Starting a general chop session thread to keep the dialogue flowing.
Dear Mr. Big and TC,
I will officially be taking this weeks NFL talk as a personal attack on myself, the Electric Phactory and Philadelphia sports fans everywhere. The league leading 8-0 Eagles getting no mention and even worse talk of no good teams is damning. Hopefully 9-0 will drum up some discussion but I won’t hold my breath. Until next week.
Sincerely,
Concerned Citizen Flex
I vote we keep all Trap Draw talk in one thread going forward and let this be it. Now that they’re on a regular schedule I don’t need 50+ TD threads.
Also, fuck Philly! They’re not actually good
Blame Stinky Thursday Night Football! Out of sight out of mind.
The whole POS systems forcing a tip is SO annoying. I tend to be someone who tips more than 20%, and when I feel forced to tip on a coffee purchase, or if you included X amount gratuity, I’m likely going to end up tipping less.
You can tell a lot about a person by how they treat service workers, especially their propensity to tip, but this forced tipping feels invasive… reminds me of this scene from south park.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KT9IUd_Cnc&t=1s&ab_channel=DespacitoSpider
Running down the Cal leaderboard but skip over Morikawa’s recent statements?
I recently hired someone through Fiverr and after I got my delivery the site asked if I wanted to tip them. I thought them quoting me a price and me paying it was enough. Now we’re expected to tip people after they do a job for an agreed price?
The world has gone mad.
As a caddie who works for tips, I’m now 400x more conscious of what sort of expectations are on me to tip as I go into coffee shops/restaurants/etc. I’d be curious to hear a barista’s experience on that from local coffee shop x, y, or z.
There’s a local coffee roaster I visit for beans. Most of the time, I’m just grabbing a bag or two of beans from the shelf near the register and paying. It took me a while to realize that mindlessly hitting the giant 15% or 20% tip buttons on the POS screen means I’m paying an extra $5-7 for virtually no added service. Now that I’ve wised up, I’m happy to add a buck or two but by trying to speed through a transaction I’ve likely wasted a bunch of money over the past couple of years.
I’ve become so accustomed to the “tipping culture” (if that’s what we call it?) in the US I’m deeply afraid/ashamed to not tip at the same 20-25% rate in other countries - where a lot of the times it’s just not near the same expectation. I’ve been chased down in China and told I overpaid on multiple occasions where I tried to leave any tip. Always struggle with what is appropriate in Western Europe as well. Even when I follow a local’s advice I feel scummy tipping less than 15-20% internationally.
Years ago when we were in Ireland for football we tried tipping the bartenders throughout our drinking. They looked at us like idiots. Apparently they don’t do tips there, and if it’s done at all you tell them “and one for you” or some such at the end of the night and they add the cost of a pint to your bill or some such. I left so many euros sitting on bar tops over there not knowing better.
Haven’t listened to the latest but any word on a mea culpa from @Tron for calling Seoul “Diet Tokyo” a couple weeks back? I’m surprised he hasn’t been cancelled by BTS Army yet.
@tron when he just wants the right number of buns…
I stand by that. A more western, approachable version of Tokyo. Or at least what I envision Tokyo to be considering I haven’t been there yet 
On the topic of EV charging connectors, there is a standard in North America that all manufacturers follow…except Tesla.
I appreciate @Tron using my NIT travel experience to shit on Delta like 30 seconds in. Frankly, they deserved it this time.
One of the most unsurprising things I’ve seen this week
Hot dogs originally came in packages of 10 because 10 1.6oz hot dogs equaled a pound. And trays of 4 buns became the optimal standard for the industrial equipment used back in the day. The buns weren’t necessarily created to go along with only hot dogs.
Also shoutout to my OG hitter Margaret Rudkin, our snacks business is thriving. https://www.pepperidgefarm.com/our-story/
When I’m in NC I go to a local coffee shop that’s also a surf shop. So there are times where I’m getting coffee, sunscreen, a new pair of boardshorts, a hat, and a new hoodie. And of course it asks me if I want to tip. Not a single worker expects it, but it’s ridiculous that the system automatically wants me to tip like $20 when the only “tippable” item I bought was a coffee. And don’t get me started on take out or service charges. I have no clue how to not be a scumbag in those situations.
I’d like to formally invite @Tron and @Randy to join me, my wife, and two college age daughters at the Taylor Swift concert on July 1 at Paycor Stadium in the Queen City. I’ve taken my daughters to every concert since 2010, and without going into the very long story of what TS and her music have meant to them and my family, suffice to say excitement is off the charts for the first concert in 4 years.
Feed your newfound fandom gents!
