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In reply to the discussion: "I give God 10%" [View all]Initech
(100,060 posts)98. He's got $20 million dollars in his heavenly bank account...
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God for sale to the highest bider. & People wonder why religion comes under such bitter criticism.
patrice
Jan 2013
#3
So you think it's OK to stiff your server, just to maintain your Trotskyite indignation
baldguy
Jan 2013
#63
Did I say anything even remotely like that? No, I didn't. So what the hell are you talking about? nt
MrModerate
Jan 2013
#105
you can't stiff the waiter at that applebee's, apparently. 18% gratuity is mandatory. only
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#132
Servers make $2.13 an hour and are taxed on tips whether they get them or not.
Starry Messenger
Jan 2013
#107
This bullshit about getting indignant at having to pay for services fairly rendered
baldguy
Jan 2013
#115
You don't seem to understand that you have to pay people when they do things for you.
baldguy
Jan 2013
#117
Not sure it's worth it, since you seem incapable of listening, but what the heck:
MrModerate
Jan 2013
#118
You've been very clear: You resent the fact that you have to pay people who work for you.
baldguy
Jan 2013
#121
I've lived in the US almost half my life, so I've seen the conditions . . .
MrModerate
Feb 2013
#128
a mandatory tip isn't a tip. if restaurants make tips mandatory they should just add them to the
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#131
They've already charged for a "tip" which they've ever-so-helpfully decided is 18% . . .
MrModerate
Jan 2013
#108
she paid, as the news reports make clear. the 18% was a mandatory gratuity and she was charged
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#133
the fallacy of shifting percentages. "god" gets 10% of his INCOME; waitstaff gets 18% of one meal.
unblock
Jan 2013
#15
It's usually stated on the menu that parties of six or more will have an 18% fee
alcibiades_mystery
Jan 2013
#62
Because god isn't slaving for your ass in an industry that has weaseled out of the minimum
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2013
#33
The 18% was added because it was a party of 20 who tried to get out of the tip
SomethingFishy
Jan 2013
#103
God needs a new accountant. The deity is always broke despite the protection money paid to him.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2013
#113