My suspicions are confirmed.
I would have been fired if I got any gratuity, period.
I used to work for a chief who said if you walk into an establishment and get a cup of coffee and the clerk tells you "no charge" you lay a dollar or two on the counter, say thank you and walk out.
What do you think? Was that a good policy?
I dunno. In theory it is. I mean...if the clerk was to go out on a binder, get drunker than who shot John and hit somebody and kill them. Yeah, they might holler that he/she used to give us freebies, but what are the odds?
Nowadays, I don't think too much about it. I don't go into a store expecting freeebies, but I don't turn them down either.
Nowadays, I don't think too much about it. I don't go into a store expecting freeebies, but I don't turn them down either.
Yes. It's the way I was raised and it removed all doubt. I will pay for soldier's meal but really hesitate to buy a police officer's meal. Not because I don't want to. I don't want to put them into the position of turning it down and embarrassing them.
I can’t like this comment enough. When I was 17, I got cut a break by a cop is still respect and love today. He was that cop. He was the reason my old man and I mended up and I do what I do today.
Same here. I felt horrible walking into McDonald’s and getting offered a free meal when the construction worker working a 12 in the heat or cold standing next to me, has to pay full price. I always appreciated the gesture, but it made me feel weird.
Stop and robs were a different story. They begged us to come in for a free cup of coffee. Kept them from getting robbed and kept the 0200 turds out of the store
I'm soooo glad to hear that!
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Wife and I remove any chance of embarrassing them. We tend to call our waitress and tell her we want the ticket for the military personnel or policemen or firemen and do it all anonymously.
Did that in one restaurant with some military folks, and when they got up, they kept looking around to see if they could figure out who did it. We were behind a wall in our booth and probably couldn't even see us. The waitress came out a bit later and told us that the staff back in the kitchen and work area were all excited that someone did something like that.
Who knows? Maybe we also germinated a thought in some young people's minds to also show appreciation.
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