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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: zeitgeist on October 03, 2010, 04:02:47 PM
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We start with the verbose post of Wee Wee'd-up Willie the Pitiful who has yet to learn that brevity is the soul of wit ,here reproduced in its entirity for those who don't like rowing over to the island.
I won't even comment on this diatribe except to say Wee Wee'd Up Willie Pit teed one up and lots of folk (big blaze) took a swipe at it.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9245396
WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-03-10 05:00 AM
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A quick note to anyone who goes to bars, restaurants, etc.
Just got home from my night job, and wanted to share a thought...and a request.
Short back-story: I've been working for Truthout for almost ten years now, it's a non-profit organization, and we got creamed when the economy tanked. We rely 100% on donations to operate, and when the economic shit hit the trickle-down fan two Decembers ago, the donations pretty much evaporated completely. I volunteered to take a savage pay cut to help keep the place afloat, and in order to make ends meet, got a night job as a bouncer at a downtown bar. For the record, matters have improved, my salary has returned to almost what it was, but I've held on to the night job because the extra scratch is tremendously helpful, and because I actually enjoy the work (mostly).
Tonight was not enjoyable. We were packed-to-the-rooftop busy all night, thanks to a Red Sox double-header and a big convention across the street. Everyone I saw was either half in the bag or fully gone, I mean like staggering too-much-gravity-out-here blasted, and it falls to me to keep those people out. If someone has 15 beers at some other place, manages to get into my shop, has one beer, and then kills someone with their car, we are liable for that disaster because they got in...so I spent my night convincing shitfaced droolers that life was better elsewhere. It never got physical, but I got cussed out a few times, and one guy flicked a butt at my head when I bricked him at the door...and then ran away, of course.
None of this deals with my point, which is this: in the hierarchy of my bar, I am the lowest man on the totem pole. I am, in fact, the part of the pole that's underground; I have the simplest job in the joint - card people, roust drunks, bar drunks from entering, sweep butts off the sidewalk, haul trash and bottles out after closing, fill the bins with ice, etc. - but what I do is vital. If the bottom of the pole isn't stable, the pole falls over...so if I'm not on point and let drunk idiots in, there are fights and pools of vomit and a general mess.
But it's easy, compared to what the floor servers and bartenders have to do. We do drinks and food, so the servers and bartenders have to sling pints and plates all night. The kitchen is the size of two phone booths, so the cook is going at top speed in a closet all night, and thanks to the stoves, it tends to be 140 degrees in there. I take my door job very seriously for one reason: to make their lives easier, to keep them from having to deal with shitheads who shouldn't be there, but to let enough people in that they make their money. It's a tightrope act most of the time; tonight, for example, the double-header meant game 2 didn't start until 10pm and didn't let out until 1am, and thanks to the two games, the whole city had been drinking since noon.
We did OK, for the most part. The place was packed all night, there weren't any fights or idiocy, and the place made money. BUT...and this is a big BUT...but for whatever reason, this was one of those nights when people tipped a quarter every three beers, complained about everything when nothing was wrong, and gave the servers and bartenders no end of grief. The ones doing this weren't rag-ass students or starving artists, mind you; they were the suits with the gold cards in their wallets, and they were assholes because they could be.
There is a certain breed of cat who goes out to an establishment and enjoys giving the people working there a hard time, who short them on the tab and the tip, and who take apparently endless pleasure out of making someone miserable...again, because they can. Two of my servers ran their asses ragged tonight and barely had cab fare to show for it at the end of the night, and we were busy, so they should have done well, or at least better than they did. It sucks.
I have the easiest job in the place, and I consider it my duty to make the servers and bartenders lives easier...and it makes me want to maim and slaughter when they get screwed. People who work in the service industry - *especially* when there is booze involved - run a marathon every shift. They work so hard for $2.65 an hour plus tip, and it blows my mind how often they are disrespected, taken for granted, and ****ed over.
So, my point: when you go to a bar or a restaurant, treat your servers with respect. Tip them well. Don't take them for granted. If the rest of the industry is anything like my shop, the people working there are hanging on by their fingernails; the most stressful day at my place is the day before rent is due, because everyone needs to make their nut, and if they don't, if they get hosed on tips, it's an ugly scene.
Sorry for the long rant. It was a bust, but shitty, night. Treat your servers well. They work so goddam hard.
Dutiful primatives respond to the wail of Wee Wee'd Up Willie
thunder rising (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-03-10 05:11 AM
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3. Thank Bob Dole for that.
Bob Dole and his business friends had the task of eliminating the 3 martini lunch as a business expense; you know it's still there, just filed differently.
They say around and came to the conclusion that it wasn't the 3 martini lunch write-off it was those servers that weren't reporting their cash tips.
No shit. I've despised the Republicans since. I've had a step mother, girl friends and wives that served drinks and food. It's hard work. In those days ass-grabbing was just having fun.
Great tales or great Tail? Are pics available or what?
TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-03-10 06:16 AM
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15. us tip workers are getting CRUSHED in this shitty economy
And as a dancer, I don't even get that paltry $2.50 an hour but have to pay the club to work including mandatory payments to various club staff. These days it's a crap shoot whether or not you walk out at the end of a shift in the negative. These shitheaded cheap ass obnoxious customers have always been around, but since the economy hit the skids they're practically the only customers left at all. I can't count how many times I've had some jackass trying to slobber and grope me all over while at the same time bitching that he can't part with a measly dollar because "didn't I know the economy is really bad now?"
My next door neighbor works as a waitress in the diner up the street for nearly two years since she can't find another accounting job. Same thing with her... shitheaded rude customers she runs her ass off for despite their nastiness and then stiffs her with this same comment about the bad economy like it's some kind of an excuse!
Us tip workers have always had to deal with the scum of the earth in rudeness and cheapness, but with this economy in the past year or two suddenly nearly ALL the customers have gotten like this.
Jesus Mary Joseph and Fred! If you can't ****ing tip then stay the **** home!
I am so poor I can't pay attention.
Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-03-10 11:27 AM
Response to Reply #17
107. Is there a purpose or reason for you to mock the homeless?
Aside from just generally being an asshole, of course...
<insert bobo gobo here> Alert Bobo !!
And you just know this comment isn't going to end well.
cleveramerican (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-03-10 06:58 AM
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19. the amount of the tip should be and is DIRECTLY related to the service and the food
I am always respectful and curteous to waiters and clerks and cashiers.
but if the order gets screwed up or the food sucks or the service is slow,
It IS going to be reflected in the tip, Thats just the way it is.
Some portion of the public are complete pricks, and always will be.
If you want to know why I tipped 3%, ask me, I will tell you.
There is always a reason.
but if you get pissed I just may end up telling you;
YOU TOOK THE JOB, YOU KNEW THE PAY, SO LIVE WITH IT!
The other night some friends and I went out to a spot on main street
ordered, was served and enjoyed our meal.
I asked for the tab, she said okay...
AND DISAPPEARED FOR 30 MINUTES
I was so pissed I almost walked out without paying at all, It would have been soooo easy.
I couldn't believe they got the hard part right and COMPLETELY SCREWED UP THE EASIEST PART!
at this point NO TIP is inevitable.
Leaving me sitting there with no food or drinks left for 30 minutes is beyond the pale and there must be retribution
bingo right on cue
alphafemale (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-03-10 07:38 AM
Response to Reply #19
26. look keedohs!!!! An asshole!!!!
I bet he finds an excuse to stiff on the tip EVERYTIME he goes out! Don't you?
RETRIBUTION to the person that brought you your food!
RETRIBUTION there must be RETRIBUTION!!!!
It is all Boosh fault.
Codeine (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-03-10 11:19 AM
Response to Reply #96
100. Waitstaff take those jobs because - in case you haven't noticed -
the economic realities of the working class have been eating a dick for about three decades. It's not as though there are a dozen different job opportunities lined up waiting for most people.
WTF are you even doing at DU when you have such contempt for working men and women?
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Um Bawney Can I be Frank With You may have been eating dick but lets not go there.
back at ya
cleveramerican (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-03-10 11:38 AM
Response to Reply #100
120. you tip out of pity?
thats seems truly disrespectful of those hard working folks you claim to care so much about.
Someone, suit up a mole an tell Ca when you are in a hole stop digging!!
And just for chuckles we have this comment.
dem mba (700 posts) Sun Oct-03-10 10:33 AM
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62. all the comments are making me think of this
http://www.theonion.com/articles/10percent-tip-teaches-... /
10-Percent Tip Teaches Waitress Valuable Lesson
CONCORD, NH—After receiving "subpar" service and experiencing an unusually long wait for his $4.75 lunch at a local Beefside Family Restaurant Monday, customer Gus O'Connor opted to give waitress Carla Hyams a reduced 10 percent tip in an attempt to communicate his dissatisfaction and raise awareness of the areas in which he felt her performance was lacking.
/snip
Where does the Haughty John John Kerry live again? Beantown?
femrap (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-03-10 10:41 AM
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64. Will, if it's
The Suits w/ the Gold Card, can't you 'brick' them at the door? (Did I use the term correctly?)
Were The Suits the dudes from the convention across the street? The world has become a very mean and cruel place. I remember when The Suits liked to flash their cash and give big tips to 'the little people.' Now it has become this mean and cruel? Out of curiosity, are the servers mostly male or female?
Seriously, I would have a talk w/ management and see if there would be a way to get these people removed from the establishment....'Sorry dudes, but this table has been reserved for so-and-so at 9:00. Yes it is unfortunate for you, but time is money as you well know.'
I worked on commission for years...I know what it's like. I still have nightmares that it is the end of the month and I haven't sold a thing. And it was 100% commission.
My attitude is....if you can't afford to tip at least 15%, you stay home.
Your story reminds me of Cleveland, 1971 (yeah, I'm old). I lived there for one year during my senior year of high school. Whenever I went out, it seemed as if people enjoyed giving others crap. It was like entertainment to them. It was 'fun' to them. I just didn't get it. I'd like to go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but it's in Cleveland...I just can't do it. Then when I went to college the next year, I met all kinds of cool kids from Cleveland...weird, huh?
Sorry for the ramble.
There is lots and lot more at the link. A regular liberal laugh riot of BS and inbeded bouncies abound. Enjoy the liberal hypocrisy at its finest. Like they tip. I have worked the service trade in a liberal town. :bs: :bs: :bs: Libs tip for shit in general.
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I was a server in my younger years and never had any problems getting tips.
Quit your bitching and find a new job. There ARE jobs out there despite the shitty economy. You just have to be less lazy to find them.
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Imagine that, Americans doing shitty jobs they don't like for low pay....you illegal aliens can go home now.
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the recession is over. the flaccid obamagastic stimulus fixed it. everything is fine. quit your bitching.
and, for the record, I tip so heavy that I could just about claim my bartender as a dependent on my income taxes. :cheersmate:
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At restaurants I tip between 20-30%.
What's the general rule for tipping the pizza delivery person? I usually give them 3 or 4 bucks.
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Imagine that, Americans doing shitty jobs they don't like for low pay....you illegal aliens can go home now.
+1
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My tipping is ALWAYS a reflection of the service I received. I don't hold the waitstaff responsible for the kitchen's foul ups, I do, however score according to how they deal with the issue...
When no tip is called for, I make sure to leave a few pennies, lest they comfort themselves with the thought that I forgot to leave a tip. I thought about it, and decided your shitty service demanded a 3 cent tip
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At restaurants I tip between 20-30%.
What's the general rule for tipping the pizza delivery person? I usually give them 3 or 4 bucks.
I'm the same way, though it's based on the service I've received. A couple times when I've been by myself, I've tipped up to 50% on incredible service. I usually tip my pizza guy about 3-4 bucks as well.
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At restaurants I tip between 20-30%.
What's the general rule for tipping the pizza delivery person? I usually give them 3 or 4 bucks.
Its sometimes figured into the price when it's delivered but I would say 20% is good enough unless its really late or the order is somehow wrong.
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the recession is over. the flaccid obamagastic stimulus fixed it. everything is fine. quit your bitching.
and, for the record, I tip so heavy that I could just about claim my bartender as a dependent on my income taxes. :cheersmate:
H5!! :hi5:
The bumbler fixed the economy. Did they not get the memo? Just ask that clown that he picked as a Vice-President. ::) ::) I tip 15% all the time. Unless the service was crappy, then the tip will be crappy as well. :hyper:
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Tipping isn't really done so much over here. Given the minimum wage for that sort of work is in excess of $12 / hr.
I still drop something in the jar if it's a good meal and good service.
While in the US I tipped between 15 and 25% depending on the quality of the food and attitude of the server.
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-03-10 06:16 AM
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15. us tip workers are getting CRUSHED in this shitty economy
And as a dancer, I don't even get that paltry $2.50 an hour but have to pay the club to work including mandatory payments to various club staff. These days it's a crap shoot whether or not you walk out at the end of a shift in the negative. These shitheaded cheap ass obnoxious customers have always been around, but since the economy hit the skids they're practically the only customers left at all. I can't count how many times I've had some jackass trying to slobber and grope me all over while at the same time bitching that he can't part with a measly dollar because "didn't I know the economy is really bad now?"
It has nothing to do with the economy. Most guys don't like to see women that stink of BO and patchouli and have more body hair than Chewbacca.
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the stripper is bitching about the economy? heavens. it's hard to fail as a stripper. money literally jumps out of the wallets of drunk guys when they get around nekkid wimmins.
but just judging from her attitude, I would rather get a lap dance from a lawn mower.
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the stripper is bitching about the economy? heavens. it's hard to fail as a stripper. money literally jumps out of the wallets of drunk guys when they get around nekkid wimmins.
but just judging from her attitude, I would rather get a lap dance from a lawn mower.
:rotf: :lmao:
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It has nothing to do with the economy. Most guys don't like to see women that stink of BO and patchouli and have more body hair than Chewbacca.
So that's her problem....they can't put $$$ in a G-string they can't find for all the hair.
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I was going to call BS on Pittstains $2.65 an hour claim for wait staff because here I know it's $4.23 an hour. BUT to be sure I looked up the list for states to be sure. His employer is being generous rounding up.
The thing I found interesting is the underlined. I didn't see any other states on a quick review with a special ag rate and none had anything that low.
Massachusetts $8.00[21] $2.63 for service (tipped) employees, $1.60 for agricultural employees.
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I was going to call BS on Pittstains $2.65 an hour claim for wait staff because here I know it's $4.23 an hour. BUT to be sure I looked up the list for states to be sure. His employer is being generous rounding up.
The thing I found interesting is the underlined. I didn't see any other states on a quick review with a special ag rate and none had anything that low.
Massachusetts $8.00[21] $2.63 for service (tipped) employees, $1.60 for agricultural employees.
poor guy. he hasn't been the same since the brick thing.
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Massachusetts $8.00[21] $2.63 for service (tipped) employees, $1.60 for agricultural employees.
That's because the liberals there want low prices on their foods bought at farmer's markets and they don't want the illegal aliens making enough to actually live in the state.
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I was going to call BS on Pittstains $2.65 an hour claim for wait staff because here I know it's $4.23 an hour. BUT to be sure I looked up the list for states to be sure. His employer is being generous rounding up.
The thing I found interesting is the underlined. I didn't see any other states on a quick review with a special ag rate and none had anything that low.
Massachusetts $8.00[21] $2.63 for service (tipped) employees, $1.60 for agricultural employees.
Well I'm glad to know what a blue state considers a "living wage". It's no wonder I could never get a straight answer of what a living wage was from a damn liberal.....cheap bastards.
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Codeine Donating Member (1000+ posts)
Sun Oct-03-10 10:11 AM
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54. +1 Not tipping is a weak and small-minded power trip; nothing more.
A way for self-important douchenozzles to make someone else as miserable as they are -- petty, pathetic little simpletons.
Sounds like Regressivism doesn't it? make everyone equally miserable.
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We always double the bill. For instance, if the bill is $50 (including tax) we will leave a $10 tip, $25.00 a $5.00 tip, etc. I don't think I have ever stiffed a waiter but some of them have deserved it. Sometimes I add a little more if they have been exceptionally good.
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I was a server in my younger years and never had any problems getting tips.
Quit your bitching and find a new job. There ARE jobs out there despite the shitty economy. You just have to be less lazy to find them.
You got good tips because you were nice and have great teh boobiez.
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I always tip around 20 percent unless the "server" is a complete ass and then I just ask for the manager. Of course I tend to go to the same 4 or 5 places so I get pretty well known as a decent tipper and usually get good service. I do make allowances if the place is busy and having worked in the business I can usually tell if they are short handed.
Years ago one time I even tipped a kid that slipped/tripped and dumped my prime rib in my lap. I thought the poor kid was gonna cry. I gave him 25 percent. I was nice about the whole thing because it wasn't his fault (organic waste matter happens sometimes) and I got one VERY large replacement prime rib. Poor kid was there when my drink got less than 3/4 full. From that day forward I always got great service and large prime rib right up until the owner died and the place closed.
I always try to treat people the way I want to be treated and it usually works.
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Wait a second now. I just thought of something... isn't the PittStain a trust fund kid? Why is he working? Did he get cut off?
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My tipping is ALWAYS a reflection of the service I received. I don't hold the waitstaff responsible for the kitchen's foul ups, I do, however score according to how they deal with the issue...
When no tip is called for, I make sure to leave a few pennies, lest they comfort themselves with the thought that I forgot to leave a tip. I thought about it, and decided your shitty service demanded a 3 cent tip
Leaving a penny tip has been a sign of poor service for many decades. Heehee, you tripled it! :hi5: :cheersmate:
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I always tip around 20 percent unless the "server" is a complete ass and then I just ask for the manager. Of course I tend to go to the same 4 or 5 places so I get pretty well known as a decent tipper and usually get good service. I do make allowances if the place is busy and having worked in the business I can usually tell if they are short handed.
Years ago one time I even tipped a kid that slipped/tripped and dumped my prime rib in my lap. I thought the poor kid was gonna cry. I gave him 25 percent. I was nice about the whole thing because it wasn't his fault (organic waste matter happens sometimes) and I got one VERY large replacement prime rib. Poor kid was there when my drink got less than 3/4 full. From that day forward I always got great service and large prime rib right up until the owner died and the place closed.
I always try to treat people the way I want to be treated and it usually works.
Yup, I agree.
What a great laugh-out-loud prime rib story picture you posted :lmao: :tongue:
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I always tip 20 and if the service has been great 30 to 40. Once this server was just amazing she was given a 50 tip I think she was going to cry but after being a server myself I could tell she was having a rough day she needed it
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Hubby and I are easy to wait on, we always say please and thank you, and I tip minimum 20%. The only thing I need to take issue with though are the DU comments that say "if you don't have enough for the tip than don't go out to eat", I'm taking issue with that because if people actually took that advice how many businesses would go out of business? how many people would lose their jobs?
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I typically leave a 20% tip. However, that's all based on service, the food temp, etc. I don't usually ding the waitstaff for the quality of the food because they're not the cook. If I get a terrible waiter/ waitress, then I tip accordingly. I had one waitress leave our food sitting in the window for 15 mins (I timed it). When the food arrived, it was cold. Needless to say not only did she not get much of a tip, but also a complaint to the manager. There are times when the waitstaff can be too "aggressive" by coming by too often. Keep my drink filled, address any problems and let me enjoy our meal. It's really pretty simple.
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It still makes me giggle that Pitt is a bouncer.
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My minimum tip is 20%. You have to really hose up to get less than that. But, I will pay more, if the service warrants it.
Seems everyone who has posted on this thread starts at 20% as well. Wonder where all those low-tip people are???? Perhaps on DU?
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My minimum tip is 20%. You have to really hose up to get less than that. But, I will pay more, if the service warrants it.
Seems everyone who has posted on this thread starts at 20% as well. Wonder where all those low-tip people are???? Perhaps on DU?
You know, I can't imagine anybody on this site not giving a well-deserved tip. I, like most people here, have had friends and family that worked as servers, so I respect that it is a difficult job, and the idea of not giving a tip just seems ridiculous, unless there is some sort of really ridiculous issue.
I start around 20% as well, and I get so embarrassed if I'm out with a group and somebody doesn't want to tip decently. I've been known to toss a few extra dollars down just so that the server doesn't get shorted.
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It still makes me giggle that Pitt is a bouncer.
Free booze!
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You know, I can't imagine anybody on this site not giving a well-deserved tip. I, like most people here, have had friends and family that worked as servers, so I respect that it is a difficult job, and the idea of not giving a tip just seems ridiculous, unless there is some sort of really ridiculous issue.
I start around 20% as well, and I get so embarrassed if I'm out with a group and somebody doesn't want to tip decently. I've been known to toss a few extra dollars down just so that the server doesn't get shorted.
I do the same thing. :cheersmate:
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20% tops. I'm going there to eat, not demonstrate my indifference to the price of the food or hand out silver rings like a Saxon king. But even if the service is weak, I'll leave a buck at least. They have to go out of their way being bad to get completely stiffed.
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That's because the liberals there want low prices on their foods bought at farmer's markets and they don't want the illegal aliens making enough to actually live in the state.
Oh, they live there alright--and get more in "gimmes" than I thought humanly possible. In MA they give up to $700 a WEEK in unemployment. Why the hell would I go to work if I could pull that kind of bank for sitting on my ass?
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You know, I can't imagine anybody on this site not giving a well-deserved tip. I, like most people here, have had friends and family that worked as servers, so I respect that it is a difficult job, and the idea of not giving a tip just seems ridiculous, unless there is some sort of really ridiculous issue.
I start around 20% as well, and I get so embarrassed if I'm out with a group and somebody doesn't want to tip decently. I've been known to toss a few extra dollars down just so that the server doesn't get shorted.
Same here--but then again, they're the same people who wonder why large groups of 6-8 or more have the gratuity automatically tacked on. Happy Hour beers at my local watering hole are $2.25, and I'll give them the $3. Regular price is $3.50, and I give them the buck, sometimes the $1.50. I don't remember the last time I tipped less than 20 percent in a restaurant.
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It still makes me giggle that Pitt is a bouncer.
No kidding! Is his bouncing method to take problem customers, talk them into a stupor, and then they throw themselves out?
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No kidding! Is his bouncing method to take problem customers, talk them into a stupor, and then they throw themselves out?
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Maybe it takes him 24 business hours to kick them out? Maybe he makes them read one of his "works"? I'd be out like a shot.
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Wait a second now. I just thought of something... isn't the PittStain a trust fund kid? Why is he working? Did he get cut off?
Yeah, that's what's confusing about the Bostonian Drunkard's situation.
There was a primitive, now banished from Skins's island, who researched the Bostonian Drunkard, finding that the Bostonian Drunkard's maternal grandfather, an attorney in Boston with lots and lots of prime real-estate, had left a rather, uh, substantial trust fund for his grandson.
However, unsure about the noble qualities, if any, of the Bostonian Drunkard, grand-dad put some conditions on that trust. The conditions weren't uncovered, but usually if one is worried an heir might wastefully dissipate funds, one attaches conditions such as no payment until the heir is well into adulthood, or the heir gets married, things like that.
Well, the Bostonian Drunkard is at the moment a razor's edge from 40 years of age, and of course got married last year.
Apparently generous grand-dad imposed conditions even more onerous than that.
Perhaps the Bostonian Drunkard has to wait until his maternal ancestress dies, to get the money.
In which case one sincerely wishes the 64-year-old "Raven" primitive many, many, many more decades of life.
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Same here--but then again, they're the same people who wonder why large groups of 6-8 or more have the gratuity automatically tacked on. Happy Hour beers at my local watering hole are $2.25, and I'll give them the $3. Regular price is $3.50, and I give them the buck, sometimes the $1.50. I don't remember the last time I tipped less than 20 percent in a restaurant.
Wow! That's expensive beer. My local watering hole in the wall charges $1.75 all the time and that's for Michelob. (no imports). I usually give them the quarter and for every 4 beers I give them another dollar. They even give me the remote to the TV. :beer:
Yeah, that's what's confusing about the Bostonian Drunkard's situation.
There was a primitive, now banished from Skins's island, who researched the Bostonian Drunkard, finding that the Bostonian Drunkard's maternal grandfather, an attorney in Boston with lots and lots of prime real-estate, had left a rather, uh, substantial trust fund for his grandson.
However, unsure about the noble qualities, if any, of the Bostonian Drunkard, grand-dad put some conditions on that trust. The conditions weren't uncovered, but usually if one is worried an heir might wastefully dissipate funds, one attaches conditions such as no payment until the heir is well into adulthood, or the heir gets married, things like that.
Well, the Bostonian Drunkard is at the moment a razor's edge from 40 years of age, and of course got married last year.
Apparently generous grand-dad imposed conditions even more onerous than that.
Perhaps the Bostonian Drunkard has to wait until his maternal ancestress dies, to get the money.
In which case one sincerely wishes the 64-year-old "Raven" primitive many, many, many more decades of life.
Wish I had a granddad like that. My granddad told me none of the grand kids was getting any of his money. They had better damn well earn it like he did or they could starve. When I graduated college he did give me a jug of his best moonshine and told me to go out and get drunk... and then get a better job than the one I had. That was potent moonshine too. We was all hung over for 3 days.