sure. i meant that it seems like the auto-tipping checkbox might make it harder to not leave a tip. i'd be interested in seeing if there was any net effect or improvement on tipping amounts. not going to actually read through that article to see if it's covered because it's so obviously from the polish-my-shoes-bitch pov.
― languagelessness (mattresslessness), Monday, 2 February 2015 23:55 (nine years ago) link
Hard to say really, it's also dealing with places that have the resources/clientele to install special devices, separate from the register, where you can swipe your credit card to tip an amount you pre-set? which just seems so weird and redundant that i have to assume this whole thing is definitely not about People Like Me, and makes total sense in some other universe beyond my ken.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 2 February 2015 23:59 (nine years ago) link
lots of small start-ups here are opting for it instead of the usual register so there has to be some cost appeal i would imagine.
― languagelessness (mattresslessness), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 00:05 (nine years ago) link
def some cost appeal to square up I'd imagine. touch screen cash registers are $600.
― It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 00:17 (nine years ago) link
places that have the resources/clientele to install special devices, separate from the register, where you can swipe your credit card to tip an amount you pre-set
chichi places like, i dunno, taxicabs?
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 08:05 (nine years ago) link
Taxicabs are relatively chichi but I'm not sure I take your meaning; ime they have one device where you swipe your card for the fare and then get the option to tip, not two separate gizmos for two separate swipes which is what I understood the article to describe. I don't see how two devices could fail to be more expensive. Maybe I'm missing something.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 15:20 (nine years ago) link
electronic tips also make me nervous because I'm never 100% convinced the worker gets it, although even with tip jars you can wind up with places that have shady management who skims off the tips.
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 15:43 (nine years ago) link
If anything, you can be sure that the tips are well documented if received electronically
― It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 16:49 (nine years ago) link
Suppose that's true, doesn't mean baristas/cab drivers/whoever gets the records though
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 16:58 (nine years ago) link
But it's something that they or a lawyer could request. So I think that would add incentive for the business owner to make the right decision. I don't know exactly how it's documented, though, so maybe not. Either way, I am tipping the full amount because it's out of my hands.
― It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 17:03 (nine years ago) link
the guardian can't help itself:
Why the hottest new arts venue is your living roomhttp://gu.com/p/45gxq
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 5 February 2015 09:54 (nine years ago) link
Instead of posting the article from the RE section, I'm just going to post the photo:
http://static01.nyt.com/images/2015/02/08/realestate/08HUNT-MAIN/08HUNT-MAIN-articleLarge.jpg
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:00 (nine years ago) link
L to R, fuck you and fuck you
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:01 (nine years ago) link
I like that dude's style. Let's all get drunk at noon.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:02 (nine years ago) link
idgithat's them having an arts venue in their living room? a guy solo drinking and a woman on a laptop?
― groundless round (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:03 (nine years ago) link
jealous of that quilted throw draped on her recliner
― gr8080, Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link
this is the article with that picturehttp://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/realestate/in-williamsburg-brooklyn-room-for-a-baby.html
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:05 (nine years ago) link
“I was not going to move to Brooklyn. Brooklyn is not New York; it is so far away from everything,” said Mr. Moran Moya
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:06 (nine years ago) link
The pair, who blog about food and travel at SpanishHipster.com, hoped for an open kitchen and outdoor space for their frequent entertaining. Their top price of up to $1 million rose to around $1.5 million when Mr. Moran Moya, who works as a business consultant for consumer goods, received an inheritance.
The owner was eager to sell, and they were able to buy the apartment for $1.465 million, arriving in late fall. The process seemed too easy.“Did we go too high because we were so used to being shot down?” Ms. Porter said. She felt better when Mr. Modica told them that another offer had arrived late in the game. In what Ms. Porter calls their “kitchen-centric” apartment, they have played host to as many as 16 people. “That is a very big part of our life, the love of food,” she said. “Everyone can gather around the island. We have all this floor space where we can dance around the kitchen and laugh at the plight of the foolish proletariat. All shall kneel before Zod.”
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:07 (nine years ago) link
that's a paraphrase but i think it captures the spirit
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:08 (nine years ago) link
“We decided to get out of the city and were happy with the decision,” said Ms. Porter, who, like her husband, is in her 30s.
THEY WENT TO WILLIAMSBURG.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:09 (nine years ago) link
and then allowed someone to write an article about it!
― groundless round (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:13 (nine years ago) link
Clearly its the revenue from spanishhipster.com that enables them to afford a $1.5 million apartment
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:16 (nine years ago) link
To which, btw, their most recent posting appears to have been July 28, 2014.
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:17 (nine years ago) link
OIC the dude actually has a job and also inherited half a mil, they do point that out.
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:18 (nine years ago) link
http://i2.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/001/296/morans.jpg
― Οὖτις Δαυ & τηε Κνιγητσ (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:22 (nine years ago) link
loool
― gr8080, Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:31 (nine years ago) link
The most offensive thing about that photo is Ms Spanish Hipster wearing her shoes on the chair
― badg, Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:36 (nine years ago) link
the guardian can't help itself:Why the hottest new arts venue is your living roomhttp://gu.com/p/45gxq
Why the hottest new arts venue is your living roomhttp://gu.com/p/45gxq
I'm missing the quid-ag aspect.
― Je55e, Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:43 (nine years ago) link
Their blog is so half-assed it really doesn't even warrant mention.
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:58 (nine years ago) link
look forward to NYer real estate articles about wealthy childless couples deigning to move to Connecticut, Vermont, Chattanooga TN, San Diego…
― The Understated Twee Hotel On A Mountain (silby), Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:06 (nine years ago) link
trying to determine whether or not those places are "New York"
― The Understated Twee Hotel On A Mountain (silby), Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:07 (nine years ago) link
even by nytimes standards i am having a really really hard time believing that the nytimes actually ran that article in 2015? ANOTHER "rich couple make the move to brooklyn from manhattan, find out that it is not that bad"
― marcos, Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:08 (nine years ago) link
has to be like the 100th time they've done this angle
― marcos, Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:09 (nine years ago) link
they repeat themselves all the time. there are apparently only 600 stories in the naked city.
― scott seward, Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:16 (nine years ago) link
you get used to it. the only thing i really read religiously is the food section and i find comfort in their endless retreads of stuff like: ham! it's not just something you put on a sandwich anymore! it's fancy! beer! it's not just budweiser in a cup at a ballgame anymore. it's fancy! basically: that thing that everyone has eaten/drank forever is no longer just that thing you have eaten forever. it's a thing! a fancy thing!
― scott seward, Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:22 (nine years ago) link
Walking! It's not just a thing you do between your limo and your office building!
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:23 (nine years ago) link
i'm getting pretty good at the crossword puzzle i gotta say
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:26 (nine years ago) link
the humble and dreary and forgotten cauliflower? not so humble and dreary and forgotten anymore! no sireeeeee!
they also like to drive home the fact that what you've been eating forever is some sad thing that is terrible. no matter what they're talking about. and only now can you get the good stuff. which never seems true. but it's a gimmick that keeps on giving.
anyway, they do this all over the paper. it's a living.
― scott seward, Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:26 (nine years ago) link
I always like to cite the ice cream example -- "Now producers are doing it with high-end ingredients and real, local dairy." Because that's been true for at least decades.
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:28 (nine years ago) link
our local ice cream company makes the best goddamned vanilla ice cream you've ever tasted. just wanted to point that out if you are ever in town. you can get it at the supermarket. they add egg custard. makes all the damn difference in the world. that's my theory anyway. very old-fashioned taste.
http://bartshomemade.com/p/10/barts-flavors
― scott seward, Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:38 (nine years ago) link
scott have you ever been to http://www.peacefulmeadows.com/
― gr8080, Thursday, 5 February 2015 21:02 (nine years ago) link
no! i'm waiting to go with you!
i'm still getting used to things being called Creamies around here...
http://www.northfieldcreamie.com/_The_Creamie/Home.html
― scott seward, Thursday, 5 February 2015 21:20 (nine years ago) link
wagon wheel ice cream is likewise off the hookin' chain. my pal carol-ann runs that place. we grew up together. anthony bourdain is a fan.
http://www.wagonwheelgill.com/
― scott seward, Thursday, 5 February 2015 21:23 (nine years ago) link
woah
http://i.imgur.com/t0gwGld.jpg
― gr8080, Thursday, 5 February 2015 21:25 (nine years ago) link
haha! best grub around. best place to eat outside too.
― scott seward, Thursday, 5 February 2015 21:29 (nine years ago) link
I was just about to post that 2/5 link, ha
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 8 February 2015 16:42 (nine years ago) link
SPANISH HIPSTER DOT COM
http://gothamist.com/2015/02/07/brunch_hate_reads_the_tedium_of_rea.php
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 8 February 2015 16:51 (nine years ago) link