free cash

[downforit2008]

Well, there's also helping out a young girl who's stuck in a refugee camp, or a woman who's dying from cancer and wants to donate money to charity......

Oh, yes! One of those "it only costs as much as a cup of coffee per day" refugee charity stories!

Well, considering I don't drink coffee, I don't know how much a cup of it would cost. And considering the fact that the money going to these charities actually go to pay their CEO and employees instead of the ACTUAL cause they claim to be working for, it's why I don't give to charities.

[downforit2008]

WHO in the hell goes out driving in their car WITHOUT a single dime for gas or food on their person? Cars can easily break down at any time! When I had a car in the times I could afford it, I kept $40 in emergency cash hidden in my car just in case I was low on gas in the future. But...oh, wait, crazy lady actually THOUGHT you guys were giving out free cash!

Nothing in this life is ever free. Especially money. It may be "free" of interest payments if you apply for a loan, but I suppose there are people who apply for a loan actually THINKING it's free money that they never have to pay back!

[ADeMartino]

i was immediately reminded of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSCVteyKmWc

I swear, the girl working at the window in that video is a ringer for Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck of Battlestar Galactica). Even the facial expressions are dead-on.

[vloglady]

I loved that free cash video.

[Ironclad Alibi]

And then there was the store that offered to sell stereos for 299 bananas.

[taxguykarl]

Notice also that the SC in the OP tried to get the local police to act as her personal bullies?

[BowserKoopa1]

How hard was the temptation to just give in to her, give her $1, and say "Here's your free cash, have a nice day " ?

[frostbitte]

"Then I'm calling 911".

"Yes, please do. Save me the trouble and let them haul you away."

Wow, this one hurts my head too. This person obviously is suffering from some sort of mental distress and probably should seek counselling

[wolfie]

I wonder what would have happened if, instead of an individual, it had been a group effort by members (both flying and non-flying) of a Marine squadron that flew Harriers to round up Pepsi Points and get another plane for the squadron. After all, there wouldn't be a security issue involved if the recipient of a combat aircraft were "Marine Squadron X".

[manybellsdown]

Dealers do have to be careful with those special offers. About 15-20 years ago, a local car dealer had a special: Bring in a pumpkin, and they would weigh it. For every pound you'd get a dollar off a car purchase.

Now, see, in the rural areas here we have a lot of farms that grow pumpkins. Big pumpkins. Really, really big pumpkins. Long story short, some guy went in to the dealer with a HUGE pumpkin weighing a few hundred pounds, and the dealer had to honor the deal because they hadn't put a limit on it.

That made me think of this story
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_v._Pepsico,_Inc.. And the Pudding Guy.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

The Aliterati.

Stolen Permanently borrowed.

[Pixilated]

*snip*
... when -- honestly! -- it's okay to go without food for several hours at a stretch.

Try telling my cat that. Good thing he can't use the phone, that's all I can say.

[Monterey Jack]

I don't know why they think this will work, because I've seen it time and time again. The threat that if I don't give someone something for free RIGHT NOW, they won't have money for food and their entire family will starve to death in order from grandma all the way down to hypothetical and as yet unborn children....

You hear the same thing in restaurants all the time...some bitch screaming about her children "starving" because she complained about the food and wanted a refund, but still didn't want to give the "terrible" food back because "MY KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDS WILL STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARVE IF THEY DON'T EAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT RIGHT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 1111!!!!!!!!!!!" If you can afford to eat out at even a moderately-priced restaurant (or even a fast food joint), then no one in your family is in danger of imminent starvation. Too many parents equate their kids complaining about being "hungry" with "OMG MY SPESHUL SNOWFLAKE IS GOING TO STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEE EE!!!!!!!!!!11111!!!!!!!!!1", when -- honestly! -- it's okay to go without food for several hours at a stretch.

[Pixilated]

*snip*

Do they even see how transparent their own lies are? Or do they chalk up our indifference as proof that all workers are "Stupid" and just don't understand the stakes?

My guess would be a little of both. They know perfectly well how transparent their lies are but they still think other people are indifferent if they don't cough up help on demand.

[MoonCat]

Reminds me of a cardealership I was at a few years back.
Guy comes in to buy a new car, signs all the paperwork (including a loan at an idiotic rate of 12%)

-if you are wondering I was sitting in the next cubicle over and the guy was kinda loud-

At the end of the whole transaction the guy asks "Where is my 2000 dollars because you advertise outside with a huge sign 2000 U$ cashback on every trade"

The guy could not get it through his head that cashback meant a discount on his car purchase, he was convinced he would get cash money on the purchase of a car and would than trade the car back in to get rid of the carloan.

In the end the car deal got cancelled and he walked out of the dealership sans new car and sans cash.

Dealers do have to be careful with those special offers. About 15-20 years ago, a local car dealer had a special: Bring in a pumpkin, and they would weigh it. For every pound you'd get a dollar off a car purchase.

Now, see, in the rural areas here we have a lot of farms that grow pumpkins. Big pumpkins. Really, really big pumpkins. Long story short, some guy went in to the dealer with a HUGE pumpkin weighing a few hundred pounds, and the dealer had to honor the deal because they hadn't put a limit on it.