
There Is No Tiger Tee
"MAN IS NOT WORRIED BY REAL PROBLEMS SO MUCH AS BY HIS IMAGINED ANXIETIES ABOUT REAL PROBLEMS." —EPICTETUS A businessman on a trip to Chicago was having trouble sleeping one night. He botched an important client presentation in front of his bosses earlier that day and wasn't sure if he would still have a job the next morning. Even though it was late in the night, he got dressed and went down to the hotel bar. The only other person there was a tough-looking Polish bartender with a thick accent smoking a cigarette. "Can I have a gin a tonic please?" asked the businessman. The bartender took a long drag of her cigarette and replied, "Yes, you could have something dull, unremarkable... or you could have the best vodka you've ever had... up to you." "Sure, yeah, I'll have the vodka..." She reached deep under the bar and pulled out a bottle of Polish vodka, poured him a shot and one for herself. As she was pouring, the businessman noticed a phrase tattooed on her hand. This was before t