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jtho78 t1_ja0tciw wrote

Reply to comment by WHSKYJCK in LPT: If someone is talking loudly over speakerphone in public and you want them to shut up, join in on their conversation. by ConnieKai

People think talking on the speaker phone is normal because reality shows require it to capture both sides of the conversation. It should only be used in public, between 2 people, or if the receiver is hard of hearing. Otherwise, it’s just rude.

edit: grammar

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Ha0225 t1_ja0t2l6 wrote

Reply to LPT Request: new apartment without a washer by Ready-Pay-137

Get a portable washing machine from Amazon. It’s a bit more labor intensive, but better than going to a laundromat. That’s what I did in apartments without washing machines. You can fill it with a bucket/hose and empty it the same way. I just let everything air dry.

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Flair_Helper t1_ja0qcmr wrote

Reply to LPT: If you always listen to music or the radio when you drive, make sure to do occasional drives without sound to listen to your car for a few minutes. There could be something quietly scraping, grinding, or dragging and you would never hear it until it’s too loud and too late. by The_Big_Crouton

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OGThakillerr t1_ja0q1ac wrote

Reply to comment by dubbzy104 in LPT: If you always listen to music or the radio when you drive, make sure to do occasional drives without sound to listen to your car for a few minutes. There could be something quietly scraping, grinding, or dragging and you would never hear it until it’s too loud and too late. by The_Big_Crouton

"it never used to make that sound before" usually going hand-in-hand with "it tends to happen when I do X and Y"

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lemon_balm_squad t1_ja0pw6w wrote

Reply to LPT Request: new apartment without a washer by Ready-Pay-137

You should be already clean when you're using towels, so as long as you have sufficient towel bars that let them get dry after use you can use them for at least one week - we do two weeks because the towels dry very quickly, my husband and I have four bath sheets for the month so there's always two already clean in case of guests or issues.

I use jumbo flour sack towels for drying my hair and housecleaning, I also use washcloths for bathing and cleaning, but having 40 of each takes up barely any space in the towel wash - I have a small mesh hamper where they get draped over the side for a day or two and then I push them in when they're dry so there's not a pile of them getting moldy in there. I do have "nice" hand towels for if there's guests, but we mostly use the flour sacks as bathroom hand towels.

Sheets will depend on use and showering. If you put a towel down before special use, they stay cleaner longer. But I'd suggest if you want to wash every two weeks have three sets, so you can change weekly and have an emergency clean set, otherwise you can change to the third set the day you take the other two to be washed (if you change them right then you don't have to do that chore after you're tired from all the folding and putting away).

Clothing is up to you and your jobs and what you do. I work from home, so I only have a minimal wardrobe of "nice" clothes and basically ~14 sets of WFH Uniforms that are sturdy but fairly lightweight and I can do pretty much all of them in one large load. If you work in public, I would say really critically go through your work wardrobes to make sure everything you've got is really working for you, ditch and replace anything that isn't, and consider just using wash-and-fold services for work clothes if you don't want to do it all that way.

But honestly, consider the value of your time when doing the math here, and the efficiency/expertise of people who can do it for you. Include the costs of tipping well, or paying fairly if you want to pay someone to do it privately, because honestly it's a valuable service that has a lot of quiet costs if you do it yourself.

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eye_snap t1_ja0pt34 wrote

Reply to LPT: If a small business gives you discounts or free item/service to resolve a genuine issue you had with them, don't mention it in public reviews/forums, people will try to take advantage, they'll use your review as precedent and an excuse to be a shitty customer by InevitableNothing460

I made the mistake of asking for a discount while another customer was also haggling. But I was buying 2 of the same thing.

She said "No I cant do anything. This is the price." But then kinda gave me the eye brow wriggle. I asked again later out of earshot of everyone else, if I can get a discount if I bought 2, and she actually gave me a pretty solid discount.

It was an expensive item that I wouldnt have bought without the discount and I had to buy 2 because I have twins. I would have definitely gone elsewhere without the discount. She gained a customer

So additional LPT: ask out of earshot of other customers..

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