I finally ate at Applebee's! And it was delicious. And there looked like a lot of other good things on the menu. So there. The only annoyance was that the check was fourteen-something, so I asked for change from my $20, because I was going to leave a $3 tip. Perfectly respectable. But she came back with a $5 bill for me. I over-tipped out of annoyance. Who does that?
Zoe: Yeah? Thought you'd get land crazy that long in port. Wash: Probably, but I've been sane a long while now, and change is good.
'Shindig'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
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.
Jesse - Apr 08, 2008 2:52:25 pm PDT #435 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
amych - Apr 08, 2008 2:55:27 pm PDT #436 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Dude. "Can I get change" means "can I get the change broken down into smaller units". Not "can I get back the difference between this and the total on the bill". That part comes by default unless otherwise stated!
Steph L. - Apr 08, 2008 2:57:15 pm PDT #437 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I should only go on crime sprees with Teppy.
Good plan! And remember -- we SAY NOTHING TO THE COPS!!!
shrift - Apr 08, 2008 3:00:28 pm PDT #438 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
You would think that it would not be horribly difficult to find a pair of uncropped, reasonably priced cargo pants. And yet.
Well, at least I found the Threadless store all right.
JZ - Apr 08, 2008 3:01:31 pm PDT #439 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
And remember -- we SAY NOTHING TO THE COPS!!!
We haven't even knocked over any major financial institutions, but already we have a Code of Honour.
-t - Apr 08, 2008 3:02:47 pm PDT #440 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I over-tipped out of annoyance.
You're just reinforcing. That is maddening, the not getting small bills back.
Jesse - Apr 08, 2008 3:04:52 pm PDT #441 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Dude. "Can I get change" means "can I get the change broken down into smaller units". Not "can I get back the difference between this and the total on the bill". That part comes by default unless otherwise stated!
God, I know, right? But then I started talking to myself about how she needs the $2 more than I do, BUT STILL. It's not like I got a lot of service.
Laga - Apr 08, 2008 3:08:07 pm PDT #442 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I started talking to myself about how she needs the $2 more than I do
that's very sweet of you. not getting the change I asked for is a pet peeve of mine that often results in the server getting a much crummier tip than I had originally intended. Yours was lucky to have you.
bon bon - Apr 08, 2008 3:10:34 pm PDT #443 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I finally ate at Applebee's! And it was delicious.
Harrumph. What did you eat? And where was this supposedly good chain restaurant in the city? I went to a TGI Fridays once in Manhattan. And it was the sketchiest, most depressing place I have ever been to in New York. When we got there, the police had already shown up.
sarameg - Apr 08, 2008 3:13:59 pm PDT #444 of 10001
Seeing those chains walking around...oh hell, I don't know where we were, somewhere in the place I generically call NYC... was odd. I don't know why entirely. Maybe that they weren't standalone structures so much as jammed into some space.