.......party tray for the owners and employees of our marina as a token of
our appreciation for the time they spent making sure our boat, as well as
the boats of others, were safe and properly secured during the flooding. It
will arrive by 11:30 this morning. ;-)

JimH wrote:
......party tray for the owners and employees of our marina as a token of
our appreciation for the time they spent making sure our boat, as well as
the boats of others, were safe and properly secured during the flooding. It
will arrive by 11:30 this morning. ;-)

Are you then going to turn around and blast them with one of your
bipolar rants, calling them names, and generally being a pain in the
ass to them?

basskisser wrote:
JimH wrote:
......party tray for the owners and employees of our marina as a token of
our appreciation for the time they spent making sure our boat, as well as
the boats of others, were safe and properly secured during the flooding. It
will arrive by 11:30 this morning. ;-)

Are you then going to turn around and blast them with one of your
bipolar rants, calling them names, and generally being a pain in the
ass to them?

Bassy,
For what it is worth, if JimH was bipolar you are doing your best to egg
him on. Whenever someone encourages inflammatory rants, it is
detrimental to rec.boats. bi polar rants or any other rant really just
gets old very quickly. Why don't you just pretend JimH does not exist.

--
Reggie

That's my story and I am sticking to it!

Cool!,
That little extra appreciation usually goes a long way. I,m sure they
will appreciate that. However, It may or may not go to future favors,
but at least they sould know that there efforts were recognized.

When I take the wife to a nice eat place, I usually single out the
bus-boy and give him a 5 or ten dollar tip. they look at me in shock. I
tell them they have a "thankless" job" and putting myself through
college, I've been there. They usually say something like "Wow, nobody
havse EVER doen anyting like that before. etc.etc." and in many times
they will take up the slack between a waiter/ess being overly busy .

Good generosity doesn't usually go overlooked.



JimH wrote:
......party tray for the owners and employees of our marina as a token of
our appreciation for the time they spent making sure our boat, as well as
the boats of others, were safe and properly secured during the flooding. It
will arrive by 11:30 this morning. ;-)

wrote in message
oups.com...
Cool!,
That little extra appreciation usually goes a long way. I,m sure they
will appreciate that. However, It may or may not go to future favors,
but at least they sould know that there efforts were recognized.

When I take the wife to a nice eat place, I usually single out the
bus-boy and give him a 5 or ten dollar tip. they look at me in shock. I
tell them they have a "thankless" job" and putting myself through
college, I've been there. They usually say something like "Wow, nobody
havse EVER doen anyting like that before. etc.etc." and in many times
they will take up the slack between a waiter/ess being overly busy .

Good generosity doesn't usually go overlooked.



JimH wrote:
......party tray for the owners and employees of our marina as a token of
our appreciation for the time they spent making sure our boat, as well as
the boats of others, were safe and properly secured during the flooding.
It
will arrive by 11:30 this morning. ;-)


Although we were past customers we have not used this marina since we had
our 27 and 32 footer. Nice folks.

They welded a metal support pole with handle where the finger dock meets the
seawall at the request of my wife as she is unsteady on her feet due to a
debilitating medical condition. The support was being welded in place
within hours of her requesting it. I would guess it would have been faster
but they had to fabricate it first. ;-)

During the flooding docks in some areas were literally being ripped away
from the seawall by the combination of high water and current, many times
with boats attached to them, with the docks and boats being washed into the
Lake and then being beached, including on the rocks. The folks at our
marina stayed up all night making rounds and adjusting lines when needed.

Here they are attending to our dock as it had overtopped the end support
pole and they needed to set it back into place:

http://tinyurl.com/qr27j

We did not buy the party tray to receive any special favors.............we
just wanted to say "thanks" for a job well done.

wrote in message
oups.com...


When I take the wife to a nice eat place, I usually single out the
bus-boy and give him a 5 or ten dollar tip. they look at me in shock. I
tell them they have a "thankless" job" and putting myself through
college, I've been there. They usually say something like "Wow, nobody
havse EVER doen anyting like that before. etc.etc." and in many times
they will take up the slack between a waiter/ess being overly busy .

Good generosity doesn't usually go overlooked.

Nice gesture, for sure, but are you aware that in most decent restaurants it
is common practice for the waiters and/or waitresses to contibute a
percentage of their tips at the end of the day to a tip fund for the busboy?
I know, 'cuz I wuz one. (Les Shaw's in New Haven in the '60s)


Eisboch

We did not buy the party tray to receive any special favors.............we
just wanted to say "thanks" for a job well done.

Oh, I know..I know. But that "thanks" doesn't go unnoticed, and
sounds to me like they want to give the best service they can.

Thats still a great jesture of appreciation.






Eisboch wrote:


Nice gesture, for sure, but are you aware that in most decent restaurants it
is common practice for the waiters and/or waitresses to contibute a
percentage of their tips at the end of the day to a tip fund for the busboy?
I know, 'cuz I wuz one. (Les Shaw's in New Haven in the '60s)


Eisboch

I'm very well aware of the fund, 'cause I "wuz one" also. But the bus
kid is the one who has to clean up the slop, making sure the tables and
chair's/booth's/stools are sterile clean, at the same time risking
poking his/her hand with a used knife or fork with lord knows what kind
of DNA is on it etc..... And yes, the waiter/ess's are supposed to
kick in a fund, that's true. And don't get me wrong, I tip the
waiter/ess pretty good too.

But it's always cool to see the look in the bus-kid's eyes when a
patron goes out of the way to give him/her a generous tip . Just
something out of the ordinary seems to make the kids day a bit
brighter.

Here's a site I was combing for rememebring my college days of being a
short order cook (Sambo's) in one place, and busser in another
(Tresslers)...

http://www.bitterwaitress.com/

Here's some thought about tipping the busser...

http://www.bitterwaitress.com/war_st...s.html?id=1957

hmmm, I see the daughter didn't sign out of her gmail account. grrrrrr!


wrote:
We did not buy the party tray to receive any special favors.............we
just wanted to say "thanks" for a job well done.

Oh, I know..I know. But that "thanks" doesn't go unnoticed, and
sounds to me like they want to give the best service they can.

Thats still a great jesture of appreciation.






Eisboch wrote:


Nice gesture, for sure, but are you aware that in most decent restaurants it
is common practice for the waiters and/or waitresses to contibute a
percentage of their tips at the end of the day to a tip fund for the busboy?
I know, 'cuz I wuz one. (Les Shaw's in New Haven in the '60s)


Eisboch

I'm very well aware of the fund, 'cause I "wuz one" also. But the bus
kid is the one who has to clean up the slop, making sure the tables and
chair's/booth's/stools are sterile clean, at the same time risking
poking his/her hand with a used knife or fork with lord knows what kind
of DNA is on it etc..... And yes, the waiter/ess's are supposed to
kick in a fund, that's true. And don't get me wrong, I tip the
waiter/ess pretty good too.

But it's always cool to see the look in the bus-kid's eyes when a
patron goes out of the way to give him/her a generous tip . Just
something out of the ordinary seems to make the kids day a bit
brighter.

Here's a site I was combing for rememebring my college days of being a
short order cook (Sambo's) in one place, and busser in another
(Tresslers)...

http://www.bitterwaitress.com/

Here's some thought about tipping the busser...

http://www.bitterwaitress.com/war_st...s.html?id=1957

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Why don't you just pretend JimH does not exist.


That's pretty hard when he's calling you every name in the book,
insulting, etc.

basskisser wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Why don't you just pretend JimH does not exist.


That's pretty hard when he's calling you every name in the book,
insulting, etc.

Calling you every name in the book and insulting you?

If calling you by your real name, Kevin Noble, is name calling and
insulting then I guess that is true. Otherwise please show me where I
have called you names and insulted you.

You know, you come in here every morning and start slamming folks. It
goes on throughout the day. You do not "contribute" to this group in
any other way. I never read any boating related posts from you.

What is your real purpose here....to cause trouble and stir the pot? I
think so.