RTP-area local music and culture

[Bo Williams <bowilliams AT gmail.com>]

I propose you use this image in your next newsletter:

http://photos1.blogger.com/img/170/2901/640/VDP%20Liberty%20NY,%20US.jpg

Freedom = change! could be your slogan.


On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:24:21 -0500, grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:
> Would you think it odd if they asked you if you needed a fork, or a
> napkin? How about if you dropped your fork on the floor, would you find
> it strange if they said "do you need another fork?" and seemed reluctant
> to make the extra trip to get you one?
> 
> I can understand "do you need a box?" if you have leftover food, because
>   some people want to take home leftovers and some people don't, and
> once the box is on the table you've either got to use it or it needs to
> be thrown away, and that would be a waste of a perfectly good box.
> 
> As for change, I quite often need it, because I live in enlightened
> times when two people dining together split the check, and the change is
> often necessary to get the details of that worked out. Doesn't mean the
> tip is going to necessarily be less than the total of the change; it
> might just as easily be *more*.
> 
> The point is that the waiter/customer interaction is so limited and
> codified that every utterance takes on layers of additional meaning, and
>   it's hard to read "do you need change" as anything other than "don't
> waste my time getting you change; that money is rightfully mine," and
> that's a drag.
> 
> xo
> 
> Ross
> 
> p.s. yes, I'm a crank. I would assume that would go without saying (I
> know it does for Bo, but there may yet be others reading this), but if
> not, there you go.
> 
> Bo Williams wrote:
> > This is, honestly, the first time I've ever heard anyone complain
> > about wait staff asking if you need change. As far as I can remember,
> > it's something they've always done in more-fancy places where odds are
> > either a) you're paying with a card or b) you actually don't need
> > change.
> >
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