issue 11// vol 46 humour // no. 17 The ways people react when they dont tip >» Would you like an awkward social interaction with that order? Tania Arora Staff Writer t has been two years since I started working in the food and beverage industry. It is a job where I met a 100 different people each day. Still, I come across a new category of weird people every night. I might be able to write a book on reactions people have when they don’t tip and try to either save themselves from the embarrassment or walk away shamelessly not knowing about what they did. I will try to summarize it briefly for those of you who don't have the same pleasure I do to meet so many of these people. First category would be “I don’t need my receipt.” This reaction is similar to a cat pooping in a corner of your garden, and then trying to cover up the poop before anyone sees it. The “I don't need my receipt” bunch knows that the minute their partner or friend or the person they are dining with sees that they haven't tipped, they will be judged or in some case questioned if the other person is genuine. They just ask you to keep the poop, they don’t need it, “thanks.” The second group is the “trying to hide the machine” non-tippers... as if we think they have millions of dollars in their bank account and the server will personally hunt them down after they leave to rob them of their wallet and steal the money. Ona busy night, servers have many other things to do aside from money embezzlement and identity theft. Third sample of the human population is the cash payers. Sometimes people try to show their smart moves by paying in cash and handing it over in the bill book. Iam not saying it is wrong to make payments by cash. But... people do use it as a way to tip less or not at all. I can sub-categorize further this into two more groups. Either people give you the book and proudly say “keep the change,” or they just leave it on the table and quickly walk out. The latter is a perfect example of the silent treatment. Fourth would be—you guessed it—the “weeny” type. They eat all the food and clear the bowl, as if it had nothing in it, and then complain about how the good wasn't good at the end while paying. It isa strategic move designed to give justification to not tip the server, using the food which they did not even cook asa reason to not pay them for their service. There is always an option of taking food to-go, but people dine-in for the experience. Yes, it is a server's basic job to take your order and bring out your food. But, when they do it all with a smile and pass on the warmth to you, checking upon you constantly and being at your service at a blink of an eye— Craig's Book Review » My journey to find the perfect book Craig Allan Staff Writer s your modern day millennial burdened with work and endless array of entertainment choices like TV and streaming, I don't have a lot of time to just sit and enjoy books. Books are important, so I should try and get down to enjoying them. Since I can write a review for the paper and get some money out of it, it’s an easier way to make some money than trying to come up with something new. If youre my editor, you didn‘ hear that. First, I thought about submitting something from my childhood, but I realized that I already did Baby's First Alphabet Book for one of my English classes last semester, so I should try to do something new. I went down to the store to see what books they had and one caught my eye. The book had no title on a red cover. What mysteries must this book hold?! It even had a blank space on the front of the book. Maybe it’s one of those “choose your own adventure” books. I bought it and took it home. I set up my lamp and my posterior for hours of reading delight. This book had a lot of blank lined pages in it. 1 was wondering when I was going to get to the story. About halfway into the book I realized that I had bought a blank journal. They say don’t judge a book by its cover, well I should have taken that to heart. J also probably shouldn't have looked for a book at the dollar store. Undaunted, I decided to look elsewhere for my reading adventure and gave Value Village a try. I needed to get a calendar from 2008 to use next year because I’m not paying those jackbooted calendar thugs, so I figure why not combine the two missions. I strolled through the book area until I found one that I thought would be great: Pride and Prejudice. | mean its got pride and prejudice in it. That’s like two books in one! ] bought it and brought it home along with my “Hang in There Kitty” Get paid to draw! The Other Press is looking for Staff Illustrators i Send your resume, drawing samples, or questions to editor.otherpress@gmail.com The Other Press is hiring! they deserve your capitalist appreciation and not embarrassment. People who try to escape obviously are the kind who know they did something wrong and want to save themselves from the guilt. So, the next time you wish to not appreciate someone... don't. calendar from 2008. Those little kitties have probably let themselves go by now— they’re most likely real chonky. Back home, I decided to try and read the book at my dining room table. I sat down with Pride and Prejudice or P&P as I'm sure the cool kids say. It had awoman on the cover. I’m not sure if this woman is Pride or Prejudice, but I guess I can never know. The book has 345 pages, and when I flipped through them, they all did that tisk tisk tisk flippy thing that pages do. The book had a really nice spine. Not weathered at all. The book was weighty, but not too weighty. As I opened the book and settled down, I put my elbow on the table only to have the table move under me. I forgot my dining room table has a really wobbly leg. That gave me an idea. I put the book underneath one of the legs and it evened out the table perfectly. In conclusion, I review the Pride and Prejudice book as a strong and sturdy book that will stay with me for a while... because I'm not getting a new table anytime soon.