And Starbucks girls, Bagel boys and hotel maids should not get tips!

David speaks about dating and relationships every day.
I sense an attitude from you here.

Why bust his balls if he wants to write about something else once ina while.
Do you read him everyday?
Have you bought any of his stuff?
Or do you just ask him to serve your needs for free?
I have been reading this blog since it started and bought all his products for women.
My dating life has improved and I owe it all to him.
I am appreciative of him busting his ass for all of us.
I just get annoyed at people who sound un appreciative

Now could you please discuss relationship issues?

I’m stalling from working today if anyone wonders why I am posting so much today. That, and this topic is fun for me to talk about.

I am not refering to Karma in the Buddhist sense. I know they get mad when we Westernize that particular word. I am refering to the belief that if you do good things in your life because YOU WANT TO and not because you are expected to be good, then it helps your own inner sense of being feel more accomplished and complete. It chases away the need for feeling guilty about not tipping.

I never said it was required to give 10%. Perhaps tithe was a poor choice of words because that implies intent. A good spiritual goal of giving away 10% of all you earn is something few try and achieve but it used to be much more common.

I own the film and I know the selfish personality of the filmmaker.

I am trying to say, TAKE THE OTHER PERSON out of the equation and tip for reasons that you create, not reasons that others expect. If that happens to be towards a bigger charity, then all the more power to you. But a lot of charities are run by commitee and comitees take away from the bottom dollar helping others to support the lifestyles of the people who run the charity. So if you want to compare apples to oranges, then you have just as good a chance of making your charitable act of giving going to waste in a charity as opposed to making a waitress feel confident about herself (even if she was stoned and lazy when she gave you that pork sandwich from the bar) because the alternative is to spike her day with negative feelings when she asks herself why the guy on bar stool #5 didn’t leave her twenty percent.

Think of the self, and the selfishness in your life will disppear. That’s the message I was sharing with the community on here. Give because YOU WANT TO not because you are expected to. If you don’t want to give, and you tell me I won’t think any differently of you. It is how you view your self that matters. And if that gets me up the ladder to Nirvanna faster, then bravo Buddha, you just made my day as well.

Mike

Karma seems to be one of the reasons people tip. First of all, you can forget about karma because it only applies to reincarnation, and there isn’t any convincing evidence that supports reincarnation is true.

And amovie, tipping IS what the other person receives, because as David pointed out, they expect to receive tips by placing their jars out and giving you dirty looks when you don’t.

I would much rather give 10% to the furtherance of Christianity, even though the bible says tithing is not required, rather cheerful giving is encouraged. If you can’t give cheerfully, then you are advised not to give at all. (2 Cor. 9:6-7)

And you can’t compare tipping to giving to a charity or non-profit organization, because charities and non profit’s are not out to make more money for themselves.

Click on my name for the link to the youtube clip of reservoir dogs tipping scene.

Like I said, how many people give away 10% of their income anymore? No one. So tip when you can and when you feel it will be appreciated and don’t feel guilty about it if you recind your generosity.

I tip my hairdresser $20 every single time I go for the simple fact that he helps me feel more attractive to myself and the karma he gives me by boosting my confidence is invaluable to me.