WTF

"...they are sorry they gave him a CERT..."

If they go to Tools/My Certs/Certifications Sent then they can remove a cert that they no longer consider valid.

Update... He now admits he had another profile prior.. but failed to elaborate on his bait and switch photos.. also we were just contacted via an IM by a couple he played with a they are sorry they gave him a CERT.. he turned out too be extremely possessive, and also heard other things from other couples about same.

Be aware in NC people.

This for us is a NO Brainer .. we will BLOCK him and move on.

Todays WTF moment goes to a guy from NC , nice looking, recent 2025 profile so we begin to chat.. guess what ALL the photos that he opened in his XXX were ones were from another profile years ago.. under a different name.. guy in the photos was tall, ripped muscles, bald and well hung. Wife and I even commented years ago about meeting this guy.

SLS guy today... way shorter, skinny, and full of hair. When asked about the photos he says oh no I am NEW to SLS those were just some I had gone to bed with years ago and they were amateur woman ? Skirted the many XXX photo issue ,, so we will wait for the rest of the story today ... BUT you lie day one on something we know to be a lie.. we are not meeting!

One of my company's testifying experts went to testify in court.

She was called to provide her results on the market analysis of the medical services provided. They were extensive - almost $1 million in bills over 4 years, plus ridiculous "futures" claiming all kinds of garbage. She had many tables with great detail, as well as notes about many of the scummy doctors.

The judge took her binder away from her and refused to look at any tables or notes during her testimony. It had to be 100% from memory.

When she couldn't remember the hundreds of numbers and notes by heart, she was struck as being insufficiently qualified as an expert.

We are baffled by this. Our client's attorney totally caved on it and didn't challenge the idiotic proceedings.

Just got this one from a single guy from Oregon

You must turn a pool into a hot tub when you get in.

WTF

Todays single male award goes to a guy from Chattanooga TN one line profile, no photos and this" Hey how are you guys I’m Zoe from Chattanooga I’m young with a big cock and I love to and please women and put on a good performance I travel a lot and go to casinos and gamble..

Even after a NO he still begs.. grow up !

Todays single male award goes to a guy from Leesburg Fl .. without saying what he wrote, we picked up on his CERT was one name and he signed our IM with another name today.. when questioned he was shocked we found it and said when on SLS originally he used another name..

Hilarious pass the popcorn .. what else is he lying about while visiting from out of town!

The clients that do the 'ten day entrapment,' they know exactly what they are doing, when they do that to you Sir VA. It forces your hand their way. It is a shyster's way... Best thing to do is, never do business with that client again.

I personally have had to 'force compliance' with companies before, because of catching them in their own 'not knowing what each hand is doing.' Most notably for me was fighting with a dental insurance company and a dentist of the time.

"Make them pay up front."

That works great in principle, and we've done it before. But there's a problem.

What happens often, especially with difficult "clients", is that they get us to take the case on the condition they pay a large deposit. They agree, but then send the documents but NOT the money.

They then use our agreement and disclose us to the court. So we're testifying on this matter one way or another on a specific date.

The money then arrives like 10 days before the date.

This puts us in a position to do the work anyway in advance, or do it in a panic in 10 days, or refuse to do it at all and then appear in court to explain why we didn't do it.

None of those options are pleasant and all put us at risk one way or another.

So, yeah. Once a client has proven to us they are assholes we simply refuse to work for them again. We have plenty of clients who are not assholes to do work for.

"Thats right. A firm whose ONLY case with us resulted in a year long legal fight that isnt actually over yet asked us to take more work from them."

Make them pay up front.

"Cash on Delivery, motherfucker. Payments are every Friday or you don't see us on Monday."

Is how you respond to their communication.

The 1985 bill was not part of the suit, but was produced in response to a record subpoena.

But yeah- what you're describing is a big problem.

"The hospital bill was $41.

The physician's bill was $23."

Lemme guess- the attorney's bill was $10,436.22?

I figure the total cost would have been $10,500.00, but 1st class postage in 1985 was $0.22 and I've never met an attorney who didn't bill for every penny they could...

...and dispute the amount of every bill they were responsible to pay.

:-)

In our work, we routinely review medical records and bills. Occasionally, old- sometimes quite old - documents end up intermingled with our document package, and this sometimes provided an interesting window back in time.

We recently had one that includes an ER visit from 1985.

The hospital bill was $41.

The physician's bill was $23.

Yeah, lots of time to waste being retired and I don't nap. Yet. :-)

I have a keen interest in aviation. I often look up the registration number of aircraft when I come across photos online. Google Maps usually blurs out license plate numbers of vehicles, and the faces of people caught in their photos, but this was the 1st aircraft I saw on Google Maps and they didn't blur out the registration number.

Occasionally I look up the registration numbers of aircraft I've owned/flew to see who's flying them now and if any changes have been done to them.

I've come across photos of my favorite aircraft to fly in a few places online but not on Google maps. The new owner painted it and he's clearly visible in photos of it in flight. I preferred the way it looked when we had it but the polishing of the original, mostly unpainted, aluminum skin to maintain a mirror like finish was a bitch. An occasional wash would be much easier.

@Good - it’s looking like retirement agrees with you.

I’m a step or two behind you on the retirement path, but I’m hoping to get there in the next year to 18 months.

That Google Naps thing has my attention. It’s plane to see that it has yours too ;-)

BT

This is more of a CAF (Cool As Fuck) than a WTF...

While looking at an address for a party we're going to, I used the satellite view for Google Naps on my phone. In that view is an Air Canada Embraer E175 jetliner headed SSW- in the direction of MSP. Sadly the view inside the cockpit was poor due to glare on the windshield.

I know what the aircraft is because I can clearly read Air Canada and the registration number on the aircraft. I looked up the registration number...

It was originally used by the Russian airline "Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise" (which ceased operations in 2006), then by the Polish airline "Polskie Linie Lotnicze" (2006-2017), then to various Canadian airlines until it's current use by Air Canada Express/Jazz Air.

Lol!

"... we have the luxury of declining work..."

My sister is a free-lance graphic designer - she has three levels of pricing. Her normal pricing is for established customers. New customers are billed at 110% of normal and PITA customers are billed at 200%.

PITA customers usually find another designer. ;-)

This is only the second time in more than 10 years and nearly 3,000 invoices that we've had to sue to get paid

We've never been stiffed entirely. Not even once. Some have dragged out for a year or longer, but in the end, we always get paid.

Our clients are mostly law firms and insurance companies who have contracted us as expert witnesses in court cases. Our contracts with them are pretty solid, and they usually know better in their space to risk having a judgement for non-payment entered against them.

But the nerve of asking if we would do work for them after an ordeal like that? Insane.

There are relatively few people who do what we do, and even fewer who are as good at it. So we have the luxury of declining work from entities that we don't like. And we do.

It is sad that people/companies refuse to pay on contract. I too am guilty of being that person and as well as a victim of not being paid on contract. With all that I have experienced and all that I see with Sir VA and Sir Sorillo, it is a shame that legal means has to be resorted to, because of human stupidity. I raise my hand on having been on both sides of that legal paper. It is not fun.

Odd, I just had another customer ask me to do work on a NET 30 PO this morning. Services division of a large multinational (to give you an idea, they invented one of the most popular phones ever, one that you flip...). Given that I've had problems getting companies to pay their bills I politely turned them down. He was annoyed but understood, even though I'm already doing work for another couple of offices from the same company.

"...their client then declared bankruptcy and they refused to pay our bill..."

I worked for a commercial printer and ad agencies were famous for that shit. Many actually included in their purchase order something to the effect that they would pay us when they got paid. My credit manager would not accept POs with that wording - unless the agency was willing to have their client fill out our credit application and undergo a credit check.

We didn't do a lot of ad agency work. ;-)

A client we took on last September ran up a bill of about $7,500. After a few months of them ignoring our collection efforts, their client then declared bankruptcy and they refused to pay our bill, citing the bankruptcy.

We reminded them that our contract is with them, not their client. Their client is not a party to the contract.

They responded by spam-blocking our company's email domain and ignoring all communications. So in preparation for what I expected to be a lawsuit, I did the right thing and sent a formal demand package to their office (in March) which they ignored. I made good on my threat in the demand package and filed suit 30 days later.

In mid-June, a court date was assigned and they were served a notice to appear in September.

They reached out today, They say they will pay, although it might take several weeks. Uh, well - OK. If "several weeks" = after the September court date, I am proceeding anyway.

Here's the real wtf.

They asked if we'd be willing to take more work from their firm.

Thats right. A firm whose ONLY case with us resulted in a year long legal fight that isnt actually over yet asked us to take more work from them.

I don't know what word best describes them that they imagine we'd even think about it. I almost fell out of my chair when they asked.

I have graying hair along the temples, extending to my ears. It looks natural and not blotchy. I am fortunate on that aspect. But, the hair that is on the rear of my skull, at the top of my neck grows very quickly and is almost all gray. When I get haircuts, those areas are the first to go and it makes a mess on the floor at the barbershop.

All I know is that the Mexican guys thought it was funny that Birdman was screwing up the pronunciation.