Knightfox
@Knightfox@lemmy.one
- Comment on Anon doesn't tip 1 month ago:
The argument being made is a rather poor one. In the example given, the waiter walked 10 feet to you, I would agree that you shouldn’t have to tip.
I’m ambivalent on tipping culture, if we can institute a fair minimum wage then I’m fine with getting rid of it, if not then shut up and tip. All that said, the things we tip for has gotten way out of hand. Tipping used to be 15% for good service while some people were giving 20% because prices had remained low. Now with food prices increased businesses and wait staff are encouraging 20-25% and tipping options are being added everywhere.
My rule of thumb now is 20% for standard wait service (taking my order, bringing my meal, refilling beverages, and cleaning the table afterwards). If any of those elements isn’t being fulfilled then I do not give a percentage, though if someone is going around filling drinks I’ll probably leave a dollar or two. I also don’t give a percentage tip for drinks that don’t come with free refills, instead I will calculate the 20% tip without those beverages (typically alcohol) and then leave $1 per drink.
- Comment on Anon doesn't tip 1 month ago:
I’d like to add that in the US people rarely think of it as extra either. In most places in the US we also don’t include taxes on the menu listed prices, but you know they will be on the final bill going in. The semantics of whether there should be tipping or not is hardly the line people should be arguing. What should be argued when discussing tipping is management abuses around tipping (like paying out others, stealing tips, or forced tip sharing), mandated minimum tipping, what items should be tipped and how much.
There is a ton of room to debate tipping culture in the US, but complaining about doing so isn’t the right place.
- Comment on Can anyone confirm? 1 year ago:
Breakfast for dinner is also super common in the USA, sometimes called Brinner.
Ironically Breakfast for dinner is the kind of breakfast that most people don’t have for breakfast most of the time (pancakes, french toast, fried or scrambled eggs, assorted meats, etc) so having it as dinner occasionally is actually more fitting in some ways.
Most Americans eat the equivalent of cereal and coffee or no breakfast and just coffee most days. I myself almost never have breakfast. It’s sort of like a full English in the UK, most people aren’t eating that everyday.
- Comment on OUTTA MY WAY SOYJAK LIBRUL 1 year ago:
That’s a badass pic though
- Comment on Maybe this isn't proper shopping but $18.50 for four veggie burgers, buns, and danish seems like a lot 1 year ago:
The only thing that seems expensive is the veggie patties in my opinion. For $4.99 I would have expected a 4 pack.
The buns are a bit pricey, but we’re talking a dollar and some change then.
Looks to me like you have most of 4 lunches and 4 breakfasts for $18.
- Comment on Get on my mindset grindset, peasants. 1 year ago:
I’m familiar with similar certs (mandatory with 16-40 hrs of CEUs). My work knocks it out by attending a conference which always begins on Sunday. The compensation is that it’s always at the beach, we take company cars, we get paid per diem for meals, we get paid for our travel time, the gas and hotel are paid for, etc and most importantly… it’s only once per year.
Some people bring their families and turn it into a mini vacation. It does eat into the weekend, but we’re more than fairly compensated and it’s still optional, you just have to attend several smaller and more boring trainings. The conference generally has a nice mixer event at least once and a really nice dinner at least once.
If you want my weekend make it worth my time and I won’t mind it.
- Comment on For some reason, I'm doubtful. 1 year ago:
What do you mean, this bad boy is probably powering a semi-critical government system somewhere, definitely not obsolete.
- Comment on Outrage after Greta Thunberg arrested at London oil summit protest 1 year ago:
They’re outraged because she was arrested, not because she was there.
- Comment on Don't forget to tip 1 year ago:
Ewww, hope that was a joke
- Comment on Don't forget to tip 1 year ago:
No, that’s not a thing
- Comment on And now Bezos is trying to inserts ads everywhere 1 year ago:
Well yes… that’s what I have done, the problem is the other 99% of the customer base who continues to be stupid. It’s like when people say “stop preordering games” before the release of the next AAA game, but then it has record preorder sales and hundreds of complaints about it being an unfinished piece of crap. The customer base at large is too stupid to stop feeding the problem.
- Comment on And now Bezos is trying to inserts ads everywhere 1 year ago:
I think the bigger gripe is less that there are subscriptions and more that they have gotten out of hand. Over time products that weren’t subscription based have become so to the detriment of the product and user experience.
Some examples: Netflix used to have a wide variety of backlog material, they had a cheap subscription and replaced the video rental stores. As streaming and subscriptions became more of a thing businesses stopped allowing that content on Netflix because they wanted to do it themselves. Now you need 2-3 subscriptions for the same benefit that old Netflix had. I dropped all mine except for Amazon, I don’t want 3 streaming subscriptions.
Ubisoft and many other game companies decided to take their content off of Steam because they felt they weren’t getting enough from Valve. They split off and made their own equivalents, but the benefit of Steam is not having multiple launchers. I’d rather not play a game than have to have their brand specific launcher & account.
I don’t have a “right” to free content, but i still feel that the direction of the market has made the content and consumption of said content worse.
- Comment on PLEAAASSEE PLEASE COME BACK TO THE OFFICE PLS 1 year ago:
Broski, my commute is typically 45 min by car each way. On the days I’m in the office I work 10+ days to avoid the traffic.
- Comment on PLEAAASSEE PLEASE COME BACK TO THE OFFICE PLS 1 year ago:
Let’s be honest, Forbes has been a trashhole for a while.