I am admittedly no economics aficionado but I really don't get why it's now my problem to make sure that the server can pay their rent. Their job should ensure that, isn't that the whole point of getting a job? I always tip because I had many, many friends in college who were servers and they bitched constantly about bad tips. I just don't want to feel like the world's worst person if I don't leave a great tip because the service was relatively poor (which it is, half the time). I get that it's complicated, really but it's the principal of the thing. Your salary should ensure a certain quality of life. If it doesn't something is wrong.
I've worked in restaurants since I was 16 up until I found out I was pregnant this year (24). I've been a hostess, server, bartender and manager. Because of this I could NEVER not tip a server. No matter what. Everyone has off days where you keep making mistakes. If they are still kind and clearly trying they are getting %25. Superb service usually better. If they like the personality and do their job then they are still getting %20. If they are clearly rude and not doing a good job then I might give %15. I remember when I would have an off night and feel like I'm getting crappy tips all around, it just would keep dragging me down and making things worse. Then I would get a good tip and it would perk me right up. I always remembered the good tippers and definitely never forgot the bad tippers.
Also, if the service and food was bad, then ask to speak to a manager. Give people the chance to fix things before you dock the tip.
As far as my UO goes, I can't even remember now. Ugh.
I am admittedly no economics aficionado but I really don't get why it's now my problem to make sure that the server can pay their rent. Their job should ensure that, isn't that the whole point of getting a job? I always tip because I had many, many friends in college who were servers and they bitched constantly about bad tips. I just don't want to feel like the world's worst person if I don't leave a great tip because the service was relatively poor (which it is, half the time). I get that it's complicated, really but it's the principal of the thing. Your salary should ensure a certain quality of life. If it doesn't something is wrong.
I don't know you from a hole in the wall but have you ever thought that maybe you get bad service because you aren't a good customer. As someone who worked as a server it can be really hard to be nice to a table that isn't nice to you. Even if it is their job servers are people with feelings too and when you treat them like they are beneath you because they are serving you, it can make it hard to give good service.
I am admittedly no economics aficionado but I really don't get why it's now my problem to make sure that the server can pay their rent. Their job should ensure that, isn't that the whole point of getting a job? I always tip because I had many, many friends in college who were servers and they bitched constantly about bad tips. I just don't want to feel like the world's worst person if I don't leave a great tip because the service was relatively poor (which it is, half the time). I get that it's complicated, really but it's the principal of the thing. Your salary should ensure a certain quality of life. If it doesn't something is wrong.
I don't know you from a hole in the wall but have you ever thought that maybe you get bad service because you aren't a good customer. As someone who worked as a server it can be really hard to be nice to a table that isn't nice to you. Even if it is their job servers are people with feelings too and when you treat them like they are beneath you because they are serving you, it can make it hard to give good service.
Oh, I totally agree. You should always be respectful and kind to the servers. I just think they should be paid better is my only point.
My UO: Starbucks. Not a fan. Every now and then, sure, I'll get a strawberries and cream frap or maybe even a caramel one. But their coffee is horrible. And it is WAY too overpriced. I will never go out just for Starbucks. I have it maybe 2-3 times a year. I'm more of a Dunkin donuts gal or caribou coffee. Friggen love caribou. Not one in my area anymore, but they are much, much better than Starbucks.
Double chocolaty chip frappucino, tho.
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So I was a waitress for 3 years. I am very picky about tipping. If you can't do your job and the food wasn't great, I don't tip. If the food was great and so was service I will tip good. I base it all on service and food, I don't care if you don't get paid enough, you took the job knowing that. Take pride in your job and it will be rewarded.
You will actually not tip a server because your food 'wasn't great'? How does your server have any impact on the quality of the food?
Some large restaurants on the east coast are actually doing away with tipping and, in turn, raising their food prices so they can pay their employees more. There is no line for gratuity on the receipt, but you can leave cash at the table for exceptional service. I love this model, because I'm also of the opinion that if you can't afford to tip, you shouldn't be going out to a sit-down restaurant.
ETA - my UO is that while I love chocolate and I love peanut butter, I hate the combo.
That's it. I don't even KNOW you people. GBCB.
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I am admittedly no economics aficionado but I really don't get why it's now my problem to make sure that the server can pay their rent. Their job should ensure that, isn't that the whole point of getting a job? I always tip because I had many, many friends in college who were servers and they bitched constantly about bad tips. I just don't want to feel like the world's worst person if I don't leave a great tip because the service was relatively poor (which it is, half the time). I get that it's complicated, really but it's the principal of the thing. Your salary should ensure a certain quality of life. If it doesn't something is wrong.
I don't know you from a hole in the wall but have you ever thought that maybe you get bad service because you aren't a good customer. As someone who worked as a server it can be really hard to be nice to a table that isn't nice to you. Even if it is their job servers are people with feelings too and when you treat them like they are beneath you because they are serving you, it can make it hard to give good service.
Oh, I totally agree. You should always be respectful and kind to the servers. I just think they should be paid better is my only point.
But it's all the same. If they get paid a regular wage, prices go up to cover that cost. You, the customer pays about the same amount as the "tip" is just built in to the cost of your entree and the server makes about the same amount as well. Money doesn't just come out of nowhere, the owner has to cover the difference somehow because rest assured, he won't just be eating it.
I am admittedly no economics aficionado but I really don't get why it's now my problem to make sure that the server can pay their rent. Their job should ensure that, isn't that the whole point of getting a job? I always tip because I had many, many friends in college who were servers and they bitched constantly about bad tips. I just don't want to feel like the world's worst person if I don't leave a great tip because the service was relatively poor (which it is, half the time). I get that it's complicated, really but it's the principal of the thing. Your salary should ensure a certain quality of life. If it doesn't something is wrong.
Tipped minimum wage sucks, it's less than $3 per hour, which means tips basically are a server's wages. I agree the system sucks, and I'd rather pay more for my food on the whole knowing my server was already paid a living wage, than to have to make judgment calls on whether someone deserves an extra few bucks of tip or not. Ideally, tips should be a reward for exceptional work, as they are for most service jobs, not a baseline for average work. Unfortunate, until our economic system changes, we're stuck with a crappy system.
That said, it still super weirded me out to not tip very much at restaurants and cafes in Europe. We usually left a couple of euro as a tip, but it was still odd, it's just so ingrained in us!
I spent a good chunk of my childhood in Europe. Tipping isn't a thing there, it's included in the bill (at least it was in Italy). I still don't understand why we can't just pay people enough money to survive. What is so hard about that?
Tipping is a thing here. I can't comment on Italy but I've lived in the UK all my life and visited France, Spain, Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden ..... and tipping is certainly a thing in these countries.
Although it is different to in the US I believe. It's not obligatory but it is frowned upon if you don't and the usual tip is 10% of the bill.
There are a handful of places that include a 'service charge' in the bill at end which is basically the tip but I can honestly say I can count on one hand the number of places where that has happened to me and it's usually the more upmarket type restaurants that do it. Maybe I'm just not as posh as you
My UO is that I think special detergents for babies are silly, and I really dislike the smell of Dreft. I'm going to put baby in a couple outfits washed in our regular detergent (not a free and clear), and if he doesn't have any skin issues, I have no intent on switching. I had very sensitive skin as a baby (to the point that my parents had to cloth diaper for a long time), but DH has no skin issues at all, so this could go either way.
Gonna hop on that one and say I think many "baby-specific" items are a little ridiculous. The detergent is the only one I'm currently thinking of, but I'm tired of seeing "baby" slapped on something then it costs twice as much.
I seriously saw baby dish soap at the store...seriously!
May or may not be a UO but thought this was the best place to put this..
I DO NOT want a Halloween baby!! I have this feeling he won't be to much longer and a fear he will come on Saturday . My husband thinks he'll come then just because I don't want him to. I really just want to take my other kids trick or treating! If I have to have him that day at least wait until after they get their fun!!!! I usually help prep my self for labor two weeks before my EDD but this time around just holding out until the weekend to start!
Yes, this! People keep telling me how cute it would be if he were a Halloween baby. No, just no. We do not want him to have to share his birthday with Halloween every year. Like, I want to avoid that badly enough I'd much rather have him decide to come next week when his daddy is gone for training and I'll have to deal with the hassle of getting ahold of him and him getting released to come. Anything but a Halloween birthday.
Yay! This completely!! I was just telling my gf I didn't want Charlotte to share her bday with a demon holiday lol!
My UO is that I think special detergents for babies are silly, and I really dislike the smell of Dreft. I'm going to put baby in a couple outfits washed in our regular detergent (not a free and clear), and if he doesn't have any skin issues, I have no intent on switching. I had very sensitive skin as a baby (to the point that my parents had to cloth diaper for a long time), but DH has no skin issues at all, so this could go either way.
Gonna hop on that one and say I think many "baby-specific" items are a little ridiculous. The detergent is the only one I'm currently thinking of, but I'm tired of seeing "baby" slapped on something then it costs twice as much.
I seriously saw baby dish soap at the store...seriously!
Ridiculous. I thought of one (not technically baby but kinda)... A birthing ball is a freaking yoga ball or exercise ball. No need to put "birth" on it then charge more. I bought a $15 ball off Amazon and it works just fine.
My UO is that I think special detergents for babies are silly, and I really dislike the smell of Dreft. I'm going to put baby in a couple outfits washed in our regular detergent (not a free and clear), and if he doesn't have any skin issues, I have no intent on switching. I had very sensitive skin as a baby (to the point that my parents had to cloth diaper for a long time), but DH has no skin issues at all, so this could go either way.
Gonna hop on that one and say I think many "baby-specific" items are a little ridiculous. The detergent is the only one I'm currently thinking of, but I'm tired of seeing "baby" slapped on something then it costs twice as much.
I seriously saw baby dish soap at the store...seriously!
Ridiculous. I thought of one (not technically baby but kinda)... A birthing ball is a freaking yoga ball or exercise ball. No need to put "birth" on it then charge more. I bought a $15 ball off Amazon and it works just fine.
That's what I thought too, but my I have to bring an actual birthing ball to the hospital. They won't accept yoga balls. The birthing balls have to be non skid and have to have sand in the bottom so they won't roll back when you go to sit on them.
My UO is that I think special detergents for babies are silly, and I really dislike the smell of Dreft. I'm going to put baby in a couple outfits washed in our regular detergent (not a free and clear), and if he doesn't have any skin issues, I have no intent on switching. I had very sensitive skin as a baby (to the point that my parents had to cloth diaper for a long time), but DH has no skin issues at all, so this could go either way.
Gonna hop on that one and say I think many "baby-specific" items are a little ridiculous. The detergent is the only one I'm currently thinking of, but I'm tired of seeing "baby" slapped on something then it costs twice as much.
I seriously saw baby dish soap at the store...seriously!
Ridiculous. I thought of one (not technically baby but kinda)... A birthing ball is a freaking yoga ball or exercise ball. No need to put "birth" on it then charge more. I bought a $15 ball off Amazon and it works just fine.
That's what I thought too, but my I have to bring an actual birthing ball to the hospital. They won't accept yoga balls. The birthing balls have to be non skid and have to have sand in the bottom so they won't roll back when you go to sit on them.
Interesting. Fortunately my hospital has their own balls. But I'm pretty sure even theirs are just yoga balls and not "birthing balls"
I am admittedly no economics aficionado but I really don't get why it's now my problem to make sure that the server can pay their rent. Their job should ensure that, isn't that the whole point of getting a job? I always tip because I had many, many friends in college who were servers and they bitched constantly about bad tips. I just don't want to feel like the world's worst person if I don't leave a great tip because the service was relatively poor (which it is, half the time). I get that it's complicated, really but it's the principal of the thing. Your salary should ensure a certain quality of life. If it doesn't something is wrong.
If you get bad service half the time, that sounds like a problem with you, not the servers. A job does not ensure you can pay your rent. My company pays me what they can afford to pay me, and I have the option to accept on decline that. If one I not making enough to pay the bills then they need to find a new job, not expect thr job to increase their pay.
As a customer though you are expected to pay for the services you recieve. In the real world money doesn't just magically appear. Proot margins are low in food industry and so paying a server $15/hr would mean doubling the price of meals, thr restaurant would lose customers and see a significant decrease in sales. If you can't pay for your service(tip) then you can't afford to eat out.
I am admittedly no economics aficionado but I really don't get why it's now my problem to make sure that the server can pay their rent. Their job should ensure that, isn't that the whole point of getting a job? I always tip because I had many, many friends in college who were servers and they bitched constantly about bad tips. I just don't want to feel like the world's worst person if I don't leave a great tip because the service was relatively poor (which it is, half the time). I get that it's complicated, really but it's the principal of the thing. Your salary should ensure a certain quality of life. If it doesn't something is wrong.
If you get bad service half the time, that sounds like a problem with you, not the servers. A job does not ensure you can pay your rent. My company pays me what they can afford to pay me, and I have the option to accept on decline that. If one I not making enough to pay the bills then they need to find a new job, not expect thr job to increase their pay.
As a customer though you are expected to pay for the services you recieve. In the real world money doesn't just magically appear. Proot margins are low in food industry and so paying a server $15/hr would mean doubling the price of meals, thr restaurant would lose customers and see a significant decrease in sales.
If you can't pay for your service(tip) then you can't afford to eat out.
My UO is that I think special detergents for babies are silly, and I really dislike the smell of Dreft. I'm going to put baby in a couple outfits washed in our regular detergent (not a free and clear), and if he doesn't have any skin issues, I have no intent on switching. I had very sensitive skin as a baby (to the point that my parents had to cloth diaper for a long time), but DH has no skin issues at all, so this could go either way.
Gonna hop on that one and say I think many "baby-specific" items are a little ridiculous. The detergent is the only one I'm currently thinking of, but I'm tired of seeing "baby" slapped on something then it costs twice as much.
I seriously saw baby dish soap at the store...seriously!
Ridiculous. I thought of one (not technically baby but kinda)... A birthing ball is a freaking yoga ball or exercise ball. No need to put "birth" on it then charge more. I bought a $15 ball off Amazon and it works just fine.
That's what I thought too, but my I have to bring an actual birthing ball to the hospital. They won't accept yoga balls. The birthing balls have to be non skid and have to have sand in the bottom so they won't roll back when you go to sit on them.
My yoga ball has the sand in it, I LOVE it! It's a golds gym brand I bought for cheap at Walmart a few years ago. Not sure if it matters but it's described as the "men's" yoga ball. Because I'm so tall the other ones would be to small for me
May or may not be a UO but thought this was the best place to put this..
I DO NOT want a Halloween baby!! I have this feeling he won't be to much longer and a fear he will come on Saturday . My husband thinks he'll come then just because I don't want him to. I really just want to take my other kids trick or treating! If I have to have him that day at least wait until after they get their fun!!!! I usually help prep my self for labor two weeks before my EDD but this time around just holding out until the weekend to start!
Yes, this! People keep telling me how cute it would be if he were a Halloween baby. No, just no. We do not want him to have to share his birthday with Halloween every year. Like, I want to avoid that badly enough I'd much rather have him decide to come next week when his daddy is gone for training and I'll have to deal with the hassle of getting ahold of him and him getting released to come. Anything but a Halloween birthday.
Yay! This completely!! I was just telling my gf I didn't want Charlotte to share her bday with a demon holiday lol!
May or may not be a UO but thought this was the best place to put this..
I DO NOT want a Halloween baby!! I have this feeling he won't be to much longer and a fear he will come on Saturday . My husband thinks he'll come then just because I don't want him to. I really just want to take my other kids trick or treating! If I have to have him that day at least wait until after they get their fun!!!! I usually help prep my self for labor two weeks before my EDD but this time around just holding out until the weekend to start!
Yes, this! People keep telling me how cute it would be if he were a Halloween baby. No, just no. We do not want him to have to share his birthday with Halloween every year. Like, I want to avoid that badly enough I'd much rather have him decide to come next week when his daddy is gone for training and I'll have to deal with the hassle of getting ahold of him and him getting released to come. Anything but a Halloween birthday.
Yay! This completely!! I was just telling my gf I didn't want Charlotte to share her bday with a demon holiday lol!
..."demon holiday"?
Yea, I didn't know about that one either. You all realize there are like a trillion worse things that could happen than your child having Halloween as their birthday right?
May or may not be a UO but thought this was the best place to put this..
I DO NOT want a Halloween baby!! I have this feeling he won't be to much longer and a fear he will come on Saturday . My husband thinks he'll come then just because I don't want him to. I really just want to take my other kids trick or treating! If I have to have him that day at least wait until after they get their fun!!!! I usually help prep my self for labor two weeks before my EDD but this time around just holding out until the weekend to start!
Yes, this! People keep telling me how cute it would be if he were a Halloween baby. No, just no. We do not want him to have to share his birthday with Halloween every year. Like, I want to avoid that badly enough I'd much rather have him decide to come next week when his daddy is gone for training and I'll have to deal with the hassle of getting ahold of him and him getting released to come. Anything but a Halloween birthday.
Yay! This completely!! I was just telling my gf I didn't want Charlotte to share her bday with a demon holiday lol!
Also, you do realize there is the possibility that several women on this board will have their babies tomorrow and this could be considered pretty offensive and/or upsetting to them. Maybe just think before you speak.
May or may not be a UO but thought this was the best place to put this..
I DO NOT want a Halloween baby!! I have this feeling he won't be to much longer and a fear he will come on Saturday . My husband thinks he'll come then just because I don't want him to. I really just want to take my other kids trick or treating! If I have to have him that day at least wait until after they get their fun!!!! I usually help prep my self for labor two weeks before my EDD but this time around just holding out until the weekend to start!
Yes, this! People keep telling me how cute it would be if he were a Halloween baby. No, just no. We do not want him to have to share his birthday with Halloween every year. Like, I want to avoid that badly enough I'd much rather have him decide to come next week when his daddy is gone for training and I'll have to deal with the hassle of getting ahold of him and him getting released to come. Anything but a Halloween birthday.
Yay! This completely!! I was just telling my gf I didn't want Charlotte to share her bday with a demon holiday lol!
..."demon holiday"?
Yea, I didn't know about that one either. You all realize there are like a trillion worse things that could happen than your child having Halloween as their birthday right?
Maybe because I'm Irish but I wouldn't mind at all if this boy came on Samhain.
May or may not be a UO but thought this was the best place to put this..
I DO NOT want a Halloween baby!! I have this feeling he won't be to much longer and a fear he will come on Saturday . My husband thinks he'll come then just because I don't want him to. I really just want to take my other kids trick or treating! If I have to have him that day at least wait until after they get their fun!!!! I usually help prep my self for labor two weeks before my EDD but this time around just holding out until the weekend to start!
Yes, this! People keep telling me how cute it would be if he were a Halloween baby. No, just no. We do not want him to have to share his birthday with Halloween every year. Like, I want to avoid that badly enough I'd much rather have him decide to come next week when his daddy is gone for training and I'll have to deal with the hassle of getting ahold of him and him getting released to come. Anything but a Halloween birthday.
Yay! This completely!! I was just telling my gf I didn't want Charlotte to share her bday with a demon holiday lol!
..."demon holiday"?
Yea, I didn't know about that one either. You all realize there are like a trillion worse things that could happen than your child having Halloween as their birthday right?
Maybe because I'm Irish but I wouldn't mind at all if this boy came on Samhain.
Not Irish and I think a Samhain baby wouldn't be a bad thing at all.
The only reason I would not like a Halloween baby is because BF and I love going to adult Halloween parties and I'd like that to be a possibility in the future. If LO has her bday on Halloween that would be pretty much out of the question for about the next 2 decades.
If there's something strange underneath the hood. Who you gonna call? Your Doctor. If there's something weird and it don't look good. Who you gonna call? Your Doctor. Immediately. If it's new, painful, and possibly pregnancy related get your ass off the internet and call your doctor. It's for your health and your child's.
I am admittedly no economics aficionado but I really don't get why it's now my problem to make sure that the server can pay their rent. Their job should ensure that, isn't that the whole point of getting a job? I always tip because I had many, many friends in college who were servers and they bitched constantly about bad tips. I just don't want to feel like the world's worst person if I don't leave a great tip because the service was relatively poor (which it is, half the time). I get that it's complicated, really but it's the principal of the thing. Your salary should ensure a certain quality of life. If it doesn't something is wrong.
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The only person who is responsible for making sure that the server can pay their rent is the server.
I know you are young, but surely you don't believe that it is your employer's responsibility to make sure they cover all of your bills. It is the individual's responsibility to make sure they are living within their means. That might mean taking on a roommate to cover rent, no cable/internet/etc, living in an area that has a lower cost of living, etc.
May or may not be a UO but thought this was the best place to put this..
I DO NOT want a Halloween baby!! I have this feeling he won't be to much longer and a fear he will come on Saturday . My husband thinks he'll come then just because I don't want him to. I really just want to take my other kids trick or treating! If I have to have him that day at least wait until after they get their fun!!!! I usually help prep my self for labor two weeks before my EDD but this time around just holding out until the weekend to start!
Yes, this! People keep telling me how cute it would be if he were a Halloween baby. No, just no. We do not want him to have to share his birthday with Halloween every year. Like, I want to avoid that badly enough I'd much rather have him decide to come next week when his daddy is gone for training and I'll have to deal with the hassle of getting ahold of him and him getting released to come. Anything but a Halloween birthday.
Yay! This completely!! I was just telling my gf I didn't want Charlotte to share her bday with a demon holiday lol!
Also, you do realize there is the possibility that several women on this board will have their babies tomorrow and this could be considered pretty offensive and/or upsetting to them. Maybe just think before you speak.
I just want a happy, healthy baby. Whenever she decides to come is ok with me! Sorry if anyone found this offensive. Guess my lol didn't cover it! Im okay with a little pumpkin!
I had no idea smash cakes were a thing :O Being from europe I have a really hard time tipping but I follow a simple rule in california : double the tax. But I tip like 5% of the time only when I am back in paris, the service is rarely good and nobody smiles. Food is good, not service. So they get my 20cents of change, if any, and thats it.
My UO of this week is that I love skunks and racoons, they are so super cute, I think we are the ones who took over their lands, In another life I would run a wild animal shelter ...
May or may not be a UO but thought this was the best place to put this..
I DO NOT want a Halloween baby!! I have this feeling he won't be to much longer and a fear he will come on Saturday . My husband thinks he'll come then just because I don't want him to. I really just want to take my other kids trick or treating! If I have to have him that day at least wait until after they get their fun!!!! I usually help prep my self for labor two weeks before my EDD but this time around just holding out until the weekend to start!
Yes, this! People keep telling me how cute it would be if he were a Halloween baby. No, just no. We do not want him to have to share his birthday with Halloween every year. Like, I want to avoid that badly enough I'd much rather have him decide to come next week when his daddy is gone for training and I'll have to deal with the hassle of getting ahold of him and him getting released to come. Anything but a Halloween birthday.
Yay! This completely!! I was just telling my gf I didn't want Charlotte to share her bday with a demon holiday lol!
Also, you do realize there is the possibility that several women on this board will have their babies tomorrow and this could be considered pretty offensive and/or upsetting to them. Maybe just think before you speak.
I just want a happy, healthy baby. Whenever she decides to come is ok with me! Sorry if anyone found this offensive. Guess my lol didn't cover it! Im okay with a little pumpkin!
Lol means you're laughing, not that we are. Nor is lol a free pass to say whatever you want.
May or may not be a UO but thought this was the best place to put this..
I DO NOT want a Halloween baby!! I have this feeling he won't be to much longer and a fear he will come on Saturday . My husband thinks he'll come then just because I don't want him to. I really just want to take my other kids trick or treating! If I have to have him that day at least wait until after they get their fun!!!! I usually help prep my self for labor two weeks before my EDD but this time around just holding out until the weekend to start!
Yes, this! People keep telling me how cute it would be if he were a Halloween baby. No, just no. We do not want him to have to share his birthday with Halloween every year. Like, I want to avoid that badly enough I'd much rather have him decide to come next week when his daddy is gone for training and I'll have to deal with the hassle of getting ahold of him and him getting released to come. Anything but a Halloween birthday.
Yay! This completely!! I was just telling my gf I didn't want Charlotte to share her bday with a demon holiday lol!
Also, you do realize there is the possibility that several women on this board will have their babies tomorrow and this could be considered pretty offensive and/or upsetting to them. Maybe just think before you speak.
I just want a happy, healthy baby. Whenever she decides to come is ok with me! Sorry if anyone found this offensive. Guess my lol didn't cover it! Im okay with a little pumpkin!
Lol means you're laughing, not that we are. Nor is lol a free pass to say whatever you want.
Re: UO Thursday
I remember when I would have an off night and feel like I'm getting crappy tips all around, it just would keep dragging me down and making things worse. Then I would get a good tip and it would perk me right up. I always remembered the good tippers and definitely never forgot the bad tippers.
Also, if the service and food was bad, then ask to speak to a manager. Give people the chance to fix things before you dock the tip.
As far as my UO goes, I can't even remember now. Ugh.
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I lurk. I snark. I offer sound advice if you're not BSC. You may not like me. I'm okay with it.
That said, it still super weirded me out to not tip very much at restaurants and cafes in Europe. We usually left a couple of euro as a tip, but it was still odd, it's just so ingrained in us!
Although it is different to in the US I believe.
It's not obligatory but it is frowned upon if you don't and the usual tip is 10% of the bill.
There are a handful of places that include a 'service charge' in the bill at end which is basically the tip but I can honestly say I can count on one hand the number of places where that has happened to me and it's usually the more upmarket type restaurants that do it. Maybe I'm just not as posh as you
As a customer though you are expected to pay for the services you recieve. In the real world money doesn't just magically appear. Proot margins are low in food industry and so paying a server $15/hr would mean doubling the price of meals, thr restaurant would lose customers and see a significant decrease in sales.
If you can't pay for your service(tip) then you can't afford to eat out.
Maybe because I'm Irish but I wouldn't mind at all if this boy came on Samhain.
Not Irish and I think a Samhain baby wouldn't be a bad thing at all.
Baby Boy born on 1/14/13
I just want a happy, healthy baby. Whenever she decides to come is ok with me! Sorry if anyone found this offensive. Guess my lol didn't cover it! Im okay with a little pumpkin!
Being from europe I have a really hard time tipping but I follow a simple rule in california : double the tax. But I tip like 5% of the time only when I am back in paris, the service is rarely good and nobody smiles. Food is good, not service.
So they get my 20cents of change, if any, and thats it.
My UO of this week is that I love skunks and racoons, they are so super cute, I think we are the ones who took over their lands, In another life I would run a wild animal shelter ...
Lol means you're laughing, not that we are. Nor is lol a free pass to say whatever you want.
I apologized. I get it.