No. You were right. Of course that’s not me. I’m sorry for lying. 
Here’s a photo of me taken in Florida last year. Check the URL if you don’t believe me. You can’t fake these things.
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Interesting.
Totally unrelated question: Which photo editing software do you prefer?
I think it’s important to look natural. Some people think I’m a bit weird looking, but I do the best I can. I look pretty good in a tuxedo.
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It’s the squinty right eye that makes you look weird.
Maybe try some photo editing software to clean that up?
Laughing inappropriately at work. Thanks for the giggles 
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I’m enjoying this exchange SO much. Minus David. I agree with OBNurse on this one.
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I’m kinda sensitive about that. I’d prefer you not to mention it. I have crippling body-confidence issues.
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Anyone can see why. Obvi.
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Yeah. Those shorts really make me look fat.
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Yes. Bulgy (bulgey? whatever - all your bulges show)
I need to get to bed. I surely hope you will answer my original question, Mr Jude Law: what is your favorite photo editing software. Just simply asking for a friend.
Oh, but first, here is my picture:
It was laundry day. Hence the shortage of, um, pants and such.
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Hmm. Well your avatar has dark brown hair, and so does the lady in the picture. So that checks out. And we know that laundry is important to you, so it figures that the photo might be taken on a laundry day.
But wait a minute. The picture of you in your avatar shows you wearing glasses. Why are you not wearing glasses in the photo?
I don’t do a whole lot of photo editing. I tend to just use “Preview” on my Mac if I want to mess with a picture.
Well. Um. And here I thought this was a thread about tipping.
If it doesn’t return to topic soon, it might start crossing over into pornography.
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But…since we’re doing the whole my body part is better than your body part comparison, I will point out that I look EXACTLY like a giant white R haloed in green. Very photorealistic.
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I knew when I commented on American tipping it might cause a stir. I didn’t realize it would be this much. First off let me clarify tipping in America. Tipping was created for service above and beyond what was regularly required in the regular wage. It was not a given. Take the example of a waiter. He gets paid for his job just like I did in mine. Granted the employer expects he will get tips so his wage is paid accordingly. Now if he does the bare minumin for his the customer he should NOT expect a tip, but of coarse in this day and age he does. How many times I have went to a restaurant and waited until I finished my dinner before my glass of water or soda was refilled. Where was my waiter? With the current system of percentage that waiter feels he should get that percentage even if he is sitting on his butt in the back chatting with another employee instead of doing his job. There are those who say that if I don’t tip what they expect to get the service in the future will be lousy. I say think again. It will be better because he will no longer work their as the owner knows who works hard and who sits on their butts. Do I sound harsh? Maybe, but if you want good service on a regular basis you will tip accordingly not a percentage no matter what. If you are or have been a waiter or waitress in the past you know this and work for your tip it’s as simple as that. Disney is very expensive and I remember and earier post where I commented on if you can’t afford it you might concider not going. Boy did I get jumped on for that comment. Now I believe I just heard the same on if you can’t afford to tip approprietately. So before I start a battle out here on tipping and what is right a approprieate. let me finish by saying that everyone should tip the way they see fit but not feel ashamed if they do not tip as someone else might. That’s all I am going to say on this subject.
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That isn’t exactly accurate. Minimum wage for those those who work for tips is significant less than those who don’t work for tips. But I definitely understand the point. Over time, it has been less about rewarding good service to more about an expected amount. That was a cultural shift, though. Society kind of changed that way.
Now we have some really good friends who work together in the entertainment (theatre) work. As a result, they haven’t needed to have a home of their own since they are almost always on tour. The extra money they have they use to “bless” others through exorbitant tipping. If they are feeling it, they have been known to leave a $500 tip on a $20 bill in order to help someone. It is, for them, a type of ministry. So, yeah. There are all kinds of ways to tip! 
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I agree that if someone does the bare minimum he should not expect an 18-20% tip. But tips now are not just for “above and beyond” service. They are for service, and you should tip 10% even for not-great service. We generally tip 15-20% for standard service, and we rarely tip much more. Even not-great service rarely gets only 10% from us, because DH and I have both been servers and well remember just having an off day. But DH and I always worked our tails off also.
I’m not saying that if you tip less than 15% that you will always get lousy service in the future. If you regularly go somewhere and you always tip $10 on a check that ranges from $50-70, all the servers will know you as the guy who always leaves a $10 tip and they will likely fight FOR you, because they know that you will tip them $10 if they do their job correctly. But if you regularly go to an expensive place where your bill is $80-100 or more and you never, ever, ever tip more than $10 no matter how well the server does their job, nobody will want to wait on you because they know you don’t tip for service, you tip the minimum no matter what. You are, in essence, encouraging them to not bother with you. I used to have other servers beg me to take tables with certain mixes of people and others who would refuse to work Sunday afternoons in order to avoid the “cheap after-church crowd” [BTW: If you go to church and tip $3 on your $70 bill after Sunday service you are NOT showing Jesus to anyone. Ahem. Rant over.]. Servers learn very quickly who is worth extra effort and who is not, and that knowledge makes its way around when we’re talking about regulars.
Also, restaurant owners are not keeping track of servers’ tips and are not going to evaluate their servers based on their tips. Yes, owners should be paying attention to their employees, but it’s not really correct thinking to think that if people don’t tip well it will show employers that their server stinks and should be fired. It doesn’t work like that.
I don’t feel like people should always feel like they HAVE to tip a certain amount. But I do think that tipping (in restaurants, at least), is supposed to be 10% for a job done and 20% for a job well done. The tips are still supposed to be there, unless the service was truly awful.
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OMG!!! Based on looks; We must be related.
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You know what they say… “Great Rs look alike!”
They do say that, don’t they?
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Yes, of course they do.
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I’m an American and a server and I couldn’t agree with you more. I am thankful for a 15% tip. I have to work for it tho. When I go out I don’t just tip an automatic 20% they have to earn it.
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