Posted on 11/26/2005 9:50:03 AM PST by smoothsailing
You think they keep a shi**y diners database somewhere ?
Not to mention it was very likely fabricated by some loony leftist Bush hater(s).
Well, it's entertaining to be sure, but remember anybody could enter anything. W has about 9 entries. Karl Rove is in there and they have a very unflattering description of him.
You don't know how true what you just is...you wanna know what the kid said to his Father at the Seder table? He said...to his Father..."WHY ARE YOU SO GAY? WHY ARE YOU SUCH A WIMP?" The kid was just being honest...he picked the wrong forum...and the wrong night to tell his Father the truth.
I mailed 20 dollars to Trish.
If you're eating at a busy restaurant, then yes, leaving something off a line-prepared item is a few steps more complex.
Your waiter doesn't make the salad - a salad line does, and your waiter has to specify that you want no croutons and the dressing on the side, instead of letting the salad line prepare the salad the way it appears on the menu (which is, I might add, the way the chef thinks it'll be best).
Then the salad line has to take those extra steps, and THEN your waiter has to remember that you had special orders and verify them.
An excellent history summation!
...word gets around.
Why should he have? One doesn't tip at fast-food restaurants. At least, not here in Houston.
Don't waste the tract. It is going straight in the trash with the used napkins.
One of the hazards of the trade I guess. Was the norm at the places I worked. Kind of like male decorators.
I do and I'm from Houston:') I often tell them to keep the change or driving off without it at the window. I leave a tip on the table for whoever comes behind me to wipe the table and sweep up the stuff the kids drop on the floor. They work just as hard as the kids at nice restaurants. Maybe harder. I worked at McDonalds one shift and quit when I was in my 20's. I'm a hard worker but ....
I'm not well off.
I have been in positions that without government help I would not have made it, I have been blessed the last 10 years, but am starting to struggle greatly again. When I'm struggling, I eat at home. If I go out to eat it's with the expectation that I will be able to tip appropriately, if I can't, I don't go out, period.
I understand "lavishly" is a relative term, but I still believe if you can't afford to tip what the service is worth (maybe not tip 50% for exceptional service, but at least 25%) then you shouldn't have gone out.....
Wow. So sad. The problem is, the kid will often try to either over-compensate, or give up completely.
And then the kid's future children will overcompensate in reaction, creating a cycle....and what is in some circles known as a 'generational curse.'
There is a bestselling book entitled Wild At Heart that deals with Biblical masculinity and manhood, there are also other books including one by James Dobson but I don't know the titles.
Sigh. Not getting through.
Not only that the IRS operates on an "assumed" tip and deduct from there paycheck on that assumption
I would be mortified to leave no tip or a crummy tip. But once, I went to a bar with a friend to have a couple of drinks. The waitress was extremely slow, and her attitude was very poor. The bar wasn't packed and neither my friend or I did anything to deserve being ignored. When we left I tipped exactly 2 cents. The waitress got snippy and walked after me and tried to belittle me. I told her to keep it because she had earned it.
So....where did Tipper get her name?
Yes, I have had to pay extra to my employer to cover the assumed taxes when things were slow. A paycheck for 0 or less than a dollar was the norm.
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