Driver: “I have a dashcam...!!!”

My little 700-resident town got a HUMMVEE for “rescue” operations. 

If that doesn’t scream police state I don’t know what does.

The fact that this is parked at a Community Center is especially insidious....

This pretty much says it all. Remember, this is a town with fewer than 1,500 residents.

Um, the US is a third world country.

And probably have no hope of winning said lawsuit.

Excellent story-telling. Thank you.

Now, if they just instituted a nationwide no-fly list. I suspect this would also then correlate with a lower percentage of folks that are in full seat recline the entire flight.

I flew last week. First time since early 2020. Stopped in Charlotte (guess what airline I was on!) and while waiting for a gate, there was someone screaming his head off down the terminal.

But it’s healthy because it’s, um, “coffee.”

But then I don’t understand the whole Starbucks culture. Sure, I’ll drink their mocha once in awhile, but no over-roasted, overpriced and sugary drink they sell is worth sitting in a drive-thru line that wraps around their building; which is what you usually see at a Starbucks. I guess maybe Starbucks is some people’s…

Agreed drive thru’s have gotten way worse. Most Chik-fil-A’s I see have instituted 2-lane systems and their personnel always seem to have their shit together and it is as efficient as it can be.

I would say “No thank you. Can you process what I owe as a tip for you on a card? If not, what’s the least expensive thing I can buy and tip you the amount of my original order?”

Just say: “I’m not paying for the guy behind me”. But tip the coffee team the cost of your drink. Or double, whatever, but you don’t have to continue this performative bullshit. Tip the people who need it (the understaffed, overworked, underpaid employees) and let the dude behind you pony up for his own order.

For fuxsake, “Pay it forward” at place where moderately affluent people order overpriced coffee from the comfort of their large SUV sounds comically pretentious and tone deaf, even during a time where virtue signalling for sport is common place.

Former Bux partner here: I killed Pay-it-Forward chains whenever they’d happen. The reason being is because, like most drive-thru businesses, we had a “bump screen” or a screen to keep the orders organized. When a Pay-it-Forward chain would happen, that would be the god-send to keep the orders in order. HOWEVER, the…

The pay it forward thing has always been the dumbest thing imaginable. It’s performative charity for people who don’t need it. Want to feel good? Donate time or money to an actual cause. Or, as this article wisely suggests, tip the workers.

Collegiate Quidditch

Masi needs help, not to be fired. He just directed the wildest season of F1 in decades. Id love to see you do any better.