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    • ZackBZ
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      @SKT glad everybody is safe! Hopefully you and Boone get the yard back soon.

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      • SKTS
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        @ZackB thanks man…Boone is over it

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        • Denman JohnD
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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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          • SKTS
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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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                @Jett129 they don‘t expect you to tip on takeouts, or is that already a thing?

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                  @tody They do expect you to tip on takeout. If you pay by card,when they give you the tablet to sign the tip option is right there. I’m conflicted on that as well.

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                    Bridger
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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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                      @Bridger There used to be a sign on the bar at CBGB that said Tipping is not a city in China.

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                      • Tago MagoT
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                        @Jett129 there used to be a village in Austria named Fucking. They changed the name to Fugging for some reason a couple of years ago...

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                        • goosehdG
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                          @Tago-Mago That disappoints me…

                          "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                          • Tago MagoT
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                            @goosehd me too. It inspired the greatest beer name of all time - Fucking Hell

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                              Here’s one for you. Sorry about the thread drift.
                              IMG_2416.jpeg

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                              • goosehdG
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                                @Jett129 news report: today a man traveling down seaman and cumming avenue, hit a slick spot and was prematurely ejected from his vehicle. He was not wearing protection and we are sad to report that it was not a happy ending.

                                "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                • goosehdG
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                                  …maybe I should have said it was a multi person pileup.

                                  "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                    To kind of circle back,does anyone have a feeling on being asked to tip on the alcohol you brought to a BYOB restaurant?

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                                    • ROmanR
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                                      @Jett129 If they opened a bottle of wine, maybe a buck or two.

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                                        Same as @ROman . If they brought glassware, opened anything for you, provided ice, etc. of course I was a server and a bartender for over a decade, so I overtip for EVERYTHING. So maybe my perspective is skewed

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                                        • goosehdG
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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.

                                          "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                          • goosehdG
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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…

                                            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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