Just change your number. That many calls means you're number is in every database.

Don't reveal your information to any site. All social sites on their own email, billing on another, credit cards another, phone should never be given unless it's a major corporation and there's no other option (like with credit cards). Social should never be given your number, for any reason.

Thanks for the edit that, if I may summarize, says something like:

"People may be having a bad day; but that does not mean they are assholes, so give them some slack; maybe even extra slack. But, by golly: stay away from assholes!".

Did I get that about right?

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All good and true in general, but if you ignore red flags and get suckered by a sociopath, you can end up having a life-changing bad time. Trust, but use your discernment!

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I was not intending this tip to be about letting people fleece you. It's about not assuming people are dickheads for doing one small thing that probably had nothing to do with you (like being loud at you or knocking into you or cutting you off in traffic).

I am not, in fact, young. I just am naturally depressive and don't need to be cynical on top of it. I try to be the opposite.

People here keep making this about being fleeced. I mean just the little things in life. Like if someone snaps at you, they're probably having a bad day. If they cut you off in traffic, they're probably in a hurry.

If I didn't use my own tip, I'd be angry at everyone all the time.

Yup!

I still have a landline. I find it a very useful alternative to giving out my cell number to every Tom, Dick & Harry. I get very few telemarketers b/c I screen every call I take. I never answer anything I don’t recognize. They can call 100 times but they’ll just get the old fashioned answering machine b/c, oh yeah, got that, too. Eventually, they just stop calling.

Otherwise known as Hanlon’s Razor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor)

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I disagree a bit.

If someone cuts you off in traffic (or similar), then I agree: that probably they are not dishonest or malicious.

If someone tries to, say, fleece you for money; that is most likely dishonest/malicious intent.

What folks need to do is learn how discriminate between those scenarios.

This is how I got my bike stolen from who I thought was a good friend. Point should be to never assume anything without facts

So much easier said than done, I’m looking for tips

I'm going to assume OP is younger and doesn't know any better. Of course giving the benefit of the doubt is good advice in some areas, but if someone tells me to send them $100 and they will send back $500 is just not realistic. You have to pick and choose where you should place your trust in others, and that comes with time and experience. Keep a positive outlook OP, but don't let people take advantage of your kindness.

Me too. People are so jerky about these things. I just want people to be nice. I've felt kinda shitty today because of all these responses...

This silly thing must only happen in usa, because the employee's paycheck is not the customer's responsibility but the employer...

In most places in EU, a decent and fair paycheck is given to the waiters so they don't rely on people, and that portion of their salary is included in the bill BY DEFAULT, EVERYWHERE.

Otherwise you start getting into this stupid tip, no tip, tip included but tip again on the subtotal, 5% tip, 8% tip, 20% tip, "oh jerry you only pay 2$ for tip? broke ass, I pay 4$" "shit food but waiter's gotta eat, tip", "waiter only smiles for you to pay a tip", pay 20$ for food and service and pay extra 4$ for service but it is a tip "because waiters wage is only 4$/h" but then you check and their average salary is like a normal salary, but then this place pays badly to their waiters, "but no! you must tip fairly!, just do the π*2 rounded by this macPlumbus indoor kart divided by the current price of a gallon of petrol real quick, times 2, and then round up", and on and on. Classic USA bs for sure.

Great point

I don't care why people do things. In the traffic example, it makes no difference to me why they cut me off. All that matters is that they did.

Sounds like you expect the best, but prepare for the worst telemarketers.

Completely agree, I will look them in the eye and click 'no tip'

Never attribute to malice what can better be explained by ignorance.

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I always tip 20% which I think is totally fair. Places that pull stuff like these surcharges I would just avoid going to. I also will never tip for a takeout order since there wasn’t any service involved in the transaction I don’t care about their stupid pop up’s at the register.

I love that , I’m going to start implementing this for sure.