LOVE STORY

Hillary Clinton’s What Happened Tells the Story of Love in Unexpected Places

Few D.C. pols could have predicted that Hillary Clinton’s doomed presidential campaign would give rise to a sizzling love affair that now graces the pages of her new memoir.  What Happened is the story of both defeat and redemption.  Its passion rises above the petty politics that most associate with the 2016 election.  [More] 

MEDIA MATTERS

Hurricane Irma Exposes Cable News Networks

CNN and other cable news networks found that the worst Hurricane Irma devastation was not in Florida but in a worse place: their credibility.  After convincing the nation that Irma would devour the entire state of Florida, the hurricane fizzled in the Caribbean and left the hysterical media red-faced.  [More] 

IN THE TOILET

Houston Mayor Orders Residents to Flush More

In an executive order that conflicts with conventional wisdom and modern environmental ethics, Houston Mayor orders residents to flush their toilets more to help clear out floodwaters.  [More]

 

 

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4. Clean up time comes after closing time

This one really gets me. We are going to start telling your boss what you are up to.  Cleaning up 15 or even 20 minutes before closing!  Mopping the floor around paying customers’ feet just so you can get home a little earlier?  Do you know how much your boss paid for this real estate?  And various food and beverage licenses?  Do you realize that driving away customers 25 minutes before closing can mean the difference between prosperity and breaking even for the pale face that is feeding your mother in Guadalajara? 

Enough already.  No more noise, no more foul detergent smells, no more celebrating while we are finishing our term papers over an under-heated earl grey.  If its 10:55 pm, its five minutes before I get up and go.  Don't irritate me.

 

5. If you are filling our water glass, no chit-chat.

Here’s another tip for restaurant employees.  We all appreciate the enterprising Latino laborer, but when we are dining out at the local gastropub the last thing we want to do is make time with our former gardener.  In our younger days we would have admired your pluckiness.  We might have tried to practice our high school Spanish on you.  Not anymore.

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