Food for thought

Published by Northen Southener on 10 July, 2012 - 07:29

One day Bill Gates went to a restaurant. He thoroughly enjoyed his meal. When it was time to pay for it, he left a $10 dollar tip for the waiter.

The waiter, confused, asked "you're one of the richest men in the world and you only leave me a $10 tip. Your son came in last week and he left me $100"

Without thinking Bill replied "he's the son of one of the richest men in the world, i'm the son of a woodcutter"

Comments

Submitted by Hummus on 10 July, 2012 - 09:13

LOL! Thinking of such a response, on the spot was awesome!

Gosh, be grateful, you don't always see waiters getting tips!

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Submitted by TPOS on 10 July, 2012 - 11:00

...yeh...I'd still be confused

I take it this is just a joke, not a real incident

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Submitted by Northen Southener on 10 July, 2012 - 11:36

TPOS wrote:
...yeh...I'd still be confused I take it this is just a joke, not a real incident

I'm not sure if it really happened. But what it said to me is:

"old habits die hard"

"you have more respect for earned money more than inherited money"

"just because you're rich, don't mean you should waste money"

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Submitted by TPOS on 10 July, 2012 - 15:41

Lol to me it just reinforces my view of rich/well off people being stingy.

I guess it can be seen as wasting money, but then don't give any money. If such a rich person is gna give someone a *tip* anyway then why give so little. Then again, I guess it's enough for the worker.

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Submitted by TPOS on 10 July, 2012 - 16:14

Why do they get tips anyway?

Went to pizza express a couple of weeks ago and the service was terrible! We paid for the meal and the waitress didn't even come back with change, just assumed we wanted to tip her. We were saying she doesn't deserve the tip for such a rubbish service and it's not the fact that we didn't get a few quid back but the principle of giving us our money.

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Submitted by You on 10 July, 2012 - 18:46

Its an american thing - dont pay the waiters much and be able to advertise low prices, then guilt trip the eaters into tipping.

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Submitted by TPOS on 10 July, 2012 - 18:59

You wrote:

Its an american thing - dont pay the waiters much and be able to advertise low prices, then guilt trip the eaters into tipping.


Oh yh, I think I've heard that before.
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Submitted by LookingToSee on 11 July, 2012 - 20:39

Solution? Tip the world!! But nowadays even giving gifts can be seen as bribing.. Parents knw...

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Submitted by Seraphim on 13 July, 2012 - 14:48

I'll only pay a Tip if the service has been really good and if they gave me the table i wanted Wink

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