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The amount to give for a tip.
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Since you were not born with a silver spoon in your mouth, Countess Robert~Marlene, I apologize. I have this thing about class and the inequality of resources in this country and sometimes it puts me over the top. I try to forget the statistic, but is it the top 1% that controls 20% of the wealth? Help me out, economist types out there. I remember years ago in "The New Republic" when a regular columnist (BRT?) often cited the fact that 20% of Americans controlled 80% of the wealth and the remaining 20% of the wealth was controlled by the other 80%. It has become worse rather than better. So forgive my hot-headedness and my irrational rantings about who gets what in the money department.
^No problem, cynicus... I was born with a silver spoon, but it was only plated, and severely tarnished at that. There's just nothing as pointless as a WASP without a trust fund. 
Nevertheless, I stopped worrying about economic inequity a long time ago. I believe it was Saint Augustine who said "the poor are always with us." Maybe it was Benedict, or even Francis of Assissi... one of those cats. No matter what you do, there are going to be poor people. The flip side is that the rich are always with us, too. If we spread our resources around with full equality, we would all be poor. And what fun is that?
Some people have money, some people don't, and that's that. The same way that some people are healthy and some people aren't. Some people are smart, some are stupid, some are pretty and some are ugly. Nobody said life was fair... and if they did, they lied.
And though I am not utterly impoverished, I've been riding the poverty line for a long time. I get by, I have fun, but I have no savings and I'm over my ears in credit-card debt. I live in a nice house and have plenty to eat (a little too much to eat, truth be told), and I have fairly nice clothes and a reliable car and loads of books and movies... but that's only because I have a Grandmother to live with, who feeds and houses me in exchange for chauffeuring and companionship and some light personal-assistant duties.
However, we had a sermon at church this morning (though not a Christian myself, I attend a Church of Christ with my Daddy and the Grandmother every week, and frequently learn something of import) about caring for the poor; and it really made me think about how difficult it is to care about the poor, much less care for them. They're so endless and depressing.
But there are a lot of things we (meaning I) can do to at least try to help. We may never cure hunger worldwide, but we can still try to do something. It's given me a lot to think about.
But (returning to the topic) I don't think my tipping practices will change. The guy who delivers from Yang Chow is really no better or worse off than I am, financially. I figure I probably make more an hour, but I already finished college. I mean, none of us are living in Haiti, you know.
Oh, and I never tip more for cute delivery-boys. But I do order more often.
Nevertheless, I stopped worrying about economic inequity a long time ago. I believe it was Saint Augustine who said "the poor are always with us." Maybe it was Benedict, or even Francis of Assissi... one of those cats. No matter what you do, there are going to be poor people. The flip side is that the rich are always with us, too. If we spread our resources around with full equality, we would all be poor. And what fun is that?
Some people have money, some people don't, and that's that. The same way that some people are healthy and some people aren't. Some people are smart, some are stupid, some are pretty and some are ugly. Nobody said life was fair... and if they did, they lied.
And though I am not utterly impoverished, I've been riding the poverty line for a long time. I get by, I have fun, but I have no savings and I'm over my ears in credit-card debt. I live in a nice house and have plenty to eat (a little too much to eat, truth be told), and I have fairly nice clothes and a reliable car and loads of books and movies... but that's only because I have a Grandmother to live with, who feeds and houses me in exchange for chauffeuring and companionship and some light personal-assistant duties.
However, we had a sermon at church this morning (though not a Christian myself, I attend a Church of Christ with my Daddy and the Grandmother every week, and frequently learn something of import) about caring for the poor; and it really made me think about how difficult it is to care about the poor, much less care for them. They're so endless and depressing.
But there are a lot of things we (meaning I) can do to at least try to help. We may never cure hunger worldwide, but we can still try to do something. It's given me a lot to think about.
But (returning to the topic) I don't think my tipping practices will change. The guy who delivers from Yang Chow is really no better or worse off than I am, financially. I figure I probably make more an hour, but I already finished college. I mean, none of us are living in Haiti, you know.
Oh, and I never tip more for cute delivery-boys. But I do order more often.