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[solved]American questions for British people
Gene Bootcut- A fanatic of the sketch genre
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Yes. 16 stone is 224 pounds.
Pete Best- Solid Bro
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Sweet
I think it was about a poorly advertised hooker that Rossdale wanted to nail.
undo- Internet's Busiest Music Nerd
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How do you feel about badger culling?
Bruegel- basically just a wordier, shittier sausage blurb
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^ i'm not convinced. might be worth it just to piss brian may off though.
Bruegel- basically just a wordier, shittier sausage blurb
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actually, scrap that. i just remembered this:
save the badgers!!!
save the badgers!!!
Bruegel- basically just a wordier, shittier sausage blurb
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Bruegel- basically just a wordier, shittier sausage blurb
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US dude owned the cheese rolling this year (viewers of a squemish disposition should look away @2:37)
Bruegel- basically just a wordier, shittier sausage blurb
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ninja @2:20 ftw
Duff...- Current Bass Player of UFO
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Sunny.
Do you assholes really go around throwing away perfectly good pizza?
undo- Internet's Busiest Music Nerd
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http://fuckyouneilkulkarni.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/peace-in-love-columbia.html
Is this band a big thing now? I've never heard of them before.
Is this band a big thing now? I've never heard of them before.
Pete Best- Solid Bro
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Sweet
^ 9/10 in NME. But not really, no more popular than say The Maccabees were for their first album.
In British questions for American people...
I know this guy was on Freakanomics Radio the other week but the fuck at $2.13/hour! You'd struggle to buy a newspaper on a Sunday with that (£1.36)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22846846
In British questions for American people...
I know this guy was on Freakanomics Radio the other week but the fuck at $2.13/hour! You'd struggle to buy a newspaper on a Sunday with that (£1.36)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22846846
reuben- President Bannon
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That's why people tip ~18 percent. Some waiters bring home my weekly salary in cash on a good night.
Bruegel- basically just a wordier, shittier sausage blurb
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phew. I'd calculated that I earn their weekly salary (assuming 45 hrs) in less than 2 hrs.
makes more sense now.
makes more sense now.
Pete Best- Solid Bro
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Sweet
I never realised America was so badly in need of a minimum wage, the numbers in the podcast and that article suggest that the average US citizen pays out somehwere between $167 and $200 a year in tips.
Pete Best- Solid Bro
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Sweet
Then again I paid more than that in income tax that went on to become tax credits last year.
Bruegel- basically just a wordier, shittier sausage blurb
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was gonna say, i tip @ 10% but pay 40% tax. swings and roundabouts.
Bruegel- basically just a wordier, shittier sausage blurb
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in fact, I'm probably getting hit in the teeth by a few swings.
ClosetOfExhaustion- Have You Heard?
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disposed
good wording, good boarding
reuben- President Bannon
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The Federal Minimum Wage is $7.25 per hour. It will go up to $9 by 2015 in New York and has reached that level already in a few other states. Whether that is a living wage is debatable.
The minimum wage for tipped employees requires that the employees earn at least the Federal Minimum wage, but gives employers a credit for tips above the $2.13/hour that the waiter receives (in the states that use it:
http://www.dol.gov/whd/state/tipped.htm
At least that's how it is supposed to work and restaurant workers are supposed to report all cash tips on their personal income taxes, but they would prefer that you tip them in cash and not write the tip in on your credit card slip.
The minimum wage for tipped employees requires that the employees earn at least the Federal Minimum wage, but gives employers a credit for tips above the $2.13/hour that the waiter receives (in the states that use it:
http://www.dol.gov/whd/state/tipped.htm
At least that's how it is supposed to work and restaurant workers are supposed to report all cash tips on their personal income taxes, but they would prefer that you tip them in cash and not write the tip in on your credit card slip.
reuben- President Bannon
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Since large groups of Americans are usually bad at math, many restaurants these days will automatically include gratuity in the bill for parties of six or more. It is a silly system but not any sillier than the charge for bread or the restaurant cover charges that are common in other countries.
reuben- President Bannon
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Pete Best, do you really buy a newspaper every hour?
chrondog- Mystery Thread Deleter
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Another American tipping custom of note is the "tip jar" which is often next to the register at many service establishments for you to tip the register worker/food & drink preparer. If you're the type that buys a $1.50 coffee in the morning then drops your 50 cents change in the tip jar that adds up over the course of a year. I would estimate that I tip almost $100 yearly in just change dropped into jars.
chrondog- Mystery Thread Deleter
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I'm the classy type of dude who tips 33% on his $15 hair cuts
ClosetOfExhaustion- Have You Heard?
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my last $15 haircut i told her to "keep it all", and she thought i said "keep one", so she asked me again, "how much change?" and i again said "keep it all" and she was really happy and i don't know if she thinks asking me twice got her a better tip or not. anyway, it was really awkward and i'll probably never go there again because of that.
chrondog- Mystery Thread Deleter
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that's my favorite tipping phrase to use
"keep it all"
invokes an immediate crushing it feeling
"keep it all"
invokes an immediate crushing it feeling
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