On Nov 1, 2007 7:54 PM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We got the Boston Globe delivered for a while and found this in our mailbox
> about two weeks before Christmas:
>
> http://www.depressedpress.com/External/Globe/GlobeDelivery.jpg
>
> I swear I didn't make this up.  Despite the HUGE (truly enormous) comedic
> value of the letter it really irked me.
>
> But really... am I alone?  The balls?
>
> Regardless I generally give holiday gifts to my mailman, garbage men, kid's
> teachers, etc.  Last year we did $20 Lowes gift cards.  It's not much but it
> does add up.

hehe... i think i have a bigger balls story.

in redlands, there is a self-service frozen yogurt place.  kind of a
cool concept.  you walk in, pick the appropriately-sized plastic cup,
fill it with one of several flavors of frozen yogurt, help yourself to
toppings... that's all well and good.
when you're done, you bring it up front by the register and place it
on a scale, where the attendant/cashier reads the scale and takes your
money.

the cashier has a tip jar.

tip jars in general piss me off.  If you're working behind the counter
of a deli or a pizza joint type place, i assume you're not making the
same minimum wage as a waiter or waitress (a -real- tipped employee).
but at least these people do a little something that could potentially
justify the tip jar.  they're making you your food or bringing your
food to the counter for you (yes, it's a stretch, i know... call it
benefit of the doubt, for lack of a better term).

but this person... this person sits on his/her butt reading a book
while you prepare your own food.  the extent of their job is to read
the scale and take your money (and provide the correct change).  what
could possibly be going thru their mind that they think it's
justifiable to put out a tip jar?


-- 
Charlie Griefer

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