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Cake day: July 12th, 2025

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  • I was almost fired when I worked as a parking lot attendant.

    How the process worked is, the lot served a community college and there was only one way in the parking lot. It was a flat rate, so the customer would pay the 2 bucks (or whatever it was) I would hand them a sequentially numbered ticket that they would put on their dash and they would park.

    At the end of the shift I would fill out a deposit slip that had a entry for what ticket number I started with and what ticket number I ended with and I put all the cash and that slip in a plastic bag that would seal up and I would deposit it in the bank. Typically the daily deposit amount would be around 350 bucks.

    Well one day the boss calls me and says that they can’t find a deposit and I have to come in and explain why. I went in and told them that I made the deposit at the end of yesterday’s shift.

    I get suspended.

    About a week later the boss calls me and says the bank found the deposit and my suspension is over. I had already found another job so I just told him that I am resigning.

    What to know the really fucking up part? Every now and then a driver would give me back the ticket as they left the parking lot. I would just throw it in the trash. Well one day a driver handed me his ticket as he was leaving, and another driver was coming in so, I just reused the ticket.

    You see what is coming, don’t you? I started making a point of reusing tickets and keeping the two bucks. I would STEAL the money. I would steal odd amounts, 16 bucks one day, 22 bucks the next day.

    I figure I must have stolen at least 1000 bucks from that place when it was all said and done.



  • I agree. My wife and I fought against separate beds for a long time, but some things went down that required us to have alternate sleep schedules so that forced us to do it.

    That was 12 years ago and we have had separate bedrooms ever since.

    We have since learned that pretty much all of our friends who have been married for significant number of years sleep in separate beds. Sleeping is such an important part of living and a huge impact on QoL. So once you accept that quality sleep is a basic need and not a referendum on the state of the marriage it just solves a set of problems.









  • I too will testify to the power of the CPAP!

    I was diagnosed with Sleep Apena and refused to use it.

    I am not putting that stupid thing on my face at night.

    Well when the MVA told me that if I didn’t show logs of usage I would loose my divers license i started.

    It took one night to convince me it was the greatest thing ever, and I felt so stupid for not using it sooner.

    My wife actually thought something was wrong because I was so “quiet” when I slept.

    Sleep Apena is no bullshit and it is amazing how much it was dragging me down.