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Skriven 2014-04-21 07:35:08 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>> 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?

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

 DD> I think of it as realistic. And whilst I prefer to tip in ca$h and let
 DD> the tipped one make up whatever story they think the tax man will
 DD> believe - one can add a tip to the plastic. But, that leaves a paper
 DD> trail and I don't wish to make the IRS's job any easier than I have to.

 NB> One can bribe with other than cash...  ;)  And, granted, if I use

I am ill-quipped for making that sort of bribe.   Bv)=

 NB> plastic to pay for a meal, I'll often put the tip on the plastic, too..
 NB> especially if short of cash at the moment.  But, the point being that
 NB> there are always some things that will be better done with cash, so it
 NB> looks like we are in agreement about that..  :)

I don't like to put tips on my plastic - for a number of reasons - many of
which I have enumerated here on previous occasions. 
 
 DD> Well, the cards for $$$ (other than poker) were mostly in the service
 DD> or at college. And I forgot to include hearts in that mix. Cut-throat
 DD> hearts for 10c/point keeps an afternoon moving right along.

 NB> I can imagine...  I remember watching pinochle games when I was in
 NB> college... not something I actually learned to play, though.

I learned pinochle before I was ten years old. It was my grandfather's
favourite card game. I learned it well enough that I was often asked to join
the adult game as partner to mt mother or my grandfather.
 
 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.

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

 DD> It gets him talked about - almost like free advertising.

 NB> As long as people aren't turned away by it...  :)

I think Canuckistan has done away with pennies. I'm surprised that the U.S.
hasn't done so already. 
 
As more are brought in versus the few who turn away - most of whom he probably
wouldn't want for customers in any event ...........
 
 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)=
 NB>> A useful skill, anyway...  :)  Doesn't hurt to force them to learn it.

 DD> They used to teach that in third grade when I went to school. Now - if
 DD> the cash register doesn't tell the child running it how much change to
 DD> give back they are lost in how to make change. Seriously lost.

 NB> Yeah, I know.  I guess the teachers are too busy teaching to the test,
 NB> that useful life skills like making change are lost in the shuffle...
 NB> no time to teach that...

'twould indeed be nice if the schools would teach chirrun how to think instead
of how to memorise and spew back what they memorised.

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

      Title: Penny's Sausage Gravy
 Categories: Five, Pork, Dairy
      Yield: 10 servings

      1 lb Hot bulk sausage
      8 tb Butter
    1/2 c  All-purpose flour
      4 c  Milk
           Coarse ground pepper & salt

  Brown sausage in skillet; drain. Set aside. In saucepan,
  melt butter over low heat. After completely melted, add
  flour and mix in with spoon until no lumps show. Add milk
  and turn heat to high, stirring constantly until it boils.
  Grind fresh pepper over the sauce until you are happy with
  the amount.

  Turn heat back down to medium-high, stirring constantly,
  until desired thickness is achieved. Stir in sausage. Salt
  to taste.

  Serve over warm biscuits.

  This gravy is great over biscuits and scrambled eggs, or
  just over biscuits... or anywhere you might want gravy.

  Makes 10 servings

  From: http://www.mrbreakfast.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

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