When your dad asks for phone

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Recently, I heard a very interesting story about Swiggy from someone. Their mum booked a high value order as a surprise for them on Swiggy. Since they had a Swiggy One subscription, the whole family used the same account.

Halfway through, the delivery person calls them, says the vehicle broke down. Mum steps away to deal with something else and when the delivery person calls again, their dad picks up. The delivery person says the vehicle broke down but he'll figure something out and send it with someone else, but to do that first, he'll need their details. He proceeds to ask for their phone number (linked to account) and for the OTP sent from Swiggy? Sounds super strange but the dad took pity and figured sure, let me try and make this delivery person's unlucky day a bit nicer — after all, it's a Swiggy account anyways, what harm could it do. He shared the OTP.

Almost immediately after, the delivery person changed the phone number for the account and everyone logged in lost access to the account. Ofc, he scammed the order for himself. The real kicker is that their Email ID was still linked to the account, so anytime the delivery person makes an order, they get an email with his order details. So far, they've been regularly getting order details emails with orders for paan, gutkha, cigarettes and some sides/chakna, all to some mall. 😂

Now, cool story bro, but how is this Swiggy's fault, you ask? Well, support has been contacted multiple times, over multiple accounts, but to no avail, because clearly their customer support has gone to shit. Even with the address and phone number of the delivery person who scammed them, and having an email id linked to the account, they've been of absolutely no help, as if their hands are tied. Their user workflows are so brittle, they don't account for the simplest locked out of account scenarios, let alone address security concerns and protect the customer from their own agents. Truly a wonder this company is worth anything.

WTF is up with Swiggy - A Swiggy Scam Story

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Your first Salary!!

Growth Manager

Look at their recent ads on how "lockscreen" changed their users lives. Lockscreen? Seriously? I certainly feel this product is looking for a problem that doesn't exist and would be looking to lay people off very soon if not already 😂

Folks at Glance, what are you guys smoking?

Product Manager

Phone is a necessity. Ok cool, no problem. But expensive phone, oh sorry SUPER EXPENSIVE PHONE??? Not really. If you can't afford one, why do you want to buy one? EMI pe phone lena, does it even make sense? And why do you want to go over your budget and get a phone, on which you are only going to watch reels, and occasionally take some photos? If you have money, no problem. But if you are living on edge, you have bills to pay, you barely save some money, why would you in your right mind get a phone so expensive? Forget the phone, the maintenance itself requires monthly spending. Forget charger, cover, glass, apples very own services apple music, applecare, etc all those things are also going to cost. If you are not going to use those, and instead go for some cheap free to use service, get a normal not so expensive phone. You don't even have an apple ecosystem or are trying to get one in the near future. You are already not using half of the features the iPhone has, then what's the point? I'm tired of my friend's half cooked brain arguing over getting an iphone. No offense bro, but you hardly save a month half of what airpods cost. The market is so volatile. You should focus on savings for your own emergency. I don't see a need for why you need an iphone. Heck, I saw a rickshawala owning a 15pro the other day! Good for him for getting an iphone, but then how are you managing finances? Am I missing God's daily drop of money or are people really this dumb?

I don't get the hype why people want an iPhone when they can't afford one?

Software Developer

Seeing many older folks and parents/grandparents including my own constantly glued to their phones or TV because they don't have anything to do.

can anyone recommend good hobbies that are easy to do and offline for older people?

Good hobbies for old people?

Product Owner

My first was : keypad phone from Some Chinese brand called kinzinda🥲
Now: iPhone 13

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Which was your first phone and which phone do you use now?

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My manager is asking me to be on-call on Diwali and has asked me to report in person. This is absolute stupidity.
Although I will be compensated at 2.5x of my hourly pay but I would rather spend time with my family.

What should I do? I have already tried to indicate that I have old parents and I want to spend as much time with them as possible especially given the limited moments I get to celebrate special occasions with them.

HELP ME PLEASE! My manager won't give me a holiday for Diwali 😔

I’ve started earning well recently, and I always think of giving back to the people who were there through the thick and thin: my parents. Please give me some ideas what people are doing these days for their parents? Gifts, trips or anything will help

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