Common Sense

[wetwillie]

Common sense: if you walk up (or down) escalators, you get to your destination super fast. What really happens his everyone just stands there like an idiot.

Common sense just isn't too common these days!

Same with moving sidewalks in airports

I ran someone over on the moving walkway going into the Excalibur, people just don't get it.

[michigancat]

Common sense: if you walk up (or down) escalators, you get to your destination super fast. What really happens his everyone just stands there like an idiot.

Common sense just isn't too common these days!

Same with moving sidewalks in airports

At least on those they tell you to stand on the right.

[puniraptor]

Common sense: if you walk up (or down) escalators, you get to your destination super fast. What really happens his everyone just stands there like an idiot.

Common sense just isn't too common these days!

Same with moving sidewalks in airports

At least on those they tell you to stand on the right.

So they stand on the right and park their gigantic suitcase on the left.  COMMON SENSE, PEOPLE!

[jtksu]

Common sense: if you walk up (or down) escalators, you get to your destination super fast. What really happens his everyone just stands there like an idiot.

Common sense just isn't too common these days!

Same with moving sidewalks in airports

I ran someone over on the moving walkway going into the Excalibur, people just don't get it.

I trampled a bunch of people in Houston. crap was like the running of the bulls.

[puniraptor]

Common sense: sweet potatoes.

[Bloodfart]

Don't give honey to babies.

[slobber]

Anyone gone out to eat with Euro colleagues and they're paying?  Oh man, super awkward.  They tip like 5% no matter what.  Also they have no clue what good/bad service is.

I'm sure every place they go is good service compared to what they get in the motherland.

Very true, but they are oblivious to it.

One Euro boss used to hand me the ticket and ask me how much he should tip. The other Euro boss I had took care of it quite well without any help. I will tell you that these were both exceptions. Several others Euro colleagues were completely oblivious.

[sys]

sys you have to be the most cynical person on the rough ridin' planet. don't ever change.

also you're dead wrong on this.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/06/24/137346289/why-we-tip

[sys]

I'm sure every place they go is good service compared to what they get in the motherland.

i've received service that is comparable or better in countries with no tipping or much lower levels of tipping as compared to the united states.

[Rage Against the McKee]

I'm sure every place they go is good service compared to what they get in the motherland.

i've received service that is comparable or better in countries with no tipping or much lower levels of tipping as compared to the united states.

In my experience, that is the exception rather than the rule.

[sys]

In my experience, that is the exception rather than the rule.

i lived outside the us for like five years, that's a hell of an exception.

[Emo EMAW]

In my experience, that is the exception rather than the rule.

i lived outside the us for like five years, that's a hell of an exception.

But not western Europe right?

[steve dave]

in the UK and France they have the tip line on the credit card things. that may be a credit card thing and not a UK/France thing though.

[Emo EMAW]

Can you sign for credit card purchases in UK or France?  Or do they make you use a PIN?

[steve dave]

Can you sign for credit card purchases in UK or France?  Or do they make you use a PIN?

you sign for them. they bring the machine to your table and then hand you the machine to punch in your tip and then it spits out your receipt to sign. part of the agreement with the credit card companies is they have to accept any Visa/Amex/Etc. card and can't require the chip and pin type only. the only time it will be a problem is with self service machines.

[Emo EMAW]

There are like 5 million idiots in some other undisclosed country that don't think like that sd.   

[Rage Against the McKee]

http://www.ricksteves.com/plan/tips/eurotips.htm

[Mrs. Gooch]

I always just let Gooch pay for anything that might require a tip while we are on vacation so I don't have to figure all this out.

[michigancat]

Why do people flush toilets before peeing in them? Does their body waste have to land in fresh water?

[Dugout DickStone]

Why do people flush toilets before peeing in them? Does their body waste have to land in fresh water?

I don't like looking at, splattering or even the off chance I may inhale someone else's waste.  And water is unlimited.

[star seed 7]

Why do people flush toilets before peeing in them? Does their body waste have to land in fresh water?

I don't like looking at, splattering or even the off chance I may inhale someone else's waste.  And water is unlimited.

Summed up pretty well.

[michigancat]

Why do people flush toilets before peeing in them? Does their body waste have to land in fresh water?

I don't like looking at, splattering or even the off chance I may inhale someone else's waste.  And water is unlimited.

People do this for clean urinals.

[sys]

People do this for clean urinals.

limestone got it, they're managing their splatter risk.

[michigancat]

People do this for clean urinals.

[sys]

People do this for clean urinals.

how do they know it's clean if they don't flush it themselves?  you can't always see filth, michigancat.