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TK-Karma on 25 January 2017

 

VGPolyglot said:
vivster said:

Tipping is supporting greedy restaurant owners.

We so desperately need a socialist revolution. As long as the power disparity is as it is less fortunate people will always be exploited.

Not all countries operate those industries with tips and the like. I originally come from Australia and there aren't tips at all in the culture there. I totally agree that in those cases, people are exploited less and are paid a much better wage. Having moved to North America, it's interesting to see the difference.

 

monocle_layton said:
The money doesn't matter. Even if they gave 1 cent, I am always glad to see people offer support to people who aren't on their side 100% of the time.

Pure class. We shouldn't let politics away our way of treating others.

Couldn't agree more :) That's something everyone should keep in mind!



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KLAMarine on 25 January 2017

That's very nice!

d21lewis said:
DC fans > Marvel fans

Hahaha



Ucouldntbemorewrong on 25 January 2017
LivingMetal said:

DC waitress overwhelmed by message, tip left by Trump supporters

A waitress at a Washington D.C. restaurant received a very generous tip and a warm message on her receipt from three men who were in town for President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Rosalynd Harris, who works at Busboys and Poets in the northwest part of the nation’s capital, told The Washington Post she was beaming with confidence Monday after taking part in the Women’s March over the weekend.

A group of men from west Texas entered the restaurant and started to chat with Harris. One of the men, who said he was a dentist, complimented her on her smile. Harris, who is black, told the Post she was admittedly a bit prejudice when the men, who were white, told her they were in town to support Trump.

However, Harris didn’t expect what would come next.

After the men had left, Harris picked up their check and found that they left a heartwarming message and a generous tip. They left Harris a $450 tip on a $72.60 bill. Their message read:

“We may come from different cultures and may disagree on certain issues, but if everyone would share their smile and kindness like your beautiful smile, our country will come together as one people. Not race. Not gender. Just American. God Bless!"

Harris said she was overwhelmed.

“You automatically assume if someone supports Trump that they have ideas about you, but [the customer is] more embracing than even some of my more liberal friends, and there was a real authenticity in our exchange,” she told the paper.

Harris added that the message was a great reminder not to make assumptions and that many Americans want the country to come together regardless of politics.

http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2017/01/25/dc-waitress-overwhelmed-by-message-tip-left-by-trump-supporters.html

Well that was very nice...much better than grabbing her by the pussy.



LivingMetal on 25 January 2017
Ucouldntbemorewrong said:
LivingMetal said:

DC waitress overwhelmed by message, tip left by Trump supporters

A waitress at a Washington D.C. restaurant received a very generous tip and a warm message on her receipt from three men who were in town for President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Rosalynd Harris, who works at Busboys and Poets in the northwest part of the nation’s capital, told The Washington Post she was beaming with confidence Monday after taking part in the Women’s March over the weekend.

A group of men from west Texas entered the restaurant and started to chat with Harris. One of the men, who said he was a dentist, complimented her on her smile. Harris, who is black, told the Post she was admittedly a bit prejudice when the men, who were white, told her they were in town to support Trump.

However, Harris didn’t expect what would come next.

After the men had left, Harris picked up their check and found that they left a heartwarming message and a generous tip. They left Harris a $450 tip on a $72.60 bill. Their message read:

“We may come from different cultures and may disagree on certain issues, but if everyone would share their smile and kindness like your beautiful smile, our country will come together as one people. Not race. Not gender. Just American. God Bless!"

Harris said she was overwhelmed.

“You automatically assume if someone supports Trump that they have ideas about you, but [the customer is] more embracing than even some of my more liberal friends, and there was a real authenticity in our exchange,” she told the paper.

Harris added that the message was a great reminder not to make assumptions and that many Americans want the country to come together regardless of politics.

http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2017/01/25/dc-waitress-overwhelmed-by-message-tip-left-by-trump-supporters.html

Well that was very nice...much better than grabbing her by the pussy.



Nighthawk117 on 25 January 2017
Volterra_90 said:
vivster said:
Tipping is supporting greedy restaurat owners.

Tbh, I've never understood the tip culture. It allows restaurant owners to underpay their employees and make them live with just tips. I don't think that's fair at all.

For a waitress to make standard minimum wage ($7.25/hour) and get to keep all of her tips, how is that fair to the cooks/kitchen staff who only get paid the minimum wage, or if their lucky, a little more than minimum?



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sc94597 on 25 January 2017
vivster said:

Tipping is supporting greedy restaurant owners.

 

V-r0cK said:
vivster said:
Tipping is supporting greedy restaurat owners.

This.

 

Volterra_90 said:
vivster said:
Tipping is supporting greedy restaurat owners.

Tbh, I've never understood the tip culture. It allows restaurant owners to underpay their employees and make them live with just tips. I don't think that's fair at all.

 

VGPolyglot said:
vivster said:

Tipping is supporting greedy restaurant owners.

We so desperately need a socialist revolution. As long as the power disparity is as it is less fortunate people will always be exploited.

Obligatory non-Americans missing the point of the thread.

 

Anyway, to humor you guys -- my mother preferred working tip jobs as a bartender and waitress because it kept her under the welfare cutoffs income-wise. Many waiting staff feel the same. It is mandated that if tips don't make up the difference between the nominal wage and the federal minimum wage the employer pays the difference. So regardless the absolute minimum is the same as everybody else and in many cases waiting staff can make much more than that through tips.



VGPolyglot on 25 January 2017
sc94597 said:
vivster said:

Tipping is supporting greedy restaurant owners.

 

V-r0cK said:

This.

 

Volterra_90 said:

Tbh, I've never understood the tip culture. It allows restaurant owners to underpay their employees and make them live with just tips. I don't think that's fair at all.

 

VGPolyglot said:

We so desperately need a socialist revolution. As long as the power disparity is as it is less fortunate people will always be exploited.

Obligatory non-Americans missing the point of the thread.

 

Anyway, to humor you guys -- my mother preferred working tip jobs as a bartender and waitress because it kept her under the welfare cutoffs income-wise. Many waiting staff feel the same. It is mandated that if tips don't make up the difference between the nominal wage and the federal minimum wage the employer pays the difference. So regardless the absolute minimum is the same as everybody else and in many cases waiting staff can make much more than that through tips.

Guess what, I was born in the U.S. and still have American citizenship, so I'm not a "non-American".



Azuren on 25 January 2017
VGPolyglot said:
sc94597 said:

 

 

 

Obligatory non-Americans missing the point of the thread.

 

Anyway, to humor you guys -- my mother preferred working tip jobs as a bartender and waitress because it kept her under the welfare cutoffs income-wise. Many waiting staff feel the same. It is mandated that if tips don't make up the difference between the nominal wage and the federal minimum wage the employer pays the difference. So regardless the absolute minimum is the same as everybody else and in many cases waiting staff can make much more than that through tips.

Guess what, I was born in the U.S. and still have American citizenship, so I'm not a "non-American".

You're right, you're just un-American.



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Kerotan on 25 January 2017

Surprised the media aren't running with the headline "Trump supporter bribes waitress"



VGPolyglot on 25 January 2017
Azuren said:
VGPolyglot said:

Guess what, I was born in the U.S. and still have American citizenship, so I'm not a "non-American".

You're right, you're just un-American.

I'm definitely anti-nationalist and anti-patriotic, but under American law I'm still a citizen, even if I've lived in Canada for the majority of my life. By the way, I'm also anti-nationalist/patriotic when it comes to Canada as well.