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What do you think about modern tipping culture? đź’łđź’° |
Posted by: David - 11th February 2024, 6:14 AM - Forum: Discussion Hall
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Taking some inspiration from @Different for this thread.Â
Tipping isn't a big thing everywhere in the world, but here in the United States where I live tipping has been a part of our culture for a long time.Â
Now imagine this:
You're at your favorite coffee place, Starbucks. You had just gotten off work and want a nice hot drink to enjoy on your walk back home in the cold weather, but this time you want to spice things up a bit and try something other than your typical order of a Pumpkin Spice Latte. You browse through the menu a bit before you decide to ask the barista at the register if they have any recommendations for hot drinks aside from your personal favorite Pumpkin Spice Latte. The barista, as instructed by their manager earlier that day to start pushing the new Oleato drinks, recommends you the Oleato Caffè Latte. You ask what makes that drink special, and the barista informs you it's infused with extra virgin olive oil. "Extra virgin olive oil?" you say out loud, thinking to yourself how weird that sounds. The barista responds "Yep, extra virgin olive oil! I've even started adding it to the coffee I make at home!" (which is a lie). Based on their enthusiastic response you decide to go ahead and order that in a Grande because you're feeling extra today.Â
The barista says "Great! Is that all?" and you respond "That's all, thank you!" and then you grab your card to pay. "Just one last thing before you pay" the barista says while pointing down to the register. The prompt at the register says "Would you like to tip?" with the options of 10%, 15%, 20%, custom, and a no tip option. You think to yourself "Why would I tip here? I'm not at a sit down restaurant" and you instinctively start to move your finger towards the no tip option. Before your finger reaches the no tip option, you can see the look of sheer disappointment on the baristas face "Oh no, what are they thinking? Am I jerk for not tipping? Maybe they really need the extra tip money..." you say in your head. You then move your finger over to the 10% option, but then think "I can't be that cheap, at least tip the next step up". As your finger moves to the 15% option it goes too far and hovers over the 20% option and you notice the baristas eyes start to light up "Oh no... I can't just pay 15% now, they're expecting 20%!". You decide "Alright, I'll make an exception and tip 20% today", but woops! You accidentally hit the custom option! You can see the barista smiling and then you think "I'm in too deep! If I back out now I'll ruin the baristas day..." so you contemplate what amount to put.Â
You think "I can't do a 25% tip, that's barely anymore than the highest preset option! Hmm, 30%! A 30% tip is perfect! Not too high, not too close to 20%" and enter the amount in. The barista says "Thank you so much!" and you respond "You're welcome, and thanks for the recommendation!" and then proceed to pay. After paying the barista says "We'll have that right out to you!", "Thanks!" you respond. You walk away to sit down then think to yourself "I can't believe I just tipped 30%, I've never tipped at Starbucks before and now I've tipped a higher percentage than I've ever tipped anywhere!". After a short period of time one of the baristas call out your name to let you know your drink is ready. You grab your drink and say "Thanks!" before walking out the door.
"Time to see what this Oleato Caffè Latte is all about!" you excitingly think to yourself. You take a sip and instant regret hits you "This is the grossest thing I've ever drank! How could ANYONE like this?! I tipped 30% for THIS?!". Right after that thought, you notice the barista at the register glancing at you through the window and smiling. You put on a fake smile and give a thumbs up before awkwardly turning around to find the nearest place out of sight you can dump the drink. After you get some distance and are out of sight you dump the Oleato Caffè Latte down a storm drain and throw the cup into a nearby trashcan. "I'm never tipping at any fast-food place again!" you declare to yourself
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tldr: After ordering at Starbucks but before paying you have to answer a prompt on the register that's asking if you would like to tip. The options are tip percentages of 10%, 15%, & 20%, enter a custom amount to tip, or choose no tip.
Situations like these have become increasingly common in recent years. Tipping at sit-down restaurants has been normal for a long time and makes sense given the amount of service provided, but fast-food type places prompting for tips at the register has gone too far in my opinion. And it's not just fast food places, apparently even GoFundMe asks for tips!
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GAMBLING 💰🎲💎🤑 |
Posted by: Different - 8th February 2024, 9:06 AM - Forum: Discussion Hall
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Casinos, lottery tickets, slot machines, poker, dice, betting on games, you name it! You see tons of people playing these games because they want immediate, cash results. Hell, they all want a taste of the high life. If you don't gamble, then you'll never understand why people become ADDICTED or play in the first place. Look, I get it... people are broke, penniless, starving, down on their luck, and homeless. They want to live these fancy lifestyles where they drive nice cars, drink champagne, date beautiful women, smoke expensive cigars, buy nice clothes, own fancy Rolex watches, travel wherever they want, live in nice houses, you name it! 🤑đź¤
But sometimes, they don't know when to quit gambling. So they become ADDICTED and empty their life savings from work to feed their ADDICTION. All the glitz and glamour, the Benjamins flashing in your face, and the lifestyle suddenly becomes far richer than what you've ever had before. You hit the lottery for $1 million and all of a sudden you're on top of the moon. Forget about your job, you got money, honey! In fact, you've got money you've never even touched before. I'm talking big money like six and seven figures. You might get a lucky streak here and there, but then what happens when you lose? You don't know anything about investing, so you'll end up like THESE guys! Do you gamble, folks?
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CotM Round 62 |
Posted by: Eternal - 4th February 2024, 8:38 PM - Forum: Platform Racing 2
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Welcome to Round 61Â of Campaign of the Month!
You'll be able to submit your Campaigns on this thread.
Additionally, if you have any levels you'd like to advertise, you can post them here too.
Guidelines
- Do not copy others' submissions.
- Do not include levels that are already in permanent Campaigns or award prizes (i.e. Hat Factory and The Golden Compass cannot be used).
- Try not to include levels that include advanced glitches or maneuvers.
- You are limited to two levels per creator per campaign (this includes any of their accounts).
-Â Please include Level IDs with your submissions!
You are allowed to include any level in your Campaign that appears on PR2 (including your own); however, all levels must adhere to the PR2 rules (e.g. the level Treasury by PooZy would not adhere to the PR2 rules due to having profanity). Remember: this is the first thing users will see when starting the game!
The contest host (me) has the authority to modify/add rules as they see fit.
Submission Format
PR2 Name: Your PR2 name (the one you want your prize on)
Sub-Theme (if applicable; this is just if you want to elaborate on "December Holidays"): Example
Sub-Theme Explanation (if applicable): This is an example campaign.
Level 1: A tutorial level
Level 2: An easy level
Level 3: An easy level
Level 4: A more difficult level
Level 5: A more difficult level
Level 6: A more difficult level
Level 7: A challenging level
Level 8: A challenging level
Level 9: Something really challenging
For more information, please visit the main thread for Campaign of the Month.
Submissions close on Feburary 23rd, 2023.
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Financial consultation to gain 50K JPY per month more by side business |
Posted by: .....|::|::::|... - 1st February 2024, 5:01 PM - Forum: Blogs
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I have been running these side businesses: none of they have gave me money yet:
YouTube: I have two channels who have 91 and 43 subs. One was originally for shitposting but then varied its genre like singing, tutoring, and so on. Other one is for music production. One of they need to be monetized first of all. Also I once tried a video featuring crypto lending service but couldn't attract viewers.
nicovideo. Also originally for music production. It was very easier to monetize than YouTube at all. The user panel says I would get 6-13 yen in next month.
Bandcamp. Selling music. Haven't sold anything.
Previous X account is suspended.
Current X account has 9 followers. Originally for my music activity.
Two fediverse accounts.
Affiliate blog. Haven't sold anything at all. Also haven't passed Google Adsense.
Have been doing with two affiliate services.
Also selling unused items in the house but nobody wants any of mine at this moment.
GitHub. How do I do side jobs with programming?
So, what should I do to gain money? I have been composing new music for THE VOCALOID Collection: I think it's a competition. Should I do as many things as possible, or focus on one thing, to gain money?
I have paid 160K JPY monthly as salary; I have worked for just 6 days last month and their working time is around 9-15. The work is to manufacture automotive parts.
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DEFUND THE POLICE 👮‍♂️🤔 |
Posted by: Different - 31st January 2024, 1:15 PM - Forum: Discussion Hall
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What are your thoughts on defunding the police? I hear this all the time on the radio, news, and podcasts. Seems like a major controversial issue to me, seeing as there are SOME officers who abuse their power. Then there are SOME who actually care about protecting and serving citizens. HERE are 3 pros and cons on defunding the police. If police officers are part of the crime rate problem, then wouldn't that be a lack of training?
I would, however, like to draw your attention to "Police departments are historically oppressive and violent. Defunding them could reduce violence against people of color and overall crime." So basically, they're telling you that ALL police departments are historically oppressive and violent; therefore, defunding them would be the solution to our excessively high crime rate (especially people of color). This couldn't be any further from the truth. If that were the case, then everyone would be bickering about how ALL police departments should be defunded. So, to me, that statement is pretty ridiculous.
So let's say we defund the police...? Now what? Can you imagine the level of crime that we would reach if law enforcement weren't around? What if their plan to bring experts in, fails? You'd literally need to take advantage of the U.S. 2ND AMENDMENT to survive this level of chaos. Also, who wants large military tanks patrolling the streets? Idk how other countries operate, but over here, you can't tell me that you wouldn't use a firearm to stop the bad guys from doing some serious damage to you, especially if you call 911 and no one picks up the phone or comes to your rescue. Maybe I'm being a little biased here, Idk. What do you guys think? This is your chance to lay the pipe bomb on us and really voice your opinions.
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More badges |
Posted by: ~JBG~ - 30th January 2024, 8:18 PM - Forum: PR2 Suggestions
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Now that we have the Verified and Hall of Fame player badges I think it'd be cool if there were more badges added to the game.
Like badges for completing really difficult levels/challenges and maybe also for completing contests.
I just think it's a shame to only have 2 badges.
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