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Sarah Palin Fans: Not That Bright
I've said it before and I'll say it again: I challenge the sift to post a video that shows Sarah Palin in a positive light.
Why should we? No one would vote for it.
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
Pixar's Hidden Secrets - Easter eggs in their films
lies, and pretty lame ones at that.
Sorry, I do like the easter eggs that Pixar put into movies, but these were pretty poorly done.
This MAY have been funny if they slowly ramped up how obvious and ridiculous the 'easter eggs' were, but as it stands, it's just pretty crap
Removed from the Lies channel. Have you done the work to know that some of the easter eggs at the end are phony? Just because you think it's obvious doesn't make it so.
CCTV: King County sheriff's deputy assaulting 15 yr old girl
TYT: Sarah Palin is still stupid
Deep-seated frustration and unresolved rage? Project much?
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
When you order food are you not agreeing on the price for services and goods (without signing a contract)? And it should clearly marked on the menu (and sometimes by the hostess station or on the wall) 'for parties of x or more a y percent gratuity is added'.
Therefore The gratuity is agreed upon before you order. The princes and princesses in this video most likely were well aware of this but made up their mind to protest because their napkins weren't on the table when their food arrives. That's not bad service. That's a simple oversight that would've been easily rectified if given the opportunity instead of them showing their butts.
I don't personally agree with mandatory gratuity, but it exists, and if I agree to eat at the restaurant with a large party, I have to pay for it. Or I could move to a "make better society".
imstellar28 (Member Profile)
^Mandtis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworld
I make it a point to avoid fiction but the plot sounds pretty interesting...I wish they would have made it a movie or tv series... but I guess I'll have to read it.
the video game series, Halo, is loosely based on this novel and the campaign plot is quite compelling and rich
reiwan
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Sorry on the discuss tag fail on that one vid. I didnt see anything in the FAQ about that invocation, so I figured thats what it was for. On a side note, now that I do know wha its for, I invoked a discuss on a dupe since I dont have that priv yet. weee!
In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Sorry, but this isn't what the * discuss invocation is for. It should only be used if the video in question might be a dupe, a self-link, or in violation of Sift guidelines; not to to hold a roundtable discussion of a videos merits and/or weaknesses.
*return
What if Earth had rings like Saturn?
^Mandtis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworld
I make it a point to avoid fiction but the plot sounds pretty interesting...I wish they would have made it a movie or tv series... but I guess I'll have to read it.
the Halo video game series is loosely based on this novel
Woodpecker Versus Snake
Mister Methane performs Swan Lake and blows out candles.
Olbermann Goes After Sarah Palin's Lies
Hopefully at that time she will disappear forever.
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
Zero Punctuation - EVE Online
No Country For Old Men - The Ending Scene
So You Cant Afford a Moving Truck !! OK
Alberta Cross - ATX
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
>> ^gwiz665:
I have no problem with a restaurant adding an extra fee if you are a big group, but I have a problem when they try to call it a tip or gratuity. That's the whole issue, it's not gratuity, it's a bill. I pay tips in restaurants when I've gotten good service, or we had difficult orders or whatever - but I CHOOSE to pay it, I'm not forced to it.
Your opinion is skewed because 1) You don't live in America, and 2) You didn't work in the terrible food industry of America.
Before you start downvoting me and before you stop reading what I have to say, let me explain: I'm not against you not being American, (because that's a simple-minded way to go about judging people) but the food industry here is bullshit and the system (for lack of an actual person to blame) forces workers into this reality. When a tip is not paid by a customer, it's akin to docking a worker's pay. I know it doesn't make that much sense, but it's how things turned out over here. And it's as simple as that from a restaurant worker's perspective.
My next point is also important to your understanding: The total tips that a waiter/server makes at the end of the day is split up amongst the food runners, bussers, and barback, so not tipping has a trickle down effect to people who may have done their share of work yet who rely on the waiter to make their fair share.
It really is a shitty shitland of shit for the workers who live by these rules. I fault your ignorance of our food culture, not your ability to reason. I'd love to adopt the system you envision, but that means nothing in the short term and isn't too realistic.
Whether it actually is that way or not is not in question. Whether it is a bad thing is. And it is a bad thing. Like I said earlier, make a better system.
If they merely called it "staff fee" or something, then everyone would know what it was, but to disguise it as something nice, a tip, a donation, is deceitful. I don't blame this particular restaurant, I blame the system. Hence my, make a better society.
Just because some countries have sweatshops doesn't mean they should.
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