Call yourself Kick Ass and you will be my everlasting hero.
Start publishing on
DD Comics!
Advertise with us
Comic Talk and General Discussion
Rant, Moan and Rave - 2010 edition
Nice place but pretty impersonal.. not a very cosy city.
that's what the midwest's for.
And the South but the masters of impersonal are in the Northeast. How to be all alone in a huge crowd of people? Go to New York tristate area.
LAX is positively warm fuzzy happy sunshine bunnies compared to Newark Freedom or JFK and then there is the sunken forgotten layer of hell; LaGuardia "WE wish we were an International" Airport.
Touchdown on a USAF C-130 in Maguire AFB is more friendly.
Hmm, watching American morning news… oh noes! Onion spill on the interstate! Legoland advertised all over tv… the news people keep talking about comic con.
What to do today? Buy food, deoderant, shaving stuff, maybe see a film, play, musical… something. Oh, a museum!
American money is wired… all green and mouldy looking and it all looks the same. I miss my friendly colourful oz money! And tipping scares me. We don't have that at home.
I thought I'd miss my plane to san Diego. Nice place but pretty impersonal.. not a very cosy city.
Downtown/Gaslamp has a much different feel to the rest of the city (many American 'downtowns' do), but I dunno where you've been so far. :]
Hope you're having fun!
I will be so glad when I can start my holiday next week. I'll have to do work during it (not sure if I want to use up some early days doing it, or spread it out in little amounts, or what), but at least I won't have to go in, and I can ignore phone calls and e-mails if I want. Someone today mentioned needing to set up a meeting and I actually cringed and grimaced.
Yeah, I don't understand this concept of tipping being a mandatory thing. You would think that since the society runs on the concept that everything has to be earned and you should get no benefits, that they would not have come up with the idea of creating jobs that pays salary bellow the poverty line and that it's a standard to tip those people for whatever service they provide you with.
I also suspect that this makes these type of jobs more embarrassing then they should be. I'm a professionally trained waiter. I was working at good restaurants with high salary income. Then when I was in a long term relationship with an American girl and I got to meet her family, her aunt asked what I did for a living. You should have seen the face she made when she found out I was a waiter. I might as well have said that I was a homeless bum, who begs on the street. It was frankly insulting.
Things i learned from watching the movie 2012:IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD! QUICK! GET IN THE CAR!
Or as Ahnuld would say it:
It's a strange place… old fashioned in many ways, especially the tipping.
Downtown/Gaslamp has a much different feel to the rest of the city (many American 'downtowns' do), but I dunno where you've been so far. :]even that wasn't the sort of cozy I'm used to, but I hadn't slept in two days so maybe ill see it with new eyes today? I'm going to see the Midway!
Hope you're having fun!
BTW, when did Howe Mandel become a bald talkshow host?
BTW, when did Howe Mandel become a bald talkshow host?
About the same time he got treatment for his adult ADHD.
So this morning I hear this cry of panic from the wife. I run downstairs and there she is bent over holding her ankle and blood is all over the floor. She had popped a varicose vein while putting on her sock. I never knew you could do that but there it was. She's screaming for me to put a turniquet on her foot. I get the gauze and bandages and knot a belt over the injury. I get her into the bathroom, sit her down, elevate the foot and that old Army training about applying a pressure bandage comes back.
I called 911, called her work, a policeman comes by, turns out he lives up the block and Judy knows him and they start chatting. I check the wound periodically and am pretty sure the bleeding has stopped. I set out to clean up all the blood. The EMTs arrive and tell me I did an excellent job taking care of the wound.
All my life I always thought I'd faint or get sick if I saw that much blood. It's comforting to know that in an emergency I can do what needs to be done. Here I have anxiety and depression and all but when faced with a true emergency my mind shuts off and I just do what needs to be done quickly and effectively. It'd be nice if I could apply that to the rest of my life.
but when faced with a true emergency my mind shuts off and I just do what needs to be done quickly and effectively. It'd be nice if I could apply that to the rest of my life.ahhh, good old mindless training. comes in real handy.
Also, Bangor Maine is an excellent place to land after or before a deployment. The local VFW all line up, shake hands and buy us beers.
—————————-
Tipping is not mandatory. Having grown up well under the poverty line, i do like to tip generously, but i will not tip a dick. (or dickette?) Good waiters and waitress get a good %, average Waiters get the average 15%, and pretty much anything less than that will be lucky to get a couple bucks.
Be careful when tipping Oz, some restaurants add a gratuity, and that is in essence the tip. It is acceptable to not leave a tip, when you see that on your bill. Some restaurants announce, others keep it secret, hoping some people don't see it, and tip on top of that.
Hahaha, all this talk of tipping reminds me how weak I am. I always seem to start at 20% and adjust from there…
One time a waiter folded a paper crane out of a to-go bag for me because I ordered hot tea and it made him happy, so I tipped 25% on two self-serve buffets. My friend said she'd never seen them do that before. I still have it, too. When you pull at the base of the tail, the little wings flap…I couldn't throw it away…
Every time I walk through a mall, kiosk people single me out for all the sales pitches for phones and hair and nail stuff. Bums single me out at gas stations and on the street. Whenever I try a food sample and the person starts telling me all about it, I end up buying it. Every time I fill up a bonus card to get a free drink or a sandwich, I let someone else use it while I just buy another drink for myself. Crazy people approach me when I'm trying to select lunchmeat just to tell me that I have a friendly aura. I must have some sort of aura… x_x
Only if suckers have auras
I used to tip generously but I think now I have different standards. If a server does the bare minimum they'll get 10%, If they make mistakes (server mistakes, not kitchen mistakes) like bringing out courses too soon, or neglecting us for too long, they'll get less. Whereas if they're attentive and thoughtful (like bringing condiments before I have to ask for them, etc) they'll get 15. More if they were really great, but that happens so rarely. I actually tipped a server in Ireland not long ago (even though you don't have to tip there) just because he made the meal more enjoyable by joking with us, etc. They'll also tend to get more if I have to make special requests like, I dunno, non-standard food preparation. I also tend to be more forving on busy nights.
I think the change is that I used to be be easier to please, having to ask for things like ketchup or a refill didn't bother me. but now I consider anticipation of those things part of the server's job. If they're not checking on me often enough to see I need more water, they're not doing enough. if I get something with fries, you could at least ask in advance if I want ketchup rather than me having to ask for it when the food arrives. Etc. And oddly enough, the change happened when I spent a stint working in a restaurant. I was a greeter person but we helped out the servers and kitchen staff quite a lot. I saw firsthand what a huge difference a slightly higher standard of service can make to a person's meal and I realized I was being a soft touch.
I must have some sort of aura… x_xThen I probably have a different kind of aura. I must look incredibly helpful or something because people are alway walking up to me with the words: "Excuse me. Could you help me with something?…". If I walk into a store and spend a minute looking at the shelves, I will almost guarantied be approached by a customer, who thinks I work there.
…the funny thing is that I usually end up helping them, anyways.
Only if suckers have auras…that's very true, but not as much lately! I've never bought the products of the sales pitches and I've been turning down the bums. I'm tired of bums. And I've quit eating food samples altogether. Even a weak person can try…
…the funny thing is that I usually end up helping them, anyways.You always come across as being knowledgeable. That must be it. >:o
Well… I've been told that I'd make a killer tour guide. Have to admit I look good doing it too.…the funny thing is that I usually end up helping them, anyways.You always come across as being knowledgeable. That must be it. >:o
I'm the one pointing.
…also, ugh, this picture was taken about 70 pounds ago. Edit: 70 pounds, which I've now lost, for clarification. I perish the thought of have gained additional 70 pounds.
Visited the midway today and walked so much my poor legs ache terribly! Really cool to see inside it! I went on the midway back in the 80s or 90s when it was w a working aircraftcarrier, but we only got to walk around theflight deck and hanger then, so this was pretty cool.
Also, the westfield hortons mall looks like some from an Escher picture
Advertise with us
DDComics is community owned.
The following patrons help keep the lights on. You can support DDComics on Patreon.
- Banes
- JustNoPoint
- RMccool
- Abt_Nihil
- Gunwallace
- cresc
- PaulEberhardt
- Emma_Clare
- FunctionCreep
- SinJinsoku
- Smkinoshita
- jerrie
- Chickfighter
- Andreas_Helixfinger
- Tantz_Aerine
- Genejoke
- Davey Do
- Gullas
- Roma
- NanoCritters
- Teh Andeh
- Peipei
- Digital_Genesis
- Hushicho
- Palouka
- Cheeko
- Paneltastic
- L.C.Stein
- Zombienomicon
- Dpat57
- Bravo1102
- TheJagged
- LoliGen
- OrcGirl
- Fallopiancrusader
- Arborcides
- ChipperChartreuse
- Mogtrost
- InkyMoondrop
- jgib99
- Call me tom
- OrGiveMeDeath_Ind
- Mks_monsters
- GregJ
- HawkandFloAdventures
- Soushiyo