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Served: My Plea To Tip Kindly
How about the men and women who perform your Barium enema! Let's tip them too. After all what service can be more personal? Tipping gets a little"out there" in terms of who gets what.
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F**K serious, we get that all day long!
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Hey Bobby, maybe they should say "San Marzano tomatoes, originally from North America".
Pizzeria Bianco Mops the Floor with Mozza
Is that fennel sausage cooked before it goes on the pizza and into the oven? When I was there it seemed done just right.
Cook the Book: 'Margaritas, Mojitos & More'
Trim the exterior off of a pineapple, leave the top to grasp a hold of and dunk that sukka in a LARGE, I mean Large, MaiTai. Out west we like them BIG drinks, none of that pussy stuff east of here.
Sourdough Doesn't Always Mean 'Good'
It's Friday and I think a lot of folks on this link need a drink.
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Well that explains Mario's behavior, smokin' that guanciale!
Cook the Book: 'Mario Batali Italian Grill'
A stretch as condiments go, but I can't do any grilling w/o some oak for the fire and carne. I'll take apple for the salmon, hickory for the ribs. Toss in some S&P, fohgetaboutit.
Raoul
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In Videos: Picking Up the Pizza Pace
@z911empire: Yeah. It was just a neat time-lapse video that showed the pizza-making process at Philip's joint. I especially like the bit where the dough press comes down and jolts the whole operation. Cool shot.
Served: My Plea To Tip Kindly
I know I'm a little late to the table, but this is an issue that always gets me wound up and I just wanted to add my 20%
I was a barista for years, at an independent coffee shop and I depended on tips to survive. My minimum wage salary barely covered my rent and utility costs, so my tips provided me with food and other essentials as well as funds non essential items and activities which a person needs from time to time. To me a barista is no different than a bartender, they just serve different kinds of beverages. And I would assume that most people tip their bartender, even if all they are ordering is a bottled beer.
I actually labeled my tip jar "Karma Jar" and with the exception of one Hindu woman who found it offensive, people were very responsive to it. I always tip at least $1 esp if I know the tips are being pooled.
I also always tip the pizza delivery guys. They may get paid more than server rate, but they have to use their own car, and making frequent short trips does add to the wear and tear of any vehicle, plus buy their own gas and we all know how that's been lately. People have told me that it's not necessary to tip when a delivery fee is added to the bill, but more often then not that delivery fee goes to the restaurant, not the delivery guy. Pizza delivery can also be a rather dangerous occupation, for more info visit
http://tipthepizzaguy.com/
Which is a little snarky here and there but does give some perspective from the delivery guy's point of view
Served: My Plea To Tip Kindly
bitterwaitress.com a very funny and unfortunately frequently accurate site. I am a fifty-plus year old who has worked in the restaurant industry since i was old enough to hold a job and i have experienced the best and the worst that this occupation has to offer. I have been waitress, bartender, pastry chef, sous chef, manager, you name it- in several areas of the united states and in france. My personal observation is that most snarky customers who undertip or stiff the servers are generally HUGELY unhappy people who make themselves feel bigger and better by trying to make others-servers-feel small. Power trip. Supercilious behavior. General jerkiness. I once worked in a great beer-plate lunch-burger joint where we could tell the customers to screw off, get out, basically give thier guff right back to them. Sometimes it felt really good to call a jerk a jerk. I also like the line a fellow waitress friend uses on occasion when being jerked around by a customer. She sweetly smiles and says," boy, it must suck to be YOU." Generally, i love my job. I only wait part time now, and on most days it still takes me an hour or so to "decompress"--but i know that those snarks are out there and the law of averages states that i will have to wait on a few of them. I try to ignore them while giving them marginal service-sufficient service, nothing more. Then there are those times that the stereotype doesn't hold true. That is a welcome thing; unfortunately though, here in the deep south the stereotype usually holds true. I try to be a fair tipper--standard 15 percent, 20-25 percent if i have great, attentive service. Good tipping really IS good karma.
Served: My Plea To Tip Kindly
I have read the comments with great interest. I live in New Zealand and generally there is no tipping. If I take a taxi I round up the amount owing, if the fare is a straight $20, then that is what I give. That is the norm here. There is no tipping of hairdressers for instance, and you might tip a waiter/waitress after having received truly good service and on a special night out. That amount is given as a thank you but it is not expected. The minimum wage here is $12.00 per hour from age 16 and that is before tax. I can't get my head around tipping. I feel that a working person ought to receive a "proper" wage and should not have to rely on tipping (people's mood etc etc) to make a living. Let the price of the meal reflect the true cost of that meal. Having said that, should I travel to the States, I would make an effort to find out how to tip correctly but I would prefer not to have to think about what is appropriate to give and suffer embarrassment through ignorance.
Served: My Plea To Tip Kindly
Servers remember who tips and who doesn't. The tippers will get more of my time, service and hospitality than the ones who tip poorly or not at all.
Served: My Plea To Tip Kindly
If you ever leave less than 10% for ANY reason - you are a thief. By federal law at least a 10% tip must accompany all service transactions. The problem with the law is that they punish the victim. You see, whether you tip or not Uncle Sam still taxes the server for a 10% tip, thus making not tipping a crime. The server pays a fine for a bad tip in the form of income tax. So when you do not tip you are actually taking money they earned from other customers. That makes you a thief. If the service was not up to par, speak with the manager. If you do not speak with the manager but leave a poor tip the service wasn't bad; you are just cheap. And to be quite honest if you get any food, be it what you ordered or not then the server has earned a 10% tip.
Served: My Plea To Tip Kindly
I am a good tipper, WHEN my server is good. I believe that just like a bonus at other jobs, extra tip is all about how you work. For satisfactory service I'll give 15%. But, if the waiter is rude or ignores the table, I don't mind tipping less that that. I'm a reasonable person . . . if they can't figure out what they did wrong, then they'll probably just do it to someone else.
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