Yay, Nora! (And you never sucked.)

For some reason, all the bad drivers I yell at are shitheads, even though it's a term I otherwise rarely use.

Today I realized another wonderful thing about a dog: a dog will never ask you for free tech support.

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I now call people "assbutt" a lot. But only in my head. If I ever said it out loud I would crack up laughing. And possibly explode.

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I generally tip 20%, but I've always thought that tying tip to the cost of the food is weird. I mean, if I order the $20 entree and you order the $10 burger, and we're dining together, am I really getting service that's twice as good?

But I understand that tying it to cost of food makes it easy to calculate, vs. a set amount. Still, it's odd.

It's totally odd.

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But I understand that tying it to cost of food makes it easy to calculate, vs. a set amount. Still, it's odd.

It's totally odd.

I'm trying to think of other services for which I tip, and whether they're tied to the amount of money I spend. I think I do tip roughly 20% when I get my hair cut. When I've checked my bags curbside at the airport, I've tipped the dude $1 a bag, but it's been a while since I've flown anywhere; maybe that's too low these days.

I tip more than 20% when I eat some place where my total is less than $10, because I just think less than $2 is a lousy tip if I'm sitting at your table and you're bringing me food and drink.

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I am one of the people who has bitched about breaking the bill for change, because I think that when I leave a twenty, a one and a quarter for a $10.25 bill, it's reasonable to expect a ten and not a five and five ones.

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Jackhole is another favorite, smonster. I use that one all the time.

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I've been using jackass as my go-to invective.

Yay, Nora!!!

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Timelies!

A morning of unpacking, cleaning up and making room for the Orkin man here.

Congratulations to all those who've got good news. I've read through a couple times this morning and frankly I know my memory is crappy enough that if I congratulate some by name, I'll be leaving some out by mistake. Don't wanna do that.

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I hate tipping. I do it, of course, but I prefer a system where people are paid a fair wage for their work. I want the business owner to figure it out and put it in the prices. I don't want it to be some "viable" business scheme for a business owner to outsource part of their employee's payroll, making it depend on the whim of a customer. As a customer, I also don't like not seeing the real cost of what I'm purchasing.

I hate relying on the same 7 dirty words and combos thereof, but I haven't been successful in inventing new invective. Goatfucker. Usually, I just swear in Swedish. Or Spanish if I'm somewhere where not many people speak Spanish. Some friends have taken to using the clean dirty from the Orbit commercial. So "lint licker" has made an appearance. But they one feels dirty for being influenced by commercials.

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So "lint licker" has made an appearance. But they one feels dirty for being influenced by commercials.

I guess what makes it dirty is knowing where the lint came from?? (sorry, that's all I could muster.) t /trying to be funny

As for tipping. I never know how much to tip. At restaurants, it's easy. 20%. Although, if I have a small meal, I will heavily round up. As mentioned, $1 doesn't seem right. But what about the places where you order at the counter and they bring it to you? Do they get paid better/worse? The sales ticket has a line for tip. So confusing. And then there is the whole tipping for doorman, and bags at the hotel, and pizza delivery. Ugg. I agree with Spidra, just pay everyone a fair wage so the price is the price.

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