I prefer the descriptive of “occasiotarian” as the catch-all for people who can’t quite commit to vegetarianism. It works for the people who are stridently trying to stay vegetarian but can’t resist the occasional crumble of bacon here and there, and it works for the people who fervently believe ordering a Cobb salad…

That is completely confusing. Had they listed it as “Steak Sandwich-Sized Steak” it would have made a little more sense, but barely. Was the woman questioning the presence of bread thinking of lettuce leaf wrap “sandwiches” maybe?

The sad part for me is that I actually like kids. I am the first to make gimme hands at a friend’s baby, I’ll make faces at and play with toddlers on airplanes and buses, and there is generally a 50/50 shot that at any given time I may have puppets in my purse for incidental situations (lines at Target are a big part…

I wonder if my husband would let me call him my permanent gentleman caller.

Pretty much all of them.

Yogurt is amazing and nutritious when done right. I’m fine with other people not eating yogurt. More for me.

The willful ignorance of basic science the anti-vaccination crowd shows is staggering, and now they’re taking a page from anti-abortion demonstrators-turned-terrorizers? Ironically (and horribly) the decision not to vaccinate their children has the potential to eliminate this group’s progression the natural selection…

So you’ve met every older woman in my family? They’ll take that ten cents, and complain to the manager too.

I genuinely keep forgetting to avoid that place on Wednesdays. I walk in, see a huge crush of the elderly, and just assume bingo just let out somewhere. The waitstaff often scolds me for not remembering free pie day.

Hey, are you interested in creeper-customer stories and/or highly illegal practices? I admit I’d have to use a fake/vague restaurant name reference.

On free pie day our Baker’s Square reeks like a charnal house from all the seniors packed in there, seething with ancient indignation over every little thing. I once saw a wizened old lady complain that her tea was too hot and demand the waitress “fix” it. The poor woman had to stand there pouring little drips of her…

I would counter that both the kids and the adults in these circumstances would benefit from some impulse control training. Can’t fix entitled and crazy if you let it grow up that way.

I’m not sure it’s ever really ok to be white.

HEY. Pirate is OUR word.

It’s available year round in some parts of Canada. My friends in New Brunswick shun it like the shameful hussy-ed up side-piece this sandwich is.

I’m sorry :(

How about mini-crushes on the writers? I’ve been fantasizing about tenderly yodeling my love in the night like a stray cat beneath C.A. Pinkham’s window for a few days now.

Agreed. Asking if a diner is done is totally acceptable if no visible eating/picking is happening.

I’m with Laurel here. I go out to eat for the food AND the company, meaning a conversation might happen that could slow down the maximum mechanical food-to-mouth input speed. My husband often scarfs his food insanely fast, the result of having had siblings growing up. I’m fine with him having his plate cleared when…

What are the odds that Subway hires a lobbyist to try and make “light vandalism” illegal and actionable?