>> ^jwray: My $70 Target bike is 15 months old and has approximately 1500 miles on it with no maintenance whatsoever (except inflating tires with a hand pump). It still works adequately. I ride it rain or shine. Can usually avoid the most torrential rains by staying late. Torrential rains in the morning are quite rare. Protecting it from thieves requires a lock that is nearly as expensive as the bike itself.
Skim milk? No wonder you like shit on it. You can't make good hot cocoa with anything other than real milk or possibly just straight half-and-half. And no syrup (WTF?). Gotta use real chocolate.
Wow Stellar, I'm not sure what kind of a magical land you live in where you pay $16 a month for insurance but let's say you're telling the truth:
Do you ride to work in the rain? Because nobody I know rides their bike in the rain. So what then, call in sick every time it rains? That wouldn't fly at my job.
By the way, don't you have to pay for the bike? Even assuming you're all paid off, you'd have to account for it in your budget at some point in your life. 600cc bikes aren't exactly cheap. And what about maintenance? Tires, plugs, oil, brakes, etc? I know, I know... you maintain it yourself right? Because you're so self sufficient. Well then who pays for the tools? Who pays for the replacement parts? Well, we'll have to figure that into your budget as well. (Unless of course you got them from www.wegiveawayfreetoolsandbikeparts.com)
So, now that we've figured in the cost of your bike and the maintenance, what about everything else you already own? I'm assuming that you cook your $10-a-day food supply in pots and pans? And then you eat it on plates? With silverware? Do you use oil to cook your meat and vegetables in? Well at what point in your life do you figure all of that stuff into your budget? Let's move on:
You can't work anywhere without keeping yourself clean (arguably anyway ) So you'll have to buy soap, which doesn't last forever. And shampoo. And razors; I can't think of many minimum wage jobs that let you have a beard. Then you'll need towels to dry yourself and of course all the other basic toiletries: toothbrush/paste, nail clippers, toilet paper (unless of course you use a bidet which would add to your water costs).
Now I hope you don't have any sort of health problems at all. Otherwise you're looking at pretty high costs for medication: asthma inhaler, insulin, etc. Speaking of insulin, I hope you're not a diabetic, because that's gonna throw that whole menu you listed right out the window.
OK, I have to get back to work but I just need to point out one more thing:
I checked th math you did for your yearly budget. It's correct, but you seemed to have left out one major thing in your budget: TAXES.
Let me guess, where you live there are no taxes right?
>> ^Hawkinson: My vote: tipping should not be mandatory. The minimum wage should be a living wage. Waiters/waitresses should not be lower than the minimum wage.
I live in California, so servers are always paid the minimum wage, and when I eat in Santa Monica I know they are getting a living wage. Never the less I always tip 15%, no questions asked. If I made more money, I'd tip 20%, regardless of the level of service. LA is kind of a sucky place to live if your a god damned waiter at Denny's, I don't want to make it any shittier.
If you don't like tipping, don't go out to eat. It's that simple.
You think you have a grasp on the system? Try talking to a waiter or waitress about it. (outside of their workplace) When you work in the industry for years, you get an almost sixth sense of the people who are going to tip and the people who aren't. If you knew the rules that most waiters use you'd probably find them to be completely racist and xenophobic but most food industry workers use the system to detemine who they're going to care about and who they aren't. Even if they won't admit it.
And if you think that's bad, I don't even want to get into what happens when a person who isn't likely to tip starts complaining. It turns my stomach just to think about it.
Whatever ideas you have about tipping, just remember that your waitr/waitress has they're own. And they're probably going to follow their own system rather than yours. Like it or not, that's the way it is.
That said, if you're a nice, reasonable customer, most servers aren't going to care what you tip them. Unless their weed supply is low.
I would've been more embarrased that I was sending my loved ones shit that I bought at "dollar mania".
And here I thought they were such a reputable institution...
I wonder if she'll ever think about the fact that the paper itself was probably made by children and that's the reason she's saving a freakin' buck. Jesus.
Wow, they took away his free upgrade. How terrible. Boo hoo.
Who wants to ride in first class anyway with all the worthless douchebags who have a thousand extra dollars to blow on a wider seat and a glass of champagne?
Permanent ban from ever being in any position of authority ever again. And I mean even from being the assistant manager of a Wendy's. that's what that cop deserves based on that tape. However, where is the rest of it?
And how does someone get their hands on a dash cam tape like that anyway? An internal friend? They're lucky that idiot cop didn't just break his cam and lose the tape.
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Why didn't I watch this BEFORE dinner?
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
My $70 Target bike is 15 months old and has approximately 1500 miles on it with no maintenance whatsoever (except inflating tires with a hand pump). It still works adequately. I ride it rain or shine. Can usually avoid the most torrential rains by staying late. Torrential rains in the morning are quite rare. Protecting it from thieves requires a lock that is nearly as expensive as the bike itself.
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Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
Do you ride to work in the rain? Because nobody I know rides their bike in the rain. So what then, call in sick every time it rains? That wouldn't fly at my job.
By the way, don't you have to pay for the bike? Even assuming you're all paid off, you'd have to account for it in your budget at some point in your life. 600cc bikes aren't exactly cheap. And what about maintenance? Tires, plugs, oil, brakes, etc? I know, I know... you maintain it yourself right? Because you're so self sufficient. Well then who pays for the tools? Who pays for the replacement parts? Well, we'll have to figure that into your budget as well. (Unless of course you got them from www.wegiveawayfreetoolsandbikeparts.com)
So, now that we've figured in the cost of your bike and the maintenance, what about everything else you already own? I'm assuming that you cook your $10-a-day food supply in pots and pans? And then you eat it on plates? With silverware? Do you use oil to cook your meat and vegetables in? Well at what point in your life do you figure all of that stuff into your budget? Let's move on:
You can't work anywhere without keeping yourself clean (arguably anyway
Now I hope you don't have any sort of health problems at all. Otherwise you're looking at pretty high costs for medication: asthma inhaler, insulin, etc. Speaking of insulin, I hope you're not a diabetic, because that's gonna throw that whole menu you listed right out the window.
OK, I have to get back to work but I just need to point out one more thing:
I checked th math you did for your yearly budget. It's correct, but you seemed to have left out one major thing in your budget: TAXES.
Let me guess, where you live there are no taxes right?
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
My vote: tipping should not be mandatory. The minimum wage should be a living wage. Waiters/waitresses should not be lower than the minimum wage.
I live in California, so servers are always paid the minimum wage, and when I eat in Santa Monica I know they are getting a living wage. Never the less I always tip 15%, no questions asked. If I made more money, I'd tip 20%, regardless of the level of service. LA is kind of a sucky place to live if your a god damned waiter at Denny's, I don't want to make it any shittier.
Minimum wage is absolutely not a living wage.
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
You think you have a grasp on the system? Try talking to a waiter or waitress about it. (outside of their workplace) When you work in the industry for years, you get an almost sixth sense of the people who are going to tip and the people who aren't. If you knew the rules that most waiters use you'd probably find them to be completely racist and xenophobic but most food industry workers use the system to detemine who they're going to care about and who they aren't. Even if they won't admit it.
And if you think that's bad, I don't even want to get into what happens when a person who isn't likely to tip starts complaining. It turns my stomach just to think about it.
Whatever ideas you have about tipping, just remember that your waitr/waitress has they're own. And they're probably going to follow their own system rather than yours. Like it or not, that's the way it is.
That said, if you're a nice, reasonable customer, most servers aren't going to care what you tip them. Unless their weed supply is low.
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Portland's awesome. You'd like it. Move over here and I'll welcome you with a nice big bong hit.
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And here I thought they were such a reputable institution...
I wonder if she'll ever think about the fact that the paper itself was probably made by children and that's the reason she's saving a freakin' buck. Jesus.
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Who wants to ride in first class anyway with all the worthless douchebags who have a thousand extra dollars to blow on a wider seat and a glass of champagne?
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And how does someone get their hands on a dash cam tape like that anyway? An internal friend? They're lucky that idiot cop didn't just break his cam and lose the tape.
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