Congratulations, Jesse!
Joyce: And what did you do tonight? Dawn: Irritated Giles. I'm beginning to get why Buffy likes it so much.
'Get It Done'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Spidra Webster - Dec 21, 2005 2:49:41 pm PST #4279 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
amych - Dec 21, 2005 2:49:54 pm PST #4280 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I've heard people argue that tips are the only way that we can motivate workers to give good service but I don't really believe it.
Yeah -- that might work if people (as a group, I mean) tipped more or less at the same rate, and had consistent ideas of what level of service should be rewarded. But when you've got idiots who get great service but brag about not tipping because they don't believe in it, and other people who tip big for lousy service because they want to impress a date or they have a policy of never tipping under 20, so you're supposed to magically surmise that 19% is meant as a slap in the face? It's too random to be either informative or motivating, except maybe in the way an abusive relationship is motivating.
ChiKat - Dec 21, 2005 2:50:11 pm PST #4281 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Yay, Jesse!!!!
msbelle - Dec 21, 2005 2:51:32 pm PST #4282 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
YAY finals being over!
Steph L. - Dec 21, 2005 2:53:42 pm PST #4283 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Famous art mirror trick: [link]
Um. I don't get it. t /shamefaced
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 21, 2005 2:59:38 pm PST #4284 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Also, if you look at the complaints on the site, most of the tips listed are under 10%, which is shitty by anyone's definition. (Assuming that the waitstaff posting are being honest about the quality of service they provided, natch.)
Some of them are one penny or one dollar tips though, which says "payment for rotten service" to me in a way that tipping 8% or forgetting entirely doesn't, even if the people reporting it think they're God's gifts to the food service industry.
I tend to tip around 20%+ most of the time, but that's because I tend to eat out at restaurants where I'm a regular and generally like the service. Basic competence gets 10% from me and courteous behavior adds 5% to that, with more if the staff are actually friendly rather than just cordial. I'm plenty forgiving of kitchen mistakes or overly busy waiters in a crowded restaurant, but bad attitudes get no slack from me whatsoever.
msbelle - Dec 21, 2005 3:02:32 pm PST #4285 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
so anyone watching deal or no deal? It's all just averages and luck. And a VERY VERY slim chance that anyone will ever win the $1 mil.
erikaj - Dec 21, 2005 3:02:36 pm PST #4286 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
My dad is *SO* embarrassing out, I shouldn't go out to a restaurant with him again without a "Yeah, I know." t-shirt. And the stepmonster is so...well, she's a climber, yeah? She likes to be really loud about the new management sucking...stuff like that.Like they are gonna come running over and say "Pardon us, Mrs. Onassis." We are lucky to have gotten out of DC alive. Did I mention my father hasn't really...adjusted to black folks? Groan.
sarameg - Dec 21, 2005 3:03:00 pm PST #4287 of 10002
the staff are actually friendly rather than just cordial.
But not too friendly. Ack. I hate when someone tries to act like my bestest friend.
I've decided I can get cash in AL, so I'm not going rushing out to hit the ATM.
Now if I just remember how to get to the airport from downtown. I never remember the details and that makes me nervous, but really, it shouldn't. Done it plenty. Just not in rush hour traffic. Ahrg.
bon bon - Dec 21, 2005 3:03:38 pm PST #4288 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Famous art mirror trick: [link]
Um. I don't get it.
it's not really a trick, so much, but the King and Queen of Spain are in the mirror, right where the painting's viewer would be standing. It's a weird narrative moment, especially as the entire painting is kind of about looking back...but not at you.