Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)
Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)
Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#1
Posted: 4/15/08 at 2:06pm
I was in the Chelsea Market today, eating some sushi out in the corridor, and I was watching the Italian prepared food counter. All you do is point to what you want, the sever wraps it in tin foil, and you're done. And there's the ubiquitous tip jar.
I'm not cheap when it comes to tipping, but I think this is taking it too far. Has anyone seen a tip jar in a more unworthy place?
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re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#2
Posted: 4/15/08 at 2:08pmIn Chicago, the 7-11 put out a tip jar.
re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#2
Posted: 4/15/08 at 2:08pm
There's an Automat on St Mark's Place. You put the money in, you open the door, you pull it out, and on the right there's a guy who hands out napkins, well not hands out, more like points to a pile of napkins, and the tip jar.
re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#3
Posted: 4/15/08 at 2:09pmThose are some pretty good ones!
re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#4
Posted: 4/15/08 at 2:30pmI'm all far tipping people and hate people who are cheap, but I agree that some of these examples are ridiculous.
re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#5
Posted: 4/15/08 at 2:33pm
"There's an Automat on St Mark's Place."
It should be "Automat" in quotes. I wouldn't want anyone to think that place on St. Mark's was what the real, old time Automats were like.
re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#6
Posted: 4/15/08 at 2:34pmTipping is for exemplary service. If it's not exemplary, or worse yet, no service has been provided; don't tip. Cheapness has nothing to do with it.
re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#7
Posted: 4/15/08 at 2:37pmSometimes the automat people squirt you out a little cup of sauce!
re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#8
Posted: 4/15/08 at 2:37pm
I agree, SonofMammaMiaSam. Tip when you feel it's necessary.
I've seen that "automat" on St. Marks. What's that about?
Updated On: 4/15/08 at 02:37 PM
re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#9
Posted: 4/15/08 at 2:40pm
SOMMS-Do you mean to say an exemplary job of wrapping an already made sandwich is worthy of a tip? I mean, pretty soon every single transaction we do in life will call for a tip. What's next-a tip jar at the bank teller's station? I say YES, that's next! 
re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#10
Posted: 4/15/08 at 2:43pm
unless it looks like a swan, Jane, don't tip. 
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re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#11
Posted: 4/15/08 at 3:43pmJane that reminds me- the Currency Exchange around the corner from my old office had tip jars at every window.
re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#12
Posted: 4/15/08 at 4:07pm
"I've seen that "automat" on St. Marks. What's that about?"
Somebody trying to revive the cheap eats idea in Manhattan. Unfortunately, their food is not good. I've had a couple of items there that were not fully cooked (i.e. hot on the outside, freezer-cold on the inside).
re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#13
Posted: 4/15/08 at 4:10pm
It's not exactly cheap, either. When it first opened, we went by to see if we could get lunch there. But putting a lunch together out of their offerings would be about as much or more than going to a deli.
They do seemed to have carved a niche market out of drunk East Village partiers looking for a quick bite at 3 a.m., though.
re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#14
Posted: 4/15/08 at 4:17pm
"They do seemed to have carved a niche market out of drunk East Village partiers looking for a quick bite at 3 a.m., though."
And it's a tourist attraction. I've always felt bad that the automats in NYC had to close. They were interesting for tourists to see.
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re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#15
Posted: 4/15/08 at 4:38pm
Forget tourist, Goth, the Automat had great food.
Add to that, you could sit all day with a cup of coffee, read War & Peace & no one bothered you. There used to be a huge one diagonally across from Radio City.
re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#16
Posted: 4/15/08 at 4:56pm
It certainly is! 
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
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re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#17
Posted: 4/15/08 at 5:00pmDunkin Doughnuts. It is getting out of hand!
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re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#18
Posted: 4/15/08 at 5:16pm
I remember when I first moved to New York I'd go to the Automat when I was broke because you could get hot water for a nickel, then put in free ketchup & crackers and make your own Tomato Soup.
Wait, maybe that was an old episode of That Girl.
re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#19
Posted: 4/15/08 at 5:25pm
in high school, i worked at the school store. i put a tip jar out on the counter but the teacher in charge of the store made me put it away 
it's not like i was giving up my lunch/study period to work there or anything...
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re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#20
Posted: 4/15/08 at 5:26pm
"Wait, maybe that was an old episode of That Girl"
Or chapter one of the Jack Benny cookbook~
re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#21
Posted: 4/15/08 at 5:27pmHobo miso...mmmmmmmmm.
re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#22
Posted: 4/15/08 at 5:43pm
"Wait, maybe that was an old episode of That Girl."
Yes, that was an old episode of That Girl. And that was back in the day when you could:
find an affordable apartment
afford to see a Broadway show or Second Act one without too much trouble
Macy's, Gimbels, Alexanders, Barneys were all affordable
ice cream had real cream, Coke was still made from sugar rather than corn syrup, and nobody was interested in posting calories or telling you that you were going to die from eating fried foods
nobody was trying to regulate your life by forcing you to buckle your seat belt or use 30 watt light bulbs or recyle
re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#23
Posted: 4/15/08 at 5:47pm
Them blacks knew their place then, too.
Updated On: 4/15/08 at 05:47 PM
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re: Tipping is out of hand (haha, pun intended!)#24
Posted: 4/15/08 at 7:24pm
I am surprised PRS took so long to play you know what.
It came out of left field but than again it always does
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