{"id":9874,"date":"2012-03-09T11:37:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T11:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2012\/03\/09\/tip-skimming-say-it-aint-so-mario\/"},"modified":"2012-03-09T11:37:20","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T11:37:20","slug":"tip-skimming-say-it-aint-so-mario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2012\/03\/09\/tip-skimming-say-it-aint-so-mario\/","title":{"rendered":"Tip-Skimming: Say it Ain&#8217;t So, Mario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">If Mario Batali was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/03\/07\/mario-batali-lawsuit_n_1325304.html?ref=food\" target=\"_self\">really involved<\/a> in tip-skimming, then he&#39;s a bum.&#0160; I enjoy waiting on the occasional guest I allow into my house, but to have to make a living from such work is not an appetizing prospect.&#0160; So I always tip properly when I am out.&#0160; For some reason, pretty girls bring out my avuncular and paternal and generous side.&#0160; You have just spent an hour giving this old man a massage and listening to his persiflage?&#0160; Then you deserve a $10 tip, $20 at Christmas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/maverick_philosopher\/2009\/06\/on-tipping.html\" target=\"_self\">Here<\/a> are my maxims on tipping.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Mario Batali was really involved in tip-skimming, then he&#39;s a bum.&#0160; I enjoy waiting on the occasional guest I allow into my house, but to have to make a living from such work is not an appetizing prospect.&#0160; So I always tip properly when I am out.&#0160; For some reason, pretty girls bring out &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2012\/03\/09\/tip-skimming-say-it-aint-so-mario\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tip-Skimming: Say it Ain&#8217;t So, Mario&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,216],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-and-drink","category-money-matters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}