like within the same establishment, the same server, on the same night, in the same mood, with the same skills, can have income vary wildly by the choice of the customers. a healthy table full of salads and water, a party of 10, who chit chat for 2 hours, could easily equal in tip amount a table of 4 who are eating…

see, i would say their supervisor should be docked. an under-trained staff should not be made to suffer the sins of their (often salaried, with health insurance) bosses.

commenters weighing in with their personal assessment of her attractiveness; the point, you have missed it.

i said "fundamentally different." as in, at an overview level, not in detail, of course. to an outside observer (the consumer), pouring coffee at a diner and pouring wine at a white-tablecloth restaurant are not fundamentally different. they ARE different, though. and restaurants (not consumers) should pay the…

i do routinely tip 100% on cheap diner food if the service is exquisite. i am not bragging here, i just feel like a total dickbag leaving 3 dollar bills on a table if i have a 10 in my hand.

i agree. your expertise and training should be rewarded with higher income. salaries in the rest of the business world reflect employees' skills and experience and expertise. but i, the consumer, should not be the arbiter of that, the business should hire servers of the skill level they require and pay them…

i agree. in the same way that an salesperson at the Gap is paid less than a salesperson at Saks, i expect professionals of better quality, more experience, and ability to put up with more bullshit, to be paid accordingly. that should be determined by their skill set and market forces, not the whims of idiot consumers…

i would like the new adage to be: can't afford to pay your employees, can't afford to run a business.

i would prefer restaurants run like other businesses, and employees' income be determined internally, not be the whims of a fickle public.

it's not like there are a limited number of blog post slots and if terry richardson gets 4, it's taking 4 away from something else.

religion and human trafficking have a long collaborative history.

those performers are animals too, where is your mercy for them?

his behavior should be judged harshly. his choice to go shirtless should be judged because there is a wildfire nearby and being shirtless is generally inappropriate, and most inappropriate when asking out a stranger who is trying to do her job.

he's american. shouldn't he be judged by the standards of his environment? on mars, you're anorexic. but you're not on mars.

don't assume that because you were unhappy and fat that everyone fat is unhappy. also this guy is not fat.

if she's throwing him a real birthday party, and then filming one also, having him act in a second one, that makes no difference to you? would you prefer she allow them to film his actual birthday party? or are you saying you wish it was more fake, and they were pretending she had no children at all, or they were…

if she's choosing to direct the media, and make bank, and exploit the same audience hunger, it's not ideal, but isn't it better than the alternative? Where people are stalked going about their regular lives just because they are successful actors? If she's arranged it, it's consensual. If it's unwanted, that's much…

exactly, no, i get it. in your example, your story was plotted out for you. you were taken from wearing clothes A to clothes B, along the path the producers chose. in tori's example, it is more involved and more plotted out. they decided you would shop at store X and arranged it ahead of time. in tori's they decide…

alright, i could say it's not "a script" but it is definitely a story. they didn't document your real shopping experience, they created a story in which you were transformed, by them, in the specific way they set up. it was "fake" in the sense of being pre-arranged, pre-decided. those stores knew you were coming and…