I know it sounds like an excuse to buy whatever the fuck I want, but I’m convinced that if you examined pretty much every company selling anything, you’d find something objectionable.

“Stop violating corporations’ right to free speech by not buying their products!”

It wasn’t Dole and I don’t live in any of the listed states, but I’m still totally suspicious of that tiny bit of nausea I had yesterday.

I was once transported to the ER with stroke symptoms and was essentially told “GTFO faker, and stop taking our time away from actual emergencies.” While I’m sure the reaction would have been different had I been much older, it also occurred to me it might have been different were I not “thin.”

That I get. I’ve lived places like that. Having McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Taco Time, Jack in the Box, Sonic, Arby’s, DQ, KFC, Zip’s and probably some places I’m forgetting but no Burger King - I don’t get it.

No, there’s an Arby’s.

This week I started getting Google maps notifications on my phone telling me where my mother has parked her car. It’s a minor annoyance, but annoying nonetheless. I can only imagine it’s happening because I often drive her places in her car because she can’t climb in/out of my old Wrangler (which never bothers me with…

We all worry way too much about what other people are eating and not eating. A few years back a friend went on a spate of social media posts telling food police to fuck off interspersed with posts telling people who don’t eat gluten to fuck off. When I pointed out that she was policing the no-gluten eaters, she was…

I’m in a female dominated profession so at least we’re all equally underpaid.

Oh no! Boooo!!!

You’re welcome. It’s a good job.

Show of hands: does anyone else live somewhere with no Burger King? It’s the weirdest thing. It’s a college town with every other fast food place you can think of and probably some you haven’t, like Taco Time and Zip’s. No Burger King. It’s not a terrible hardship, but I do quite like their fries. 

I wore a self-chosen uniform for the first 6 years of my professional life. I had about four black pantsuits and a variety of white tees. While I don’t want to go back to that particular uniform (blazers now hurt my neck for some inexplicable reason - I can’t even wear heavy necklaces), it’s occurred to me that life…

That sounds amazing.

I work at work and go to food service establishments to consume food/beverages. To a customer like myself, wifi means nothing and a place to sit means a lot. I actively avoid places like Starbucks because of the inability to find a place to sit (and widespread availability of other stimulants.)

I’m a librarian and we had a guy literally running his business out of the library. Meeting with clients in small group rooms and everything. (It was an academic library open to the public. Group study rooms are for study or other such activity, not making money while excluding other people from use.) We tried to…

Whether it’s worth it depends on a lot of factors. I don’t know any way around it, but it’s a real shame that humans have to make life-forming decisions like work, marriage, and kids when we’re mostly too ignorant and inexperienced to make good decisions.

Same. If you have less than an hour and the slightest thing goes wrong, then you will likely miss your connection. I once suffered the same situation as the flyer early in this piece - hauled ass across the airport only to get there after they closed the door but before the plane left. It was already super…

I was always on the fence about it. If I’d met someone at the age when you do that kind of thing I probably could have been talked into it. If I did it now I’d be chasing around after a toddler while pushing 50. I’d rather shave my head with a cheese grater. 

I love dogs, don’t mind them on me, and still think owners should keep that shit in check. Just because I’m cool with it doesn’t mean everyone is.