We seem to have wildly different memories about how good the Lucas Arts Star Wars games were. There were a few diamonds in the rough for sure, but there was a whole lot of rough.
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The way I see it, you have two choices. Tip according to custom or eat at restaurants without servers. See how easy that was?
Very good points, servers are usually decent people trying to get by..we vilify people on welfare/unemployment but some people don't want to leave a few bucks extra on a meal for a server busting their ass with honest work? Good grief....I bet it's the same people.
I agree with almost your entire post really, and a portion should be covered by base pay as the takeout person usually does make full minimum wage or higher. I'd really bet "appropriate" just varies wildly from place to place.
The bottom of that chart I posted says no less than 10% for bad service in restaurants in America. Even as an ex server though, disrespect will get you absolutely no tip from me. Just consider that things don't always go right in a restaurant and your server might be trying their best. Your example sounds like she…
That *is* interesting. I waited my last table maybe 8-10 years ago, but I wonder how new that law is or how well restaurants argue that the whole place besides the kitchen is a server's domain. I suspect that in general a lot of labor laws are broken in various restaurants, but there is always a fear of rocking the…
It may not be stable, and in AZ especially..trying to make a living during summer while waiting tables is awful, it's a completely seasonal business. the town's natives stay indoors and the wealthy tourists that make for an awesome winter are all gone. The fact that the business fluctuates though, does not mean that…
Sorry, let me walk that "rude" word back a bit. Here is what Emily Post says on her website for takeout tipping:
Also, lifehacker and Emily Post back me up on this one. Note the diagram at the bottom that says no less than 10%. You're entitled to tip however you want, and as I said in the other post there are many shades of "bad." But in general, if you aren't at least tipping 10% you are in the wrong.
Let's just agree that there is a much wider spectrum of 'bad' than just "terrible."
Subtle but important word choice on my part, "expected" to tip out the bar and busser. Actually, while I was there it was required by the restaurant at first, and then they apparently realized that their policy ran afoul of the law you posted and "heavily encouraged" it from then on out. In fact, management used to…
Lol, yeah. When your pride won't let you listen to (or at least shut up in front of) Gordon Ramsay long enough to get your restaurant totally redone with a brand new kitchen and interior like he does on every other episode, and the free publicity that comes with...criminal stupidity is 100% accurate.
I respect your post a lot, for being rational and objective and self-reflecting. I might be a bit of a fanboy as I love the series so I almost certainly swing the other way. Are they plot devices? Sure but what else can a character be in a video game? I can also concede that maybe their personalities aren't that…
Highest rated game on metacritic and no-brainer contender for game of the year. Maybe it wasn't overrated but underappreciated, Hmm?
I too loved the game but was also disappointed by the last fight, and by the anticlimactic way that you (SPOILER ALERT) killed Comstock. I thought the battle up through the airship was better than the last fight.
You might want to question that one. It was maybe 10 years ago that I was waiting tables for Macaroni Grill but we used to be 'required' to tip the bussers and the bar as well, then at one point they ran afoul of some law and 'strongly encouraged' us to tip them. Email someone at the department of labor or in your…
This..
If your livelihood had been adversely affected by Microsoft's idiotic policies, I'd bet you would have had to vent about it too.
Freedom of speech does not cover threats, slander, yelling 'fire' in a crowded theatre or 'bomb' on a plane.