Dining Out
Paying With One True Kiss
The Metro St. James cafe in Sydney, Australia is giving customers the option of paying for their coffee with a kiss (kissing their partners) between the hours of 9 and 11 a.m.
Freakonomics on Banning Tipping
I couldn’t sleep last night, so around two in the morning I took half a Sominex tablet and put on the most recent podcast episode of Freakonomics (public radio voices are soothing). I ended up listening to the entire 40-minute episode because there was so much to think about and unpack.
Good Tipper Responds to Bad Tipper
A person posted this receipt to Reddit in response to the story about the Applebee’s server who got fired for posting the “I give God 10%. Why do you get 18?” receipt a customer left.
Counterpoint: No, This Is How You Tip
Logan and I are of the mindset that you can actually never really tip too much for good service (Logan really loves leaving as much as possible), but we’re also open to showing other people’s honest viewpoints and experiences with money (see: Young, Privileged and Applying for Foodstamps). As a counterpoint to Cindy’s post today on overtipping, we give you Billfold pal Matt Langer’s rules for tipping.
Chipotle Has Nothing to Worry About
Yesterday, David Einhorn, AKA the man with the superpower of saying things to make stock prices fall, talked about Chipotle’s challenge of competing with a “resurgent” Taco Bell, which recently launched a new menu that’ll compete with Chipotle’s “gourmet” burritos.
A Trip to TGIFridays in Upstate New York
So when my friends and I walked over to the TGIFridays next to our hotel this weekend for a quick bite and drink, we weren’t expecting much.
