No, because instead of going through however many dishes it would take to make the asshole feel sufficiently catered to, you get to just rip the band-aid off and kick him out. Once they start threatening to walk, they're expecting bribes of free food/drinks and ego-stroking apologies from the staff. Sometimes the best…

A lot of them do believe this. I don't really understand the need to try to flaunt your intelligence, especially since it seems like getting a Ph.D. mostly just reflects your ability to afford to not work for nearly a decade. I have a hard time seeing higher ed. as anything beyond flashy conspicuous consumption for…

I think it's a combination of so many of them never having had a job outside academia combined with fairly narcissistic tendencies. They already *know* they are smarter than everyone else, and certainly smarter than some dumb restaurant worker who couldn't be bothered to excel in school. -eye roll- Some of the most…

Having also worked at a university, I can doubly verify that 50-75% sounds about right (if not a little low). I think the maladjusted professors are especially skilled at sniffing out the lowest person on the hierarchy of any workplace and laying into that person mercilessly.

As a college professor I fully believe this and am also somewhat relieved to hear this, because at least 50-75% of my colleagues are insane and sometimes I question if its thats a normal average for coworkers.

I would bet the guy in the second story, the one from Asheville, is in academia. I've never had insane, angry, abusive customers like college professors. UGH. I love that story's chef.

I love how often it seems like chefs are the last people who should be given open access to a large and diverse selection of knives.

Wasn't I holding a baby a few moments ago?

Did anyone ever have a cake with their printed image (or another photo) when they were younger? There is almost nothing more bizarre than eating your own face as frosting. Also, the image was also slightly not cake texture.

Yes, this is not uncommon in tourist areas, especially hotels. Typically, hotels will only let certain companies pick up fairs from their lobby. In return the taxi company can bill the hotel directly of the fair and will pay a small commission to the hotel concierge. Consequently, drivers are more than willing to…

First off, this is absolutely horrid. Secondly, if you murdered your mother and put her in a suitcase, would you not attempt to flee...I don't know, say out of the country and not 6 miles away to have a siesta? Put in a little effort, guys.

Except that it is her profession and she is not ashamed of it at all. Why should we instill that shame on her by saying "Oh we won't mention what you do for a living." If she were a doctor, lawyer, etc. would you say something like that? Do you recognize that telling people they should omit that is basically an…

The press needs to stop calling this a beating or an attack. It's attempted murder and sexual assault. The woman was forced to watch her friend get beaten, then she got beaten, stabbed, sexually assaulted, threatened with further rape, tortured, and the only reason she's alive is because he decided to go look for a…

I have been known to cap off the odd evening out with an absurdly long walk home, if conditions permit. Returning on one occasion from some ludicrous social assignation or other, I was walking across London in the dead of night and was joined by a fox, which fell in beside me as if I were walking it (or as if we were…

My story doesn't involve any exotic animals, but rather weird behaviour from a domestic one.

Please note from the outset of this story that my family LOVES squirrels. I even had one as a pet as a kid, but that's another story.

When I was little this kid trained his big german shepherd to attack me. He would say get the ni**er and the dog would come running, jumping, and biting. Needless to say, I have a huge fear of big dogs an freak out when owners let their dogs jump on me.

Birds, mostly poultry, hate me. I have been attacked on sight on more then one occasion.