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"GPs in most European countries keep the master record of "their" patients. People are generally listed with one and only one GP. As far as I have understood, people in the US tend to visit various physicians depending on where they are and what the problem is, and sometimes go "shopping" or seek second opinion. Correct me if I am wrong but this sounds as if it must make GP services very expensive."
This is very very accurate for the USA. In fact it is very common to fly thousands of miles to get a second opinion.
It is very common to change GP often in one's lifetime, very often.
Truly unimportant tipping overdose
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Posted 2010-March-16, 12:42
I found this ridiculous website today and it reminded me of this thread 
There is a consequence.
http://www.lousytippers.com/
There is a consequence.
http://www.lousytippers.com/
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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Posted 2010-March-17, 07:44
gwnn, on Mar 16 2010, 01:42 PM, said:
I found this ridiculous website today and it reminded me of this thread
There is a consequence.
http://www.lousytippers.com/
There is a consequence.
http://www.lousytippers.com/
This is a very useful site (
) since it explicitly states that old people are exempt from criticism for not leaving tips. I think I will go back to yesterday's Mexican restaurant and retrieve my ten bucks. Yo muy viejo, muy, muy.
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Posted 2010-March-17, 07:56
Kids today have it so easy. All you have to do to earn money is steal the pizza delivery person's tip. Back in the old days, we didn't have pizza deliveries! We had to mow lawns and deliver newspapers...
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Posted 2010-March-17, 08:20
Yes, kids have it easy now. Still..
When I was ten or so my mother would give me money before Christmas so that I could buy gifts for the family. If she ever compared the total spent with the amount given she might have noticed that the difference was about the cost of a chocolate malt. Or maybe two chocolate malts.
When I was ten or so my mother would give me money before Christmas so that I could buy gifts for the family. If she ever compared the total spent with the amount given she might have noticed that the difference was about the cost of a chocolate malt. Or maybe two chocolate malts.
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Posted 2010-March-17, 09:05
The Casinos in Quebec are government run and a dealer told me that unless the tips go above some large amount per shift, the government keeps them. They also pay their staff straight time on Christmas Day!
I only tip at Indian casinos now.
Best tip I ever made: My pard and I got to the playing site in South Africa a day early in 99 and they don't tip at all, at least not anyone black. Into the lobby bar I paid for 16 rands worth of drinks with a c-note and told the guy I don't like tipping every time, this is for the week and share that with the staff.
Next day between sessions, 6 deep at the bar, all hollering and our drinks were in front of us before we sat down. The look on my pards face was priceless and he coughed up another c-note.
3 a.m., lights out, drinks finished, lean over the bar and there is a fresh tray of glasses and a working draft tap. By the end of the week there may have been another dozen South Africans that started tipping.
I only tip at Indian casinos now.
Best tip I ever made: My pard and I got to the playing site in South Africa a day early in 99 and they don't tip at all, at least not anyone black. Into the lobby bar I paid for 16 rands worth of drinks with a c-note and told the guy I don't like tipping every time, this is for the week and share that with the staff.
Next day between sessions, 6 deep at the bar, all hollering and our drinks were in front of us before we sat down. The look on my pards face was priceless and he coughed up another c-note.
3 a.m., lights out, drinks finished, lean over the bar and there is a fresh tray of glasses and a working draft tap. By the end of the week there may have been another dozen South Africans that started tipping.
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Posted 2010-March-17, 18:59
There is a special person I know who is said that when he came to a casino in Montecarlo leaving his car, all the bellboys run towards him giving a reverence and ignored an arab sheik who had got out at the same time.
He payed high enough tips to acomplish that, but he weren't very rich, the key is, after eating/staying in a restaurant/hotel he would just leave by the front door without paying, and no employee was gonna stop him.
He payed high enough tips to acomplish that, but he weren't very rich, the key is, after eating/staying in a restaurant/hotel he would just leave by the front door without paying, and no employee was gonna stop him.