McDonald’s, like seemingly every other fast-food chain, has a secret menu. These are items created by customers which become popular enough the many crew members know what people are asking for. In some cases, you Read more…
Sometimes plans get shared for Las Vegas Strip resorts, casinos, restaurants, and retail stores that never actually come to be. It’s challenging to build in Las Vegas — it is a desert that has few Read more…
Key takeaway: An entry-level job is the lowest-level position in a given discipline, company, or industry. In other words, it’s the first step in a particular career path. Fast Facts: While some entry-level positions don’t Read more…
For decades, Carnival and Royal Caribbean have pushed the size of cruise ships ever bigger. That has, in some ways, made the cruise ship, not the ports it sails to, the destination. It’s a Read more…
Cruise ships have different rules than land-based hotels and entertainment venues. Some of those rules are practical. You can’t, for example, light a candle in your cabin. On land, a candle may help set a Read more…
Covid devastated malls and mall-based retailers. It wasn’t just that shopping centers had to close for periods or that they operated for months under social-distancing rules. Instead, the biggest factor may have been that people’s Read more…
Southwest Airlines has built its new advertising campaign around some of its core offerings that differentiate it from its rivals. The ads focus on how the airline does not charge for checked bags, and that Read more…
It’s phones, y’all. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge At any given time, there are between five and eight phones on my desk. And by “my desk,” I mean any combination of tables Read more…
The radio comedian Fred Allen once expressed his disdain for television by declaring, “They call it a medium because nothing is well done.” But that was a long time ago. TV has moved on from Read more…
As the United States continues its push to incorporate more electric vehicles on the road, a big question that remains is what will happen to gas prices as more EVs come to market. Patrick De Read more…