tipping
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Ramen Restaurant Owner’s Insane Exchange With Black Customer Over Tip Goes Viral
A Chicago-area restaurant has been in the news for all of the wrong reasons as video of the owner chasing a customer down the street sparks an online debate
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Despite a Divided Nation, 15 Peculiar Things All Americans Have in Common
From the MAGA faithful to the most left-leaning Democrats, American culture brings us together.
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Lawsuit Alleges Buffalo Wild Wings Managers Gave the Green Light to Refuse Black Customers
Perhaps you’ve heard the stories about how black people don’t tip, without deconstructing the reasoning as to why that might be. Or perhaps you’re just one of many racist managers at Buffalo Wild Wings who’ve relied on this stereotype to justify refusing black customers. Either way, the Kansas City Star reports that a Buffalo Wild…
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Why Don’t We Tip Fast-Food Workers?
I didn’t know you were supposed to tip bartenders until I was 25 years old. And then, I only learned because I was tip-shamed by a woman I was dating. She saw I didn’t leave a tip on the Long Island iced teas I’d ordered for both of us (again, I was 25) and asked,…
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When You’re Leaving a Tip, How Important Is It That the Server Actually Sees You Leave It?
We’ve all been there before. You’re at some sort of café or coffee shop. Or, perhaps, a neighborhood bodega or pizzeria. Maybe even at a bar. You order your food or your drink. The service is good. Not exceptional, but professional, courteous and efficient. This also happens to be a day you’re carrying cash, so…
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Group Dinners At Restaurants Are Never Fun, And We Need To Stop Having Them
Getting older seems to come with a fair amount of side effects—increased joint pain, indigestion, tooth sensitivity, general peevishness about being awake after 11 on a weeknight. Some of these are just general consequences of your body letting you know that you, too, are slowly decaying from years of treating it like Play-Doh. Others are just…
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Ask Agatha: Self-Diagnosed Medically Small Vaginas And The Ethics Of Man Weave
***VSB is proud to debut Ask Agatha — a weekly advice column from Agatha Guilluame. Please be advised, however, that Agatha’s comments are Agatha’s comments and may not reflect the sensibilities of VSB. Basically, she might be on some other shit.*** Malcolm from Washington, D.C. asks: I’m really good at Math (well maybe my calculator…