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Kindly Customer Leaves $1,000 Tip So Waitress Can Visit Italy

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:03:50 +0000

Some days, you make more in tips than others. A woman on Tumblr shared a story about how her waitress mother recently got a $1,000 tip from a customer on a $60 bill. The rather large gratuity came after the woman told the customer how her family is from Italy and she has studied art [...]

Steak 'N Shake Server Gets a Whopping 7,000% Tip

Emerald Catron — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:24:43 +0000

CeCe Bruce had been working at a Steak n’ Shake in Indiana for two years when she received the tip of a lifetime. After watching Bruce deal with some rude customers, a regular tipped $446 on her $5.96 check — that’s a 7,000 percent tip. The customer, who would rather maintain a low profile, does [...]

New Survey Sheds Light (And Confusion) On Who You Should Tip

Drew Weisholtz — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 21:27:28 +0000

Is there a topic that can incite more debate than tipping? A new CouponCabin survey of 2,130 people touched on the issue of tipping and the rules you should follow when you do tip. There are always arguments about who should receive tips, so here’s a list of jobs and the percentage of people who [...]

Houston Waiter gets $5,000, but don't Call it a Tip

Adam West — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:08:29 +0000

Who says Texans aren’t generous? A waiter from Houston can vouch for one couple’s generosity, after he received $5,000 in cash. Greg Rubar who works at D’Amico’s Italian Market Café, had been waiting on these particular patrons for eight years and they apparently decided to gift him with $5,000 in cash so he could replace his car, which was flooded on a freeway after a particularly nasty thunderstorm. The cash gift was not tacked onto a bill, either. Holy crap, what a tip!

5 Ways to Get Your Kids to Do Their Homework

Paula Kashtan — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:30:35 +0000

MyTudut, Flickr Fall means school, and school means homework, and homework –- for many a family -– means stress and arguments. But getting homework done doesn’t have to be a daily battle. Here are a few easy ways for parents to make the routine a little easier for kids. 1 Study Daily [...]