7. Know how to calculate the tip. Ten percent of the total; double it; done. You did not have to major in math to know how this works. You are not dumb, but your Barbie-math-is-hard flailing is agonizing and has outstayed its welcome. Ten percent times two. Learn it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
There’s more, though. It’s good funny writing.<\/p>\n
This one made me laugh out loud:<\/p>\n
17. Have a real trash receptacle, real Kleenex, and, if you smoke, a real ashtray. No loose bags on the floor; no using a roll of toilet paper; no plates or empty soda cans. You are not a fierce warrior nomad of the Fratty Bubelatty tribe. Buy a wastebasket and grown-up paper products.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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