Joe,

JM>>   I look forward to the visit...and especially to the eating. 

JM>  Just remember, your the host, I'm just the guest who pays the tip. 

  Should I print up tip cards that note the following??

1) Plant your corn early.
2) Keep your powder dry.
3) Always wear clean underwear.

  One individual I know printed up on business cards a statement that
"he does not agree with charging a 20% tip fee BEFORE they even have the
food, let alone before service is rendered"...and adds "this was both my
first, and last trip, to this restaurant; and I will tell others to
avoid this place".

  I can understand his point. My late wife and I had a bad experience at
the Ryan's Buffet cafeteria in southwest Little Rock a few years before
she died. While she would "eat all her food first, then drink her
beverage to fill up the nooks and crannies", I'm "into heavy
drinking"...I've got to have food to wash it down with. During this one
visit, I could not get refills, and it was like the employees were
nowhere to be found...yet, the restaurant didn't look that busy. Several
times, I thought I'd choke on my food.

  When I found the manager, I laid into him, and basically said what was
on that friends business card. He apologized, and my late wife and I got
a free meal on our next visit. It turned out to be our last one, because
shortly after that, the chain announced it was closing its restaurants.

Daryl

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