Random Rants
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@SKT glad everybody is safe! Hopefully you and Boone get the yard back soon.
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@SKT Progress! The amount of clean up from even just one tree always amazes me. Keep chipping away at it
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@Denman-John thanks John and you’re right, any progress is good at this point
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We’ve occasionally discussed the restaurant tipping situation in the US on this thread. Last night I went,for the first time, to a new local restaurant that had a B.Y.O.B. policy. On the back of the menu there was a space where they implored you to tip on the alcohol that you had brought. I had never seen that before and I was a bit taken aback by it. If we had a bottle that had to be opened and iced etc., I always take that into consideration when I’m making my final tip calculation. This was a pizza/salads/ wood fired kind of place. The food was really great but next time I’ll just get takeout.
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What's the difference between an Australian and a canoe?
A canoe is more likely to tip. (Told to me by a Canadian)
Just do your best Crocodile Dundee impersonation at the restaurant.
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@Tago-Mago That disappoints me…
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@Jett129 If they opened a bottle of wine, maybe a buck or two.
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Given how the tip system works in the US and Canada, I often tip as I know their wages are not proportionate to the service being provided. However, I have become jaded with systems that tips go to a general pot in which the person I am tipping only gets a percentage of the tip. It’s not a bad system if it was only the backend staff that recieve the tips, but when owner’s and manager’s get a cut then I can’t support the system. Even fast food restaurants have started requesting tips here in which the money goes to a pot and at the end of the week is divided up between the staff. I once asked how much of that pot goes to front end/back end staff and it wasn’t much. The owner took a large proportion of those tips…frankly, fuck that b.s.
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…I do have one caveat to the above: I have had fantastic meals ruined by staff and mediocre meals elevated by them. The level of input is proportional to the tip given. I know we all have bad days, but please consider that a tip is not guaranteed. It’s getting expensive to eat out and we try to choose wisely where we spend our money. A night on the town may be a luxury and the last thing you want is a bad experience. The same is also true, remember that the guy serving you is just trying to make it through the day…treat them with a little respect. As I just said, we all have bad days…