RockRaines

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 07:38 PM) How good would Jimmy Hayes look now instead of Bickell ? Brad Richards not impressing.Sharp stats are down, Hossa was bad offensively until his recent torrid streak. H Its amazing when you look around the league how much talent the Hawks have given up, Byfuglien , Ladd, Hayes, Vrbata ,Troy Brouwer ,Nick Leddy , even Frolik is having a decent year for Winnipeg. Its not like they "gave up' all that talent, they couldnt afford to keep everyone.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 20, 2015 -> 09:26 AM) That is free agent money. No point in signing that deal. At that point your best hope is to let him walk out and hope that he has the Shields experience of waiting too long to sign. I know they have offered him less, but I believe this is the target his people are aiming at.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 11:20 PM) Yeah, I want NO part of that. Shave about $30M off that deal and I'd be okay. What about 5/120?

QUOTE (Wanne @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 10:48 PM) it was mid 80's here last week and spectacular. FINALLY talked my dad into coming out (he's never been) and have almost 2 weeks off the beginning of March. This is the most excited I've been for the start in quite some time and excited to take my dad out to Camelback! Ah I didnt know you were a local. That means you buy beers right?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 13, 2015 -> 09:21 PM) Anyone ever play the conflict series on Xbox? Four player co-op call of duty type game. Why doesn't anyone make something like that again? Nothing is better than running a long campaign like that with three buddies. Nobody has played these?

QUOTE (farmteam @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 10:19 PM) If he was gonna take that 3 at least step into it. He had the time. Just dumb, too quick. They didnt need it at that time. It was selfish to me. I think his teammates agreed

Anyone making the trip down or already live in AZ? I am planning to hit up a game in March most likely and probably play a little golf. Who else is thinking about making the trip or already planned one? You know I always buy the first round.

Really nice piece dude. Gonna be a fun spring. Anyone going down there?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 09:23 PM) It would be funny if he ended up on the Bulls after he gave Noah so much s*** for going into the OKc lockerroom a few years ago He wont, the Bulls need shooting if anything.

I'd guess 5/140ish with an option if I was a betting man.

The funny thing I have a lot of friends that go out with me and many friends who worked in the industry and our tipping habits are very different from each other, in fact there is a huge dividing line. We almost always make up for the people who havent worked these jobs. I met my wife working in a bar which she did from age 18-30 and she is the biggest overtipper ever.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 04:13 PM) You are a generous man. Maybe, its probably just from working my way through life from high school to college to after in college in service type jobs. I've just been there and I feel like I should always pay it back. I'm sure at times the people that get it dont deserve it, but I hope most of the time it gets where it needs to go. When I was bartending in LP in the early 2000's I was one of the only guys who used to tip out the kitchen, from that point on I have always said I would give what I had.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 04:13 PM) You are a generous man. Maybe, its probably just from working my way through life from high school to college to after in college in service type jobs. I've just been there and I feel like I should always pay it back. I'm sure at times the people that get it dont deserve it, but I hope most of the time it gets where it needs to go. When I was bartending in LP in the early 2000's I was one of the only guys who used to tip out the kitchen, from that point on I have always said I would give what I had.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 06:58 PM) I was going based off the their salary going up to compensate no tips like the post rabbit replied too. In that case they should still be able to do their job fine like most of the world outside of our country does. Everyone has some sort of carrot in front of them.

Selfish motherf***er

What the f*** Yogi.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 03:40 PM) In any restaurant I've ever worked in, the cooks getting tipped is incredibly rare. Typically, they will factor in the cost of labor plus the cost of food plus overhead costs into the meal prices. I was a line cook cumulatively for about 3-3.5 years all together, and I can count on two hands the number of times I was ever tipped out by servers. EDIT: this is also why I'm always incredibly leery of an establishment selling a 6 oz sirloin or something like that for $8. To me, that reeks of poor quality food, grill marks, and a quick zap in the microwave. At the take out/delivery pizza place I worked at the tips for take out always went to the kitchen. That's probably why I do it today.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 03:30 PM) Why? Who gets that extra 10%? You're just picking up your food. The guys making it.

I almost always tip 10% for take out.

Do you guys tip on take out orders?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 02:24 PM) But unless they're regular customers, how do you know what their "regular" tip is? Is 18% their standard, or is it 15% and they think you did a good job? Did they come in in a good mood and have a couple of drinks so they're tipping a little higher? Did they have a bad week and the food wasn't cooked how they liked it so the server gets the brunt of that? Or was the bigger tip just because you drew a smiley face on the check or forecasted good weather? I don't doubt that better servers will, over time, get better tips then average or poor servers, but those couple of articles I posted by the guy who experimented with a tipless restaurant offered some insight into that. Maybe he's generalizing from a small group, but his thoughts were that the good servers are focused on doing their jobs and providing good service and that the last thing on their minds during a busy shift is how much each table tipped them and trying to figure out why they were tipped x% whereas the crappier servers would be focused on that. He also talks about the tensions that tip payouts can create between the waitstaff and the kitchen staff. His Part 3 covers his thoughts on how tipping actually incentivizes worse service over upselling or increasing turnover. Yeah, I like the article but I am not sure how unbiased his opinions are. In my experience customers stayed longer and tipped more when servers or bartenders they liked were working. Generally that familiarity was from great, personalized service. My wife even had 10-15 regulars that came into her bar every sunday night and tipped the hell out of her. Once she left, they stopped coming. Mind you alot of that doesnt apply to some of the surveys used for those articles. Going to a chain restaurant over 3-4 shifts and asking the customer to fill out a survey isnt going to really give the same data as places I have worked.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 12:18 PM) We bought both our condos in late '05, early '06. My wife's place is right near Wrigley and is gonna end up fine whenever we do look to sell. My condo in Old Irving though, ugh. Luckily I put a pretty good down payment on it, or it would be further underwater than the missing Malaysian jet. Renting the places has worked out so far, only have to add a couple hundred a month. We have just used Craigslist and Domu to rent it out, no problems yet. (knocks on wood) Friends ask us if we have started a college fund for our daughter, we just always say yes, but it's in the form of condominiums. I tried renting my west loop place out for a month or so and after meeting about 4 prospective renters I decided to sell. What a mixed bag of sketchy people out there looking for apts.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 11:53 AM) I'd assume that's more of an age thing than an ethnicity thing. Surprisingly ive seen both use cases. Also sending back food seems to be one as well.

Is there a study done on why certain ethnicities find it necessary to split their bill 8 ways when dining with a group of 8 people?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 11:22 AM) When you register annually with the State, you are supposed to submit the full rules - but I suspect some associations fail to do that. For us, it was only three units, and we were a new building with no previous residents, so it was pretty smooth. And since the three units essentially made up the board, we had complete control without having to worry about upsetting anyone else. Which was nice. We had 16 and about 3 years of no documentation whatsover once the building was opened. Pretty standard shady Chicago practice.