On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Rich Shepard wrote:

>     Some time during the late 1990s, coffee shop retail clerks around
> here came up with the idea of putting jars on the counters for tips. I
> think it's foolish to tip a counter clerk, but a lot of people stuff
> dollar bills in there in addition to the change they receive after
> paying for their lattes.
> 
>     Some clever clerk put a sign on the tip container that read, "If you
> fear change, put it here." Others have copied that sign.
> 
>     I have wanted to print up labels that I could add beneath those signs; the
> labels will read, "All change comes from within." :-)
> 
>    Enough off-topic mumblings for me.

Thanks for the explanation though :-)

(The word "tip" had thrown me off.. for some reason I though of it as 
'advice' rather than gratuity:-)

cheers
/Christian

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Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44               http://www.md.kth.se/~chr


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