I hope the sale goes well for both you and Seymour. And I must say that this annual thread really is the best. I was surprised that I remembered this and all of the stories mentioned above from last year. Great stories.

Well, I think just found my last minute Halloween costume! Thanks!

That is just genius. I absolutely would have purchased those back in the day.

Here is my personal reason for why I would have escorted the child over to his mother (I would not have allowed him to walk over to the nail salon by himself because leaving him at my store means that once I realize he’s alone, he’s essentially in my care until I hand him off to another responsible party. Not…

I am basically the opposite of you. If a reverse Atkins diet wouldn’t kill you, I’d be down. Love the crust and would happily scoop out half of the filling. Same with cake. I could do with just a dash of icing as long I get the cake part. We’d make good dessert partners.

I actually don’t like carrots. But that’s mainly raw carrots. Generally, I’d prefer that most dishes didn’t have carrots, but not enough to actually do anything about it. If they’re in a dish, I’ll eat them until I don’t want to anymore and then eat around them. No biggie. In fact, I made a stew tonight with carrots,…

Yes! As a former server, I feel like at a certain point management should step in and say no. Like, “No, we can’t serve you something unsafe. Our food is served at food eating temperature. We cannot serve it boiling or scorched because you may hurt yourself and if that happens, we know that we (specifically the server…

This is coming from the inventor of the John Waters. Which is Crystal Light (whatever flavor is pink), gin and a dash of diet 7-Up served in a martini glass. Absolutely as gross as it sounds.

What the actual fuck? Is this like a Pennsyltucky Shirley Temple?? I can’t really wrap my head around why combining these two things would occur to someone.

I have this fear of any sort of amputation. It crosses my mind a lot. I’m not irrationally afraid of being an amputee (I’d figure it out and adjust). I’m just really afraid of that moment when you look at a part of your body lying on the ground and realize that it’s not attached to you anymore and probably never will…

Yep. A good friend (AP everything, totally clean high school record) was suspended for 10 days for drugs. She gave a friend a Tylenol and someone saw it. She was carrying Tylenol for cramps and because we only had a school nurse a half day. No one ever believes me when I tell this story because it sounds so stupid.…

I am sorry this happened to you. I agree with you that all these sorts of instances teach you is that adults have zero tolerance for rule breaking for any reason and cannot be trusted to evaluate a situation and react in a proportionate way. The “zero tolerance, absolutely no room for critical thought” policies…

Well, spicy mayo, and mayo are two different things. You should know that. If you don’t know that, then you are part of the problem.

This same thing happened years ago when I worked at Ponderosa. The fire department came and the building had to be evacuated. I was a teenager at the time and thought it was hilarious. Anything to break up the monotony.... (I was a “salad bar attendant”)

I used to call off on what I’d assume was the last “nice” day of the year. So, one year on a particularly beautiful September day, I claim sick and decide to go for a walk. About 15 minutes after leaving work “sick”, I get detained by the police. Apparently a nearby bank has been robbed and I look like the suspect…

Am I the only one getting an “American History X” vibe in all the wrong ways from this picture?

I starred this because it’s brilliant and spot on, but I hesitated to do so because the whole thing just really wants me to shower with Borax right away.

I didn’t see this comment before posting my earlier comment on the original post. So, sorry for seeming to pile on. Thanks for genuinely listening to and considering other perspectives.

Personally, I think she handled it with much more grace than I would have. Gross, random men approach woman and insist that they, “Smile for me” or ask “why aren’t you smiling?”all the damn time. As if we’re fucking up their scenery by just being normal human beings going about our lives. You’re just walking down the…

Having served for a lot of years, I don’t think you have anything to worry about. Basically, it comes down to two things with servers. Don’t be mean and respect their time. The complaints about people who don’t make eye contact almost always involve someone who was either mean or disrespectful to the servers first.…