Hm, that's an interesting thought. I appreciate that—I'll give it a try, because I really do like cantaloupe!

It's a pain in the neck, because it's so unpredictable. I've also had issues with almonds before (though again, not always), which made me nervous because I thought I was developing a tree nut allergy. I'm lucky that my reactions are never super-severe, though...mostly just an itchy mouth/throat. Sorry you have so…

A woman who keeps screwing up her life goes on a roadtrip with her grandma.

I respect my husband, too, as a general rule, but in terms of respecting his individual opinions, I only respect those that make sense. And I'm not sure what threat to your modesty he perceives in you being in a dressing room with a transwoman who was born with male genitalia (or a "biological male," if you like).…

Yeah, I suppose that sounded a little strange—I wan't thinking of the fruit somehow soaking up an entire pollen spore. But my cantaloupe response doesn't have anything to do with quantity—a little can cause a reaction at times, while at other times a whole bowl is fine. At MadameBlah's suggestion, I googled "oral…

YES. This makes perfect sense, thank you!

The cantaloupe thing is really interesting to me—I've always had this weird thing where I sometimes have an allergic reaction to it, and sometimes don't. Someone once told me that this is because I'm not actually allergic to cantaloupe at all, but that it tends to absorb airborne allergens (pollen, etc.) and so I'm…

Wait, WHAT?

Yeah, agreed. There's nothing to debate here. I think we're all united in our beliefs about how horrible this was. But I will weigh in just to add my voice to the angry mob, because SERIOUSLY with this woman.

Actually, apparently the rest of the place was indeed on fire...according to this, "dozens" of people had to jump, and 8 were sent to the hospital: http://denver.cbslocal.com/2014/06/23/com…

Exactly. When I tip at a restaurant, I'm not tipping the restaurant. I'm tipping the server. It's a transaction between the two of us. I can't imagine how this doesn't constitute theft on the part of the restaurant.

When I worked at an NGO that involved a lot of international travel, there was a policy that if you spent more than 24 hours in transit to or from somewhere, you got a "recovery day." So...maybe that? I dunno.

But if that word really and truly isn't part of your lexicon—and the point here is that in the ideal situation it would NOT be—then why WOULD you think it, in the reptilian part of your brain, any more than the reptilian part of your brain would think "Cheez Whiz!" or "mobiliário!"?

I know. "I attend standard milestone events for my friends and relations," is not really an extraordinary statement.

It wouldn't be the place I would SUGGEST to go, that's true. But I think that if I had just taken a little girl in her situation to another in an endless string of doctor's appointments, I would pretty much take her anywhere she asked to go on the way home.

Not every email forward your conspiracy-theorist great-aunt sends you contains 100% accurate information.

Well, yes—one terrible employee and at least one terrible customer, who has even less to do with the brand. Who are these people who see something that bothers their tiny little minds and then go whining to the nearest minimum-wage employee to act as their asshole-by-proxy?

I look soooo ridiculous with bronzer. I'm too pale; there's just no shade light enough.

Maybe she was supervising his handwashing when it happened, or something along those lines.

I know, that kind of surprises me. 24 is an OLD cat, no doubt, but I didn't realize that would be the record.