Throwing cheese at live performers, making TikToks in the middle of a movie, melting down on airplanes: Our culture of bad behavior goes beyond pandemic aftereffects.

Not reasonable, perhaps, but theoretically understandable. The escalating price of just about everything implies an increase in value that, in most cases, is not delivered. So some folks simply create their own perks — giving vent to rage or breaking traditional rules of social conduct (i.e., doing whatever the hell they want.)

If you feel you are paying VIP prices, you may well expect to be treated like a VIP.

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    10 months ago

    Yeah, I wasn't getting paid enough to deal with it, so I just locked the bathroom, tied off the door leading to it with a garbage bag (that door didn't have a lock on it) and left a sign saying "Biohazard: Do Not Enter"

    Since I was acting manager at the time, I just called a cleaning company and paid them with the store account

    Wasn't gonna foist that off on the two teenagers working the floor that day