I don’t think we’re in the same city, but I totally do, and for similar reasons. The college kids at my favorite store are generous with the fixings. I think corporate’s trying to clamp down on that, though, as the old managers have been transferred, and I wasn’t allowed to replace the free shredded cheese with the…

They kept disappearing from the register at my favorite store, and eventually just stopped being replaced.

They used to display them in little cast iron pots; thus the joke.

“Despite my facetiousness thus far, I recognize that plenty of people who don’t have a lot of money deserve to treat themselves when they can afford to, even at some mid-tier chain.”

“The owner let me keep the tip.”

Google "300 Dragoncon." Dudes who like to show off their physique while cosplaying are becoming a thing. I would guess this group just didn't have enough people for Drax.

That sounds like a lot of fun, though.

No problem. There are a few more towns in the south with similar names - Nacogdoches, LA and Nacogdoches, TX. They're pronounced a lot more like they're spelled, so the Louisiana town even confuses Southerners.

It’s a 1980’s dance where you hold your hands together, either clasping or side-by-side, and move them in a lateral circle. It's essentially a dad dance:

I don't know about best, but it's the most quintessentially Kitchenette-y in nature.

Yeah, don’t know why I stuck in the extra ‘s.’ Thanks.

Picking on people for mispronouncing local place names is pretty universal. In Louisiana it starts with the simple error of mispronouncing the short 'o' in Opelousas, goes on to the twister of Tschoupitoulas (CHOP-ih-too-les), moves through the cities of Houma and Homer (pronounced exactly the same way - HOME-uh), and…

It's Worcester, pronounced Wooster.

Counter service, disposable utensils and dishes, even cheaper prices.

Did you think it's possible that they did both? Weird concept, I know, but it doesn't have to be either/or. Only idiots like the ones in today's story think it does.

“Manager comes over, sees the receipt, tells us we can go, and gives the greeter a hard look and tells her to come to the office.”

“In one form—the ones Hitchcock was alluding to—horror movie blondes represent purity to be spoiled.”

I think it's becoming a bragging thing. We see stupidity, they see that they've showed people not to "mess with" them (and the definition of "mess with" may be so trivial it makes you wonder how they remember to breathe).

It would be controversial if I had a stake in what you like to eat, or if you were trying to make burritos unavailable to those who want them because of your taste. Since neither is true, there's really no controversy.

“Even if he does have dementia, what he did (if true) was still a dick move—not to say he shouldn’t be afforded leniency and sympathy, but that doesn’t make it OK.”