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Non-related tipping: I've mentioned it before, but I still kick myself for not tipping the front desk person at the resort I stayed at in mexico. - Beryllium Jan 31, 14:01 1
- If you go to Sonic Drive In remember the car hops work for tips -- nm - Capstern Jan 31, 14:04
Here's the NY Times report on the hackers. 4 pages. -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 31, 13:55 1
- is it safe to load? ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 31, 13:56
joking around at work about a product - "It used to be treated like the red-headed stepchild, but now ... - Beryllium Jan 31, 13:53
ydc+os - ty97 Jan 31, 13:50
heh: "As a society we should use the term YOLO to justify things we're not doing. For example: Not eating at Applebee's tonight! Because #YOLO!" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 31, 13:46 4
- ~you know that we are still young/so don't be dumb/cook your meat 'till it's done/'cause you only live once~ -- nm - Tim Jan 31, 13:53 1
  - I liked that one a lot. -- nm - b. Jan 31, 13:55
- heh -- nm - mara Jan 31, 13:47
- heh. -- nm - Andie Jan 31, 13:46
Work complaint: How can a company that makes billions of dollars have a main office have consistent inermittent internet quality and drops for THREE - Capstern Jan 31, 13:44
how was a check for 8 people just $35? -- nm - amanda Jan 31, 13:42 14
- she had them split it out, after the fact, that was her portion. -- nm - Andie Jan 31, 13:43 11
  - it takes a lot of nerve to stiff someone on a tip after they've split it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 31, 13:43 10
    - seriously. -- nm - amanda Jan 31, 13:50 9
      - the original story implied that the split was requested to *avoid* the required-tip policy on groups, but who knows if that is true? -- nm - Andie Jan 31, 13:51 8
        
        video of the 40-50 car pileup on Interstate 70 -- (link) - Remlik Jan 31, 14:10
        
        It's still a group! -- nm - ty97 Jan 31, 13:56
        
        if so, talk about missing the point of why that exists. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 13:53 5
        
        Right, because like...the separate checks aren't any extra work. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 31, 14:00 4
        
        well, you know, they actually would be. - Reagen Jan 31, 14:04 3
        
        I was taking up the defense of the waitstaff. - Mel Profit Jan 31, 14:07 1
        
        no, I just punted on that. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 14:08
        
        (sarcasm meter) -- nm - loosilu Jan 31, 14:05
- it was split -- nm - znufrii Jan 31, 13:42
- Coupon? -- nm - Capstern Jan 31, 13:42
why can't people listen? one of the security guards in my bldg is a nice enough guy but he's not the brightest bulb in the candelabra... - Diva Jan 31, 13:41 7
- I have to say, your Security Staff (the ones you are aware of) are a particularly mean lookin' lot... - Mel Profit Jan 31, 13:45 5
  - they're all actually really nice, but I think some of them might be on prison work-release or something. - Diva Jan 31, 13:48 4
    - Have you ever met our security guard? - Mel Profit Jan 31, 13:50 2
      - i think i might have seen him walk out of the men's room once. -- nm - Diva Jan 31, 13:51 1
        
        nicest kid in the world but if I ever see him with a gas can I am leaving immediately. - Mel Profit Jan 31, 13:54
    - ah ha. -- nm - tim mie Jan 31, 13:48
- "What's a candle bra?" -- that guy from TAR -- nm - Beryllium Jan 31, 13:42
Jim, yeah it is West Olive. The girls are gone tomorrow night so I was going to go see a movie and check it out. - spamlet Jan 31, 13:39 1
- And the tickets are the same price. I'm just confused as the only difference I see is one is 18+ and the other is 21+ -- nm - spamlet Jan 31, 13:40
groiny she may have to work the shop while I'm up there. But we'll see. -- nm - Remlik Jan 31, 13:38 4
- I am hoping at some point to bring the family down to check that place out. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 31, 13:38 3
  - C2E2? -- nm - Remlik Jan 31, 14:04 2
    - Evan would have a blast. Bring him on a Saturday, I'll sling him on my shoulders when Marvel does giveaways...they love kids -- nm - Remlik Jan 31, 14:05
    - no, your place. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 31, 14:05
Lawyer stuff: Thanks for the info. I think I go the question answered that I wanted prior to hiring the lawyer...still need to - Capstern Jan 31, 13:35
Non-related tipping --- the other night at Red Robin, we had one fo the worst servers i've ever had. - Will Hunting Jan 31, 13:33 23
- Kim and I firmly believe that everyone deserves 15% but there are rare occasions when we debate it for reasons like this. -- nm - David Jan 31, 13:51 16
  - I completely disagree that you can just mail it in and get 15%. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 31, 13:53 4
    - Heh. I tip on takeout, often. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 31, 13:54 3
      - me too. not 15%, but some. -- nm - Andie Jan 31, 13:55 2
        
        We usually do a couple of dollars for takeout. -- nm - David Jan 31, 13:56
        
        yep. servers for it often do more than just hand over containers. -- nm - b. Jan 31, 13:56
  - If I'm at the low end chains I'll tip 20% almost always. - Mel Profit Jan 31, 13:52 10
    - Same here. We'll go 35% for great service just because we appreciate that sort of dedication with a difficult job. - David Jan 31, 13:54 9
      - we gave our normal waitress (we have her almost every sunday morning, for years) a $20 tip on a $28 bill the weekend before Christmas. - Andie Jan 31, 13:56 8
        
        I've done this with hairdressers and with one of our old waitresses who since left the establishment we frequented. -- nm - Diva Jan 31, 14:00 4
        
        I've never been treated as well as we were treated by E. - Mel Profit Jan 31, 14:02 3
        
        she is greatly missed. -- nm - Diva Jan 31, 14:03 2
        
        If FB is to be believed I suspect she'll be making an appearance. - Mel Profit Jan 31, 14:06 1
        
        yonh! -- nm - Diva Jan 31, 14:07
        
        v. good. :) - -- nm - b. Jan 31, 13:57 1
        
        your IM - exactly. - Andie Jan 31, 14:00
        
        That's a really nice anecdote. -- nm - David Jan 31, 13:57
- I feel like occasions like these should be learning experiences. - Dr.Vermin Jan 31, 13:44 1
  - Should've punched him in the jaw. - Beryllium Jan 31, 13:47
- the Red Robin in Wrentham was also pretty bad service-wise. -- nm - Diva Jan 31, 13:42
- my worst dining out story ever is from red robin. I still go there, but i am always, always scared to. -- nm - amanda Jan 31, 13:39
- additional tipping advice.... - Capstern Jan 31, 13:36
- yuck. if there's a survey on the receipt, definitely do it - maybe send a note, in any case. I've been impressed with most of the service I've had - b. Jan 31, 13:36
Yeah, so this happened. - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 31, 13:32 14
- Just curious, how long were you married? -- nm - amoxy Jan 31, 13:48 2
  - 15 years. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 31, 13:58 1
    - "15 yeeeeeeeaaaaaars will give you SUCH a crick in the neck!" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 31, 14:00
- Why couldn't it have been the pretty red-haired girl? - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 31, 13:38
- did you make sure everyone else watching the webcast knew her treachery? -- nm - charlie Jan 31, 13:33
- If she didn't know you were in the room, don't read anything into it. -- nm - David Jan 31, 13:32 8
  - I ducked down under the desk when she entered the room and didn't come out until she left. - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 31, 13:33 7
    - To a larger point, you probably shouldn't be casually dating people you see through work. -- nm - David Jan 31, 13:35 6
      - Hi. Have I mentioned that I live in a college town where 90% of the people either work here or are enrolled here? - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 31, 13:38 4
        
        god it's worse for me. my mom lives here and works in the only non-university profession in town, really. so I also have "I think I know your mom." -- nm - amanda Jan 31, 13:40 3
        
        "Hey! I know you! I just boned your daughter!" -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 31, 14:04
        
        I think I'm completely unable to date anyone withina 200 mile radius of my mom. - loosilu Jan 31, 13:50 1
        
        it's why I don't date. I remember when my closest friend in town and I realized that we'd met almost 20 years before at a family gathering. - amanda Jan 31, 13:53
      - That's more of a guideline than a rule. -- nm - Max Jan 31, 13:36
I honestly do not think I am bad when it comes to taking Halo seriously..... - groiny Jan 31, 13:31 32
- Bacon and Kilbo were pranking me last night. - David Jan 31, 13:34 19
  - I'll admit it takes me time to adjust to Slayer and Big Team after playing alot of SWAT as I've been doing all week - oblique [220] Jan 31, 13:56 3
    - too much SWAT is not necessarily a good thing. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 31, 13:58 2
      - Now that I've finished off all those weekly/monthly challenges, I'm going to be working on big team matches tonight -- nm - oblique [220] Jan 31, 14:00 1
        
        well, I hope to be on, and can assist you, as big team is my best gametype. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 31, 14:01
  - i have no idea what you are talking about, i never had that problem during the game. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 31, 13:36 13
    - You freelanced. I was stuck trying to lead the troops. - David Jan 31, 13:37 12
      - i think it was more of - tRuMaN Jan 31, 13:38 11
        
        David 101? nm -- nm - groiny Jan 31, 13:40 10
        
        honestly, if anyone was going to be a great teacher at halo 101, its david - tRuMaN Jan 31, 13:42 3
        
        "this is how you run at opponents" - groiny Jan 31, 13:44 2
        
        heh. david understands that its neither option all the time - tRuMaN Jan 31, 13:45 1
        
        Unrelated to anything else in this thread, I just noticed that my K/D spread is exactly 2500, 9508 kills, 7008 deaths. -- nm - David Jan 31, 13:53
        
        Bacon needs summer school. -- nm - David Jan 31, 13:41 5
        
        he needs to play with me, I will take the time to show him shit. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 31, 13:42 4
        
        well, bacon did take the lesson to heart the next couple of games - tRuMaN Jan 31, 13:44 2
        
        He really did. He didn't kill a lot of people but he also didn't die so much that he was a problem. - David Jan 31, 13:47 1
        
        Think of the potential for video hilarity. "OK buddy, now we're going to go around this corner ..." *HEADSHOT!* "... buddy? BUDDY?!" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 31, 13:50
        
        but he scurred. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 31, 13:42
  - well, they have to do that, because they can't kill anyone. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 31, 13:35
- Compared to what I've seen posted here...I would agree with that. -- nm - Jim Jan 31, 13:33
- There are certain people in our circle who are... passionate about Halo. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 31, 13:33 10
  - what annoys me about halo is how effing load the menu music, and game is sometimes - tRuMaN Jan 31, 13:40 2
    - I have the setting in the game set to lower game sounds, and higher team sounds. - groiny Jan 31, 13:42 1
      - i must be missing something (though my headset doesnt have that) -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 31, 13:43
  - I'm not sure what the "not as quiet as Bery" comment was about on the backboard. No one's ever complained about the volume of my voice in the game. - Beryllium Jan 31, 13:35 5
    - Even you talk, you whisper. I presume it's because you don't want to wake the family. -- nm - David Jan 31, 13:36 4
      - and we often get every third word that you say. - groiny Jan 31, 13:37 2
        
        I have no idea what that's about. - David Jan 31, 13:38 1
        
        maybe not recently, I have not noticed it. but for a long time, it was the case. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 31, 13:40
      - Hmm, maybe. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 31, 13:37
  - oh, I am too, however, if you are going to play games with relatively new players, you have to expect some - groiny Jan 31, 13:35
Chandler's going to Yemen! -- nm - David Jan 31, 13:30 1
- *THE* Yemen. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 31, 13:32
current office pet peeve: "stompers" people who wear heavy shoes and make sure you know it the way the clomp around the floors -- nm - charlie Jan 31, 13:29
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Most auto-add large group tips are optional, you can have them removed. -- nm - ty97 Jan 31, 13:27 4
- really? i think for 'over 8 people' it's pretty standard, - Andie Jan 31, 13:28 3
  - It's standard to for it to be added automatically, but it's generally not mandatory. - ty97 Jan 31, 13:30 2
    - that im is important. my understanding is that, in ok circumstances, if it's on the menu or in a signed agreement, you have to pay it. if the - b. Jan 31, 13:33
    - ah, -- nm - Andie Jan 31, 13:31
loosi : Microsoft's official option for Windows 7 downgrade -- (link) - mara Jan 31, 13:27 3
- More LIR: loosilu. Doesn't Google Now do that? -- nm - oblique [220] Jan 31, 13:28 1
  - probably. -- nm - loosilu Jan 31, 13:29
- hmmm,, thanks. -- nm - loosilu Jan 31, 13:27
guy is still justifying his cat. -- nm - loosilu Jan 31, 13:26 24
- I have to say...that argument is so dumb it really should be on ST. -- nm - Jim Jan 31, 13:28
- Look, remember Nazis? They were way worse than anything cats will ever do. QED. -- nm - Guy si Jan 31, 13:27 1
  - and kids! don't forget kids. -- nm - loosilu Jan 31, 13:28
- it's a cat. i don't disagree with him.. (note, my cats are indoor cats.) -- nm - Andie Jan 31, 13:27 20
  - I don't necessarily disagree with him either, but I think he misunderstands the point of the article, which was to make cat owners aware of the amount - mara Jan 31, 13:32 7
    - Those aren't *bird* feeders. They are predator admiration stations. -- nm - landbeck Jan 31, 13:34 2
      - buffets -- nm - charlie Jan 31, 13:37
      - Heh, yeah. I used to watch my brother's cat leap straight up to catch birds at their Predation Station. -- nm - mara Jan 31, 13:37
    - Everyone knows what the solution to this problem is, right? Declaw the cats. nm - Jim Jan 31, 13:34 1
      - hee. -- nm - loosilu Jan 31, 13:34
    - my friend was laughing that her cats destroyed the entire local chipmunk population in a month. - loosilu Jan 31, 13:34 1
      - revenge is ours! -- nm - The Chipmunk Underground Jan 31, 13:34
  - it's an invasive species. at least acknowledge what you're doing. -- nm - loosilu Jan 31, 13:28 11
    - well, it is, but it's an invasive species that has been here as long as non-native to north american humans have been. so. -- nm - Andie Jan 31, 13:29 9
      - NZ is a different situation though. It's an isolated ecosystem with no native bird predators. - Roger More Jan 31, 13:40 4
        
        see, that makes a huge difference. -- nm - Andie Jan 31, 13:43
        
        oh yeah, I think they're justified in banning cats, honestly. the birds have been devastated. -- nm - loosilu Jan 31, 13:42 2
        
        I don't know about banning - rats eating bird eggs have probably done more damage. But they should definitely be aware that cats aren't really part - Roger More Jan 31, 13:47 1
        
        if most people could be persuaded to keep the cats inside, it might work. - loosilu Jan 31, 13:52
      - that doesn't make it ok. We stopped whaling and killing walruses because it was bad. -- nm - loosilu Jan 31, 13:30 3
        
        what do you propose? -- nm - Andie Jan 31, 13:32 2
        
        legally ... nothing. but I do encourage people to keep the cats inside. -- nm - loosilu Jan 31, 13:32 1
        
        which andie is already doing, so this whole thread is moo. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 31, 13:34
    - (not YOU. you know what I mean) -- nm - loosilu Jan 31, 13:28
"Show us your tits" -- nm - oblique [220] Jan 31, 13:26

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