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geardaddy

(24,931 posts) Fri Mar 29, 2013, 02:44 PM Mar 2013

The Oatmeal: Tipping and Tooting (or why it's important to tip servers well)

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tipping_tooting
The rest of the comic is at the link.

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The Oatmeal: Tipping and Tooting (or why it's important to tip servers well) (Original Post) geardaddy Mar 2013 OP

It was worth going to the link Cal Carpenter Mar 2013 #1

Tipping: where else can you brighten a total stranger's day for so little -- hedgehog Mar 2013 #2

Exactly! geardaddy Mar 2013 #3

always tip a bartender well datasuspect Mar 2013 #4

Nice. They really do live on those tips, too. Hekate Mar 2013 #5

Yep. geardaddy Mar 2013 #6

Cal Carpenter

(4,959 posts)

1. It was worth going to the link

Reply to geardaddy (Original post)

Fri Mar 29, 2013, 02:57 PM

Mar 2013

Great toon. Good site, too, kinda forgot about the Oatmeal.

K & R

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

2. Tipping: where else can you brighten a total stranger's day for so little --

Reply to geardaddy (Original post)

Fri Mar 29, 2013, 02:59 PM

Mar 2013

say you have a $30 bill -10% of that is $3, but 25% is $7.50 - so for only an extra $4.50 you leave a smile!

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)

3. Exactly!

Reply to hedgehog (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 29, 2013, 03:18 PM

Mar 2013

datasuspect

(26,591 posts)

4. always tip a bartender well

Reply to geardaddy (Original post)

Fri Mar 29, 2013, 03:26 PM

Mar 2013

they always know where to get the best coke.

Hekate

(90,755 posts)

5. Nice. They really do live on those tips, too.

Reply to geardaddy (Original post)

Fri Mar 29, 2013, 03:32 PM

Mar 2013

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)

6. Yep.

Reply to Hekate (Reply #5)

Sat Mar 30, 2013, 02:44 PM

Mar 2013

In my state, they don't get minimum wage, so their tips are the livelihood.

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