BOOMER UNCLE: "Nobody wants to work anymore."
ME: "The warehouse near me starts at $16 an hour."
BOOMER UNCLE: "Sounds fair."
ME: "Average rent here is $1,900."
BOOMER UNCLE: "People need roommates."
Funny how every solution involves workers sacrificing more.
Never employers paying more.
Just days after scientists found that bee venom can kill cancer cells, the Trump administration is set to close the nation’s primary bee research laboratory.
One of my very close (good friends) killed himself when he turned 40. He had a beautiful wife and a baby girl. He was an orthopedic surgeon. He was gentle and always kind. He shot himself in his home with a shotgun. His suicide note said he had no friends.
I think about him a lot. His wife. His daughter. I think about the kind of friend I was. I think about being his age and what life is like.
Check on someone today. You never know what they are dealing with.
RIP Eric. You are missed my friend.
I’m sorry.
I was closing out tabs last night.
Guy #1: Wearing a tailored suit, bill was $200. Snapped his fingers for service. Tipped $0 on a $200 tab.
Guy #2: Covered in drywall dust, looked exhausted. He ordered one beer, stacked his own empty glass, wiped the table with a napkin, and left a $20 bill on a $8 tab.
He looked me in the eye and said, "I know it's a long shift, man. Get home safe."
People who work hard for their money respect people who work hard for their money.
That’s the truth.