Well, e_white was being serious which sucks because the shit they said is just not true about adults living with their parents forever. Lol I don’t know where that came from

Yes … if only the kind sister and brother team who staff our town’s only general store would stop feeling entitled to rest and having one day off a week. It would be so much more convenient for the tourists if they put our visitors’ needs first and were open 7 days a week - even better - 24 hours a day!

If my friend that owns the historic tavern and restaurant would build an addition to increase the seating capacity of his dining room there would be more space to feed the tourists. If he would hire an experienced HR professional to deal with visa issues he could explore shipping in seasonal waitstaff from eastern EU or perhaps Jamaica?

Guys, we have to stop putting our needs and the needs of our family, friends and neighbors ahead of those who want to visit us. Insane inflation, housing and labor shortages, severe weather challenges, and a lingering pandemic be damned.

Have I understood the assignment?

Yeah I had to read it again. This was the first thing I read when I woke up so I wasn’t fully awake yet. I get it now haha!

Nah, I felt the same. This isn’t even entertaining enough to finish once you hit the “I don’t tip” line.

I think we need to flair shitposts at this point, so I can sift through what is worth actually reading.

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Satire, coyote, satire.

Mine went out a couple of times but no longer than 30 minutes. I'm much happier with Fidium than the crap Charter is selling

The state has a relocation incentive program that pays young professionals up to $7500 to either come to VT for work or to move to VT with a remote job. That program has received applications for more money than it has to offer. So your understanding is simply untrue. There are a lot of young professionals moving into the state to make up for the folks who leave. That’s why the population of VT remains largely unchanged.

I hate the climate change crisis 🥺🥺🥺

Guys this was sarcasm born from the a-hole post from yesterday. (right?)

HAAAAA! now I see it. I was half awake when I originally read it. Nice one OP. Too bad it was a whoooosh for me the first read… my bad, my bad. Was this in reference to the icecoast post? Lol

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Good riff on that entitled assholes post from yesterday. True satire.

Muddy enough around here I wouldn’t try that myself.

The assumptions you’re making here are insanely untrue and kinda insulting to be honest. Don’t know where you’re getting this nonsense from, but every 30 something I know lives on their own and has a kid or two of their own too.

i know right? this warm weather sucks!

the inferno deluge is nigh XD 2030 here we come, baby!

Get ticks!

“You don’t have to tip in restaurants”??!!! In the US you should always tip servers and bartenders. I’m not gonna go into the whole tipping debate with anyone because I’m so sick of it, but it’s always been customary to tip in restaurants in the US.

>A lot of the ones who stay are turning into anti work type and live with their parents forever.

I cant really blame them in a lot of ways. The private sector broke the social contract every chance it has ever gotten. Every protection and social safety program had to fought for often years or decades in the making... and then defended because they are still demonized and threatened all the time.

Business owners are not due workers to chase THEIR profiteering dreams. If the pay and benefits are not there, dont expect the people to be.

I live in the Poconos but really like Vermont as well.

Lifelong Pennsylvanian coming from a similarly touristy resort area that's only 2 hours from NYC I think it might have do with a combo of locals increasingly being priced out of decent housing by out-of-state investors wanting to set up annoying loud party-house airbnbs or their little vacation getaway. It just plain makes life harder to get by for regular folks working service-sextorcjobs.

Then there's the general rudeness of a lot of tourists and recent out-of-state move-ins . The fatigue factor is real dealing with those guys.

I don't think longtime Vermonters are entitled (I always found them to be good people) they're generally nice but perhaps just tired if they feel anything like us here in the Poconos.

Finally, I really don't expect to be treated like royalty when I vacation. I keep in mind that I'm in somebody else's hometown and that I'm the guest. No one owes me anything for that.

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Burlington Telecom is great if you can get it. Super fast. I've kept Xfinity for cable Tv because my wife doesn't want to cut the cord. But for internet it beats Comcast. And so fa no complaints about service