OT New Random Thread Pt. 3

[Just-a-Mom]

In other news has anyone used Uber before??. My boyfriend and I are headed out to San fransisco for a wedding and plan on using it to try and do some sight seeing. It seems really expensive though.

I use uber about 5-6 times a week. I also DRIVE for uber occasionally when I need money (it's about $20/hour, paid a week later - great for cheer travel comps)

It is SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper than a taxi. Easier. The drivers are nicer. The cars are nicer. You could literally NEVER speak to the driver (although that's not very nice lol). You just get on the app and it finds where you are, you click "yep, that's the place. Pick me up!" and they come get you. Enter your destination into the app and away you go. Money automatically comes out of whatever account you set up - no paying the driver.

It's probably the cheapest way to get around San Francisco - if you rent a car you will pay for parking EVERYWHERE. I take one to work because it's literally cheaper to uber than pay to park at my job. (in Chicago, but San Francisco is the same)

Although when we went to San Francisco we just took public transportation and walked everywhere. You could do that.

 

[omgitssydthekid]

I hate my iHome. It isn't even registering that my phone is plugged in and I can't find my wall charger [emoji19]


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[yooolizzi]

We talked about cooler painting in the Greek thread a little, but here is an update on how it's going.

That's a baby picture of my boyfriend, who the cooler is for. He's getting a full cooler, jug, and a 6 pack cooler, all for his birthday. This is actually oddly relaxing, and I plan on doing a bubba keg for my mom's birthday coming up soon!

 

[cheerKT]

In other news has anyone used Uber before??. My boyfriend and I are headed out to San fransisco for a wedding and plan on using it to try and do some sight seeing. It seems really expensive though.

Like every single weekend lol

It could get pretty expensive if you're just planning on riding around town in the car. But using it to get to place to place with some walking or public transportation in between would work great.

It's significantly cheaper than a cab, unless price surges are high. Beware of those, which happen at peak times (mostly weekend nights). Fares will double or triple if a lot of people are requesting rides. But they let you know the price increase and you have to agree to it before you request your car. If multiple people in the car have Uber, you can split the fare with them straight from the app (for a 25 cent fee per person), which helps keep it affordable.

 

[cheerKT]

A town car. Like with a driver in a suit all fancy.

Used a Black Car once, NOT on my dime of course haha. My friends boyfriend called it to take us to our New Years destination, so that was nifty. It was only a mile or two away. I would never call one on my own, because I prefer to ball on a budget. So UberX or UberXL for me, depending on the number of people with me. And you better believe I always split that fare.

 

[Just-a-Mom]

Used a Black Car once, NOT on my dime of course haha. My friends boyfriend called it to take us to our New Years destination, so that was nifty. It was only a mile or two away. I would never call one on my own, because I prefer to ball on a budget. So UberX or UberXL for me, depending on the number of people with me. And you better believe I always split that fare.

I end up with the black cars a lot, going home from work. No idea why - I ask for the regular and I pay regular price. I guess if they're not getting any fares, they will pick up us peasants. I go home at weird hours, so I guess that's why? But it's nice to go home in style I guess...

 

[Cheermom1969]

so my wedding countdown has officially begun now thats its june, have one year to really start getting things in order. already got cake, venue, reception, priest, wedding music, photographer. about to book a private catering tasting within the next month or two. we also have a wedding website, which im starting to feel is pointless, i mean we did it in one night and its pretty pathetic looking, outside the fact that is has the info about our wedding and registries everything else looks really last minute thrown together.
ahhhhh.....also is it weird to start a gofundme page for a honeymoon. im seriously considering it.

Emily Post is rolling over in her grave. No, you never ask for or even suggest a gift, let alone money. It's up to the guest to decide what to give.

That being said, nothing surprises me anymore. ;)

 

[Cheermom1969]

I agree that it's technically considered poor etiquette for someone to use crowd funding for a honeymoon (I have no idea why - most people I know need a vacation a whole lot more than they need a gravy boat... But I do know it's supposedly bad)

But just wanted to clarify that GoFundMe is for whatever people want. The 2 guys who started it actually started it to pay for a vacation - not some charitable cause.

You may personally feel like people shouldn't use it for non-necessities, but it's not true that it's "not what it's for" - just because you disagree, technically the guys who created the site disagree with you. Since it's their site, I will defer to their determination of what it's "for".

If you don't want to pay for someone's vacation, or cheerleading, or whatever, then don't. But you can't just declare what the site is for based on your personal situation.

@UCFKnights07 I'm sorry that it's not OK - I genuinely think I'd rather contribute towards someone getting a fabulous once-in-a-lifetime vacation than getting them a toaster oven (that they probably either already own, or don't want) ... But I guess I'm just tacky like that. Hopefully you'll just get some cash!

This coming from a girl who stalks Piglet at Disney World...

 

[UCFKnights07]

Emily Post is rolling over in her grave. No, you never ask for or even suggest a gift, let alone money. It's up to the guest to decide what to give.

That being said, nothing surprises me anymore. ;)

i never did do it, i did seriously consider it though, not even gonna lie. i still have to fix our gift registries as well, we technically registered at three places but we only ever went and scanned at two of them, so now im contemplating taking the third one off as well.
at this point im about to give on the whole website thing, its more irritating then it is helpful.

 

[Just-a-Mom]

Emily Post is rolling over in her grave. No, you never ask for or even suggest a gift, let alone money. It's up to the guest to decide what to give.

That being said, nothing surprises me anymore. ;)

But isn't that what a registry is? Asking for AND suggesting a gift? I just don't understand how asking for a vacation is any different than asking for a blender.

This coming from a girl who stalks Piglet at Disney World...

Yes, girl. And then I put on a sparkly bow! Super tacky.

 

[Cheermom1969]

But isn't that what a registry is? Asking for AND suggesting a gift? I just don't understand how asking for a vacation is any different than asking for a blender.



Yes, girl. And then I put on a sparkly bow! Super tacky.

Hey these aren't my rules, they're Emily Post's!

 

[krystynakrez]

Emily Post is rolling over in her grave. No, you never ask for or even suggest a gift, let alone money. It's up to the guest to decide what to give.

That being said, nothing surprises me anymore. ;)

I was at a baby shower for a cousin a couple of weeks ago and my mom and my aunt were both there as well. They're somewhat older and kind of old fashioned.

The mom to be's friend started passing out envelopes and said that she wanted everyone to write their name and address on them so that it would make it easier to send thank you cards.
My mom and aunt about dropped to the floor.

Backstory on pregger lady: she married my cousin in the fall of 2013 (September I think?) and my mom had not gotten a thank you card for the gift for the longest time. Come October 2014, she got a thank you card. When she opened it, the inside was blank.

Just ironic I guess but funny. They said it was so cheesy and awful that they wanted to scream lol. Personally I didn't care much about it because I had seen it on pinterest but to each their own.

 

[blyndreamalum]

My 18 year old cousin is getting married ( eye roll). The wedding is at her future mother in law's house. On her wedding invite she listed that the reception was BYOB, put a note that the number RSVP'd cannot exceed the number invited, and put a note about where all additional gifts could be mailed to. I also believe that the "proper" thing is not to list the registries on the actual wedding invite, but I think most people do that anymore. It was also kind of weird because the wedding and shower invite came at the same time. Her graduation party was on Memorial Day and her wedding shower was Saturday of that week. Girl no. You don't get those two things in the same week.

 

[cheernerd5678]

I was at a baby shower for a cousin a couple of weeks ago and my mom and my aunt were both there as well. They're somewhat older and kind of old fashioned.

The mom to be's friend started passing out envelopes and said that she wanted everyone to write their name and address on them so that it would make it easier to send thank you cards.
My mom and aunt about dropped to the floor.

Backstory on pregger lady: she married my cousin in the fall of 2013 (September I think?) and my mom had not gotten a thank you card for the gift for the longest time. Come October 2014, she got a thank you card. When she opened it, the inside was blank.

Just ironic I guess but funny. They said it was so cheesy and awful that they wanted to scream lol. Personally I didn't care much about it because I had seen it on pinterest but to each their own.

I don't see an issue but I've also seen it on Pinterest so that probably swayed me. I don't think I would pass it around though, that puts pressure on people and makes it awkward while you're watching everyone write... I would probably hate to be put in that position, especially if I didn't bring anything - I know they could just write a thanks for being there note but it would still be uncomfortable. Setting out blank envelopes on a table with a note to write their address, on the other hand, doesn't seem like a problem to me, you can always just not do it. I thought about that for my grad party but I figured not that many people bring gifts (I actually got a lot more than I expected) and I didn't want it to seem like I expected them to because I definitely didnt, but I knew some people would bring one. It's pretty easy to look people up on white pages nowadays though so it's not like I needed to. Even a family that moved away I just looked at a Facebook post that had their town (XYZ posted a photo: in Town, state) and looked up their last name with their new town and found the address easily.

 

[AllstarObsession]

Me and my daddy. Two days till ship out. I'm a wreck.