The CDC Would Still “Prefer” That Narcotic Pain Medication Not Be Prescribed

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I was in a restaurant in the Midwest a few years back. There was an empty section and I asked the server if I could sit there.

She said that she’d “prefer” that I not; I went and sat in that section. [Is this where I say, “I’m from New York”?]