Linkworthy: Raises, Tips, and a Dead Horse

Getting back to my roots, I am reviving my weekly links post with a Seinfeldian twist. The ongoing series will be categorized under Linkworthy and if you don’t see the correlation to Seinfeld..shame on you..here, catch up to the rest of us 😉 (yea yea I’m obsessed)

So this week we have a pretty good mix of fun, ranting and creative posts.

My personal favorite this week is from the Weakenomics titled: I’m Sick Of Tipping. I am right there with ya Phil. I live in an area where the food quality is horrible at nearly all the food places and the service is not only slow but the servers all have a huge attitude about everything.

Since when should I get attitude for asking for a new spoon or more napkins? If I want to sit in a booth and not at a table, that my right as a paying customer! And I have a hard time not tipping because that’s how I was raised but if someone is giving me horrible service, kiss that tip goodbye (ok I can count the outings I didn’t tip on one hand but grr!). It’s called gratuity for a reason. Here’s a quick exerpt from the article:

Tipping should be earned, and in my opinion unless the person makes minimum wage or a server’s wage, they must make a compelling argument to deserve a tip at all.  In other words, their service must blow me out of the water.

That quote nails it. Blow me out of the water or don’t expect a 20% tip.

And the rest of the articles:

• Patrick talks about How to Lower Your Cell Phone Bill over at CashMoneyLife. I made some comments there about my switch to prepaid wireless.
• David at The Good Human discusses using Green as an advertising ploy in We Don’t Need A “Green” Everything.
• The Debt Hawk details 7 Great Ways to Save A Raise
• Mrs. Micah discusses the new legislation about overdraft fees in Should You Be Able to Overdraft Your Checking?
• ..and the Dead Horse. This post is from Mr. I at Blogging With Success and I won’t spoil the story for you but it’s both fun and informative.

That’s it for this week.

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