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Reply to comment by pomegranatecloud in how to thrive in dc with no big city experience? by Fresh_Dragonfruit702

While this is true, if someone kindly asks me for money etc. and I don’t feel like helping, I say something like “sorry, not today, hope you have a good one.” 90% of the time folks say something like you too and it isn’t a big deal. The other 10% of the time they say nothing back which is also fine. I just hate treating people like they don’t exist.

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Reply to comment by UncleLongHair0 in What's your experience with Initiative 82? by UncleLongHair0

At some point it ceases to be my problem … you get 20% extra on the bill from me, how that is divvied up isn’t my call. I used to work in restaurants and I truly empathize with the workers, but I can’t shoulder figuring out their pay structure when I’m just trying to eat dinner.

To your last point, I don’t tip at retail or pickup only restaurants (except on very large orders).

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Reply to comment by UncleLongHair0 in What's your experience with Initiative 82? by UncleLongHair0

Oh … service fees started to proliferate in the pandemic. I never tip on top of them unless I need to do so to get to 20% (eg I will tip 5% on a 15% service fee). I’ll rarely make exceptions to that rule for outstanding service.

But if a service fee is 20%, I generally don’t leave an extra tip. Gotta keep an eye out for them too, some places are a bit sneaky.

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Reply to comment by TheDeHymenizer in Same dog has bit my dog 2 times in the last 6 months by Plenty_Library2183

It doesn’t though. It just says that Virginia doesn’t have strict liability for bites unless it’s a known issue. It also says you can still sue on a negligence theory, however. So saying you can’t be held liable until after a first bite is incorrect. It’s just way easier once strict liability is in play.

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