What would you do?

[michchick98]

Yeah, I know there's a TV show named the same thing. Anyway, here are a few different scenarios...what would you do?

The first:

A friend invites you over to dinner. She cooks all your favorite foods and boasts about how wonderful her new oven is. Once you sit down to dinner and take a bite of the food, it's horrible. Do you tell her or let it go?


The second:

You're sitting in a drive-thru (McDonald's, Burger King..whatever) and you see a $50 bill on the ground against the curb. Naturally, you get out of your car to pick it up. Question is, do you keep it or turn it in to the restaurant?


The third:

You're walking through the parking lot at the supermarket and you see someone whip into one of the handicapped spaces. The car has no handicapped plates or the mirror thing or anything at all to indicate their impairment. Do you say something to the person or go inside and tell someone in the store?

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Feel free to add your own.

For me, the first one would depend on how good the friend is. If we're close friends, I'd tell her. If we're not so close, I'd just let it go and leave it to someone else to tell her.

The second actually happened to me a few summers ago. I asked inside the Burger King what their policy was on money that was found. They said after thirty days if it wasn't claimed I could have it. I figured it was only $50 so I never actually said anything and kept the money.

The third one, I'd tell someone inside the store. My dad uses a handicapped tag and I know it annoys the hell out of him when people who don't need to park in the handicapped spots.

 

[3113]

A friend invites you over to dinner. She cooks all your favorite foods and boasts about how wonderful her new oven is. Once you sit down to dinner and take a bite of the food, it's horrible. Do you tell her or let it go?

How good a friend is she and do you care about maintaining the friendship? Most especially, is the friendship worth being invited over to another dinner? Ultimately, I'd probably let it go, but there's no way I'm going to have dinner at her house again.

You're sitting in a drive-thru (McDonald's, Burger King..whatever) and you see a $50 bill on the ground against the curb. Naturally, you get out of your car to pick it up. Question is, do you keep it or turn it in to the restaurant?

Sticky. I would want to get it back to it's owner, but depending on the restaurant that might not happen. Where is this restaurant and who works at it? Do we trust THEM to get the money back to the owner?

You're walking through the parking lot at the supermarket and you see someone whip into one of the handicapped spaces. The car has no handicapped plates or the mirror thing or anything at all to indicate their impairment. Do you say something to the person or go inside and tell someone in the store?

Tell someone in the store. The person who whipped into the handicapped space already knows what they've done and will likely get defensive if you confront them. The store has some authority.

 

[oggbashan]

1. I agree with 3113.

2. I'd hand it in to the restaurant.

3. I would leave it alone. In the UK you should put a handicapped marker on the dashboard. It is easy to forget it but anyone who uses a handicapped space who ISN'T handicapped is so lacking in consideration that confronting them is likely to lead to verbal or physical abuse.

However I know several people who are handicapped but can walk a short distance apparently normally - on a good day - but would be exhausted by the end of of tour around the store. Not all handicaps are identifiable on sight. I could be classified as handicapped because of ankylosing spondilitis but I can walk a reasonable distance. What I can't do is pick up anything I've dropped on the ground without getting down on my hands and knees and then having a struggle to stand up again - but I'd never use a handicapped parking space. I do sometimes have to use a disabled toilet on a bad day and I have the RADAR key that fits most UK disabled toilets.

Confronting someone that you think is using a handicapped space is awkward. If they ARE handicapped you could embarrass them and yourself. If they AREN'T handicapped you will be confronting an asshole.

Og

 

[lesbiaphrodite]

1. I wouldn't say anything. It's not worth ruining a friendship over.

2. I'd keep it.

3. I'd let it go. Nothing but trouble.

 

[freshface]

1. I'm not sure what the new oven has to do with it. Professional oven + bad cook = bad food. But I would never tell someone their cooking was bad. I might eat a lot of bread, but I wouldn't be rude.

2. Undecided. I'd probably turn it in on the theory that even if the owner didn't get it back, it would go to someone who needed it more than me.

3. Having been on the other side of this, I'd be careful about confronting someone. My father's in a wheelchair and needs every bit of space in a handicap spot to get out of it and into the car. If I'm picking him up, I'm parking in the handicap spot, even if I don't have his tag. Running after me because I parked there isn't necessary or helpful.

 

[Leto Degeneres]

Yeah, I know there's a TV show named the same thing. Anyway, here are a few different scenarios...what would you do?

The first:

A friend invites you over to dinner. She cooks all your favorite foods and boasts about how wonderful her new oven is. Once you sit down to dinner and take a bite of the food, it's horrible. Do you tell her or let it go?

Depends. If I think it's because I have a personal problem with it I'd probably it eat and shut up. If she obviously left something out I'll bet she realizes it as quickly as do. That happened once. I looked up, grinned at her, and said "should we keep this recipe to those once a year special occasions?" and she said "yeah, I know! It's awful!"

The second:

You're sitting in a drive-thru (McDonald's, Burger King..whatever) and you see a $50 bill on the ground against the curb. Naturally, you get out of your car to pick it up. Question is, do you keep it or turn it in to the restaurant?

That $50 in the street is mine. If it'd been in the restaurant McDonald's would have got lucky; I'd give it to the manager.[/QUOTE]

The third:

You're walking through the parking lot at the supermarket and you see someone whip into one of the handicapped spaces. The car has no handicapped plates or the mirror thing or anything at all to indicate their impairment. Do you say something to the person or go inside and tell someone in the store?

some people get all the good spots! Seriously, I'd scold myself for even looking to see if they were eligible. I'd forget it.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

It depends on how hot the friend is. If she's killer hot I'd eat a mile of shit just to kiss her ass. If she's bow wow city, you need to be honest with her. "Here's one more thing you suck at, dear"

Finders keepers. I worked at a convenience store...thats the policy. Shit! I kept money I found on the floor by the registers or dropped in the candy display. But you cant keep the money you find in the register or the safe.

The cripples are on their own. I dont like them, and if someone fucks one out of a parking space, hooray!

 

[Boxlicker101]

Yeah, I know there's a TV show named the same thing. Anyway, here are a few different scenarios...what would you do?

The first:

A friend invites you over to dinner. She cooks all your favorite foods and boasts about how wonderful her new oven is. Once you sit down to dinner and take a bite of the food, it's horrible. Do you tell her or let it go?

It would depend. If I know the friend is actually a good cook, it would mean that something went wrong. Possibly there is some foreign matrial accidentally left in the oven, or she screwed up the recipe. Since she will realize there is aproblem as soon as she tastes the food, I don't think any comment would be necessary.

The second:

You're sitting in a drive-thru (McDonald's, Burger King..whatever) and you see a $50 bill on the ground against the curb. Naturally, you get out of your car to pick it up. Question is, do you keep it or turn it in to the restaurant?

I would keep the money. There is no way to know where it came from or for the loser to identify it, and it might have even blown there from the street. If I found it on the floor INSIDE the restaurant, it would be a different matter.

The third:

You're walking through the parking lot at the supermarket and you see someone whip into one of the handicapped spaces. The car has no handicapped plates or the mirror thing or anything at all to indicate their impairment. Do you say something to the person or go inside and tell someone in the store?

I would, reluctantly, ignore it. As Og said, the handicap may not be noticeable and, as Freshface said, the driver may be there to pick up somebody who is entitled to a handicapped space.

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Feel free to add your own.

For me, the first one would depend on how good the friend is. If we're close friends, I'd tell her. If we're not so close, I'd just let it go and leave it to someone else to tell her.

The second actually happened to me a few summers ago. I asked inside the Burger King what their policy was on money that was found. They said after thirty days if it wasn't claimed I could have it. I figured it was only $50 so I never actually said anything and kept the money.

The third one, I'd tell someone inside the store. My dad uses a handicapped tag and I know it annoys the hell out of him when people who don't need to park in the handicapped spots.[/QUOTE]

 

[michchick98]

1. I'm not sure what the new oven has to do with it. Professional oven + bad cook = bad food. But I would never tell someone their cooking was bad. I might eat a lot of bread, but I wouldn't be rude.

2. Undecided. I'd probably turn it in on the theory that even if the owner didn't get it back, it would go to someone who needed it more than me.

3. Having been on the other side of this, I'd be careful about confronting someone. My father's in a wheelchair and needs every bit of space in a handicap spot to get out of it and into the car. If I'm picking him up, I'm parking in the handicap spot, even if I don't have his tag. Running after me because I parked there isn't necessary or helpful.

That's a good point....picking up someone who's handicapped, when you yourself don't have a permit.

If I'm driving my dad's car and he's not with me, I don't use his permit. If he is with me, I use it, but if we can't I drop him off at the door, then park in a regular spot and go meet him. After we're done, I go get the car while he waits, there's usually some place for him to sit down or if we're at the grocery store, he's using one of those little scooters anyway.

I did see someone park in a handicapped spot without a permit going into the same store as me. We ended up going down a lot of the same aisles while we did our shopping. I made a detour to the service desk and told them about it. By the time I got out of the store, the guy's car was being towed. He was standing there talking to the police.

I overheard a bit of the conversation and apparently the guy made it a habit of parking in the handicapped spots and had quite a few citations for it already, that's why his car was towed. He didn't look happy about it.

 

[Saucy_Sage]

No. 1: I'm afraid I would have to shoot her.

No. 3: I'm afraid I would have to shoot him.

No. 2: Obviously a thank you present from a handicapped gourmet. Keep it, of course.

 

[PrincessErin]

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[Misty_Morning]

The third:

You're walking through the parking lot at the supermarket and you see someone whip into one of the handicapped spaces. The car has no handicapped plates or the mirror thing or anything at all to indicate their impairment. Do you say something to the person or go inside and tell someone in the store?

I've already posted something about this.

Musta been at least 10 years ago.

I was going to a local mall and as I was looking for a place to park I saw a guy pull into a handicapped paking space. He was OBVIOUSLY not entitled to the space.

The parking lot was very full.

I rolled down my window and shouted that he shouldn't be parking there.

He replied that he was only gonna be a few minutes.

I thought to myself....oh...you're gonna be longer than that.

I proceeded to pull my car around and block his car. I then called the local police on my cell phone.

After about 10 minutes or so, he came back out and demanded that I move my car. I ignored him.

He proceeded to cuss me out and got into his car and revved up the engine and acted like he was gonna ram my car. I ignored him.

The police finally arrived and and gave him a ticket. They also thanked me.

Normally, I would not have done such a thing. But I there were too many times I had seen folks needing the spot and having to park out in the boondocks.



Those parking place are there for folks that need them.


Yes. I am a stickler for doing whats right.

 

[glynndah]

The first:

A friend invites you over to dinner. She cooks all your favorite foods and boasts about how wonderful her new oven is. Once you sit down to dinner and take a bite of the food, it's horrible. Do you tell her or let it go?

If she's cooked for me before and I liked those meals, then the problem is probably with her oven and I'd tell her. Although, like Box said, undoubtedly, she'd be able to figure it out by herself.

The second:

You're sitting in a drive-thru (McDonald's, Burger King..whatever) and you see a $50 bill on the ground against the curb. Naturally, you get out of your car to pick it up. Question is, do you keep it or turn it in to the restaurant?

Outside the restaurant? I'd keep it, but use it for something good, charity, etc. Inside the restaurant? I'd definitely look around for the owner and then turn it into the manager.

The third:

You're walking through the parking lot at the supermarket and you see someone whip into one of the handicapped spaces. The car has no handicapped plates or the mirror thing or anything at all to indicate their impairment. Do you say something to the person or go inside and tell someone in the store?

This one's easy. I had to use a handicapped sticker a couple of years ago. I certainly didn't look handicapped, no wheelchair, young enough, etc., but I had a medical reason to park in one of those spaces. I wouldn't do or say anything and would let karma take care of it.

 

[TE999]

Yeah, I know there's a TV show named the same thing. Anyway, here are a few different scenarios...what would you do?

The first:

A friend invites you over to dinner. She cooks all your favorite foods and boasts about how wonderful her new oven is. Once you sit down to dinner and take a bite of the food, it's horrible. Do you tell her or let it go?


The second:

You're sitting in a drive-thru (McDonald's, Burger King..whatever) and you see a $50 bill on the ground against the curb. Naturally, you get out of your car to pick it up. Question is, do you keep it or turn it in to the restaurant?


The third:

You're walking through the parking lot at the supermarket and you see someone whip into one of the handicapped spaces. The car has no handicapped plates or the mirror thing or anything at all to indicate their impairment. Do you say something to the person or go inside and tell someone in the store?

#1 Be polite and choke down what you could. Afterwards, tell her that you think something's wrong with the oven and go from there.

#2 I'd keep it. The restaurant staff will if you don't.

#3 MYOB. Not all handicapped persons are identifiable. Besides, if a cop doesn't see a hang tag or a handicapped plate the jerk will get a ticket...if not then, sooner or later.

 

[DeeZire]

The food - After one bite, I'd ask if the hostess had any benadryl because I was feeling an allergic reaction coming on. This would give her an opportunity to explain what was wrong with the food.

The money - I'd take the $50 to the strip club and spend it on the most homely, unattractive gal there, as long as she had a nice smile.

The parking spot - I'd coax my dog into pissing on the offending car. Then I'd place a handful of two-inch roofing nails under the tires. Of course, then I'd have to wait until the car left to pick up any nails that didn't stick in the asshole's tires.

 

[OzArrian]

1. The food; depends on the desire or possibility of the female friend for some post-prandial coitus.

2. The cash; into the wallet it goes.

3. The car: in Australia we have a practice called '20 centing'. Take a 20 cent coin and run it edgewise along the paint job of an offending vehicle. Always brings a smile to the practitioner.

 

[DeeZire]

... in Australia we have a practice called '20 centing'. Take a 20 cent coin and run it edgewise along the paint job of an offending vehicle. Always brings a smile to the practitioner.

In America it's called "keying" the car, as illustrated in the lyrics to this hit song for Carrie Underwood on the country charts.

"I dug my key into the side of his Pretty little souped up four wheel drive
Carved my name into his leather seat
I took a Louisville slugger to both head lights
Slashed a hole in all four tires
Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats"

As you can see, women's liberation has finally reached Nashville.

 

[R. Richard]

I've already posted something about this.

Musta been at least 10 years ago.

I was going to a local mall and as I was looking for a place to park I saw a guy pull into a handicapped paking space. He was OBVIOUSLY not entitled to the space.

The parking lot was very full.

I rolled down my window and shouted that he shouldn't be parking there.

He replied that he was only gonna be a few minutes.

I thought to myself....oh...you're gonna be longer than that.

I proceeded to pull my car around and block his car. I then called the local police on my cell phone.

After about 10 minutes or so, he came back out and demanded that I move my car. I ignored him.

He proceeded to cuss me out and got into his car and revved up the engine and acted like he was gonna ram my car. I ignored him.

The police finally arrived and and gave him a ticket. They also thanked me.

Normally, I would not have done such a thing. But I there were too many times I had seen folks needing the spot and having to park out in the boondocks.



Those parking place are there for folks that need them.


Yes. I am a stickler for doing whats right.

Perfect answer. You got the job done by invovling the people who are supposed to handle such matters.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

1. Actually, I haven't really ever tasted bad cooking...I know it's hard to believe, but after the stuff they served in hospital, in the Air Force and on Airlines back when they served food, no matter how bad the cook was the food was always palatable. And if she were a friend or a good friend, unless it was burned beyond recognition, then it was probably good to go.

2. Keep it. If you're to confused or to drunk to hold on to your cash when going through the drive thru then you probably shouldn't be driving in the first place...

3. Call the local constabulary...if the guy is in the story long enough then that $500 ticket on his windshield might make him think twice the next time he whips in that space. And donuts to dollars I'll bet the car was a Mercedes, BMW, Lexus or Porsche.

 

[Boxlicker101]

In America it's called "keying" the car, as illustrated in the lyrics to this hit song for Carrie Underwood on the country charts.

"I dug my key into the side of his Pretty little souped up four wheel drive
Carved my name into his leather seat
I took a Louisville slugger to both head lights
Slashed a hole in all four tires
Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats"

As you can see, women's liberation has finally reached Nashville.

It's also called vandalism, and you can go to jail for it. Don't get the idea that I see nothing wrong with illegally parking in handicapped spaces, but you seem to be advocating excessive retaliation. Misty had the right idea, if one has the time.

 

[Jack_Samuel]

1. no way dont tell. It doesnt benefit anyway to hurt their feelings

2. Hand it over to the restaurant. Karma ensures good deeds are repaid.

3. Confront them. Disability sucks and jerks like them make it worse. If someone keys their car call it karma baby

 

[DeeZire]

It's also called vandalism, and you can go to jail for it. Don't get the idea that I see nothing wrong with illegally parking in handicapped spaces, but you seem to be advocating excessive retaliation....

Keying the car was Ozarrian's idea. I was just expanding on that. To tell you the truth, I was totally shocked the first time I heard that song on the radio. The fact that it became a hit could be seen as an indictment of the mentality of the red-staters who listen to C&W music, if one wanted to look at it that way.

Based on my experience with Nashville publishers, I never would have written those lines, or if I had it would have been a joke version of the song (as was my first post.) Obviously, I'm totally out of the loop when it comes to what's PC in the music biz.

I did like Misty's idea, but it only works when the car that's doing the blocking is more beat up than the car that's doing the illegal parking. Same with running red lights. Guys in big-ass pickup trucks do much better at being assholes in traffic because they know if there was a vehicular confrontation, they'd win.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Keying the car was Ozarrian's idea. I was just expanding on that. To tell you the truth, I was totally shocked the first time I heard that song on the radio. The fact that it became a hit could be seen as an indictment of the mentality of the red-staters who listen to C&W music, if one wanted to look at it that way.

Based on my experience with Nashville publishers, I never would have written those lines, or if I had it would have been a joke version of the song (as was my first post.) Obviously, I'm totally out of the loop when it comes to what's PC in the music biz.

I did like Misty's idea, but it only works when the car that's doing the blocking is more beat up than the car that's doing the illegal parking. Same with running red lights. Guys in big-ass pickup trucks do much better at being assholes in traffic because they know if there was a vehicular confrontation, they'd win.

Actually, C&W is quite popular in CA, which is one of the bluest of blue states.

 

[sutherngent985]

1: I wouldnt say anything. She is going to be eating the same thing and will realize something is wrong.

2: I would take it and pout it in the poor box at a church or donate it to charity. Turning it into the hamburger joint wouldnt do anything except line some pimple faced kids pocket who would throw it away on crap...the money certainly wouldnt get to the person who lost it.

3: I would tell the store manager about it and let them deal with it. The odds of a cop seeing it are pretty high to depend on. I might call the police and report it if I thought there was a good chance they would get there before the person left. Blocking them in? Only if Im in something alot larger then they are driving.