hmmm

Well, the good news is that even a bad swim is a good one. I may have been starving and fighting with my lanemate, but it still left me feeling better. And I didn't create a waterfall in my front room tonight.

Also, the furnace guy said I had a good & reliable type of boiler that should last a while.

And my dentist only turned up 2 new cavities, spots we'd been watching. (I apparently have shitass teeth now, so 2 is a good number.) New crowns in December. Apparently, I have a very acidic mouth (ha ha, I knew that!) because when I recount honestly what I eat, smoke and drink, it doesn't explain the condition of my teeth and how they stain like hell. I have one or 2 cups of coffee or tea a day. A can of diet soda. A cup of juice. Lots of water. Moderate alcohol. Not a lot of sugars. And yet? Shitass teeth.

I'm blaming genetics and not worrying. I'm all about reframing the negatives this week, else...well, it'd be bad.

One of our local restaurants is run by friends , with no restaurant experience. I have learned many ways to say things like " please make sure the people pouring water do not let the pitcher touch the glass" or even "unless the service is more consistent, I can not wholeheartedly recommend this place to friends". I am also unreservedly generous when things go well -- with specific things like -- all our dishes come out together" .

This habit, now continues to other restaurants. I've never had any one get publicly upset with us.

And my tipping is generous - except if the service is surly or neglectful.

I can think of 2 occasions when I revenge tipped, penny each, with venom: one, our wait-not took our order and that was it. We had to got get our our drinks and saw the order come up from the kitchen and had to retrieve it ourselves after a good while because he was too busy socializing. We told him and the manager at the same time. Two, fucked up my simple order, didn't bring out the reorder for forever, then when I went to pay with credit, didn't return my card. When I went to retrieve it, discovered he'd charged us for the order and reorder AND gave himself a 50% tip. Oh the hells no. Manager again, wait-idiot again, got the whole bill gratis. And hopefully that ass fired.

Most of the rest of the time, I do 20%. 15% if it's just lame, not malicious or stupid.

Most of the rest of the time, I do 20%. 15% if it's just lame, not malicious or stupid.

yes, this.

I kind of wanted to stop watching Eastwick, but then they cast one of my old friends from college, Jason George

he'd charged us for the order and reorder AND gave himself a 50% tip

Jesus, I hope he got fired too.

I was supposed to be watching Eastwick too, because a friend's on it, but I just couldn't get over the lameness of the trailers. Is this guy getting a lot of screentime?

The BBC does Five Minutes With Sesame Street: [link]

I thought it was very cute.

Most of the rest of the time, I do 20%. 15% if it's just lame, not malicious or stupid.

This. There are exceptions on the plus side for super service or if I had a great day and feel like paying it forward. The crap tip is when the server really needs to consider a new career. That is very rare.