Thank you for the study. This is what exactly I’m talking about. This study includes all kinds of different jobs in the restaurant industry including fast food cashiers. It says the median wage for tipped servers is $10.15/hr, which is 40% above the federal minimum wage and 23% above the median wage of cashier and…

The people who make online comments and bother to write in to express an opinion are usually not representative of the population as a whole. I’d love to see a good survey done on this topic.

I personally think that we should get rid of the tipping system. Having said that, I don’t believe that supporters of tipping “want a legal way to dehumanize people”. In fact, most of the tipped employees I know like the tipping system because they think it allows them to make more money than they would otherwise make…

See, this is one of the frustrating things about tipping for me. I get the argument about tipping minimum wage not keeping up with regular minimum wage, thus requiring higher tip percentages to make up for the disparity. I also get that tipping is justified due to the lower tipped minimum wage. What I don’t understand…

Around my neck of the woods, it’s more like it was 15% into the late 1990’s and then went to 18%. 20% as the norm is a pretty recent thing.

Even if the employee tried to tell her it was vegetarian, how could she not realize that a cheeseburger is just a hamburger with cheese on it? What did she think the brown thing under the orange thing was?

Ooh, an Olivia Pope doll would be fantastic. Think of the fashion possibilities! They should release a special edition one that also comes with one of her huge wine glasses.

I once had a server grab a gooey caramel blondie off a plate with her bare unwashed hands, drop it into a to-go box, wipe her hands on her pants, and then hand me the box.

Honestly, I’ve actually never had a problem dealing with either. Admittedly , I’ve never had a unusual situation I’ve needed to take care of, but the normal course of business stuff seemed fine.

How do so many people not have passports? What are they going to do if they ever unexpectedly have to flee the country?

Yes, it’s pretty natural to find people in their twenties physically attractive. Youth is aesthetically pleasing. That’s true for both men and women. But you’re right, men are encouraged to value sexual attraction above other factors and to consider it practically their birthright to pursue and attain no matter their…

But so many of those people who don’t want to “arbitrarily limit their pool of potential partners” and are open to the idea of someone substantially younger have no problem setting an arbitrary upper limit. So many profiles are guys that are like 35 setting age ranges that are like 23-35. Why aren’t they open to the…

Edited: Nevermind, I just realized you weren’t talking about Orphan Black.

Yeah, the doctor’s stethoscope remark was stupid and insulting, but I didn’t really think the monologue was much of a talent either.

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As long as we can have Korean BBQ too, I’m in!

Hey now, I think you’re gonna miss out on some crazy fun women that way. :P

Agreed, especially since there was such a huge power differential there. Roberts knew that pictures of her wearing the shirt and her side of the story would get enormous publicity due to her being a huge star. And people would likely be more sympathetic to her with her America’s sweetheart persona. Vera, in contrast,…

Exactly. I definitely have a type. If I’m watching a tv show or movie and a lanky, pale, bookish Brit with killer smile shows up, odds are, I’m going to think he’s hot. That doesn’t mean those are the only people that I will ever find hot.

Does your family have recent European roots? One of my friends whose grandparents are from Germany butters all her sandwiches for the same reason. When we traveled to France together, she was really happy to discover that the ham sandwiches in Paris come buttered. I was less thrilled.