Nothing like watching a hydraulic jack lower itself slowly, understanding that when you’re under the car, that’s really bad news.

Short layovers look good on paper, right up until the moment that the pilot comes on and says “Looks like we’re gonna be delayed...”

LOL you really had me going there...

Glad you’re safe

“The Shadow of the Leader” is a real phenomenon, although in down in the trenches, we used to just say “The fish stinks from the head.”

My company wanted a culture that was inclusive, diverse, and supportive, but it always felt more like Game of Thrones in an Office Building.

Rebel. Rebel. Why does that sound familiar? Oh wait, they had a flag, right?

There, fixed that for ya

The exit row always looks good, until you get sandwiched between two outside linebackers in business suits.

Came here to say that. First class is usually pretty quiet, business class also.

The absolute, positively WORST is sitting across from the head, and as the flight wears on, people don’t close the door behind them and various smells (and some liquid splatter) comes out of the toilet space. Spent the whole damn flight getting up and CLOSING THE DAMN DOOR.

I think it mattered to this guy (gotta love rednecks abroad):

I thought it was common knowledge that this was a phallicsy.

My cousin does this, so I’ve gotten used to picking bits of crud off plates and glasses at her house.

I’ll just leave this here:

there is a robust system to find cheaters and expose them

After extensive market research, they talked to Henry Ford, who told them “If I asked what our customers wanted, they would have said a faster horse.”

Interesting. So if GT actually means something like Gran Touring, it’s really a generic term that could be applied to any car model with GT aspirations.

When you can simply force other people to pay your debts, you have no reason to be accountable to anyone

In terms of massive unaccountable bureaucracies, we have: