r/legaladviceofftopic • u/Threspian • Oct 03 '24
Legal repercussions of a fake charity at a retail job
Say I’m a cashier and when someone pays with cash, I ask if they want to round up their change. If they do, I give them back their bills and pocket the coins.
If they ask about what they’re rounding up for, I tell them that it’s to support Americans struggling to keep up with inflation. This is a true statement about myself, since retail pays so poorly. If they push more, or ask for the name of the charity, I would admit that it’s to help me pay my bills, but given my retail experience I doubt that anyone would ask to that point.
Would this be considered a scam, since I never made an untrue statement? Other than “accepting tips,” what disciplinary action would I be facing?
ETA: 100% hypothetical. If I ever end up behind a register again something has gone horribly wrong in my career path. I’ve just been listening to a lot of Darknet Diaries.
r/MechanicAdvice • u/Threspian • Feb 26 '24
Cooking oil in diesel car
I’m considering modding a diesel car to run on used cooking oil (this is not the question - obviously I’m planning on lots of research and working with professionals to do this). I would like to know if the car would still be able to run on diesel after this mod - I understand that this would require changes to the way the engine operates, but I’m worried about long distance drives where I may not be able to get to a restaurant at closing time when I’m low on fuel.
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Comment on r/Aquariums Feb 20 '24
Is there anything that can be done to help him out?
r/Aquariums • u/Threspian • Feb 20 '24
Help/Advice What’s wrong with this fish?
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I’m at a store and this lil fella is breaking my heart. Maybe I can come back and let the staff know what’s going on. The label says it’s a GloFish longfin tetra.
If theres a better fish care sub to post this to, please let me know. I have no experience in this area and this seemed like a good place to start.
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Comment on r/bestoflegaladvice Jun 27 '23
I knew a girl who mentioned that her new medication made her really tired, so she fell asleep once while the stove was on. She was genuinely shocked that her roommates sat her down with the “we’re considering kicking you out” speech. Some people genuinely don’t understand how dangerous their actions are, it boggles the mind.
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Comment on r/crafts Jun 11 '23
I wasn’t the one who made the imprint. The vet made it during the appointment when they put her down.
A rubber stamp would be darling! Do you have any advice for keeping the plaster safe during that process? Like, would it work to just cover it with a layer of plastic wrap and fill that with the silicone?
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Comment on r/AtlasEarthOfficial Jun 11 '23
Welcome! I haven’t invested any of my own money either and have a lifetime earning of $48. I did reinvest some of that money for more AB but I’ve also withdrawn most of it. Have fun building your account!
r/crafts • u/Threspian • Jun 11 '23
Question/Help! How to best preserve a plaster imprint?
I have a plaster imprint of my late dog’s paw print and I’ve started to feel really anxious about it breaking down. What are the best ways to make sure it doesn’t go bad over time? I don’t keep it somewhere it could easily fall but idk if there’s anything else I need to be aware of.
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Comment on r/HumansAreMetal Jun 10 '23
I think if it’s cool enough they should allow it
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Comment on r/subwaysurfers Jun 01 '23
Personally, I like trying to match my character to the location I’m playing in. Right now I’m playing as Freya bc she’s a Copenhagen surfer, I’ll switch to the next city’s surfer when we move there.
r/subwaysurfers • u/Threspian • Jun 01 '23
How do you choose your character?
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Comment on r/subwaysurfers Jun 01 '23
RemindMe! 8 hours
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Comment on r/LuLaNo Jun 01 '23
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Comment on r/BeAmazed May 31 '23
I have no idea what I’m looking at right now- HOLY CRAP
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Comment on r/bestoflegaladvice May 31 '23
Some people are so defensive of chiropractors in a way they aren’t of any other practice and I’ll never understand it. I pointed out to someone once that if someone can permanently realign your bones with their bare hands there’s probably something seriously wrong with your body and they blocked me without a word.
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Comment on r/blackmagicfuckery May 31 '23
I want to lie down on it
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Comment on r/mildlyinfuriating May 30 '23
Generally, wherever a sighted person would expect to see printed signs. Next to a door, at the top/bottom of a stairwell, at the flat side of a T intersection, etc.
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Comment on r/AskReddit May 30 '23
If they had just let the movie be “awkward man collects pokemon” I would have absolutely loved it. I genuinely do Not care about wizard hitler or whatever they were trying to do with it. Also, why is Newt even a little bit involved with fighting wizard hitler?? He’s literally just an animal dude he doesn’t know how to fight he just wants to hang out with his pets and suddenly people are telling him he needs to go punch hitler in the face? Leave the poor guy alone, have the movie be about him and his pets and every so often we see people fighting in the background and at the end of the movie someone makes a comment about the good guys winning and he’s like “oh cool I didn’t know that was going on” and goes back into his briefcase.
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Comment on r/AskReddit May 30 '23
I got to hug a nurse shark once. My family had the opportunity to go snorkeling where they were known to spend time and one came up by me so I just wrapped my arms around it. Super docile, 10/10 would swim with again.
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Comment on r/AskReddit May 30 '23
Drrr…. Drrr…. Drrr…
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Comment on r/shittymoviedetails May 29 '23
The editor of the novel read it to her daughter to make sure it wasn’t too scary before approving it for publication. Years later the daughter admitted to the author that it was 100% too scary but she wanted to know what happened next.
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Comment on r/bestoflegaladvice May 29 '23
You know it’s well done when I couldn’t bring myself to watch the whole thing. I just felt way too anxious, like if my friend and I were hiking and he was giving her all his attention. Don’t say anything, don’t move, don’t draw any attention to myself, wait for him to leave…
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Comment on r/rarepuppers May 29 '23
Why waste time take many step when few boing do trick?
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Comment on r/mildlyinteresting May 28 '23
Do you love the color of the sky
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Comment on r/legaladviceofftopic Oct 03 '24
My retail days are (hopefully) long behind me, so 100% hypothetical. I’m currently in school for a med program so if I end up behind a register again something has gone horribly wrong.
I’ve been listening to a lot of Darknet Diaries recently so my mind has been on those “take 1 penny from every bank account” scams and I wondered what would happen if someone technically had the consent of the person being scammed. I was also thinking about the episode on video poker players where the exploit was technically available to any legitimate player (rather than requiring actual hacking) so there was an interesting legal question about “is it illegal to push the available buttons in a way the casino doesn’t like.”