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He complained in restaurants. Then he died.

Dateline: 2019. My last paycheck gig, before I apparently became a card-carrying member of 'the great resignation.' Groovy startup tech, 3 employees in USA, one in his 40s, two in their 20s. All co-founders. DC HQ. I went there a few times. Humid, crowded & expensive.  I could write at length about that year but shan't. Rather, just one aspect, for now. The older fella had a high maintenance / diva / annoying AF behavior when eating out. Specifically, he complained about pretty much everything. The table location in particular, but other random stuff. Two key examples.  Diva bullshit #1 My 1st visit to HQ, we 4 went out to din din at a fancy expensive joint. Place was packed. We had reservations. We were seated. All was good. No problem, right? Well, not to the diva. Because there was foot traffic near our table. There's foot traffic next to every table. It's a packed restaurant. But he went up to the host stand and said something to the effect of 'we can

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College job: Alzheimer's unit

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Why do grownups listen to Def Leppard?

How I became a 10 year old pothead

Pink Floyd met Wizard of Oz. I was there.

Cyclist crashes into me whilst spewing a safety lecture

How I went from broke to living in a $10 million dollar mansion

That one time I was almost cancelled

The single worst week of all time

It's not a party until someone gets stabbed

That time I toured the women's prison high as a kite