Tis Tik Tok Friday

ill said:
but the thing about it now is that some people get rich for videoing them doing stupid shit...so it is a double edged sword
Click to expand...
so a gallon of elmer's glue and grass clippings on a "friend's" windshield could have earned me some likes?
 
stakesarehigh said:
Make sure to put it on tik tok or it didn't count
Click to expand...
Discover No Way GIF by ADWEEK
 
RoyMunson said:
everything is in digital storage forever now. my past is just in the memory banks of those involved and slowly fading with each subsequent beer.
Click to expand...

Shit. Back in the 80's I'd been at a beach party in Mississippi and got pretty drank. I was heading to see my squeeze after midnight, was speeding in my '73 Mustang convertible, and got pulled over for DUI.
When I went to the courthouse the receptionist told me to have a seat and the judge would be out in a few minutes. The judge came out of the back in a t-shirt and blue-jeans. She said "The judge will see you now". I was dressed better than he was.
We went into the judges office, he grabbed his black robe off the coat rack, told me to have a seat, sat down at his desk, read the charges, and asked me how I plead. I said "Guilty".
He then said "OK your fine is $350, how do you plan to pay that?"
I said "Cash"
His eyeballs lit up like a Christmas tree and he said "Pay the lady up front".

A couple years later I was applying for a job and one of the questions was "Have you ever been fined in excess of $100?"
I called my sister who was working for a nonprofit that needed to hire drivers, so she had access to state driving records. She looked up the county that I'd gotten the tickets and low and behold there was no record of it.
That judge and his secretary pocketed that "cash". LOL
 
Red_Alert said:
Shit. Back in the 80's I'd been at a beach party in Mississippi and got pretty drank. I was heading to see my squeeze after midnight, was speeding in my '73 Mustang convertible, and got pulled over for DUI.
When I went to the courthouse the receptionist told me to have a seat and the judge would be out in a few minutes. The judge came out of the back in a t-shirt and blue-jeans. She said "The judge will see you now". I was dressed better than he was.
We went into the judges office, he grabbed his black robe off the coat rack, told me to have a seat, sat down at his desk, read the charges, and asked me how I plead. I said "Guilty".
He then said "OK your fine is $350, how do you plan to pay that?"
I said "Cash"
His eyeballs lit up like a Christmas tree and he said "Pay the lady up front".

A couple years later I was applying for a job and one of the questions was "Have you ever been fined in excess of $100?"
I called my sister who was working for a nonprofit that needed to hire drivers, so she had access to state driving records. She looked up the county that I'd gotten the tickets and low and behold there was no record of it.
That judge and his secretary pocketed that "cash". LOL
Click to expand...
Should have asked for a discount.
 
ill said:
using "you have a higher chance of getting caught" seems like bad parenting to me
Click to expand...

Why?

They're great kids and get straight A's. Both National Honor's Society, and in the top 5% of their class.
Kids do stupid shit under peer pressure sometimes. I'm simply telling them to "Think" and that they're likely to get caught.

When they busted me on the Santa Claus thing "Dad, is Santa real?" I told them "No, I was Santa", I told them I'd never lie to them about anything again. They could ask me anything they wanted about my past and I'd be truthful.
 
Red_Alert said:
Why?

They're great kids and get straight A's. Both National Honor's Society, and in the top 5% of their class.
Kids do stupid shit under peer pressure sometimes. I'm simply telling them to "Think" and that they're likely to get caught.

When they busted me on the Santa Claus thing "Dad, is Santa real?" I told them "No, I was Santa", I told them I'd never lie to them about anything again. They could ask me anything they wanted about my past and I'd be truthful.
Click to expand...
so just bypassing "don't do stupid shit" because it is just inevitable that they will do stupid shit?

I am not sure why you are telling us about the Santa thing...do you consider telling your kids about Santa and them growing out of it you getting caught?
 
williewilliejuan said:
How did they know you left the state?
Click to expand...
Good question. Very restrictive overall on daily miles. We would have hit our daily for the week before we even got the two states away that we were heading for.

From there any driving around on vacation and drive back would have been super cost prohibitive.
 
ill said:
so just bypassing "don't do stupid shit" because it is just inevitable that they will do stupid shit?
Click to expand...
Yes. Kids are gonna make mistakes. I let my kids know that I realize that. Just don't make life altering mistakes.

I didn't tell my kids that sex is bad. I told them that getting pregnant or getting Aids is bad.
 
Flavortown Tebow said:
Yea this place had that condition. Not like I care because we were just buzzing around Tampa, but I’m guessing with 55k miles on a 2020 that it’s definitely left the state a few times…
Click to expand...
You might be surprised. They can pound out some miles easy. Tourist flies into Tampa and drives all the way down west coast, over to Disney, etc. Maybe Miami or Key West.

With that many miles though there have been many users of that car that got massive bills.

It wasn’t the rule that bugged me. It was that it was not super clear anywhere when booking. Then you get there to pick up and they asked right away if I planned to leave the state.
 
Kburjr said:
Yes. Kids are gonna make mistakes. I let my kids know that I realize that. Just don't make life altering mistakes.

I didn't tell my kids that sex is bad. I told them that getting pregnant or getting Aids is bad.
Click to expand...
but is that the same as "don't get caught"?

I mean, that's how I feel about speeding in my car...it's fine as long as you don't get caught....but that applies to breaking any rules or laws.

and to be clear I am not accusing or criticizing anyone here, just asking questions...feels off to me
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top