For many people, it’s the price of the phone that makes them buy the Verizon version. The main complaint is that Google raised the price of the Pixels when the hardware is not comparable to the premium phones currently/soon-to-be available. The secondary complaint is that Google’s trade in value for the Pixel 2s are…

(cough) and adults, too. If I have a red eye and wired due to time zone differences, this helps. I don’t like sleeping pills, so this is the next best thing.

Regarding the doors: indoor parking garages may refuse the car. They don’t want the headache of damaging your car or that your car scratched someone else’s. DeLoreans had that problem, back in the day.

Also take a picture of your luggage tag(s) if you checked your bag(s). Airlines have lost my luggage before and having a picture of it is better than digging around for the actual tag. It will make it much easier to fill out the lost luggage claim form. Lucky for me, I was adequately reimbursed since I have my…

We must’ve had the same woman as a roommate, although she never mentioned “servants”. However, she was a slob and just as entitled. I did the same thing and moved as soon as the lease ended.

Although I do agree with the airlines that you get what you pay for, but sometimes you get less: the airline gives you an old plane that hasn’t been upgraded in the last 25 years. There’s not enough bathrooms for the number of passengers on the plane... and half the toilets are backed up. I once flew first class…

This! We normally fly Delta but couldn’t find tickets to where we were going. Only United was available. We experienced unfriendly staff with bad attitudes. We found out we had no hotel to go to due to a weather event, and the United agent refused to take our bags off the plane, stated we had to fly to our…

KISS. We invited immediate family and very close friends. We also paid for our own wedding. Thankfully, our family didn’t interfere because they were invited. We picked a hotel that had a pretty outdoor venue with a restaurant. Hired a professional photographer. It mostly worked. The photographer flaked out after the…

Agreed. You basically have to decide how much you are willing to pay for the (in)convenience.

Always be aware if you are buying the cheapest ticket — especially if it’s a low cost airline — they will charge for EVERY PERK, e.g., priority boarding (even though you paid for business class seats), “airport taxes” that show up in fine print when you are ready to pay, using the overhead bins, etc.

It depends on where you’re from. In the US, I suppose it’s a coastal/media thing to have bronze looks.

You should add replacement costs of any appliances or larger repairs that didn’t show up on the home inspection, i.e. leaks (roof, window, pipes) , an appliance stops working, mold, etc.

My annoyance with expensive restaurants are super aggressive table runners, where they grab your plate when you’re not finished. It happened to us at an upscale restaurant when I was busy talking, the runner came by, swiped my plate before I noticed, and ran away. I wasn’t finished with my meal. It was for a special…

I wondered about this but never did it because I figured the circulating fan would dry out desserts faster than intended.

Does this mean that California is “cancer free” after posting all these warnings?

New York Times has an article that microwaves do not clean sponges:

Don’t fly United Airlines. They will not refund your money for anything. We booked a vacation, online, where the weather shut down the resort. The hotel refunded our money after we called them.

Yes. The hotel can refund your money directly, especially if something happened to the hotel outside of their control (weather event causing the hotel to close for a week).

If you have a tension shower curtain rod, I’d be careful about how many wet/heavy coats you hang on it. It’s fine for a few coats, but if you have lots of people, it will not handle the weight.

If something gets really funky (giving a beady eye at forgetful family member), I use Persil Pro Clean. It’s really good at getting rid of smells due to the overwhelming amounts of perfume in it, but... it works. Not great if you have sensitive skin, but it’s that person’s fault for not remembering to wash their…