Posted on 03/19/2016 7:35:06 AM PDT by mykroar
I’ve no reason to think this is a spoof. It’s an action of a person reacting to something they find offensive, which is done everyday by people of every political stripe. This is not news.
He walks into Zombie Burger and wants a normal-looking waitress??
I’d be expecting more than just pink hair. I’d be expecting tattoos all up and down her body and piercings in all sorts of orifices. I’d tip her just the same if I ordered the burger there but I’d probably rather find a place where the employees have better hygiene.
Well at least the Talking Heads are all straight.
Whats not to get its music
Read the comments at this link and that will sum it up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47YAcpCa5dM
How do you know this and that the B52’s were not?
Of course, leaving a tip is not mandatory. It is an acknowledgement of good or superior service. Had the customer simply left no tip and no “note”, there wouldn’t be an issue. Leaving the “note” with the judgmental message was childish. It was the childish message that is the “news” in this story. ‘If you have nothing good to say, say nothing’. For whatever reason, the customer felt a need to belittle, in writing, the server. Hardly the act of an adult, but not a criminal offense. Don’t get angry over it, or take it to heart. Simply chalk it up as an experience where you met and served an azzhole. Most people aren’t azzholes, so in the end it is just a bump in the road of life.
I will usually give cash on a credit card so the full amount is not reported to the IRS. I’ll either put a line through the tip amount or round up to the nearest dollar. So I too take all these with a grain of salt.
I was a server over 20 years ago. The standard wasn’t 8% then either. Not sure where that number came from.
So if around here I go to a restaurant and the service is not terrific, in the future I'll get my meal to go.
Right.
No need to be rude; no excuse for that.
I guess the customer express his view similar to the waitress wearing pink hair to be noticed and receive attention.
Assuming it isn’t a hoax, the customer didn’t specify what it was about her appearance that he found objectionable. It may have been her pink hair, or her nose ring, her earrings the size of dinner plates, or the tattoos on her legs and arms. Whatever the case, the customer was a jerk; but the waitress can’t know it was her pink hair, because he didn’t say.
Yeah, OK, I know. I'm not saying they suck, or they're awful, or they shouldn't make recordings, or people who like them are dumb. I'm just saying I don't get the point.
I listened to the song at the link, Planet Claire (thanks for that). Not terrible. Like a better-than-average garage band. At least they don't take themselves seriously, are not pretentious, etc.
By the way, the Morse code at the beginning of the song is spells out naws de cfhii zkr f1 338 before it fades into the background.
Exactly! Tipping raises the best and weeds out thearly bad.
I’ve noticed a profound drop in quality of service when eating with a large party in an establishment that adds a mandatory gratuity to large groups.
She’s cute, but she’d look hotter as a light brunette.
Until she retired last fall, a waitress at my favorite local restaurant never got less than 100% tip from me. And the service was great before I started doing that!
The 8% (of sales) is what the IRS requires you to claim as income. They figure you make at least that much.
Why is this news? Oh wait, it’s huffpo - it’s propaganda.
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