Whatever happened to dying in your sleep. Lately it appears that when you get to a certain age, instead of dropping dead while sitting on a tractor, you’re dragged through a decade of agonizing pain and infirmity that generates massive income for the medical industrial complex. By which I mean, primarily, pharmacy benefit managers. On the other hand, jobs are jobs. God bless the nurses, the colonoscopers, and podiatrists.
On a related subject, whatever happened to the 15% standard tip? During Covid, they jacked it up so that your helpful credit card receipt suggests a minimum of 20%, an “okay” tip of 25%, and a generous tip of 30%. So giving 20% is now a dick move? wtf I have a friend who still only tips $1 per drink at the bar, flat fee, no matter what. With pints running $10, and mixed drinks like $15+, that’s pretty European. It’s also more or less an instruction for the bartender to give you a dirty glass next time.
Issue: 17-4 (orig. pub. date: )
