>much easier to find here than europe

lol not my experience at all and to go even farther private businesses in europe are way more likely to allow non-paying customers to use the restroom for a small fee. usually like 50cent or a euro.

in the states most businesses besides big box stores don't offer public restrooms.

the best tip I can give anyone besides libraries and museums is hotel lobbies. Especially in the city.

>What type of bs is this

This is the direct result of the restaurant industry guilting/bullying their customer base into compensating their employee's wages due to covid.

Sure, restaurants took a hit initially but for well over a year now it's been business as usual.

20% autograt for takeout is garbage 99.99% of the time... but especially if it's not disclosed when you order.

there's a large % of people on "both sides" that simply will never be happy with anything.

Here let me help.

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shoutout to shockoe valley bridge westbound

what a pleasure to drive recently... yesterday afternoon's All Star was the Gen X short haired karen in the left lane intentionally blocking half the right lane at the eastern end of the bridge to prevent people from zipper merging from the center lane. Lady almost caused like 3 accidents easy.

So excited to see whats in store today in the rain.

>This is one of the few times I've taken online reviews seriously,

I also think people tend to think, whether based in reality or not, that buffets are more prone to food safety issues... and at the very least food quality issues - maybe a touch of prejudice for some folks as well.

damn, appreciate the tip!

weird coincidence then. I got a reddit cares suicide message at the exact same time you posted and this was the only post/comment I had made on reddit in like 24 hours leading up to it.

plastic forks? aye karumba

What's up with Stuart's Fresh Catch right there at 360 and 64?

reminds me of cameron's. Experiences?

I did the same analysis and reached a similar conclusion but I also recognize there is inherently a bias in online reviews. Outside of people who routinely review restaurants online most people who have satisfactory experiences aren't running to make reviews whereas the likelihood someone would leave a bad review over a cold item in the buffet is far higher leading to potentially an overrepresentation of bad reviews.

Kinda why I started the thread.... in any event they're always a bit of a gamble.

I’ll settle for excessive water refills in lieu of the jello

Lol did you just send me a Reddit cares suicide outreach message?

Colonial Williamsburg right in the historic downtown by the college of William and Mary.

all the info you should need should be available on the Colonial Williamsburg website regarding events schedules

Not really but the grand illumination in Colonial Williamsburg is Dickensian in ways and worth the trip

Perhaps you noticed it’s suspended by cables?

It’s normal

Covid? That’s so 2021.

God damn if you’re gonna steak through the woods at night just do it on the dogwood Dell hiking/MTB trails

Place is full of noobs

yeah I agree with all of that

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From my perspective in the middle lane and a strict left-lane passer only that "loafer" would be a relative term. Unfortunately traffic volume doesn't always facilitate a left-lane for passing only and you do get traffic traveling at high rates of speed... it's not uncommon for the left lane to be going 80 in high volume traffic and there still one person 4 ft off someones bumper trying to go 90 creating a dangerous situation for everyone in the immediate vicinity. And since everyone is tailgating everyone there's not always room for everyone to be constantly getting over to the right because D-bag wants to go 90 instead of 83 with the rest of traffic.

so yeah, while people should get over to the right so others can pass on the left... people traveling in the left lane need to recognize that just because someone isn't getting over it doesn't give them the right to drive aggressively.

My personal opinion is that if someone is so hung up on people hanging in the left lane that person is probably a speeder, tailgater, and roadrager.

Even the article admits the only point of the law is to prevent those types of people from road raging, not that the act of "loafing" (again, often times at speeds greater than the legal speed limit) itself is dangerous or causes traffic.

"Murphy said left lane loafers are a major cause of road rage, which leads to unsafe passing maneuvers in the right lanes or tailgating or vengeful braking, which leads to collisions, which leads to more traffic jams. The American Automobile Association says 56 percent of fatal crashes are caused by aggressive driving.
“People get so frustrated that they can’t get around the slower driver, so they end up honking their horn, flashing their lights or tailgating, and the person in front slams on their brakes,” he said. “Or the faster driver has to pass on the right, then cuts back in front and slams on his brakes.”

The rampant tailgating and speeding occurring concurrently with one another on the interstates is pretty rough right now. Toss distractions like cell phones in the mix and it's not hard to see how something like this happens.

Protect yourself, give yourself space and time to react.

It's math and it can save your life.

edit to add: and to the impatient speeders out there riding people's asses because you need to go that extra 8 mph in the left lane on your 10 mile drive to save 45 seconds on your total trip - get bent

ahh, McCormick Place.... where dreams are made of /s

No, it's really not "bonkers" how we arrived here....

Personally, I'd rather go to HCA or Bons Secours than the VA in Southside, HBU? Even in places regularly thought of as having progressive healthcare systems (europe, mainly) not all hospitals are public entities... in England where the system is socialized, yes... in Germany and France where the system is universally guaranteed by the government the healthcare is administered privately.

And now practically the only people investing in healthcare, specifically in geographies most underserved, are private religious providers (also not new vs early 20th century)

https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/nhhc/nurses-institutions-caring/history-of-hospitals/

edit to add: did you send me a 'reddit cares' suicide risk alert? yikes

guy is a hero

Excited for Halloween to be over.