From: NoBody@nowhere.com   
      
   On Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:11:12 -0500, Capricorne    
   wrote:   
      
   >> On Dec 31, 2025 at 11:57:44 AM PST, "shawn"    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:13:22 -0700, anim8rfsk    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Ubiquitous  wrote:   
   >>>>>  In article <10ip638$3kkbb$2@dont-email.me>, atropos@mac.com wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>  More and more restaurants around here are automatically adding tips to   
   >>>>>>  the bill-- even for parties of just one or two-- as a mandatory charge.   
   >>>>>>  They don't call them tips, since legally tips have to be voluntary.   
   They   
   >>>>>>  label them things like "staff health care fee" and "worker compensation   
   >>>>>>  fee" and "living wage fee".   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>  And of course even after they charge you one of those bullshit   
   mandatory   
   >>>>>>  fees, they still add the tip line at the bottom for you to pay them   
   even   
   >>>>>>  *more* money. Whenever I see one of these exciting new fees on the   
   bill,   
   >>>>>>  I just draw a line with an arrow from the tip line up to the fee,   
   circle   
   >>>>>>  it, and write, "That's your tip."   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>  That reminds me; What's the deal with my FB feed containing several   
   >>>>> postings   
   >>>>>  lecturing me to tip 40% and postings (suspiciously AI-generated) of   
   >>>>> people's  restaurant bills with comments written about the tip? I saw one   
   >>>>> in which the   
   >>>>>  waiter presumably wrote on a bill with no tip that they were calling the   
   >>>>>  cops.   
   >>>   
   >>> LOL. If a waiter ever wrote such a thing I would definitely not tip.   
   >>> Even if I loved their service. Just to see if they were foolish enough   
   >>> to call the cops out for my deciding not to offer an optional   
   >>> gratuity.   
   >>   
   >> This.   
   >>   
   >> I would *so* call their bluff.   
   >   
   >   
   >I wonder if Trump tips. Funny, just thinking about it we seem to know   
   >the answer, no?   
      
   "Former President Donald Trump made an unscheduled campaign stop at   
   Tony and Nick's Steaks in South Philadelphia on Saturday, prior to a   
   rally at Temple University in the key battleground state of   
   Pennsylvania. The visit, which came as a surprise to the restaurant's   
   owner, left a lasting impression on both staff and patrons.   
      
   Trump left a $500 tip and wrote "no taxes on tips" on the receipt,   
   aligning with his recent campaign stance to end taxation on tips for   
   service industry workers. This gesture highlighted a key issue facing   
   many small business owners and their employees across the country."   
      
   https://www.israelhayom.com/2024/06/23/trump-leaves-500-tip-in-p   
   iladelphia-cheesesteak-shop/   
      
   All ya had to do is look dude.   
      
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