Things have changed and I don't have the spoons to deal with the well-meaning but outdated advice.

Good advice. As for the ramp, when it is brought up again you can just say you aren't dealing with it before closing and put off discussion.

We've never used a lawyer, except in NY when I bought the Otter Lake place. But I was in Florida using my sister with power of attorney so I didn't even know it was required up there. All other times it is a combo of the realtor and bank doing all the paperwork stuff.

Congrats on the condo Hil. Hopefully the ramp can be resolved easily.

After not hearing anything from other stores about open positions I've been job searching. I've applied to several office jobs although I need to write cover letters for a few others. And my HR manager told me he heard from the Greenville store and they have an opening. Turns out it's a supervisory opening for the shoe dept. It sounds like what I am doing now except on a larger scale and with the title and pay (I assume) to go with it. I ended up doing an impromptu phone interview today and I'm going Sat to interview with the store manager. They have several people in that department who have applied so I may not get it but they have a full time position that became available today.

I'm nervous and excited. I also don't want to stop looking for office job so if I get this and then something else comes up that would be awkward but I'll go with it.

Where did beekaytee's posts go?

She deleted, but her post in Press is still there. Mystery.

Come back beekaytee!

I'm afraid my anxiety meds are losing their oomph. Or maybe a long cold winter with health stress is just dragging on me. It'll be lighter when I leave work soon, and creeping warmer(ish). I wonder if SAD is something you can acquire.

Question -- is the phrase "Tipping is not a city in China" (referring to tipping a server in a restaurant) offensive/culturally insensitive? It is currently a matter of debate amongst some friends. I have an opinion, but am trying to ask the question in a neutral manner.

Sort of like "denial isn't just a river in Egypt"? Only there's not a near-miss homophone, which makes it pretty "ching-chong-ding-dong" in my book, and best avoided.

Like, if you're gonna make a pun, make an actual pun. But it should be based on a real word, English or not.

I solicited Biyi's opinion on this question. She doesn't find it offensive, but did raise a bit of an eyebrow at it. (For what it's worth, both 'ti' and 'ping' are valid syllables in Mandarin, but I don't think there's even any word in Chinese that combines them.)

I've never heard that phrase before, but if there isn't a Tipping, China, I'm going lean on "sounds racist and even if it's not there's a better way to say whatever it is you're trying to get across"