Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 10:07:15 -0400
From: Joe <yojoe@whataguy.org>
To: balloon@balloonhq.com
Subject: Re: balloon-d Digest V00 #169

Lauren wrote

>>  Since he does what my children can do (excluding the magic
part) I am not overly driven to tip.<<

I'm not being a jerk  here, and I didn’t see the performance, but you can’t
exclude the magic part from the tip calculations. You are belittling magic by
making that statement. He is doing things your kids can't do, and has worked hard
at it.  ( I think I know the guy you’re talking about, and I agree he is average,
but  he's fun, and the kids like him. I also know He gets paid by the restaurant,
but no one working in restaurants gets paid what they should, you know that).

Now if you don’t think he was very skillful, and doesn’t deserve a tip, that’s
another thing altogether. Like if his idea of “magic” is a trick deck of cards and
a magic coloring book. Personally I tip everyone unless they were horrible at what
they were doing.

Joe