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2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive
I've always had a problem with tipping as it's done in the US. I call it a price scam, or to be more charitable - restaurant version of a doc fee. You're telling me your price for the meal is 10 bucks, or for this room is 100 bucks, or for whatever. But wait - it doesn't actually include person taking the order and delivering it to the table, or the cleaning lady to come and wipe the room? And again, how does that make you "employer" of these people? To me tip should be something "on top" for making me superhappy, not something that's a person's wage. I should not need to know that the way you compensate or apparently not compensate your people. To me it's ridiculous - a price should be a price. I know things are different, so I obligue and pay my "voluntary" tip, but it actually pisses me off - I'd rather be told the meal is 12 bucks, not phoney 10 and then leave me alone, don't make me directly responsible for this poor waiter's kid's college fund.
BTW, what pisses me off more and more is the inflation of the tipping. Somehow it went from 15 percent before tax to 20--25 percent after tax and somehow places that you order at the counter, pick up your own food, put the tray away yourself, still have tip prompt at their registers BEFORE you even start eating. Including one of the Domino's stores on a pizza store pickup. Seems like corporations are trying to shed their responsibility from paying people to perhaps zero, if they only could. Places will become soon some wage hunting grounds. Service "doc fees" are now everywhere ...
2018 430i Gran Coupe
Oh wait, before I get into this I’ll repeat what I said before, “the shop owner is in biz to make money”. If he wants to share some of the delivery charge with his drivers that’s up to him. The driver doesn’t have to take the job if he feels he’s being cheated.
My Grandson worked at a pizza shop during his last year in high school. He’s now a college freshman but because of the COVID stuff he’s doing on-line classes from home so he stayed on with the pizza shop for a few months. Then he got the bright idea to try the Doordash thing. He gave notice to the pizza shop and off he went. He liked the idea that he could work whenever he felt like it and not be committed to the pizza shop for scheduled hours. It turned out the grass wasn’t greener. He was having to drive much further to make deliveries than at the pizza shop. On top of that he saw the trend where the legitimate restaurants charged more to start with than a pizza shop then they tacked on the delivery fee. And because of that too many people felt that a nice tip was not necessary. Even as a kid he knew he was being taken advantage of so back to the pizza shop he went. Now gets minimum wage just like before but since they liked him they bumped him up 35cents an hour. This shop charges $1.50 delivery charge but he gets to keep all of it plus all of his tips. They don’t throw all of the tip money into a pot and then split it at the end of the day between the drivers. Other shops in the area do the pot sharing thing and most charge at least 3 bucks for delivery and the driver only gets a buck of that. Why, because I guess they can get away with doing it that way. My Grandson says he wouldn’t work at those shops because of the sharing thing and getting only a buck from the delivery charge. So far he’s satisfied.
jmonroe
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
I know when I have pizza delivered, the delivery charge has crept up to $3-4. Same franchise owner as the store I worked at.
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jmonroe
I am glad he is sticking to his principles and yes an employer can try to scam employees by trying to make them work for tips only, but an employer with a conscience is going to make sure his employees are making a fair income for the work done.
Just because you can take advantage of employees doesn't make it right morally.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Did I mention that they have a bar?
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2018 430i Gran Coupe
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2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Place sold pizza and had a good size bar.
The 2 of us got a bit comfortable there and put the pizza pickup on the back burner.
World Series was on, lots of Red Sox fans.
It looked like they were going to close out the series and lots of patrons were giving the owner(Mets fan) a hard time.
He got mad and closed down the bar, then Bill Buckner happened.
Free drinks for everyone!
We caught a lot of grief for bring back a cold, soggy pizza, but it was worth it.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
You retired from bus driving too early.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/38961/theyre-sticking-fords-7-3l-godzilla-v8-into-blue-bird-school-buses?xid=fbshare&fbclid=IwAR2uOECaNYGnfxUnr1H_xkYGE4lzqIoQH81pYW9Wjj9Z3kCosI71Y4rJC1U
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2018 430i Gran Coupe
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
I make pizza dough every month or so to use for lazy Sundays. I make my own sauce from simple, but fresh ingredients (in addition to growing my own basil, oregano, and other spices).
Used to make my own mozzarella but quit doing that as I’ve found a source as good, probably better, than anything I can make.
Key to the operation was getting a pizza stone.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
LOL! Pay for a transport, get a pizza with the car.
jmonroe
Being a New Yorker for 22 years, I’ve always sought out one kind of pizza that causes certain gastric phenomena to occur in my mid-abdominal region and my salivary glands to become over active - and that pizza is traditional New York Pizza. This pizza is not available in any of the cities I’ve lived outside NY - only South Florida has a similar type of Pizza, but not quite up to the standards of TRUE NY PIZZA. Now you might ask, “...what is traditional New York Pizza?
First of all, it’s only made in Queens, Brooklyn and South Manhattan. It has a raised crust edge; the bottom crust is slightly crisp; it is made with a tasty marinara pizza sauce spread evenly over the bottom crust; it has extra mozzarella cheese and is topped off with a tinge of oregano and extra virgin olive oil.
After it is baked to a delightful outer crispness and the mozzarella cheese topping begins to bubble, it is placed on an aluminum or stainless steel platter, sliced into 6 slices, and served bubbling hot. You know it’s NY Style once you pick up a slice and fold it in half, and oils begin to drip down to the tip of the slice prompting, at times, a need to flip the tip back into the triangular slice. You delicately point the tip into your mouth and take a bite. You chew and savor the flavors and the cheese and sauce mixture in your mouth and begin a gastric ecstasy until you have eaten as many slices as your stomach can accommodate. Ahhhh - true heavenly manna.
That’s my position on what truly delicious and mouth-watering pizza is!😜🤪🤓
2021 Genesis G90
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Or for a cooking show on a cable channel.
Or for a new countertop pizza oven machine for sale on HSN or QVC--comes with a receipe for pizza.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I've not decided that I trust the CDC and sources for the shots, so I'm on the fence about getting the vaccination when I'm eligible in Ohio if they can get vaccine (this week LOL). My doctor and I agree that for me waiting weeks or a couple of months to monitor likely won't mean anything in my situation.
I don't have the risk factors that you do, despite being older, so my doctor just last week agreed with my timeline.
Hope the second round goes well for you.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
I had no reaction(s) after the first shot so they predict I will not have a reaction to this second shot. They told me that there may be some reactionary symptoms after 24-48 after the second vaccination but that they are quite rare.
I’lll keep you updated if I have any reactions. Now I just hope after 3-4 weeks, I will be protected from the virus. I’m just concerned about the variants popping up across the USA. I have read that if necessary they will give a 3rd booster shot if the vaccine is found to be less effective against these variants.
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2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2018 430i Gran Coupe
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Oh for the home theater guys.... wrestling this bad boy to the media room tonight
2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Ram 1500 Bighorn, Built to Serve
2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Ram 1500 Bighorn, Built to Serve
That made me wonder: why aren't those either run-flats themselves or perhaps even mostly solid?
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