Pre-Order Thread

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bulldogqt said:
I think this is only the 2nd time I’ve ever doubled up and ordered a record I already have a copy of. Got an OG but it’s pretty beat and this is easily one of my favorite albums of all time so I’m mad excited to have a fresh player copy. Order this album blind if you even remotely like ska, punk, or just really fucking good songwriting. You won’t regret it, this album is that good.
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Sadly, I've ignored pretty much all BtMI! and his solo stuff. What other album do I need the most from that site?
 
Joe Mac said:
The norm would be nearer 10% here tbh and I’m almost always happy to give it. The only exception is poor and rude service, in some ways I end up feeling really sorry for someone who is just a bit bad at their job...
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I had a really embarrassing tipping moment in San Francisco...had a final night blow out at a posh place ..gathered all the cash together for a $100 each meal..put $40 dollar tip which was all the notes left...nice 20%..and the manger came over and asked if we were unhappy with the waiter as our tip was so low!
 
Gavaxeman said:
I had a really embarrassing tipping moment in San Francisco...had a final night blow out at a posh place ..gathered all the cash together for a $100 each meal..put $40 dollar tip which was all the notes left...nice 20%..and the manger came over and asked if we were unhappy with the waiter as our tip was so low!
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So this was a dinner for two?
 
Gavaxeman said:
I had a really embarrassing tipping moment in San Francisco...had a final night blow out at a posh place ..gathered all the cash together for a $100 each meal..put $40 dollar tip which was all the notes left...nice 20%..and the manger came over and asked if we were unhappy with the waiter as our tip was so low!
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Oh $100 each meal, meaning together it was $200 plus the $40 tip. %20 is PLENTY generous. Sounds like a snooty-ass place.

I always feel awkward at really nice places when I tip. Like... if I'm spending $1000 on a meal for my family, am I supposed to tip the waiter $200? That seems like a lot.
 
Max Sterling said:
Oh $100 each meal, meaning together it was $200 plus the $40 tip. %20 is PLENTY generous. Sounds like a snooty-ass place.

I always feel awkward at really nice places when I tip. Like... if I'm spending $1000 on a meal for my family, am I supposed to tip the waiter $200? That seems like a lot.
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I think in most places where you would spend $1000 on the family dinner, some of that waiter tip is getting split with the busboy who has to clear the table, the cooks who had to make 25 fish and chips all come out at the same time, and the other support staff that may not have actually been at your table taking your order. I always gave a few to the dishwasher and line cooks who helped me score a big tip from a large table.
 
Max Sterling said:
Some people are REALLY good at ONE thing. I know a guy who's a brilliant Program Manager, understands the ins and outs of deploying networks and servers better than most in the business, and I work for Google, so that's saying something. I handed him a pocket knife and he could not figure out the mechanism to open it. It was fascinating.
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I resemble this remark.
Joe Mac said:
The norm would be nearer 10% here tbh and I’m almost always happy to give it. The only exception is poor and rude service, in some ways I end up feeling really sorry for someone who is just a bit bad at their job...
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I was a waitress for 2 weeks. I feel really, really, really sorry for someone who is a bit bad at their job. (I was a really bad waitress)
 
sorcerer said:
America is all about the freedom to do dumb things 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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We've had a chip since The Revolutionary War and the Founding Fathers wanted to differentiate ourselves former "oppressors" That's why we drive on the right side of the road, don't use the metric system, write shorthand dates M/D/Y, and drop/add superfluous letters from certain words. U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
 
folsom_lives said:
I think in most places where you would spend $1000 on the family dinner, some of that waiter tip is getting split with the busboy who has to clear the table, the cooks who had to make 25 fish and chips all come out at the same time, and the other support staff that may not have actually been at your table taking your order. I always gave a few to the dishwasher and line cooks who helped me score a big tip from a large table.
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Damn, does this really happen? I’ve been a cook since about 2011/12 and I’ve received a tip only once.

It was $2.
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Gavaxeman said:
I had a really embarrassing tipping moment in San Francisco...had a final night blow out at a posh place ..gathered all the cash together for a $100 each meal..put $40 dollar tip which was all the notes left...nice 20%..and the manger came over and asked if we were unhappy with the waiter as our tip was so low!
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This is a bit confusing to me. So the waiter *told* his/her manager what you tipped them? That seems highly inappropriate and never a thing I would have done while I was a server.
 
Dark Star Boogie said:
Damn, does this really happen? I’ve been a cook since about 2011/12 and I’ve received a tip only once.

It was $2.
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I mean it was a small restaurant and I took some orders at the counter and also waited on a few tables. Imagine a Starbucks with a full service restaurant as well. There were groups that would come in and all order meals from the counter with a coffee and I was basically getting paid $7.50 an hour while a server was getting like $2.30. The customers would usually throw a 15% tip in the coffee tip jar so I felt bad about keeping all the cash myself since I really didn't do anything but punch the order in. I mean there were times where I was doing everything AND making the coffees and I didn't feel bad about it but when a group of 20 shows up and the cook looks at me with those sad eyes with a mile-long ticket, yeah I threw a few bones for the trouble.
 
As a former server I love the tip system, at least in my circumstances. In California servers make minimum wage plus tips, so we would sometimes make $45/hr or even more on super busy nights. Lots of restaurants are moving towards service being included in their checks and not giving all of that money to the servers. They are getting decent hourly pay (18/hr ish) but no where near what we could make on a good night.
 
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