It feels really awful when you sign that creditcard bill at even the pizzashop , to me anyway, and a real person hands you that form and you're faced with that line, I agree!
And if it was cooked right there, by his mates if not him, then it seems a reasonable 'thank-you' for cooking for me.
I stare at the line...make a slash thru it? ...I wince, I see my hubby do it with alarming apparent relish sometimes.
I think that's why we find something to fight about if he signs the check in front of me...yeah, that's a good thing to realize!
haven't been out for birthday dinners for ages...
I think we both sometimes make the slash with takeout, and sometimes leave it blank. that hole looks quite lovely as you sign your name compared to a slash. don't think i've ever filled it though, so I'm going to try that next trip to the local take-out and see how that feels!
cheers...
edit: I'm having a lot of fun lately going to the DQ before they shut the shack for the winter. I get cones for the kids and break my bill and give the coin-change to the tipjar. These kids are working in a shack and being so sweet about it, so true about it. They really want to know whether you or your babe wants rainbow sprinkles or chocolate sprinkles. I prefer it when they don't see me put the change in though, because if they do they sometimes say 'thank you' and then I feel guilty that I didn't put more in, if I see lots o' bills.
So, I think tipjars should never ever be 'baited' with fake tips. And so in coffeeshops where the snarkmeisters plant little poems about how you should tip or why they earned it, it's so pukey I won't do it.
There;s a new icecream store chain called Cold Stone Creamery..I think it's national now and I find it horrific. The schpiel is that they get the kids to break out into little canned songs every once in a while, and they're often related to how they should be tipped. If there is really someone at corporate headquarters enforcing that little deal...oh my gods...the middle managers who have to train the kids...talk about working for the clampdown!
The tipjar at the DQ says "tipjar" just so you don't think it's a place to put your dirty napkins...
cheers again!