It seems that you're using an outdated browser. Some things may not work as they should (or don't work at all).
We suggest you upgrade newer and better browser like: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Opera

×
avatar
ddickinson: Are Mormons easily offended about religious matters?
avatar
AgentBirdnest: Some are, some are not.
Most don't mind people commenting or disagreeing about things as long as they are respectful, and will try to clear up any confusion about the religion.
There are plenty who can take a joke, and even joke about themselves. Plenty who are so used to being attacked that they no longer mind... and like any group of people, a few who will go totally apesh*t if you say the slightest negative thing.
Then there are the Osmonds... Great signers :-)
*grabs Agent-kun and begins to snuggle him*
avatar
NoNewTaleToTell: Thank you! I agree with you, a job is a job and honest work is something that shouldn't be looked down, regardless of what it is.

Servers are treated kinda funny here. There is a minimum wage (which varies by state) but many (if not most) states have a much lower minimum wage for severs than every other profession with the expectation that the gap will be covered via tips, so whereas the usual minimum wage might be say...$8 an hour, for a sever it would be $3. Even in states where the minimum wage is the same for everybody including servers, a lot of restaurants find loopholes to avoid paying it.

Then some restaurants force the tips to be shared around the waitstaff, which is great if you had a bum night and everybody else did good, but obviously stings if it goes the other way around.

Overall as a sever you always have the potential to make far more income than any other (so called) unskilled jobs (after all it only takes one good tip an hour) but you also have the constant potential to get really done over by a bad shift.
Nothing at all wrong with a honest days work. That is very unfortunate about the whole wage situation, especially given the difference in condition between other jobs and servers. I guess they use the tip aspect to allow them to pay so little. But at least you will be paid something, just in case there are slow days. It would be horrible to work just for tips, although I hear that tipping is practically mandatory in the US, regardless of quality of service.

Fingers crossed that you will get the job, and that the tips are very nice.

avatar
LaPtiteBete: Good afternoon to everyone I haven't seen yet : DD, Fearful, Hyper...
and all the others of course :)
I have to do some work stuff so I'll be offline for a while, unfortunately...
I hope you're having a nice mornoon...
**Big hugs with disgusting herbal tea**
Hello, lovely Owl! *big hug*

I hope you are having a lovely game and I hope your work goes well! *lots more hugs*
avatar
LaPtiteBete: Good afternoon to everyone I haven't seen yet : DD, Fearful, Hyper...
and all the others of course :)
I have to do some work stuff so I'll be offline for a while, unfortunately...
I hope you're having a nice mornoon...
**Big hugs with disgusting herbal tea**
**Quick hug before you disappear forever** :'-O
avatar
l0rdtr3k: *grabs Agent-kun and begins to snuggle him*
*Cold hug for the Frostyblob*
avatar
AgentBirdnest: Some are, some are not.
Most don't mind people commenting or disagreeing about things as long as they are respectful, and will try to clear up any confusion about the religion.
There are plenty who can take a joke, and even joke about themselves. Plenty who are so used to being attacked that they no longer mind... and like any group of people, a few who will go totally apesh*t if you say the slightest negative thing.
Then there are the Osmonds... Great signers :-)
I guess it is just the same for most religions. When I was at university I had a professor who used to be a chaplain in the Royal Marines and he was very religious, but he was also very open minded and loved theological debates. I used to have some long and lovely discussions with him. I think as long as it is done politely and not just to be insulting, then there is no problem, most of the time it is just people being curious and wanting to learn more about the religion.

avatar
LeoLR: Rejoice, dear friends! It's monday. The farthest day from the next monday. :-)
I hope everyone is fine and I wish a good week for all.
Good morning! I hope you are having a lovely start to the week?

avatar
l0rdtr3k: You're a very naughty girl, very naughty.
You deserve a punishment.*handcuffs you to a chair in front of a TV*
Now,you'll watch the worst comedies of all time,including several "parodies*!
I envy myself on my evilness.
I have a sofa in front of my TV, so no chair for you to handcuff me to. :-)

avatar
HypersomniacLive: What are you implying with that "slow dance"? My dancing is pretty lively, thank you very much! ;-P
I never knew you were Korean. :-)

And I mean I will be doing slow dance tonight, not your happy dance, although I will be happy non the less. :-)
avatar
NoNewTaleToTell: Thank you! I agree with you, a job is a job and honest work is something that shouldn't be looked down, regardless of what it is.

Servers are treated kinda funny here. There is a minimum wage (which varies by state) but many (if not most) states have a much lower minimum wage for severs than every other profession with the expectation that the gap will be covered via tips, so whereas the usual minimum wage might be say...$8 an hour, for a sever it would be $3. Even in states where the minimum wage is the same for everybody including servers, a lot of restaurants find loopholes to avoid paying it.

Then some restaurants force the tips to be shared around the waitstaff, which is great if you had a bum night and everybody else did good, but obviously stings if it goes the other way around.

Overall as a sever you always have the potential to make far more income than any other (so called) unskilled jobs (after all it only takes one good tip an hour) but you also have the constant potential to get really done over by a bad shift.
avatar
ddickinson: Nothing at all wrong with a honest days work. That is very unfortunate about the whole wage situation, especially given the difference in condition between other jobs and servers. I guess they use the tip aspect to allow them to pay so little. But at least you will be paid something, just in case there are slow days. It would be horrible to work just for tips, although I hear that tipping is practically mandatory in the US, regardless of quality of service.

Fingers crossed that you will get the job, and that the tips are very nice.

avatar
LaPtiteBete: Good afternoon to everyone I haven't seen yet : DD, Fearful, Hyper...
and all the others of course :)
I have to do some work stuff so I'll be offline for a while, unfortunately...
I hope you're having a nice mornoon...
**Big hugs with disgusting herbal tea**
avatar
ddickinson: Hello, lovely Owl! *big hug*

I hope you are having a lovely game and I hope your work goes well! *lots more hugs*
I'm gonna hug you!
*slowly approaches DD-chan and opens arms wanting hugs*
avatar
ddickinson: I am doing good, thank you. My wife came home early and I have a lovely evening planned, so that has made my day.

I guess the promo is good for newer customers, especially the pinata as each game is worth at least $10, so if you are new or like most of them games then it is a good deal.

Glad to hear your work was marked very good, hopefully it will continue that way for the rest of the year.

*big happy hug*
That sounds like a lot of fun! I hope you have a really good time.

Yep, I guess it is. I suppose I'm sort of picky about which games I want as well, but then again, at this point I've accumulated so many it would be silly to spend money on something I might not be interested in at all.

I hope so too! *huge hug*

avatar
LaPtiteBete: Good afternoon to everyone I haven't seen yet : DD, Fearful, Hyper...
and all the others of course :)
I have to do some work stuff so I'll be offline for a while, unfortunately...
I hope you're having a nice mornoon...
**Big hugs with disgusting herbal tea**
Hey Owl! Good luck with your work! And what's that disgusting tea for? :P
avatar
AgentBirdnest: Some are, some are not.
Most don't mind people commenting or disagreeing about things as long as they are respectful, and will try to clear up any confusion about the religion.
There are plenty who can take a joke, and even joke about themselves. Plenty who are so used to being attacked that they no longer mind... and like any group of people, a few who will go totally apesh*t if you say the slightest negative thing.
Then there are the Osmonds... Great signers :-)
avatar
ddickinson: I guess it is just the same for most religions. When I was at university I had a professor who used to be a chaplain in the Royal Marines and he was very religious, but he was also very open minded and loved theological debates. I used to have some long and lovely discussions with him. I think as long as it is done politely and not just to be insulting, then there is no problem, most of the time it is just people being curious and wanting to learn more about the religion.

avatar
LeoLR: Rejoice, dear friends! It's monday. The farthest day from the next monday. :-)
I hope everyone is fine and I wish a good week for all.
avatar
ddickinson: Good morning! I hope you are having a lovely start to the week?

avatar
l0rdtr3k: You're a very naughty girl, very naughty.
You deserve a punishment.*handcuffs you to a chair in front of a TV*
Now,you'll watch the worst comedies of all time,including several "parodies*!
I envy myself on my evilness.
avatar
ddickinson: I have a sofa in front of my TV, so no chair for you to handcuff me to. :-)

avatar
HypersomniacLive: What are you implying with that "slow dance"? My dancing is pretty lively, thank you very much! ;-P
avatar
ddickinson: I never knew you were Korean. :-)

And I mean I will be doing slow dance tonight, not your happy dance, although I will be happy non the less. :-)
Let's start with Adam Sandler movies!
Grown Ups 1 and 2!*evul laugh*

avatar
ddickinson: I am doing good, thank you. My wife came home early and I have a lovely evening planned, so that has made my day.

I guess the promo is good for newer customers, especially the pinata as each game is worth at least $10, so if you are new or like most of them games then it is a good deal.

Glad to hear your work was marked very good, hopefully it will continue that way for the rest of the year.

*big happy hug*
avatar
FearfulSymmetry: That sounds like a lot of fun! I hope you have a really good time.

Yep, I guess it is. I suppose I'm sort of picky about which games I want as well, but then again, at this point I've accumulated so many it would be silly to spend money on something I might not be interested in at all.

I hope so too! *huge hug*

avatar
LaPtiteBete: Good afternoon to everyone I haven't seen yet : DD, Fearful, Hyper...
and all the others of course :)
I have to do some work stuff so I'll be offline for a while, unfortunately...
I hope you're having a nice mornoon...
**Big hugs with disgusting herbal tea**
avatar
FearfulSymmetry: Hey Owl! Good luck with your work! And what's that disgusting tea for? :P
Fearful-chan is that you?
Fearful-chan!!!!!!!!
*big hug for red haired fox*
Post edited September 14, 2015 by l0rdtr3k
If you could all quadruple that attack on Moon, that would be wonderful :-)
Probably have to wait till real life gives her a bit of a break but don't forget. :-)

Howdy everyone, doing pretty well here today, hope y'all are too.
I'm off to look at the new sale stuff. ;)
avatar
FearfulSymmetry: That sounds like a lot of fun! I hope you have a really good time.

Yep, I guess it is. I suppose I'm sort of picky about which games I want as well, but then again, at this point I've accumulated so many it would be silly to spend money on something I might not be interested in at all.

I hope so too! *huge hug*
All the older users are grumpy with sales now, we have most of the games we want so it makes it hard finding a good deal. I just try to keep in mind all the happy new users, or remember when I first came to GOG and how I loved seeing so many good old games on sale.

avatar
l0rdtr3k: Let's start with Adam Sandler movies!
Grown Ups 1 and 2!*evul laugh*
Failed again. Your DVDs are not the right region for the US, so you can't play them here. How about you just settle for a *hug*.

avatar
EndreWhiteMane: If you could all quadruple that attack on Moon, that would be wonderful :-)
Probably have to wait till real life gives her a bit of a break but don't forget. :-)

Howdy everyone, doing pretty well here today, hope y'all are too.
I'm off to look at the new sale stuff. ;)
Off I go (it's getting hard to find posts that are not +1d). :-)

Glad to hear you are doing pretty well today, keep that up. *big hug*
Post edited September 14, 2015 by ddickinson
*looks at some earlier posts*

Why the hell would I share a picture of myself? 0___o
avatar
ElTerprise: Please listen again ^^ : Please owlerwhelm Owl with +1s :D
Will second that request, since she ninja gifted me as well. =)

Also, good morning/afternoon to everyone who's appeared while I was falling asleep at my desk again.
Post edited September 14, 2015 by CarrionCrow
avatar
BillyMaysFan59: *looks at some earlier posts*

Why the hell would I share a picture of myself? 0___o
To prove you are awesome B-|
n__o
avatar
ElTerprise: Listen everyone: Please send Moon as many +1s as possible :D
avatar
AgentBirdnest: If you could all double that attack on Moon, that would be great :-)
avatar
EndreWhiteMane: If you could all quadruple that attack on Moon, that would be wonderful :-)
Probably have to wait till real life gives her a bit of a break but don't forget. :-)

Howdy everyone, doing pretty well here today, hope y'all are too.
I'm off to look at the new sale stuff. ;)
avatar
CarrionCrow: Will second that request, since she ninja gifted me as well. =)

Also, good morning/afternoon to everyone who's appeared while I was falling asleep at my desk again.
Phew! It's done.
It seems I'm not suited to be a hunter. My tracking skills aren't very good so it took me some time to find any trace of Moon so I could hit her with pluses.
Post edited September 14, 2015 by LeoLR
avatar
l0rdtr3k: Fearful-chan is that you?
Fearful-chan!!!!!!!!
*big hug for red haired fox*
Hey! *big hug back*

avatar
ddickinson: All the older users are grumpy with sales now, we have most of the games we want so it makes it hard finding a good deal. I just try to keep in mind all the happy new users, or remember when I first came to GOG and how I loved seeing so many good old games on sale.
True, I suppose we're just spoiled. Well, it's a good thing I already spent my gaming budget for the month anyway, at least I'm not buying things I shouldn't be buying right now. :P
avatar
BillyMaysFan59: *looks at some earlier posts*

Why the hell would I share a picture of myself? 0___o
avatar
AgentBirdnest: To prove you are awesome B-|
n__o
no thanks :p