Comments on: Another Hole in the Tip Bucket http://knuckleknob.com/2008/03/21/another-hole-in-the-tip-bucket/ If You Know One, It's Probably Me. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:00:56 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: elenna http://knuckleknob.com/2008/03/21/another-hole-in-the-tip-bucket/comment-page-1/#comment-12 elenna Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:45:13 +0000 http://knuckleknob.com/?p=4#comment-12 At Star Lanes bowling alley, in the bar, sits a old glass maraschino cheery jar on the bar top. In pink fluorescent maker it reads “Tips in any amount are appreciated” with a winking smiley face. This is the new sign on the tip jar at work. We don’t have a smoking ban here yet; but the price of food seems two have doubled. I thought it was due to the price of gas, but I found this article interesting from the Boston Globe in March 08’. The article states that food costs are a bigger deal than the ridiculous oil prices. Take a gander for yourself at….. http://www.boston.com/business/personalfinance/articles/2008/03/09/surging_costs_of_groceries_hit_home/ While my tip jar has been a little lonely lately, for the patrons delivering a buck or two, my shaker sits on the bar, lonely, for the fancy apple tinys and mudslides. The Long island iced tea drinkers loved the price of their favorite libation at $4.80 (I think it’s a steal) but it seems to hurt their pocket too much and instead go for the $2.94 Budweiser. Working as a bartender, I thought I had found some un-taxed income, but I guess we’re all pinching a pocket or two… At Star Lanes bowling alley, in the bar, sits a old glass maraschino cheery jar on the bar top. In pink fluorescent maker it reads “Tips in any amount are appreciated” with a winking smiley face. This is the new sign on the tip jar at work.
We don’t have a smoking ban here yet; but the price of food seems two have doubled. I thought it was due to the price of gas, but I found this article interesting from the Boston Globe in March 08’. The article states that food costs are a bigger deal than the ridiculous oil prices. Take a gander for yourself at…..
http://www.boston.com/business/personalfinance/articles/2008/03/09/surging_costs_of_groceries_hit_home/

While my tip jar has been a little lonely lately, for the patrons delivering a buck or two, my shaker sits on the bar, lonely, for the fancy apple tinys and mudslides. The Long island iced tea drinkers loved the price of their favorite libation at $4.80 (I think it’s a steal) but it seems to hurt their pocket too much and instead go for the $2.94 Budweiser.

Working as a bartender, I thought I had found some un-taxed income, but I guess we’re all pinching a pocket or two…

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