When Kind Words Come with Terms and Conditions There’s something fascinating about the human ability to take a perfectly good compliment and completely destroy it with three additional words. I’ve never quite understood it. Someone walks up to you and says, “You look really good!” Well, thank you. That’s very kind of you. Then they … More The Chronicles of the Compliment
When Your Convenience Becomes Everyone Else’s Inconvenience I’ve come to the conclusion that we’ve completely lost our understanding of what a drive-thru is supposed to accomplish. The concept seems relatively simple. You drive up. You conduct a transaction. You drive away. The entire purpose is convenience and efficiency. At least, that’s what I thought. Apparently, … More The Chronicles of the Drive-Thru Hostage
I have recently concluded that there are only three possibilities. America is suffering from a catastrophic shortage of turn-signal bulbs. Nobody remembers what the little stick on the left side of the steering column does. Or we have collectively decided that where we’re going is nobody else’s damn business. I don’t know which one concerns … More The Chronicles of the Broken Blinker
It is October. The leaves are beginning to change. The temperature is dropping. Sweaters are emerging from closets. Somewhere, a woman wearing boots and an oversized scarf is taking a picture of a coffee next to a decorative gourd. And apparently, I am supposed to be excited about pumpkin spice. I am not. Every year, … More The Pumpkin Spice Chronicles