It benefited my mom. She got her insurance from the exchange. Previously she was paying out the ass for COBRA. Because she was laid off at an age that was too old to find new employment but too young for Medicare. /anecdote
Anyone who now gets preventive tests, visits or prescriptions without cost-sharing, is not subject to lifetime maximums or pre-existing condition exclusions, doesn't have to cover their insurance company's administrative costs greater than is reasonable has benefited. Millions of people now have access to free or subsidized care that didn't pre-ACA. The ACA is 1,000+ page law, not just the individual mandate. I have a really hard time believing you don't know someone who benefited from health reform.
Many plans are grandfathered so all those new benefits? They don't apply.
Pre-existing getting thrown out has helped many. I forgot about that part.
Me. Background: I'm a Scrooge with tipping when it comes to bad service.
I haven't read anything but page 1 yet but so don't know the story yet but ....
If I have really bad service I will leave a penny to show that I didn't forget but it has to be really horrible for me to do that. My normal is at least 20%.
If you don't do your job properly why should I tip you for it? I realize they live for tips but I'm pretty understanding so when even I think I'm getting shitty service and it's dead and I can't get helped-you aren't getting a tip.
Post by bunnyfungo on Jul 23, 2015 11:09:51 GMT -5
You know who's worse than the penny tippers? The people who lay out the few dollars they deem appropriate at the beginning of the meal and then subtract them every time you do something "wrong". DNW to serve that table.
I haven't read anything but page 1 yet but so don't know the story yet but ....
If I have really bad service I will leave a penny to show that I didn't forget but it has to be really horrible for me to do that. My normal is at least 20%.
If you don't do your job properly why should I tip you for it? I realize they live for tips but I'm pretty understanding so when even I think I'm getting shitty service and it's dead and I can't get helped-you aren't getting a tip.
Because if you go to Walmart and the cashier ignores you, makes you wait, takes a long time ringing you up, breaks your eggs, and calls your kid names: they still get $7.25 an hour. If your service is poor PLEASE speak to a manager. They want to know. Then they can decide that maybe that person isn't meant to be a server. And you can be comped appropriately.
Please, Bunny. Shopping at Walmart is for people who only make pennies, like peasants and servers. Clearly she's so far above servers she feels the need to teach them a lesson by giving them a mere penny. Really, she's doing a service for the people.
You know who's worse than the penny tippers? The people who lay out the few dollars they deem appropriate at the beginning of the meal and then subtract them every time you do something "wrong". DNW to serve that table.
There is a whole special category of asshole just for those people.
You know who's worse than the penny tippers? The people who lay out the few dollars they deem appropriate at the beginning of the meal and then subtract them every time you do something "wrong". DNW to serve that table.
You know who's worse than the penny tippers? The people who lay out the few dollars they deem appropriate at the beginning of the meal and then subtract them every time you do something "wrong". DNW to serve that table.
WTH? People do that?
Yes. And it's always a shitty tip to begin with. Some people get their jollies from treating servers as "less than".
Post by bunnyfungo on Jul 23, 2015 11:12:56 GMT -5
I strongly feel that every one should work as a server at least once in their lives. Like under cover boss. You'll realize how much harder it is than it looks. And quit being a dick.
You know who's worse than the penny tippers? The people who lay out the few dollars they deem appropriate at the beginning of the meal and then subtract them every time you do something "wrong". DNW to serve that table.
They're bad, but the ABSOLUTE WORST are the religious tract tippers. Fuck Sunday brunch service. They'll put it under something so that the part that looks like cash peeks out. There is a special place in hell for those people.
You know who's worse than the penny tippers? The people who lay out the few dollars they deem appropriate at the beginning of the meal and then subtract them every time you do something "wrong". DNW to serve that table.
I cannot even imagine. I would be embarrassed to be with a person like that! FFS!
I feel like some of the biggest assholes are ones that have never worked in customer service themselves and they have zero empathy.
When you have a bad day at work, do you still get paid?
I thought so.
You can tell when someone is having a bad day and when it goes beyond that.
It takes a lot for me to not tip someone at least 20%, but it has happened. And the times we say something to the manager about the server- they aren't ever surprised.
Exactly. And if a restaurant is busy and I can see the server is busting ass I will usually tip even more than normal. Completely dead and I can't get your attention at all...not going to tip well at all.
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You can tell when someone is having a bad day and when it goes beyond that.
It takes a lot for me to not tip someone at least 20%, but it has happened. And the times we say something to the manager about the server- they aren't ever surprised.
Exactly. And if a restaurant is busy and I can see the server is busting ass I will usually tip even more than normal. Completely dead and I can't get your attention at all...not going to tip well at all.
This is more of a silly confession, but we were out to brunch with people a few months ago, and it was very clear our server was stoned out of his gourd. We had lots of food and lots of mimosas, and tipped $24 on a $100 bill, but laid it out on the table as 4 one-dollar bills and a 20. I still sometimes wonder if he got it.
I strongly feel that every one should work as a server at least once in their lives. Like under cover boss. You'll realize how much harder it is than it looks. And quit being a dick.
I have mad respect for anyone that can work in the food service industry. I've never done it because I know I would be absolutely shit at it. I would probably be described as having a "piss poor attitude" and only receive pennies.
I strongly feel that every one should work as a server at least once in their lives. Like under cover boss. You'll realize how much harder it is than it looks. And quit being a dick.
I've never been a server but I was a hostess and I'm always like super kind to them (especially when restaurants are crowded) and like nodding in solidarity and stuff. If you want a table/booth, let the host(ess) know when you tell them how many people you have. Not when they're seating you at a table/booth and you want the other.
Also "but there are sooooo many empty tables, why are we waiting" is my actual nightmare. You came into the restaurant at 11am. There are 2 servers working. Calm your fucking tits.
Exactly. And if a restaurant is busy and I can see the server is busting ass I will usually tip even more than normal. Completely dead and I can't get your attention at all...not going to tip well at all.
Yeah, like, less than a penny.
Or one of those coupons that say they are work 1/100 of a cent.
They're bad, but the ABSOLUTE WORST are the religious tract tippers. Fuck Sunday brunch service. They'll put it under something so that the part that looks like cash peeks out. There is a special place in hell for those people.
Or the verbal/note tippers. They rave about you to the manager, write all over the receipt how great you were, and leave you jack shit. I'm sure my landlord accepts complimentary words as rent, right?
"I'll just call my gas company and tell them how much I appreciate the heat."
This is more of a silly confession, but we were out to brunch with people a few months ago, and it was very clear our server was stoned out of his gourd. We had lots of food and lots of mimosas, and tipped $24 on a $100 bill, but laid it out on the table as 4 one-dollar bills and a 20. I still sometimes wonder if he got it.
This is more of a silly confession, but we were out to brunch with people a few months ago, and it was very clear our server was stoned out of his gourd. We had lots of food and lots of mimosas, and tipped $24 on a $100 bill, but laid it out on the table as 4 one-dollar bills and a 20. I still sometimes wonder if he got it.
You can tell when someone is having a bad day and when it goes beyond that.
It takes a lot for me to not tip someone at least 20%, but it has happened. And the times we say something to the manager about the server- they aren't ever surprised.
Exactly. And if a restaurant is busy and I can see the server is busting ass I will usually tip even more than normal. Completely dead and I can't get your attention at all...not going to tip well at all.
I'm still not going to leave a penny! I'll give the minimum 15%, but I won't be a fucking asshole about it.
I will be forever proud of the time I chased a customer out into the parking lot to hand back their 63¢.
"Oh, honey, that's your tip." "That's not a tip."
I got fired. FUCKING WORTH IT.
I am proud of you for this. I wish I had balls to stand up for myself like that.
I once had a guy not believe that I had two degrees because I was a bartender. Like literally refused to believe. I dont even know how we got on the topic. Another customer told him to GTFO.
You know who's worse than the penny tippers? The people who lay out the few dollars they deem appropriate at the beginning of the meal and then subtract them every time you do something "wrong". DNW to serve that table.
They're bad, but the ABSOLUTE WORST are the religious tract tippers. Fuck Sunday brunch service. They'll put it under something so that the part that looks like cash peeks out. There is a special place in hell for those people.
This was my first tip fresh out of beauty school and my own chair at a salon. I was pissed.
I worked in the service industry, I tip a minimum of 20%. And whoever leaves a penny is a dick.
Add me to the "benefited from ACA" group. Thanks to my genetic disorders, I was so screwed by pre-existing condition clauses. Now, I don't have to worry about that.
Let's also not forget that the ACA included making preventative care, including most forms of birth control, free or reduced prices (depending on the insurance provider and/or plan).
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