My restaurant has done Groupon deals a couple of times. Everybody hates it. The people who come in are in general more clueless about restaurant etiquette, and almost never tip on the original pre-discount bill, so waiters are both run ragged and making less money. However, I have never once seen anybody give lesser…

I tell you what, I am terrible with money. I have gotten my impulse spending under control, and I live pretty frugally in general, but I make very little, am in debt from college, and am just kind of generally forgetful and scatterbrained. My "budget" is just a list of what bills I have to pay and when they're due, so…

And thank you for replying! I'm sorry you had good reason to detach from your father, but clearly you've got a good sense of self-preservation. I think those of us who are highly sensitive and emotional and perceptive can have a really hard time struggling with when/where/how much we should let our emotions guide us.…

I'm kind of envious of your attachment, I have always had this bizarre impulse to avoid close emotional intimacy with my mother. I was an extremely attached baby/infant, but once I got to 5/6/7-ish, I just wasn't anymore. I am almost 30 now and we have a great relationship and friendship despite living thousands of…

Yes, I have no desire to have children, I'm not that great with them, and I wouldn't even do a good job at being The Fun Aunt, but I don't get how you hurt a kid on purpose. I understand lashing out in anger, even though it's wrong. I understand accidents and I understand stress and reaching a breaking point, but…

Wow, Tracie strikes again with one of her could-have-would-have-should-have posts.

I don't think so... but I haven't seen the people I referred to in my post in almost 15 years, and have a terrible memory for names/faces. I'm sure all the drugs in between didn't help either. Or the fact that there were probably 30 Jess Dohertys the same age as me because everyone's a Doherty or a Sullivan or a…

I tend to get more of the angry misogynist dudes who don't really know how to hit on women, they just... present themselves. And expect recriprocation.

OK, so the best day of my life was the day my doctor told me that I probably should avoid running, short of life-or-death situations, due to my bad ankles and history of repetitive injury. I hate running. Really, a lot. In fact, most exercise I am not a fan of except for swimming/boating and casual fun stuff like…

Yesssss god damn that dog is so adorable!!! I love when little pups do the lean back thing on your lap. My roommate took in a stray that was found by the highway about a half year back who just so happens to be an adorable funny little chihuahua and something (spaniel?) mix, and me and him like to spend a lot of time…

The women in my mother's side of the family going back several generations have mostly lived into very old age - in the last few generations before her, mostly to 90+, despite at times having very unhealthy lifestyles. My mom had her kids at 35 and 38, both naturally, and she lives very healthily, so I guess I'll get…

Mike Pipper!! OHHHHHHH CONSARNIT.

I've considered trying this out before, but I just can't get on board because I can't stand unsweetened coffee. I drink soooo much coffee, but I hate it black, and can barely get it down even if it's 1/4 cream but no sugar. Luckily, I also work a highly physical job, so I just brew up simple syrup with vanilla and…

I'll never beat the really gross ones that I've read here.. but I'll still share a few quickies.. Being prone to injury and clumsiness, I get hurt a lot... When I was a kid, I got a huge splinter in my right butt cheek from sliding around on the wood floors at my house. Had to go to the hospital to get it removed,…

Sorry about all the assholes replying to you.

I'm not much for breakfast, by which I mean I don't like to ingest anything but coffee for several hours after waking up. If I'm starving upon waking - usually due to having too many drinks or something sweet right before bed - I often just power through it, but if I do eat right after waking I usually go for dinner…

Wooo!! I can answer this. I cook at a restaurant that serves an omelet with sour cream. Sour cream goes inside, and yes, just before serving. If I have a ton of free time, I like to plate it first, then lift the top edge up with a knife and get it all nice and even along an inch or two wide band near the edge (where…

No, not where I work. Our tables have nothing on them but a small wooden box with salt/sugar/pepper/ketchup, so it's pretty obvious when one is not clean. And as SBA said, it doesn't matter whether it's fine dining or a shithole, it's like this persistent inexplicable pull that draws people to the dirtiest possible…

Yeah but you accused "us folks" of committing a crime, which is ridiculous. Having a change of server can happen for any reason. Most people would assume it was because the first server was going home soon, or because they accidentally took the wrong table at first, or anything else, at all. Nobody ever told this…

OK, you don't read well, and that's fine. I tend to write lengthy posts and responses, I can understand why you might have skipped over several key things I said. So: I, myself, would not do that. Get it? Cool!