DC and Arlington, VA
We're going to visit DC and are staying in Arlington. Can anyone recommend any good restaurants at either place?
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Good service is good service. Period. We tip according to service only.
Celebrating birthdays!
We also get to pick out what we want for dinner and dessert for our birthdays. Almost everyone in my family picks out the four-layer dessert. It has a shortbread-like crust, then a cream cheese and powdered sugar layer, then chocolate pudding layer, then topped with Cool Whip. It is light, but good. German Chocolate cakes or Italian Cream cakes are good for birthdays, also!
DC and Arlington, VA
We are staying close to Clarendon, and we will be at the Mall during the day. We are renting a car while we are there. Hope this helps with recommendations! Thanks!
DC and Arlington, VA
Thanks to all who have commented! I am taking my two teenagers on this trip. Does this make a difference on the recommendations that you made?
What will you have on Christmas Morning?
We get the cheap canned biscuits, and fry them in oil until brown. Drain them, and while still warm, roll them in powdered sugar. They will melt in your mouth. I serve this with bacon, coffee, and O.J. Yum!
My childhood holiday treat favorites were ____
My mom used to make a Scotcheroos. They have a peanut butter and rice krispie base with a chocolate-butterscotch topping. Yummy!
What cookbook do you need & can't find the kitchen if missing?
I like the Fannie Farmer cookbook; it has about every recipe known to man!
My favorite sticky, chewy food is ______
My favorite is a bar cookie known as a Scotcheroo. It is rice krispies with peanut butter and corn syrup topped with a chocolate icing. Also, peanut butter chews for school made with cornflakes are great!
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Racial Tipping point
When I was a waitress in high school, at a kind of touristy restaurant in San Francisco, I would amuse myself by putting on fake accents for a night (a special talent of mine) and then checking the tips. A fake Irish or English accent got the highest tips every time. My normal non-accented voice got the median as did a southern accent. But a Valley girl accent, New York accent, or girl from the 'hood accent got lower tips- by a couple percentage points. Pretty interesting!
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Being African-American (and part Hispanic), I've gotten shoddy service from both blacks and whites. I think it has more to do with training than anything else. I tip for fast yet thoughtful service. I don't tip if I have to ask for something more than once. And don't even think about being rude, let alone being racist.
The worst experience I ever had was when I treated a good friend (white) to a farewell dinner at El Torito on City Line Avenue (since closed). The waiter was totally cold and obnoxious to me and when I gave him my credit card to pay for the meal, when he came back, he gave the card to my friend!?!?!?! "Dude, what IS your problem - that's MY credit card!" I said. Not only did I not tip him, I wrote on my bill, "I'd tip you, but I don't make a habit of tipping bigoted tools such as yourself -- have a good day!". We even waited at the entrance to see his reaction - he wasn't happy.
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I also tip according to service. I was at a restaurant with a friend and had terrible service. I was going to leave without a tip. She had a better idea. She left 2 pennies. That way they knew that we didn't just forget to leave a tip. The wait staff knew we left a bad tip for bad service. I think it is a great idea.
Also, I will speak to the manager if I had great service. I have never been a waitress but I have worked sales and you always hear the bad even if it is the customers that are the problem. So I make sure to let the manager and/or headquarters know when I had great service.
Once I asked a waitress to get the manager. The poor girl was terrified. She didn't think she did anything wrong but I wanted the manager. After I spoke to the manager about how great she was the waitress came back and thanked me and told me about her feelings about getting the manager. She also said that the manager went into the kitchen and announced over the kitchen speaker system that this waitress received a glowing comment. It made the waitresses day and mine.
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having been a waitress, i almost always overtip. i have, as well as evilchefmom/souschef been the victim of age discrimination. going to any restaurant around my college is always a test of whether they treat us like normal patrons or just figure that we are poor college students. i have not received wonderful service in so long that i don't get excited to go out anymore and prefer to just cook myself.
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As a host, I've had waiters tell me not to seat black people in their sections because "they don't tip."
As a barista, I've received good, bad, and no tips from people of every size, race, and color.
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Put it this way. If Barak Obama were either the restautant patron or server would the tips be 2% and 1/4% less?
POP QUIZ:
If Barak were both patron and server, what would the tip be?
Do the math.
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This looks suspiciously like one of those "studies" that starts with a desired supposition and then works backwards, massaging the data and methodology to "prove" the conclusion.
Then again, I may be giving them too much credit? Probably just more:
Lies, Damned Lies & Statistics
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@srhcb - Me either.
@All - I worked as a server years ago in college.(Sounds funny - server - we were called waitress' back in the day) I was treated poorly on more than one occasion by both caucasian and African-American customers. There were just as many low or non-tipping customers on the part of both. I tend to tip on the higher side, always rounding up, especially if the service was exceptional. I have never "stiffed" a server, but I have come pretty close! I will speak with the manager if we have been treated poorly or if the service was lacking. It is up to management to ensure the standard of service in the restaurant.
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