Through labels on the packages of brands of chips I don’t usually buy I have been informed of the existence […]
Archive for ‘Pieces’
Customer profile: the card player
Here’s a recent interaction I had with a customer who brought a hot dog up to the counter: “Excuse me, […]
It’s the little things: the slice buttons
My employer sells pizza, and one of its more successful and long-running twofer sales has been on two slices. It’s […]
Customer profile: Burrito Bill
Before I tell you about the subject of today’s customer profile, I need to tell you about Jane. Jane is […]
“Pete Buttigieg will be the first 2020 presidential candidate to visit Maine”
Next week, wannabe ruler Pete Buttigieg will hold a fundraiser at an undisclosed location in Portland. Or, as my local […]
Customer profile: Joe Joe Joe Joe
I wrote recently about one of the ways customers try to dominate or demean the wage slaves they interact with. […]
The ratcheting paranoia of my bosses’ carding policy
It started before I was hired. My employer had a “Card Under 40” policy, as is fairly common for businesses […]
Can they not go one minute without dominance games?
One of the things I find myself doing at work is watching customers walk up to the counter, realize that […]
“Leviathan is people:” I argue with a Hobbes-spouting righty on Reddit
A more-or-less typical-seeming righty Redditor, who seems to do most of his posting on r/The_Donald, went to r/anarchy looking for […]
A bleak Friday in July
Those of you who remember this side note from an old post: Also, why are Halloween lights a thing? And […]
Ray of Infamy 