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Originally Posted by TomCollins
Also, the time spent in the laundromat might not be wasted time. When I was in college, I brought my books and studied when I waited. I would have been doing that at home anyway. Who just sits in there and stares at the wall for 4 hours? Some have TVs, so they aren't really spending 4 hours of work involved.
good point, this completely escaped me for some reason.
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Originally Posted by samsonite2100
Surprise, surprise, this thread seems to be a magnet for cheapskates. A few things--
1) The only good point being made about the $.50 tip is that people don't want to carry around change, which is something I'd never really thought of b/c I like having a big jar of quarters at home. Saying it's 14.3% or whatever, is lol. A dollar a drink is the going rate for non-cheapskates, sorry, I didn't make this rule up. This may annoy you when you get a beer, but it also holds for complicated mixed drinks or whatever. I guarantee you if you're flipping quarters at your neighborhood bartender, you're not the first, second, or even next-to-last guy being served.
Also, the "I can do that so why tip" argument is stupid. You can presumably also carry your bags, drive a car, clean a hotel room, etc. You don't base tips on whether you can do something or not, you base them on what societal conventions dictate is the appropriate amount. Right now it's a dollar a drink at a bar. I, however, wholeheartedly approve of the guy that said he thinks tipping bartenders is stupid so he doesn't drink in restaurants.
2) I'm aware that people who pinch pennies wind up with more money. I also think their overall quality of life is pretty crap.
3) Yes, chips and salsa should be free, I agree.
4) At the fluff and fold where I live, they just kind of eyeball it, they don't do it by the lb. It's usually around 20 bucks, which I guess is on the way cheap side. Fwiw, I wouldn't spend 50 bucks on F and F.
1) meh, obviously $1/drink is standard, but there is a pretty obvious reason why it's acceptable to deviate from the norm. Now tell me, why is the onus on the person giving you money to give an extra 50% and not on you to accept 50% less? yah yah he could leave the $1 and take the quarters but lol who is gonna do that.
last i checked, i don't really give a **** what societal conventions dictate because since it's my money im gonna do whatever i ****ing deem is appropriate. god these threads piss me off so much and make me wanna avoid tipping altogether.
2) meh, depends on what level you take this, you can certainly pinch a few pennies in a lot of spots that will have no effect on the quality of your life just by not being a tard with your money.
4) so did you actually ever wash your laundry there by hand or are you just pulling #s out of your ass? Also how the **** couldn't you spend $50 on fluff and fold you cheap bastard! man wtf. cutting corners. now i think you are stupid for doing your laundry to save that little extra bit. see how a different perspective can change things a bit? not everyone is in the same financial position and can take the same liberties. for you, you can't afford $50, for them, they can't afford $20. so who's cheap now?
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Originally Posted by samsonite2100
Thanks, I do enjoy my tips since most of them come from adults who know how to behave and not 22 year-old poker shutins that go to penny draft night once a month.
As for societal conventions, what's wrong w/ that? I mean, it's a societal convention that 15-20% is a good tip on dinner service. It's a convention that you tip like 5 bucks on a haircut. And you tip a dollar per drink. I'm sorry if cheap people don't like it, but there it is, and it's probably good that you're finding out now that every bartender in the world thinks you're a cheapskate loser when you leave silver.
If you're arguing whether it should be a dollar a drink, that's a different story.
anyways you're looking at this from way to narrow a perspective as there are obviously various reasons why someone might tip a certain amount.
Please explain to me, that if I feel that it SHOULDN'T be $1/drink why I should tip $1/drink. Why?