You choose to stop at Taco Bell for dinner, I’m paying you in gas whether you like it or not. 

I like that they could only manage to dig up a photo from 2013. Sure speaks to the contemporary nature of the issue!

You know what’s even easier than figuring this out? Not having kids in the first place.

Yeah, except these people nearly always wait until the entire order has been rung up before starting their routine.

It’s been a looooooong time since writers here reliably offered useful, trustworthy suggestions.

Not *just* college students.

Plain old Firefox, with just a dash of NoScript, does so even more cleanly.

Hey, do you have a pen I can borrow? I’m going to write a check for this transaction.

It’s downright presidential.

/whoosh

Your xenophobia is showing.

I’ve seen them here in the Pacific Northwest, all over New England, and in the upper midwest. Most likely available all over the US.

I’m more than 20 years removed from Greenwood, but I lived within stumbling distance of the Rickshaw for a few years in the ‘90s. I don’t count myself as a karaoke enthusiast, and would never participate, but I’ve seen some truly amazing singers at the Rickshaw. It was news to me that people take karaoke as seriously…

Santa?

Is this part of the “Eating trash with Claire” series?

The ways & language of your people remain a mystery to me. 

I guess the Takeout will hire just about anyone with a pulse these days.

“writing”

They’re only paid to post. 

The underbody shot makes that explicit.