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- Wed May 22, 2024 1:49 pm
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Planet America
- Replies: 914
- Views: 323765
Re: Planet America
to me, this implies a relative shortage of young folk, of the sort that might work as a server. It might be as simple as that. The pandemic lockdowns forced it into a sudden shift instead of a more natural gradual shift. But maybe there are just fewer people available to fill bad jobs. That's not a...
- Tue May 21, 2024 4:23 pm
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Planet America
- Replies: 914
- Views: 323765
Re: Planet America
The worldwide labour shortage in the service industry isn't new, though, so don't expect an improvement any time soon. As long as everyone is working, then it's not such a bad thing. The fact that people don't want to work for a pittance serving me food is my problem, not theirs.....assuming that t...
- Mon May 20, 2024 3:54 am
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Planet America
- Replies: 914
- Views: 323765
Re: Planet America
I have always booked ahead. That seems most common. We have gotten used to doing that. On this particular occasion, that wasn't possible. That solves the waiting time issue, but it still leaves the question of why there are half empty restaurants where you have to wait for a table. The superficial ...
- Mon May 20, 2024 1:31 am
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Planet America
- Replies: 914
- Views: 323765
Re: Planet America
Here's another one that I dont know if it's just American, or if this is a global phenomenon. My wife and I went out to dinner tonight, and faced a phenomenon that has happened to us several times in the last couple of years, but never used to happen. There were lots of empty tables. We had to wait ...
- Fri May 17, 2024 4:39 pm
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Planet America
- Replies: 914
- Views: 323765
Re: Planet America
Is this sort of thing a primarily American thing, or does it happen all over? Background: A guy who is really good at kicking footballs (the American sort) is also a conservative Catholic. While speaking at a commencement ceremony at a school for conservative Catholics, he said some things that were...
- Thu May 16, 2024 3:55 am
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Planet America
- Replies: 914
- Views: 323765
Re: Planet America
In North Carolina, a bill that would criminalize wearing a mask in public: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/north-carolina-lawmakers-push-bill-to-ban-most-public-mask-wearing-citing-crime/ar-BB1msIcE?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=LCTS&cvid=0516001712a4440e83c06450fe6f057f&ei=16 I don't wear a mask m...
- Wed May 15, 2024 9:25 pm
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: trump off the CO ballot
- Replies: 266
- Views: 80782
- Wed May 15, 2024 2:08 pm
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Headlines that signal that the story will be misleading and/or stupid
- Replies: 132
- Views: 62479
Re: Headlines that signal that the story will be misleading and/or stupid
"How Michael Cohen’s past lies make him a more credible witness" It's wishful thinking, people. When you have to explain why lying makes you credible, something isn't going to add up. I already read the story. Their point is that he lied to protect Trump. What's bizarre about this whole th...
- Wed May 15, 2024 12:10 pm
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: trump off the CO ballot
- Replies: 266
- Views: 80782
Re: trump off the CO ballot
neat link, thanks. interesting that, by their metrics, corruption is growing. i wonder if there's a biological analogy for what happens at max corruption? As when fermentation kills the yeast. I think there is. I fear America could fall into something like that, but not really the way you've been t...
- Wed May 15, 2024 2:14 am
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: trump off the CO ballot
- Replies: 266
- Views: 80782
Re: trump off the CO ballot
To be perfectly frank, I would be very surprised if this sort of corruption didn't exist all over the place. I don't think Australians are uniquely virtuous, so that they never use their power to enrich themselves. If there's a way, people find it. I'm not sure America is special in this regard. No...