Courtdog

Finally scored a job last week after months and months of not hearing
a word back from turning in applications. I work at a place that
makes subs, pizzas, and salads. I make the food (!!!) and make
$6.35--not a bad starting pay at all, if I do say so myself. Shoot,
as a supervisor at Spencer's I only made 15 cents more than that!
Anyways, I am basically away from the customers (thank God) and I
quite like that :-)

agree. It's like the businesses get out of paying the employee that
way and let the customer do it for them. Customer winds up paying
twice. And it can cause an uncomfortable feeling if the tipper didn't
know they were supposed to tip, or weren't sure how much to tip. I
even read that although you tip a waitress 15% minimum, you also tip
at a buffet where except for getting soda and removing plates, you tip
the same amount despite doing your own running around for the food.
It does get confusing.

... restaurants do not list the prices of alcohol on their menus.
What's the point? I am poor enough as it is and I really don't feel
like paying a million dollars for a Long Island iced tea. Sure, I can
always ask what the prices are, but it would be VERY effective if
restaurants could list the prices of their alcohol.

The end.

You know, I do like this site, I REALLY do. It's sort of the
equivalent to "Well, I would like my job if it weren't for the
customers!" Seriously, some people on this site get so... worked up
(for lack of a better term/word) about letters.

It's one thing to comment on the letter (its subject, grammar, etc.),
but to "attack" the person that posted it is a bit uncalled for. It's
one thing to say "Hey, maybe you should re-write this letter; you
do/do not have a point." But it's a completely different thing to say
"Pssh, did you not graduate high school? Learn to spell! Geez, you
are such a whiner! Get a lifffffe!" Apparently, though, people
cannot differentiate between the two.

I am appalled that people older than myself are acting like they have
no decency. Oh, God forbid you have an opinion that is different from
the masses! Shoot, you'll get reamed out, as well.

Yeah, this is the internet, but it is not an excuse for people to use
rude behavior. Calling people whiners, telling them to get over it,
etc. Hey! This IS a website for "whining," no? Just because you do
not think the situation described in the letter is not worthy does NOT
mean the OP has a point. Sure, sometimes letters ARE pointless, where
people are just asking for freebies.

Just sayin'. :)

You know, I just LOVE the people on this site that flip out when
someone uses race as a descriptive term. I mean, are we really this
politcally correct that one has to describe a person using everything
else but his or her race? I don't see the big deal and it is pathetic
that some people think that people who use race to describe a person
are racist. Racist? When you start calling someone hurtful names
such as that, even over the internet, it becomes personal to an
extent. Sure, I don't know you, but you don't know ME. It is silly
to assume something that harsh over a complete description of a
person. Do we not have more important things to worry about than
someone pointing out "OMG, you said she was Asian, are you a racist?"

What a sad, sad world, well, website :)

So, I was reading one of the letters in the communities section about
a woman dining alone at a restaurant. She described three servers,
one of which was a "heavy-set black girl." Her complaint was valid;
not one server talked to her while she sat there for 15 minutes.

Yet, not ONE commenter got on the OP's ass for calling the server a
"heavy-set black girl." Yet, I get flack for calling the cashier in
my only letter a "black female?" That makes no sense.

I smell a little bit of hypocrisy on this site.

Ah, so this is how I get this blogger thing; I was wondering how.

Allow me to introduce myself. I am Courtney and from Virginia. I am
a college senior, and already have an A.S in Social Science which I am
VERY proud of. Education is important to me. Regardless, I am
clueless about what I want to be when I grow up, LOL. Somehow, I
really want to join the FBI or CIA. Yeah, I don't know.

I have 10 tattoos that I have a love/hate relationship with.
Sometimes I regret the ones on my arms. People nowadays have balls!
I've been called CRAZY by strangers because, OH MY LORD, I have star
outlines on my arms. No f'in way! A chick with such prominent
tattoos? Get out of town!

I love music. It's my passion. Granted I can't play any instruments
or carry a tune, but I love music. I love lyrics. I love how people
have the ability to put certain words alongside each other. It's
genius.

I'm out.