I moved to a new town shortly before the pandemic, and one of the places that remained open was a small family-owned donut shop literally next door to me. I started going regularly because they did a terrific burger and fries, fresh and made to order, for like $6, so when I was working from home and working 12 hour…

I was a regular at a bar in Santa Cruz a couple of decades ago. I ordered the same beer every time. When it got crowded, I just had to wave my hand with money showing and the bartender started pouring my beer. It was nice, and I didn’t become an alcoholic.

“Its probably fine” is actually a great name for some kind of game.

I’ve been a regular at a bar a few times. By regular, I mean I go once every week or two with friends or coworkers. I’m a creature of habit with bars so tend to pick one place and go often until circumstances change (i.e. I move or a project ends or whatever).

They’re a gaming blog. Gaming journalism just doesn’t exist anymore. (some would argue never did) You’ll get a few good pieces here and there and Kotaku has been blackballed by weak, petty companies like Bethesda iirc, for stirring the pot but nevertheless. Blog,

about damned time he pulls out of something...

There was a Small Soldiers game, an RTS with a difficulty tuned towards kids (which was a very good idea).

Doesn’t that describe all the “disruptors?” Uber is a cab company that doesn’t follow taxi regulations. Airbnb is a hotel that doesn’t follow hotel regulations.

This seems like the brainchild of someone who actually believes the bullshit of “food service is low skill work.”

I’m an insurance broker that deals with oddball risks. I don’t see how this can even function without imploding. If the end users are 1099 “freelancers” of the platform they will likely become de facto employees of the restaurant since you can’t have a 1099 server / cook / host / what-have-you. (ref: IRS common law…

Honestly, I don’t think so.  I suspect Walmart has such massive market share that they can essentially bully their suppliers into whatever contract terms Walmart wants. 

people are traditionally the weakest link of any security system

In that case I’m going to start billing Wal-Mart for the transport costs for me to get to their stores and back to buy their goods, since that’s their standardized way of doing business now apparently.

Google tells me Walmarts claimed a net profit of 13.51 Billion last year, so like always, they can get fucked if they want to wine about $160 million in gas costs. It’s literally less than 1% of NET profits for fucks sake.

I wanted it too. I was an edgy teen and a hearse would’ve been the coolest car ever. At least at the time lol

Probably not as bad as most but here’s the one I always think about:

I was looking to purchase a Golf R in 2019. One dealership had a markup and wasn’t willing to negotiate so I setup an appointment at another for a test drive. When I arrived, the SA gave me a speech about how they are sallaried and don’t push…

Where to start? Why not at a local Ford store, where 100% of my “worst dealer stories ever” take place (the one below is the most egregious of 4 or 5... but the fact that I have 4 or 5, out of thousands of dealership interactions & dozens of cars purchased over 25 years and ALL OF THEM are at Ford stores is saying…

Hmm. Got called and absolutely yelled at for “using their parking lot as storage for three weeks!” for a Fleet-owned Tucson. Threatening to tow it if it isn’t picked up in 30 minutes. I responded with “you mean the one which has been towed to you due to engine failure? I take it that you haven’t even gotten started on…

This is not a terrible story, but descriptive of the way things are today.

Really wanted to buy a 20th Anniversary Nissan Maxima. Went to a Nissan dealer to test drive one. After twenty minutes of trying, I finally flag down a sales person. He walks up to me, looks me up and down, says “you can’t afford that car, you’re just here for a joy ride”, and walked away. Haven’t been inside a Nissan…