That's what I thought you meant. Why give you a 78 in a 45 when he could give you a 60-65 or something? I had the same thing happen and asked the cop if he'd nudge it down to where I didn't have to go to court. Cop refused. Went to court and told the judge the truth: that I was speeding, I didn't realize how fast I was going, and was willing to pay whatever fines/points whatever as long as my license wasn't suspended. He knocked it down about 10-15 mph. Good luck in court.
Fair enough but as a drunk customer I don't think I should have to analise how many people are working with, fraction it all up and then work out how many drinks they serve a night and through that work out what a reasonable tip is so they earn a living wage. Fuck that.
Since I'm a part time bartender, let me illuminate you on American Tipping Culture. I notice you're from Ireland, and three of the guys I work with are from Belfast. Tipping culture is VERY different there, and what you've tipped in Ireland is about what passes for a good tip there. Here? It's simple: 20-30%. You can never go wrong with that math. And so you know, in America, there are a lot of complicated drinks, and if you care about what you do for a living, it can be a very difficult job.
Ahhh, religion, politics, and tipping. Topics that are guaranteed to turn into an argument. So, I was listening to a local radio program that has the rottentomatoes guy on every Friday. He said Bridesmaids is fantastic (better then The Hangover was the claim), so I am thinking of taking my once every 2 year trip to the movie theater. Has anybody seen this?
Aren't their bartenders/service staff also compensated reasonably by the employer. Comparing apples to oranges.
Sigh. Only an American would that having to add 20-30% onto a bill is "simple" in comparison to just giving the barkeep a few bucks at the end of the night. Next thing you'll be adding tips by percentage of how many bushels per knot-mile you've drank. As for the difficulty level, well, I absolutely respect a well-made drink. A bartender that uses fresh lemon and lime juice instead of sour mix deserves some compensation for the effort. But you'll have to forgive me for not seeing that sort of attention to detail being done in most drinking establishments. A waitress in Germany once refused a tip of two euros on an 8 euro bill. She flat out said, "no, it's too much" and brought me change. But to answer your question, in the rest of the civilized world (coincidentally, we all use metric), wait staff are all paid by the minimum wage and in Europe the "tip" is automatically included in the bill. But in Canada, because we need to be like the States, we still tip on top of the proper minimum wage. Just not nearly as much as 20-30%, which honestly sounds ridiculous to me.
To those graduating: That sucks. Say goodbye to mid-day naps, margarita mondays, 15 hours of responsibility a week, blowing off class, pjs all day, sleeping in, parental care packages, having free time, socials/parties every weekend, keg parties, happy hour, mid day beers, 3 month summer vacations, 1 month christmas vacations, holidays off... jokes on you all. suckers. good luck finding a job. hahahahaha
Wow, I wish I'd get tipped a dollar for every drink. But like some other people pointed out, it's coparing appleswith oranges. In most European countries, we get a decent basic wage, but it's not as much as in other industries. If I earn about two to three euros per hour extra in tips, I'll make about as much as some friends of mine who have office jobs. I usually get tipped more during the evenings than that, so each month I bring a bag full of small change to the bank to deposit. Though tipping is not required here, I'll run faster and work better for you if you tipped me. People who don't tip can wait their turn.
You know what? Being a graduand, I don't get these posts. Maybe because I went to a real school (read: my school was horribly un-fun and I am defending my ego) and got a degree that wasn't fun, I didn't have most of those things. Sure, I could blow off class, but doing so was usually to my detriment. Free time? Sure, in between having an exam every fucking week. Parties? No. Mid-day beers? No. Margarita Mondays? No. 15 hours of responsibility each week? There were times where I had more than 15 hours of class in two days. Happy hour? This is not a college town, so bars aren't exactly cheap. I didn't get parental care packages, I didn't sleep in the same clothes I went to class in, and we scarcely got 2 weeks off for Christmas because of long exam seasons. 3 month summer vacations? Good one. You speak more truthfully than you know about the job market for my classmates, but I at least have a job, so. You get out what you put in, I guess.
You forgot to mention the 25/30 hours of clinical work per week you had to put in. At least, I am assuming you had to do that too.
My unemployed engineer friends, with degrees from real un-fun schools, are just as unemployed as I am.
He just likes to feel superior, but I was talking to a couple of pharmacy students last week and they said that some markets are completely saturated. So, even the godly pharmacy students could possible be singing the unemployment blues. Shoot, even the Nurse Practitioners who graduated just a year after me said that the job market has really tightened up for them. I guess I should feel fortunate that I had no problems when I was job hunting.
Looks like I tried to make a drunken haiku. Never have I had such a random mix of so many different alcohols as last night. I feel like shit.