IDIC. From Munich. Living in Mumbai. All about languages, cultures, ancient history, 60's and 70's music, star trek, nintendo.
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Simi B Good retweeted
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to:
Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Fund
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Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Caregiver Resources
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Simi B Good retweeted
🚨Gurugram Police SIT finds that accused Kalyan Bainsla deliberately rammed his car into woman biker Shivani Chauhan, alias Sia, after harassing her. The chargesheet will retain the attempt-to-murder charge, with police expected to file it within a week
I only recently learned that a beaver is called bóbr (basically pronounced bober) in Polish and it made me unreasonably happy
And, another Nykaa delivery via Shadowfax.
I get a whatsapp asking if I`m available. I say, yes.
An hour later I get another message claiming I requested cancellation of my order and to give OTP to driver to confirm that. I did not request cancellation. No one contacted me...
@MyNykaa order has been lost for almost a week now @shadowfax_in attempted delivery once(!) and then never again. I tried to reschedule delivery with Nykaa to yesterday. Nothing. No reply from Shadowfax to multiple tickets raised. No human to speak to on Nykaa. Pathetic service
...and no one attempted delivery. I communicate that via both Shadowfax and Nykaa.
They reschedule delivery to tomorrow. I am not hopeful the guy will even attempt it. If they`re not feeling it they just lie and click customer requested cancellation.
What a waste of time...
...and fuel btw. Those are parcels that are shipped through the country, just so the guys at the delivery hub can shrug and go "Meh, not feeling it." and basically strong-arm you and Nykaa into a return and refund process.
@MyNykaa PLEASE stop using Shadowfax for deliveries!
Lynch justice is never justifiable, but I do think it`s worth mentioning in the headline itself that the "boy" in this story is 18, while the "teen girl" in this story is 13!!!
Kolkata teens caught kissing, girl’s family parades boy, his father naked indianexpress.com/article/ci…
RIP 🙏😢
Star Trek actor Walter Koenig, who played Pavel Chekov, dies aged 90 bbc.in/3Ul6D57
Simi B Good retweeted
quick update: i'm safe now. thank you to everyone who reached out and checked in on me.
@Uber has contacted me and confirmed that the driver has been barred from the platform and won't be able to take rides anymore. i've also filed an FIR against him.
thank you to everyone who helped get this noticed. really appreciate it.
@Uber @Uber_India @UberIN_Support @Uber_Support
i landed at delhi airport today and had one of the most terrifying experiences of my life with an uber driver. i'm still shaken.
i booked an uber to gurgaon for a 20-minute ride. the fare shown on my uber app was around ₹625. after the trip, the driver showed me a screenshot from rapido quoting ₹1,479 and demanded that i pay that amount instead. when i pointed out that this was a rapido screenshot and not an uber screenshot, he said, “iss route ka itna hi hota hai.”
i paid the ₹625 that was shown on my uber app. what followed was genuinely frightening.
he locked the car and refused to let me take my luggage out unless i paid ₹1,479. when i tried retrieving my belongings, he held my arm and shut the front-seat window where my luggage was, trying to stop me from taking it out.
i somehow managed to get my luggage and tried to enter my house. he followed me, forced the gate, abused me horribly and wouldn't let me go inside peacefully. i finally managed to get inside and lock the door. he then started climbing the gate while hurling abuses and threatening my life.
all of this happened around 4:45 am in gurgaon, when i'd just landed and was simply trying to get home safely.
and it gets worse. i'm trying to reach uber's safety support, and the safety support option isn't available to me. i'm dealing with a terrifying situation involving physical aggression and life threats, and i can't even get through to the platform's safety team.
this wasn't a fare dispute anymore. this was intimidation, physical aggression and a terrifying violation of my safety at my own doorstep.
@Uber_Support @Uber_India @UberIN_Support @Uber, i need an urgent human response, a proper investigation and concrete action. please preserve the trip and driver records and tell me how this is being addressed.
i've used cabs to get around in different countries and never imagined i'd feel this unsafe trying to get home in my own country. how am i supposed to trust a service that i booked specifically to get home safely?
driver name: JAMIL JAHID KHAN
Simi B Good retweeted
All of the AirBnB drama boils down to the fact that hosts are running a >>norm arbitrage scheme to get better margin<<:
Hosts deliberately conflate two sets of norms:
1) socially, you're a treasured friend/family who tidies up after himself.
2) commercially, you're a customer who paid for housekeeping.
As a paying guest, you get the obligations of the first and the invoice of the second.
It has always bugged me. No bueno.
Simi B Good retweeted
Disappointed with @Swiggy! I’m deaf and cannot speak on calls. The delivery partner ignored my messages, my order was cancelled without my consent, and ₹189 cancellation fee was charged. No refund received! Please investigate and resolve this fairly.
Order ID: 251883201193051
Simi B Good retweeted
The big disconnect on Airbnb cleaning requirements stems from a bunch of ‘hosts’ who got sold a passive income real estate owner dream & found out hospitality is the reality.
Asking a guest [paid or unpaid] to take the trash out and strip the linens off the beds is terribly gauche.
Simi B Good retweeted
Then don’t charge a cleaning fee Ginger.
You can’t charge me for services and then expect me to do the work.
Do you also pay your boss to let you do your job each day?
