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thenewgreen · 3672 days ago · link · · parent · post: Julian Baggini: To tip or not to tip?

lot of folk give $1-2 no matter how many pies you deliver. -I used to deliver pizzas too. I was horrible at it. I would get the pie there quickly and take FOREVER to get back. Major slacker. Even though I was a driver, I still struggle w giving 20% on a large order. Recently, I threw a party and hire babysitters downstairs for my friends with kids. It was a shit load of kids. I ordered roughly $100 worth of pizza for everyone. I gave him $10. I would NEVER give a server a 10% tip. But really, how much harder was his job than if I ordered $20 worth of pizza? It was still just one trip from his car.

I read this while belly up to a bar at a sushi restaurant in Wilmington NC, I shared the potential origin story of the "vail" described as if it were left in Downton Abby England with the waitstaff. They all gathered around to hear my wisdom. -okay, that's a lie, but it definitely was a good topic to bring up.

Dammit, now I need to leave an exorbitant vail.

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