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VelarTAG t1_jduwiqb wrote

Reply to comment by jay_de-leon in Inner harbor restaurants. by Disastrous_Food_6973

We went to the Charleston when visiting Baltimore (from the UK) and I can confidently say it was the most dire experience for the most money I've ever paid in my life. And we eat out the whole time, from cheap ethnic to Michelin*.

Everyone said we'd get mugged in Baltimore, and we did. But only at the Charleston.

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Complete-Ad9574 t1_jdukeir wrote

Reply to Moving to Baltimore - Walkability of Upper Mt Vernon? by [deleted]

I live near your location. It is good. Parking can be found. There is a parking garage on Read St and small time property owners rent space on their property, sometimes it is where an alley street once stood. My main complaint of the area, is the ever increasing noise. As bigger buildings are creeping in, their HVAC systems can sound like a jet engine running 24/7. This is esp true of MD General Hospital. Uni Balt is on the rise with its noise pollution. The Stafford Hotel Apts have a squeaky HVAC system which whines away.

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RagingBuddhist59 t1_jdu3pgf wrote

Reply to comment by Alaira314 in I-695 crash that killed six workers among deadliest since 1980 by Cody_in_Baltimore

People speed up because they don't want someone squeezing in between them and the car already in front of them. We're all already driving too close to each other in traffic for proper stopping distances, but these "my blinker's on I'm coming over" people don't care. One or two flashes - if we're lucky - next thing you know you can't even see their license plate in front of you.

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okdiluted t1_jdu28yf wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Anyone know good side hustles in Baltimore? by Madcat_123

a job is a job; a side hustle is what you take on when your job(s) doesn't pay you enough to get by but demands so much of your time that you can't just tack another one on. the last time i worked part-time (on top of two other jobs to make ends meet while i was in school!) even the most flexible employers demanded double the availability for what they actually scheduled me for, and somehow were great at always scheduling me on the days/times i'd notified them i would never be available (due to the two other jobs thing) but since they'd already made the schedule it was now my job to find someone to cover me. and this was pre pandemic when the getting was pretty good! shockingly, as the economy has taken a nosedive, conditions for workers have gotten even worse, so even us 30-somethings who've gotten something steady and are used to being treated even marginally better than dirt—like, even my worst part time jobs at least didn't give me problems when i needed to go to a funeral, which seems unthinkably luxurious now—may not have experienced the need to find something both flexible and supplemental in this way.

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Glaucon321 t1_jdtuuq2 wrote

Reply to comment by gaytee in Shady Restaurant Practices - Seeking Advice by PigtownFoo

There seems to be a clear difference between assessments of an applicant’s ability, on one hand, and the sale/use of their work product, on the other. I’ve gone through lengthy job application cycles as well, which have included completing hypothetical assignments. But that’s entirely different than doing work for someone, ie creating something that that person then profits from, resells, or otherwise takes ownership of. That’s called unjust enrichment and can lead to civil liability. The legal way to do this is to have a 90-day provisional period where an employer can decide not to hire you, and offer you less benefits during that period (though they still have to pay you).

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