Sunday Sunday
Man it was an awesome sermon this morning. Our pastor talked about how we have to be creative and innovative as we move forward in ministry as a church. There was also a very good offertory song done by some of my friends. I forgot the song but they had 2 guitars, drums and a bass and sounded great.
Felicia decided to treat me to dinner to celebrate the fact that Adam is sitll alive after spending most of the week alone with me! We went to a restaurant that i think is called chutney Villa - something Villas. It is at Broadway and Main. The food is all south Indian (where I am originally from) - The food was awesome but the service was indifferent, bordering on hostile. So here is my philosophy on tipping
I start off at 15% - this is if the service is pretty standard - the server smiles and makes a half way attempt to pretend to like me.
I go up to 20-25% if the service is exceptional and then make it a point to tell the manager as well.
If the service sucks (like today) I used to give 10% but then I wondered why give anything at all? If I am leaving the restaurant feeling ticked off, why am I bothering to pay extra?
But now all this talk makes me feel entirely spoiled - I mean I am in a position where I can actually afford to go into a nice restaurant and have someone bring me food - and I am upset if they are having a bad day and maybe don't show me the kind of attention I think I deserve - God help me - I am so selfish!
Where does all this stuff of servanthood and dying to self come in, if I am this petty?
One more area to work on.
Felicia decided to treat me to dinner to celebrate the fact that Adam is sitll alive after spending most of the week alone with me! We went to a restaurant that i think is called chutney Villa - something Villas. It is at Broadway and Main. The food is all south Indian (where I am originally from) - The food was awesome but the service was indifferent, bordering on hostile. So here is my philosophy on tipping
I start off at 15% - this is if the service is pretty standard - the server smiles and makes a half way attempt to pretend to like me.
I go up to 20-25% if the service is exceptional and then make it a point to tell the manager as well.
If the service sucks (like today) I used to give 10% but then I wondered why give anything at all? If I am leaving the restaurant feeling ticked off, why am I bothering to pay extra?
But now all this talk makes me feel entirely spoiled - I mean I am in a position where I can actually afford to go into a nice restaurant and have someone bring me food - and I am upset if they are having a bad day and maybe don't show me the kind of attention I think I deserve - God help me - I am so selfish!
Where does all this stuff of servanthood and dying to self come in, if I am this petty?
One more area to work on.
Comments
Everybody, that is, except Mr. White.
NICE GUY EDDIE
C'mon, throw in a buck.
MR. WHITE
Uh-uh. I don't tip.
NICE GUY EDDIE
Whaddaya mean you don't tip?
MR. WHITE
I don't believe in it.
NICE GUY EDDIE
You don't believe in tipping?
MR. PINK
(laughing)
I love this kid, he's a madman,
this guy.
MR. BLONDE
Do you have any idea what these
ladies make? They make shit.
MR. WHITE
Don't give me that. She don't
make enough money, she can quit.
Everybody laughs.
NICE GUY EDDIE
I don't even know a Jew who'd have
the balls to say that. So let's
get this straight. You never ever
tip?
MR. WHITE
I don't tip because society says I
gotta. I tip when somebody
deserves a tip. When somebody
really puts forth an effort, they
deserve a little something extra.
But this tipping automatically,
that shit's for the birds. As far
as I'm concerned, they're just
doin their job.
MR. BLUE
Our girl was nice.
MR. WHITE
Our girl was okay. She didn't do
anything special.
MR. BLONDE
What's something special, take ya
in the kitchen and suck your dick?
They all laugh.
NICE GUY EDDIE
I'd go over twelve percent for
that.
MR. WRITE
Look, I ordered coffee. Now we've
been here a long fuckin time, and
she's only filled my cup three
times. When I order coffee, I
want it filled six times.
MR. BLONDE
What if she's too busy?
MR. WHITE
The words "too busy" shouldn't be
in a waitress's vocabulary.
NICE GUY EDDIE
Excuse me, Mr. White, but the last
thing you need is another cup of
coffee.
They all laugh.
MR. WHITE
These ladies aren't starvin to
death. They make minimum wage.
When I worked for minimum wage, I
wasn't lucky enough to have a job
that society deemed tipworthy.
NICE GUY EDDIE
Ahh, now we're getting down to it.
It's not just that he's a cheap
bastard--
MR. ORANGE
--It is that too--
NICE GUY EDDIE
--It is that too. But it's also
he couldn't get a waiter job. You
talk like a pissed off dishwasher:
"Fuck those cunts and their
fucking tips."
MR. BLONDE
So you don't care that they're
counting on your tip to live?
Mr. White rubs two of his fingers together.
MR. WHITE
Do you know what this is? It's
the world's smallest violin,
playing just for the waitresses.
MR. BLONDE
You don't have any idea what
you're talking about. These
people bust their ass. This
is a hard job.
MR. WHITE
So's working at McDonald's, but
you don't feel the need to tip
them. They're servin ya food, you
should tip em. But no, society
says tip these guys over here, but
not those guys over there. That's
bullshit.
MR. ORANGE
They work harder than the kids at
McDonald's.
MR. WHITE
Oh yeah, I don't see them cleaning
fryers.
MR. BROWN
These people are taxed on the tips
they make. When you stiff 'em,
you cost them money.
MR. BLONDE
Waitressing is the number one
occupation for female non-college
graduates in this country. It's
the one jab basically any woman
can get, and make a living on.
The reason is because of tips.
MR. WHITE
Fuck all that.
They all laugh.
MR. WHITE
Hey, I'm very sorry that the
government taxes their tips.
That's fucked up. But that ain't
my fault. it would appear that
waitresses are just one of the
many groups the government fucks
in the ass on a regular basis.
You show me a paper says the
government shouldn't do that, I'll
sign it. Put it to a vote, I'll
vote for it. But what I won't do
is play ball. And this non-
college bullshit you're telling
me, I got two words for that:
"Learn to fuckin type." Cause if
you're expecting me to help out
with the rent, you're in for a big
fuckin surprise.
MR. ORANGE
He's convinced me. Give me my
dollar back.
Everybody laughs. Joe's comes back to the table.
JOE
Okay ramblers, let's get to
rambling. Wait a minute, who
didn't throw in?
MR. ORANGE
Mr. White.
JOE
(to Mr. Orange)
Mr. White?
(to Mr. White)
Why?
MR. ORANGE
He don't tip.
JOE
(to Mr. Orange)
He don't tip?
(to Mr. White)
You don't tip? Why?
MR. ORANGE
He don't believe in it.
JOE
(to Mr. Orange)
He don't believe in it?
(to Mr. White)
You don't believe in it?
MR. ORANGE
Nope.
JOE
(to Mr. Orange)
Shut up!
(to Mr. White)
Cough up the buck, ya cheap
bastard, I paid for your goddamn
breakfast.
MR. WHITE
Because you paid for the
breakfast, I'm gonna tip.
Normally I wouldn't.
JOE
Whatever. Just throw in your
dollar, and let's move.
(to Mr. Blonde)
See what I'm dealing with here.
Infants. I'm fuckin dealin with
infants.
it ws cool