We are quietly isolating an entire generation of older people from society, and nobody seems to give a damn.
I took my 84-year-old grandfather to his local bank branch on Friday.
The exact same brick-and-mortar branch where he opened his first account in 1978.
We pull up to the front doors. They’re locked.
Inside is an empty lobby with a small sign: “Cashless Service Hub.”
A young guy in a polo shirt opens the door and tells us:
“We don't handle teller deposits or paper checks here anymore. You just need to download the mobile portal and scan your routing number.”
My grandfather pulls out an old flip phone with a cracked screen and a paper pension check from his coat pocket.
His hands were visibly shaking.
The employee just shrugs.
“You can do it on an iPad, or have a family member manage the app for you.”
This man worked forty-two years in a manufacturing plant. Paid his taxes. Fought for this country.
And now he is made to feel completely useless and stripped of his dignity because he doesn't own an iOS device.
Tech isn't making life easier if it completely locks out the people who built the world we’re living in.
Are your elderly parents or grandparents running into this wall too?
You know who actual whores are? Men. Addicted to sex, watching porn, subscribing to onlyfans, raping, sexually assaulting women, animals, kids, anything with a hole. This is what people who are addicted to sex do. This is what men do. Fucking whores.
SORRY IF THIS OFFENDS RESTAURANT OWNERS, BUT THIS HAS GOT TO STOP.
I sat down at a table last night, and there were no physical menus.
Just a laminated QR code taped to the wood.
I had to pull out my phone, scan the code, navigate a laggy menu website, put in my own order, and type in my credit card details.
A runner brought the food to the table 20 minutes later.
Then the digital checkout screen defaulted to a 22% tip prompt.
FOR WHAT?
You eliminated the host, eliminated the server taking orders, forced me to use my own mobile device and cellular data, and then asked for a 22% tip for order entry I completed myself?
THAT IS NOT A HOSPITALITY EXPERIENCE.
THAT IS AN UNPAID CUSTOMER WORKFLOW WITH A FORCED TIP PROMPT ATTACHED.
Simon has been found dead, reportedly from "suicide." RIP to Simon and to all whistleblowers who have died too young.
The truth about Lutnick will never die
why aren’t the robots working in the mines and oil fields and handling toxic chemicals or picking plastic out of the ocean? why are they writing emails and making powerpoint presentations? what the hell are we doing
A friend of mine told me she fell asleep during a tattoo and the male tattooist woke her up in a panic saying “hey if you’re not CONSCIOUS I can’t tattoo you”
BECAUSE IF SOMEONE IS UNCONSCIOUS YOU DO NOT TOUCH THEM.
No vax for HIV after 40 years of research...
No vax for cancer after more than 100 years of research...
No vax for the common cold since 1600 BCE...
Yet a virus mysteriously appears & within 12 months a 'vax' is found by 4 pharma companies all within 1 week...
"She was going to a frat house, she knew what she was going to get."
Oh yeah?
If that's what frat houses are for, close them all entirely, immediately.
I dropped my daughter off at a sleepover and went home to finish some work.
Around 11pm, she texted me: "Dad, did you feed the fish?"
We don't have a fish. That was our code.
"Fish" means:
"Come get me, don't ask questions here."
I grabbed my keys and drove straight over.
When I got there, I told the other parents she'd forgotten she had an early appointment tomorrow morning.
She grabbed her bag, thanked them, and got in the car.
On the way home, she told me what actually happened.
The girls had started passing around someone's older brother's Instagram messages, planning to prank call a boy from their grade and record his reaction to post online.
She didn't want to be there when it happened, and didn't want to explain that to a room full of girls who thought it was funny.
I told her: "You don't owe anyone an explanation for leaving," and she fell asleep in the car before we even got home.
Kids should always have a way out of a situation that doesn't feel right, no interrogation required, no story owed to anyone but the parent picking them up.
SORRY IF THIS OFFENDS SELF-CHECKOUT WORKERS, BUT I'M DONE...
I just scanned $140 worth of my own groceries, bagged them myself, and weighed my own produce.
Then the machine asked if I wanted to donate $2 to "help end hunger."
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
You eliminated 4 cashier jobs to boost corporate profit margins, made me do all the manual labor for free, and then asked ME for a tax write-off donation?
If you're making customers do the work, give us a 10% employee discount at checkout.
THAT'S NOT A COMMUNITY INITIATIVE, THAT'S CORPORATE SUBSIDY.
What happened to me is bigger than one artist or one stage. When the billionaire class can decide which voices are allowed on stage and which ones are too dangerous to hear, everyone should be paying attention.
So we're going on tour. All proceeds will benefit organizations supporting the Palestinian people and movement.
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