The guilt of hitting “No tip” on a screen while the employee watches you is one of the most uniquely American experiences of the last five years. It sometimes feels like those screens were designed to make saying no uncomfortable.
A good rule is to never take out your phone to show someone a thing you’re talking about.
No matter what it is, it will ruin the convo 100% of the time.
You should look back on your embarrassing past selves with an urge to wrap them up in the most comforting hug imaginable, not with condescending resentment
Not sure how to articulate this exactly but there’s a certain tendency with some people where they won’t speak about anything substantive when you talk to them, and the conversation is entirely like a perpetual “bit”. I don’t know how to relate in that way it’s so exhausting.