Comments on: Is there an end in sight? http://knowtea.com/?p=833 You take the banana out of the freezer, dip it in the chocolate, and roll it in the nuts. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:53:52 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Renae http://knowtea.com/?p=833&cpage=1#comment-7574 Renae Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:49:14 +0000 http://knowtea.com/?p=833#comment-7574 I met your wife on Twitter and just started reading through her blog and found this post linked. I am so sorry for all that you are going through. We've been through similar circumstances, and I only have a glimpse of how much it affected my husband. I will be praying for you and your family. May you receive your daily bread... I met your wife on Twitter and just started reading through her blog and found this post linked.

I am so sorry for all that you are going through. We’ve been through similar circumstances, and I only have a glimpse of how much it affected my husband.

I will be praying for you and your family. May you receive your daily bread…

]]> By: cap'n http://knowtea.com/?p=833&cpage=1#comment-7506 cap'n Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:42:24 +0000 http://knowtea.com/?p=833#comment-7506 I think he's been seduced by Twitter's convenience for pithy witticisms. Twittypithywitticisms. Pithywittytweats. I think he’s been seduced by Twitter’s convenience for pithy witticisms.

Twittypithywitticisms. Pithywittytweats.

]]> By: Mo http://knowtea.com/?p=833&cpage=1#comment-7489 Mo Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:26:31 +0000 http://knowtea.com/?p=833#comment-7489 John, Not that it helps, but Taylor returned from a [maybe] last date with his girlfriend before we take him to college last night. They went to a pizza place and he used a gift card he had gotten for graduation ... which covered all but $2 of the total cost of food. We asked him how much the tip was, and he cringed when he realized that he had forgotten it. He was a little reluctant, but we didn't have to cajole him into the realization that what he needed to do was to drive back to the restaurant (neighboring town ... probably 16 -18 mile round trip) and cover the tip ... and which he did cheerfully as his understanding opened up. It's the example we have lived before him and that we expect him to follow. Your customers were idiots. Mandatory gratuities on large groups are necessary to protect the servers. Wish your restaurant had had such a policy. Praying for you. I'll know things are better when your regular blogging returns. Hang in there. John,

Not that it helps, but Taylor returned from a [maybe] last date with his girlfriend before we take him to college last night. They went to a pizza place and he used a gift card he had gotten for graduation … which covered all but $2 of the total cost of food. We asked him how much the tip was, and he cringed when he realized that he had forgotten it. He was a little reluctant, but we didn’t have to cajole him into the realization that what he needed to do was to drive back to the restaurant (neighboring town … probably 16 -18 mile round trip) and cover the tip … and which he did cheerfully as his understanding opened up. It’s the example we have lived before him and that we expect him to follow. Your customers were idiots. Mandatory gratuities on large groups are necessary to protect the servers. Wish your restaurant had had such a policy.

Praying for you. I’ll know things are better when your regular blogging returns. Hang in there.

]]> By: Karen (Pediascribe) http://knowtea.com/?p=833&cpage=1#comment-7390 Karen (Pediascribe) Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:37:49 +0000 http://knowtea.com/?p=833#comment-7390 Weird...I was in the middle of typing the word "Praying" and my comment posted. :) So....praying that things start turning around for you soon. God is in control. Weird…I was in the middle of typing the word “Praying” and my comment posted. :)

So….praying that things start turning around for you soon. God is in control.

]]> By: Karen (Pediascribe) http://knowtea.com/?p=833&cpage=1#comment-7389 Karen (Pediascribe) Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:36:49 +0000 http://knowtea.com/?p=833#comment-7389 Not sure where you're waiting tables, but isn't there some sort of policy for automatic gratuity on a party that big? Usually anything 8 or over here is an automatic 15%. Which really sucks for our servers, because we give them the 15%. Usually we tip 18-20% if they filled drinks, got orders right, and were friendly. And dang, pay attention to my kids and treat them like humans, and you get extra. :) As for the beach....that IS our budget vacation this year. Thankfully we're living where it's close enough to get to easily. Half a tank of gas, a packed lunch, and some sunscreen and we're off for a day. Not sure where you’re waiting tables, but isn’t there some sort of policy for automatic gratuity on a party that big? Usually anything 8 or over here is an automatic 15%. Which really sucks for our servers, because we give them the 15%. Usually we tip 18-20% if they filled drinks, got orders right, and were friendly. And dang, pay attention to my kids and treat them like humans, and you get extra. :)

As for the beach….that IS our budget vacation this year. Thankfully we’re living where it’s close enough to get to easily. Half a tank of gas, a packed lunch, and some sunscreen and we’re off for a day.

]]> By: On the heels of the recent http://knowtea.com/?p=833&cpage=1#comment-7382 On the heels of the recent Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:11:40 +0000 http://knowtea.com/?p=833#comment-7382 [...] week was a hard week for us in a number of ways, mostly financial (for those who don’t know, that’s SmockDaddy’s blog). Our grocery budget took a [...] [...] week was a hard week for us in a number of ways, mostly financial (for those who don’t know, that’s SmockDaddy’s blog). Our grocery budget took a [...]

]]> By: cap'n http://knowtea.com/?p=833&cpage=1#comment-7356 cap'n Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:40:46 +0000 http://knowtea.com/?p=833#comment-7356 I remember that MJ song, but not to which nose era it belongs. (I'm thinking early 90's, nose number 3 or 4.) Hey, if they ruined your affections for Italian food, I'll come over there and hit someone in the nose for you! Gallows humor aside, I'm truly sorry for the pressures on you and your family. I think many forget concern for a minister's own health and emotional well-being--I've certainly been concerned lately. I pray that people don't lose sight, during the great Congressional recess doldrums of August, of the great, urgent need for health care reform. I remember that MJ song, but not to which nose era it belongs. (I’m thinking early 90’s, nose number 3 or 4.)

Hey, if they ruined your affections for Italian food, I’ll come over there and hit someone in the nose for you!

Gallows humor aside, I’m truly sorry for the pressures on you and your family. I think many forget concern for a minister’s own health and emotional well-being–I’ve certainly been concerned lately.

I pray that people don’t lose sight, during the great Congressional recess doldrums of August, of the great, urgent need for health care reform.

]]> By: Sheena http://knowtea.com/?p=833&cpage=1#comment-7353 Sheena Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:46:40 +0000 http://knowtea.com/?p=833#comment-7353 I'm so sorry to hear about your life right now, I promise to pray for the smockfamily tonight.... I’m so sorry to hear about your life right now, I promise to pray for the smockfamily tonight….

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