Heh. Not related to tipping, but.... <rant> I was working at the Office Despot, and helped an obviously affluent woman pick a scanner. The usual deal -- documents vs photos, parallel vs usb (this was in 2001). When she (finally) picks one out, she hands it to me. To carry for her. Now, I don't mind grabbing something if your arms are full and you didn't think to grab a cart. This was her only item. I was not her personal shopper. I set it on the table next to me, asked if she needed any more help, and wandered off. </rant>
On a (happy) tipping-related note, a guy once offered me a tip. I told him that if I accepted, I could be fired. So he hands me this coin. Tells me he just got back from some Eastern European country, and the coin is worth about 1/5 of a penny, and we agreed that wasn't enough to be a firing offense. Very cool tip. :-) --BenD Jim Davis wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Crow T. Robot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 5:01 PM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: how much to tip the newspaper delivery dude >> >> What do you all tip your newspaper delivery person? Personally, I >> think >> that anyone with a base salary above min wage should not be tipped, but >> I >> realize that isn't everyone's philosophy. Mind you that this guy/girl >> only >> has to drop it in my mailbox, right out at the street. To me, this is >> like >> tipping my mailman on a regular basis.... > > 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. > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245676 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
