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SeekingArrangement, Ashley Madison, & The Way We Pay For Sex Now
Carrie, join us! Sun, sex, and syphilis for all! You’ve read about Sugar Daddies before, I know, but trust me, you haven’t really experienced the phenomenon until you’ve read about it as described by...
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My Nine Months as an Uber Customer Service Rep
Photo: CWCS Managed Hosting What I remember most are the funny stories from disgruntled riders. There was the woman whose driver showed up so drunk that she pushed him into the passenger seat and drove...
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Cheer And Loathing In Las Vegas: Working At Zappos In 2015
I’ve nurtured a soft spot for Zappos since getting my wedding shoes from the site. It was easy: I ordered several boxes, got them sent to my office, let my coworkers help me pick among them, and then...
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The Hazards of Online Bill Pay
Or, How I Paid the Wrong Electric Bill for Six Months My electric bills. Last October, I moved out of a Capitol Hill microapartment which was so small it didn’t include a kitchen (the landlord advised...
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Hold, Please: Will Upstart Online Retailers Disrupt the Customer Service...
they work hard for the money We’ve been talking about customer service lately. It’s on my mind a lot these days, watching companies — especially online-only retailers — lean in hard to try and build a...
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The Man Who Drove 25 Miles to Save 50 Cents on Wings
…and then drove 25 miles to save 25 cents on beer. Photo credit: Larry Hoffman, CC BY 2.0. I am such a fan of C.A. Pinkham’s Off the Menu column (formerly Behind Closed Ovens) that I followed it from...
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Thank You, I Already Have “A Real Job”
Waiting tables can be an efficient way of earning money I started waiting tables straight out of college, when it became clear that my degree in art and creative writing had not impressed any of the...
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Job of the Day: Amazon Work-From-Home Customer Service Associate
Must be available to take any shift between 3 a.m. and midnight. Photo credit: Akira Ohgaki (cropped), CC BY 2.0. Here’s a tip I just got from a Billfolder: Amazon hiring seasonal work-from-home...
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The Cost of Repairing My MacBook Air
One week before my three-year AppleCare Protection Plan expires. Photo credit: Håkan Dahlström, CC BY 2.0. Last night I took my nearly three-year-old MacBook Air to our neighborhood Apple Store to meet...
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The Cost of Moving: Learning That My Mattress Is Being Shipped to the Wrong...
Photo credit: Mike Mozart, CC BY 2.0. I cannot even believe how much time I’ve spent on this, but here goes. When I was in Cedar Rapids last week, I bought a mattress at JCPenney. I bought the mattress...
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