From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 1/1/2026 10:39 AM, suzeeq wrote:   
   > On 1/1/2026 9:44 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:   
   >> On 12/31/2025 4:22 PM, suzeeq wrote:   
   >>> On 12/31/2025 4:11 PM, 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?   
   >>>   
   >>> Or like leaves a dollar.   
   >>>   
   >> He expects others to tip him.     
   >>   
   > Especially when he gives them pardons.   
      
   But unlike your friendly local waiter, he demands the tip before service.   
      
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