I have joked for years that I am an Ikea carpenter. I said this partially because it seemed we were often putting together IKEA furniture – usually dressers! Strangely enough both my grandfathers were carpenters, yet that gift did not seem to be handed down to me in my own DNA. But this weekend with…
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To tip or not to tip
When and how much to tip for service? I have traditionally been pretty sympathetic to those who work in the industry, but lately with escalating prices on everything, reduced service, and, at least in Edmonton, being required to bring my own takeout bag, well I’m thinking that I am only going to tip for real…
I stole it
Up front let me confess that I copied this from a post that Rob Kerr made on social media. I stole it. Well, I took it. I will ask him… if I can post this in the end I suppose it won’t be stealing. But at the time it felt like it. Why you ask…
