Gee, maybe some of “the love” went away when Disney decided what we all wanted was a slapdash sequel trilogy that made our childhood heroes miserable failures, cowards, and parents of a school shooter? And then totally undercut the finale of the original films by having Palpatine survive (more or less, clone,…

Counter Protip: “Any questions?” is great for when you don’t actually want questions, like right after a presentation you just half-assed.

‘Back-to-Back flights’ feels like the wrong term.

I have worked for several major consumer product companies including Johnson & Johnson and SCJohnson.

Many recent cosplayers are in it to sell their porn shoots rather than to be cosplay.

Here’s a fun set of them from studying Political Science:

And this is is why waiters at NYC steakhouses stay their forever.

Funny bad kitchen service story: We were at a “pancake house” and the chef had obviously accidentally dumped salt into the pancake batter in place of sugar. They tasted like ocean water. We told the waitress our pancakes were salty and we would like new ones. She was one of those no-nonsense diner waitresses who had…

We went to dinner at Vetri, a swanky restaurant that for some god-forsaken reason is popular with millennials, Since I was the only one wearing a collared shirt and blazer and my wife was in a dress, we were seated in a cave downstairs near the kitchen and were promptly ignored by the wait-staff during the course of…

It all depends on where you work. Nicer places will have higher bills, therefore, more real money being made on 20%.

Yeah, you know someone is full of shit if they complain about “slow service.” That’s a thing that doesn’t exist. The service can’t make the cooks work faster. It’s amazing the imaginary things people complain about, like an Ihop that doesn’t carry Denny’s menu items. Can you imagine being so much of an idiot that you…

You don’t owe them a tip. What you’re describing is basically a McDonald’s, and you wouldn’t tip there. If you’re feeling generous, you can toss a buck or two into the jar, but I doubt they actually reasonably expect every patron to do this.

Sorry... you over tipped :-). My usual tip for crap like that is .25 cents. Well, that has happened to me only 2 times that I can recall. Of course being a single diner can be very challenging. But in restaurants that treat me real well, I will most times give a 30% tip.

It’s never pissed me off to reduce the tip, but I have frequently noticed that the server who was practically underfoot my whole meal does take a disproportionately long time to give me a bill and collect payment when I’m done eating and and want to leave. 

Especially when that is potentially negligent homicide.

My standard tip is always around 20%, and I rarely leave less . . . but this weekend I left only 10% and part of me actually feels guilty about it. But part of me thinks it was justified.

tips of 20% or 25% are becoming standard

Nope, not satire.

Lol at the t-shirt guy asking for tips.

Its the "please let me know" bit that comes off as a bit rude to me. I would just drop it entirely as its superfluous.