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Vancouver, WA
You didn't tip just for pickup did you? Everyone has those stupid Ipad checkout things now, and they all have pre-set tips at 18% up to 40%, it's stupid.
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Cool story.
Vancouver, WA
I'm working in Vancouver. Saw a five guys and figured I'd stop in since I've never been here.
Bacon cheeseburger. Regular Cajun fries and drink. $21 + tip.
What the fuck?
$21 alone is fucking absurd for a fast food burger and fries combo. And I was the only customer in there, along with about 12 employees. 4 of which looked like inbred siblings (not exaggerating in the slightest). I'm pretty sure the place JUST had their grand opening or something, because no one knew what to do.I grew up in the restaurant business, so tipping is ingrained in to my fucking soul.
That said, I never tip fast food or take out barring some truly exceptional shit happening.
I'm working in Vancouver. Saw a five guys and figured I'd stop in since I've never been here.
Bacon cheeseburger. Regular Cajun fries and drink. $21 + tip.
What the fuck?
$21 alone is fucking absurd for a fast food burger and fries combo. And I was the only customer in there, along with about 12 employees. 4 of which looked like inbred siblings (not exaggerating in the slightest). I'm pretty sure the place JUST had their grand opening or something, because no one knew what to do.
I can't help tipping though, even when it bugs me. I usually do 10% for stuff like that.
Prices are going nuts for sure, but why are you tipping for fast food?
Imperial conditioning is impossible to break.Gotta break that habit. None of those people are being paid like wait staff, making a pittance + tips.
Imperial conditioning is impossible to break.
Vehicle in red circle is the fed getting ready to hit the brakes on inflation.The Fed jacking rates another 75 bps today, further damaging the economy and getting us deeper into the recession.
Isnt that the crazy white lesbian couple that adopted 5-6 black kids then murder-suicided them along the pacific coast in california?Vehicle in red circle is the fed getting ready to hit the brakes on inflation.
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As someone that works in a VA a few months a year… without going into too much detail I will say that PTSD is a diagnosis made fully on clinical history / patient interview and cannot be ruled out with a blood test or scan.Am I the only veteran(let alone one who spent a year in a combat zone) who isnt on disability at all, or even filed a claim of any sort?
Week ago talk to a friend while hes in the hospital and he mentions hes 40% disabled, $1400/month for life. Now this guy deployed to Afghanistan, got hit by a few ieds so I dont think to much of it.
Out of the blue a guy I used to work called me up. Ask him what hes been doing and he says nothing, im 100% disabled. $4800/month for life. Goes onto tell me just about everyone we worked with has some sort of disability or is working on a claim. Some of these guys never even left the States and deployed like me. From what hes said none of these dudes have like actual my leg got ran over by a forklift at work type claims, just oh this is an issue for me now in my mid 30s etc.
I honestly feel like a fucking retard here.
This isnt even ptsd related stuff. From what it sounds like they just claim every possible thing as service connected and see what sticks.As someone that works in a VA a few months a year… without going into too much detail I will say that PTSD is a diagnosis made fully on clinical history / patient interview and cannot be ruled out with a blood test or scan.
Am I the only veteran(let alone one who spent a year in a combat zone) who isnt on disability at all, or even filed a claim of any sort?
Week ago talk to a friend while hes in the hospital and he mentions hes 40% disabled, $1400/month for life. Now this guy deployed to Afghanistan, got hit by a few ieds so I dont think to much of it.
Out of the blue a guy I used to work called me up. Ask him what hes been doing and he says nothing, im 100% disabled. $4800/month for life. Goes onto tell me just about everyone we worked with has some sort of disability or is working on a claim. Some of these guys never even left the States and deployed like me. From what hes said none of these dudes have like actual my leg got ran over by a forklift at work type claims, just oh this is an issue for me now in my mid 30s etc.
I honestly feel like a fucking retard here.
I wish that had a monetary or tangible value attached to it.have some morals.
Virtue is its own reward. It sounds corny, but it has real heft to it if you stop and think about it for a while.I wish that had a monetary or tangible value attached to it.
A year of my life in Iraq. 300+ days of strapping on 60-70 pounds of gear and what do I have to show for it? Nothing. Some guy who never left the states gets $2000 every single month merely because he's feeling the effects of aging.
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I wish that had a monetary or tangible value attached to it.
A year of my life in Iraq. 300+ days of strapping on 60-70 pounds of gear and what do I have to show for it? Nothing. Some guy who never left the states gets $2000 every single month merely because he's feeling the effects of aging.
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I wish that had a monetary or tangible value attached to it.
A year of my life in Iraq. 300+ days of strapping on 60-70 pounds of gear and what do I have to show for it? Nothing. Some guy who never left the states gets $2000 every single month merely because he's feeling the effects of aging.
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Am I the only veteran(let alone one who spent a year in a combat zone) who isnt on disability at all, or even filed a claim of any sort?
Week ago talk to a friend while hes in the hospital and he mentions hes 40% disabled, $1400/month for life. Now this guy deployed to Afghanistan, got hit by a few ieds so I dont think to much of it.
Out of the blue a guy I used to work called me up. Ask him what hes been doing and he says nothing, im 100% disabled. $4800/month for life. Goes onto tell me just about everyone we worked with has some sort of disability or is working on a claim. Some of these guys never even left the States and deployed like me. From what hes said none of these dudes have like actual my leg got ran over by a forklift at work type claims, just oh this is an issue for me now in my mid 30s etc.
I honestly feel like a fucking retard here.