I find it more tacky to serve American obesity size plates, so people with a bit more eating tact than a jackal have to leave food on the plate that gets thrown away[*]. When even the appetizers can feed a family of four, the only sane choice then becomes to order from the kids’ menu. If American restaurants started…

I have a few friends who have had gastric bypass surgery, and getting a portion off the kids menu is the only way they can eat out with us. Most restaurants have decided that bigger is better, so it is really hard for them to find a place that serves food in a more manageable size. They always feel bad about it, but I…

This so much! Sometimes people don’t necessarily eat out to “eat out”. You don’t know.. maybe that’s the only time your 14 year old kid actually will talk to you, so you eat out a lot more than you normally would so you can know what’s going on in their life.. or maybe you’re with someone who’s hungry but you’re…

Damn right. Never ever consent to a search of anything (self, vehicle, home). Insist that you do not consent. If the police had a warrant/probable cause, then they wouldn’t be asking for consent. It amazes me how many people consent to searches, knowing that they have things they shouldn’t have.

In the same vein: clients need to be brutally honest with their attorneys. I don’t want my client’s rose-colored or the client’s best version of the events. I want the unvarnished truth, warts and all. That truth is going to come out one way or another; if I know about it ahead of time, I can develop a strategy to…

I will add that defending a person in a criminal case does not mean you condone their actions or behavior. I’m an officer of the court doing my job, I don’t actually think murder and child molestation are cool. I get really sick of laypeople saying “oh, I would never defend that person”, because they have moral…

As a lawyer, I’d add this one: Just because someone is a lawyer doesn’t mean they know anything about the area of law you want to ask about.

As a litigator, I have to say that deadlines and details matter. Ignoring deadlines from the Court (or not responding to your attorney’s calls or emails) can have huge ramifications in a lawsuit. Same with details: I want to know exactly what my client knows, exactly what my client doesn’t know, and what he/she is…

Came here for this. Sending customers away with styrofoam boxes full of rapidly congealing food is tacky.

I normally don’t have a problem with mixing it up in these comment boards (wegotatoughguyoverhere.jpg), but the degree of anger people had about splitting entrees was fucking ridiculous. When I waited tables, I had no issue with people splitting entrees, because it usually meant they were ordering apps (which gave me…

In the SW they are casitas.

Adult orders are gigantic. I gotta order from the kids menu.

This whole column should be called “How to guilt people into screwing themselves and paying me more.” None of this advice is geared towards actually improving a dining experience. It is just a how-to guide for waitstaff to get larger tips.

Still disagree that splitting entrees is tacky (if it is, it’s a very puny amount tacky), but totally agree that ordering off the kids menu can be considered tacky

They may be bungalows, but bungalows are not by definition an accessory dwelling unit. A bungalow is a style of house, not specifically an ADU, granny flat, or ohana (not sure why you think “ohana” is any more globally acceptable than “granny flat”, by the way). Insisting they’re called bungalows is like insisting…

That sounds like an awful life. :-/

I was so pissed to learn my thyroid was normal. It seemed like the obvious solution — I tend to be depressed, low-energy, and gain weight. But no, several attempts to measure my thyroid numbers (like all of them, not just the one most people check) have said it’s normal.

I eat basically meat. Like...I haven’t had a side dish outside a restaurant in forever.

I hate the birthday thing. In a perfect world, everyone would just get their birthday off and there would be no damn cake at work.

The whole “enforce the laws already on the books” argument is a red herring, and the people who use it know it.