February 5, 201511 yr QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 4, 2015 -> 09:56 PM) So the one year wedding anniversary is in April and I'm trying to get out ahead of this thing. Did some internet research and it appears that there are two types of gifts for year 1...the traditional "paper" gift or the modern "clocks" gift. Did you guys follow these rules or did you just figure out your own gift? We dont really even celebrate ours, its new years eve and we order in food and watch movies. Thats about it.
February 5, 201511 yr We usually celebrate our anniversary by staying at a hotel somewhere and having a nice dinner. Nothing special tho really.
February 5, 201511 yr QUOTE (shipps @ Feb 5, 2015 -> 11:11 AM) We usually celebrate our anniversary by staying at a hotel somewhere and having a nice dinner. Nothing special tho really. No we don't. I don't know the last time you took me to a nice dinner. Liar pants! You probably don't even remember the anniversary of our friendship.
February 5, 201511 yr QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 5, 2015 -> 01:13 PM) No we don't. I don't know the last time you took me to a nice dinner. Liar pants! You probably don't even remember the anniversary of our friendship. LOL we will probably be coming to Cali in the spring or early summer this year so I will buy you guys a steak dinner then.
February 5, 201511 yr QUOTE (shipps @ Feb 5, 2015 -> 11:17 AM) LOL we will probably be coming to Cali in the spring or early summer this year so I will buy you guys a steak dinner then. Wohoo. Deal!
February 14, 201511 yr QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Feb 14, 2015 -> 03:21 PM) 3 more people I know got engaged the past 2 days. How cliche
February 14, 201511 yr Haha so... uhhh... My flight home to NYC from Charlotte was canceled, but I actually ALSO had a flight to LA booked for today that was booked by my job back when I was dating a girl in LA and was going to go see her after this gig. When we broke up, I bought this new flight. So... I... Well. I'm using that flight to LA and I'm going to be staying with my ex for two days before flying home after the storm on miles. My original flight was refunded, so it's a net win. And I get Valentines Day Ex Sex. Talk about an unEXpected win! Edited February 14, 201511 yr by Reddy
February 15, 201511 yr QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 14, 2015 -> 04:23 PM) How cliche And another one tonight. Christmas and Valentine's day weekend.. I don't understand why people would pick such a cliche time to do it
February 15, 201511 yr QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Feb 14, 2015 -> 09:41 PM) And another one tonight. Christmas and Valentine's day weekend.. I don't understand why people would pick such a cliche time to do it 2 birds, 1 stone
February 15, 201511 yr Reservations at 730, wasn't going to be seated until 930 last night. Good job, cooper's hawk. First time we tried to go out on Valentine's day in at least six years, last time for a while.
February 15, 201511 yr QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 15, 2015 -> 08:50 AM) Reservations at 730, wasn't going to be seated until 930 last night. Good job, cooper's hawk. First time we tried to go out on Valentine's day in at least six years, last time for a while. Ack....yeah, amateur hour. We went for breakfast yesterday morning and made a nice dinner at home last night. Much, much less annoying.
February 15, 201511 yr QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 15, 2015 -> 01:35 PM) Valentine's Day brings out the absolute worst people in the world. I am a server and the trash I dealt with last night was unbelievable. I heard so many racist comments from my coworkers last night. Avoid restaurants on Valentines Day everyone. Details or it didn't happen...
February 16, 201511 yr QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 15, 2015 -> 06:56 PM) I don't want to get specific but certain races were tipping far under the recognized minimum of 15%. Our servers have to tip out 3% of their sales to the bussers, food runners and bartenders so when a table tips $2.20 on a $127.80 bill we actually had instances of our servers paying to serve this trash. My year to date tip average was 19.8% going into yesterday. Yesterday I came out at 14.7%. I was lucky enough to have some great tables and my manager put gratuity on a party when that's against policy to save me so I made out okay but it was a horrible shift all around. Guys getting seriously racist, girls crying and a lot of people losing the desire to finish the shift in an acceptable manner as a result. It was just one day and our regular clientele is great but the crowd we had yesterday was unbelievable. Jeesh, one would think the guys would be at least pretending as though they were good tippers last night...
February 16, 201511 yr Blacks... it's ok man. I know all about that s***. Black people are terrible tippers. Edited February 16, 201511 yr by pettie4sox
February 16, 201511 yr We always go out the night before Valentine's Day. It's easier to get seats and less of a hassle.
February 16, 201511 yr QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 15, 2015 -> 01:35 PM) Valentine's Day brings out the absolute worst people in the world. I am a server and the trash I dealt with last night was unbelievable. I heard so many racist comments from my coworkers last night. Avoid restaurants on Valentines Day everyone. Spot on. Saturday was the first vday in 7 years for us and it was at our country club which made it 200 percent more pleasurable. The last time we went out for this day we waited at Carmine's until 10:30 for our table and they stuck a random table in the hallway.
February 17, 201511 yr Anyone been to a sushi restaurant where they served one plate, ~15 minute wait, next plate, ~15 minute wait, and so forth? I'm still a sushi newbie so not sure if this is just how some restaurants do it. This was on Saturday btw. Really no wait time to get seated though, we practically walked right in.
February 17, 201511 yr QUOTE (Whitewashed in '05 @ Feb 17, 2015 -> 12:01 AM) Anyone been to a sushi restaurant where they served one plate, ~15 minute wait, next plate, ~15 minute wait, and so forth? I'm still a sushi newbie so not sure if this is just how some restaurants do it. This was on Saturday btw. Really no wait time to get seated though, we practically walked right in. Yeah, some places will deliver you whatever is ready at that time in no particular order.
February 17, 201511 yr QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Feb 16, 2015 -> 07:18 AM) We always go out the night before Valentine's Day. It's easier to get seats and less of a hassle. We usually go out the day after.
February 18, 201511 yr QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 15, 2015 -> 08:35 PM) Valentine's Day brings out the absolute worst people in the world. I am a server and the trash I dealt with last night was unbelievable. I heard so many racist comments from my coworkers last night. Avoid restaurants on Valentines Day everyone. That's incredible, Rabbit. If you are not going to play the 15-20 percent tip game, you shouldn't go out and be a customer. Please PM me details.
February 18, 201511 yr QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 18, 2015 -> 02:22 PM) That's incredible, Rabbit. If you are not going to play the 15-20 percent tip game, you shouldn't go out and be a customer. Please PM me details. Me too. I feel like I'm right though.
February 18, 201511 yr QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Feb 16, 2015 -> 07:18 AM) We always go out the night before Valentine's Day. It's easier to get seats and less of a hassle. Nothing says "I love you" like sitting in an over crowded restaurant lobby for 90 minutes.
February 18, 201511 yr Author Jesus, a $5-10 tip on an $80 tab? I don't make a ton but I do everything I can to always tip between 18-25%. I'm also more sympathetic having worked in food service before, but those people are just cheapskates. It's like people that don't tip bartenders. If I'm drinking heavily, I may miss one now or then, but I will always tip $1-2 per drink.
February 18, 201511 yr Its funny how you develop a sixth sense on what groups wont tip you as soon as you first interact with them. It's almost always correct.
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