John S asked:

I never understood this, they are the ones advertising and putting that price out , why do they act insulted if you use it?

.. asked:

Last night was the worst. We went into out local Outback Steakhouse, which was pretty busy. After a 20 minute wait we were escorted to a row of tables along a wall. The back seat was one big bench that ran the whole length of the wall and had chairs on the other side. There was this big family at the table next to us with a small infant in a carseat on the bench seat very close to our table. It was late and there was no other tables so we just kept our fingers crossed and sat down. Baby was very cute, and very quiet about 12 inches from my husband on the bench seat. Well halfway thru the salad baby messes diaper. I mean really messes diaper!! You know, that awful *** me stench. Well after about 5 minutes hubby politely comments to father that “someone needs a clean diaper”. Father smirks ha-ha and continues to eat. I finally had to go get the manager to ask them to change the baby. Babies father was quite peeved at having his meal interupted. Our appetites were gone and before being served main course got up to leave. Manager was quite gracious..”comped” the drinks and salads and gave us a discount coupon for next time. But our meal and our night out was ruined. We grabbed McDonalds on the way home.

hyperkine asked:

Should the tip be based on the amount before or after the coupon? The coupon in question reduces the bill by about 40%.

John S asked:

I never understood this, they are the ones advertising and putting that price out , why do they act insulted if you use it?

roppin r asked:

The situation is this – I recently went on a vacation with a friend and their family. My friend’s Dad covered a lot of my expenses (as he did for his family members), as well as treating us to many extra activities.

Quite frankly, if it were not for his generosity, there is no way I could have afforded to go on this expensive trip. I have already sent a very nice thank you card. Father’s Day is coming up and I want to send him a nice picture of my friend and I, a couple of dvd’s (he is a movie buff) and I have just purchased a restaurant gift card – I just saw a coupon for the same restaurant in today’s paper. Should I include it in the card?
The gentleman in question is very well off financially, and my funds are limited to the above, but I do want to again express my thanks in an appropriate and classy manner – I do not think it is all inappropriate to send him something for Father’s day as he and his wife refer to me as their “adopted daughter”.