Looking to rob an apartment building? Pull the fire alarm and see who didn't lock their door while leaving.
Setting off a detector might give you a time bonus while they investigate....
[ULPT] Request, if you have an email or phone number, how do you get it spammed?
[Request] How to get a tiny multitool past airport security?
First off: This post is about a tiny Leatherman multitool. Not a gun, not a sword, not something that can actually hurt someone. Just a small, harmless tool that is unfairly banned from planes because of onerous TSA regs. No one is going to do 9/11 with tiny pliers and a fingernail-sized screwdriver....
(ULPT) Keeping a KPI bank
If your job has key performance indicators (KPI) but makes you report them (for some reason) always under report a little. Add the extras to the next day (so that no metric goes too stale) and keep any extras for the following. If you ever have a lazy day you still have a few extra things to report to keep your average high and...
Rent requirements in the US are nuts (i.imgur.com)
Reject modernity. Embrace tradition. - Feddit.cl (feddit.cl)
ULPT: If you get paid annual leave and you're definitely going to quit your job soon, ask for a large pay rise first. When you quit, your accumulated annual leave will be paid out at the higher rate
I had 6 weeks of annual leave saved up. Im changing to a job that pays significantly more than my current salary. When my boss asked me what it would take to stay, I asked for a salary increase of 35% which he begrudingly gave me. Then I quit. This equated to an entitlement payout of about $10,700 instead of $8000 on my previous...
ULPT: If you're renting a new apartment, save a newspaper from the day your rent starts.
That way, if there are any damages, you can take a picture with the newspaper and “prove” that the damage was there when you moved in.
ULPT: If you are late returning a car rental and you purchased full insurance, you can just crash it.
No more late return fees!
ULPT: Keep business cards from people you don't like in your car
If you ever hit a parked car accidentally, write “sorry” on one of those cards and stick it on their windshield.
I need to do this (lemmy.world)
Unethical dad life tip
A mum says to the exchange student “heres a mum tip: hang up your clothes properly like this instead of all bunched up and it will dry a lot faster”...
[ULPT] Fake it 'til you make it, a quick guide.
If you ever want to apply for a job that you don’t qualify for; act really enthusiastic. Mention it’s your dream job exct....
ULPT: Upon arriving at an airbnb/hotel, change your phone system date to the date of your checkout, and take a video walkthrough.
That way, if you damage anything, you have video proof that you left it in good condition.
ULPT: If you do office work and want to get some time for yourself, head to fakeupdate.net and enter fullscreen to simulate an endless windows update (fakeupdate.net)
Works for mobile too
ULPT: Using Teams and want to stop your status from going Idle? Start a meeting using “Meet now” on teams and change your status to Available.
Keeps your status green indefinitely. As a bonus, it also keeps your device from going into sleep mode (and timing out of VPN if your company uses that).
ULPT: Give the same perfume to your wife and your girlfriend.
It could really save your ass one day.
ULPT: Find and befriend your co-workers that don't drink, because if there's ever a work function with drink tickets, you can try to get theirs.
Don't be too obvious about it though.
Anyone have plans for DNA? A friend ordered something from Gamestop and it never arrived :/
They keep claiming it arrived. It's terrible because it never did.
ULPT: If a website requires you to enter your credit card info for a free trial, create an account on the Spanish or Belgium PayPal sites.
PayPal doesn't require you to enter a credit card to create an account in these countries. You can then add the PayPal account as a payment method to the site.
ULPT: if you’re stuck on an annoying call, put your phone on airplane mode instead of just hanging up.
The other person will see “call failed” instead of “call ended”, which gives you plausible deniability.
ULPT: If you live in a building where you have to pay for the use of shared washer/dryer, look up your buildings washer/dryer model on eBay and order a key for it.
The key allows you to access the control panel that starts the cycle. Free laundry!
ULPT: If you need to fart at the supermarket, do it in the cheese aisle
Preferably near the French cheeses. Anyone who smells it will think the blue cheeses are especially pungent today.
ULPT: If there's an Airbnb near your apartment, pay for a friend to spend a single night there so you can obtain their WiFi password
Many of them don't change their password often.
ULPT: Always start with 4 living grandparents when you begin any new job.
Many workplaces offer bereavement leave for the death of a close family member, often with no proof of such events occurring....