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I'm happy to leave a tip if I've received good service. Having worked in the industry I can appreciate that waiting can be a thankless, unpleasant, poorly paid job sometimes.
However, I do not think that anybody should be obliged to pay a gratuity if they have received poor service or their dining experience was less than satisfactory.
11/19/09
I also dislike how an amazing server at a cheaper restaurant gets a much smaller tip (even if a high percentage) than a mediocre waiter at an expensive place.
Anecdotally though, I have eaten in Australia and gotten rather lousy service and the girls I was staying with told me that is typical. At which point I am okay with giving a tip for those who are great.
11/19/09
I also think expectations of good service are different culturely. We Australians can be considered a bit too laid back or informal to people from other countries. Please be aware that I'm not trying to justify poor service with this observation, and I'm sorry that you had a bad experience.
11/19/09
I always run into problems when traveling though. I have gone to places where the custom is not to tip but they know you are an American and thus actually do expect the tip because know that is what we do culturally.
But in Japan, the service is incredible and you just might get chased down if you leave a tip - so they can give back the money you left behind.
It would all be so much easier if tipping was only for really good service and everyone got a decent wage.
11/19/09
Also, in many restaurants, the waitresses don't keep all the tips. They "tip out" a portion of their tips to others such as busboys and hostesses.
11/20/09
Food service sucks. Most servers aren't out to get you through autograt or anything else. Please remember that in the US and Canada, your server's wage isn't included in the price of your drinks or meal, so tip accordingly.
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Oh wait, whaddya mean that's not acceptable and that it's their country?
Oh really?
This is why hate crimes carry a heavier punishment. More so than attacking a person's body, you're attacking their very right to exist while believing yourself to be unquestionably entitled to do so.
*Note, I consider myself to be a Christian (as in, believing in and trying to follow Christ's teachings) and as such, I believe that I am supposed to love humanity regardless of whatever differences we all have.
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Do not want.
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Duh.
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Nice try though.
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Personally, I've found that nothing makes a man last longer than "whiskey dick."
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Is that like how Egyptian Magic cream used to have "love" listed on the ingredients?
11/12/08
I understand the awkwardness for some people of being around an exposed breast that is being used as a nutritional food source, but honestly! It's getting harder and harder to fight for the right to abort, and once you finally give birth, you can't feed that precious little life in a public space for fear of offending some prick's delicate sensibilities!
11/12/08
(No, I have not had children. Yes, my mother did belong to La Leche League.)
11/12/08
When we visited anyone outside of NYC, I was hyper-aware of when I needed to feed her. I usually hid in a public restroom or somewhere with a closed door b/c it was clear that breastfeeding at the mall in Cincinnati was not the norm.
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Not that I'm an anxious person, no, not me.
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I personally have encountered women breastfeeding on the bus before, and while it has made me feel slightly uncomfortable, I can separate my feelings on the subject (mostly awkward because of the intimacy between mother and child) from the actual issue at hand. Plus, I'd rather the child was fed than having to sit through a bus ride of screaming baby agony.
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