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RNC Attacks President Obama for Not Passing Gun Reform Bill

Thu, 02 May 2013 20:12:52 -0500

RNC Attacks President Obama for Not Passing Gun Reform Bill: This is incredibly disingenuous and...

rollingstone: You are looking at Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:12:08 -0500

You are looking at Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins as Iggy Pop and Malin Akerman as Debbie Harry in CBGB. Want to see more? Check out our behind the scenes gallery.

Sorry, but Malin Akerman looks nothing like Debbie Harry. I thought it was someone dressed up as Courtney Love.

Anonymous has hacked North Korea’s Twitter and Flickr...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:08:35 -0500

Anonymous has hacked North Korea’s Twitter and Flickr accounts, as Kim Jong-Un moves missiles to the eastern coastline.

rollingstone: Interesting take on Mad Men. “Roger Sterling’s...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:55:17 -0500

rollingstone:

Interesting take on Mad Men.

“Roger Sterling’s acid trip synched up with Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon. Let’s do this. They might seem like an odd pair, but Pink Floyd and Mad Men share the same crucial themes: Time. Money. Home. Alienation. The passing of youth. The fear of death. And hanging on in quiet desperation, which is the Sterling Cooper way.” - Rob Sheffield on the Pink Floyd/Sterling Cooper connection

rollingstone: Holy shit. It’s about damn time! Arrested...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:52:25 -0500

rollingstone:

Holy shit. It’s about damn time!

Arrested Development has set a return date for all 15 new episodes.

Anonymouse has stolen more than 15,000 passwords from North...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:25:02 -0500

Anonymouse has stolen more than 15,000 passwords from North Korean propaganda site.

Is Kim Jong-Un really in charge here?

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:23:39 -0500

Is Kim Jong-Un really in charge here?

Experts are saying that although Chris Kyle’s intentions...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:55:36 -0600

Experts are saying that although Chris Kyle’s intentions were good, he should never have taken Eddie Ray Routh to the gun range.

Ram Superbowl Ad Forgets Who Our Farmers Actually Are

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:18:29 -0600

univisionnews: Who are America’s farmers actually? Thanks to Latino Rebels blog for reminding us...

Kidnapper and murderer Jimmy Lee Dykes is dead. His hostage,...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:01:00 -0600

Kidnapper and murderer Jimmy Lee Dykes is dead. His hostage, Ethan Olson, is ok.

Todd Kincannon not only is a racist pig, but he’s also a...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:11:52 -0600

Todd Kincannon not only is a racist pig, but he’s also a grifter and a hypocrite.

Entropy Wins: Civilisations Decline: Global Warming Is Worse Than What Scientists Have Predicted

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:20:46 -0600

Entropy Wins: Civilisations Decline: Global Warming Is Worse Than What Scientists Have Predicted:...

Another gun expert and advocate, shot dead at the hands of a...

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:54:00 -0600

Another gun expert and advocate, shot dead at the hands of a mentally ill person. Chris Kyle is shot dead at a gun range in Texas.

"The claim that a company like McDonald’s can’t afford to pay wages over the minimum is absolutely..."

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 01:18:18 -0600

“The claim that a company like McDonald’s can’t afford to pay wages over the minimum is...

laurennmcc: “If you can’t afford to tip you can’t afford to eat...

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 01:12:00 -0600

laurennmcc:

“If you can’t afford to tip you can’t afford to eat out.”

My husband works INCREDIBLY hard for his low wage, no health care and tips. He has kept us together while I have been in grad school by working at a job where he has to be nice to people that treat him like dirt. That this woman thinks that he wouldn’t be worth $6 of her “godly money” makes me insane with rage.

mercurialme:

lukeybabee:

guardiancomment:

Chelsea Welch, the US waitress who was fired after she posted a picture of a tip receipt on Reddit, wrote for us:

I was a waitress at Applebee’s restaurant in Saint Louis. I was fired Wednesday for posting a picture on Reddit.com of a note a customer left on a bill. I posted it on the web as a light-hearted joke.

This didn’t even happen at my table. The note was left for another server, who allowed me to take a picture of it at the end of the night.

Someone had scribbled on the receipt, “I give God 10%. Why do you get 18?”

I assumed the customer’s signature was illegible, but I quickly started receiving messages containing Facebook profile links and websites, asking me to confirm the identity of the customer. I refused to confirm any of them, and all were incorrect.

I worked with the Reddit moderators to remove any personal information. I wanted to protect the identity of both my fellow server and the customer. I had no intention of starting a witch-hunt or hurting anyone.

Now I’ve been fired.

The person who wrote the note came across an article about it, called the Applebee’s location, and demanded everyone be fired — me, the server who allowed me to take the picture, the manager on duty at the time, the manager not on duty at the time, everyone. It seems I was fired not because Applebee’s was represented poorly, not because I did anything illegal or against company policy, but because I embarrassed this person.

In light of the situation, I would like to make a statement on behalf of wait staff everywhere: We make $3.50 an hour. Most of my paychecks are less than pocket change because I have to pay taxes on the tips I make.

After sharing my tips with hosts, bussers, and bartenders, I make less than $9 an hour on average, before taxes. I am expected to skip bathroom breaks if we are busy. I go hungry all day if I have several busy tables to work. I am expected to work until 1:30am and then come in again at 10:30am to open the restaurant.

I have worked 12-hour double shifts without a chance to even sit down. I am expected to portray a canned personality that has been found to be least offensive to the greatest amount of people. And I am expected to do all of this, every day, and receive change, or even nothing, in return. After all that, I can be fired for “embarrassing” someone, who directly insults his or her server on religious grounds.

In this economy, $3.50 an hour doesn’t cut it. I can’t pay half my bills. Like many, I would love to see a reasonable, non-tip-dependent wage system for service workers like they have in other countries. But the system being flawed is not an excuse for not paying for services rendered.

I need tips to pay my bills. All waiters do. We spend an hour or more of our time befriending you, making you laugh, getting to know you, and making your dining experience the best it can be. We work hard. We care. We deserve to be paid for that.

I am trying to stand up for all of us who work for just a few dollars an hour at places like Applebee’s. Whether a chain steakhouse or a black-tie establishment, tipping is not optional. It is how we get paid.

I posted a picture to make people laugh, but now I want to make a serious point: Things like this happen to servers all the time. People seem to think that the easiest way to save money on a night out is to skip the tip.

I can’t understand why I was fired over this. I was well liked and respected at Applebee’s. My sales were high, my managers had no problems with me, and I was even hoping to move up to management soon. When I posted this, I didn’t represent Applebee’s in a bad light. In fact, I didn’t represent them at all.

I did my best to protect the identity of all parties involved. I didn’t break any specific guidelines in the company handbook – I checked. But because this person got embarrassed that their selfishness was made public, Applebee’s has made it clear that they would rather lose a dedicated employee than an angry customer. That’s a policy I can’t understand.

I am equally baffled about how a religious tithe is in any way related to paying for services at a restaurant. I can understand why someone could be upset with an automatic gratuity. However, it’s a plainly stated Applebee’s policy that a tip is added automatically for parties over eight like the one this customer was part of. I cannot control that kind of tip; it’s done by the computer that the orders are put into. I’ve been stiffed on tips before, but this is the first time I’ve seen the “Big Man” used as reasoning.

Obviously the person who wrote this note wanted it seen by someone. It’s strange that now that the audience is wider than just the server, the person is ashamed.

I have no agenda here. I seek no revenge against the note writer. I have no interest in exposing their identity, and, at this point, I’m not even sure I want my job back. I was just trying to make a joke, but I came home unemployed.

I’ve been waiting tables to save up some money so I could finally go to college, so I could get an education that would qualify me for a job that doesn’t force me to sell my personality for pocket change.

I totally understand how this person feel I was a server at ihop

This is fucked up and is the norm. You can’t demand that people play into the system as it’s set up, play the game, move up in life legally and with out the help of government ( and in many cases family) only to stiff them.
If you can’t afford to tip you can’t afford to eat out.

wilwheaton: aliceandstuff: GIFs of Wil dancing and saying...

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 01:06:43 -0600

wilwheaton:

aliceandstuff:

GIFs of Wil dancing and saying “fuck you” during W00tstock Founders Night 2: The Rew00tening

This. Is. Perfect.

as a child i thought if someone jumped me it would result in me murdering or mutilating a man. but as a man i am not a killer. i'm an artist and a modern person. i'll choose sanity. no criminal charges. no civil lawsuit. forgiveness, albeit difficult, is wisdom. peace, albeit trite, is what i want in my short life. peace.

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 01:04:22 -0600

Murdered Texas prosecutor was wearing a weapon when he was...

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:57:00 -0600

Murdered Texas prosecutor was wearing a weapon when he was ambushed and killed just outside the Kaufman County Courthouse where he worked.

stfuconservatives: tastefullyoffensive: Scumbag Santa Santa...

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:51:05 -0600

stfuconservatives:

tastefullyoffensive:

Scumbag Santa

Santa is reinforcing the kyriarchy like whoa.

So funny!

wilwheaton: fishingboatproceeds: thefrogman: This money...

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:50:04 -0600

wilwheaton:

fishingboatproceeds:

thefrogman:

This money making scheme can’t possibly fail.

oh man I love thefrogman.

FROGMAN 4 LIFE.