Sentences with phrase «own horror story»

Controversies surrounding Uber tend to fall into two different categories: either horror stories of lapses in rider safety or the debate over whether the company's drivers should be considered employees as opposed to private contractors.

The collapse of Toys» R'Us triggered a 13 % drop in sales and a $ 603 million net loss at Mattel in the third quarter, a horror story that wiped 27 % off the toymaker's shares.

Slate's Science Editor, Susan Matthews, in «Alarmism Is the Argument We Need to Fight Climate Change» said the «global - warming horror story isn't too scary.

Shomi will have exclusive rights to past seasons of hit shows such as Modern Family, Sons of Anarchy, Sleepy Hollow, Shameless, 2 Broke Girls, Vikings, New Girl, 24: Live Another Day, Chicago Fire, The Strain, and American Horror Story.

Christianson adds that he's heard horror stories about kids hitting their parents up for money or asking them to guarantee their mortgages later in life.

We've rounded up our favorite horror stories from Reddit that will make you laugh, cringe, and decide that, maybe it's better to just elope.

«I could tell you horror story after horror story,» said estate - planning attorney Sandra Clapp, of Sandra L. Clapp & Associates in Eagle, Idaho.

«An experienced insurance professional has seen and heard the horror stories and can advise new business owners on how to best create an affordable and effective risk management strategy.»

Most of the time these regulations are just background noise, but at the heart of most passenger horror stories lies some rule that transformed an ordinary service interaction into something more akin to a police stop.

One student told me that he thought college students tended to ramp up their privacy settings and change them more frequently because «we're getting closer to being in the real world and we've all heard these horror stories of prospective employers mining applicants» Facebooks.

You've heard the horror stories about the 100 - hour workweeks.

Everyone has heard horror stories about Airbnb» ers getting stiffed by unscrupulous hosts.

Postmates got $ 141 million last October (though has yet to fully solve its notorious problem with high fees; just Google around for horror stories of $ 20 burrito deliveries).

As with Airbnb, we had never tried UberX before and were a bit nervous because of the horror stories.

Both measures should prevent those horror stories where subscribers have been saddled with bills in the thousands of dollars.

Everyone and their neighbor has seen The Social Network or knows of a horror story about a startup idea being co-opted by a venture capitalist or a big somebody with deeper pockets.

From an acting debut in American Horror Story to belting out «The Hills Are Alive» onstage at the Grammy's — Lady Gaga's repertoire is impressive.

An AskReddit thread asked people to reveal their worst mother - in - law horror stories.

The trend accelerated as Netflix Inc.'s Internet video service expanded into original programming and bought the rights to show popular cable network shows such as «Breaking Bad» and «American Horror Story.»

But, she says of the women who have been coming forward with Weinstein horror stories, «If I had anything to do with those women feeling empowered to have a voice, my life has had so much purpose,» Carlson said.

What prevented the trip from becoming just another travel horror story were Boulay's fellow passengers.

It only launched late last month, and already the Tumblr blog Sh-t People Say to Women Directors (& Other Women in Film) is deluged with horror stories about working in Hollywood.

Talk to any financial advisor, and he or she will tell you horror stories about cashing out your retirement fund early.

We've all heard the horror stories about inept interns, but it's time to face facts.

(This reporter has heard horror stories of well - intentioned preppers forgetting to abide by that fine print.)

Rogers and Shaw are now pressing that content advantage, offering up mass titles like Modern Family and American Horror Story which run on the cable companies» channels (Rogers» City TV and FX Canada respectively).

It immediately put me in mind of the horror stories I've heard about what it's like to be a woman in Silicon Valley.

The pair quickly bonded over shared sofa horror stories.

FinMason's Wakeman evokes horror stories from the Great Depression.

We've all heard the horror stories about them, they're self - absorbed and entitled, right?

Given the statistics on things like VC funding for women (and the horror stories around sexist behavior founders sometimes face) your worries aren't totally insane.

I've heard tons of horror stories of venture capitalists firing founders post funding.

Google «working for a narcissist» and you'll get a host of horror stories, from employees wooed and then quickly dumped by charming leaders to bosses lashing out about insanely minor offenses.

(I've heard countless horror stories of the latter, especially from the auto industry when I was closely covering the self - driving car startups last year.)

«There are many horror stories of callers not being told, and then criticizing someone in the room,» she writes.

It's a horror story many people know well.

Brown's wife Lisa took her husband's horror story to consumer advocate Chris Elliot, who swiftly made the issue public.

«I know a lot of people who work for fast - growing technology companies, and all of them seem to tell these horror stories of mismanagement, infighting and general chaos inside the organization.

FX said 12 million people tuned in for the first episode of producer Ryan Murphy's (Glee, American Horror Story) series, which seems to have successfully reignited American viewers» obsession with one of the most high - profile criminal trials ever.

In fact, I've heard dozens of intern horror stories.

Does any kid who loves animals and dreams of working with them ever think — oh, I'll work with the NYPD and hear horror stories about animal cruelty?

France's Christian Noyer joined the ECB chorus, stating that a restructuring of Greece's debt would be «a horror story» that would leave the country out of financing for years.

If you're like most shoppers, you probably have a handful of horror stories.

It's an example of the economic horror story that protectionists would visit upon Canada.»

You read endless horror stories about nightmare tenants and just how time consuming and expensive managing rental properties can be.

Having heard so many horror stories, I realize how good of a first time experience I had.

Everyone has a telecom horror story — a tale of frustration...

Real estate is definitely interesting, but California prices are intimidating (as are rental horror stories!)

If the results are littered with people telling horror stories of losing their life savings or finishing the programs less knowledgeable than when they started... BEWARE!

Women who have tried to raise venture capital also tell horror stories of the gender - based questions they are asked.