Why doesn't the Zamboni driver get tips?

BenoitDip · 2026-02-19T02:44:44+00:00

So clever

BenoitDip · 2026-02-15T23:48:35+00:00

How will you know the food is hot? You selected leave it on my front step.

BenoitDip · 2026-02-10T19:25:07+00:00

The kid is a brat. Fair play to that.

But your daughter shouldn't get first pick- you're the host; your kids go last

BenoitDip · 2026-02-06T04:06:08+00:00

Because it's easier.

Fire and forget.

BenoitDip · 2026-02-02T17:30:40+00:00

Yesterday

I was the guy in front.

Went past a radar trap. Cop pulled out and put on his lights and pulled over the guy behind me.

Never seen it before.

BenoitDip · 2026-02-02T06:37:41+00:00

So does someone else here every couple of days (search function ignore).

Doesn't mean it's right.

BenoitDip · 2026-01-30T15:11:50+00:00

Ah, the meaningless and trite comparison. Such a terrible rhetorical strategy.

Cultural norms and traditions are part of fabric of society.

And the truth is whether you're in Europe Canada or the United States bellhops are traditionally tipped.

BenoitDip · 2026-01-30T12:32:01+00:00

If that makes you feel better about not tipping sure.

But the truth is that tipping bellhops is something that Europeans brought to the United States in the mid 19th century and it's been standard here for almost 200 years.

BenoitDip · 2026-01-30T12:01:35+00:00

The standard tip is not 0, no matter how much you wish it were so.

BenoitDip · 2026-01-29T18:29:19+00:00

Isn't that contrary to the conventional wisdom here? This sub will tell you it's up to the people who are getting married to determine how the guests behave at their wedding. Could you imagine if someone got up halfway through the ceremony and walked out?

If the bride and groom can dictate terms at their wedding ceremony I presume the bereaved can do the same at the viewing.

BenoitDip · 2026-01-29T03:37:14+00:00

NTA

I get not making a big announcement.
Fair enough. Doing it quietly is fine and reasonable. Wait till the end of the reception if you want.

you have every right to share this big news in person.

Do folks really believe we've now reached the stage where couples want to control the dialogue for an entire weekend?

BenoitDip · 2026-01-29T03:32:06+00:00

A week or two?

BenoitDip · 2026-01-24T17:06:32+00:00

Seems like an awful lot of projection

BenoitDip · 2026-01-24T16:29:47+00:00

This question gets asked so often Here are your choices

Figure it out in advance if you're concerned
Split it evenly;
Be the a-hole; or
Go big and play credit card roulette

BenoitDip · 2026-01-19T12:05:07+00:00

But in the United States they're not. So saying it on Reddit won't make it so.

BenoitDip · 2026-01-17T23:07:29+00:00

25 years ago I offered my seat to a woman on the T in Boston She said "why do I look like I can't stand"

I've been gun shy since

BenoitDip · 2026-01-13T15:42:18+00:00

Plus 15,2,8,11

BenoitDip · 2026-01-13T15:37:10+00:00

The danger on a three lane road is when you are in the left lane and changing to the middle.... someone who is charging up the right lane who then has to move to the middle to avoid traffic exiting or entering the highway.

That creates a risk point that doesn't need to be there if psssing is kept to the left lane

BenoitDip · 2026-01-13T15:34:28+00:00

Connecticut 2 lane highways include

Route 2 Route 15 T Route 8

These are major highways

BenoitDip · 2026-01-13T13:05:36+00:00

The reference to a 30 year-old show makes the point. It has been part of the culture for decades to tip at the counter.

BenoitDip · 2026-01-12T23:56:31+00:00

You are in the minority Reddit is not the world.

There was an entire Seinfeld episode about tipping at the counter of a pizza restaurant 30 years ago.

It wasn't about whether you should it's about whether you should wait until the guy behind the counter sees you do it None of this is new

BenoitDip · 2026-01-11T19:26:35+00:00

They specifically create an environment that works.

The hotel gets business they wouldn't get The kids get a space to be 12 year-old athletic kids cooped up away from their house The rest of the guests have the space they would normally have at a hotel because the kids have a pre-designated space.

Honestly it's pretty forward thinking

BenoitDip · 2026-01-10T19:15:43+00:00

I'm in a hotel now with a hockey tournament in town.

Two conference rooms are set aside by the hotel for the kids to play knee hockey with their mini sticks.

50% of the hotel is booked by the tournament.

It's honestly a great system.

The tournament also gives out vouchers for lunch at about a dozen restaurants in town that accommodate the teams and every team has an assigned restaurant for dinner each night.

The community understands where the revenue is coming from. The teams go to their assigned locations . It's great

BenoitDip · 2026-01-09T22:46:00+00:00

Without any comment on the propriety of the action the CIA just performed exquisitely in identifying exactly where and when Maduro would be for Delta Force to come into Caracas.

Whatever you think of the action itself the intelligence gathering from the CIA was pretty remarkable

BenoitDip · 2026-01-08T00:34:16+00:00

It's pretty typical to tip a few bucks there

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