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More tipping insanity

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  • AxtremusA Axtremus

    Example: a diner serves a fairly complicated menu item that comes as a meal combo with bread & butter, one entree, two sides, and dessert. Depends on which “entree” you choose, it may involves a fried or grilled item that you want to keep dry and sauce/curry/mashed potato that you want to keep separate from the fried/grilled item so they don’t mix together and become a soggy mess after you take them home. An order like this can easily turn into a six container affair. In my estimate it would probably take the kitchen staff more time/effort to package such a combo meal into a “to go” ensemble package than to serve them on plates.

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    George K
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    #19

    @Axtremus good points.

    My understanding of a "tip" is that it includes a gratuity for those whom you never see - cooks, busboys, Maitre'd, etc.

    When I go downstairs to get a pizza, I usually tip about $5 just for that service.

    But, at a "fast food place," such as Mickey D's or BK, should I tip if I go to the counter rather than the drive-thru?

    (I haven't been to a counter at Mickey's in over a decade, so I don't know if tipping is even an option)

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      #20

      I tried to tip an Amazon driver the other day, as he'd offered to help us bring a very heavy box into the house. He wouldn't take it, said he was just doing his job.

      I was only joking

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      • AxtremusA Away
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        Axtremus
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        #21

        Things has changed. Last time I bought something big and heavy from Amazon.com, and admittedly it was more than ten years ago, the delivery guy could only deliver as far as the porch. I asked if he could help bring it a few steps further into the house but was told they were restricted by policy to never enter a customer’s house. :man-shrugging:

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        • George KG Offline
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          George K
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          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • jon-nycJ Online
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            jon-nyc
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            #23

            Lol

            Only non-witches get due process.

            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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            • taiwan_girlT Online
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              taiwan_girl
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              LOL to all of the above. Come to the dark side...........

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              • George KG Offline
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                George K
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                #25

                https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13613631/California-man-reveals-shocking-asked-leave-San-Diego-bar.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • jon-nycJ Online
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                  jon-nyc
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                  #26

                  Jesus.

                  Only non-witches get due process.

                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                  • LuFins DadL Offline
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                    LuFins Dad
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                    #27

                    Imagine the tip requests in his rent…

                    The Brad

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                    • George KG Offline
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                      George K
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                      From a friend...


                      Back when I was working,our company attended a summer business show in Nashville Tenn. We all went out to dinner at an exclusive restaurant on Main Street. There was seven of us and as we were going in there was a sign that said that parties of five or more had a 20% service charge on their bill.

                      As we were going to our table we saw a couple sitting at a table and the man was the general manager of one of the main finance companies in the XXXXXXX industry. We said hello, shook hands and went to our table. While we were sitting and pondering what to order the waiter pushing a cart came to our table and opened and set three bottles of wine on our table. He said they were compliments of the gentleman we passed on the way in.

                      The point of this story is that the wine was around $120 a bottle and the guy was charged a $72 service charge because it was served at a party of five or more even though a party of two ordered and paid for it. There was a strong argument, to no avail, with the manager. The servers expected a tip on top of that.

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        "ROSC" is "Return of Spontaneous Circulation" and that's a defibrillator.

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          jon-nyc
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                          #30

                          IMG_0289.jpeg

                          Only non-witches get due process.

                          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                          • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

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                            @jon-nyc said in More tipping insanity:

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                            Hahah that's hilarious but no seriously let's compare farm subsidies to waiter's tips and oh hey that's not what chefs do basically at all.

                            Please love yourself.

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                            • George KG Offline
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                              Just posting in this thread because I don't want to start another.

                              If you stay at a hotel one night, do you tip the housekeeping staff?

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              • George KG George K

                                Just posting in this thread because I don't want to start another.

                                If you stay at a hotel one night, do you tip the housekeeping staff?

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                                @George-K said in More tipping insanity:

                                Just posting in this thread because I don't want to start another.

                                If you stay at a hotel one night, do you tip the housekeeping staff?

                                Yes. I get the same service as if I stayed two nights.

                                The Brad

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                                • MikM Away
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                                  #34

                                  No. I used to leave a 5 every day, but I got service every day. Now you don’t get it even if you request it. No tip.

                                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                    jon-nyc
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                                    #35

                                    My problem is the supervisors often scan the rooms first and swipe it

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

                                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                      I went through a Starbucks drive-through this morning, and on the credit card machine they hold for you, you have to select your tip before inserting your card. There's no button for 0, you have to figure out the system to go through whatever custom menu that is. While dealing with sun glare and the shaky hand holding the machine for you through the window. So I chose the lowest number, $1 on my $4 order, and decided I probably wouldn't bother going back to Starbucks again.

                                      Education is extremely important.

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                                        If you do leave a tip, best to give it directly to your waiter in cash and pay the restaurant bill by card:

                                        https://www.cbc.ca/news/marketplace/tipping-marketplace-1.7395871

                                        Elbows up!

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                                        • MikM Away
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                                          Yes. Cash leaves no trace.

                                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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