I tried searching for the baseball thread, but came up empty. Furthermore, lack of baseball certainly seems to fit into Coronavirus complaint and commiseration.Quote:
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I tried searching for the baseball thread, but came up empty. Furthermore, lack of baseball certainly seems to fit into Coronavirus complaint and commiseration.Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
Fairly sure that the primary reason pitchers leave the game after 5 innings is analytics.Quote:
Originally Posted by schindlerpiste
Let me make some popcorn. And freshen my beverage.Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
My Corona bitch of the day:
OK, so I haven't eaten out since the beginning of March. Yesterday, we hiked up Collins and built up an appetite, so we decided to get takeout at out favorite wings place. This was my first curbside pick up experience. The worker walked out of the store handed us the wings and fried pickles, and I inserted my credit card. The bill was something like $44.50. He asked me whether I wanted to leave a tip. I thought that the question was a bit weird, but out of sympathy for the service provider, I said OK and thought that I would give him $3-5. Then he asked whether I wanted to leave 15%, 20% or 25%. I told him that I wanted to leave him $5. He replied that was only 15% (not in a nasty way).
I'm wondering whether people are expected to tip on curbside? I think that restaurants should pay the people who walk from the front door of the restaurant to the car minimum wage, because not everyone will tip 15%-20% for curbside delivery.
Ya, deli and window service tops out at 10% for me. Curbside is no difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by schindlerpiste
Interesting cop Coronavirus rant
Unless wings and baseball are more important.
https://youtu.be/HXDTBl1FCWs
I guess he got a million views.
And fired.
How can they possibly talk science and believe in astrology? Does not compute.Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
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Um, risking one's life might be worth, oh, maybe, 15%, maybe? Jezuz. Or learn to cook, cheap bastards.Quote:
Originally Posted by riser3
No shit. 20% is the standard for us; a couple extra dollars ain’t gonna break the bank.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
10% may be normal for me doing deli/takeout, but when it's a restaurant that is now closed to all but takeout, and the workers are used to relying on better tips and are surely scraping by, I'd give a more normal table service tip.
That said I am broke and not doing takeout, so take this advice with a boulder of salt.
Like Danno, I am not doing take-out. But that's because i am limiting as much contact as I can. Personally, while I am usually a 20% tipper for table service, I don't think servers should be tipped at all. They should earn a living wage. In the meanwhile waiting for that bit of the workers paradise to arrive, I tip. For table service. Window and take-out employees better not be getting paid as if they were tipped employees. If that's the case, then there are a whole lot of states that need to crack down and serve up some hefty fines.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
Indeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skidog
Stoop ball would be pretty safe. I once threw a no hitter playing stoop ball. Wait, does that mean I lost a no hitter? It's confusing.Quote:
Originally Posted by I Skied Bandini Mountain
You recycle?Quote:
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Charge the mound!Quote:
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I thought we were supposed to pound the moundQuote:
Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark
As he should have been. Long and detailed case law regarding public employees and free speech. The standard is : Is the employee speaking as a private citizen on a matter of public concern? Post a vid in uniform on duty, you are fucked......And no I’m not a lawyer/ dentist, but I do have direct experience with this type of shit.......Play stupid games win stupid prizes.Quote:
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Hear, hear!Quote:
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Attachment 328324Quote:
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Jim Brockmire is the hero we need right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunion 2020
(no spoilers please)
Only spoiler I got is that the TV series is finished. Too bad, it was a fun ride.
Sounds like cricket with more murderQuote:
Originally Posted by glademaster
I agree they should be paid more, but now they get paid like $2 and hour and rely on tips. Normal tipping is out the window right now IMO and I am tipping 20-25% on everything just because those workers are getting the shaft.Quote:
Originally Posted by schindlerpiste
Tipping is the biggest scam but it’s not the servers fault.
We give the kid who puts the groceries in the car $5. 20% if I sit down. Couple of bucks in the tip jar when I pick up a pizza because what's a couple of bucks.
You buy the ticket, take the fucking ride. Into morantown. I gave up an acceptance to West Point for a last minute gut check after trying so hard.Quote:
Originally Posted by seano732
I got into my first choice too, Reed *buster, but couldn't afford to go. Had my alumni interview at the top of the empire state building.
So, sometimes, you don't buy the ticket, and you choose to hop trains.
And you still can create change. You don't need to trust me. My work speaks for themselves.
Natives are getting restless and making use of our grill here in the shop. I am not participating and continuing to just go home for lunch. I am seen as the resident weirdo/pussy because of this stance. Bullshit.
I am with supermoon on most of this --Quote:
Originally Posted by Supermoon
what I will add is -
If you are getting take-out from a restaurant you would normally dine-in at , Please - please, please - Tip the staff .
If you think they are no longer being paid ' Wait staff ' wages, I will take that bet :
I believe many of these people are working to have a-n-y revenue And hope as society reoOpens they will still have a job (!)
( where I come from Tips are shared with kitchen staff, too )
in my opinion, if you believe you do not have to Tip wait staff in a restaurant Only offering take-out , my suggestion would be fix your own meal ;
Delis and take-out only pizza are different animals...
there is one restaurant within fifteen miles --
I try to take-out two meals a week there because when this is over, I hope they are still in business
( early on, I believe there were days they sold very, very few meals
( it has picked-up a little since Easter, but the last time I saw the owner, he looked Very shaken ) )
Good luck -
Be well,
( Please ) Be Safe...
Please Tip restaurant staff -
peace. tj
^^^I agree with all of this, but why would a restaurant only offering take-out employ a wait staff? Any way, I was happy to pay a $6 tip on a $44 take-out bill, and am happier, if the $$$ was given to an underpaid and hurting server.
The thing to realize is that everyone (consumer to restaurant owner to unemployed and employed wait staff) is hurting. Mon. was my first experience with curbside. My feeling is that the software used by the restaurant has a place for auto tip % (15%-20%-25%). I know this from eating there over the years.
Having said that, $6 on a $45 bill is a lot, when the person (whether it be chef, wait staff, or other) did nothing, other than walk the meal about 15 feet from the door. If they are doing this 20X in 1 hr., then they are making a great wage.
We can take this further to the small condo owner who had a no cancel policy, but who was expected to give a full refund to the renter who decided to not take the trip because of COVID. If we don't mind giving g 20-25% to a person who walks the food 10-15', why do we expect a cold owner to forego the cancellation policy? Like I said, everyone is hurting.
Because companies who took PPP funds need to maintain payroll.Quote:
Originally Posted by schindlerpiste
I get some of the same thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcphee
What grinds me is that I’m not really doing anything out of a concern for myself; I’m pretty confident that I’m not too susceptible to this thing and feel generally invincible. I’m doing it out of concern for my community and those I come into contact with who are far more susceptible, many of the same people who raise their eyebrows at me doing basic things like maintain distancing, wear a mask, or frequently disinfect doorknobs and work surfaces.
Like... you’re not being tough or whatever by not being afraid of this thing and making a point of that. You’re just being an inconsiderate prick.
So things are opening up here. Low cases, etc. I live very close to a local very popular brewery. Was astounded to see the parking lot 100% full and overflow streets also filling up yesterday. There is ZERO chance any distancing or reduced capacity was happening per the governors phased opening schedule.
IDK, not trying to be a negative nancy. Maybe if the place was mostly outdoor seating, but it's mostly indoor seating. IDK. Seems like a very stupid and selfish thing on the breweries part. But, rules do not apply to heady super local crunchy breweries and distilleries around here so I get it.
You mean a real estate investor who owns a small condo for short term rentals making affordable property unattainable for both ownership or long term rentals for a lot of people so they can't live where they work? An investor who most likely lives out of state?Quote:
Originally Posted by schindlerpiste
I'd rather worry about tipping heavy for my local favorite restaurants.
You're making a lot of assumptions. What about the guy who depends upon the condo income to put food on his table? You know, the retired guy who would rather invest in real estate than the stock market, or the guy who owns a real estate management company with 5-15 units, where he makes his money based upon 25% of the rental. These guys still have to pay dear HOA fees and RE taxes. That guy is now pulling in no money, and was expected to return 100% of non-refundable $ to a consumer.
Everyone is hurting. I'm glad that people are happy to help others when they can, but unsure why the process is selective.
I'm biased, and it's completely personal, watching many people I know who told me how smart they were by getting into the AirB&B game the last few years and how dumb I was for not and they now figuring out how to pay those mortgages. I feel bad for the folks using it as their retirement income especially if they were doing the safer, long term leases.
My feelings on short term rentals is that many people bailed on long term leases because the profit was higher for short term. Risk and reward.
Sure, people are having trouble paying rent which goes to the landlord but those payment didn't just dry up overnight like short term rentals-risk.
I'm not happy any of this is happening and don't want anyone to lose their primary housing or food. I'm looking at it through a risk and reward lens too. Am I sad that people can't make investment property payments if they still have a job that feeds them or vacation home payments...not really.
Sounds like they should have a real job, should realize this is the assumed risk part of investing, and should have had a backup plan for when they lose their income. Something along the lines of 3-6 months or more of expenses saved up.Quote:
Originally Posted by schindlerpiste
We are getting takeout twice a week from our local establishments.
Everybody still working is on reduced hours.
So I'm tipping 35%. It's not a lot of money to me in the final analysis, and the people working in these restaurants can certainly use the money.
So, that just tells me that you have never owned multiple rental units.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcphee
That is fine, but you can say the same thing about the server, or restaurant owner. I know at least a few ski bums who do property management to live their dream. These people have been out of a job since the middle of March. I feel for them, as much as I feel for the server.
Sounds like the condo owner might want to consider selling a/some condo/s to improve their liquidity.
Those folks can't sell their ability to work right now. Property owners have other avenues to reduce debt load and even increase capital on hand if they have equity like selling the investment property.Quote:
Originally Posted by schindlerpiste
I have a terrible problem about all this shelter in place shit.
I don't like to drink the good red wines I've stashed without guests.
My wife, bless her pants, will only drink a teensy glass of wine and I've learned the hard way not to try to finish the bottles by myself.
Sometimes they'll stash overnight OK, but not always.
So generally, I'll save the good ones for the few guests we have.
Which leads to a rapid depletion of the everyday wines.
So now I'm really going to have to start drinking some of the good ones.
Dammit.
Drinking your problems away, huh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen