expired Posted by vitapiubella • Sep 26, 2023
Sep 26, 2023 12:45 AM
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expired Posted by vitapiubella • Sep 26, 2023
Sep 26, 2023 12:45 AM
Olive Garden: Never Ending Pasta Bowl w/ Soup, Salad and Breadsticks
(Dine-In Only at Participating Locations)$14
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I was a waiter there long ago and I used to place multiple "refills" before the check would come and pack them up to go depending on the customer. Particularly college kids - I knew money was tight, being one myself at the time, and a bunch of leftovers would change my week quite a bit. That and they paid me like $3.50/hr. Darden restaurant bottom line was the least of my concerns.
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Tip in the US is unofficially mandatory. Since we're no longer tipping specifically for "better" service, tip is now essentially just a service charge. I already pay a premium on food when eating out to cover material, overhead, and basic wages. Why would I pay more when no additional services are provided? Restaurant workers are being tipped to take our order, deliver our dishes, fill our water cups, and clean up after we eat. If I'm doing all that myself, the only person I should be tipping is myself.
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I'm amazed that in todays economy they can afford to put such high prices for cheap food up and pasta is cheap food and get away with it.
Tip in the US is unofficially mandatory. Since we're no longer tipping specifically for "better" service, tip is now essentially just a service charge. I already pay a premium on food when eating out to cover material, overhead, and basic wages. Why would I pay more when no additional services are provided? Restaurant workers are being tipped to take our order, deliver our dishes, fill our water cups, and clean up after we eat. If I'm doing all that myself, the only person I should be tipping is myself.
Look, there's no law that says you have to tip, but it's the accepted norm in the society we live in. People who like to enjoy the benefits of said society but not participate in the customs and norms are called assholes. You're like the guy that won't pay into the pot for the block party but shows up anyway because you live there.
I'm not saying I "like" tipping or that it's good, but it's the way the system is set up right now. I'll support mass changes to pay these workers in a different manner so that they're fairly compensated, of course I will. But until that happens, I'm also not going to dick them over to save $3 on a few bowls of pasta.
And pasta is trash food
Look, there's no law that says you have to tip, but it's the accepted norm in the society we live in. People who like to enjoy the benefits of said society but not participate in the customs and norms are called assholes. You're like the guy that won't pay into the pot for the block party but shows up anyway because you live there.
I'm not saying I "like" tipping or that it's good, but it's the way the system is set up right now. I'll support mass changes to pay these workers in a different manner so that they're fairly compensated, of course I will. But until that happens, I'm also not going to dick them over to save $3 on a few bowls of pasta.
So I re-emphasize - unless you start tipping every single person who provides you a service, including fast food workers and grocery cashiers, you have no fundamental standing to why we should tip anyone else who is not providing any meaningful service (i.e. restaurant workers who prepare your take-out).
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Writing this chain off of my to do list.
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