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Skriven 2014-04-16 14:01:52 av Nancy Backus (1:3634/12.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Dave Drum
Ärende: Tipping
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-=> Quoting Dave Drum to Nancy Backus on 04-15-14 17:17 <=-

 DD> We are headed for a ca$hle$$ society. But, we'll never get there.
 DD> There will always be ca$h or the equivalent in easily portable valuata
 DD> - else how would one bribe a politician or copper?

Such a cynical take...  ;)   There's also all those waitstaff that need
tips...  ;)  

 DD>> No one but a degenerate gambler plays the slots anyway as they are
 DD>> a mugg's game - like most casino stuff.
 NB>> Which is, among other reasons, why I just totally avoid the whole
 NB>> scene... I've known a few people that both enjoy the gambling and are
 NB>> able to keep it sane... generally by only gambling with a set amount of
 NB>> set-aside money, and when that's used, that's it.  Our gambling has
 NB>> been more on the line of lending people money... same basic rule, only
 NB>> lend (or gamble with) what you can afford to lose...  :)

 DD> I never was a gambler. I might try a flutter at a game of chance -
 DD> but, like you, I had my self-imposed limit and when that was hit - I
 DD> was done. 

I think my point was slightly missed... the "gambling" we've done has
been the lending of money to people in need...  :)   But if I ever did
try my hand at gambling, it would be like you and like those I described
above, staying within a self-imposed limit...  

 DD> I also would sometimes pocket the original stake (if I won early)
 DD> and play on the house's money. And not bring out the original stake
 DD> ever again that trip. 

That would work out nicely, too...  :)

 DD> I did play bridge, pinochle and poker for money. But those are games
 DD> of skill rather than games of pure chance - like roulette or slot
 DD> machines or video poker.

I've not done even that... mostly just from lack of inclination rather
than on principle...  :)

 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 know of at least one merchant who is doing a Don Quixote on this.
 DD> He does not give out paper dollars in change, uses a lot of two dollar
 DD> bills, and does not do pennies - rounding to the nearest nickel. His
 DD> change bins in the ca$h drawer are 5c - 10c- 25c - 50c - $1. The bills
 DD> are $2 - $5 - $10 - $20 - $50. 

That's different, to be sure...  :)

 DD> And his clerks have to know how to count change back to the customer
 DD> as the registers don't understand his system.   Bv)=
 
A useful skill, anyway...  :)  Doesn't hurt to force them to learn it. 

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

 DD> I have been known to march right out of places that note the gratuity
 DD> is added to the cheque automatically. Or places with prominent "NO
 DD> TIPPING" signs displayed. My experience has been that the service and
 DD> often the food in such places sucks rocks.

Depending on whom I was with, I might or might not do the same thing.  A
new place I Might give One chance...  ;)   Most places I'm inclined to
try aren't the sort that would be doing the auto-gratuity anyway...

ttyl       neb

... Murphy's Philosophy: smile -- tomorrow will be worse.

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