANY job" Waffle House is the best, unparalleled.

They also have a cash payroll weekly. Of course you don't get paid until at least 1-2 weeks after your first shift because that's how accounting works. (Unfortunately). I found this job to be easier and more rewarding than most if not all retail jobs. (It wasn't utterly mind numbing like Kohl's....ugh)

[sentientunconsciousness]

never join up unless they’re legit 👍

[terrie-unattented]

Has anybody made this post yet?

✨ Princesses go to Princeton ✨

We love a good parallel

(both pictures are from somewhere on Google - not mine)

[your-mom-friend]

A lesson in Credit Card safety, brought to you by my dad

I say credit card, but this also applies to debit cards. This is also mostly about scam callers

Cards from any bank have a common code. For example any credit card from Bank A would start with 0123. any Debit cards from Bank A could start with 0124. A credit card from Bank B might start with 4321.

Point being, a scammer can call you saying there's an issue with your account, and that you card number starts with, say, 0123. It gives the impression that they know what the other 12 digits of your card are. They do not. It's an attempt to bait you into telling them. If it's your bank then they'll be able to tell you all but the last 4 digits. the last 4 digits of your card, and the 3 digit code at the back of your card, are known to you and you alone. Give this to nobody. take no pictures and the only record of it's existence should be the card itself. If you tell the scammer "I have a credit card at Bank A" then they'll be able to tell you the first 4 digits. don't give them anything else.

There are a lot of things scammers might do to get your card number or phone number. Recently I got a call from someone claiming to be police, and I got out of that by saying I don't have any bank account, after which they ended the call.

Scammers will do a lot. They'll, and I say this from personal experience, try to get your sympathy by having a crying kid in the background to give the impression of a harried work-from-home parent that needs a break. Don't fall for it.

If you are on the line with them in the "I'm from the bank to fix your account" scenario, they might send you a One-Time-Password (OTP) and tell you to give them the OTP, and this'll give them access to your phone.

On one occasion, a scammer called a little kid, claiming to be his dad's friend. The kid said his dad was asleep, and the scammer got the kid to take out his dad's wallet and give him the credit card information and the next day his account was cleared entirely. He was able to report the fraud and get his money back but the point still stands.

If the call is from any legitimate source, they'll be able to give you information themselves. If they ask for you to confirm your email ask them to tell you the email they have on record and you can confirm it. Same goes for phone numbers and card details. If they're actually from a bank they should be able to confirm it themselves.

You can also, like my dad, just be a bastard about it. My dad once got a call saying that they were from X Bank and they were going to close his account, and he just said "okay do it" and ended the call. then he looked me dead in the eyes and said "I don't have an account at that bank".

All of this might sound like obvious information to some, but if I've learned one thing, it's that sometimes the obvious doesn't strike us, and sometimes we don't have someone to teach it to us. So I'm gonna pass along this wisdom to y'all.

[toxicinfirmary009]

Long story short:

My car is likely toast (owned less than a year), my dream career is in the dirt, the person I'm convinced is 'the one' I cannot be around right now, my grandfather's cancer is back, my other grandfather is knocking death's door, not to mention a lot of littler things that have yet to stop fucking with me daily.

My life is in literal shambles, I am struggling to get out of bed.

I get a call from my dad tonight and he gives me the best, and punniest piece of advice I've heard in a WHILE:

"Tilt your chin back, it makes the shots go down easier."

I love you dad 🥲❤️