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131sean131 t1_jdpe26z wrote

Ya tell your friend to get everything in writing next time. Idk how common it is in the restaurant industry to work 9 hours for no pay but that sounds like some bs as an outsider looking in.

As always in situations like this a lawyer is going to give the best advice.

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Cat_Toucher t1_jdpcfp3 wrote

Kohinoor out by Belvedere has a surprisingly vast delivery area and has their own website and drivers. Homeslyce recently switched over to Toast for their online ordering but does still have their own drivers.

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PleaseBmoreCharming t1_jdpc5m4 wrote

Among the things that others said regarding the public resources and services and how accessible they are, I would suggest reaching out directly to JHU to see how they can accommodate your needs. Have you done so yet? When you are paying 10's of thousands of dollars to get an education there that money goes toward making sure your ability to get the education you paid for is not inhibited by any quality of life issues that may arise. I think the impression that people get when they become part of large institutions like John's Hopkins, whether it be for work or for school, is that they are privileged to be there and they should just not jeopardize that relationship by rocking the boat. In reality, this should be a symbiotic relationship between the two parties as the school wants the best outcomes for their staff and students to further the overall mission and productivity of the organization.

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Myfavoritepetsnameis t1_jdp56or wrote

I’m just speaking from my personal experience and the few seconds we have in the video.

I drove a 9 ton truck for easily 500 miles a week for many years around the beltway. When I put on my signal people would speed up like I was going to steal their lunch. Instead I started to match their speed for a couple seconds and have them come up beside me then I’d tap the brakes to change lanes behind them. They got to be very predictable and this was the safer way to change lanes. People drive like absolute asshats around the beltway. I don’t understand it at all. Once you get off on 95, 70, or 795 they don’t seem to do it as much.

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fixitinpost t1_jdp4ubz wrote

Hey everybody, again thanks for all your praise. It really means a lot. Making "Dog Day Matinee" (aka Humble Sees a Movie) was a blast and it's heartening to find out it has so many fans!

So, while I'm pretty comfy with photo & video, I don't know anything about graphic design, so I've just made a post over in r/graphic_design asking for some help in putting together a poster with some of the visual assets that I have in hopes of creating a handsome Charles Theater Humble poster.

I don't have any interest in physically printing these out or selling them for money. Ideally we can post the finished product here on reddit and y'all can go to a print-shop, photo lab or even a Kinkos.

Here is a link to the post I just made. I posted a few assets there to give us a head start. If any of y'all want to give it a shot, please be my guest. Love you Baltimore.

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donniefckinlarsons t1_jdp3j2x wrote

yeah i mean don’t get me wrong i think staging is bullshit and you should get paid for the work, on that same note i’ve seen countless people lie and apply for something they can’t do and it’s proven in stage.

friend should have been paid at the end of the day and immediately did paperwork, tax forms.

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BlueFalconPunch t1_jdp33ld wrote

Blinker=indicator, not ownership of new lane. https://driversed.com/driving-information/driving-techniques/changing-lanes/

the person in the left/passing lane was maintaining their lane. Maryland thinks that blinker means right of way. Want to double park? Blinkers. What to stop in the middle of the street to chitchat? Blinkers. You want to change lanes? Blinker. Fuck everyone else.

In the video I've seen it starts with the dark car already 2/3rds of the way into the left lane and the white car was pushed into the wall and bouncing back. Im sure both drivers were speeding...but the onus from what I've seen is on the encroaching dark car either not seeing or not caring that the left lane was already occupied.

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Obasan123 t1_jdp1747 wrote

I'm disabled/elderly. At this point I use a walker as I labor to extract a scooter/motorized chair from Medicare.

I can verify through experience verything Animanalmanac says in this thread--the sidewalks are particularly egregious. You can start across the street and then go for blocks in the gutter looking for a way back up. Ditto the ramps on buses. They'll leave you standing forever. Wheelchair/handicapped seating on buses is unevenly enforced when it's enforced at all. The Mobility buses are easy to sign up for and reasonably priced. They do have scheduling issues and no-shows, and there are times (like Sunday morning church time) when you'll wait hours.

I don't want to make it sound too forbidding. I honestly don't think it's any worse here than it is in any other city. The only thing I could add is do call ahead when going to restaurants, etc. Not all of them are accessible. Life here when you're disabled can be aggravating, but it's not some huge, miserable albatross hanging around your neck and making life miserable. Just a series of irritations.

I should add: You have to sign up for Mobility, but they actually send a car and driver to bring you downtown for your in-person interview.

Welcome to Baltimore, and I wish you success during your time at Hopkins.

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TVprtyTonight t1_jdp0atz wrote

I’m not outgoing enough to approach a random table and ask to join their team for the night. But if you are I think you would be received well.

In general Baltimore is full of friendly people. I have also been to a number of trivia events here at different bars and my groups would take random additions as long as we weren’t at table limit.

Hell the MC probably wouldn’t mind making an announcement to see if any teams had space/ are willing to take you.

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