As a guy, I find this situation really easy. If I think a woman is pregnant, I’ll offer her my seat. You don’t need to say why you are offering someone your seat. If she’s pregnant, she’ll know. If she isn’t, she’ll just think you’re being a gentleman. This could probably apply to women, too - the maybe-pregnant…

This has happened to me. I’m white. The gate agent very likely misread the cabin class, and thought that the tickets were upgraded for free, and not paid upgrades. He or she then selected one to bump, and chose her. I’d also be very curious if the two tickets were on the same reservation - because it’s highly…

Sounds like the participants were full of shit.

LOL ah yes, that’s the most likely culprit.

Thanks, seemed like a longshot, but the timing was bizarre.

Yeah, I doubt she’ll even look at an oyster again. But at least I got Chipotle back - she blacklisted it ironically during their Norovius outbreak.

It’s partially my fault. I introduced my girlfriend to the wonderful world of oysters, but didn’t caution her on where not to get them. I’ve been trying to delicately tell her to be more careful, but I’m pretty sure that whatever she contracted from them is doing a better job than whatever I can say.

Probably not, they were discounted oysters at a bar, and not a particularly nice one.

My girlfriend has Norovirus-like symptoms after eating oysters here in NYC. What are the odds those contaminated oysters made it to NY?

Oh yes I’m writing to my congressman right now about this outrageous pepperoni pizza topping theft. I encourage you to as well. I hope they drop everything to attend to this national emergency immediately.

I’m really glad this story has a happy ending.

I’m wondering if it has to do with folks missing flights under circumstances that would entitle them to be rebooked at no cost to them. The most likely scenario here is a missed connection. I’d imagine many flights departing from a hub have some average percentage of connecting passengers, maybe often on the same…

Again - if the toppings cost less, the pizza would cost more. The lost margin on the toppings doesn’t just disappear if you reduce it - margins elsewhere need to be increased so that the business’s overall margins remain consistent.

Overbooking is legal because your ticket doesn’t guarantee you a seat on that plane. Because you usually get on the plane that you booked makes people feel like that’s what their ticket is, but it’s not. It’s more of a promise to get you from point A to point B... eventually.

I could go for a dip in a good loop pool right about now.

If the toppings cost less, the pizza would cost more. For something to be made cheaper, something else needs to be made more expensive, to pay for the operation of the business, and yes, even some profit.

WASD sells a Cherry MX sampler so you can try each switch type yourself. Any keyboard using Cherry MX keys will sound and feel the same, except for differences created by the keycap (which are comparatively minor).

And yet, we have a ton of options for IUDs.

Anything larger than a “smartphone” is banned on US-bound flights originating from a list of foreign airports. I’m assuming that unless DHS can implement new screening technology to screen for whatever threat they discovered, this ban will expand to cover all commercial flights eventually. Tablets would definitely be…

Just in time for the upcoming ban on laptops on commercial flights!