Too bad the free one gets special sauce.

I'm grunching here, but I saw a GG post on like page 9 (Yes, 50 PPP. **** off) and wanted to comment.

He said something like, "people who tip well usually use that to be non-nitty when they are nitty in everything else in life."

I find myself to be a bit of an odd nit. I'll be an unbelievably stingy (almost disgustingly so) tight-ass with some things, and I'll be borderline-reckless with spending on other things. The biggest contrast for me is electronics vs. food.

Example: if I'm buying a blu-ray DVD, I'll check the price at 3 different stores + 14 online outlets to find the lowest price. Or if I'm buying a laptop, I'll go to ridiculous extents to save 50 dollars off the purchase price... even at a great inconvenience to myself.

However, if I'm spending on food or drinks I'll just recklessly spew... especially on tips for decent servers. I have no idea why this happens. When I go food shopping, I go to a high-end grocery store 5 minutes away. There's a Wal-Mart 8 minutes away which sells the same brand and products I buy at the local grocery store, but for much cheaper (sometimes at like half the price). But because I don't like the layout of the Wal-Mart parking lot/traffic pattern and the other store is 3 minutes closer, I'll always go to the other store... even at a much greater cost.

HOWEVER, if I were in the exact same situation when it came to buying a video game or a DVD, I'd always go to the other store... even if the cost difference is 5 dollars, as opposed to the much higher cost difference associated with grocery shopping. I'll agonize and debate and never come to a decision to buy a 40 dollar video game that I'll probably get 20-30 hours of play out of at a minimum, but I'll order a 20 dollar martini at some rip-off bar in Vegas that'll take me 10 minutes to drink.

Man, typing this out has made me feel really irrational/neurotic. A freak and a very weird dude <<<<<<<<<<<---------.

Also, self-reporting some nittery here from a couple years ago:

Was playing some limited hold them in AC one night and asked the table if anyone knew where I could get some tums in the casino because my stomach was feeling sick. Some guy said the candy/smokes lady sells a mini-roll of 2 Tums for like 5 dollars, which is obviously an enormous ripoff. Despite the fact that I had 4 figures in chips on the table and my stomach hurt, I still refused to buy them because 5 dollars is just "stupid" and instead sat there with an upset stomach like an idiot.

some theaters it isn't

lol wtf

Just curious, whenever my wife and I go out to eat (anywhere...be it fast food or sit down) we always get water. I refuse to pay $2+ for non healthy sodas. BTW, she can order what she wants, she just choose water 95% of the time. Is this cheap, and we always tip 18%.

Four of us went to the Wynn Lunch buffet, we left a 5 and the other couple left a 5. Later he said we stiffed the server on a tip. I beg the differ...thoughts??

No, that is not cheap, and you should choose water because it is so much better for you. That said, I recommend tipping an extra $1-2 per water you order. I usually tip $1 for each water I drink, which is usually 2-3 glasses, so an extra $2-3 in addition to what my usual tip would be based on the bill/service.

for your Wynn Lunch I have no idea, need more details. What did you order, what did they order? How much was each bill? Was this a buffet where you pretty much help yourself or were you being served?

$5 is a solid tip for 2 at a lunch buffet. Tipping 18-20% at buffet is LOL overtipping.

Just think of it as paying someone $5 to deliver Tums to you, when and where you need them. From that perspective it's a bargain. You maybe find yourself loosening up all over your life with this new perspective.

one time we went to a wedding party..for some reason my wife's sister's boyfriend decided to bring about 6 of his homies that we didn't know was coming. they weren't even invited so we had to accommodate them since they came before actual real guests.. this was slightly annoying but whatever. as long as they chip in since at our wedding partys, everyone always hands the bride or groom an envelope.

these guys are mostly in their 20's so they ate like animals. very annoyed.. we made sure this fool gave up an envelope.. we asked him and he replied.. "yes"

sure enough.. few days later.. we figured out he never gave an envelope

everyone was tilted as ****.. this guy brings a bunch of clowns had a huge buffet practically and didn't drop a single dime.. he wanted to look good in front of his friends

My uncle used to charge me for food at his house. The A**hole wouldn't even split a case of pop with me if I only had enough for half. Instead he would buy the case at 4.99 and charge me 50 cents per pop.

I'm willing to bet you're from the Midwest.

cant belive i forgot these 2
i showed my brother this thread and he is very proud of himself

he went to buy a belt from a street vendor on canal street
they were 3 dollars each or 2 for 5

he spent a half an hour arguing with the guy that he only wanted one and it should be 2.50
the guy got sick of him and finally he agreed
my brother then paid with a hundred and got at least 50 dollars back in single which made my day

a part on his car broke and he went to the junkyards by shea stadium to get a new one
they wanted 150 dollars for the part and he thought it should be 50

so at night he went back to steal it
he even brought some meat in case there were dogs
the junkyard is outside and the floor is all dirt
he crawls under the fence like a wild dog
almost on cue it starts pouring
so this cheap basterd is searching with a flashligh on the car for the part he needs, has to crawl under the car to take it off, which takes a good ten minutes
by the time hes done he is covered in mud and there is a human divit in the mud where he was

if its outside and dirt, it has ceased to be a floor. it is now the ground.

excellent point- completely changes my story
worthless nit

You lose pay up. I am from Toronto.

My Grandparents who have plenty of $$ wash plastic cups/spoons/forks and use them over and over

one night a friend of mines calls me out of no where to invite me to come along and play at commece. I tell him i have no moneies and he say's he'll stake me no problem so he comes picks me up. We get there at like 10pm or something and he makes me wait and wait.. I don't know why.. if someone invites you for a stake you don't make him wait that long.. so at 3am he finally decides to stake me $100 at commerce casino. I'm like finally and **** you you ****ing nit.. I'm really ****ing pissed to hell he made me wait that long...

I decided to play $4-8 limit.. I was doing well and moved to the same game but this time with a kill.. how many net kids know that term?

in 7 hours i managed to make plus $500.. I was running really hot and the table was real fishy.. I made a value bet on the river with 1 pair and 2 others called in a 300 dollar pot!! the balls!!

anyways.. so i decided to tell him I only made $200 instead of $500. the next morning.. we're still there.. I decide to play a $120 satallite.. winner gets about $1000k. I run like hot getting KK 3 different times.. getting paid every time and win the damn thing.

so I went from $0 to having about $1400 in less than 16 hours so I felt pretty damn good..so I pay him back his $100.. buy a round of drinks.. buy dinner.. give him half of my 8th of bomb weed. pretty fairly paid back I think? right?

after all that we get home and he demands another $100. I am shocked.. I'm like wtf? we're buddies and he wants 100% return?!! I'm like **** you.. go suck a dick.. I'm a good player that's why I made all that loot.

he gets really really angry.. and calls me cheap and greedy etc etc.. we get into a big fight and start yelling.. blah blah...he says.. "tonight I lost $200 and if you would just cover half of my losts I would feel that much better.. can you do that?" I'm like **** you .. "not my problem that you can't take a $200 hit"

he gets really made and calls me greedy.. anyways.. just tilted the **** out of me for a while

youre a dick

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how do you think this is going to go over on a poker forum?

misreporting a stake earn is the Unforgivable Crime

$1000k is a lot of monies

Oh and you're a dbag. To even consider cheating your buddy out of money is pretty ****ing low....

i agree im glad i am not a tipped employee as there are so many excuses not to tip

What was the agreement? You give him 50% of all winnings of the night? Or you just reimburse the $100 if you're up anything over that? I've seen both.

But since you were already going to misrepresent your winnings, you suck.

That's a great way to look at it, Asterisks. I once paid $16 for a wee bottle of Pepto at a hotel, but nausea is so awful that I'd pay $100 to stop feeling it. I felt like a fool paying quadruple what I could have, but looking back from your point of view, I got a deal. Rad.