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So sounds like I should pay people to post obviously paid reviews on my competitors Yelp pages?

You know, generally you seem like a smart guy, but whenever you post you are such a stand-offish abrasive asshole that it just makes you look like an arrogant fuck who is simply trying to act like an internet badass by belittling others. It"s no wonder you have such a hard time getting a point...

My inspector found an issue with my furnace that I wouldn"t have known to look for on my own. Could have potentially burned my house down and was a $5 fix. Yes, you can do most of the job of an inspector yourself, but another set of eyes can never hurt.

It is sad but employee theft is a problem that never-ever goes away. I am constantly dealing with it. While I rarely have problems with money not making it into the till, it is little self-entitlement issues that are always cropping up. Not paying for employee meals, hooking friends/family up...

One of the cities one of my stores is in has 3 zip codes. My store is literally 3 blocks away from one of the other zip codes. You search pizza from the zip code my store is actually in, number 1 organic listing. For the others, it"s like 6 or 7. I asked my franchises CMO about organic vs...

Purely anecdotal, but I ignore all the banners/paid search spots and instead go to organic listings. I have a marketing meeting this afternoon with the head of marketing from my franchisor, I will ask if they have any data on organic vs paid search from the markets they do paid search in...

I do know that Google is changing their search algorithm to heavily weight social activity. Having your Google+ page claimed and updated will help your organic listings.

I always go for a 5 year with another 5 year option I can execute. Every time I extend I make sure to get another 5 year option tacked on. In this climate you should have no problem getting a clause like that.

A little late on this, but I"ll tell you my experience. I was kind of in the inverse of this situation, I was "boy1" and there was a girl at work that both me and my manger hung out with a lot. It was pretty obvious to me that my manager (boy2) was into the girl and even though I thought the...

Advertising for a restaurant is so market dependent it is really tough to tell you exactly what to do. But what you need to do is keep lots of information so you can figure out what does and does not work for you. If you do run a newspaper ad make sure you track each redemption (assuming it...

On the inventory front, every market is different. I just read an article about a city near me that is reporting the area has the lowest inventory of houses on the market that it has had in the past 5 years (7.4 months worth of inventory). The numbers skew even further in the sellers direction...

I would double check everything you signed when you made those offers. I know when we were shopping there was some paper-work that locked us in with our realtor when we made some offers. Can"t remember if it was specific to the properties or not, but it was explained to me in such a way that it...

My house is 1800sq ft and change (passed on a much bigger 4500sq ft house to get in a nicer neighborhood with a much bigger lot). My wife and I fill up the house. It is fine for the two of us, but as soon as the kids start coming it is going to start to feel small. It"s a four bedroom, but...

My loan was sold by the originator 2 months after I got it, then about a year later they bought it back. Nothing much you can do about it really. There are times where it can suck however. For example, I was reading a thread on Fat Wallet about a guy who, after his loan got sold, started...

I would always tell the girls I was dating that I don"t do breaks. Not as an ultimatum, but just as a "this is my philosophy" type of deal. Basically for the reasons outlined in the story above. If your purpose for dating is to find that special someone who you can spend the rest of your life...

I am by no means an expert, but I think you are going to run into issues on your second loan. With you and your SO"s combined income, your income-to-debt ratio should be enough for a second ~$300,000ish home. Problem is that your personal debt-to-credit ratio is going to be high due to that...

I have a buddy who plays softball with me, was dating this crazy 19 year old. He comes to practice (okay fine, the bar) looking like someone murdered his cat in front of him or something. We asked him what was up and he told us the crazy bitch was prego. We were like wtf?! why weren"t you...

I can tell you this much, I have a female friend who used eHarmony to find her husband. She is attractive and well adjusted. She just got sick of the dating pool around here so that is why she was on a dating website. So normal ones do exist out there. I also have two male friends who are...

Afraid of confrontation maybe? My brother has the same issue with his wife that he is currently separated with (after a whole 4 months of marriage, long story). She basically refuses to talk face-to-face and acts like everything is fine when face-to-face, then will completely blow a gasket over...

One other thing. If you decided not to heed advice given and that this is the love of your life the odds be damned your going for it anyways (like a lot of people seeking advice on this thread do), at the very least man up and tell her that nothing happens until her other relationship is over...

I read that whole thing, since you took the time to write it and I took the time to read it I guess I shall respond. There are red flags all over the place in that tale. If I had to make a guess as to what is going on, she has the same boyfriend for 7-8 years, off-again-on-again type thing...

Honestly, 3k is getting off cheap. I was with an ex 2 years before a vacation killed our relationship. Funny thing is it wasn"t our first vacation together either, but on this particular trip I just realized that I could not be with this girl day-in-day-out for the rest of my life. Breaking up...

I think every single couple has this dumb argument. I just tell my wife to pick something. If she doesn"t I take her to Red Robin. I know she doesn"t want to go to Red Robin, hell except for the beerIdon"t want to go to Red Robin, but she has to put-up-or-shut-up on the food selection.

Ya, ruts are easy to fall into in LTR"s. I think it"s both important to try and take somewhat of an interest in each others hobbies as well as being able to entertain yourselves separate from one another. As far as your specific situation. Just let her know how you feel about her and try to...

Canadian and American dollars are pretty much equal atm, so feel free to go estimate for Eomer.

My wife had never used a sex toy before me and I introduced them to her. Now we have a whole box full of them (with a lot more fun stuff than just vibrators).Hitachi Magic Wandis by far her favorite. Hell she"s worn out 3 of those alone. One of those bad boys running while your having sex is...

You are just #jelly because you"d never have the balls to try and pee in a girls butt. (Am I doing this thread right?)

Yeah, you don"t go there with the expectation that she must kiss you. Flirt a little bit, try to get her to initiate it, play your cards right and set it up like a scene coming straight out of a romantic comedy movie. Chicks love romantic comedy movies.

So those still dating looking for an in with a hot coworker or neighbor chick? Offer to take her out for a "casual" lunch on V-Day to Qdoba... Buy one entree, get one free when you kiss someone @ Qdoba

I don"t pass on super-nice dinners under the fear it"s going to ruin the average dinner I eat night in and night out. "Nope, no lobster for me, I don"t want it to ruin the opinion I have of Kraft mac n" cheese." Sounds like you are rationalizing your inability to get over the taboo of it imo.

Ah, that makes sense. I misunderstood what you were saying.

I went digging through my agreement just to double check and there is nothing that requires me to get permission to discuss stuff with a potential franchisee. Obviously I can"t divulge proprietary information (such as recipes), but if someone came and asked me if they should join up, I could...

I wouldn"t be in the pizza business today if I didn"t start with a franchise. I wouldn"t have had the first clue about things like developing a dough, setting up my supply chain, etc and probably wouldn"t have made it long enough to build a customer base on my own. With that said, franchising...

Just of couple of other kind of nit-picky things we have had to deal with. Our sausage arrives frozen and pre-cooked. We then put it in our walk-in refrigerator to thaw and it has a shelf life of 7 days at that point. A very small number of stores have been having issues rotating their stock...

My pizza restaurants are part of a franchise. There are arguments on both side of the fence in regards to this. Obviously you get the instant name recognition, the start-up support and much better buying power. But you do lose a lot of freedom and are at the mercy of leadership. I was a very...

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You need something to set yourself apart from the heard and money is the number 1 thing women are attracted to. It"s not shallow, it"s rooted in their deep-seeded instincts to find a mate that can protect and provide for them. That car example I posted, when done in reverse (putting a girl in...

Ya, I"d find a way to set yourself apart either with your profile and/or the message you send out. I have a couple of buddies who keep bringing in girls from dating sites and I always quiz the hot ones. "Why do you even need a dating site? Why did you pick my buddy? etc." They tell me that...

Right now, in this economy, consumers are way to price sensitive. I"m sure you can pull up plenty of examples of people who say they are willing to pay for quality, but when it comes down to actually paying for quality they are still going cheap. That is why places like McDonalds and WalMart are...

My wife views the bank account as a contest to see how quickly she can get it to zero every week. She used to be a lot better about money but now that she is making a decent amount she wants to spend. I think part of it is a keeping up with the Jones" type thing, since most of our friends also...