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Andy Finley's avatar

They don’t pay these people nearly enough to write forced happy messages on the cups of strangers.

When I used to work in restaurants I had a job with a casual chain and during the Christmas season I’d pick up extra shifts at a location which was in a mall.

You know how, when you eat at a sit down restaurant during the Christmas season, servers are prone to writing “Merry Christmas!” or “Happy Holidays!” on your bill? Yeah, I would write “Bah, humbug.”

People would throw money at me when they’d see that. I made a killing.

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Jane Pratt's avatar

That's genius. I would have tipped you more for that myself. And it wouldn't have been a pity tip like the ones I'm doing now. Plus, I'm really glad you agree with me about this. Thank you!

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Juliet Panebianco's avatar

Charles Boycott! 🙌🙌

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Jane Pratt's avatar

Yay, all hail THE Julie, who taught me this and many other cool word things. I'm trying to remember more of ours now, Jules. We love them so much.

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Juliet Panebianco's avatar

Yes we do!! ❤️❤️❤️

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Jane's avatar

I don’t know what the aim is, but it feels like they‘re deliberately trying to piss people off. In related news, did you know Le Labo calls their staff „souls“? That irks me almost as much as those stupid sharpie affirmations. And yes if you’ve seen my comments before you know I‘m boycotting Starbucks, and thanks for the etymology, I love that stuff!

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Jane Pratt's avatar

Oh my God, souls is so wrong. Thanks for telling me that one!And you know I'm proud you're a Boycotter even though I'm not. (I'm going to give that an uppercase start from now on in honor of the man himself.)

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