Food for thought

Northen Southener —

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"

Hummus — Tue, 10 Jul 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!

TPOS — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 - 11:00

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

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

Northen Southener — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 - 11:36

[quote=TPOS]...yeh...I'd still be confused I take it this is just a joke, not a real incident[/quote]

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"

TPOS — Tue, 10 Jul 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.

TPOS — Tue, 10 Jul 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.

You — Tue, 10 Jul 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.

TPOS — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 - 18:59

[quote=You]

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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Oh yh, I think I've heard that before.

LookingToSee — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 - 20:39

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

Seraphim — Fri, 13 Jul 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*