I flew from West Palm Beach to DTW to a small regional airport in Michigan yesterday. I had already registered, paid the pet fee in West Palm, received the tag, etc. No issues.

After a 2hr delay in Detroit, switching our gates, and finally getting seated on the next flight I hear… “If you’re flying with a pet, ring your call light.”

The gate agent came onto the plane and said bring your dog and ID and come back out to the gate desk. They said they had no record of me paying. I had tossed the receipt, but pulled up the $150 Delta card charge.

After two supervisors came over, they clicked around on the computer and couldn’t seem to bypass whatever warning in the system. Keep in mind, we are holding up an entire plane of people over a $150 charge. I am a Platinum Member (which shouldn’t matter) but have easily spent $20K with Delta this year.

Finally, I say for the sake of getting everyone out of here, I’ll just pay the $150 again and work it out with Delta afterwards. They happily took my card and charged me (again). The supervisor gave me my receipt and said “You know, I’m not even sure this is a second charge, maybe it’s your original receipt?” Spoiler alert - yes they charged me again 🙄

So, how should I go about ripping Delta a new one over further delaying an entire plane of people over a nickel? Photo of my alleged doggy contraband included.

If you're in a city nowadays, you're going to see OpenAI's trypophobic nightmare machine generating art in restaurants, food trucks, everywhere really. As someone who's really sensitive to this stuff, seeing it irl makes me feel like maggots are crawling in my skin. It makes you wonder if the ability to detect the uncanny is just not present in most people.

This actual artist is madelinehorwath on insta.

Genuine question.

So two years ago, I was bald, going through chemo for breast cancer, and not even sure if I'd make it. This is me today.

Im really proud of myself, so whatever.

Taken Wednesday morning

I’m shopping for a new suit, and although SuitSupply is a little below the price range I’m considering, I figured I’d pop into their store at Brickell City Centre in Miami to get a sense of the quality.
As soon as I walked in, a woman greeted me and asked how she could help. I started describing the style of suit I was looking for, but she cut me off, turned over a phone, and presented me with a QR code stuck to the back.
I scanned it, but cell service in the store was terrible and the page wouldn’t load.
After standing there for about 30 seconds staring at a blank browser, I asked if I could just speak with a salesperson and look at some suits.
She told me they needed my email address or phone number to pull up my customer profile.
I’d never shopped at SuitSupply before, so obviously I didn’t have a profile. Presumably they wanted to create one.
I asked her directly whether providing this information was actually a requirement to receive help in the store. She said yes.
At this point, getting increasingly irritated, I told her that since the page wasn’t loading, and I wasn’t particularly interested in providing my information anyway, I wasn’t going to do that.
She curtly replied, “Have a beautiful day,” and gestured toward the entrance.
So I left.
Am I crazy for thinking it’s ridiculous that I can’t walk into a clothing store and speak to a salesperson without first handing over my contact information?
I realize I’m probably being a little petty, but this experience has pretty much guaranteed I won’t be shopping at SuitSupply anytime soon.

my dad buddy went fishing like 2-3 weekend ago and found these babies tied up in a trash bag and left at the lake.
They still had closed eyes and folded ears. it’s absolutely disgusting that someone can be so fucking cruel towards an animal.

also i love the little girls grey, orange, and white coats. it’s so adorable!