The MS life...
Apr 30, 2015, 9:10 am
#46
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 800
You REALLY know you're an MSer when you get pulled over speeding because you're trying to squeeze in a quick trip to target before you bring your friend to the airport and when you open your purse to find your driver's license 20 money orders fall out while the cop stares at them.
This happened to me yesterday...
This happened to me yesterday...
Apr 30, 2015, 9:29 am
#47
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: USA
Programs: Chase Ultimate, Amex, Delta, AA, BA Avios, United, US Airways, Marriott, Hilton
Posts: 260
You REALLY know you're an MSer when you get pulled over speeding because you're trying to squeeze in a quick trip to target before you bring your friend to the airport and when you open your purse to find your driver's license 20 money orders fall out while the cop stares at them.
This happened to me yesterday...
This happened to me yesterday...
Apr 30, 2015, 2:25 pm
#49
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Programs: AA is all for now.
Posts: 77
The cop said absolutely nothing. Not a word. I don't know why he said absolutely nothing, but he simply pretended he didn't see it even though I know for sure he did. I wish I had a better story, but I don't. he just wrote me a speeding ticket and and told me to hurry up and get to airport, but not to speed on the way there.
So here is a better one.... When I was 17 I was in a cemetary with some friends, looking to see if it was haunted. We had bought a pound of sage online, to burn in case a spirit followed us home. This was in Marlboro NJ. Maybe Manalapan, I don't remember. It turned out someone had vandalized that cemetary recently and they were watching it, so we were pulled over for tresspassing. When I reached into my glove compartment to get my registration, a gallon freezer bag completely stuffed with sage fell out and landed on the empty passenger seat. I will never forget the look on that woman's face... Things went downhill from there. She calls for backup, she goes to ID my friend sitting in the backseat. When he reaches into his pocket for his wallet shes sure he's going for a gun since we appear to have about 50K in drugs on us, so he is dragged from the car by two cops and pinned to the ground.
Pretty soon what im sure was the entire police department shows up, but nobody can positively determine what drug it is exactly that we have in that bag. (Since it's really just sage, but of course nobody is listening to me.) They decided they need to bring a K9 unit out before they can arrest us, but the township doesn't have one. Since they can't arrest us, but they sure can't let us go, someone finally wakes up the chief of police at 2am and asks him to come down there and figure out how to handle the situation.
We wait. We more or less get heckled and threatened with life in prison until almost 3 in the morning. The guy finally shows up. He's clearly irritated. He takes one look at the bag, one look at the group of cops scratching their heads, one more look at the bag... He walks up to me, gives me $5 and tells me to buy myself a cup of coffee so I don't fall asleep on the way home. We get in the car and I start to pull away. Behind us, I hear him shouting "DO YOU KNOW WHATS IN THAT BAG YOU MORON?!?!?! ITS SAGE!!! MY NEIGHBOR GROWS IT IN HER BACKYARD!!!! NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU CAN IDENTIFY SAGE? YOU WOKE ME UP AT 2AM AND TERRORIZED SOME KIDS BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL TOO STUPID TO IDENTIFY COMMON KITCHEN SPICES??!?!"
So here is a better one.... When I was 17 I was in a cemetary with some friends, looking to see if it was haunted. We had bought a pound of sage online, to burn in case a spirit followed us home. This was in Marlboro NJ. Maybe Manalapan, I don't remember. It turned out someone had vandalized that cemetary recently and they were watching it, so we were pulled over for tresspassing. When I reached into my glove compartment to get my registration, a gallon freezer bag completely stuffed with sage fell out and landed on the empty passenger seat. I will never forget the look on that woman's face... Things went downhill from there. She calls for backup, she goes to ID my friend sitting in the backseat. When he reaches into his pocket for his wallet shes sure he's going for a gun since we appear to have about 50K in drugs on us, so he is dragged from the car by two cops and pinned to the ground.
Pretty soon what im sure was the entire police department shows up, but nobody can positively determine what drug it is exactly that we have in that bag. (Since it's really just sage, but of course nobody is listening to me.) They decided they need to bring a K9 unit out before they can arrest us, but the township doesn't have one. Since they can't arrest us, but they sure can't let us go, someone finally wakes up the chief of police at 2am and asks him to come down there and figure out how to handle the situation.
We wait. We more or less get heckled and threatened with life in prison until almost 3 in the morning. The guy finally shows up. He's clearly irritated. He takes one look at the bag, one look at the group of cops scratching their heads, one more look at the bag... He walks up to me, gives me $5 and tells me to buy myself a cup of coffee so I don't fall asleep on the way home. We get in the car and I start to pull away. Behind us, I hear him shouting "DO YOU KNOW WHATS IN THAT BAG YOU MORON?!?!?! ITS SAGE!!! MY NEIGHBOR GROWS IT IN HER BACKYARD!!!! NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU CAN IDENTIFY SAGE? YOU WOKE ME UP AT 2AM AND TERRORIZED SOME KIDS BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL TOO STUPID TO IDENTIFY COMMON KITCHEN SPICES??!?!"
Apr 30, 2015, 3:09 pm
#50
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 800
The cop said absolutely nothing. Not a word. I don't know why he said absolutely nothing, but he simply pretended he didn't see it even though I know for sure he did. I wish I had a better story, but I don't. he just wrote me a speeding ticket and and told me to hurry up and get to airport, but not to speed on the way there.
So here is a better one.... When I was 17 I was in a cemetary with some friends, looking to see if it was haunted. We had bought a pound of sage online, to burn in case a spirit followed us home. This was in Marlboro NJ. Maybe Manalapan, I don't remember. It turned out someone had vandalized that cemetary recently and they were watching it, so we were pulled over for tresspassing. When I reached into my glove compartment to get my registration, a gallon freezer bag completely stuffed with sage fell out and landed on the empty passenger seat. I will never forget the look on that woman's face... Things went downhill from there. She calls for backup, she goes to ID my friend sitting in the backseat. When he reaches into his pocket for his wallet shes sure he's going for a gun since we appear to have about 50K in drugs on us, so he is dragged from the car by two cops and pinned to the ground.
Pretty soon what im sure was the entire police department shows up, but nobody can positively determine what drug it is exactly that we have in that bag. (Since it's really just sage, but of course nobody is listening to me.) They decided they need to bring a K9 unit out before they can arrest us, but the township doesn't have one. Since they can't arrest us, but they sure can't let us go, someone finally wakes up the chief of police at 2am and asks him to come down there and figure out how to handle the situation.
We wait. We more or less get heckled and threatened with life in prison until almost 3 in the morning. The guy finally shows up. He's clearly irritated. He takes one look at the bag, one look at the group of cops scratching their heads, one more look at the bag... He walks up to me, gives me $5 and tells me to buy myself a cup of coffee so I don't fall asleep on the way home. We get in the car and I start to pull away. Behind us, I hear him shouting "DO YOU KNOW WHATS IN THAT BAG YOU MORON?!?!?! ITS SAGE!!! MY NEIGHBOR GROWS IT IN HER BACKYARD!!!! NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU CAN IDENTIFY SAGE? YOU WOKE ME UP AT 2AM AND TERRORIZED SOME KIDS BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL TOO STUPID TO IDENTIFY COMMON KITCHEN SPICES??!?!"
So here is a better one.... When I was 17 I was in a cemetary with some friends, looking to see if it was haunted. We had bought a pound of sage online, to burn in case a spirit followed us home. This was in Marlboro NJ. Maybe Manalapan, I don't remember. It turned out someone had vandalized that cemetary recently and they were watching it, so we were pulled over for tresspassing. When I reached into my glove compartment to get my registration, a gallon freezer bag completely stuffed with sage fell out and landed on the empty passenger seat. I will never forget the look on that woman's face... Things went downhill from there. She calls for backup, she goes to ID my friend sitting in the backseat. When he reaches into his pocket for his wallet shes sure he's going for a gun since we appear to have about 50K in drugs on us, so he is dragged from the car by two cops and pinned to the ground.
Pretty soon what im sure was the entire police department shows up, but nobody can positively determine what drug it is exactly that we have in that bag. (Since it's really just sage, but of course nobody is listening to me.) They decided they need to bring a K9 unit out before they can arrest us, but the township doesn't have one. Since they can't arrest us, but they sure can't let us go, someone finally wakes up the chief of police at 2am and asks him to come down there and figure out how to handle the situation.
We wait. We more or less get heckled and threatened with life in prison until almost 3 in the morning. The guy finally shows up. He's clearly irritated. He takes one look at the bag, one look at the group of cops scratching their heads, one more look at the bag... He walks up to me, gives me $5 and tells me to buy myself a cup of coffee so I don't fall asleep on the way home. We get in the car and I start to pull away. Behind us, I hear him shouting "DO YOU KNOW WHATS IN THAT BAG YOU MORON?!?!?! ITS SAGE!!! MY NEIGHBOR GROWS IT IN HER BACKYARD!!!! NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU CAN IDENTIFY SAGE? YOU WOKE ME UP AT 2AM AND TERRORIZED SOME KIDS BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL TOO STUPID TO IDENTIFY COMMON KITCHEN SPICES??!?!"
Manufactured Sage! From the neighbor's garden!
May 2, 2015, 12:00 am
#52
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: USA
Programs: Chase Ultimate, Amex, Delta, AA, BA Avios, United, US Airways, Marriott, Hilton
Posts: 260
The cop said absolutely nothing. Not a word. I don't know why he said absolutely nothing, but he simply pretended he didn't see it even though I know for sure he did. I wish I had a better story, but I don't. he just wrote me a speeding ticket and and told me to hurry up and get to airport, but not to speed on the way there.
So here is a better one.... When I was 17 I was in a cemetary with some friends, looking to see if it was haunted. We had bought a pound of sage online, to burn in case a spirit followed us home. This was in Marlboro NJ. Maybe Manalapan, I don't remember. It turned out someone had vandalized that cemetary recently and they were watching it, so we were pulled over for tresspassing. When I reached into my glove compartment to get my registration, a gallon freezer bag completely stuffed with sage fell out and landed on the empty passenger seat. I will never forget the look on that woman's face... Things went downhill from there. She calls for backup, she goes to ID my friend sitting in the backseat. When he reaches into his pocket for his wallet shes sure he's going for a gun since we appear to have about 50K in drugs on us, so he is dragged from the car by two cops and pinned to the ground.
Pretty soon what im sure was the entire police department shows up, but nobody can positively determine what drug it is exactly that we have in that bag. (Since it's really just sage, but of course nobody is listening to me.) They decided they need to bring a K9 unit out before they can arrest us, but the township doesn't have one. Since they can't arrest us, but they sure can't let us go, someone finally wakes up the chief of police at 2am and asks him to come down there and figure out how to handle the situation.
We wait. We more or less get heckled and threatened with life in prison until almost 3 in the morning. The guy finally shows up. He's clearly irritated. He takes one look at the bag, one look at the group of cops scratching their heads, one more look at the bag... He walks up to me, gives me $5 and tells me to buy myself a cup of coffee so I don't fall asleep on the way home. We get in the car and I start to pull away. Behind us, I hear him shouting "DO YOU KNOW WHATS IN THAT BAG YOU MORON?!?!?! ITS SAGE!!! MY NEIGHBOR GROWS IT IN HER BACKYARD!!!! NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU CAN IDENTIFY SAGE? YOU WOKE ME UP AT 2AM AND TERRORIZED SOME KIDS BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL TOO STUPID TO IDENTIFY COMMON KITCHEN SPICES??!?!"
So here is a better one.... When I was 17 I was in a cemetary with some friends, looking to see if it was haunted. We had bought a pound of sage online, to burn in case a spirit followed us home. This was in Marlboro NJ. Maybe Manalapan, I don't remember. It turned out someone had vandalized that cemetary recently and they were watching it, so we were pulled over for tresspassing. When I reached into my glove compartment to get my registration, a gallon freezer bag completely stuffed with sage fell out and landed on the empty passenger seat. I will never forget the look on that woman's face... Things went downhill from there. She calls for backup, she goes to ID my friend sitting in the backseat. When he reaches into his pocket for his wallet shes sure he's going for a gun since we appear to have about 50K in drugs on us, so he is dragged from the car by two cops and pinned to the ground.
Pretty soon what im sure was the entire police department shows up, but nobody can positively determine what drug it is exactly that we have in that bag. (Since it's really just sage, but of course nobody is listening to me.) They decided they need to bring a K9 unit out before they can arrest us, but the township doesn't have one. Since they can't arrest us, but they sure can't let us go, someone finally wakes up the chief of police at 2am and asks him to come down there and figure out how to handle the situation.
We wait. We more or less get heckled and threatened with life in prison until almost 3 in the morning. The guy finally shows up. He's clearly irritated. He takes one look at the bag, one look at the group of cops scratching their heads, one more look at the bag... He walks up to me, gives me $5 and tells me to buy myself a cup of coffee so I don't fall asleep on the way home. We get in the car and I start to pull away. Behind us, I hear him shouting "DO YOU KNOW WHATS IN THAT BAG YOU MORON?!?!?! ITS SAGE!!! MY NEIGHBOR GROWS IT IN HER BACKYARD!!!! NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU CAN IDENTIFY SAGE? YOU WOKE ME UP AT 2AM AND TERRORIZED SOME KIDS BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL TOO STUPID TO IDENTIFY COMMON KITCHEN SPICES??!?!"
^^^^ 4 THUMBS UP. Worth retelling to friends pretending this happened to you. lolz
May 2, 2015, 9:10 pm
#54
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 81
This post gave me a good laugh and really brought back some memories (both good and bad). I can def identify myself with many fellows here.
So...you really know you're a MS'er when:
1) Cashiers and managers at Rite Aid, CVS, Duane Reade, Walgreens, Walmart etc., know you pretty well. And you're familiar with some cashiers' schedule BC they're easier to do business with...
2) when you travel to a new place, you can't help using Google map to locate the aforementioned stores nearby...
3) You have so many credit cards (primary and authorized), prepaid cards, gift cards, PayPal myCash cards, vanilla reloads, moneyPaks, different bank accounts, Amazon payment accounts (and thus many email addresses) that eventually you give up and make a spreadsheet to handle all of them...
4) You have STACKABLE amount of used visa/mastercard gift cards and money order receipts...
5) Most importantly, you've been shut down at least once by bancorp, greendot, or paypal.
So...you really know you're a MS'er when:
1) Cashiers and managers at Rite Aid, CVS, Duane Reade, Walgreens, Walmart etc., know you pretty well. And you're familiar with some cashiers' schedule BC they're easier to do business with...
2) when you travel to a new place, you can't help using Google map to locate the aforementioned stores nearby...
3) You have so many credit cards (primary and authorized), prepaid cards, gift cards, PayPal myCash cards, vanilla reloads, moneyPaks, different bank accounts, Amazon payment accounts (and thus many email addresses) that eventually you give up and make a spreadsheet to handle all of them...
4) You have STACKABLE amount of used visa/mastercard gift cards and money order receipts...
5) Most importantly, you've been shut down at least once by bancorp, greendot, or paypal.
Last edited by walkingingotham; May 2, 2015 at 9:21 pm
May 2, 2015, 11:53 pm
#55
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Midwest
Programs: AA LT Gold 1MM ,Hyatt Explorist,Marriott Platinum,HHonors Diamond
Posts: 364
You know you are a MS'er.....
When you wish winter never ends....so you can use that jacket of yours with gazillion pockets to hide your assortment stash of GC,MO,Pre Paid cards, multiple wallets, etc.....heck I wore my jacket today in a 75 degree weather driving to my favorite stores in an AC-less car (really great timing Audi!)...
When you wish winter never ends....so you can use that jacket of yours with gazillion pockets to hide your assortment stash of GC,MO,Pre Paid cards, multiple wallets, etc.....heck I wore my jacket today in a 75 degree weather driving to my favorite stores in an AC-less car (really great timing Audi!)...
May 3, 2015, 3:30 pm
#57
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 82
When you show up at OD a half hour after it opens today, the cashier tells you they don't have any vgc's left because, one guy just came in and, "bought all of em, including the ones in the back," and you don't know whether to be mad or impressed...
May 3, 2015, 4:19 pm
#59
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: California
Programs: AA UA
Posts: 151
I don't know if I'm a MS'er.....
BUT I am ashamed to show family members how many CC I carry in my wallet (four CC and one prepaid). And I can only talk about these on FT.
A family member spent about 1million on business trips past few years. Once I suggested to him to consider a new mileage CC and told him I applied for a new CC so I can earn some points. He regarded me as a criminal and told me I should not apply for so many cards. "It would ruin your credit", he said. He uses two CCs loyally which get him up to 1% of cash back on qualifying spending.
I can watch and learn a lot from this forum. But Shhh.. don't tell...
BUT I am ashamed to show family members how many CC I carry in my wallet (four CC and one prepaid). And I can only talk about these on FT.
A family member spent about 1million on business trips past few years. Once I suggested to him to consider a new mileage CC and told him I applied for a new CC so I can earn some points. He regarded me as a criminal and told me I should not apply for so many cards. "It would ruin your credit", he said. He uses two CCs loyally which get him up to 1% of cash back on qualifying spending.
I can watch and learn a lot from this forum. But Shhh.. don't tell...
May 3, 2015, 7:59 pm
#60
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 299
MS
1) Cashiers and managers at Rite Aid, CVS, Duane Reade, Walgreens, Walmart etc., know you pretty well. And you're familiar with some cashiers' schedule BC they're easier to do business with... which Duanne reades take CC for VGC and what RA do you use? They are no good anymore for MO and PPal cards are not my cup of tea, also all their GC are vanilla, hard to unload!!