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Good. This is literally killing our planet.
Seems trivial to me.
If I can figure out how to make groups of apps on my iPhone, most anyone can…
Thank you for the last part of that sentence.
Reusable container down?
I can, I believe -- just have to put in the effort to learn. Almost everything I've learned to do on the iPhone, I just figured it out or saw someone else do it. Anything for which I might have to go out and find specific directions to execute, I've pretty much skipped over.
Not convenient on a long road trip. Plus I don’t trust faucets everywhere. That’s how sickness can ruin a vacation.
The soda fountains at convenience stores have a water option.
you a long haul trucker? I do 6 hour road trips to go skiing. one 40 ounce reusable container does me just fine.
No I’m not a trucker. I’m talking about not only the convenience of bottle water in the car, but also at the hotel. I already said I don’t trust all water faucets everywhere and I don’t want to get sick while on vacation
I’ve worked late a few times and saw the cleaning staff dump the recycle trash and regular trash bins into the same bigger bin and push that bin away.
By the time you have used these soda fountains to fill up your water bottle, Albanians have kidnapped your virgin daughter, and you gotta get Liam Neeson to get her back.
New here, Pip? There's not a tangent that can't be attained, no matter the original subject.I just wanted to read about restaurant prices ...
While the private jet thing is a real issue, this seems like a really cynical and shortsighted way to look at the world. Do your part, and others may follow.
OMG can this thread get back to its original purpose? And leave this holier than thou political preaching for another forum. This is why we can’t have nice things here.
Remember when this thread was "I took my family of four to a Michelin-star restaurant and I couldn't believe the bill cracked three figures!"I just wanted to read about restaurant prices ...
Why tip a barista? When I pull up to a drive thru and they stick that credit card device in my face, I pay with exact cash. I’m an excellent tipper in sit down restaurants however. Tipping getting coffee is like tipping at McDonalds, you don’t do it, or at least I don’t.
Do you tip at a fast food restaurant getting a burger?
And then they probably threw the recycling bins into the landfill.
That’s cheating
Sometimes, usually if there’s a prompt I might toss them a few bucks
Lawns can be nice to look at.
A barista making my drink is a lot different than a barista pouring a hot cup of coffee..... there are levels to execution of barista work for my drinks
The prompt at a fast serv / counter place is the problem I have with it. It’s called “tip creep”. I don’t feel a bit guilty selecting none at places like that and I am a great tipper at a sit down restaurant with full service.
Ummm, looks to be an empty threat, Peggy.
R -- Coffee-shop baristas aren't in the "counter service" category anymore, for better or for worse. And there's been follow-on effects of that regarding "correct" tipping.
That’s a widget. Two of those made the cut on my single page, though real estate needs may force downsizing.
I’m not buying it. People who pour my coffee at a drive thru aren’t getting a tip. I hate tip creeping at places where I’m getting minimal service.
This ship sailed at least 25 years ago. Baristas at coffee places get tipped more or less as bartenders by custom now. In the 1990s, around here, you might pay $2.19 at the coffee-shop counter and tell the barista to keep the change. That would also hold true if you got a coffee + pastry for $4.69. If the change was like three cents, you'd fish in your pocket for two quarters to make it an appreciable tip.
For a while, it was really a lot like barroom tipping -- a buck a drink. Now they try to base it on percentage like at a sit-down restaurant -- but the percentages shown by the point-of-sale device are often something like 20%-25%-30%. I think today, if you went into a Starbucks regularly, usually ordered two lattes to go, and threw a dollar on the counter every time ... you'd get branded a cheap customer. If the total is $7.49, you're "supposed to" either tip on your card at one of the suggested percentages, or throw down $10 and say "keep the change".
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I can treat a coffee shop as pretty much a bar -- I mean, was a buck tip reasonable to be handed a beer bottle? Probably not ... but I did it all the time anyway.
This idea can be extended to more healthful eating in general, but people tend to dig in their heels before giving it a shot.
What I didn't see that you could do was something like: Have one Widget on "Page 1", two widgets on "Page 2", six widgets on "Page 3" ... something like that.
My garbage folks tried this stuff for a while. Neighborhood finally caught on and fired them. the new company charges more for recycling, like a lot more to "ensure" it goes to the proper spot. F right off.
THAT NOT WHY WE ARE HEAR!!!!1!!!I just wanted to read about restaurant prices ...
I don’t believe in tipping for a mocha either. Again, I have an issue with tip creeping in general at fast serv / counter type places. Coffee drinks are expensive enough . Perhaps too expensive. I do believe in tipping well packaged pickup / curbside or delivery (pizza) and full service restaurants.
I'll tell you what -- if you're truly just getting a plain cuppa joe poured for you at a Starbucks ... I can give you a pass on not tipping. I can still respect you after that. Of course, a pass from me and $6 will buy you ... well, you know
Where the barista service really moves into cocktail-bartender territory is when they're making the PITA drinks for customers: Half whip half soy 80% oat milk**, half Americano, half-caf, 3/4 a shot of espresso, flax milk whipped cream with unicorn sprinkles and Sumatran bean floating on top. Order one of those, and you're a monster for not throwing down 30%.
** Jack Whitehall weighs in
I don’t believe in tipping for a mocha either. I’ve seen them made and it’s not hard. Again, I have an issue with tip creeping in general. I do believe in tipping well packaged pickup / curbside or delivery (pizza) and full service restaurants.
I'll tell you what -- if you're truly just getting a plain cuppa joe poured for you at a Starbucks ... I can give you a pass on not tipping. I can still respect you after that. Of course, a pass from me and $6 will buy you ... well, you know
Where the barista service really moves into cocktail-bartender territory is when they're making the PITA drinks for customers: Half whip half soy 80% oat milk**, half Americano, half-caf, 3/4 a shot of espresso, flax milk whipped cream with unicorn sprinkles and Sumatran bean floating on top. Order one of those, and you're a monster for not throwing down 30%.
** Jack Whitehall weighs in
Yeah, widgets can be quite useful, both for organization and functionality. The bigger size also can be a selling point, as I’ve selected a few key ones to populate the Home Screen of my 80-year-old father-in-law’s phone.
