I voted for Gwen’s wine glass article. Nothing I didn’t know, but it was indictitive of a good interview. Gwen tees it up, and gently steps back and let’s the interviewee expound.

Kevin i tried the Szechuan sauce and hated it so much. Sweet and sour 4 eva.

I did the same thing on a family vacation road trip to Washington DC when I was 9 (1979). It was the first time I remember seeing tips on the table.

Fake breweries were also eligible for a sweet deal from Capital One...

That’s not scifi, that’s life in many countries with tons of corruption. When I lived in Argentina and got my Che Boludo handle, nobody would take 100 peso bills which were equivalent to $20us at the time. Then again life in Buenos Aires is kinda sci-fi.

Yeah, I mean, I’m a huge proponent of tipping and appreciate customer service and believe it should be recognized, but I’m going to a restaurant to be served. I don’t think I’m short changing anybody by tipping 20% on a CC instead of cash when cash and ATMs are just not convenient to me. I am going to a restaurant for…

If I had a proper sized Dutch oven I might not have flipped so fast, but the one I have is teensy. Seriously though, the roasts I’ve made turned out more tender than I’ve accomplished in the oven. I’m considering doing a proper sear in a cast iron skillet and transferring over to the instant pot next time, but that…

I’d probably never drink it but... hey, people drink sour beers too, so, I guess...

The administration giveth, and the administration taketh away.

Most people don’t carry cash around anymore. And honestly, why should we? Technology has moved passed it. Even laundromats and arcades have chip cards. I have no issues at all with tipping, but I admit that I am rarely going to remember to have tip appropriate denominations of cash in my wallet before I enter a…

I used to be mortified when I had to go out with coworkers. One time in particular stands out. My department went to lunch at a sports bar, which they picked specifically because of their back patio. It was a nice day and they all wanted to sit outside. Except it was one of those rare, gorgeous days in spring, not the…

My youngest daughter is a bit of a rule follower, which is fine, you do you, boo. However, she does sometimes start fussing when she thinks other people might not follow the rules perfectly. When she does, I ask her to recite our “rule on rules”, which she does in her sweet, lilting voice: “Don’t be a fucking prig, it…

Pressure-cooked some pork cheeks (browned first) in the Instant Pot in a small amount of seasoned broth, and it was ambrosia. Served it over mashed potatoes, then rice the next night. My son even remarked that he was so glad we had bought the Instant Pot, because it makes such good food.

Yeah exactly, I keep maybe $20 in cash max on me in case of emergency and I’m not willing to consider “help the server evade the IRS and get money slightly faster” an emergency. I still tip 20%+ and will continue to do so until wage laws are changed to make tipping unnecessary, but this is where I draw the line.

I generally tip on a card because that is how I pay.

I know I am overly paranoid, but one of the reasons I pretty much always tip on the card is so I can prove I left a tip. I am not famous, so it will almost certainly never be a problem, but I have seen stories where some server posts “this asshole stiffed me because I am a ......” and posts the credit card with 0 in…

Some restaurant owners will even deduct credit card processing fees (usually around 2-3 percent) from a server’s tips, so a nice 18 percent tip ends up somewhere around a mediocre 15 percent tip in my pocket.

I love me a medium Dunkin coffee easy sugar, but all varieties of Girl Scout cookies suck. I’ll buy a few boxes and drop ‘em off at the nearest nursing home, but no way I’m shoving those sad cookies in my maw. Ain’t no way I want ‘em mixed in my coffee.

Everyone in that cast was just there to prop up Anya and Spike.

No it was Anya. (Edited thanks)