There’s nothing quite like boarding an escalator at the airport, luggage in tow, only to notice that the advertisement running down the side features a giant airplane pointing nose-first toward the ground. Talk about confidence-inspiring travel marketing. Is this some...
You know who you are! There’s nothing quite like walking into a pharmacy and seeing a bright, cheerful sign welcoming you to the “Healthcare Essentials”—only to find a bowl of cookies sitting smugly between vitamins and painkillers. You came in expecting Band-Aids and...
As I stare at the blank wall-mounted “Evacuation Map” in our office building, I can’t help but wonder if it’s less of a safety tool and more of an existential statement. There it is, framed in glossy plastic, with no arrows, no floor plans, not even a “You Are Here”...
From a restaurant at JFK Airport. Ah, nothing like a bit of class-based irony to spice up your layover at JFK Airport. As one stumbles across a sign outside a restaurant that reads, “Seating for Upper-Crust Customers Only,” and suddenly, your economy-class ticket felt...
Nothing screams bureaucratic confusion quite like a parking sign that reads, “No Parking: Motor Vehicles Excepted.” It’s the kind of statement that could send a philosophy major into a spiral. So… motor vehicles aren’t allowed to park—except, wait, they are? Is this...
Sometimes you just forget your kids names!?!
Closed for Lunch
Right out of Dr. Spock's book.
How do you get the receipt then?
