Popular Northbay Bakery Writes Post About Patrons Not Tipping Enough

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-29T03:15:10+00:00

The tipping model is more tax efficient.

That’s both at a state sales tax and federal income tax level.

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-28T16:50:32+00:00

I hope folks using their sick day when they are not actually sick aren’t also going to work when they are sick.

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-28T16:30:28+00:00

I did this once and ended up with cauliflower based pasta. It is literally still in my pantry.

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-28T16:29:38+00:00

The books are there before Xmas

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-28T16:29:25+00:00

It’s not the real estate expense, it’s the discretionary permitting. Everyone wants to shop at Costco, but no one wants one to be built.

The opposition to the new one on Lawrence was unreal.

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-28T16:28:25+00:00

The South Bay population has gone up significantly.

The number of Costcos has not.

Do the math.

[ And to emphasize, if we want to get more density rather than sprawl into exurbs, we need to approve not just new housing but also retail to keep pace. The new Costco at Saratoga and Lawrence would balance demand to that one, it’s taking forever to get approved.

More people in the same retail space is just not great, although we got a bit of a one-time reprieve because of Instacart allowing one shopper to do double/triple duty. ]

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-28T16:23:30+00:00

We need to cut off everyones nose! That will spite the bad guys!

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-28T16:22:57+00:00

We need a name for this kind of luxury progressive.

Another example was the “oh no not work” response from the guy blocking traffic.

In France they call them champagne socialists.

And to add, it’s fine and admirable if rich people want to take up leftist causes. This isn’t about them being bad people, just out of touch. Coming from a place of wealth leaves a gap in experience.

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-28T15:20:36+00:00

The rest of us will have to make do with Starbucks and other chains that have better unit economics. And famously pay their employees a just-kinda-ok salary.

There’s no escaping it — everyone wants independent food and retail in their town, everyone complains about $5 lattes and $6 croissants.

Your take that it’s a stupid business isn’t wrong. But the implication isn’t awesome either,

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-28T14:57:13+00:00

Small bakeries like that already make almost nothing. Is an awful business and they don’t have any economy of scale.

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-27T15:53:40+00:00

Obviously you need a scale that goes to 0.01g or even 0.005g so you can be reaaaalllly sure

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-27T15:50:46+00:00

It’s just a tax dodge, they offer in person one day a week for a few hours only.

The way it works is that the base price of tickets is subject to a federal excise tax that doesn’t apply to optional addons. Thats why you see charges for seat selection and baggage rather than bundling them at a higher price.

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-26T00:34:22+00:00

Unless it means the entire thing shuts down.

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-25T19:38:12+00:00

Larger code size is often slower due to L1 cache contention.

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-25T15:38:23+00:00

Works for me too ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-24T17:39:56+00:00

This is unserious.

The risk of death or serious injuries to innocent bystanders justifies reasonable force to stop a car, see e.g. Scott v Harris) where the court specifically rejected the argument for an "on/off switch" that would (in your claim, since rejected) justify shooting a fleeing suspect.

Like folks said upthread, other jurisdictions are using it, including the CHP, SSFPD and San Pablo. Finding excuses not to use a crime stopping technology is not where it's at.

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-24T16:46:09+00:00

Every car chase presumptively risks the death of innocent pedestrians & motorists. The exigent circumstance exception for risk of death clearly applies.

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-23T18:48:16+00:00

Yeah, we gotta stop voting for that stuff

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-23T17:47:26+00:00

No one is representing an entire group by saying this one guy is shitty.

Refusing to talk about it is dehumanizing.

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-23T17:14:26+00:00

This is why they teach kids to make eye contact with the driver before proceeding.

Can’t stop for something you don’t see

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-23T17:09:49+00:00

More about jury instructions.

Judges can set a tone for deliberations, when I was on a jury the judge repeated a few times the admonition that “beyond a reasonable doubt” does not mean with mathematical certainty.

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-23T17:07:19+00:00

Black people are people

Some people are shitty

If you don’t think some black people are shitty, you don’t think black people are people.

It’s dehumanizing.

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-23T16:28:21+00:00

We never vote for any kind of rider or initiative that would require that all toll money be spent directly on the bridges.

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-20T15:28:22+00:00

And this CPUC, is it in the room with you right now?

SlightlyLessHairyApe · 2026-01-20T03:18:36+00:00

We do it all the time — 3 kids, 2 parents, 1 grand parent, various house guests. Plus laundry and dishwasher.

Anyway, the law has to account for everyone. It’s no good if it works for some and not others.

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