r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TheAeroplaneBear2906 • Jul 16 '26

Unskippable ad Clear Backpacks + Pay to Keep Your Phone

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My freinds school is now requiring these items, and is also using AI to promote this 🫠

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u/Suitable-Growth9243 Jul 16 '26

In grad school, I had a washer dryer in the building where the coin operator part never worked properly and you had to wait till Monday 9-5 to deal with the office who were kind but inefficient at ensuring that it worked throughout the evening and weekend, so I brought the key off of Amazon and ethically not only managed it myself but became the person who the rest of the tenants, mainly undergraduates, came to troubleshoot if the machines ate their coins.

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u/sec_sage Jul 16 '26

At that point you could have invoiced the company for maintenance services

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u/G0rkon Jul 16 '26

I wonder how many he unlocked before he got caught. I bet he made a few hundred bucks.

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u/greg-the-destroyer Jul 16 '26

Shit, I need another party box. I’m just waiting for my school to roll these out so I can get the key and do this, and then I can buy another partyboxÂ