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Ordering a munchkin to get a free cold brew at dunkin

Dunkin Donuts app gives a “free cold brew with any purchase“ every few weeks. With a straight face use the coupon and order a munchkin.

@camron

Nov 23, 2023

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favorite gas station snack

You’re usually at your lowest or highest when you get food here. They have to get a little vulnerable with you

@reduced_junglefowl

Sep 7, 2024

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OVEREXPLAINED ORDERING FOOD

When you're not from NYC, there's a certain insecurity that never quite goes away. Like, “should I already know how to do this?” That was me, two years into living here, feeling semi-local at my bodega next door, but still quietly preparing in my head just to be sure. It was late. Post Model/Actriz concert. Starving. I’m with a friend and we stop at my spot for a chopped cheese, my small badge of assimilation. There’s a new guy working the grill, and he’s mid-smoothie prep, not acknowledging me at all. I’m not sure if he’s on break or just… busy? So I hover. Wait. Do the classic uncertain smile-stance. Eventually, I order. Minimal response. He starts cooking. Then, this older woman walks in and gently asks me what to order here. Me and my friend agree, chopped cheese, no doubt. She nods, curious. We chat a little. All is well. But then, after a few quiet minutes, she yells over from the counter asks, “How do you order it?” Instead of just saying “chopped cheese on a hero, everything, pickles” like a normal person I went into an exacting breakdown of how to order food and navigate the mysterious rhythms of bodega etiquette:n “Well, first, you wait. He’ll make eye contact when he’s ready. Then you state your intention clearly. Don’t rush him. Then say: chopped cheese, everything, pickles. Hero roll. But again, you have to wait for the signal.” I finish explaining and my friend goes: “I don’t think that’s what she meant.” She just wanted to know what I ordered, of course not the entire rite-of-passage for ordering food. We all laughed. She got her order. I got my sandwich. As a non-American it’s hilarious to me that I turned a simple question about what I ordered into a full-on lesson in bodega anthropology. Glad I was still helpful on her quest for the first chopped cheese.

@thomaspok

1d ago

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Going to the movies during the day

I love doing this, it’s wonderfully disorienting. Theres still so much day left afterwards it’s basically a whole new day, like an optical illusion, but of time.

@lilsolano

Jun 16, 2024

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apply to odd Part time jobs, choose the weirdest ones possible

I’ve done this every time I’ve found myself between full time jobs and it really makes the whole time better. You have a little money coming in and you can collect material for your future memoir. Some odd jobs from my past: Axe throwing coach Closet designer Lunch catering delivery Balloon bouquet maker Background extra i found them on big job boards like indeed and also Craigslist (Searching “part time” gets you less garbage results). If you hate it after you start you can just quit! Also if you like pets, signing up for dog walking or petsitting will keep you active and you get to hang out with pets.

@lilsolano

Apr 19, 2024

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Enduring little tortures

Shopping cart with a bad wheel. Sock slipping down your shoe. The day after you burn your tongue when it’s still all sensitive. An eye twitch. bad toilet paper (thin, scratchy). clothing tag that itches. Really strong static shock that makes you jump. getting perfume in your mouth.

@lilsolano

Apr 17, 2024