Text 12145, 96 rader
Skriven 2014-04-14 16:01:43 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 11959 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
Ärende: Re: Tipping
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-=> Quoting Dave Drum to Nancy Backus on 09 Apr 14  18:17:06 <=-

 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)...

 DD> I used to get them from the stamp machine in the lobby of the Pest
 DD> Office. But, I haven't bought stamps there - from the machine - for
 DD> yonks. I can go to the window buy whatever Forever Stamps I require,

Our PO took the stamp machines out of the lobby a few years ago... and
replaced them with the self-service scale/computers that will weigh your
letters and parcels, tell you what the postage will be, and then sell
you that postage, charged to your plastic, spitting the pre-print out of
the machine to affix to the envelope or package...  Since I usually get
the Forever stamps in a roll of 100, I've been getting that over the
counter anyway, too, even when the machines were still in the lobby. 
And, since I prefer to affix real stamps, I still go to the "window" to
check out my letters etc, unless I need to get something out while the
windows are all closed, at which point I do use the self-service...  :)

 DD> pay with plastic and get ca$h back - just like the C-Store or
 DD> Stupormarkup. 

That's an option I don't take advantage of at all... but then, I usually
get my "allowance" in cash, so I'm set there already... It stays in the
wallet for groceries, etc, usually, with some going into the bank for
bills that get paid by check...  Maybe things will change in a few years
when I'm officially on the gov't "payroll" and Direct Deposited...  ;)

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

 DD> Slots have many, many, many options to clean the lint from your
 DD> pockets. Penny, nickle, etc. machines, machines that take paper money
 DD> and in some jurisdictions your plastic. No one but a degenerate gambler
 DD> plays the slots anyway as they are a mugg's game - like most casino
 DD> stuff. 

Which is, among other reasons, why I just totally avoid the whole
scene... I've known a few people that both enjoy the gambling and are
able to keep it sane... generally by only gambling with a set amount of
set-aside money, and when that's used, that's it.  Our gambling has been
more on the line of lending people money... same basic rule, only lend
(or gamble with) what you can afford to lose...  :)

 DD> Someone who would be well advised to add dollar coin capability to
 DD> their machines are the folks who have the "novelty" vending machines in
 DD> the Men's rooms of saloons and gas stations. Currently the prospective
 DD> purchaser is required to stack three quarters and place them into the
 DD> crank mechanism all at one go. Switching to a dollar coin would both
 DD> simplify the mechanism and its use as well as give in immediate 25%
 DD> price increase for the "novelties" - said extra $$$ going right to the
 DD> bottom line.  Bv)= 

As long as the men in question buying the novelties were thereby
motivated to carry the dollar coins... ;)  Quarters one still gets in
change, much more often than dollar coins... ;)

 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...

 DD> I carry change, especially the dollar coins since I eat out a lot and
 DD> a dollar coin (or two) tip or a two dollar bill will get you remembered
 DD> more fondly than that "added to the plastic" or somewhat larger paper
 DD> money tip. 

Any place we eat regularly seem to remember us fondly as it is... we
surmise that treating the waitstaff with respect, not causing hassles
(at least not unnecessarily) and making it easy for them to know when
plates etc are ready for clearing goes a long way towards that goal,
too...  :)

 DD> Perhaps if the minimum wage for "tipped servers" were more than the
 DD> Federal $2.13/hr or my state's $4.95/hr and New York's $5/hr we could
 DD> eliminate (expected) tipping altogether except for "exceptional" or
 DD> extra service. 

Perhaps.

 DD> It's been my experience, though, that in places where the "gratuity" is
 DD> an automatic add to the bottom line of 15 to 18% that the service
 DD> generally sucks - often as badly as the food. I try to avoid such places. 

There's little incentive to earn it if you get it anyway...  There are
plenty of places we can go, so it's no hardship to avoid the ones that
don't serve good food, with or without good service...  ;0

ttyl      neb

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