Plot twist, the homeless man broke into everyones car because they didnt pay the insurance.
this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2025
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Don't pay the insurance fee, bad things are going to happen.
Also Miss Kenzie, my fee went up.
So he works like regular American health insurance.
That was pretty much how parking worked in a lot of places in my hometown. There was someone collecting the "parking fee" and it was wise to pay it. Nothing official, basically a protection racket.
Is there anything more American than a protection racket?
That's called being business savvy /s
You are living in sad, sad county 😐
But the surrounding counties are pretty good.
These people's stories are always so fake.
That homeless man turns out was Elon Musk. He was inspired by what happened to steal even more.
that homeless man was productive. couldn't be musk
Maybe but also I bike around a lot, offer to buy people things if I'm going past a cafe or grocery store and not in a rush, and have asked the person to watch my bike while I'm in there. I've left all kinds of stuff I wouldn't normally on and in the bike and they've always watched over it even in sketchy areas or with stuff worth more than the coffee I'm about to grab them. So I'd file this one under "possible even if improbable, and could be exaggerated"
Asking strangers has proven a winning strategy, based on some research.
Strangers protect strangers’ stuff on the beach (experiment)
Tell me you haven't been to Austin
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(Pretending this is real) Is this even a good deal? $15 each time. Maybe 1% chance for a break in. You end up paying on average $1500 to stop a break in.
Presumably it's more of an excuse to give the dude $15 than a real expectation of service.
Its amazing that people don't understand that its supposed to be all about the homeless man and zero percent about the car. The fact that she got coincidental services out of her charity is the funny part.
Simple! Just keep $2,000 cash in your glove compartment at all times. You've now saved $500, congratulations!
Depending on the cost of parking, it might still be a winner. Every time I park near where someone homeless is posted up I offer them whatever coins I have on me to give me a shout or a call if they see a parking warden before I come back. Cheaper than parking, and it helps local people instead of fucking Wilson's.
I did this same thing when I was in Austin. When the cost of a decent drink at the bar you're going to is the same price, it's not too much to pay for carsitting services. But tbh I paid him half out of charity and half because I can't be sure he would slash my tires for NOT giving him the money. He knows where my car is and knows I'm going to be away for a while. Better safe than sorry.
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You got a very good deal on a security guard. Well-done, you.
I've also seen free-agent contractors filling queues for movie tickets and TV show taping tickets - when that was a thing - and negotiating their price per hour.
The hero we never knew we needed
Getting real "That happened" vibes here.
i live in homeless land and im pretty sure this didn't happen but it's nice to give $15
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Austin, TX used to be such a good town.
RIP.
We couldn't keep it weird.... I think the true beginning of the downfall was when Leslie Cochran left us. And Joe "I am so fucking straight guys" Rogan moved in
mega-fucking-sigh
I mean, I peg it more to Greg Abbott becoming governor than anything. Perry was power mad freak, but he was comparatively chill on the culture wars. Abbott's made it his life's goal to Austin into a Whites Only Country Club.
Not very familiar with Austin, why is it important that Joe Rogan is fucking straight guys and telling everyone about it?
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I think it was people trying to make the weird trendy.
In today's episode of things that never happened...
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