Deadspin FOIAs Harbaugh's Expense Reports, Results Bland
http://deadspin.com/we-got-jim-harbaugh-s-itemized-expenses-and-they-re…
"Rick Pitino, he is not."
Table turnover. Small groups generally eat and get out. You get more chances for tips on a per person basis. Large parties tend to linger for hours. Stats say usually about 60-70% longer.
A waitress has an assigned section, and if all of her tables are pushed together for one party it is imperative that they are compensated. With small groups, you can overcome one bad tip with the next diners, but when all of your tables are tied up you get held hostage.
He's right. Tips aren't required. People tip because in civilized society it's expected. But it's not as though you suffer repercussions if you choose not to tip (you might not want to eat there again, though). It just makes you kind of an asshole. But some people are cool with that so...oh well.
LOL says no waitress ever.
"Technically you can tip 0% and face no reprocussions in any way"
I encourage you to do that in a restaurant you eat at frequently. You'll get some interesting additions to your food that you didn't even ask for.
The actual tip was 16.66%.
The article calculated the tip as 15.3% of the entire bill ($425.15). However, the subtotal on the bill came to $390.05, and it was only the sales tax which brought the bill up to $425.15. You don't need to tip on the sales tax. So, the $65 tip was 16.66453019% of the $390.05 subtotal.
March 23rd, 2017 at 10:08 AM ^
While I generally agree with the "never piss off the people who handle your food" rule, I tend to apply that ex ante. Unless you're going back to the same establishment, or your tip amount somehow impacts a future service, a tip is ex post. This doesn't mean you should be cheap.
So he rented a Challenger down in Florida. Me picturing Harbaugh driving a Hellcat is both hilarious and extremely frightening.
People criticizing the Deadspin writer here are wrong. It's a lighthearted story and he puts everything in context. It's not an attack on Michigan.
Reporters (I am one) often do public records request to find things out. If nothing newsworthy comes of it, it's not the end of the world to do a jokey post on what's in there. You don't need to have a malicious intent to file a public records request.
Edit: Here's a jokey Deadspin/public records post I did a few years back on Wisconsin's football coaching search: "I Do Not Fit The Mold You Would Expect": Meet The Pharmacist, The FedEx Courier, And Other Dreamers Who Applied To Coach Wisconsin Football. It wasn't an attack on Wisconsin when I requested the applications (from those who didn't request the university keep them confidential).
March 22nd, 2017 at 10:14 PM ^
He insinuates that taxpayers are on the hook for the expenses of the Dept of Athletics, and by extension, the football program and its head coach.
That is wrong, and he would have known that had he done just a little bit of digging (it wouldn't take much - there's that useful new tool called "Google" now; maybe he's heard of it).
March 23rd, 2017 at 10:54 AM ^
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