Kansas Crimson

1. Have you or do you plan to make an "on-line" purchase today? Cyber Monday being a factor or not.

2. Will you be in sleeping in your home 4 weeks from today or will you be sleeping out of town?

3. Do you give a Christmas/holiday gift to your mail carrier?

4. I don't have a favorite song/movie/food/book/game/travel destination/actor/app on my phone/artist/band-musician/restaurant/dog breed/etc., etc., etc.
I give office tours (we have 5 floors in a building in Chicago) to our new hires and when I get to an office of guy named Brian I tell everyone he is my 2nd favorite employee.
A few new hires have asked me who is my favorite and I tell them I actually don't have one.
A couple of weeks ago I was walking with my cousin's wife (it is his company - he's the CEO) in the office and we walked by Brian's office and I said to her that Brian is my 2nd favorite employee. She asked me who is my first. I hesitated. I then said, it has to be your husband. Right? Well, I guess he really is my favorite if I have to pick one.
All that being said, if you had to pick a favorite, what is the first name of your favorite current (or former) co-worker?

5. You must choose THREE. Which THREE do you choose?
a. KU Football hires Gus Bradley to be Co-Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator in 2025
b. You are gifted a hat of your favorite sports team in 2025
c. Barron Trump impregnates a college classmate in 2025 and it gets leaked that she got an abortion
d. Melania Trump cheats on Donald with Elon Musk in 2025
e. Your income tax/es decrease .5% (half of 1%) in 2025
f. You meet and speak with your favorite athlete or actor/actress in 2025
g. You get a new dog or cat in 2025
h. You find (and keep) a $20 bill in 2025
i. You learn how to play a musical instrument in 2025
j. Your favorite local restaurant names a dish/sandwich/meal after you in 2025

1. yea
2. dunno
3. no
4. we've already discussed this...in the workplace hookups thread.
5. d, i, j...now stop by the diners thread and enjoy a hearty serving of BiggDick, with extra gravy.

1. no
2. I think so?
3. no, but i will the trash guy this year, dude has been great and gone out of his way to get out of his truck to grab the cans when I forget to take them out to the road. Thats a nice deal when we only get our trash picked up (alternates between once a month and twice a month)
4. no comment
5. g,h,i

1. Well, I wasn't going to, but now I've got the itch.

2. Home

3. No

4. Shannon is my favorite former co-worker. Older lady. Husband drives race cars (drag racer). She was awesome to work with.

5. B, E, H.

1. I think maybe yes
2. Out of town
3. No
4. Daryl
5. d, e, i

1. I wouldn't make a purchase because it's cyber Monday, but I need a new cordless hand drill, so I might.

2. OOT

3. It has never occurred to me to "tip" my mail person, just like it had never occurred to me to "tip" my garbage men, or the 6 or 7 "security" people who man the gate at the entrance to my neighborhood, until this year when I started receiving multiple emails about it. But now, apparently, all those things are expected, and that's the rub.

It's "expected"? I didn't "expect" a tip when I put customer's groceries in their cars, or when I delivered Rx's to people's houses in high school, or when I painted their house, read their electric meter, or checked their prostate. "Expected"?

It's not that I'm cheap, I'm thrifty, dammit.

I worked in two restaurants as a bus boy, ($1.00/hour, cash), by the time I was 14 ($1.25/hr, check, welcome to paying taxes), and having seen a service business from that side, I always overtip waiters and waitresses, et al. (As I've said before, I'd have to see a waiter spit in my food before I wouldn't tip them 20%.) I picked up humus and ezme at a Turkish restaurant to go yesterday, for $23.66. I tipped them $10.34 to make it a round #. I now go there all the time, but from the second time I called an order in, they always call me by my name when I enter...smart! I tip the person at the window at Taco Bell $10. You should see their faces. Why? Because they don't "expect" it.

I'm not for a second suggesting anyone else should or shouldn't do the same, but now, with everyone "expecting" a tip, it changes the very nature of the thing, which unfortunately, kinda disincentivizes me. Not that I'll stop, but it certainly doesn't feel the same. "Expected"?

dammit

4. Janet

5. D, F, I

1. yes
2. home
3. no
4. kristin
5. b, e , i

1. If making a car reservation is a purchase - yes.
2. Planning on being OOT
3. Yes. The joke is on me. There may be someone filling in the week I do it and they get the cash while the person who delivers my mail 51 other weeks of the year doesn't get anything from me.
4. Brian?
5. c/e/g/

1) No
2) Home
3) No
4) Chad. Dude was funny.
5) e, h, i