Actually, "at the end of the day" can be used to summarize what had previously been said or as another way of saying "after all factors have been considered".

When someone repeatedly uses the same filler, I tend to pay less attention to what they're saying and instead focus on the repetition. It's not intentional, it just works out that way. Fillers are fine for informal conversation, but if you're trying to say something important, your message may get lost among a dozen…

I've seen enough "restaurant nightmare" shows to know that "mom and pop" often means the kitchen is riddled with insects, rodents, years of accumulated grease, filth and crud, the walk-in is a minefield of cross contamination and the freezer is filled with month-old precooked "fresh" pasta and proteins.

If you can go home and make a quick meal vastly better than a restaurant

Food snobbery. "I can look down on you because you profess to enjoying food made by a restaurant that I feel is beneath me." Antisocial, immature, and downright rude. But you see a lot of it aimed towards Olive Garden, also PF Chang's, Red Lobster and similar establishments.

Interesting product, horrible name.

3 simple rules x 5 posts = 15 simple rules? :-)

The money is only gone if you don't Get. It. In. Writing.

If by "make it" you mean" fall into an active volcano" then I'm right there with you.

And yet there's a smack of ham to it!

Ugh. Whatever. Go back to that story and rehash your argument. I don't care.

Yes, after the special little snowflake stubbornly refused to adhere to store rules, deciding that her dog was too important to ride in a cart, she was, in fact, asked to leave.

Since the share the same mental illness, you'd think they could get along.

Used clothes?

Psst. She wasn't told to leave the store, she was asked to put her dog in a cart.

Yeah, if only it was legit and not horseshit propaganda. Then it would really drive home the point.

Hmm. Support a democratic nation or support a militant terrorist organization.

Eh, maybe I'm just too cynical, but everything is marketed with big lies and I see this as one more example, no more or less noteworthy than the rest.