Merged: Field Study 101

[PapaG]

Lifted from an email...

Today on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read “Vote Obama, I need the money.” I laughed.

Once in the restaurant my server had on a “Obama 08” tie, again I laughed as he had given away his political preference — just imagine the coincidence.

When the bill came I decided not to tip the server and explained to him that I was exploring the Obama redistribution of wealth concept. He stood there in disbelief while I told him that I was going to redistribute his tip to someone who I deemed more in need—the homeless guy outside. The server angrily stormed from my sight.

I went outside, gave the homeless guy $10 and told him to thank the server inside as I’ve decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy was grateful.

At the end of my rather unscientific redistribution experiment I realized the homeless guy was grateful for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn even though the actual recipient deserved money more.

I guess redistribution of wealth is an easier thing to swallow in concept than in practical application.

 

[PapaG]

Re: Field Study 101

I eat lunch downtown almost every day and know some servers.

My plan is to ask them their political affiliation, and then do likewise with my tip since Burnside and the NW blocks are becoming overrun by street addicts.

 

[MARIS61]

Re: Field Study 101

Behind every Billionaire are hundreds of thousands of grossly underpaid people who did all his dirty work.

THAT's what I call redistribution of wealth.

 

[MARIS61]

Re: Field Study 101

I eat lunch downtown almost every day and know some servers.

My plan is to ask them their political affiliation, and then do likewise with my tip since Burnside and the NW blocks are becoming overrun by street addicts.

You don't strike me as a big tipper.

 

[barfo]

Re: Field Study 101

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Yeah, that's a perfect analogy. Take money from a poor working person and give it to a poor non-working person. That's exactly what Obama is talking about when he says that people making $250K or more should pay slightly higher taxes. Cause, you know that waiter is pulling down $250K in tips.

barfo

 

[maxiep]

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Behind every Billionaire are hundreds of thousands of grossly underpaid people who did all his dirty work.

THAT's what I call redistribution of wealth.

I'm glad you admit that billionaires create jobs.

 

[Pontius]

Re: Field Study 101

My plan is to ask them their political affiliation, and then do likewise with my tip since Burnside and the NW blocks are becoming overrun by street addicts.

Honestly, what does their political affiliation have to do with whether or not you give them a tip? For all you know they might vote republican because they're scared of gays ruining the sanctity of marriage, or they might vote democrat because they support Roe v. Wade.

 

[Dumpy]

Re: Field Study 101

if this wasn't so moronically stupid, it would be pretty funny. You know, your server probably holds three different jobs, maybe he or she is trying to go to school also, and just trying to pay the bills. You should always tip your servers well, especially with gas prices the way they are right now.

What would REALLY be apt is if you went up to the OWNER of the restaurant and told him that you were only going to pay 90% of your bill, and give the rest to the homeless guy. Good luck! Let us know how that goes.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Re: Field Study 101

While I thought it was both funny and thoughtful as well as taught a vbaluable lesson, I still would have left some sort of a tip. If nothing else to show a little compassion.

 

[Minstrel]

Re: Field Study 101

Deciding to do a field study of similar intellectual worth, I asked around until I found a pregnant woman who happens to be Republican. I then shot her unborn child (I am unsure whether she lived...irrelevant), but I explained to her in the ambulance that I was exploring the Republican concept of choosing for the mother what to do about her unborn child. She didn't seem angry, but that may have been due to her unconsciousness.

Still, if she survived, I imagine she won't be happy. I guess government choosing for the mother, when that choice is different from the mother's choice, is an easier thing to swallow in concept than in practical application.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

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The guy sounds like a real asshole

 

[PapaG]

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The guy sounds like a real asshole

Are you calling Obama an asshole?

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Re: Field Study 101

Are you calling Obama an asshole?

If Obama stiffed a waiter to try to prove some ridiculous point . . . yea, Obama would be an asshole.

But I was talking about this egotistical jerk who is more interested in listening to himself saying "told you so" than thinking about the fact he stiffed the waiter. I'm guessing he never worked in the serving industry and has no concern for them.

 

[PapaG]

Re: Field Study 101

If Obama stiffed a waiter to try to prove some ridiculous point . . . yea, Obama would be an asshole.

But I was talking about this egotistical jerk who is more interested in listening to himself saying "told you so" than thinking about the fact he stiffed the waiter. I'm guessing he never worked in the serving industry and has no concern for them.

Sometimes lessons have to be learned, even if you call it a "told you so". People have no choice if their taxes are raised and given to others who don't produce; this waiter had no choice that his earned tip went to someone else.

Bravo, anonymous tipper.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Re: Field Study 101

Sometimes lessons have to be learned, even if you call it a "told you so". People have no choice if their taxes are raised and given to others who don't produce; this waiter had no choice that his earned tip went to someone else.

Bravo, anonymous tipper.

The only lesson to be learned here is to spit in that 'tipper's" food if he ever stepped foot in that establishment again.

Sometimes lessons have to be learned, and stiffing a waiter to try to prove some point (god this tipper sounds so smug about things) needs to be taught a lesson.

Bravo to fucking the hard working low income citizens.

 

[PapaG]

Re: Field Study 101

The only lesson to be learned here is to spit in that 'tipper's" food if he ever stepped foot in that establishment again.
Sometimes lessons have to be learned, and stiffing a waiter to try to prove some point (god this tipper sounds so smug about things) needs to be taught a lesson.

Bravo to fucking the hard working low income citizens.

That's funny, because I feel the same way about the Bush tax cuts, which affect me, expiring during the next Congress. Meaning, no matter what the silver-tongued Obama says, my taxes will go up. I feel like spitting on the government for this, much as this waiter probably feels like spitting in this tax-paying citizen's food.

Bravo to f**king the hard working middle income citizens.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Re: Field Study 101

That's funny, because I feel the same way about the Bush tax cuts, which affect me, expiring during the next Congress. Meaning, no matter what the silver-tongued Obama says, my taxes will go up. I feel like spitting on the government for this, much as this waiter probably feels like spitting in this tax-paying citizen's food.

Bravo to f**king the hard working middle income citizens.

You do realize, that no matter who wins the election, taxes are going up right.

In fact life was a lot better for many people when taxes were up under the Clinton era v. the lower taxes during the Bush era.

I just think it is sad that this person feels he is making some point by stiffing a waiter . . . that is one angry, irrational voter.

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

Re: Field Study 101

Hah, I should pay some homeless dudes to hold up signs:

"Vote Obama or give me $1000 for nothing....same thing".

 

[barfo]

Re: Field Study 101

I just think it is sad that this person feels he is making some point by stiffing a waiter . . . that is one angry, irrational voter.

If it makes you feel better, I'm pretty sure that story is made up.

barfo

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Re: Field Study 101

If it makes you feel better, I'm pretty sure that story is made up.

barfo

That's what I was guessing . . . the give away is a $10.00 tip for lunch. I figure a guy like that who can easily dump on a server and rub their nose in it would never consider giving a $10.00 tip for lunch (lucky if you get 10% from a guy like that).

But still the whole attitude of "stiff a server to prove a point" rubs me the wrong way.

 

[CelticKing]

Income Redistribution - A fulfilling experiment when personally applied!

Income Redistribution - A fulfilling experiment when personally applied!

Last Thursday while walking to lunch on the corner of Market and East Bay, I passed what appeared to be a homeless man standing on the corner of Wentworth and East Bay holding a hand-made sign that read, “Vote Obama, I need the money.”, I laughed to myself and admired the man for his misplaced, albeit blatant honesty.

Once inside one of my favorite restaurants, I noticed that my waiter was wearing a bright blue ,“Obama 08” tie; again I laughed to myself as he boldly and proudly advertised his political preference for all the world, and his customers, to see -- just imagine the odds of encountering two such 1st Amendment harbingers of change in less than 10-minutes.

When the check finally came I decided not to tip my waiter and explained to him that I was going to implement a practical application of Obama's Redistribution of Wealth concept as my own personal socialistic experiment. He stood there in stoic disbelief as I explained to him that I was going to redistribute his rightfully earned $10 tip to someone who I deemed more in need...a homeless fellow standing a few blocks north in front of the Harris Teeter parking lot. The waiter stammered a few "Why practice on me? I’m just a local college student!" retorts and then angrily stormed away from the table in a steaming huff of progressive self-righteous indignation.
Apparently, after experiencing firsthand the application of such socialistic governance from the perspective of the rightful wage earner, my young liberal-minded waiter was quickly convinced that income redistribution was much easier to support as a noble, magnanimous social policy than when his own hard-earned income was about to be redistributed, against his will, to another I deemed more needy.

I went outside, walked back up to Wentworth, gave the homeless guy a $10 bill, and asked him to walk down to the restaurant on the corner and thank the waiter there who was wearing the “Obama 08” tie as I've decided he could use the money more than my waiter who had actually earned the $10. The homeless fellow smiled in grateful disbelief, tossed his sign in the hedge, and promptly bounded for the liquor store across the street.

At the end of this impromptu and rather unscientific income redistribution experiment I realized the homeless fellow was truly grateful for the money that he had not exerted any effort to earn, but my liberal-minded waiter was highly indignant that I would take from him and then give to another the honest wages that he had worked hard to earn even though the homeless recipient needed the money more.

As I walked back to my office, I began thinking about the heavy burden of corporate ownership and the endless frustration from beating my head against the wall of increasing bureaucracy year-after-year. I also thought of the majority of this year’s hard-earned profits that I had planned to reinvest in a few new employees, annual raises to reward loyalty and hard work, Christmas bonuses for extraordinary effort, and year-end corporate donations to the SC Aquarium, Coastal Conservation League, and the Historic Charleston Foundation.

After reconsidering my apparent politically incorrect capitalistic beliefs, the needs of my hard-working, albeit financially struggling, middle-class staff, and the six-figure salaries of the three non-profits’ directors sitting in the big stately, well-maintained buildings that each called home, I decided then and there to give every last penny of this year’s profit directly to Charleston’s Homeless Shelter, layoff all my staff, close our company, retire early, and depend upon the largesse of Obama’s promised Redistribution of Wealth for my every need!
In that brief instance, I too became a practicing socialist!

It's a shame the majority of the media has done absolutely nothing, nada, zip, on Obama's socialist plans and programs and redistribution of wealth (our money, our earned freaking money).

SAY NO TO OBAMA!!!

 

[maxiep]

Re: Income Redistribution - A fulfilling experiment when personally applied!

I redistribute my income myself, and do it more efficiently than the Federal Government. If my taxes go up, Habitat for Humanity, my church and other charities will receive less from me. Income redistribution doesn't need to be mandated by the Federal Government. There are plenty of community organizations that understand the needs of their communities better and can distribute money more efficiently than the Federal Government. One would think a former community organizer would understand this simple fact.