btw thanks to this thread I dreamed I was back at my old restaurant job from 8 years ago last night and woke up in a cold sweat. u owe me new unstained sheets ILX
― SBing crosby (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
. . .
― gr8080, Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:27 (twelve years ago) link
sweatstains, fuckwit
― SBing crosby (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
There was a Planet Money piece about tipping on All Things Considered today. Cliffs: quality of service has little impact on amt of tips.
well im also p skeptical of most ppl's ability to accurately evaluate 'quality of service'
― John Ballsack (Lamp), Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
surely that should be 'sbing frogsby'
― the waitress and the frogbs (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
up to an individual to decide tbf?
― the waitress and the frogbs (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:30 (twelve years ago) link
hey is it a thing to comp someone for some non-existent slight with the tacit understanding that you will get tipped extra as a way to shift money from the house to the staff?
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:36 (twelve years ago) link
oh yea, that's why they never let any of the waiters in my restaurant have access to 'comp' thigns on the computer.
― SBing crosby (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:37 (twelve years ago) link
they actually instituted a policy that you had to turn in your Buy One Get One free postcards intact at the end of the night because waiters in other locations of the franchise were ripping them in two and duping stupid managers into comping the meal of the table who brought in the postcard, and another random table that didn't, and pocketing the difference.
― SBing crosby (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:38 (twelve years ago) link
hm.. these are truly pro tips!
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:41 (twelve years ago) link
here's a question - do rightwingers tip? The general argument I have seen on this thread for why people should tip is that restaurant workers would otherwise starve. But a radical free-marketeer would surely just say "that's their problem, I am just going to pay the agreed contractual amount for the food I have received". Or do they?
― The New Dirty Vicar, Thursday, 23 June 2011 11:09 (twelve years ago) link
(steve buscemi in reservoir dogs youtube video)
― thomp, Thursday, 23 June 2011 11:24 (twelve years ago) link
not 'it's their problem' rather 'my intervention would skew the market, helping nobody vis-a-vis long term resolution of this alleged imbalance'
― the waitress and the frogbs (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 June 2011 11:31 (twelve years ago) link
i would think most people have seriously wondered why they need to tip but do it anyway
― frogbs, Thursday, 23 June 2011 13:27 (twelve years ago) link
it's like pissing in that way
― the waitress and the frogbs (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 June 2011 13:27 (twelve years ago) link
tipping at restaurants/bars I understand. tipping at a casino is something that i really am against (but do anyway because i don't want to be a dick) since they rake in money hand over fist over ass and run a business specifically designed to prepare you psychologically to give them your cash. surely they can pay the dealers properly!?
― frogbs, Thursday, 23 June 2011 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
Back to the casino, and the circle is complete.
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Thursday, 23 June 2011 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
Black to the casino morelike
― Shart Shaped Box (Phil D.), Thursday, 23 June 2011 13:43 (twelve years ago) link
you mean if I don't tip then one day my wallet will fill up so much it will burst?
― The New Dirty Vicar, Thursday, 23 June 2011 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
i have never honestly thought "i wish i didn't have to pee"
― frogbs, Thursday, 23 June 2011 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
Wait till middle age and your shrinking bladder disturbs your sleep every night at 3:30.
― Mr. Patrick Batman (WmC), Thursday, 23 June 2011 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
or wait until all of the hydration you did before going onstage for Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" catches up with you
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Thursday, 23 June 2011 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
Pissa Solemnis
― dayo, Thursday, 23 June 2011 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
Oh c'mon, frogs, everybody's had a "photo finish"
― SBing crosby (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 June 2011 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
Speaking of "photo finish"
I do have a really bizarre tipping scenario that'll probably get me banned if I post it here
― frogbs, Thursday, 23 June 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
PLEASE TELL IT
― ☂ (max), Thursday, 23 June 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
^^^^^^^^^^
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 23 June 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
omg it's twin hookers isnt it
― the waitress and the frogbs (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 June 2011 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
Man, when you set posts up like that frogs, it's kinda like the fratboy who says "hey watch this" before accidentally blowing his nuts off with a firecracker...
― SBing crosby (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
uh
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, fratboy who sets himself on fire doing a flaming shot, sure, but that hypothetical seems excessive
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
But how much should the frat boy tip the bartender on the flaming shot?
― phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
I was imagining it having something to do with how to tip strippers of different "races".
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
there's a 'stiffing' joke in here somewhere
― the waitress and the frogbs (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
apparently it involves pissing, so I am just going to assume it's something about a friend who didn't tip a hooker after accidentally pissing on him/her
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
maybe the hooker pissed on the friend, but it wasn't in the pre-negotiated terms, and he forgot to tip her for it?
― mh, Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
I am not assuming anyone's gender here
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
actually you're pretty close, I would imagine most of the people reading this thread have sb'd me anyway so here goes nothing
― frogbs, Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
day = made
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
i hope this thread does not end up being my legacy
― j lol (surm), Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
lololololol
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
call the nyt obit people now
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
man i have a personal rule not to use any variation of popcorn.jpg but u are making it hard here froggy
― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
if you actually manage to roll racism, sexism, lol fat people, lesbians are ugly, and watersports into a single anecdote, i will remove all of your sbs
― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
i mean it's like, i have had plenty of good threads, why is this The One
― j lol (surm), Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
(note: i will not actually do this)
:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=angi1vwUkQc
― Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
" racism, sexism, lol fat people, lesbians are ugly, and watersports "
riyl: dane cook dvds.
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
it has to do with a friend of mine's 21st birthday. it's like 1:00 (bar close is 2:15 here) and he decides that we all have to go to a strip club. being his birthday we have to say yes so we head on out there. he is nearly blackout drunk by this point. has a few more drinks there and someone buys him a lap dance. after a couple of minutes we hear a scream and the guy bolts for the bathroom. he's yelling "I'm so sorry! I couldn't hold it!" which is funny to us until we realize what we're actually laughing at. he actually vomitted on the stripper while she was grinding on him. obviously everyone in the bar starts giving us death stares and the bouncer says "as soon as he's done in there, you guys are out of here". understandable. we frantically discussed, "how much should we tip her for this??" the conclusion was that it had to be at least $100. i don't think this situation is outlined anywhere. i think that tipping $20 is worse than tipping nothing, but how much is enough to make her feel even a little bit forgiving, or is there no amount? then I realized, if this was like Vegas or something, the tip would have to be at least a grand, wouldn't it?
― frogbs, Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:26 (twelve years ago) link