June 12th, 2026 marked the last day of operations for all company-owned On the Border restaurants. However, a handful of franchised locations will remain open. The year before, On the Border had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Officially, the death of On the Border was due to the chain’s increasing competition with the fast casual restaurant format. Restaurants such as Chipotle, Panera, and Cava all operate in this space, although there are many others. Likewise, as a dine-i

It’s thirty seven degrees tonight as I roll down Shawnee Mission Parkway in my blue 2017 Honda Fit. The windows are firmly shut and the heat is on, yet there are only five words on my mind at this moment: windows down weather mother fucker! It’s nearly midnight as I drive home from our work holiday office party. We’re technically optional hybrid, but we’re functionally 100% remote. I’m also the only person on my team in Kansas City. Likewise, you may be thinking that it doesn

It was an intense time for many at DST, as we’d just found out a company named SS&C out of Boston had acquired DST. Shortly after this, our manager, Mark, had informed us that he would be there until the transition was completed, and that he would then no longer be with DST. A woman named Debra would be our new helpdesk manager and she would be working remotely out of Boston most of the time. However, SS&C would fly Debra out to the DST Kansas City data center for one week ea