Byrd Park has a bathroom. Other than that, Hollywood Cemetery is the only other public bathroom in the city I can think of.

Oh that's just my life. Even when I'm right, somehow I'm wrong.

Good foods grocery in bon aire has a machine with two types of wheat and it grinds the wheat in front of you, kinda like a coffee grinder.

zzq does similar things.

That place is built on horrible management practices and churn of young college kids performing $20+ dollars worth of work for Pennies

Thank you for that!

Yep.

I still don't understand why you are getting down voted. Must be all the managers seeing this thread.

Yeah that’s how you gotta do it. Don’t ask, don’t make small talk, just a smile and a nod and walk straight into it. Most people don’t give a shit as long as you aren’t shitting on the walls or shooting up.

I think we commented back at the same time. Thank you though.

Texas Beach

Yea, I'm a BOH veteran but know tipping rules just the same. I added the federal legislation in another comment

Better to contact the Virginia Dept of Labor. This is illegal and a government agency has a lot more power than an organization that takes membership dues from businesses.

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/flsa/tips

>In 2020 and 2021, the Department completed a series of rulemakings to update its regulations to protect tipped workers. These rulemakings addressed 2018 legislative amendments to section 3(m) and other sections of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to expressly prohibit employers, including managers and supervisors, from keeping employees’ tips.

There's that for starters. And this:

>an employer cannot keep employees’ tips under any circumstances; managers and supervisors also may not keep tips received by employees, including through tip pools;

Do you have a source you'd like to cite for your bullshit?

Yep.

Section 1, first bullet: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/flsa/tips

"an employer cannot keep employees’ tips under any circumstances; managers and supervisors also may not keep tips received by employees, including through tip pools"

Section 1, first bullet: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/flsa/tips

"an employer cannot keep employees’ tips under any circumstances; managers and supervisors also may not keep tips received by employees, including through tip pools"

Hate not having restrooms in city parks. Especially ones with playgrounds.

Yeah I tip $1 per dessert, salad, or soup ordered for takeout because front of house staff often prepares/packages those. But I almost never get take out anyway.

This is technically wage theft I think

NYDeli now adds 20% tip auto to your bill for take out.

If I didn’t have my kid in my hands in middle of whatever festival was going on in carytown and wasn’t standing in between two drunks at the bar picking up my food I would have said something.

It’s cheaper to eat there and tip the normal 18% than to do takeout and have 20% auto added. What type of bs is this

Fast food places are good, depending on the location they are cleaned frequently. (Yes, I know the one you go to is bad, I don't need details). Hospitals are by far the best, they have solo locking doors.

Rockwood Park in Chesterfield County is nice and paved on a lot of trails. There are different loops and trails are well marked. Pocahontas Park I believe has paved trails as well. Wanted to 2nd or 3rd Bryan Park. Has lots of really nice wide paved trails and is usually sparsely used even on a weekend. Has a lot of nice dirt trails to explore as well plus a decent frisbee golf course. This is one of my favorite parks in Richmond. Obviously parks by the river are prettier, but they are kinda crowded. Maymont is pretty nice and easily accessible. Lots to explore. Looking over this list and what others are commenting, we do have some great parks and are lucky that the riverside of Richmond has been so preserved.

I usually leave a buck if I'm picking up

Agreed, managers are not allowed tips unless clocked in as bartender/server/etc and owners are never ever allowed tips. I have been in the industry for 10 years and seen restaurants go down for this

i’ve also consistently heard this from multiple former and current employees

Sometimes the individual handing you your food was also involved in preparing the meal in some way. Both the restaurants I’ve worked at had front of house employees do some of their shift in the kitchen adding garnishes and things of that nature. I agree that it’s far less common to tip for takeout, but sometimes the person giving you your food is more involved than you might expect.