Akiva once got a settlement offer at like 1am with the stipulation that it had something like a 2 hour lifespan. Turns out that having someone for whom 1am East coast time is 10pm (or 6/7pm Hawai'i time) means these kinds of shenanigans affect you less. Akiva still did the work himself, though.

The more I learn about this guy, the more I'm surprised that there was only the one brain worm, given the multitude of possible transmission vectors.

Is you taking photos of a criminal fucking conspiracy?

Has to bear the brunt of customer dissatisfaction, and often has to compensate the customer above and beyond the cost of the order, or risk the customer not patronizing that store again.

Well, at least the customer doesn't have to pay for orders that don't get delivered, and the store got paid, but the customers tend to call the store when stuff doesn't get delivered, and InstaCart makes it as difficult as possible for customers to contact them with complaints, so the store usually

I know InstaCart shoppers here get to keep any grocery orders if they "can't find the address", and there's apparently no recourse for either customer or the store.

To quote @questauthority.bsky.social "Oh my god it's even dumber than I thought and I thought it was really dumb."

Part of the ship, part of the crew!

Cabbit, if you turn this into a dissertation on what a "Yankee" is, and the words "Vermonter who eats pie for breakfast" make an appearance at any time, so help me *God*...

The Omiconians from Futurama did a better job when they weren't trying to pass as human, just try to understand and experience Earth culture.