tommy

i may very well be ruining the curve for everyone in that case.

what's with the Short Stop in Bloomfield? looks like something i'd be interested in. here. that website says: 315 Franklin Street, Bloomfield, NJ, 201-429-1591

knowing that pete has spent some time in NewJersey, i don't think he had much of a problem with traffic circles.

actually, the "lines" argument doesn't really hold up either way. doesn't mean it's good, doesn't mean it's bad. just means there's a line.

i can tell you right now that McHale's is pretty seedy. So, you went? When? i've been to McHale's many times, but not for a burger. but that's not important right now.

i can tell you right now that McHale's is pretty seedy. I know; I've been there a few times. Only for beer, though, not burgers. I love that place. toasty in the winter too.

now don't be silly. we've got pages devoted to great burgers in the Garden State. White Manna, dare i say, is just ok, but doesn't fill all burger needs.

i can tell you right now that McHale's is pretty seedy.

don't be silly. you weren't even born in the lat 70's.

not that there's anything wrong with that.

you're all fucking nuts.

this guy seems to have some very extreme viewpoints. i'm always tempted to take any extreme opinion with a grain of salt, especially when it comes to my health!

that's interesting. also, i'm having a hard time finding any information/studies on magnets and tannins on the interet. you'd think there'd be something out there.

point taken. but clearly you haven't had the hot dog at the Old Homestead.

i just don't see that. price adjustment, of course, would happen. however, it would not necessarily be "up", and more than likely the new price would be posted, and you'd pay what you thought you were going to pay, rather than 2/100's of a dollar more. Of course. Rounding can be up or down. but removing pennies from a curreny isn't rounding, at least in the sense of the word as it's taken in this discussion. this particular "rounding" was a server over-charging a patron on products that presumably had their prices listed from the get-go.

of *course* it has. i've never heard of anything quite like what suzanne has described. i have to think it was a dumb move by a dumb server, and a dumb manager. i wonder if the owners know about their "policy".

but who cares how it originated and how it's eaten 10,000 miles away? there are countless foods that have "peasant" or "street" origins. i just don't see how that would bother anyone, especially when you're talking about only 6 dollars. if Eyewitness News sent in a camera crew and a consumer advocate, and approached a table and said "do you realize this is *street* food and you just paid 6 dollars for it!?!?", i think the average diner would say "and your point is?"

but then why bother paying the tip in cash? isn't it just easier to tip on the card, along with the rest of the meal?

well jeez, you're making sense now. there are only 3 choices here: short the customer, give the customer the correct change, the restaurant takes a hit a few a pennies. i'm no quarterback, but clearly there is one most correct answer, one acceptable answer, and one unacceptable answer.

because you promised you'd send one for free!

glenn, how many people are using cash to pay at upscale places? i've probably used cash to pay for a meal once in my last 300 meals. additionally, if i do pay cash, and the bill is say 66.21, i'll probably just leave 80 on the table and head out the door. are these pennies really so much a problem? you say yourself it's not adding up to much. seems you've got the solution sussed. and "don't overcharge your customers" isn't a vague generality, nor is it, i think, meant to be a solution to this huge problem that the industry is faced with. it's just common sense and good business. if they don't have that going for them, they're probably beyond help.

i just don't see that. price adjustment, of course, would happen. however, it would not necessarily be "up", and more than likely the new price would be posted, and you'd pay what you thought you were going to pay, rather than 2/100's of a dollar more.

why would you want to pay interest on *any* money if you don't have to? perhaps along with paying the tip in cash, one might also pay a max of 50 bucks on the card for dinner and pay the rest in cash? where is the line drawn? although now i think i'm off topic.

what, if we're not in the restaurant industry we're "sunday morning quarterbacks"? i'm missing the point. i suggest it be handled the following way: don't over-charge your customers.

is there a clip to increase one's sense of humor? that might be handy as well. perhaps i'll pitch it, as i have 20k.