Word: asks
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Some restaurants require waiters to tip the kitchen staff. But they're not waitstaff. They should not be participating in the cut. You know this is illegal because if you ask the owner if he does it, he'll say no. That puts waiters between a rock and a hard place. They can say no, but the manager can say, "Fine. Don't come to work tomorrow." Waiters are often students, or between jobs, and they're vulnerable to that kind of pressure. Very often they'll cave in because they need to eat and pay the rent...
...check a week later, or two weeks later, but cash, you take home. I always like a good mix of credit card and cash. If it's $1.75, just give me $2. Round it up. Don't dump your pennies on the table. That drives us bananas. You should ask for the check, and then pay within five minutes of receiving it. If you order takeout from a fancy restaurant, you should tip 10%. At a fancy place, it has to be packaged correctly, which actually takes more time than it does to plate it and bring...
While Romo and the Hecimoviches make up their minds, Obama and McCain remain close in polls. When I ask Obama on the flight from Minnesota to Chicago if he's worried about his economic message, he reminds me that it's still early. "My sense is that during the summer months, people are not going to be paying as much attention as they're going to be paying in September and October." Obama says he plans to highlight the differences between his and McCain's tax and health-care plans in the fall. "When the American people start focusing...
...qualification round for the team finals, each six member team can ask five gymnasts to compete on each event - floor, bars, beam and vault. The lowest score is omitted, and the top eight teams with the highest scores compete in the team finals. The U.S. women are the defending world champions, and are expected to battle with China and defending Olympic team champs Romania for the coveted team gold medal, which the Americans last won in the 1996 Atlanta Games with the Magnificent Seven. But without Peszek, all four of the girls' scores had to count, and thus there...
...next morning, I walk into another restaurant. I talk to the waitress in English. "Do you have an English menu?" I ask...