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Come On, Man; Don't Do That

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Daniel Lavery
Nov 08, 2019
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I’ve developed a reasonably-efficient process with service professionals and authority figures whenever I have to present my ID to fly or rent a car or check into a hotel or what have you — I hand it over without preface, the thought “Oh, okay,” travels visibly across their face, they hand it back a bit ashamedly, my internal organs flash a trifle hot, …

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