It did... it was the smiling shrug

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What, who doesn't use zapf dingbat font to write their CV cover letter?

It would look like Scratch... Duh.

Tell me you haven't been inside a McDonald's in the last few years without saying so.

That 'career' is taking a back seat to 'ordering in the app' or at the kiosks.

They are bringing you your food/drink, how 'genuine' does their smile or banter need to be?

Do un-tipped Japanese wait staff smile and engage in cheerful banter just as much as tipped US wait staff? I suspect not, since it won't impact their no-tip paycheck.

They never started tipping.

The issue isn't that it won't work in the U.S., it's the pain/shock of switching from a tipping culture to a non-tipping culture that is the issue.

Abandoning our tipping culture is simple, all we need to do is to get *everyone* to agree to the change, how hard could that be? LOL

Really? You were unaware that there is sales tax on candy? Is candy tax-free outside the U.S.?

Well, it would be pretty bad for all the waiters, bus staff, kitchen staff etc...

Did you really not even consider the impact on the folks that work in restaurants?

A local movie theater chain that delivers food/drinks to your seat adds an 18% service charge on food orders BUT it uses that money to pay the wait staff/cooks a higher wage (I think $17-18/hr). They announce it clearly during previews and on posters in the lobby, so I'm all good with that, and if you like you can tip more but they say it not expected.

That's fair, I think.

If they raised the prices 18%, people would assume they were expected to tip on top of the raised prices, and would avoid ordering food in the theater.

Uh, sure, but do I really have to explain the difference between $12 of uncooked groceries and a $12 cooked/prepared meal?

Here in Texas, a large Big Mac meal (w/ large fries and large drink) is $9 + tax, as a data point.

The average joe will keep running Win 10, and will be thankful to finally be free of MS Updates to his computer...

Only IT/tech-savy folks worry about running a fully-supported OS.

I can go to Best Buy and get a $40 printer - how long should that be expected to operate? 10 or 15 years? Not likely. It will likely get tossed when the buyer realizes what a replacement ink cartridge costs, opting to buy a new $40 printer instead after a couple years of buying expensive ink cartridges...

Only Democrats think Trump will run in 2028, it's actually quite funny how they think it will happen.

Briefly, explain to me how Trump gets on the 2028 ballot in all 50 states (or, if you prefer, just enough states to win the electoral college)? For example, will NY, CA, IL, MA, NJ, etc put him on the ballot? HOW?

The other thing Democrats believe is that Trump won't leave office in 2029, completely ignoring that Trump left office in 2021.

It's amazing the impossible/improbable things democrats believe and discuss openly with a straight face...