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Skriven 2014-04-09 18:17:06 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Nancy Backus
Ärende: Tipping
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-=> Nancy Backus wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> The gold coins are more attractive and more easily identifiable - even
 DD> though they are the exact same size and weight as the Susies. And
 DD> whilst some vending machines give (or used to) dollar coins in change,

 NB> Lately I noticed that the ramp parking machines give back the dollar
 NB> coins in change...  used to be I mostly noticed it with the stamp
 NB> vending machines (which have gone practically obsolete around here)...

I used to get them from the stamp machine in the lobby of the Pest Office. But,
I haven't bought stamps there - from the machine - for yonks. I can go to the
window buy whatever Forever Stamps I require, pay with plastic and get ca$h
back - just like the C-Store or Stupormarkup.
 
 DD> none of them, to my knowledge, accept them as payment.

 NB> I vaguely remember some vending machine that did... but can't put any
 NB> specifics to it now, so maybe it was an errant memory...

 DD> Probably not even Las Vegas slot machines.

 NB> Wouldn't ahve a clue about those...  ;)   But those would almost make
 NB> sense, added to the nickle ones and all...  ;)

Slots have many, many, many options to clean the lint from your pockets. Penny,
nickle, etc. machines, machines that take paper money and in some jurisdictions
your plastic. No one but a degenerate gambler plays the slots anyway as they
are a mugg's game - like most casino stuff.
 
Someone who would be well advised to add dollar coin capability to their
machines are the folks who have the "novelty" vending machines in the Men's
rooms of saloons and gas stations. Currently the prospective purchaser is
required to stack three quarters and place them into the crank mechanism all at
one go. Switching to a dollar coin would both simplify the mechanism and its
use as well as give in immediate 25% price increase for the "novelties" - said
extra $$$ going right to the bottom line.  Bv)=
 
 DD> I said a long time ago that if the gummint pulled a gun on the vending
 DD> machine industry and got them to accept the dollar coins (Susies and
 DD> the yellow-boys) they would take off.

 NB> Maybe...  I know lots of people who just hate to carry any sort of
 NB> change... and the dollar coins are heavier yet...

I carry change, especially the dollar coins since I eat out a lot and a dollar
coin (or two) tip or a two dollar bill will get you remembered more fondly than
that "added to the plastic" or somewhat larger paper money tip.
 
 DD>> I have been known to leave a two penny, or sometimes a whole nickel,
 DD>> tip. To show that I did NOT forget to tip and that I DID remember the
 DD>> abysmal service or crappy attitude.

 NB>> Done that too..  Once we simply left a somewhat small tip, a dollar
 NB>> maybe, for what should have been at least twice, three times that... as
 NB>> we hadn't been too impressed by the waitress's service...  Next time we
 NB>> came in, she was all over us trying to please... apparently we had left
 NB>> her her very first tip (according to the proprietor)...  :)   She
 NB>> became our favorite waitress at that place... we watched her steady
 NB>> improvement from that time forth.. :)

 DD> There is an art to being a waitron. And it's possible to give too much
 DD> service as well as too little.

 NB> Hover too much, don't give them any space, eh....?   :)  The girl I
 NB> mentioned wasn't giving too much service, but was acting like we were
 NB> her most important customers... which, I suppose, was only the truth,
 NB> especially at the moment...  ;)  Apparently the idea that one might get
 NB> tips for proper service only sank in for her after she got her first
 NB> one... ;)  The restaurant is long since gone... it was one of our
 NB> all-time favorite Asian buffets, an all-time favorite all round
 NB> actually.... :)

Perhaps if the minimum wage for "tipped servers" were more than the Federal
$2.13/hr or my state's $4.95/hr and New York's $5/hr we could eliminate
(expected) tipping altogether except for "exceptional" or extra service. It's
been my experience, though, that in places where the "gratuity" is an automatic
add to the bottom line of 15 to 18% that the service generally sucks - often as
badly as the food. I try to avoid such places.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Golden Nugget Bread Pudding
 Categories: Puddings, Desserts, Dairy, Fruits, Breads
      Yield: 12 servings

     16 oz Half & half
      8 oz Whipping cream
      8 lg Eggs
  1 1/4 c  White sugar
    1/4 ts Vanilla
  4 1/2 sl White bread
    1/2 ts Cinnamon
      1 ts White sugar
      2 tb Raisins

  In a bowl mix together well the half and half, cream,
  eggs, sugar and vanilla. Arrange bread slices on bottom of
  a 10" X 12" baking dish. Pour egg/cream mixture over
  bread. Mix cinnamon with sugar and sprinkle over bread.
  Spread raisins over top. 

  Cover with foil and bake in a water bath in 400oF/205oC
  oven for 75 to 90 minutes.

  Servings: 12

  Recipe by: Golden Nugget's Buffet, Las Vegas, NV

  From: http://www.recipelink.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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