The caramel story and imagery will haunt me.

Passive-aggressively. A lot of lip-pursing and not talking to me, but then trashing me behind my back to other family and their friends. Which is pretty standard, really...same thing happened when I started enforcing other reasonable boundaries (i.e., please don’t smoke in my car) with people who have none.

Yes, I’ve told people I can’t eat out with them anymore.

I mean, I’m having a hard time thinking of any situation in which it’s ok to leave your trash lying around.

Eh, my aunt is like this. I’ve seen her send back scrambled eggs...twice! She asked for soft, but they were too soft both times. She’s just a terrible person, and there is just no communicating that to her...believe me, I’ve tried and won’t go out with her anymore. But she just has her equally terrible cousin go out…

How exactly does that pack o’ bitches think a server will intuit if you want more coffee or not without asking? I am baffled at how this question could be considered indicative of skill.

Maybe a nice Cold Duck?

Knowing intuitively something is crap but not being able to say why...this is a perfect case study of confirmation bias. I know you’re wrong! I’ll find someone who agrees to tell me why...

Admittedly, I don’t have one, so I may just not get it...but good lord, why are some men so completely enamored of their dicks that they think we’re all just waiting for an opportunity to get a glimpse (or more) of it?? I’ve been flashed, sent unsolicited dick pics, had my hand grabbed and forced to touch them...I…

Well, you could have asked the bride. It takes, oh, what, 10 seconds to shoot off and email or text asking where she's registered.

Well, you could have asked the bride. It takes, oh, what, 10 seconds to shoot off and email or text asking where she's registered.

Barf. Stupid friends not buying off your pre-approved list. Who do they think they are. Just cross them off your list for future events...you'll all be happier.

Good grief, I hope so, but sadly I'm sure there are surely plenty of people who think that owners pooling tips and taking a share for themselves and salaried staff is just fine.

I don't think I could choke down mayo and pineapple chunks...I've done a lot to hold on to jobs but I don't think my stomach would let me...I'd have to claim severe allergies and hope she believed me. Mayo hits my gag reflex all wrong, always has. A thin smear, maybe I could wait til she left to regurgitate, it makes…

That is true, and I'm one of those people who don't like onions. We all have things we don't like. But that's different than saying "I only like peas. Peas are the only vegetable I can eat." Which is what you're saying about chicken. And it sounds like you don't even like chicken that much...since either every chicken…

Calcium allergy...yeah, right. Calcium is required to live...and to have teeth and bones that don't shatter at the slightest touch...and it naturally occurs in the body. Maybe this lady had hypercalcemia or a similar condition. Claiming an allergy only makes things harder for people who really do suffer from…

They probably all wanted separate checks and tipped crap, too. What gets me is that this was a fairly common occurrence...what tourist trap is this place near??

Before you'd seen those movies, if you were in a restaurant and they asked how you wanted your steak cooked, what would you have said? I remember first learning that beef could be delicious...it was just that my mother only served it charred even beyond well done. The first time I was asked how I wanted my steak, I…

On a grill??? Ugh, the default smugness of assuming the person you're talking to is stupid...just...how do people raise such entitled assholes and not feel like failures as parents? What a twat. This is the kid who will get crappy delivery in college and his car egged as an adult and still think the problem is…

OMG, yes. I've had similar conversations. I mean, I have been feeding myself for 30+ years, when I tell you I don't like something, it's not a challenge issued to try and *make* me like it now. Sure, I'll happily try new foods, or food I didn't like as a kid but haven't had since adulthood...but I have tried and tried…