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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:20 AM Original message |
So my husband went to the Olive Garden for Dinner |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. No tip? |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
2. Why on earth would he not want to leave a tip? What sense does that make? |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. loads of Europeans and Australians don't leave tips... |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Don't they build it into the price of the meal? |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. not sure...I have yet to add "international traveler" to my resume |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. I'd be shocked if they didn't know about tipping |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. not always, depends on how much they have done their reading prior to visiting |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
49. yes, in other countries wait staff is actually paid. hence they are shocked when they are in america |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
42. Yes -- it's added in as a "service charge," etc. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. But in this country, waitstaff depend on tips. |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I do not disagree... |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. He doesn't make sense. |
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swimboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. Somebody should have "tipped" him into a bottomless salad bowl. |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. Is the guy European? nt |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
5. no tip? |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. why didn't he want to leave a tip? Thats just shitty. |
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Pierre.Suave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
7. Strange |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
8. Was this guy married to a mail-order bride? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. OMG -- I wondered if he was one of "them," too |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. He is! |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. OMG! |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Yep. In fact he is. |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Quel surprise! |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. And even more shockingly, he's a raging right-winger. |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Waitaminit... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. So he doesn't have a mail-order bride? |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Well, he didn't order her by mail or out of a catalog, |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
9. Even though we know my feelings about OG --TIP 20%, PEOPLE |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. Exactly why some tips are figured in automatically for groups. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I thought it was because large groups are typically a pain in the ass |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Both. Large groups are a PITA and more easily duck the tip. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. what an assbite |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I tip a lot more in the family diners |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Agreed -- 20% is the baseline for me |
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mulsh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. 3-4% tip if any is what |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. great story. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. absolutely |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. ha! ha! Well, you are a good example - to both your daughter and that man! n/t |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. yeah I guess |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. makes sense to me! n/t |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
25. I'm going tonight, cheap pasta, big tables for friends |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN OLIVE GARDEN |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
29. What's the punchline?? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. HOSPITALIANO!!!!!!!!! |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
32. I usually tip well, but I don't consider 20% a baseline |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. I would have to disagree with you on your last sentence |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Yes, but I don't mean people like you. I mean people like the couple I saw once |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I understand -- I wasn't being snarky, I promise |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I know; I don't think I explained well enough the first time. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
37. maybe the gratuity had been included in the bill |
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jakefrep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
50. The more important question: |
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