@George-K said in Inauguration Memes and Funnies:

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This made me LOL

A couple cliche, but still true:

You can't add time to the end of your retirement, only to the beginning.

No one on their deathbed ever said that they wished they would have spent more time at the office.

@Copper said in On the birthright citizenship EO:

He did mention "Our God" yesterday.

I assume he was referring to the God of America that we all trust.

I thought he was referring to himself, again.

And any telework employees should have a reduced salary. At least $10K, likely more.

People are tipping less at restaurants than they have in at least six years, driven by fatigue over rising prices and growing prompts for tips at places where gratuities haven’t historically been expected.

and

Restaurant servers know customers are annoyed about how often they’re now asked for tips. Payment systems on digital tablets prompt them to add gratuities, even at businesses like airport concessions and gas stations.

“I can see tipping culture in the U.S. cracking,” said Jenni Emmons, a server at an upscale Chicago restaurant. “People are being pressured to tip for things they didn’t used to, and I feel my income is under threat because of this.”

Some worker-advocacy groups maintain that servers, bartenders and other tip-earning workers rely too much on gratuities. They have taken aim at the tipped-wage system, in which many states permit restaurants and other businesses to pay tip-earning workers less than the minimum wage—so long as income from tips makes up the difference.

and

Fritz Brogan, who co-owns five bars and restaurants in the city, said the higher payroll costs have led him to raise menu prices by around 10% and trim employee hours. His Mission Navy Yard now charges $15 for an espresso martini, according to the restaurant’s website, up from $13 in 2023, according to an archived version of the site.

He is considering adding service charges next July, when the minimum wage for service staff rises to $12 an hour. That would add some $400,000 in costs across his 350 hourly staff, he estimated.

Brogan said the fees can leave diners confused and wondering whether they should still tip. “The last thing people want is to be doing calculus at the end of the night,” he said.

(NOTE BY ME - then have the prices be "all inclusive (price + tip + tax)!!!)

Mohit Ganguly, a Washington resident, said it’s easy to miss the mandatory fees that most eateries in his area have tacked onto their menus. “Tipping 15% to 20% on top of that feels superfluous,” Ganguly said.

https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/restaurant-tip-fatigue-servers-covid-9e198567

I don’t see it collapsing anytime soon. In fact, quite the opposite.

Trump already tweeted out a constitutional change and it’s just as worthless as the one Biden tweeted out.

We used to have one, about a mile from where I lived. Great place with a sign that said, "We have it in stock if we can find it."

Closed 15 (?) years ago. Closest Ace is about 3 miles away. I'll go there before any big box.

Nah. It's a poor dog that won't wag his own tail.

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Snow in houston

I’ll put my money on ‘under’.

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"We should get at least the life of the car out of that paint job."

So, about 4-6 months?

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All right, we have entered Bizarro World.

I-49, NORTH OF LAFAYETTE, is under a blizzard warning. 😱

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Especially if it is not specific to you, but pardons a class that you happen to be a member of.

@Copper said in Do you watch inaugurations:

@Horace said in Do you watch inaugurations:

Trump sounded fine cognitively, but more importantly, measured and reasonable in tone.

That's no guarantee that it will be reported remain that way.

Seeing clips of President Biden from 2019, etc, the decline until today is starling.

Yes, people in their 90's can remain quite sharp. I hope President Trump is one of those.

Both named "Green."

Coincidence? I think not.