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...
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...
I am a very good driver! I had to do a double-take when I saw it—a dog sitting proudly in the driver’s seat of a parked truck, paws resting on the steering wheel like he’d just finished parallel parking with the precision of a seasoned trucker. His expression was a...
I really hope this comes with a detailed assembly guide.
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...
Parking spot in front of Baskin Robbins 31 Flavors ice cream parlor. Parking spot in front of Baskin Robbins 31 Flavors ice cream parlor.
With a tricked out ride like this, keeping safe is your number one concern. There it was, under the glow of a flickering streetlight, a bright red children’s tricycle chained to a light post with a heavy-duty chain that looked like it had been borrowed from a...
Yeah, I'll bet they look just like the images on the box when finished. Believe!
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”...
I wonder if they know any Window & Glass companies. There’s something poetically tragic about driving past a window-glass company and seeing several of their own windows broken, like a hairdresser with a bad haircut or a gym instructor out of breath after climbing...
Creative use of straw holder. There’s something delightfully ironic about walking up to a straw dispenser only to find that someone, in a burst of misplaced creativity, has loaded the straws horizontally so they stick straight out the top like they’re auditioning for...
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...