Yeah, those all sound like good tips for avoiding muggers (which was a problem on the outskirts of my college campus, and staying near blue lights/alert boxes was good policy). If it was a plain old "assault" orientation, then it would be more valid.

Last week I was out and the bartender came over with the check looking so embarrassed. Before she handed it over, she had to clarify that she wasn't the one who wrote the name of the tab. And she was so apologetic, I was dreading what it would say - which turned out to be "mushy cheese." One of us had ordered mac and…

Is it sad/wrong that I kind of love him, a little bit? Just for his succinct and pitch perfect response to the whole situation. "My bad." Saying so much with so little.

Hike up the rates a little for Gawker - you'd earn the price increase and more copy editing here.

That actually sounds like an elegant solution. Give people the freedom to arrange seat switching with other passengers (and maybe encourage/train flight attendants to facilitate).

In a society where men are in control, and women are submissive, uncomfortable women may feel uneasy about complaining in a public space or to authorities. They may actually be genuinely uncomfortable and just ask their husbands to complain for them. Not saying it's right, just that it sounds like a symptom of the…

Yeah, but there's an increased risk of crying baby. There's really no winning here, until we can separate every passenger from every other passenger.

This was my exact thought reading the first paragraph. "Being seated next to strange men" is a top complaint about flying from both women and men. If I told my dad that an airline was working on preventing passengers from being seated next to strange men, he'd cry out hallelujah! (And then when he found out it only…

Agreed that it's unsportsmanlike, and at the very least they should get a talking to from the coach. As in, "guys, that was inappropriate and we need to keep it classy." If they get a small slap on the wrist equivalent to what other student players would get for minor unsportsmanlike conduct, then that's fine with me,…

I don't need 10 t-shirts period. One, because I've gotten enough for free over my lifetime. Two, because I can't wear them to work (so 5/7 days of the week are out), and even on the weekends I prefer something like a blouse with jeans. Work-appropriate ethically-produced garments are not going to be $10.

The distinction Kat Burglar is making is that in Europe they really don't staff some of their gas stations. Most self-serve gas stations in the US still have an employee inside at the counter. I was once traveling in France with an American credit card & had a panic at a gas station when my card wasn't working, and…

It's a cheap place and probably not worthy of adoration, but worse than Dunkin' Donuts? That's a bit extreme. Their locations I've been to were usually bigger and a little better laid out that DDs, and as a tea drinker, a welcome relief. DD offers one tea - generic black - and Tim Horton's actually has choices.

I guess it's self-serving of me, but the racist remarks made me roll my eyes (rich, white, powerful Italian man makes absurdly racist comment? Great start to 2015), but that part I did a double take at. He was more than willing to put all of his customers at risk by ignoring *minimum regulations* for safety in…

Yes, we do - they're called car services. They're just expensive.

It sounds like kb is describing a car service, which does exist in Philadelphia under different rules from cab companies/taxi medallions. I think the fancy Uber lines operate legally as limousine/car services in Philly. I think most people in the area only consider car services for airport rides, though.

It sounds like kb is describing a car service, which does exist in Philadelphia under different rules from cab companies/taxi medallions. I think the fancy Uber lines operate legally as limousine/car services in Philly. I think most people in the area only consider car services for airport rides, though.

Mass transit in West Chester PA is extremely limited at the best of times. And thanks to Google maps and the screenshot showing the addresses this guy traveled to/from, the last bus he could have taken was over a mile from his starting point at 1:00 am. I think most people who live there don't count on public transit…

Restaurants do charge more on certain holidays - a LOT more on NYE in my area. And bars that might normally have a cover of $10 start charging upwards of $100 for diddly food & a cheapo open bar.

Actually it sounds like kb is just describing a car service, which would operate differently than the cab companies in Philly.

They don't price-match their online store, even for pick-up items? That's... really dumb.