Totally depends on their alignment.

That story about the woman who got doused with red wine? I had a similar experience and similarly laughed it off. As a server was setting a nice large martini (with a lemon twist, not an olive) in front of me his hand trembled for some reason and the whole thing went down the front of my shirt. The look of horror on…

I like to think that D&Ders would never d&d.

This is unrelated but when you said “for a d&d” I totally said out loud “dungeon and dragons”. She pictured them as nerds and I got upset dungeons and dragons players were associated with that behavior. Then, 15 seconds later (15 seconds is a long time) I realized you meant “dine and dash”.

She replied, “Honey, if this is the worse thing to happen to be today, then I’ve got a pretty good life.”

I’d like to believe that all of these instances were Eddie Vedder in various disguises, gallivanting around the U.S. in a mission to make server life a better life.

He was also great in the Lion King!

It seemed to totally fucking escape her that she should be pissed at being underpaid, instead of being angry at others for finally getting a chance to do better.

I know - choosing not to tip on "principle" is basically the same as me feeling like I'm making a difference by not donating money to anything. I mean, at least I'm not donating to the bad organizations right?! I'm so principled.

A more nuanced version of her argument would also include something saying that the employer is obligated to adjust any wages up to the minimum hourly if the server's combined tips don't reach it. To which anyone who's worked in food service at all can just laugh, and laugh, and laugh.

As though Mark Zuckerberg is obliged to tip you more than I am even if we receive the same service:...

Also, can we talk about the hypocrisy in this article? Bartlett wants owners to "improve the livelihood of those in the service industry." Well, by not tipping, Bartlett is supporting the owner's businesses (by eating the food) while simultaneously screwing over the workers (by not leaving a tip). Also. To hold China…

hella mad white dudes in the comments as per usual

this is valid, but there's still a narrative that you seem interested in pretending isnt there.

Talking to myself out loud in a British accent. I am not British.

This is like, the ur-example of what "privilege" actually is and I will draw on it forevermore.

The twist is that the author of this e-mail was Tyler the entire time (spoiler alert).

When I know the truth is either something the other person doesn't want to hear, or just sounds unbelievable, my face turns into this crazy NO REALLY I AM TELLING THE TRUTH, SEE ALL THIS TRUTH ON MY FACE thing.