[vash]

ok, the second time i went to college..i put myself thru the damn place by working at a restaurant. sure, it is a piece of cake tossing a pile of noodles into a flat box, but imagine 20 of those orders. you walk up to the counter and see them stacked up...you grab all the tickets and organize the BS. gather the utensils, chopsticks, stupid fortune cookies...and gobs of soy sauce (you folks drink the stuff).you get home, and the beef chow mein you ordered is correct and not chicken chow mein? that is because of my sharp as a tack mind, and strong organizing skills! during a lunch craze when the place is packed and all the interns (or low man on the totem poles) are standing about waiting to take food to the bosses...the job sucks.

i will always give the cashier a few bucks. (probably less than 15%) and tell him/her, "can you give this to the person who packed this up?" for the record, my wife who has never worked a day in the food industry, doesnt tip. annoys me.