I live on Grade B as well - it can work well in an Old Fashioned when you realize you’re out of sugar cubes too!

I think he is creating custom shapes, though PowerPoint would be better suited for working with shapes like that. Regardless, this is ridiculously tedious and counterproductive. It’s like trying to sculpt with chopsticks, while your arms are tied behind your back.

For me it looks similar to any illustration done with vectors, like in Illustrator. I think you could do the same in any Office programm. Just build different freeform vector shapes.

Keep in mind that in the Western world, this is a problem that’s fairly exclusive to the USA, staff in Europe are paid a living wage. If you tip in the EU it’s a courtesy for a job well done, rather than a necessity for the staff to have a half-decent wage.

This is my problem. Instead of expecting guests to help your people make a living wage, how about you pay them a living wage? Raise the room rate by $3 a day and give it all to housekeeping and then we won’t have to make up for your shitty business practices.

I am in the military. Trained soldiers have a tough enough time mastering the use of this equipment. There is no need for the police to have this stuff, cops aren’t supposed to be soldiers.

such passion.

you’re mostly right, but audio equipment is a poor example to use, because a lot of it is expensive just because of BS and floobydust, not because it’s actually any higher quality.

It’s how the rich stay rich, which is what Vimes says too. That because they can afford things that will last longer, day to day, they can get by comfortably spending less money.

Pratchett offers so much wisdom delivered in mostly irreverent but poignant manners through all his works. I find in rereading his books many lessons and ideas to share with my sons — ideas on religion, death, power, and such.

I don’t understand decorative hand towels. Why not get nice ones that are actually useful, and actually replace them when they get old and gross?

I actually, honestly do use this piece of advice. I can literally walk around an area and know where I’m going by the feel of the ground beneath me. This has served me well on several occasions. This bit of text also is invaluable in understanding the fundamental idea that quality and cost effectiveness only work when…

Oh my god, I’ve used Vimes’s boots theory for over a decade! Of course, it breaks down when you remember that Vimes’s thin boot-soles were a navigation hack.

Ah, Garak was just one of the best characters on that show.

Bashir: “I just want to know of all the things you told me, which ones are true?”

From Terry Pratchets “A Thief of Time” taught me a lot about finding joy, it’s not really a hack as such but it’s gotten me through some dark times. I suspect he is paraphrasing ideas of others, but this was where I first read & started to want to understood those ideas.

You sass that hoopy frood?

Speaking of lying - Garak from Star Trek DS9 in regards to The Boy Who Cried Wolf:

Harrison Ford in “What Lies Beneath” used a hairdryer to remove the condensation from a mirror in the bathroom. I’ve found that one extremely handy in hotel rooms.

Always know where your towel is.

Regardless of if these songs are annoying, people still go ape-shit for them. Fun is fun. Don’t be a grump. Image related... it’s OP.