u/Ok_Counter1939

Am I being unreasonable?

My next Invisalign check-in appointment is next week. By the time of the appointment, I’ll have been using my current Invisalign retainer for 3 weeks. I am generally scheduled to change them every 2 weeks, but it didn’t work to have an appointment this week.

So I have contacted the dentist’s office to see if I can just pick up the next retainer this week, before the appointment, so that I won’t be a week behind on the process.

I‘ve emailed the dentist‘s office several times and haven’t gotten a response, and when I’ve called, I’ve left a voicemail, and when the office calls back a few days later, they say, “Inunderstand that you have some questions” and then we play phone tag.

I’m frustrated: I just want to pick up a retainer a few days before my next appointment so I haven’t wasted a week in the Invisalign process, but that doesn‘t seem doable: I can’t just tell the office, “can I pick up my next retainer tomorrow” and get a yes or no answer.

Am I being unreasonable?

I have a long-time friend from school who comes to my city one or two times a year. Each time when we go to dinner, he never offers to pay: he just says “thank you.”.

Often we go to a private club for dinner and so there is no check, but most people say, “Let me Venmo some money to you” and they estimate how much their share was. This friend doesn‘t; based on other dealings with him, he’s cheap and/or inconsiderate about money generally.

Yes, it’s my fault for not clearly conforming with him before dining that each of us pays our own way.

We went to dinner last night and he said “thanks for dinner” without offering to pay, and texted me later saying, “good seeing you and hopefully I can treat you to dinner next time”, even though he won’t.

Is it rude of me to reply back saying, “good seeing you as well and next time, either that works or we can Venmo or PayPal money to each other to cover our share”? (Yes, I’d like to give a hint that that’s what he ought to be doing.)

Thanks.

Today I heard one that was NOT funny:

”My ancestors include someone who graduated from Harvard in 1657.

We finished paying off his student loans last year.”

Are there any funny Harvard jokes? As an alum, I haven‘t heard any.

I attended an event for Christiana who work in the tech industry, and the speaker said the following:

”There is a new patron saint of email: Saint Francis of a cc.”

The audience laughed and I thought it was harmless.

One person approached the speaker towards the end of the event and loudly told the speaker that joke was blasphemous.

Why is it blasphemous?

Carolina Place has lost a Macy’s anchor, doesn’t seem to have high-end stores and has various streetwear and “mom & pop” stores in it. SouthPark has soared upwards, but Carolina Place hasn’t.

Is Carolina Place the next Eastland Mall or Northlake Mall, or will it be a reputable middle-class mall in 10 or 20 years?