I hope the next time someone pays in front of you, it’s for a single, inexpensive item. Also, it’s the slowest person you’ve ever seen and they start paying in cash, come up short, make up the difference in a hand-written, personal cheque. Then they remember they have a coupon. It’s expired. The cashier calls for a manager override. The customer writes another check for the new balance. Before handing it over, the customer remarks the price label looks incorrect. The cashier gets a price check, confirms the new correct price. Another manager override. Another check. The cashier takes up the cash and realizes one of the coins is of a foreign denomination. The manager is over it by now and tries to pay for the item, but the customer is too proud and insists on paying for it themself, remarking they’ve “never taken a handout in their life.” One of the less patient customers behind you jokingly asks if they’d like to round up for charity. Turns out they very much would and that’s about when the pen begins running out of ink, but they’re determined to make it work.

Invested in a flock of honey badgers. Festivals are a breeze now. Got a bit of a wrap sheet, though.

There was an elevator…and you used it?

No apology necessary. Some of the best parts of Scrubs were beating a dead horse, bits with Dr. Cox condescending to and terrorizing the interns, residents, fellows, etc.

Oh man, I miss my past life when my age wasn’t yet an octonian.

It might. Nancy Reagan did a 180 on HIV when one of her friends developed AIDS.

Too true.

This should be the top comment. I’m still going to vote, for what that’s worth, but I’ll spend my time contributing to a future general strike. Historically, it’s the only thing that works. Hit 'em in the coin purse.

You’re not wrong. Still, they’re going to shoot us, like they did before, but the strike will work, like it did before. It will still be worth it for our descendants. I don’t think we’re going to get to enjoy it personally. I also don’t care. We’re not really going to get anywhere good until the average person plants trees to make shade for future generations to enjoy.

To answer some potential questions, yes, I joined a union and pay dues, attend meetings, etc. Yes, I’ve protested with them. No, I haven’t striked yet, but I’m about there. I have a lot of respect for the work we do in our industry and I don’t like the idea of work stoppages. Nonetheless, ownership has made it pretty clear that any advances we make in efficiency will be distributed among themselves with no regard to our or anyone else’s quality of life.

See you there, comrade.

I’d argue that the Nixon era RNC is more to blame by paving the way, but yeah, ultimately Reagan accomplished the most.

No, it was perfect. Thanks for keeping Scrubs alive in the wild!

Theyknew

This is why employers typically let someone go at the end of the day or immediately escort them outside. Props to the former employee that reminded Netflix that it’s not invulnerable.

I don’t actually know what happened. Just assuming.

What’s that in horse knives?

So much better.

Nah, that’d be weird.

Thanks for the recommendation!

Edit: you’re right. It’s much better when framed this way. Shame lemmy doesn’t have one yet, but I doubt its own two-sentence-horror activity would be enough to sustain it.

2nd edit: There aren’t many posts there. I wonder why.

3rd edit: r/badtwosentencehorrors is pretty good: