mom placation was ironing by which mens perrypops in a womansuit is the new child mystericating teats that can taint baconated digestive broads plastercasting gnostically from the great gospel wwjh

boss is not here again... wtf. i wish i was home in bed.

i am jealous of your movie time, m!
i have only seen BATMANG this summer.

That might have been all I've seen this summer too. I think I'm not going now though as I've just gotten a last-minute doctor's appt. Seeing movies by yourself in the daytime seems so decadent.

WALL-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Seeing movies by yourself in the daytime is probably cheap, though!

I gave up on my nap. Every person in the free world has decided that it Thursday morning is a good time to call us. NO, I don't want to change the times for the kids dental appointments... grrrr.

i finally dropped my app into barnes and noble last night, no bookseller positions available but the goddamn cafe is looking for staff :(

guess a bookstore cafe is better than a dumb restaurant or a starbucks.

i thought barnes and noble cafes were starbucks?

hmmm i don't think so but i could be wrong. it didn't look like a starbucks?

and i guess cafe work has got to be significantly easier than restaurant work.

I hear Starbucks is a fairly decent place to work. They have benefits.

I really want to change my username. I'm really not pure misery anymore.

except for the ones where the employees sued for managers stealing their tips.

I think I would like to work in a coffee shop, actually. Because COFFEE.

I'm glad you're not pure misery anymore, Ms. M!

both of my sisters worked in a coffee shop together. they seemed to enjoy it.

Do most of you tip at Starbucks? I'm always torn on this one.

I haven't been to a Starbucks in too long to know the answer to this question. I think I failed to tip last time I was at a coffee shop. But I think it's partially a function of almost never using cash. Certainly if there's a cup and I use cash I am happy to throw my change or a dollar in sometimes...

Yeah, I have no idea what the answer to that is.

having no cash is often my problem too. Tipping sucks (being unsure when/how much).

you think you've got problems tipping - I HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE

so far, i have just let jordan take care of all these matters, but i guess i should learn.

General rule is 15-20% depending on how much you liked the service. I like 20% because that boils down to "$1 per $5". I also tip $1 per drink when I'm out at a bar.

No, the general rule is do not tip and only go to each place once.

oh btw 9 yrs of marriage today ^_^

Seriously, is what I am not being. Listen to Dan.

AND WOW CONGRATUMALATIONS.

I, like Dan err on the generous side. Also 20% is easy especially when looking at the menu and working out how much you are really going to spend (I think in terms of 30% once the tax is factored in, OK so not many places have a sales tax that high but 30 is easy).

Congratulations, Dan.

Oh, and always tip in cash even if you are paying by card.

congrats, dan!!!!

i end up overtipping a lot because i start freaking out about undertipping!

it just feels like a very high pressure situation, this whole tipping business.

congratulations, mr and mrs perry!

I'd rather overtip than undertip, so that is the direction I lean.

(apparently not at coffeeshops, however)

Congrats on 9 years, Dan! That's awesome! Are you going out to celebrate?

I know that I have become acclimatised:

This morning at the Deli I asked where the tip jar was.

really, at the deli!?

We're going to a pretty decent Italian place around the corner from my office.

Ed, you're showing us all up.

Mmmmm, Italian sounds good. Have fun!

Yay the Dan!

Hey, yay J031, too!

Yay them all.

one YAY to rule them all

And in the darkness bind them?

WHY IS THAT STILL STUCK IN MY HEAD IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS PEOPLE

what is that some protestant thing?

hahahaha YES

N A PERFECT WORLD

oh lol googling

Ironically, the guy who was perpetually reciting that to me was, like me, raised Catholic.

I am quite amused.

(I am also, as Dan might have read elsewhere, quite pleased right now. The magic words are "salary," "reclass" and "increase.")

y'all may recall i have purposely avoided any and everything lotr for some time.

Just watch this, that's all I ask:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWf3iJjqYCM

who is iron0012 on twitter, minneapolis people?

I have no clue!

hahaha Ned. Also - did you get a raise/promotion then?

well they are following me, they are from mnpl and they appear to be friends with at least one other ilxor. but i have no idea who they are.

Also - did you get a raise/promotion then?

:-D

Yay Ned! CONGRATULATIONS!

Hmmmm, RR... sorry that I'm no help.

Hooray for NED! And just the other week you were saying how you enjoy money and wanted more of it. Go buy yourself some ROCKET (*devil horns*) as greenery treat.

My new job also is better paid than my old one. And only fifteen minutes cycle from my front door.