1. I noticed over the weekend...someone brought up a receipt issue from a fast-food burger place (Carls Jr). They were asking at the clerk's point....if you were eating there or leaving with the food (bagging required).
Once you established bagging required....they charged you 10-cents. I assume for the paper-bag.
Yeah, this is how bad this whole dining out thing has gotten.
Would I pay for the 10-cents? No. I'd probably just carry some re-useable bag with me and throw the food in it.
Over a year? Well....if everyone did that....like the Pizza Hut folks charging me 20-cents for the box, or BK charging 10-cents for the bag, or the donut-folks charging me 10-cents there.....I might go throw away $10 a year....for what was free before.
2. Ten percent of society is probably walking around and wanting to share how their childhood and ancestral trauma fell apart (20 years ago) and is now responsible for their repressed guilt and rage. Other than talking continuously about it....consuming drugs and alcohol, there's not much hope for them ever being 'fruitful'.
3. There's a bill (draft currently) floating around Vermont right where...if passed....it would mandate that libraries would not provide a listing of your kid's reading material, from age 12 on.
I sat and pondered over it. As a kid in rural Alabama...using the county library...I can remember them having zero lists. They just knew the books you had out currently.
Having parents monitor your reading material? Is this how far we've gone in the past forty-odd years? Would it be necessary....only because the library started a kinky-sex section and having bondage novels for 14-year old kids?
This is how weird things have become.
At the current pace of things...I expect some 14-year olds to openly challenge marriage laws and get minimum age requirements tossed out.
One:
ReplyDeletePackaging was not 'free', it was included as part of the price.
The box for a new telephone or television set is part of the price the customer pays.
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Similar to areas with a purchase tax included in your bill, these minor adds tend to be invisible by design.
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Three:
A 14yo going before jurors, arguing their position?
I anticipate a lot of stern glares from the referee as the crowd giggles at the sheer and utter lack of the youngster's knowledge or experience.
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And I acknowledge I could be wrong.
A mature 14yo young lady:
* "Um, like, I just want to, OK!"
[shows doctor note excusing her from future sessions because of cramps]