Richard Powski

  First of all, needing credit card information for a "free trial" is completely snake-ish, sneaky, and capitalizing on consumers forgetting to cancel their cards, hence paying for something they don't want to pay for. It's a jerk thing to do. But these companies take it a step further. You can have $7.00 on your card and your card gets "denied" Uhhh but it's a 30-90 day trial? Who's to say that I don't plan on adding funds to the card in the next 30-90 days? The initial transaction is ZERO. So why the fuck is it of any concern how much cash I have? Which brings me to another topic: There have been times in my life where I had just $7.00 in my bank account and I swear to God, it bothered other people more than it bothered me. I went to the bank once and the second the teller pulled up my account and saw the amount, she acted like she saw a ghost and said "O.O Uh sir...do you realize you have s-" Me: Yeah, seven dollars in my bank accoun...

  It’s 11AM and I'm dopesick. I pick up homegirl who’s about a 15 minute drive from my place. I arrive call her, let her know I'm outside. It takes her 20 minutes to come outside and get in the car. I've already got 35 minutes invested into this dope run and it’s barely just started. I strap in and prepare for a long ride. I ask her where we’re going so I can enter it into my GPS. She tells me to hold on, gets out her phone, and makes a call. Being naïve about what she’s doing or who she’s calling, I assume she’s calling her connect so see where the meetup spot is. No worries. It’s always good to plan this stuff, right? But that’s not what she’s doing... She’s actually calling around to see  where  we can get something. She doesn’t even  know  where we’re getting it from. I thought she had this lined up. Her plugs don’t answer. So we sit there while she makes calls and texts people. Decades of addiction have resulted in the decline of her mental faculties; It ta...