I'm always on the lookout for the chewable ice machines...the best.

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We hosted the post-rehearsal dinner tonight, at my favorite sports bar/smokehouse restaurant. We had 26 or 27 people, the place presented a cut-down menu to order from that said "soft drinks provided, cash bar available". I told the kids I was paying the whole tab until we left, knowing my wife would be asleep by about eight after her first week of school and one margarita.

They gave me a bill for $750, which included a 20% gratuity, not out of line for a group that size, I thought.

Turned out our main server is the grandson of my big-farmer buddy. I didn't know he was working there, but last time we baled hay he was here to help load wagons. I tossed an extra $50 to him in the bill book, he was hustling. JORR thinks I just jinxed the poor kid with that Grant...

The brewery that is hosting the reception tomorrow night, added a 20% gratuity to the $37/person bar bill, then made sure we were allowing a tip jar on the bar. The FAQ they sent along encouraged another tip for the bar tenders from us at the end of the night. From a clarifying email, they said they would add a tip of $1 per person (156 rsvp) per bartender if we wanted the tip jar to be gone. I calculated the three tenders would be making $70/hour, not bad for a part-time gig!

Are you ok with this?

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Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be.

If they don't get any of the $37, and only the tips, I calc it at 434.80 each (without the tip jar). Seems high.

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I played golf today, and at the cart return they had a tip jar.

What is going on here?

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I could see it if they cleaned your club heads. But that does not seem to be the case.

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

Look at the alligator arms in here...

Be more like this:

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Sanitation is the other reason too. The lines can get disgusting, especially draft beer lines. I had a few friends who work for Guinness and the Guinness people demand special lines and inspect if they are clean. Bacetria and mold can be in those lines so drinking a can or bottle is safer. Now me personally, I was never afraid of it but it absolutely is a concern.

With fountain drinks if you find someone who mixers them well they are golden and better than canned any day IMHO. White Castle has an excellent Coke for instance. I don't often get fountain
drinks (I'm an Iced Tea guy) so I will not be a good resource on who has the best drinks. In fact my recollection of White Castle may be skewed as it is unlikely I was sober when I had it, but I have heard other people rave about it so I feel confident in that one assessment.

Spent a few days at a hotel on the lake. Since COVID they no longer service room each day. Called front desk asking if we could get the trash taken out and some more towels. They said they had no one to come get trash and that we could take it out to dumpster. Had to practically beg to get some extra towels. Yet that last morning they got someone who can leave a gratuity envelope at our door so we can provide something for the cleaning staff.

What the fuck is this shit? Can’t get the trash taken out or an extra towel but they want a nice tip?

Get the hell out of here

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

That's pretty much BS. I get the reduced service due to COVID but they should still get trash and refresh towels. When I travel I don't need them doing everything in the room, but at a minimum I want fresh towels and trash dumped. Ridiculous.

and, no reduction in the charge for a room while providing less service. It's like the hotel industry learned something from the banking industry

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I agree they have good Coke...seems like theirs has a hint of vanilla.

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Yeah I don’t mind the room not being completely serviced but if the trash isn’t taken out or we can’t get some fresh towels then they can go fuck themselves when it comes to a tip.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Same with our family. Stayed in a hotel for 4-5 nights. Saw a sign that said they didn't do house cleaning unless you called for it. Put the trash outside the door every morning. Went to do something for the day, came back around 2pm, and the trash wasn't taken. Had to call the front desk for them to take it. Same with the towels. On Hilton's website, it asks how many people are staying in the room, I clicked (4). Every time they gave us towels, it was (3)....

Yep. In comparison, in Mexico they work for pennies and make sure to do everything everyday and work hard at it. Just sad whats happening now a days with service. (And not that costs are going down by having less staff)

I always tip on uber. I even tipped back when Uber didn't have in-app tipping and discouraged passengers tipping. Throw a few bucks to a five for gas on the front seat. Uber was crazy cheap back then. Like you could go downtown from Irving Park for 8 dollars or something insanely cheap. Driving and parking downtown cost way, way more regardless. I haven't cash-tipped since they added the in-app tipping tho. Maybe should tho. Drivers would probably prefer getting cash over the in-app card tip.

Agree 100%.

I've set the trash outside the door and then the hotel can do whatever they want with it. Even that is BS thought as it creates a mess or invites pests if its outdoors.

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I'd tip Flapjacks bigtime when he's delivering the za.

Good to see you will go after how people make their living under this name too, Bob. If nothing else, you're consistently a worthless genius.

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i rarely use it nowadays
couple weekends ago i was a street fest in Lincoln Square and forgot where i parked when i left. Being it was 11:30 or so I opted to get an Uber to drive me around to find it rather than wandering aimlessly. Found it pretty quickly so the ride was only like 7$ or something, but i was laughing at the receipt as there was like 6 different fees/taxes on it. I guess i put my home address in as the end point and the chick was disappointed i wasn't actually going there- i didn't realize there was a surge so had I gone all the way to my house i would have been looking at a 70-80$ ride
Also i fixed the 'parked car' app on my phone, that was the first thing i turned to and it showed me as being at work in Plainfield
i guess it relies on a bluetooth connection to the car which i had off

but yea i always tip, at least something
and the times i have used it to go from my place to the city or vice versa, i usually tip 10 bc i know that's (usually ) a shitty ride for them .

the VCs who were subsidizing Uber rides 2009 til ~2013 or so are cashing in now on inflated rates for Uber rides. Took a few ubers down in Nashville, which has the highest uber rates in the country next to NYC, and pretty much getting in an Uber meant a minimum 10 dollar charge for the ride (plus tip if you're a one percenter who tips). Any distance you're over twenty dollars and it wasn't difficult to hit 40 or 50 dollars for a cross-town ride, even without surge pricing. Couldn't imagine what they charge down there for surge pricing.

Grubhub equally nuts. Every delivery on grubhub you get a 4.95 service charge, a 2 to 5 dollar or more delivery charge and then tip on top of that. e.g., a 23 dollar grubhub meal you're paying 12 dollars more in fees and tip.