I really hope people are better than that. I had a colleague lose a family member suddenly and after she got back from the funeral and sent out an email asking for people not to bring it up. Some people thought it was brusque, but I thought it was great. I could understand how she didn’t want to have the I don’t want…

Someone actually asked you if you loved your your father because you weren’t emotional enough? I’m sorry they did that, it’s completely unacceptable. I’ve had people insinuate that about me, but never had it actually spoken. Mostly by people who believe that there is one method to grieve and if you deviate from it…

I’m sorry you have go through this, illness takes it’s toll on everyone involved.

It applies to climate change and vaccines.

I think they have trouble with the concept that autism disorders a fall on a spectrum. On one end you have people whose autism symptoms are severe and debilitating while others experience extremely mild symptoms and need extensive testing to even diagnose it. They ignore the latter and use the former as poster…

I don’t think that ad is safe for any living thing with more brain capacity than a sea sponge.

Mention something linked to developing cancer, even tenuously so, and suddenly everyone and their dog has a degree in toxicology.

If anyone honestly believes this, they overestimate their own importance and underestimate the toll those jobs take on people. Who has the time or energy for that shit?

People believe memory is a faithful recording of events, but it’s extremely fallible and tied to emotion and it’s actually shockingly easy to implant false memories (interesting article here:http://www.theguardian.com/science/2003/d…). And when they’re confronted with conflicting information they assume they’re right…

I completely agree, but there aren’t many places that do that. Until then, I will tip generously.

Several well known restaurants have done just that and I fully support it. However in most states the tipped wage is below even the minimum wage, with the expectation that tips will make up for the difference. Most business owners have gotten used to that model and may not like the burden shifted back to them.

You’re right, I have no idea what level of service the letter writer received, but that he didn’t use it as justifying a low tip I’m inclined to believe it wasn’t bad.

“Stiffing him by taking the 20 percent off is exactly what he deserved.”

Because Americans still believe that upward mobility is something that can be realized by anyone. And when someone comes along with a good sales pitch, they forget about any critical thinking skills they have.

And predatory on the very people who can least afford it. I know one woman that has jumped from one MLM scheme to another for the past two years. She and her husband can barely make ends meet as it is, and she spends most of her time on Facebook begging people to buy whatever she’s selling so she can hit her sales…

Carla here again, it’s that restaurant’s top sex story, or it was as of a few years ago. The top assault story goes to the host who got into a fist fight with our kitchen manager and ended up putting him into a choke hold. He was fired on the spot, but called in a week later asking for a reference for a job at another…

Carla here, and that’s pretty much it. It was before my time, but I worked with the manager who caught him during the morning prep. He said he could barely get out “You’re fired” between bouts of laughter and never saw the guy again.

When I started working out I had goals based on clothes size and weight, but as time went by and I found a program I really loved, those things didn’t matter as much and there are other things I take pride in. I never managed to run an entire mile in high school, now I can do it in under 10 minutes. I lift weights and…

Most of those pharmacologically active molecules in plants are their way of trying to keep you from eating them. Nature doesn’t give a rat’s ass about you.

I was talking about the concept in general, not this case in particular. That’s why I said “but this is ridiculous”. I don’t care about the weight of the person serving me food, nor if my bank teller has visible tattoos or if a grocery checker has green hair. But I do think it’s reasonable to require that people tie…