On Saturday, August 16, 2014 6:08:22 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-08-16 6:40 PM, jmcquown wrote:
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> > Yeah, we used to have to "cover" for someone who never left a tip. She
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> > ran the server ragged. She complained about every little thing. They
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> > did their best to comply, with a smile. Then she didn't tip them or
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> > maybe left a dime for a $10 meal. It was embarrassing. I'd rather dine
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> > alone than go out to eat with someone who whines all the time and then
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> > thinks they're being magnanimous by putting a dime on the table.
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> I have been embarrassed by people. Cheap Bob would keep a waitress
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> hopping and asking all sorts of stupid questions. My neighbour used to
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> work with Cheap Bob and told me that he once freaked out at a waitress
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> because he (neighbour) got his food before Cheap Bob's.
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> Then there is the Big Niece who thought that the waiter assigned to look
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> after the family at father in law's birthday/Christmas party at one of
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> his clubs. When the waiter came with coffee she asked for tea. When he
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> brought the tea she asked for milk for it. When he came with the small
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> pitcher of milk she asked for a glass of milk. When he brought the milk
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> she asked for juice. He disappeared. We lost out waiter. I would have
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> liked more coffee but I could not blame him.

Why didn't you tell Big Niece to go to Hell? You could have done the
world a service by crushing her psychologically to the point of suicide.

--Bryan