i forgot one! if the starbucks people are cool, ill drop a buck in the jar (i dont mind the usually intellectual starving college kid who needs some cake, i really dont)
and one of tony's LARGEST pet peeves in the world is the included tip. HAHA! stupid moronic fucking jerkoff i was gonna give you 20%, but FORGET IT NOW!!! assholes. god dammit there is nothing i hate worse than that! tw On 12/13/06, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Might be a matter of semantics, but I'm thinking that what Ray and > Casey are referring to are more of a "Holiday Bonus" than a "tip". > > As for actual "tipping", I agree with Tony. Most people in the > hospitality industry (waiters/waitresses primarily) earn less than > minimum wage based on the assumption that they're going to get tipped. > Also, having worked as a waiter for a number of years, I know how > good it feels to get a bigger-than-expected tip. > > What pisses me off is the "tip jar" at the register of most > establishments these days. These people make "regular" minumum wage. > If they want to rely on tips, let them go get a job as a > waiter/waitress (and earn less than "regular" minimum wage). If they > don't like the minimum wage they're currently making and think they > deserve more (hence the tip jar), get a better job. > > I almost went postal a few weeks ago. There's a "self serve" frozen > yogurt place here in town. You serve yourself your yogurt, add your > toppings, the guy behind the counter weighs it and takes your money. > And yes, he has a tip jar. So -I- do the work. I fill my lil' > styrofoam cup with the yogurt. I add the granola and the gummy bears > (shut up). I even place it on the scale. He pushes a button and the > scale displays the cost. Bastard should be tipping me. > > On 12/13/06, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > restaurant people = nothing less than $5, and usually 20% for good > > service, and 25% for GREAT service > > > > hair dresser = $5 on my $15 haircut > > > > bellhops etc = $2 or so > > > > anyone else... get a fuckin notha job > > > > peace out > > > > > > On 12/13/06, Adkins, Randy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well remember mail personnel are not suppose to accept monetary gifts. > > > Or atleaast that is what I was told > > > When I attempted to do the same (tip my mail person that is). > > > > > > I do not have a problem in giving a gift (monetary or actual gift) to my > > > garbage people (besides if you seen > > > What all we tossed out during our basement remodel, they deserve it this > > > year). > > > > > > My wife tips her hair dress well throughout the year so I am not sure > > > she does anything more at the holidays > > > Since she gives generously during the year. > > > > > > Now on the other side of things, my newspaper person (whomever that is), > > > I probably will not tip or anything > > > Cause at times I have to walk to various places in my yard to get my > > > paper. Sometimes in the driveway, > > > Sometimes in the middle of my yard, etc... > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 8:59 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: maniacal tipping > > > > > > There's a conversation going on around the office about who should be > > > tipped in your everyday life and who should be tipped during the holiday > > > season. > > > This seems to come up around the holidays, and it drives me nuts. I'm > > > of the school of thought that if you are getting paid a decent wage to > > > do your job, you don't deserve a tip. That is of course, if you go out > > > of your way to help me out. Lots of other people are saying that you > > > should tip, well, just about everybody. That just drives me nuts. > > > Mailman, Garbage Man, the list goes on and on. Am I being a scrooge? > > > > > > > > > > > > That being said, I will be generously tipping my mailman this year, > > > since back during the summer he got blindsided by a bee's nest under my > > > mailbox. > > > I still feel bad about that. > > > > > > > > > > > > Ray > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:222159 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
