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Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
Trying to sneakily twist words into meaning the complete opposite is just asking for trouble, hopefully of the legal kind.
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
If you don't agree to the prices, don't visit the restaurant.
I'm pretty sure they did agree to the posted prices. The problem was they were told that the gratuity was nonsensically mandatory, despite the lousy service they received. This isn't rocket science.
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
My stance is a tip is something given for good service, "at my leisure!"
1). I only pay tip if the server actually takes the time give us/me good service.
2). The Tip amount depends on the level of service or amount they went out of their way.
3). Sometimes I just don't have the spare cash and can't pay a tip. they are lucky I even made it to the restaurant at all.
4). I usually tip 10-15 percent or just round-up to an even dollar amount. My choice!
5). My rule, anyone who mentions a tip, never mind demands one - GETS NOTHING!
Now, I'll go read the comments!
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
There is no argument that would convince me otherwise - I'm close minded on this stance!
What other business or service industry demands a mandatory tip? Imagine...
1). Valet - Yes sir we parked your car, but you can go find it yourself, we're kind of busy right now - By the way, I demand a tip before you go looking for your car.
2). WalMart - I have no idea if we carry that. No, I don't have time to find out for you, but if you find it, we're adding an 18% gratuity to your bill on the way out.
3). Paperboy - I don't care if your paper arrives 3 days late on every issue, I'm a busy guy. By the way, you owe me a tip!
4). McDonnalds - I added napkins and a straw to your order, that will be an extra 18% or I take the food back.
5). Jewelery Store (yes, retail does pay minimum wage) - That will be $300 for the ring and we're adding on an extra 18% because we've decided we're such nice guys.
I could go on...
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
Specific anecdotal example: A night out last week we got seated and didn't see a waiter/waitress for something like 15 minutes. It wasn't late, and the place was half-full, but it turns out that the hostess had seated us in the section of a waitress who was on her break. Hostesses mistake, no big deal. So the manager is walking around asking people how they are doing, and I jokingly mentioned that we'd be a lot better with beers in front of us. He apologized and took our drink order, and appeared in minutes with beers and an app.
The meal turned out great, everything was good, and I was perfectly satisfied. Then they comped the meal, which was ++. In return I left a tip equal to twenty percent of the original value, and good reviews on appropriate food blogs.
In the scenario described in the original video, the primary problem is an overall lack of communication from all parties involved.
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
Pixar's Hidden Secrets - Easter eggs in their films
It's like a double-stuffed Shit Oreo.
EDIT: But the video itself is interesting if true. Nevermind the rant.
No Country For Old Men - The Ending Scene
Ed Tom (TLJ) has decided on retirement rather than bringing the killer to justice. He found the killer but he retires because he realizes that Texas is essentially No Country for Old Men. So he tells his wife about a dream: heading into snowy, dangerous mountains on horseback and his father carrying fire, goes on ahead of him to await him.
This idea of father & son carrying fire is also explored in The Road, McCarthy's follow-up to NCFOM, as the man and the boy seek to establish their place in the overwhelming bleakness of their existence.
The Sheriff knows he's outmatched by this new kind of evil (Bardem) and since he's older now than his father ever was, the dream is kind of an acceptance of his retirement, a "letting-go" of this hazardous job so he can follow the fire of his father. Perhaps he feels he owes it to his father to continue to survive, since he's older.
Like Bob Dylan said, "Momma, take this badge offa me, ... I feel I'm knockin on heaven's door."
Obama on Palin's Rating of his Presidency
I couldn't care less about Palin's opinion, but she's being too soft on Obama.
I'd have to give his administration a grade of 2. Obama's not taking the economy seriously and his administration's mistakes will become very evident when the dollar and the US economy collapses.
And if those two things don't happen, will you kill yourself? Put your money where your mouth is, so to speak?
Zero Punctuation: Dragon Age: Origins
Have we had a PERFECT reincarnation of BG using modern day gaming standards? Not yet, but it was close. Maybe it's a holy grail we're looking for, all us die hard BG fans.
I will however admit that the side quests and storyline in BG were so incredibly involved and engorging. Dragon age did not drag me in as much. I was absolutely infatuated with Leliana's accent and when i realised i could get my sexy redhead elf girl to get it on with the sexy orlaisian bard temptress, i was obsessed with getting that to happen.
I don't think that counts, though. I believe it was Durlag's Tower that i always remember most of all from any game, ever. The story and depth of that place was immense, you were slowly taken through the dwarf's footsteps and his eventual decline into insanity which led him to kill all his loved ones. That storyline really blew my socks off, and it didn't need lesbian sex or a hugely attractive exotic accent to do it.
Alright, Dragon Age isn't QUITE our new baldur's gate, but it's been the best contender by miles and miles. Maybe if this one does so well and we show our appreciation for the display of quality in areas that we most wanted it, they'll be able to improve on it and give us more. And maybe then we'll have our new baldur's gate.
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
I think you are twisting my words.
No. Your words were "make better society". As in "let us social engineer society the way we want it." And then you thumped your chest with your continental pride of Europe.
My point was if you don't want to eat in a restaurant that has a mandatory tip for parties over a described number, then don't visit it. You have options; don't be so arrogant. A small business cannot levy a tax. I don't know where you're getting this bad information. They can only add charges. I wish my ass had lips like yours.
Sarah Palin Fans: Not That Bright
France cheats its way into World Cup
isn't a hand ball one of the worst offenses you could make in football
If you aren't a goalkeeper, the only time the hands should be used is to preclude the possibility of a painful ball-ball interaction. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuvhNms5skE for further enlightenment.
Sarah Palin Fans: Not That Bright
In other news, the Rocky Mountains are pretty rocky.
China is mostly populated by Asians.
Fox news: Not really very fair or balanced.
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
I have no problem with a restaurant adding an extra fee if you are a big group, but I have a problem when they try to call it a tip or gratuity. That's the whole issue, it's not gratuity, it's a bill. I pay tips in restaurants when I've gotten good service, or we had difficult orders or whatever - but I CHOOSE to pay it, I'm not forced to it.
Your opinion is skewed because 1) You don't live in America, and 2) You didn't work in the terrible food industry of America.
Before you start downvoting me and before you stop reading what I have to say, let me explain: I'm not against you not being American, (because that's a simple-minded way to go about judging people) but the food industry here is bullshit and the system (for lack of an actual person to blame) forces workers into this reality. When a tip is not paid by a customer, it's akin to docking a worker's pay. I know it doesn't make that much sense, but it's how things turned out over here. And it's as simple as that from a restaurant worker's perspective.
My next point is also important to your understanding: The total tips that a waiter/server makes at the end of the day is split up amongst the food runners, bussers, and barback, so not tipping has a trickle down effect to people who may have done their share of work yet who rely on the waiter to make their fair share.
It really is a shitty shitland of shit for the workers who live by these rules. I fault your ignorance of our food culture, not your ability to reason. I'd love to adopt the system you envision, but that means nothing in the short term and isn't too realistic.