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    Legal Advice [UPDATE] Neighbor offloading cash onto me. Is this illegal?

    January 30, 2018

    Legal Advice [UPDATE] Neighbor offloading cash onto me. Is this illegal?

    [UPDATE] Neighbor offloading cash onto me. Is this illegal?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2018 01:10 AM PST

    Hi all!

    This is an update to this post.

    First off, a huge thanks to those who responded with suggestions and advice on how to move forward.

    Earlier tonight, my father and I visited our neighbor to ask about what was going on.

    My father, who originally wanted no part in this, had a change of heart when I let him know I had received 120k total-- Where his cutoff point is between ignoring 40,000 USD and getting excited about 120,000 USD... I'm not sure.

    I was expecting to see the man who gave me the money. Instead, it was just his wife-- who, as it turns out, has been living here without him for a month... and had no idea about his "generous donations." She was pretty shocked-- and angry, though not at me, and she was very apologetic I was involved in this at all.

    For those who suggested this was an attempt to hide assets in preparation for a nasty divorce... It would seem you're right!

    I haven't heard his side of the story yet, and even if I did, it would just be... his story.

    I'm not going to just hand off the envelope to her-- or back to him-- without proper notarization, to avoid any trouble down the line.

    After some discussion, we agreed on a mutually acceptable solution: I'll keep 60,000 USD, and 60,000 USD will be returned to the couple-- her, him, I don't really care as long as it's all notarized and witnessed.

    I'm sure some people will tell me that since the money was given to me, I could tell the wife to pound sand and return nothing. That may be true-- but the whole exchange leaves me feeling a little icky about keeping it. I only had it as a fuck-you to this woman, anyway.

    This seems like a mutually acceptable solution where I get a huge donation towards my tuition and don't feel like I lost money.

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    [USA, MA] My church is protecting pedophiles and documenting their actions in “confidential documents” that are locked away, but accesible to me. Is there a law that protects me if I take these documents and turn them into the police?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2018 08:58 AM PST

    I have been a part of a religious group that protects pedophiles by not reporting allegations to the police or to the members of the congregation. (This is based on what they call a biblical '2 witness rule', meaning if there's not two witnesses it didn't happen)

    In turn, this allows the pedophile to roam freely regardless of how many accusations are made against them if there is only one witness to the sexual assault.

    I won't mention the religious group but widely known and can be found on the news or through google.

    The leaders of the church document all these allegations and keep files on the alleged pedophiles, which they seal away 'confidentially' in a back room.

    Being a respected member of the congregation in the past, I have access to these files but fear that if I take them without permission I can be charged with things such as: *breaking and entering or trespassing *theft *breach of confidentiality

    I don't want to break the law but I can't bear to see this go on.

    Any advice would be appreciated.

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    [WI] sold a truck to a man with learning disabilities, his sister says I have to take the truck back

    Posted: 30 Jan 2018 06:27 AM PST

    I had a 1997 Ford Explorer Sport (the two door version). It had a lot of problems, a lot of rust, a bad transmission that would stick, and it needed a new exhaust. The cost of fixing or replacing the transmission exceeded the value of the truck.

    I am a fast food junkie and would hit up the McDonald's near my house regularly and there would usually be the same guy working the window and he always complimented my truck. He said he had a Volkswagen Golf and he wasn't happy with it and he wanted a truck like mine so he could go off-roading with his buddies. When the transmission in my Explorer got worse I semi-jokingly asked him if he wanted to buy it from me. He was really into the idea. He asked how much I wanted. I said $750 (I was willing to go as low as $500, this is basically a salvage vehicle as far as I'm concerned). He agreed but said he needed a month to get the money together and I said ok.

    We exchanged numbers. About a month passes, I occasionally see the dude in the drive thru, he's like "how's my truck?" He's still into it. Finally he texts me saying he has the money. We meet up and I tell him in full disclosure it's pretty rusted and the transmission sticks. He looks at the rust and under the hood and asks the drive it. I'm pretty nervous (both because the transmission sticks and because I don't know how good of a driver this guy is) but let him. He cruises around the block and he says he likes the sticking transmission because it reminds me of a drag racer? Ok buddy the customer is always right. Anyway he loves it and I sign over the the title and he pays me cash and I leave.

    I'll disclose here as politely as possible, the guy has some kind of learning disability. It's not outright down syndrome or anything but it's just evident by talking to him he's "slow" and I apologize if that's the wrong term to use today. But he works at McDonald's and has his own money and drove another car around and talked about off-roading with his friends so I assumed he was independent and could make decisions by himself. What was I supposed to ask? "Are you smart enough to buy a car by yourself?" He's probably in his early 30s if I had to guess.

    Two days later I start getting texts from a strange number saying "please call me about the Ford Explorer."

    Long story short it's the sister of the dude and she says I took advantage of him and sold him an overpriced piece of junk. I said he drove it and looked at it and I told him about that the transmission sucked. I took only $750 for it which I thought was a fair salvage price. She said he can't make decisions like that in his condition and I took advantage of a special needs person. I said dude has a job, has his own money, drives himself around how special needs can he be? He wanted my piece of shit old truck and I sold it to him and told him about the problems it had. She tells me he blew two whole paychecks on it and I have to take it back and I just said the sale was concluded, sorry.

    She threatened to call the cops and incite the lemon law. I told her lemon law didn't apply to private sales in Wisconsin. At this point she physically threatened me and I told her not to contact me again.

    Did I do anything wrong legally? Guy may have some medical issues but I sold him a beater (one he really wanted) for a few hundred bucks. I didn't steal his life savings in a Ponzi scheme or anything. I told him about the rust and transmission and he looked under the truck and drove it around the block. I don't think I'm culpable for anything.

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    [IL] 14 yo niece was busted with ONE Xanax pill, being charged with "intent to distribute"?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2018 02:17 AM PST

    My 14 yo niece (Let's call her Mandy) was having a panic attack one morning and her mom (my sister) gave her a Xanax. BOTH Mandy and my sister have their own prescriptions for Xanax, same dose and everything. Mandy was out of hers and needed a refill and they couldn't afford the pharmacy fee right then so my sister just gave her a blank bottle (label ripped off) with one pill in it so she could take it while she stayed overnight at a friend's house.

    She was riding passenger seat when they got pulled over and the cop "smelled pot" and did a search of the car and her purse. He found the bottle and she could not prove that it was legally hers. She wasn't arrested, but he took her info down and took the pill and the bottle.

    Now she's being summonsed to court and her charge is "possession" and "intent to redistribute" as if she were going to sell it. We have already gone to the police station and showed them her prescription bottle with her name on it and explained the situation, but they said there's nothing they can do and we'd have to attend court.

    My niece is flipping out crying thinking her future is over and is refusing to take her Xanax to help calm herself down. Is there any chance we can clear her name?

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    My roommate is threatening to create revenge porn of my girlfriend.

    Posted: 30 Jan 2018 09:21 AM PST

    My roommate and I had a pretty good relationship until today. We stayed out of each other's way, we were friendly, and we hung out together as friends. I introduced him to Dungeons and Dragons, and he helped me adjust to living away at college. I thought he was my friend.

    My girlfriend called me today. She told me that a mutual friend of ours said that my roommate was complaining about her and I being in the room too much, and that we occasionally (once every 2-3 weeks) asked him if he could leave our (shared) dorm so we could have sex. If he said no we said ok. According to our friend, my roommate said that the next time we asked him to leave, he would have his computer record us and put it on the internet...

    I am absolutely livid right now. He's asleep in his bed across the room from me, and I'll have to confront him about this. I have no idea if he actually has any videos of us or not, but I'm playing it safe and assuming that he does.

    My girlfriend and our friend agreed to confront him tomorrow, and record it via a tape recorder. I'm going to my RA tomorrow to tell him after we confront him.

    Can I do anything else? He's applying to become an RA next year, and I'm terrified of letting him have any authority over anyone. My girlfriend is afraid to come into the room and she won't be changing clothes in the dorm anymore. Should I tell the admin? Should I stay quiet after confronting him?

    What do I do?

    Edit: I live in St. Cloud, Minnesota

    Edit 2: I just talked wth my friend. He said that the reason my roommate think that this'd be even remotely ok is because he thinks that the school has a rule against sex in the dorms. I just looked it up, and it doesn't.

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    Complaining Neighbors - I feel like a prisoner in my own home...

    Posted: 30 Jan 2018 12:36 AM PST

    My s/o and I moved into a new apartment in August of 2017. We are both in our twenties and this is our 4th apartment together. We're not social butterflies and spend a large majority of our time just the two of us playing video games or surfing the net in comfortable silence. We rarely argue, and any major voice-raising arguments we've ever had we prior to moving into this new place. We also both work nights. I work 12 hours shifts as an IV technician for a hospital so I come home around 5 am on days that I work - We're both usually awake between the hours of 3pm-7am each day of the week.

    Within the first two months, I got a text from my s/o at 11pm one night while I was at work, telling me that our downstairs neighbor had come up and pounded on our door, telling him his walking in the living room was disturbing them. He apologized and we figured it was a one time deal. We've lived as downstairs neighbors before and had VERY loud upstairs neighbors - we understand it comes with the territory of choosing a lower level. We've also been upstairs neighbors and never had anyone complain about noise before. These in mind, we were a little taken back by the complaint, but figured it was a one-time issue. (He admitted he was walking back and forth more than usual while putting up some posters and retrieving tape, etc)

    Then, a month later, after coming home at 5 am, we were watching TV before bed - very quietly, I might add... so quiet that it was barely audible to US - and lo and behold, our neighbor comes stomping up the stairs and pounding on our door, telling us our TV is way too loud to be playing at 6 am. At this point we were both majorly annoyed, but we explained that we both work night shifts and trying to be the considerate neighbors... we *stopped watching TV with the sound on in our own apartment. Any time we watched TV past 9 pm or prior to 8 am we did so with headphones.

    Fast forward to about a month ago. Around 10 pm on my day off, the two of us playing video games (with headphones on) in separate rooms, quietly enjoying our free time. I get up to get something to eat, then come back to the bedroom. About an hour later there is a pounding on our door. I go check through the peep-hole (expecting our sour neighbor) and surprise! It's the police! I asked the officer what was wrong and he (with an obvious look of annoyance from the false alarm) said that someone had called about a "loud music" noise violation. I scowled and asked if it was the people downstairs, explaining they come bang on our door all the time and he nodded. He told me he could see that we didn't even have sound coming from the TV and that he would tell the neighbors to deal with it and that this was a part of apartment living. The next day I made a magnetic sign for our front door that says "Night Shift worker lives here, will be awake between 8 pm and 8 am."

    The following weeks we tried even HARDER to be quieter. It literally feels like living in a prison. Part of me wants to say "when you pay my damn rent, you can tell me how to live me in my own damn apartment"; but the other part just wants to avoid conflict - especially involving the police.

    But about 3-4 days ago, the final straw was broken. S/O and I got home from dinner around 10 pm. We (quietly) unwind and I go to change into some more comfortable house clothes. While walking from my closet to the bed to sit down and play my game, suddenly a VERY loud pounding started under my feet. EVERY single step I took, a loud THUD. They did this for about 15 minutes as I walked around my apartment; literally FOLLOWING me and slamming on their ceiling every step that I took. I am not a heavy person, neither is my S/O. We don't walk on our heels and don't stomp around - we try VERY hard to walk lightly. But this is the last straw. I didn't know what else to do, since we'd already gone to the management and they basically said there's nothing they can do; so I called the non-emergency police number and said I felt unsafe. Which, I do. I feel like I live in a literal prison where I'm not allowed to exist without fear of my neighbor pounding on my floor, coming to my door to berate me, or calling the police on me. We've gone above and beyond to accommodate them, but the police basically told us that unless they threaten us, that there's nothing we can do. They sent an officer out and the pounding stopped for 2 days, but last night they were back at it again.

    I'm done being nice. I've already decided that for every time they pound on my floor, I'm going to start pounding back for twice as long. If they come to my door I'm going to record it and tell them I fully intend to show the video to the manager and the police.

    I just don't have any idea what my options are. It's exhausting to live like this... We seriously tried being nice but honestly there's nothing else we can do to try and appease them. There's literally nothing we can do aside from becoming vegetables and never leaving bed or learning how to levitate.

    If I can't get a restraining order without evidence of them threatening me... I don't know how to get them to leave me alone.

    NOTE: Moving is out of the question for us right now. We can't afford to terminate our lease early OR to pay the deposit/fees on a new place. Not to mention that we shouldn't HAVE to.

    EDIT FOR LOCATION: In TX, USA

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    Promotion withheld after turning down boss' sexual advances...

    Posted: 30 Jan 2018 03:50 AM PST

    I [F] need legal advice as to what action to take in Southern California. I am not looking to get fired. I work in the food service industry and this happened around last summer. It started out as light texting that I considered to be platonic and professional.

    Then it persisted for quite some time, he started to ask me to hang out outside of work. At this time, I had started seeing someone and was not interested, and wasn't anyways to begin with. He persisted for a while even though I made it clear that I was not interested and that I was seeing someone.

    He texted me very uncomfortable things but I chose not to reply. It persisted when he found out that my boyfriend was another co-worker (not management) he stopped (probably because my boyfriend is well respected by everyone in the workplace). He then cut the amount of days I worked from 6 to 3! Right in half after this.

    Now this all plays in with my current job situation. I am actively trying to get promoted to a server position from a host position. He promised me a promotion before he started hitting on me. Then he started to say that he was finally going to put my promotion to corporate right before he started hitting on me very hard.

    After actively turning him down, I was still following up on my promotion and he then claimed that it was corporate's fault that they were "slow to send him the paperwork".

    I gave him the benefit of the doubt, but after he found out that I was dating my boyfriend that he retracted all of his statements for promoting me. He claimed that it was corporate's decision to redact my promotion.

    Over the next month, my other managers advocated for my promotion on their own accord but when they got in contact with corporate they told me corporate had never received my promotion request to begin with. It appears that my general manager never even filed the paperwork to promote me, but is claiming that corporate made the decision to reject my promotion.

    IT GETS EVEN WORSE. The assistant general managers submitted my promotion to corporate which was approved, but when I showed up ready for my first day of training for my new position (which all my coworkers were excited), my GM isolated me and told me that he was not going to promote me that day, or ever essentially. When I made a case as to why I was deserving of the promotion "which corporate and everyone else had approved" he decided to give me an ultimatum where I had to pass a test of his creation with a perfect score, or accept a lower position and try to "maybe" get promoted in the future.

    ***I must mention that I have coworkers that can attest to this sexual misconduct. There have been other women that have been violated. This company appears to have given them 'hush hush' money.

    It feels nice to let that out. My GM has an inflated ego and is a sick fuck who plays God with his role. Do I have any legal ground to do anything in this situation? I want to quit but can't until I find another job, which I am actively doing.

    Thanks Reddit

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    Apartment maintenance called animal control to take my dog after coming over unannounced when we weren't home. Is this legal?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2018 11:16 AM PST

    About 5 weeks ago my gf and I called maintenance to come look at our sink faucet which had really low water pressure. They gave us a timeframe of when they would be by that week but never came. It wasnt a big deal and we just forgot about it. 2 nights ago when my gf and I were both out they decided it would be a good time to finally come take a look. When he got there and no one answered the door he decided to let himself in. At this point our dog growled at him. Instead of calling us he decided to call animal control and have the dog taken. This dog is in the apt legally. We pay pet rent. My gf received a call at work from the animal control office saying that they had her dog. The apartment complex nor the maintenance team ever reached out to us. We had to pay to get the dog out and want to know if we can hold the apartment complex responsible? This nearly gave my gf a heart attack and I had never seen her so upset. Was this legal reddit? Can an apt complex maintenance person come in whenever they want? And if so can they legally call animal control to take my dog? Had this been a scheduled thing where we forgot to put him up it would be totally different but we had zero reason to think anyone was coming to our apt.. Especially at 6pm on a Sunday. This happened in FL if it makes any difference...

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    Neighbors Dead Tree Threatening House, Car & Occupants

    Posted: 30 Jan 2018 06:01 AM PST

    My neighbor has a 40" dead (no more needles, bark peeling, bore holes from insects) pine tree in their yard. Based on several other trees falling in the past it will fall either onto my house, driveway (parked car), fence. I have documented and notified my neighbor via 2 letters, one of them certified, including picture and google maps picture of tree in question. The neighbor is an older deaf lady who doesn't take care of her yard and is ignoring my requests. My county (Georgia/Cobb) is saying they won't enforce such and my homeowners insurance says I did everything right and can only wait until something happens. I don't want to deal with the damages or possibly injury, as our bedroom is in the path of the tree if it hits the house. Should I send another letter, spelling it out that a dead tree would be their responsibility, even causing their insurance to deny the claim due to negligence? They probably think it is my problem if it falls in my yard, but this is an accident waiting to happen. Any other suggestions? Thank you. Location USA - GA - Georgia

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    Landlord seems to be denying or penalizing me for using the SCRA.

    Posted: 30 Jan 2018 06:59 AM PST

    Hi everyone,

    In a recent post on /r/usmc I explained my situation about potentially breaking my lease through the SCRA military clausein California. The short and sweet is I am deployed and it may last a bit longer then expected. Our apartment has flooded numerous times, and my wife has spent multiple days in hotels while repairs are done. Since I'm deployed (although about 3 months into it,) we decided to evoke my right to terminate my lease under the SCRA. My wife delivered a letter stating the act and the law in which we are using and a copy of my orders. The lady who works at the desk (not really landlord but a worker for the company that is ours) signed it with a date, an acknowledgement of that they say it yesterday. When she called her higher ups they started claiming very bullish things. One said we aren't allowed to do so, the other stated we may leave but are responsible for rent until someone moves into the unit or until the original end of our lease. They then tried to say we would have to email corporate to get a call with them. We served the papers on the 29th of January. Our rent is due the 1st, meaning under the clause the lease should be terminated no later then March 2nd. I'm worried that they won't agknowledge our decision until AFTER the first meaning we'd have to pay March's rent, and move out on March 30th. We read our lease in the military clause section and nothing is said about any of this stuff they are shilling out.

    My wife is headed to base legal today but what should we do? Are we in the right?

    I can upload the lease statement and our letter we delivered them if need be. Thank you great people

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    [AZ] I run a student outreach organization at my university that is partnered with a local middle school. We won a $4000 grant from a charity foundation that was put under control of said school and presumably misappropriated. The school is now completely unresponsive to our reimbursement requests.

    Posted: 29 Jan 2018 07:22 PM PST

    Hello r/legaladvice,

    I'd greatly appreciate any advice on the current situation I am dealing with. So I run a student organization at a very large state university. Without being too specific, our primary goal is to provide education outreach to local, underprivileged middle school students (all of which are impoverished and considered to be at-risk). A couple years back, we were fortunate to win a $4000 grant from a charitable foundation to fund the work that we do. As part of the terms of the grant, the money was placed under the control of the middle school we were partnered with (as a mechanism to prevent the money from being misused).

    After winning the grant, the school promised to reimburse our supply costs whenever requested by drawing the money out of the grant. After months of requesting reimbursements, the school continued to make excuses and promises that they will "find the money soon".

    Stupidly, I believed them and continued to purchase our supplies out of my own pocket (after all, I didn't want the kids to suffer from their school's sloppy accounting practices). Over the course of several months, my out of pocket expenses totaled around $1.5k.

    When I started to press the issue a little harder than I had been, the school became completely unresponsive (not returning my emails/calls). It is my guess that the funds were misappropriated and that the principle (my main point of contact) was instructed to stop all communication.

    It's been somewhat of a heartbreaking experience considering the years that I spent building the organization up to around 30 volunteer college students. Today we had to announce to all our members that the program no longer has the funding to continue this semester. It wasn't fun. The middle school kids we worked with truly enjoyed our program and it is sad that they will no longer have a positive extracurricular activity to engage in after school.

    While this has been a very big setback, I am remaining optimistic that there is some way we can get our money back so that the program can continue on for at least a couple more years. I am planning to contact the charitable organization and let them know what happened (perhaps they can put a little pressure on the school?). Other than that, I am not sure of what else to do.

    Unfortunately, I am a college student myself and fear that I will not have the funds to support any kind of potential legal action. That being said, do you think there is any course of action that could at least get me my out-of-pocket expenditures back (~$1500) without costing more than it's worth?

    Thank you all for your time and any help that you may provide.

    EDIT:

    Thank you to everyone who has responded with advice thus far - I am certainly feeling a bit more hopeful about the situation. Here is some evidence I have gathered to prove my claims:

    -A Facebook post made by the school at the time the grant was awarded. The post includes a clear picture of the check and another picture of the superintendent standing next to our past E-board holding said check (this will make it hard to back his recent claim that he had no knowledge of the grant). Screenshots were saved in case the post is deleted and the check has our organization's name written in the memo.

    -Emails conversations with an assistant superintendent/principle in which he said that we would be reimbursed, the money was lost, the money was found, the money was lost again, and so on.

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    Virginia - Neighbor has an older (early 2000's) Lexus SUV, and the factory alarm goes off constantly. It is random it happens, but for the 2nd week in a row it has gone off now twice ~3am. Is there anything we can do about it?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2018 05:23 AM PST

    I have spoken with them and their response has basically been "yeah it sucks and whatever"...total apathy.

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    Restaurant owner paying $4/hr

    Posted: 30 Jan 2018 01:19 AM PST

    NY. A couple of weeks ago, I started working as a chef at a new restaurant. I was being paid $15/hr. I worked with six other people, all women between the ages of 40-60. Some of them are undocumented and some are citizens who just don't speak English very well at all (probably cannot get any other job). Business isn't going well the most we've made in one day is $50 in sales. She has 7 people working 10 hour shifts. I put in my two weeks notice and happen to find out that every single one of the other employees is being paid between 4 to $6 an hour. I think the only reason I'm being paid well is because of my experience and the fact that she needs someone fluent in English to handle customers/suppliers. I spoke to the owner about how much she's paying the others and she admitted to it and told me that "there is such thing as supply and demand, I don't have the money to pay more" and I told her if she can't afford to pay minimum wage then she can't afford to hire. Since the business is failing, she fired everyone, effective immediately, except myself and another woman (who will be taking over all kitchen responsibilities when I leave). I feel like I got these women fired, and I am realizing that if they agreed to that hourly pay, then it probably meant something to them/they were pretty desperate. I am thinking about hiring a lawyer to represent them in court (if they're willing) and I'm prepared to accept the costs, but before I do, I want to know if it is possible to take legal action against the owner when there is no paperwork to prove that these women ever worked there. I also want to know if this would end up screwing over the undocumented employees. Thanks in advance!

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    [KY, USA] No Social Security Checks due to Teachers Retirement Fund?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2018 01:20 PM PST

    I need some advise on whether to pursue legal action or if I'm just spinning my wheels here. I've done my best to provide the details I was given from my mom but if there's anything else that would be helpful, please let me know and I'll ask her for additional info.

    My mom was a state employee (social worker) for approximately 10 years and paid into social security for that full amount of time.

    When I was born she decided to be a stay at home mom. That accounts for the next 13 years. So no payments into social security.

    She then went back to school and became a teacher - which was her career until she retired back in 2016.

    I have been told that teachers in the state of KY have a private retirement fund so she paid into that fund directly but continued to receive statements showing the amount of social security she would receive based on the money she had previously contributed.

    Fast forward to last year and she's retired. Meaning she's eligible to start collecting both her teachers retirement funds (which she has) and also SS. But she goes to the social security office and they tell her that she won't be getting any money from them because she's a teacher...and teachers have their own retirement fund. End of story from them. There's nothing she can do - there's no money for her.

    She just told me about this and I am so sick over it! Clearly the state can't just keep all the money she paid into social security for 10 years and just say sorry about becoming a teacher?!? It just doesn't make any sense to me. Both in the sense that they're confiscating the money she paid into it but also in the fact that they sent her statements for years showing how much she could expect to receive upon retirement.

    It broke my heart hearing her talk about how she was really excited to get $600 a month and now it won't happen. She tries not to make a big deal about anything so she told me it would be OK...life will go on without the money. But this hurts her and it make me upset because she's going to be stretched thin. She spent years of her life both as a social worker AND as a teacher helping the children of Kentucky and this is the outcome. It just doesn't seem right and I'm not sure what to do...if anything. She doesn't care about the $600 a month anymore but I wish there was a way to get back the money she paid into social security in the first place.

    If anyone has any advice or direction I would really appreciate it.

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    [Canada] Company changes my schedule without notifying me. Now they're saying I missed shifts without telling them why.

    Posted: 30 Jan 2018 06:09 AM PST

    I go to work, and I check my shifts as usual. I look it up and my shifts have all changed around. Apparently I was scheduled on my day off, and I have a shift missing. I keep my schedule in my phone so I don't forget. Sure, sometimes I come into work 5 minutes before my shift, but I have only been late 2 or 3 times for legit reasons like forgetting my key card on the counter at home. No biggie, it happens to everyone. But, the last time I missed a shift of work was 2015 and I have been diligent make sure it never happened again.

    I think someone is trying to get me suspended or fired at work. I do have screen shots of my schedule before and after. I have phone records showing no attempt was made to ask me or notify me of these changes.

    I was thinking of going to a lawyer but I figured I'll ask here first.

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    [LA] Need advice on a possible illegal eviction

    Posted: 30 Jan 2018 07:54 AM PST

    So my living situation is a little unique. I work for a hotel which under our agreement if I work for 24 hours a week, I am allowed to stay (hours worked is my rent). I have been fired without any sort of explanation and asked to vacate the premises in 7 days. I have done nothing wrong, maintained my 24 hour a week quota, etc. Is there anything I can do to fight this?

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    [IL] Coworker may try to get me fired with a false sexual harassment allegation

    Posted: 30 Jan 2018 09:55 AM PST

    I am a male. One of my coworkers (female) had been consistently flirting with me over several months. While I was somewhat flattered, I didn't think much of it, and I never initiated any flirting. I've always maintained a friendly but strictly professional relationship with this person. I have a suspicion that, due to my lack of a response to her flirting, she may have become upset that I did not react to her advances. I think she was waiting for me to make a move, which never came. She's been avoiding me, acting unhappy and almost hysterical around me recently. There have been other, unrelated issues with this person in the office.

    Without going into too much detail, I have a suspicion this person is now trying to get me fired, either with a sexual harassment allegation or something similar. I hope that's not the case, but I want to cover my bases in the event that this does happen. I've written down all the times I remember her flirting with me over this 6+ month period. In some of these situations, other coworkers were present. I'm also trying to avoid interacting with this person. Beyond that, what should I do to prepare? If directly asked about it by my manager or HR, do I just tell them she's been flirting with me but I never flirted back or made a move? I don't want to be thrown under the bus or fired here over a false allegation, but at the same time I've always been told that HR is not your friend, talk to a lawyer first, etc.

    Thanks for any help.

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    Not sure what type of lawyer I need, but I’m sure going to need one.

    Posted: 30 Jan 2018 11:15 AM PST

    In California. My dad just had a brain bleed and isn't going to be the same for a while, if ever. My grandmother is his "POA" by default but I'm starting to think that she isn't competent to be his caretaker. I'm also hearing about how my grandmother and cousin are in talks of seeing a lawyer regarding her living trust and the "estates."

    I'm feeling I need to help Dad and his best interests. Gma thinks he can just get over his diabetes by not eating sugar and I don't think that he is in the best hands.

    What type of lawyer do I need to speak with?

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    22/F, Indiana. Employer delayed submitting my information for insurance and then prescription insurance.

    Posted: 30 Jan 2018 06:11 AM PST

    My parents retired, and removed me from their insurance. Nbd. I'm able to enroll in insurance via my employer if my parents drop me like that even if it's not during open enrollment. Filled out the paperwork right before the holidays, figured I was all set.

    Come mid January I find my application has never been accepted and I wasn't given notice. Ugh, whatever. I find out they didn't approve it (and didn't tell me, neat) because they needed proof that I wasn't double insured. That takes a day to fix, but then it's taken care of. Swell. Eventually I get my dental card in the mail, and I have to call again to get my regular health insurance card but eventually I get that too. Everything peachy, yah?

    Nope. I went to the pharmacy yesterday to pick up prescriptions and tried to update my insurance. The nice pharm tech gently explains I'm not covered, my prescriptions will cost $700+, and I ought to talk to HR at my job if I'm sure I'm covered. I confirm this is the case by calling the pharmaceutical insurance myself, and I've emailed HR this morning to correct this.

    My prescriptions are necessary for my day to day function. I'm off one today and if I don't get it within 12 hours the withdrawal is going to kick in. In 24 hours it will be debilitating and make coming to work incredibly difficult. (Paxil, if anybody is curious). I doubt this will be cleared up today, and I'm dreading it.

    Do I have any recourse for this delay in coverage? I'm supposed to have been covered since the 19th. I've been paying for that coverage. The lack of coverage is going to cause big problems for me.

    I'd just like to know my options. I'm aware it's likely not worth it, as I'm with a private employer in an at-will state.

    The prescription insurance is Cigna if that matters at all.

    EDIT: thanks for the advice on how to get my scrips. I have it handled. Unless anybody has anything more to say on the legal front I'm all good. Cheers!

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    My friend called ICE on my girlfriend.

    Posted: 30 Jan 2018 10:53 AM PST

    I am 25 and so is my friend. There is a woman who is 26 who I have been dating comes from Mexico and immigrated to the USA when she was young. My friend is in the process of becoming an ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agent himself and is familiar with a lot of immigration policy. He told me that he has called ICE on my girlfriend as he thinks she may be in the country illegally.

    He has said that my girlfriend might be deported but that it is for the best interests of everyone. I am a bit frightened of what might happen to her.

    Any advice you might have?

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    Medical waste in a box of Cheerios

    Posted: 30 Jan 2018 12:34 PM PST

    Hey everyone. I live in London and I just bought a box of Cheerios from Waitrose (grocery store network). I came home and opened the box (it was sealed like a proper would be) to find that the box contained waste. There were a lot of used pill and tablet packaging and some kind of liquid, which lead me to think this is some kind of medical waste. It had a very unappealing smell. This is the only picture I took because it's pretty disgusting: https://imgur.com/a/N3s6U

    I want to go to the stoe right now to get the situation sorted out. I have the receipt with me.

    What should I do? Should I be talking to the store or to Nestle? Thanks!

    TL;DR Bought a box of Cheerios with garbage inside.

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    [WA] 13 year old daughter had jewelry stolen while in PE class. While changing, turned around and it was gone.

    Posted: 30 Jan 2018 10:37 AM PST

    This was in school, a few hours ago. She took it off to change clothes and someone stole it from the bench. Before anyone says "why is your kid taking jewelry to school" that isn't what this is about. Is there anything as a parent, I can do? Kids haven't gone home for the day.

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