Sunday, July 17, 2005
ENDURING CHEAP ASSES WAY TOO OFTEN
Another annoying dining experience in the big city. Every few months I have to endure the torture of dining with a former country bumpkin. We'll end up at a posh French or Italian restaurant and when the bill comes, one of our two (born in Ireland) pals, just can't let go of their fucking money to give a proper tip to the waiter/waitress. Good God, why oh why are some people soooo anal about this? In North America and Canada this is how we do things!!!!!!!!! Get over it or don't come with. One poor friend ended up putting in three bucks over and me two bucks over what our dinners, tax and 20% tip cost because one cheap ass didn't want to give a proper tip. She was actually giving 10%. (THIS ISN'T AN IRISH PUB!!! HELLO) I know it's unconceivable for some, to tip 20% but at an expensive French restaurant with froi gras on the menu you do! It's just proper. If you don't agree with it and you can't part with your dollars DON'T GO TO THESE PLACES! Stay in your Olive Garden & Chilli's world. Then when she snatched our singles out of our hands to put in the check holder, she let out a grunt of disgust by humpfing at us and rolling her eyes. I said to her in a low voice, "you know, when you're in a posh restaurant in a big metropolitan city, we just give a slightly higher tip". I then showed her my wallet tip card which actually showed two columns of tip amounts. 15% & 20%. I said, "20% is for expensive restaurants". She just walked away from me giving me a dirty look. No one heard me tell her this. Was I wrong for enlightening a friend of a friend who I've actually seen a few times?
USE TIP TABLES AND YOU CAN BUY TAX TABLES NOW TOO, IF THIS IS FOREIGN TO ANY OF YOU.
USE TIP TABLES AND YOU CAN BUY TAX TABLES NOW TOO, IF THIS IS FOREIGN TO ANY OF YOU.
