tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post6417300634541462911..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: "Minimum wage activists call tipping racist"Trooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-9241192479093934202017-04-03T22:57:30.253-04:002017-04-03T22:57:30.253-04:00The krauts don't tip? Its probably because in ...The krauts don't tip? Its probably because in Europe you don't tip, its included as part of the bill or considered insulting.<br /><br />Myself, I try to tip generously, but not over do it. Usually give 20-25%. Funny thing, is when we go out to lunch -at work, the female and minority co-workers are very stingy with the tips, even though the help is usually minority and female.<br /><br />And my wife is East Asian. You have to threaten her to get a tip out of her. <br /><br />rcoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-9564021176908019822017-04-03T13:31:27.184-04:002017-04-03T13:31:27.184-04:00This is what the absurdity of diversity of thought...This is what the absurdity of diversity of thought has brought us. It isn't the age of enlightenment. It is the age of stupid ideas not being choked to death in their cribs.Methadrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07828014989470539375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-91764622695211325382017-04-03T09:45:52.289-04:002017-04-03T09:45:52.289-04:00Chip, Your mom is an aberration. Waitresses are s...Chip, Your mom is an aberration. Waitresses are some of the biggest tippers. ndspinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446291993043775612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-50137798294198360492017-04-03T04:14:15.936-04:002017-04-03T04:14:15.936-04:00Resevoir xxxx Resevoire xxxxxx Reservoir Dogs tips...Resevoir xxxx Resevoire xxxxxx <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4sbYy0WdGQ" rel="nofollow">Reservoir Dogs tips scene.</a><br /><br />I watched it. And I found it hard to watch. Because the dude is boring. His argument is boring. And all comments on YouTube from non-Americans in agreement are equally boring. For myself, the interesting part is how Mr Orange self-identifies as tattle-tale rat little bitch and the giant arrow that appeared and went bink bink bink with printed words reading "character + plot development here." Nice touch.<br /><br />Tip heavily. What the heck.<br /><br />One of my favorite new forms is buy the whole place a pizza. A BIG one. <br /><br />Then tip the guy heavily who delivers it. <br /><br />John Gruenzwik and I stopped by a sushi place in Washington Park area called Japon, odd, because that is Japan in Spanish. This was the first time we sipped sake and it actually tasted good. The whole thing was good. We had a great time. Then we're walking back to the car, we're a block away and turning the corner and right there the waiter, a little guy, I realized out there on the street, rushing to catch us to return an obvious error. Surely John didn't intend to leave such a large tip. John said, "Nope. No mistake. That's yours." And the guy freaked the f out. He properly freaked out right there on the street. I still have no idea how much cash John gave him or what ohn saw in the service, nothing sticks out, nothing was mentioned. It's baffling. And now John is dead. <br /><br />I think tipping largely depends where you are in life.<br /><br />My own mother was a horrible tipper. She worked for tips herself for awhile there and she was unsympathetic to tipping beyond 10%. <br /><br />As she aged she took it upon herself as her duty to ensure we do not overtip. She'd actually swipe some of the waitress's tip that we left. She habitualized that dreadful behavior. She made us all cross by continuously doing that for a very long time.<br /><br />Then as she aged further she began overtipping everybody inappropriately. Nurses in hospitals. Clerks at businesses. Grocery cashiers. Tire salesman. Hatch Chile roaster. Often amusing, still a complete reversal to her previously troubling behavior. <br /><br />When I go out by myself the wait person must serve my table as if there were two. The wait person is losing out by me being alone. So for next time, I tip as if there are two. To compensate. <br /><br />And the whole time I'm thinking, "I don't even have to clear the table. I don't have to do the dishes. I don't have to put them away. I don't have to wipe everything clean. I didn't have to cook this. I don't have to clean those pots and utensils and stove and floor." <br /><br />It's so worth it. Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-17642959868103380272017-04-02T21:11:32.323-04:002017-04-02T21:11:32.323-04:00bags, I believe Sasha simply got a shot and a beer...bags, I believe Sasha simply got a shot and a beer as tip. But, I don't know. Her drinking prowess was legendary. I also delivered newspapers to Mack's Grill, where Sasha worked as a bar fly. Back then, there were no lotteries, you played the numbers, aka Italian Lottery, policy game, etc. w/ a bookie. Every newspaper carried the US Treasury balance, issued by the Treasury Dept. daily. Well, the last 3 numbers of the Treasury balance was that day's number. A nationwide legit source for the winning number. It was expected as I walked in the Mack's Grill to yell out the daily number, w/ the inevitable groans of "just missing" the number by the Ice Man Cometh patrons. ndspinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446291993043775612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-87424975864218883832017-04-02T20:28:32.199-04:002017-04-02T20:28:32.199-04:00Are tips Hitler yet? Or colonists?
Nothing worse ...Are tips Hitler yet? Or colonists?<br /><br />Nothing worse that colonists. Tips are colonists! <br />Joe Biden, America's Putinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05802605309593881825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-60419658606026242732017-04-02T20:06:45.718-04:002017-04-02T20:06:45.718-04:00What cost $5.00 in 1968 would cost $35.05 in 2016....What cost $5.00 in 1968 would cost $35.05 in 2016. That was fast money back then, especially from Spinelli.bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-10822546078605041712017-04-02T20:03:24.177-04:002017-04-02T20:03:24.177-04:00What's the standard tip for a $5 blow job? 20...What's the standard tip for a $5 blow job? 20% seems a little rich, especially afterward. I mean get my commitment ahead of time, and you'll do much better. bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-45446302672138820882017-04-02T20:00:01.641-04:002017-04-02T20:00:01.641-04:00For a fair idea of inflation, I think you need to ...For a fair idea of inflation, I think you need to compare basic necessities of comparable utility and benefit. A loaf of bread today is about the same utility and benefit as one 50 years ago, but a modern automobile like everything else is much better than back then. Same with a telephone, a TV, medication, etc. An American in poverty today lives a longer, easier healthier, and safer life with more options and better everything than a king did 100 years ago. We want things that not only are better today, but cost much more. Minimum wage, if there is one, should be based on needs - not wants. A person on minimum wage 50 years ago could survive, but little more. Today they can afford amazing technology, entertainment, and convenience even the wealthy could not back then. Minimum wage was devised to protect people from real poverty that no longer exists in this country. bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-12524551248007207382017-04-02T19:52:03.327-04:002017-04-02T19:52:03.327-04:00Eww, TMI, ND!Eww, TMI, ND!The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-27141461866503661382017-04-02T19:49:04.098-04:002017-04-02T19:49:04.098-04:00There's a good scene in Reservoir Dogs about t...There's a good scene in Reservoir Dogs about tipping. ndspinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446291993043775612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-33596073631006107222017-04-02T19:45:26.299-04:002017-04-02T19:45:26.299-04:00Trooper and I are totally simpatico on tipping. I ...Trooper and I are totally simpatico on tipping. I have told my daughter, nieces, etc. if a guy is rude to a waiter, DUMP HIM, he's no one to have a relationship with. And, like Trooper says, I tip garbage men, newspaper, delivery, etc. As much as anything it makes me feel good to make someone happy. <br /><br />I worked for tips in the family restaurant, newspaper delivery, bar tending and caddying. As a young man I learned a lot about adults delivering papers[I had to collect weekly] waiting tables and caddying. A Jamaican prostitute and her loser white husband were one of my newspaper customers. She would give blow jobs in the local dive bar bathroom for $5. She would show me her tits for my tip. A good show, and she would give me a little shimmy. Even got to touch them at Christmas. I was just going through puberty so it was like a C-note tip to me. ndspinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446291993043775612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-2911661255583792862017-04-02T19:39:48.788-04:002017-04-02T19:39:48.788-04:00I generally identify the cost of inflation to the ...I generally identify the cost of inflation to the cost of a Buick. In 1970 a Buick Lesabre cost $3000, a 2017 Buick Lacrosse costs $32000 approximately 10 times as much. In 1970 the minimum wage was $1.60 an hour. That's where I came up with $16.00. <br /><br />It's hard to judge prices by a basket of goods. Foods are subsidized , a gallon of milk is probably close to the 1971 price. <br />Electronics generally are very expensive initially and drop dramatically in price. <br /><br />Health insurance is through the roof. I paid 4 dollars a month in 1970. With Medicare and supplementals today I will be paying close to $400 dollars a month.<br /> <br />The Feds are currently subsidizing many minimum wage earners. If tax payers are paying the difference then the minimum wage is too low. ampersandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17145013352755061465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-30924353530945822002017-04-02T19:21:06.125-04:002017-04-02T19:21:06.125-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.ndspinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446291993043775612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-89113566447794279382017-04-02T19:10:56.861-04:002017-04-02T19:10:56.861-04:00The minimum wage has risen much faster than inflat...The minimum wage has risen much faster than inflation, unless you pick your dates very carefully. Then there is the question of how much inflation was actually caused by the faster and faster rising minimum wage. It has fed itself, which means it actually has cancelled out much of it's own benefit to wage earners, and inflation is an especially regressive tax.<br /><br /><br />bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-47047446018544445762017-04-02T19:05:41.711-04:002017-04-02T19:05:41.711-04:00I have no doubt that the $16 figure is being broad...I have no doubt that the $16 figure is being broadcast, especially considering it's just a little above the $15/hr attempting to be sold. It's like that salesman that tells you even though this thing cost a lot, it should cost even more. <br /><br />A look at the history of the minimum wage and using an inflation calculator reveals that: <br /><br />The minimum wage was started in 1938 at $0.25/hr.<br />What cost $0.25 in 1938 would cost $4.33 in 2016.<br /> <br />Or you could take the minimum wage in 1976 when I graduated from H.S. of $2.30.<br />What cost $2.30 in 1976 would cost $9.85 in 2016.<br />bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-85496593755612804392017-04-02T18:30:14.211-04:002017-04-02T18:30:14.211-04:00BTW if the minimum wage kept up with inflation it ...BTW if the minimum wage kept up with inflation it would be nearly 16 dollars an hour today.ampersandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17145013352755061465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-52352301188546414612017-04-02T18:26:10.339-04:002017-04-02T18:26:10.339-04:00You're not supposed to tip in Europe as the se...You're not supposed to tip in Europe as the service charge is included in the bill.<br />However if you do, it is never refused although the waiters will still sneer at you.ampersandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17145013352755061465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-14083107982109118482017-04-02T18:24:08.634-04:002017-04-02T18:24:08.634-04:00Pin the tail on the racist. Almost all the wait st...Pin the tail on the racist. Almost all the wait staff I encounter are white.ampersandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17145013352755061465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-17754648626363591502017-04-02T18:03:58.544-04:002017-04-02T18:03:58.544-04:00bagoh20 said...
The problem with minimum wage is ...bagoh20 said...<br /><br /><i>The problem with minimum wage is that it prices a lot of people out of the job market</i><br /><br />That's the idea. If minimum wage people can't get a job, next stop is welfare.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-65518829200929245382017-04-02T17:31:48.575-04:002017-04-02T17:31:48.575-04:00I used to tip between 100% to 200% of the bill.
N...I used to tip between 100% to 200% of the bill.<br /><br />Now I don't eat food that I don't prepare myself. Tipping is no longer a concern. Falling clean over might be, however.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-14821048579170419562017-04-02T17:16:09.547-04:002017-04-02T17:16:09.547-04:00I used to tip when I made enough money. Now, that ...I used to tip when I made enough money. Now, that I just don't make enough to be generous, good service may get a good social media review... is that the next thing that might be racist? If it isn't already.Lem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-31769171935272861942017-04-02T17:00:09.628-04:002017-04-02T17:00:09.628-04:00I'm going with it. Tips are racist. I say we a...I'm going with it. Tips are racist. I say we all stop tipping.Joe Biden, America's Putinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05802605309593881825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-57225837582339405032017-04-02T15:45:04.488-04:002017-04-02T15:45:04.488-04:00And don't forget to tip the fireman when they ...And don't forget to tip the fireman when they come to your home or place of business finding some excuse to write a few summonses. <br />Trump fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16710318926618862651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-69362624117164041232017-04-02T15:38:24.799-04:002017-04-02T15:38:24.799-04:00Get ready for...."Robots are racist!"Get ready for...."Robots are racist!"ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.com