I'm so tired of all the comments that assume I never talk to the person I'm with because I'm on my phone (a. I can multitask, b. we see each other literally every day, we're not dying to converse every second we're out), assume I must tip like an asshole, assume I make unreasonable demands, all because I happen to…

If you really think technology has ground to a halt then you are clearly not following technology. If you also think that those in the tech world believe smartphones are the pinnacle of technology for the rest of time forever, then you are clearly not following anything.

You're the one setting up the dichotomy, not me. The article is about an extra hour, not a satellite office. Not even a particularly unreasonable amount of time. A 2-hour meal pace is not setting up a satellite office; it's having a relaxed meal. There are points in which you shouldn't put an employee out for…

Jesus all these comments tell me is that servers are generally seething balls of resentment who monitor who I talk with and how much time I spend on my phone for the sole purpose of bitching about me on the internet.

At what point is a customer allowed to just enjoy what they pay for? They're paying a markup for the food, plus the tip, to enjoy a relaxed, fun night out. On top of that they should rush themselves so they don't put out the restaurant they're paying? At what point should I just start paying more than they ask for the…

When did you find time to have you own meal when you were counting the minutes between waiter visits at a table that did nothing except for interact with their surroundings in a way you don't approve of? Your rant went from the somewhat defensible "they were on their phones when the waiter came" to the completely…

I eat my food instead of taking pictures of it

I do, because I like seeing pictures of good food. It's really not some big mystery; some people like looking at well-decorated homes, some people like looking at pictures of pretty women, some people like looking at pictures of food.

"let me just pull out my copy of Every Situation a Law Would Apply in the United States real quick..."

For real. I know the original post is about people complaining when their meal takes a while when in reality they're on their phones, but so many of the comments are basically "stop doing what makes you happy because I don't like it!!!" Guess what? I don't want to see a stranger's wedding because a Facebook friends…

I don't really get it - the point isn't that ditching someone means you leave them behind, but you were trying to say they were left in a ditch, so you used ditching as a double entendre and put in the literally to draw attention to it? The only way the "it was for emphasis" argument works is if you weren't making the…

I always imagine these wage slaves in a room being paid under minimum wage under the table and just seeing "crack - banned. not crack - not banned" without any kind of critical thought because they're getting a few bucks an hour.

I was always incredibly dark in the summers, even with sunscreen. I think in this age of kids more and more wanting to stay inside, we shouldn't criticize the parents of children playing outside because of the often inevitable result of playing outside. Kids, go outside and play! But not in the sun!

Wait - doesn't this just prove to me that the food is healthy for humans, which means it probably isn't designed specifically for dogs? Don't dogs and cats need different nutrition than humans?

Geez, all I meant was why it takes more than half an hour a week since you were questioning it. No need to be so aggressive.

Thanks for your input.

Wait since when was college about studying things from a distance? I have literally never heard that said before you just trotted it out as a given. In fact, many of the classes I took in college challenged my personal perceptions and required me to participate in personal experiences - personally taking time out of…

Protip: this comment thread is really not good at displaying your "I want to be the best" attitude. All it's displaying is "I would rather whine than learn."

"There must be some kind of verification."

I think the "I let my hair get out of hand before doing anything about it" is part of the issue here. It takes all of 30 seconds to shave a leg that was freshly shaven yesterday. It takes far longer the longer you wait.