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Where Could I Find Cheap Web Hosting Providers? I was searching for some affordable web hosting the other day and I found out that some hosts accept discount coupons and some of them have occasional discount prices. Where could I find out what web hosts are giving out discounts?
Does anyone have ideas on hosting a card making event in a scrapbooking store? As an associate of a scrapbook store that has recently relocated I was asked to come up with some ideas to get people to come in. We have offered discounts ect. Nothing really has worked. I love making cards and was hoping to set up something to bring people in- I have never done it before and would love some ideas.
Need a nice cozy Room / Atmosphere to rent out for Hosting a Party?...? I just started selling candles and clothing an things like that, but I live in a place where it would not be sufficient enough for a group of people to be at, nor host a party at or for anything. I need suggestions, Good Suggestions, beyond asking to use someone's place or hosting it at someone's house and giving them part of a sample or discount and such, not that I mind, but I want to feel in control at my own party I am running for my business, and then things tend to get complicated sometimes in those types of situations, just not up to that. I would like to find a place I can rent out, For Cheap, just every so often, that would be cost effective, yet Cozy, and pretty convenient for everyone involved to get to, keep in mind, it is for selling a clothing line, candles, jewelery, bath and body, and such things. ANY IDEAS? As of WHERE I MIGHT BE ABLE TO HOST THIS TYPE OF EVENT A FEW TIMES A WEEK? Maybe something that has a few chairs, sofa(s) pherhaps, would be nice, etc?... PS: I live in San Diego, CA.
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How and when to decline a selling party invitation? My wife is frequently invited to "selling parties" where the hostess is sponsoring a company that comes in to sell stuff to those in attendance. The hostess receives credit for the sales and is able to buy stuff herself at a discount or free. Should these be viewed as a business transaction in which one is free to simply decline if they are not interested in the merchandise being sold? Or is it a social event hosted by a friend in which the invitation should be accepted out of courtesy even if she has no interest in the product being sold? She doesn't sponsor these things herself, so there's no issue of hypocrisy here (declining others' invitations then expecting them to come to hers) but doesn't want to hurt the feelings of her friends who hold these parties.
Hi, what is the cost of 4 websites and 4 domaine names for each website but just one hosting company, yahoo.? Hi, I would like to use Yahoo as our companies hosting service. We need 4 different websites and 4 domain names. 1) What is the cost of these 4 websites and matching domain names? 2) The actual question may be; are there discounts for 4 website but only 1 hosting company which will be Yahoo. I look forward to your thoughts and suggestions, Sincerely, Jack Stefano / Pres. FMS Co 1.800.382./8322 PS please feel free to call & am to 9 pm est.
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Does modern physics support or discount the spirituality and the paranormal? Would you say that modern physics models of the world (quantum mechanics, string theory, the holographic paradigm...) support the possibility of so-called paranormal phenomena (telepathy, psychokinesis etc) or discount them? Also, for the really brave, what about spirituality in general and the possibility of divine? Obviously I'd like people who actually know about the subject to comment, but if you're going to insist, at least first watch the PBS documentary "The Elegant Universe", hosted by physicist Brian Greene: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/ Also take a look at at the "double slit experiment", which you can find here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4237751840526284618 You could also watch "What the bleep do we know?" which, while perhaps a bit less objective about the matter, still raises some very interesting points. PS. I'm not looking for the best answer I agree with. 10 points to the best argument EITHER way. We're debating here, not arguing.
goood hosting ?? Hi, I'm Bryan and I'm the Owner and Founder of Bucs WebHosting. I'm here to meet your hosting needs. If your interested in hosting please go to [code]www.bucswebhosting.com[/code] and we'll start helping you setup your own website TODAY We are having alot of discounts for the Christmas Holidays and the New Year. So please take a look if you have a chance... Everyone have a merry christmas and a safe holidays. Thanks You.
Immediate product discount on Pampered Chef products if I am a consultant? Ok, I am about to sign up. I have a great friend who is a consultant who I am signing up with.. right now, as we speak, she is moving back from overseas to the states,(we're both military wives) so I cannot ask her this question, and I am dying to know. When I purchase my kit, am I allowed to purchase other products (or certain products)? I want to buy some small things like twix clips, veggie peeler, etc.. to give away at parties. I know PC probably limits that kind of stuf. How much exactly do you have to sell before they give you discounts? And do they discount a bundle set? thank you to anyone that answers. Also, for my first party, I was thinking about doing it at my house and maybe doing a "mystery host" and having HALF the benefits go to who ever's name I pick out of a hat? anyone do anything like that similar?
Una recently purchased two boxes of ten-inch candles? Una recently purchased two boxes of ten-inch candles — one box from a discount store, and the other from an expensive boutique. One evening, Una noticed that the inexpensive candles last only three hours each, while the expensive candles last five hours each. The next evening, Una hosted a dinner party and lit two candles — one from each box — at 7:30 pm. During dessert, a guest noticed that one candle was twice as long as the other. At what time was this observation made?
where do I lodge a complaint dealing with a bad resort in Eminence MO? My family and I have just concluded a vacation in Eminence Mo. We stayed a week at Eminence canoes,cottages and camp resort. Our reservations were made in January of 2006 for the week of 7/8-06 to 7/14/06. Upon our arrival our hosts had increased our confirmed price by $250.00, after some arguement the price was reduced to the price confirmed on the reservation inatially made in January. However there was an additional discount to be given for cash payment which was refused by the resort hosts. Are reservation conformations binding on just myself or on both parties?
Would you consider this tacky or in bad taste? Friends of my son are having a graduation party for a graduating senior, which is being catered. In the invitation, they asked for an RSVP and $25.00 to attend the party. There was also a note enclosed asking parents to be chaperones at a discounted price of $10.00. I consider it tacky and in bad taste, my son's and I will not attend. Most of the seniors and parents will NOT attend either. Hey.......a graduation party is supposed to be fun.............and if the hosts want a party? throw it.
Where to find CHEAP Baby Bottle Pop Candy? I am hosting my sister's babyshower, and I thought that having Baby Bottle Pops as gift favors would be really cute. Flavors don't matter...I need a box of 20 and all I can find is retail price. I am looking for wholesale or discounted bottles. Otherwise, they average $1.00 per bottle. Anyone know where I can find 20 of these for Cheap? Less than $15 for a box of 20...
VistaPages Review - how good it is? I get some offer from VistaPages! I wanted to get more and more rebates and discount from this hosting! anyone have any suggestion about it? Pls teach me if you know it. thanks!
what percentage of the female population in the U.S. buy their clothing at discount stores? According to a talk show host, $595.00 for one ensemble is "budget friendly". I do not agree. I believe that in reality the majority of the 151,963,545 women in this country, do not think that this number is "budget friendly". I have put three kids thru college, never owned a new car, and have never owned any clothing that cost over $25.00. I have a great retirement account and money in savings . Surely I am not the only one.No matter what the answer I will not start shopping at Saks.
Reserving hotel rooms for wedding guests? I've heard that you can reserve a block of hotel rooms for out-of-town wedding guests and possibly get a discounted rate. Does this mean that you, the hosts, are paying for the guests' accommodations? Or does it just mean that the hotel is agreeing to keep the rooms available until a certain date, and that the guests are responsible for actually booking and paying for their rooms? Also, how do you let the guests know which hotels you have agreements with? Do you include that information with the invitations? Thanks!
need help from home party consultants like Tupperware, cookie lee, pampered chef etc? I am doing a traveling boutique featuring children's and a few womens clothing and accessories some of which I make and some I buy. What I am trying to figure out is my sales are pretty good at the shows I've done so far but I was hoping to get outside of my friends to hold shows and have not been successful in booking new shows. What kind of incentives should I do? I offered a tiered plan based on sales some free some discounted based on $ volumn. Should I make something that is for hosts only? Any advise related to this would be helpful. Is it okay to ask the host to help? Keep in mind that I do not do a presentation--it is an open house for a couple of hours and set up like a boutique in someones living room.
Scrapbook Suggestions? I am a new consultant with a scrapbook company. I have ladies host classes and I teach a little something then she gets free and discounted items off what her guest purchase. I like to scrapbook but I am nervous about teaching a class. Of course I want to make as much money as possible and I want it to be successful for those hosting also. I will also need a lot of repeat business and others to offer to host classes. Does anyone have any suggestions on what is a good project for beginners or for intermediate scrapbookers? Maybe even some sites to look at for tutorials.
Help with finding a tea set!? I am hosting a table at a "Women's tea" and need to serve tea to 10 people! I cannot afford three $30+ tea sets (most sets only serve 4 people so i would need three)... i need creative ideas or a website with discounted tea sets. Bytheway, i prefer clear teacups, but i do NOT want traditional style tea cups with flowers, etc. I am looking for something a little more modern. Any help would be great!!!!
Ummm... Can someone pleeeeease help me solve this riddle? 3 men are on a journey, they stop at a hotel for the night. The room is $30. They each pay $10. The hotel host gives them a discount of $5. Since he can't split evenly between the 3 guys the $5, he gives them each $1 and keeps the remaining $2 for himself. The room is $27 dollars. ($30 - the $3 dollars they get back) they each pay $9 ($10 - $1 discount) $9+9+9 + the $2 dollars the host kept = $29 Dollars? Where's the other dollar?!?!
HostPapa Review? How much discount can I get from using HostPapa Hosting? pls share your review with me. Thanks, have a nice day
scentsy candles? anyone sell these...if I host a party would i get a discount on the start up kit and what other stuff would i get for hosting
Do you find this tacky or rude? My friend invited me to a jewelry party (much like the tupperware parties of the past). She told me she was having it at her apartment community's clubhouse with another hostess and they were asking that everyone contribute $5 to help cover the cost of renting the clubhouse. Is that rude or tacky, or is it just me? Because she is hosting the event, she gets a discount and free items based on the purchases the guests make. Also, I didn't ask her to hold the stupid party. Why should I have to pay when I feel like I am doing her a favor by going? What do you think?
how can I tell her how I feel about my friendship? We have been friends since 98 and now she's a stay home mom. Since she has money issues, she started to sell cosmetics. She started to pressure me to bring my friends to her party. I brought 2 friends and I helped her by buying some cosmetics (she didn't even gave me a discount). Then she talked smack about my friends cause they didn't return her call(they didn't want to feel pressure to host a party). Last month she invited me to another party to make purses. I didn't want to go cause I didn't have $$. I told her that I wasn't going to the party, she said that she had dropped alot of money on food to cater this party, half of her guests canceled at the last minute and then she hung up the phone on my face. It has been over two weeks & she hasn’t called me back. I called last Friday, and she was at the gym, and didn't return my call. I don't know what’s next. She has a history of manipulating other to get what she wants. She gets upset, yell at the person, uses strong words, and then she gets what she wants. When I told her that I didn't want to go to her party, she accused me that I don't spend time with her anymore, that I keep doing "all other activities" with my other friends instead of her. I told her that I could spend time in other day, but she seemed to not care. I feel like she's jealous that I can do stuff and that now she can't do more cause of her baby and lack of $$$. I feel like she wanted me to come to her party cause the more $$$ people spend in these parties, the more she gets from hosting the parties. The bottom line is that she can be a great person when she wants to, but she can also be very materialistic, judgmental, shallow, and envious. I’m not here to change her, but her behavior is pushing me away. She talks bad about her other friends and I feel like she talks bad about me too behind my back. I’m not here to change her, but her behavior is pushing me away. She talks bad about her other friends and I feel like she talks bad about me too behind my back. I don't like that, but I don't know how I can address what I see to her.
advices will be appreciated :)? 1. when is a person not a teenager anymore? over 20 yrs old? 2. what's a good way to ask a 23 yr old to my college semi formal as my date? how's the following: "hey __, are you busy this ___? clubA is hosting semi-formal event and im wondering if you would like to go as well? im an exec so i can get us discount prices too"
Does modern theoretical physics have room for spirituality and the "supernatural"? Would you say that modern physics models of the world (quantum mechanics, string theory, the holographic paradigm...) support the possibility of so-called paranormal phenomena (telepathy, psychokinesis etc) or discount them? Also, for the really brave, what about spirituality in general and the possibility of divine? Obviously I'd like people who actually know about the subject to comment, but if you're going to insist, at least first watch the PBS documentary "The Elegant Universe", hosted by physicist Brian Greene: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/... Also take a look at at the "double slit experiment", which you can find here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=... You could also watch "What the bleep do we know?" which, while perhaps a bit less objective about the matter, still raises some very interesting points. PS. I'm not looking for the best answer I agree with. 10 points to the best argument EITHER way. We're debating here, not arguing. Sorry all about the PBS link. I tried it from here and it also chucks out the error, but if I type the link directly into my browser it works. Here it is again (The one that worked) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/ Otherwise, just go to www.pbs.org, and search for 'elegant universe'. The first result that comes up takes you to the series' homepage.
Do you have any idea what we go through?????? Body: If you have ever worked in a restaurant this is for you. If you haven't...well read it anyways so you understand where they're coming from. I THINK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE ARE TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RESTAURANT RECCOMENDATIONS 1. Don't ask me for your check, then wait till I run to a computer, and then all the way back to your table just to throw your credit card at me without looking it over. Why didn't you give it to me in the first place, if you weren't even going to LOOK at the bill? 2. Don't snap your fingers at me. Don't wave at me like I am blind. I see you, I'm busy. 3. Don't argue with me about the menu. We don't have whatever wild creation you are craving. I know the menu, and after all, I work here, remember? "Last time I was here they made it for me this way." Good for you, now go to Burger King and have it your way, then. 4. No, I don't want to split your check six different ways so you can all pay in cash. DO SOME MATH! 5. WHY do you steal my pens? Do I come to your office and steal your keyboard? It's something I need to WORK with... take my pen again and see if your wallet is still in your pocket when you get home. 6. What ever happened to please and thank you? It's bad enough only one person in your party speaks English, and I'll be lucky if you leave me 10%.... but the "Give me a Sprite" crap is just plain rude. 7. Does it REALLY matter if you sit at a table, rather than a booth? Do you not notice the hostess CRINGE when you ask for a booth after she already walks SLOWLY to the table so you can keep up? Do you sit at a booth at home? Nope. What's even better is when you don't FIT IN THE BOOTH and we have to move you back to that table. Smarty pants. 8. It's not your birthday. We know you are lying and NO we don't like singing to you. Do we look happy that we have to clap for you? Also, I don't understand why some tell their server 600 times "It's her birthday, it's her birthday" and still act like shocked and embarassed. We'r bringing you a microwaved brownie... get over it. 9. Just because you come here regularly does not make you special. This means you are a regular pain in the butt. Yay for you, needing extra everything. I cringe when I see you sitting in my section. 10. Read the menu, please. It's fact the people tend to order entrees that have PICTURES. I don't care if you didn't know that there are peppers in that meal, you should have gotten off your cell phone and read the menu. We don't cook surprises, idiot. 11. If you are in a bad mood, keep it to your self. Don't snap at me because you forgot to ask for lemon in your water. I'll be sure to bring it back with some snot in there, too. 12. Listen to me, please. I don't stand at your table and talk to you for fun. When I tell you I'll be right back with your side of cheese and a coke refill, I don't need you to say, "Yeah, hey and I need another coke." No kidding, man I just told you that I'm getting it. 13. The hair in your salad is YOURS. Sorry lady, but you're the only person in the joint with long, red hair. Nice try. 14. If your child is screaming, leave. You don't want to hear it, I sure don't... and I'm pretty sure you will notice all the dirty looks you're getting. I'll never understand why people try and sit through a meal with a raging beast child. I will be more than happy to pack your food to go. Just GO if you haven't got that parenting knack down yet. 15. If you think I am staring at you, pacing back and forth waiting for you to pay your bill so I can leave..... I am. When I tell you my shift is over and you agree to the check, GIVE ME YOUR MONEY. I have better things to do than watch you sip your melted margarita and ignore the fact that you owe me money. 16. This is a restaurant, not your house so re-arranging is forbidden. Yes, I mind if you move this table over to that one and take chairs over here. We sat you at that table for a reason, moron. Sorry you want to make room for all your friends who "just want waters." 17. Those nice people who smile at you when you walk in are called hosts. They will seat you. Don't get mad when you wander to a random table and don't get immediate service. YOU ARE A SELF SEATER, AND I HATE YOU. 18. When you WORK at a restaurant, and tip like crap... you should be shot. Especially at your own job... with your own discount. YOU of all people see what goes down, and know how hard we work. Show some respect, or join the rest of the white trash at Wendy's dollar menu. Then quit your job, cause I hate you, too. 19. You should never go out to eat and be in a rush. It's just not fair to anyone. If you walk into a place that has a 70min wait, why do you wait, and expect to get your food in 15 minutes? I don't care if you're trying to catch that 8:45 movie... Go tell the cooks who are crashing that you need your burrito before you watch the new Spiderman flick. I predict you'll get the finger. It's not MY fault the food takes a long time... especially your extra well done steak. 20. Don't take plates out of my hands unless I ask you to, and certainly don't reach for drinks off of my tray. Ever heard of balance? When I tell you a plate is HOT, I'm serious... so why do you grab it away from me like it's golden? I can put it down, ya know. Also, that water isn't going anywhere. I don't need your help I can manage to set a glass down. If I spill it on you, it's probably your own fault. Then I'm sure you'll tip me less just because it's an excuse to do so. Now here's the ORIGINAL POST--- The next time you're out eating at a resturant, look at your server. Do you think they are really happy to be doing that job? The answer is no, they are not, but its what we do, and we do it for the money so please help them out. Its a tougher job than you think and you should pay them accordingly! There are SO many people out there flooding the restaurants w/o any knowledge of how to tip. Here is a short guide for the general public to follow. Feel free to print out and store in your wallet and/or purse. 1. CHILDREN "THE LITTLE DEVILS": If you have children, DO NOT let them, open and dump anything on the table (ie; salt, sugar, etc). IF YOU DO, you must leave an extra $5 for the server to clean up YOUR CHILD'S mess & to restock the now unusable wasted items. Don't get mad if you ask for crackers and your server tells you they're out when you just saw another table eating crackers with their soup -- can you blame them for not wanting to clean up the mess afterward? We are neither their babysitter nor their parent. The least you can do is pay us for the extra work. Also make sure you control your kids and don't let them scream or run around the restraunt. It's very distracting not to mention dangerous if they get ran over by a server with hot food in their hands. 2. "THE CAMPERS": If you feel the necessity to stay for longer than 15 minutes after you pay, its an extra $3 every 30 minutes. We make our money from the tables. If you are in one and we can't seat it, we don't make money. 3. COMPLIMENTS: Telling a server they are the best server they've ever had is not a tip. If we are good, let us know by leaving us more money. We cant pay our bills on compliments. Its not that we don't appreciate the praise, its just that if you say that and then leave 10% it's an insult. 4. TIPPING: It is not 1960. Cost of living has gone up dramatically since then. 18% is the MINIMUM amount of what you should be tipping your servers. Remember, that steak is $12.99 not $22.99 because restaurants aren't required to pay minimum wage in most states! ($2.13 in Texas and New Jersey!) We are taxed on 10 percent of your meal automatically anyway, not to mention we have to tip out a percentage of our sales - your bill - to the hosts, bartenders, and bussers. So if you dont leave a tip, WE END UP PAYING FOR YOUR MEAL!! So move that decimal one spot left and multiply by 2 and your server will never be disappointed. ($25 = $2.50 x 2 = $5) 5. THE COMPLAINERS: If you get a discount because of your food was prepared wrong or something, do not take it out of our tip. We didn't cook it. The cooks get paid hourly regardless if the food sucks. However, we only make what you give us. And don't ever leave a percentage on the total after the discount or comp -- always tip on what the total would have been. 6. THE LATE ONES: If you come into the restraunt 10 mins before closing or any time near closing hurry up and order your food and get out. Closed means closed, not social hour. It is so rude to sit there and take your sweet time. We can't leave until you leave because we have to do sidework and clean the table you are sitting at. We don't want to stand there waiting for you for an extra hour just because you don't want to go home. We recommend 24 hour establishments such as Denny's if you wish to sit into the wee hours of the night. 7. THE TABLE HOGGERS: If you only come in for coffee or a dessert, to do paper work, or to have a meeting, don't sit there taking up our booths for hours. We are not Starbucks or a hotel restraunt. If you want to sit for hours, go there or else you better leave a good tip for us and camping fee included. 8. THE GREET: When we come up to the table to greet you and we ask how you are doing please let us know. We honestly want to know how you are doing. If you are in a bad mood we want to know that from the beginning. A confused stare or complete silence does not suffice as a reply to "How are you doing?". Also don't interrupt our greeting and say "I want coffee", "Can we get some bread," or "what are the soups?" 9. CELL PHONES: Don't ever talk on your cell phone in a restraunt. This is probably the rudest thing to do. If you must be on your cell, at least keep your voice down in respect for other customers. If you are on your cell phone when we walk up to greet your table we will walk away until you get off your phone. Just show some respect and give us your attention for a couple of minutes. 10. TAKE-AWAY OR TO-GOS: Always remember to tip the take-out order servers! They work just as hard as a server, and hardly ever get tips for it! WE DESERVE TO BE TIPPED TOO! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SERVERS READING THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please repost this so the word can get out, since so many people are uneducated about tips and our lives depend on this - at least for now...... SIGNED, YOUR FELLOW RESTAURANT WORKERS
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Have any of you purchased The Host by Stephenie Meyer yet??? My mom bought it for me today. ^_^ I haven't started it yet though. (DAMN MY OBSESSION WITH THE L WORD! I CANT STOP WATCHING IT! lol) anyways, just so you know, if you go to Twilight Lexicon.com you can get a 40% coupon for Borders. it's like 26 bucks. so yeah, you want that discount. ^_^
Many say prayer works and praise as miracles the events except with me, Beast, why? I pray and lay witness with it. Like yesterday I sent CNN an email saying I was praying for tornadoes and lo and behold, they struck New Mexico. Like on AOL chat over 4 years ago, I said I was praying that Osama Bin Laden would escape capture by American forces and lo and behold, my God, the Lord of Hosts has to this date upheld my prayer. Or like a few weeks ago, I told Hemet Police I was going to pray some cops go nuts and earn them all more disrepect and then lo and behold one beats up a little woman bartender another rapes children. Even the desolation of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were two of three targets I told the white house in 1989 by certified letter that I was praying and lo and behold, years later it came to pass. I am the only antechrist I know and I pray all manner of evil all over the entire world, and curse it day and night, and see thousands of my prayers come true all the time but when I reveal them before they happen and lay a witness, but they discount
Bush & the Psychology of Incompetent Decisions: What do you think of this VERY LONG email I received tonight? Bush and the Psychology of Incompetent Decisions By John P. Briggs, MD, and J.P. Briggs II, PhD Thursday 18 January 2007 President George W. Bush prides himself on "making tough decisions." But many are sensing something seriously troubling, even psychologically unbalanced, about the president as a decision-maker. They are right. Because of a psychological dynamic swirling around deeply hidden feelings of inadequacy, the president has been driven to make increasingly incompetent and risky decisions. This dynamic makes the psychological stakes for him now unimaginably high. The words "success" and "failure" have seized his rhetoric like metaphors for his psyche's survival. The president's swirling dynamic lies "hidden in plain sight" in his personal history. From the time he was a boy until his religious awakening in his early 40s, Bush had every reason to feel he was a failure. His continued, almost obsessive, attempts through the years to emulate his father, obtain his approval, and escape from his influence are extensively recorded. His biography is peppered with remarks and behavior that allude to this inner struggle. In an exuberant moment during his second campaign for Texas governor, Bush told a reporter, "It's hard to believe, but ... I don't have time to worry about being George Bush's son. Maybe it's a result of being confident. I'm not sure how the psychoanalysts will analyze it, but I'm not worried about it. I'm really not. I'm a free guy." A psychoanalyst would note that he is revealing here that he has been worrying about being his father's son quite a lot. Resentment naturally contaminated Bush's efforts to prove himself to his father and receive his father's approval. The contradictory mix showed up in his compulsion to re-fight his father's war against Iraq, but this time winning the duel some thought his father failed to win with Saddam. He could at once emulate his father, show his contempt for him, and redeem him. But beneath this son-father struggle lies a far more significant issue for Bush - a question about his own competence, adequacy and autonomy as a human being. We have seen this inner question surface repeatedly, and we have largely conspired with him to deny it. • On September 11, 2001, we saw (and suppressed) the image of him sitting stunned for seven minutes in a crowd of school children after learning that the second plane had hit the Twin Towers, and then the lack of image of him when he vanished from public view for the rest of the day. Instead, we bought the cover-up image, three days after the attack, of the strong leader, grabbing the bullhorn in New York City and issuing bellicose statements. • In 2004, we saw and denied the insecurity displayed when the president refused to face the 9/11 Commission alone and needed Vice President Cheney to go with him. • In 2003, we saw and suppressed the dark side of the "Mission Accomplished" aircraft carrier landing, in which a man who had ducked out on his generation's war and dribbled away his service in the Texas Air National Guard dressed up like Top Gun and pretended that he was a combat pilot like his father. • Asked by a reporter if he would accept responsibility for any mistakes, Bush answered, "I hope I don't want to sound like I've made no mistakes. I'm confident I have. I just haven't - you just put me under the spot here, and maybe I'm not quick - as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with one." What we heard, and yet didn't hear, was a confession of his feelings of inadequacy and an arrogant denial those feelings all at once. • In early 2006, when his father moved behind the scenes to replace Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and the son responded, "I'm the decider and I decide what's best" - and when he clenched his fist at a question about his father's influence, proclaiming, "I'm the Commander in Chief" - we glimpsed what was going on. To cover up and defend himself against his feelings of his inadequacy and incompetence, Bush developed a number of psychological defenses. In his school years he played the clown. (His ability to joke about his verbal slip-ups is an endearing adult application of this defense to public life.) His heavy drinking was a classic way to anesthetize feelings of inadequacy. Indeed, drinking typically makes the alcoholic grandiose, which has led some commentators to argue that Bush has the "dry drunk" syndrome, where the individual has stopped drinking but retains the brittle psychology of the alcoholic. Other defenses now play especially powerful roles to protect the president against his internal feelings of insufficiency. The Christian Defense Bush has carefully let it be known that he believes the decisions he makes in office are directed by God. His famous claim to make decisions by "gut" ("I'm a gut player," he told Bob Woodward) equates with his claim of the spiritual inspiration he receives through prayer, his own and the prayers of others. Whatever else it is, this equation of his own choices with God's will has unparalleled advantages. It creates the perfect defense against any doubts he or anyone else might have that he can't make the right decision. The need to engage in analysis and explore alternatives to get there comes off the table. Instead, he has his gut; he has his God. Being "born again" also allows the president to present himself as having relegated to the past all those previously inadequate behaviors of his younger days: the poor academic performance, the drinking, the failed businesses. He's a new man, no longer incompetent but now supremely competent as a result of his faith. When Woodward asked Bush if he had consulted his father before invading Iraq, he replied, "He is the wrong father to appeal to in terms of strength. There is a higher father that I appeal to." How wonderfully that appeal must seem to resolve the internal conflict about adequacy we have described above. The Bully Defense Bush's mother, Barbara (sarcastic, mean, disciplinarian, always with an acid-tongued retort), is probably the model for another major defense Bush deploys to defend himself against feelings of inadequacy. A friend at the time described her as "sort of the leader bully." That bullies are insecure people is well known and fairly obvious. A bully covers insecurity with bluster and intimidation so that others won't find an opening to see how weak he feels. Much of the world outside the US considers Bush a bully. "You're either with us or against us" is a bully's threat that anyone can recognize. The Bush doctrine of pre-emptive strikes is a bully's doctrine. For his intimates and those closer to home, Bush appears to be what is called an emotional bully. An emotional bully gains control using sarcasm, teasing, mocking, name calling, threatening, ignoring, lying, or angering the other and forcing him to back down. Bush administration insider accounts describe this sort of behavior from the president. He's well known for his dismissive remarks. His penchant for giving nicknames to everyone has its dark, bully's side. Naming people is a way to control them. In report by Gail Sheehy in 2000, recalled recently by New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, we get a glimpse of how Bush's pervasive fear of failure (his absolute refusal to consider "failure as an option") and his bully defense go together. Sheehy interviewed friends from his teenage years and college years. In basketball or tennis games he would insist points be played over because he wasn't ready; he would force opponents who had beaten him to continue playing until he beat them. At Yale he would interrupt his fellow students' studying for exams (helping them fail) to compete in a popular board game, "The Game of Global Domination," at which he was the player noted for taking the most risks, being the most aggressive. It's likely that speculations about Vice President Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and Condoleezza Rice functioning as Bush's puppet-masters are 180 (or at least 160) degrees off. Bush is the president; he gets his way, and they know it. Chances are they have learned to channel his "gut" and give him policy advice that matches it. They may even imagine they are steering him, not clear about the ways that he has bullied them, elicited in them "The Stockholm Syndrome," in which hostages come to identify with and even defend the very person who is threatening them. This is the same dynamic evident in the behavior of battered spouses and members of gangs. Ron Suskind described the small group around the president: "A disdain for contemplation or deliberation, an embrace of decisiveness - a sometimes bullying impatience with doubters and even friendly questioners." Biographical reports tell us that Bush's parents taught him to keep his inner feelings to himself. As psychiatrist Justin A. Frank noted in Bush on the Couch, this results in a "self-protective indifference to the pain of others." This is another aspect of his bully defense, projecting his inner pain onto others. Bush's remarkable drive for the power to torture terrorist suspects and his reported glorying in Texas executions during his terms as governor testify to his lack of compassion, despite his recent statement of qualms about seeing Saddam Hussein drop through the trap. The Man of Splits and Oppositions Being in the world, for all of us, involves the challenge to somehow integrate the opposites of our nature and to select our way through the many opposing choices presented us in life. The bully polarizes the natural ambivalence (the internal opposition) anyone feels about whether he is strong or weak, safe or vulnerable. A person who needs to feel invulnerable and completely adequate all the time, or who always feels helpless and inadequate, has polarized these emotions and leads a deformed life. The degree of internal polarization in President Bush appears to be serious - and widespread. Commentators have made lists of the president's polarities: the proclaimed uniter who is a relentless divider, the habit of "saying one thing and doing another," as Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords put it. The list is long and growing. It should include the oppositions that show up in his famous Bushisms, such as: There is no doubt in my mind that we should allow the world worst leaders to hold America hostage, to threaten our peace, to threaten our friends and allies with the world's worst weapons. They [the terrorists] never stop thinking of ways to harm our country and our people - and neither do we. To a psychiatrist, these are not mere malapropisms and mistakes in speech. They suggest ambivalence oscillating violently between poles. They suggest a desperate uncertainty about everything that the president reflexively seeks to hide by taking absolutist, rigid positions about "victory," "success," "mission accomplished," "stay the course," "compassion," "tax cuts," "no child left behind," and a host of other issues. The Presidential Defense Once Bush took the bullhorn at ground zero, he found perhaps the ultimate defense for his secret fears of inadequacy. As he told Bob Woodward, in Bush at War, "I'm the commander - see, I don't need to explain - I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being the president. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation." As commander in chief, as a war president, he could assemble his other psychological defenses around him. He could split the world into good and evil and the country would follow. His internal oppositions could be projected without much resistance from the populace or his adversaries. He could be the gut-led, divinely inspired "Decider," to save the country. He could project own internal fears of being "discovered as a fraud" into a threat "out there" waiting to happen. He could surround himself with loyalists whom he could emotionally bully, creating a new family that would admire him and that he could control. Meanwhile the ambiguities of political decisions that can always be rationalized offer a safe haven. Until history judges me (and that's a long way off, maybe never) I can't be definitively seen as incompetent. But as much as the presidency is a perfect defense for disguising incompetence, it's also the perfect trap. It accelerates the positive feedback loop that was set in motion when he "changed his heart" around age 40 (committing himself to God) and presumably put his failures, and his feelings of failure behind him. In recent weeks, anyone following the news must have intuitively sensed from watching and hearing the president that he would reject the Iraq Study Group's report, co-authored by a person he must have felt was the emissary of his father come to tell him that he had failed again. He chose escalation, the one solution most knowledgeable people agree cannot succeed, in order to keep alive the fiction that success still lies in the future. The dynamic is becoming obvious to almost everybody. But how much is Bush aware of this psychological dynamic and of the secret he's keeping? Not aware enough. That's the problem. Psychotherapists use the term "unconscious," but it isn't quite an accurate descriptor. We are aware of feelings, sensations and scripts that occur when one of our unseen psychic mechanisms is triggered. So, when an interviewer asked about the generals who demanded Rumsfeld be removed, and the president knew his father had been working behind the scenes to replace Rumsfeld, the question would not have triggered the conscious thought: there goes dad again trying to make me feel incompetent. Instead, the president may have felt a hollow sensation or a flush of anger, an urge to form a clownish grin to cover his watery feelings, and a script that would come out of his mouth as "I'm the decider." Beneath that would be the inadequacy and cover-up dynamic outlined here. A president's psychology and his inner secrets are his or her own business, except in one important area. That is area covered by the question, "Does the psychology of this individual interfere with his or her ability to make sound decisions in the best interest of the nation?" Recent history has certainly been witness to presidents with psychodynamics that have damaged their historical legacies. Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon come to mind. But in neither case was the very ability to make sound decisions compromised to the extent we believe it is with this president. A Failed Process Many accounts of the president suggest that his decision-making process is a failed one; in an important sense, it is no process at all. Ambivalent feelings are normal at certain stages of decision-making, and the ability to tolerate ambivalence has been shown to be the hallmark of creative thinkers. The inability to tolerate uncertainty because you think that may imply incapacity brings decision-making to an end. Thus, instead of focusing on the process needed to arrive at a decision, Bush marshals his defenses in order not to feel incompetent. That doesn't leave much room for exploring the alternatives required of competent decision-making. Not interested in discussion or detail (where the devil often lies), he seeks something minimal, just enough so he can let the decision come to him; it's his "gut" (read "God") that will provide the answer. But these gut feelings are the very feelings associated with his deep sense of inadequacy and his defenses against those feelings. So while he brags that he makes the "tough decisions," psychologically, he's defending himself against the very feelings of uncertainty that are the necessary concomitant to making tough decisions. His tough decision-making is a sham. In the recent maneuvering toward the "new strategy" in Iraq, we have witnessed a great pretense of normal decision-making. But the president clearly made up his mind almost as soon as the "surge" alternative appeared, and apparently moved to cow others, including his new secretary of defense Robert Gates (his father's man) in the process. "Success" is the only alternative for him. "Failure" and disintegration of Iraq is unthinkable because it would be synonymous with his own internal disintegration. As his decisions go awry, he exudes a troubling, uncanny aura of certitude (though some find it reassuring). He seems to expect to feel despised and alone (and probably has always felt that), as he has always secretly expected to fail. That expectation of failure leads to sloppy, risky, incompetent decisions, which in turn compel him to swerve from his fears of incompetence. At this point, the president seems to have entered a place in his psyche where he is discounting all external criticism and unpopularity, and fixing stubbornly on his illusion of vindication, because he's still "The Decider," who can just keep deciding until he gets to success. It's hard not to feel something heroic in this position - but it's a recipe for bad, if not catastrophic, decisions. Psychologically, President Bush has received support for so long because many have thought of him as "one of us." Most of us feel inadequate in some way, and watching him we can feel his inadequacies and sense his uncertainties, so we admire him for "pulling it off." His model tells us, "If you act like you're confident and competent, then you are." We are the culture that values the power of positive thinking and seeks assertiveness training. We believe that the right attitude can sometimes be more important than brains or hard work. He's bullied us, too. We don't dare to really confront the scale of his incompetent behavior, because then we would have to face what it means to have such an incompetent and psychologically disabled decision-maker as our president. It raises everyone's uncertainty. And that is, in fact, happening now. ---------- John P. Briggs, MD, is retired from over 40 years of private practice in psychotherapy in Westchester County, New York. He was on the faculty in psychiatry at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City for 23 years and was a long-time member of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis. He trained at the William Alanson White Institute in New York. J.P. Briggs II, PhD, is a Distinguished CSU professor at Western Connecticut State University and is the senior editor of the intellectual journal The Connecticut Review. He is author and co-author of books on creativity and chaos, including Fire in the Crucible (St. Martin's Press); Fractals, the Patterns of Chaos (Simon and Schuster); and Seven Life Lessons of Chaos (HarperCollins), among others. He is currently at work with Philadelphia psychologist John Amoroso on a book about the power of ambivalence in the creative process. This is propaganda, FYI. If it were not, it would mention the elitist families who are telling Bush what to do. Bush is a puppet and I never did like puppet shows and I friggin' HATE puppet masters.
Need a nice cozy Room / Atmosphere to rent out for Hosting a Party?...? I just started selling candles and clothing an things like that, but I live in a place where it would not be sufficient enough for a group of people to be at, nor host a party at or for anything. I need suggestions, Good Suggestions, beyond asking to use someone's place or hosting it at someone's house and giving them part of a sample or discount and such, not that I mind, but I want to feel in control at my own party I am running for my business, and then things tend to get complicated sometimes in those types of situations, just not up to that. I would like to find a place I can rent out, For Cheap, just every so often, that would be cost effective, yet Cozy, and pretty convenient for everyone involved to get to, keep in mind, it is for selling a clothing line, candles, jewelery, bath and body, and such things. ANY IDEAS? As of WHERE I MIGHT BE ABLE TO HOST THIS TYPE OF EVENT A FEW TIMES A WEEK? I Live in San Diego.
Help Me Decide! Wii or PS3? k...listen my points are extremely conflicting and i can't make a decision read em all and help me if you can, whether i should buy a wii or ps3... - I'm still a non-earning teen so i'll have to buy it through my parents and less expensive is better. - I am a graphics freak - Wii's gameplay could get my family involved :) - Zelda for wii looks great - If I do buy a ps3 it will proably be in 2 years, when price is hopefully lower - ps3 will host god of war 3, the ending to utmost favourite series - I have pretty much saturated my ps2, I could trade it in to get a discount on ps3, which could play my old ps2 games - ps2's price right now is way too much - wii's graphics are so bad, i won't feel i'm upgrading from my ps2... - I am more into mature action/adventure games - I really enjoy wii's controller I know its complicated, give me advice if u can... thanx I meant ps3's price is a lot, not ps2...thats a typo 2 more points: - ps3 has elder scrolls - my family is much more willing to buy wii
What time was the observation made? POW#14? Can someone please help me with this homework question?: Una recently purchased two boxes of ten-inch candles - one box from a discount and the other from an expensive boutique. One evening, Una noticed that the inexpensive candles last only three hours each, while the expensive candles last five hours each. The next evening, Una hosted a dinner party and lit two candles - one form each box - at 7:30 pm. During dessert, a guest noticed that one candle was twice as long as the other. At what time was this observation made? If you do answer this please give exact answer and an explanation to go along with it. Pleas and Thank You!
does anyone know were i can post this to get the word out? maximum exposure to educate people? The next time you're out eating at a resturant, look at your server. Do you think they are really happy to be doing that job? The answer is no, they are not, but its what we do, and we do it for the money so please help them out. Its a tougher job than you think and you should pay them accordingly! There are SO many people out there flooding the restaurants w/o any knowledge of how to tip. Here is a short guide for the general public to follow. Feel free to print out and store in your wallet and/or purse. 1. CHILDREN "THE LITTLE DEVILS": If you have children, DO NOT let them, open and dump anything on the table (ie; salt, sugar, etc). IF YOU DO, you must leave an extra $5 for the server to clean up YOUR CHILD'S mess & to restock the now unusable wasted items. Don't get mad if you ask for crackers and your server tells you they're out when you just saw another table eating crackers with their soup -- can you blame them for not wanting to clean up the mess afterward? We are neither their babysitter nor their parent. The least you can do is pay us for the extra work. Also make sure you control your kids and don't let them scream or run around the restraunt. It's very distracting not to mention dangerous if they get ran over by a server with hot food in their hands. Just because you're out for dinner doesn't give you an excuse to let your kids mess around on their own free will like wild monkeys! 2. "THE CAMPERS": If you feel the necessity to stay for longer than 15 minutes after you pay, its an extra $3 every 30 minutes. We make our money from the tables. If you are in one and we can't seat it, we don't make money. 3. COMPLIMENTS (VERBAL TIPS): Telling a server they are the best server they've ever had is not a tip. If we are good, let us know by leaving us more money. We cant pay our bills on compliments. Its not that we don't appreciate the praise, its just that if you tell us how great we were and then leave 10% it's an insult. 4. THE SALVATION PAMPHLETS: Prayer cards or any other religious pamphlet is NOT a tip. It is insulting that you assume we are w/o religion and must save us. Again, like #3, we cant pay bills w/ prayer cards. We'd go to church on Sundays if it wasn't mandatory to work on Sundays because EVERYONE who goes to church follows it by eating out. Also don't try to preach to us while we are working. We don't go to your work and put you down so don't do it to us.....plus, we don't have time to listen to you babble. 5. TIPPING: It is not 1960. Cost of living has gone up dramatically since then. 18% is the MINIMUM amount of what you should be tipping your servers. Remember, that steak is $12.99 not $22.99 because restaurants aren't required to pay minimum wage in most states! Here in AZ we get paid whooping $2.13 an hr meaning all of our money is made in tips. If you were not properly paid in your profession, you would be pretty pissed too! We are taxed on 10 percent of your meal automatically, not to mention we have to tip out a percentage of our sales - your bill - to the hosts, bartenders, and bussers. So if you dont leave a tip, WE END UP PAYING FOR YOUR MEAL!! So move that decimal one spot left and multiply by 2 and your server will never be disappointed. ($25 = $2.50 x 2 = $5) 6. THE COMPLAINERS: If you get a discount because of your food was prepared wrong or something, do not take it out of our tip. We didn't cook it. The cooks get paid hourly regardless if the food sucks. However, we only make what you give us. And don't ever leave a percentage on the total after the discount or comp -- always tip on what the total would have been. 7. THE LATE ONES: If you come into the restaurant 10 mins before closing or any time near closing hurry up and order your food and get out. Closed means closed, not social hour. It is so rude to sit there and take your sweet ass time. We can't leave until you leave because we have to do sidework and clean the table you are sitting at. We don't want to stand there waiting for you for an extra hour just because you don't want to go home. We recommend 24 hour establishments such as Dennys or Steak n Shake if you wish to sit into the wee hours of the night. 8. THE TABLE HOGGERS: If you only come in for coffee or a dessert, to do paper work, or to have a meeting, don't sit there taking up our booths for hours. We are not Starbucks or a hotel restaurant. If you want to sit for hours, go there or else you better leave a good tip for us and camping fee included. 9. THE GREET: When we come up to the table to greet you and we ask how you are doing please let us know. We honestly want to know how you are doing. If you are in a bad mood we want to know that from the beginning. A confused stare or complete silence does not suffice as a reply to "How are you doing?". Also don't interrupt our greeting and say "I want coffee", "can we get some bread, or "what are the soups?".......thats just rude! Do you enjoy it when people blatently interupt what you are saying? Didn't think so. ***In addition, if your server stops by the table and says they will be right with you, they are not lying, so sit and be patient and wait for them to come back to properly greet you. Sometimes we can get a liitle busy so we don't give a shit how you feel about it....you will just have to wait a minute! So there's not much point in throwing requests in our faces, you'll have to wait for us either way. SO BE NICE! 10. THOSE DAMN CELL PHONES: Don't ever talk on your cell phone in a restraunt. This is probably the rudest thing to do. If you must be on your cell, at least keep your voice down in respect for other customers. If you are on your cell phone when we walk up to greet your table we will walk away until you get off your phone. Not to be rude, but simply because we don't want to deal with you trying to manage 2 conversations. Just show some respect and give us your attention for a couple of minutes. 11. TAKE-AWAY OR TO-GOS: Always remember to tip the take-out order servers! They work just as hard as a server, and hardly ever get tips for it! THEY DESERVE TO BE TIPPED TOO! 12. FOREIGNERS: Welcome to America! Here, we tip our servers appropriately, not this 10% Bullshit! All of the above apply! 13. THE CARDINAL RULE: Don't fuck with people who handle your food! Be nice to us....our job is a lot harder than it looks! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SERVERS READING THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please repost this so the word can get out, since so many people are uneducated about tips and our lives depend on this - at least for now...... SIGNED, YOUR FELLOW RESTAURANT WORKER to the first person who commented, of course you can repost it!!! do it, get the word out! and thanks yer cute.......and to the second one who posted, be careful becuase with that attitude I may have spit in your food. Watch the movie waiting or just dont go out to eat were there is a server becuase we deserve to be tipped well, not your stupid lil pennies!!!!!!!! and to the third , dude i love being a waiter, I am not bitter man, I just want people to know in a stern way. We are always polite in trying to get accross to people who dont know server ettiquette, so I felt this should be bold. I make great money as a server, more than 40 percent of my sales, but that is because of the people who know are respect the code! I dont hold a chip about anyone, this is just for the peeps who do these things to maybe think about the server for a change....
Do you think I should have quit? I got this job back in mid Dec. worked there for about 6 weeks. I was a resturant hostess at Rubys diner. The job wasnt so bad just the managment. I worked long hours a day around 9 and wasnt told I could go on break which is illegal. The managers I worked with was so mean to me. Youre supposed to get an employ discount which is 50% off. My shift was over after working 9 long boring hours and I wanted something to eat, and he refused to give me and discount because I had already clocked out. He did this to me a few times but he gives the waitress's free meals all the time. Also I had to constantly stand at the front desk for9 hours every day with nothing to do Ocasionally I would go to the front of the house and talk to the servers and they would scream at me to get back to the front desk. Another host who hasnt been working here as long as I have gets to be a server before me. I know this was long and I apologize I would just like to get some opinions if I should regret quiting or not I already quit. And I dont have bills to pay at all. And No its Ruby's diner, its different. I could have made a huge deal. They have tons of illegal immigrants working there. The host that became a server before me was illegal, could hardly speak english.
anyone know were i can post this on the net and get maximum exposure? I just want to educate people not vent.? The next time you're out eating at a resturant, look at your server. Do you think they are really happy to be doing that job? The answer is no, they are not, but its what we do, and we do it for the money so please help them out. Its a tougher job than you think and you should pay them accordingly! There are SO many people out there flooding the restaurants w/o any knowledge of how to tip. Here is a short guide for the general public to follow. Feel free to print out and store in your wallet and/or purse. 1. CHILDREN "THE LITTLE DEVILS": If you have children, DO NOT let them, open and dump anything on the table (ie; salt, sugar, etc). IF YOU DO, you must leave an extra $5 for the server to clean up YOUR CHILD'S mess & to restock the now unusable wasted items. Don't get mad if you ask for crackers and your server tells you they're out when you just saw another table eating crackers with their soup -- can you blame them for not wanting to clean up the mess afterward? We are neither their babysitter nor their parent. The least you can do is pay us for the extra work. Also make sure you control your kids and don't let them scream or run around the restraunt. It's very distracting not to mention dangerous if they get ran over by a server with hot food in their hands. Just because you're out for dinner doesn't give you an excuse to let your kids mess around on their own free will like wild monkeys! 2. "THE CAMPERS": If you feel the necessity to stay for longer than 15 minutes after you pay, its an extra $3 every 30 minutes. We make our money from the tables. If you are in one and we can't seat it, we don't make money. 3. COMPLIMENTS (VERBAL TIPS): Telling a server they are the best server they've ever had is not a tip. If we are good, let us know by leaving us more money. We cant pay our bills on compliments. Its not that we don't appreciate the praise, its just that if you tell us how great we were and then leave 10% it's an insult. 4. THE SALVATION PAMPHLETS: Prayer cards or any other religious pamphlet is NOT a tip. It is insulting that you assume we are w/o religion and must save us. Again, like #3, we cant pay bills w/ prayer cards. We'd go to church on Sundays if it wasn't mandatory to work on Sundays because EVERYONE who goes to church follows it by eating out. Also don't try to preach to us while we are working. We don't go to your work and put you down so don't do it to us.....plus, we don't have time to listen to you babble. 5. TIPPING: It is not 1960. Cost of living has gone up dramatically since then. 18% is the MINIMUM amount of what you should be tipping your servers. Remember, that steak is $12.99 not $22.99 because restaurants aren't required to pay minimum wage in most states! Here in AZ we get paid whooping $2.13 an hr meaning all of our money is made in tips. If you were not properly paid in your profession, you would be pretty pissed too! We are taxed on 10 percent of your meal automatically, not to mention we have to tip out a percentage of our sales - your bill - to the hosts, bartenders, and bussers. So if you dont leave a tip, WE END UP PAYING FOR YOUR MEAL!! So move that decimal one spot left and multiply by 2 and your server will never be disappointed. ($25 = $2.50 x 2 = $5) 6. THE COMPLAINERS: If you get a discount because of your food was prepared wrong or something, do not take it out of our tip. We didn't cook it. The cooks get paid hourly regardless if the food sucks. However, we only make what you give us. And don't ever leave a percentage on the total after the discount or comp -- always tip on what the total would have been. 7. THE LATE ONES: If you come into the restaurant 10 mins before closing or any time near closing hurry up and order your food and get out. Closed means closed, not social hour. It is so rude to sit there and take your sweet *** time. We can't leave until you leave because we have to do sidework and clean the table you are sitting at. We don't want to stand there waiting for you for an extra hour just because you don't want to go home. We recommend 24 hour establishments such as Dennys or Steak n Shake if you wish to sit into the wee hours of the night. 8. THE TABLE HOGGERS: If you only come in for coffee or a dessert, to do paper work, or to have a meeting, don't sit there taking up our booths for hours. We are not Starbucks or a hotel restaurant. If you want to sit for hours, go there or else you better leave a good tip for us and camping fee included. 9. THE GREET: When we come up to the table to greet you and we ask how you are doing please let us know. We honestly want to know how you are doing. If you are in a bad mood we want to know that from the beginning. A confused stare or complete silence does not suffice as a reply to "How are you doing?". Also don't interrupt our greeting and say "I want coffee", "can we get some bread, or "what are the soups?".......thats just rude! Do you enjoy it when people blatently interupt what you are saying? Didn't think so. ***In addition, if your server stops by the table and says they will be right with you, they are not lying, so sit and be patient and wait for them to come back to properly greet you. Sometimes we can get a liitle busy so we don't give a **** how you feel about it....you will just have to wait a minute! So there's not much point in throwing requests in our faces, you'll have to wait for us either way. SO BE NICE! 10. THOSE DAMN CELL PHONES: Don't ever talk on your cell phone in a restraunt. This is probably the rudest thing to do. If you must be on your cell, at least keep your voice down in respect for other customers. If you are on your cell phone when we walk up to greet your table we will walk away until you get off your phone. Not to be rude, but simply because we don't want to deal with you trying to manage 2 conversations. Just show some respect and give us your attention for a couple of minutes. 11. TAKE-AWAY OR TO-GOS: Always remember to tip the take-out order servers! They work just as hard as a server, and hardly ever get tips for it! THEY DESERVE TO BE TIPPED TOO! 12. FOREIGNERS: Welcome to America! Here, we tip our servers appropriately, not this 10% Bullshit! All of the above apply! 13. THE CARDINAL RULE: Don't **** with people who handle your food! Be nice to us....our job is a lot harder than it looks! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SERVERS READING THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please repost this so the word can get out, since so many people are uneducated about tips and our lives depend on this - at least for now...... and everyone, i love my job. I am not mad at people, just trying to get a point across becuase people usually dont listen until its bieng yelled out!
Would it piss you off if a bunch of TV personalities were sitting around laughing and making fun of people? who believe in the existence of aliens? It annoyed me. They implied that people who claim to have seen or had contact with aliens are insane, and the were being really insulting. There are people in this world much more intelligent than these tv hosts who claim to have seen aliens. Just because THEY haven't seen them, should they be able to go on TV and pick on those who believe they have? I haven't seen aliens either, but I am not going to discount the possibility based on that. But then, I dont discount the possibility of a God either.... I am open to anything. What do you all think? Would you make fun of people who believe in aliens?
Paralysis Evils of Islamic Extremists? In observing the Middle East in general, and Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq. Kuwait, Palestine & Saudi Arabia in particular, one asks and wonders what they have contributed to the benefit of the world & civilization? Where are there Indigenous, Doctors, Engineers, Explorer’s Scholars, Scientist, and Poets, men/women of vision, wisdom and renown? Where are they? Where? For the most part Arab nations are ruled by despotic families who totally control and operate Islam as family run businesses. Aided, abetted and protected by religious extremists, fundamentalists, religious police, warring factions, associated hosts of religious perverted Mullahs, Imans and other miscreants - without any accountability whatsoever! The ordered world of democracy, freedom, liberty and justice totally alien to its unelected masters! What comprises their people’s education? There isn't any! Its indoctrination from the cradle to the grave. Watch Friday prayers all over the Arab world & see what happens! The Mullah's rant and rave preaching their sermons of hate, direct and shout to the meekly faithful to rise up and create a so called holy war and the doggy faithful run out and cause / provoke havoc the world over. Extremist and warring factions always to the forefront. The doggy faithful uneducated , unintelligent, who cannot think for themselves, not allowed to question, analyze, discuss merits, weigh the pro's and cons. Led as simple minded sheep; indoctrinated and governed by evil, senile, old, perverted, putrid, twisted men who will stop at nothing to prevent freedom and democracy being established in their lands. For once it's established and the benefits accrued to the people - the despots and extremists will be turned out! Their history and culture? What past centuries of history and culture? In what fields? What discoveries? What benefits to the world given? What culture and like provisions are there that accrues and continues day by day to enhance the world in general and Arab nations in particular? What does Islam daily clamor to give to civilization and the modern western world? 24 hour news coverage depicting, Islam’s manifest inherent persecution of it people; by aggression, assassination, beheading, burning, conflict, pillage, rape, riots, looting, murder, mutilation of female genitals, pillage, sacking and a multitude host of other barbaric inhuman crimes . Watch the oppressed masses, scruffy, uneducated, waving guns, yelling vile abuse (Incited, stirred to frenzy by turbaned, bearded black robed evil extremists and fanatics) as they scurry forth in obedience to their master’s voice. They and their like belong to the ghosts of Arabia’s past and its evil despotic period which the passage of time has consigned to history. The alleged Custodian of the two Holy Mosques? What does he do? Has he done? Nothing, nothing at all! The country that nurtured the greatest criminal in Islamic history! When, was the last time he stepped on to the World stage and condemned the evil men of Islam? Assured the entire world that Islam’s evil men would not be allowed to flourish, misrepresent, intimidate or threaten the lives and security of both Arab & Western domains? The world doesn’t live in the past, it moves forward, becomes a better place, and engenders hope for the benefit of all. What has the Arab world / what does the Arab world contribute or give civilization and its world of democracy? What has it rendered to its people, the people of other nations and to freedom, harmony, liberty and justice for all? Peace, civilization, education, the right of freedom of speech, democracy / debate, the rule of law, adherence. Never will Islamic despots, extremists, preachers and purveyors of hate allow it to materialize in the Middle East. It's time for the Allies to withdraw / pull out of the Middle East and stand back. Thus will leading despotic families and extremist religious factions fight it out? To quote a few immortal words of Winston Spencer Churchill - "let dog eat dog" Thus will the free world sit, watch and enjoy the spectacle of miscreant vermin jackals exhaust and destroy each other with out hindrance to others. That the Arab peoples may well be embroiled in such conflict and suffer further despair, grief and loss is not to be discounted. However, what is paramount is that the ordinary peace loving Arab man and woman will themselves be able to choose the path upon which they and their children and generations to come will be able to tread and follow and live in harmony with each other. Void of the current death, destruction, traumatic living that despotic family rulers and Islamic extremist disciples of hate would have them avowed to. Only then shall the peoples of the Middle East and other nations and their peoples oppressed and governed by despots, extremists, war lords of Islam - be free of their inherent extremist inflicted tyranny - & both the Arab and the civilized World will be a far, far safer place. Across Canada, Europe, and the USA and throughout the non Muslim world we are all aware of the creeping paralysis of Islam and what it portends for western culture and society. But our governments and those elected to its chambers allow its ongoing influx into western society, ignore in total its growing unruly and unlawful behavior, its unqualified conduct, it’s refusal to integrate / harmonize and respect other nations cultures, laws and religions. Civilization, its cultures, way of life, its society and laws is slowly disintegrating across Europe and elsewhere as the tide of extremist Islam extends unchecked across the world. Thus in time human conflict will inevitably arise to prevent the destruction of all that the non Muslim civilized world holds dear! What a waste, what a tragedy, that human conflicts of the past centuries have failed to quell the tide of evil men who regularly appear to govern by indoctrination, oppression, the sword gun and knife! More tragic is that their appearance and the threat they import are never initially recognized and they condemn millions of brethren to death before they are finally challenged, defeated and brought to justice. ***************************************************************
server ettiquette for all the uneducated people out there!? The next time you're out eating at a resturant, look at your server. Do you think they are really happy to be doing that job? The answer is no, they are not, but its what we do, and we do it for the money so please help them out. Its a tougher job than you think and you should pay them accordingly! There are SO many people out there flooding the restaurants w/o any knowledge of how to tip. Here is a short guide for the general public to follow. Feel free to print out and store in your wallet and/or purse. 1. CHILDREN "THE LITTLE DEVILS": If you have children, DO NOT let them, open and dump anything on the table (ie; salt, sugar, etc). IF YOU DO, you must leave an extra $5 for the server to clean up YOUR CHILD'S mess & to restock the now unusable wasted items. Don't get mad if you ask for crackers and your server tells you they're out when you just saw another table eating crackers with their soup -- can you blame them for not wanting to clean up the mess afterward? We are neither their babysitter nor their parent. The least you can do is pay us for the extra work. Also make sure you control your kids and don't let them scream or run around the restraunt. It's very distracting not to mention dangerous if they get ran over by a server with hot food in their hands. Just because you're out for dinner doesn't give you an excuse to let your kids mess around on their own free will like wild monkeys! 2. "THE CAMPERS": If you feel the necessity to stay for longer than 15 minutes after you pay, its an extra $3 every 30 minutes. We make our money from the tables. If you are in one and we can't seat it, we don't make money. 3. COMPLIMENTS (VERBAL TIPS): Telling a server they are the best server they've ever had is not a tip. If we are good, let us know by leaving us more money. We cant pay our bills on compliments. Its not that we don't appreciate the praise, its just that if you tell us how great we were and then leave 10% it's an insult. 4. THE SALVATION PAMPHLETS: Prayer cards or any other religious pamphlet is NOT a tip. It is insulting that you assume we are w/o religion and must save us. Again, like #3, we cant pay bills w/ prayer cards. We'd go to church on Sundays if it wasn't mandatory to work on Sundays because EVERYONE who goes to church follows it by eating out. Also don't try to preach to us while we are working. We don't go to your work and put you down so don't do it to us.....plus, we don't have time to listen to you babble. 5. TIPPING: It is not 1960. Cost of living has gone up dramatically since then. 18% is the MINIMUM amount of what you should be tipping your servers. Remember, that steak is $12.99 not $22.99 because restaurants aren't required to pay minimum wage in most states! Here in AZ we get paid whooping $2.13 an hr meaning all of our money is made in tips. If you were not properly paid in your profession, you would be pretty pissed too! We are taxed on 10 percent of your meal automatically, not to mention we have to tip out a percentage of our sales - your bill - to the hosts, bartenders, and bussers. So if you dont leave a tip, WE END UP PAYING FOR YOUR MEAL!! So move that decimal one spot left and multiply by 2 and your server will never be disappointed. ($25 = $2.50 x 2 = $5) 6. THE COMPLAINERS: If you get a discount because of your food was prepared wrong or something, do not take it out of our tip. We didn't cook it. The cooks get paid hourly regardless if the food sucks. However, we only make what you give us. And don't ever leave a percentage on the total after the discount or comp -- always tip on what the total would have been. 7. THE LATE ONES: If you come into the restaurant 10 mins before closing or any time near closing hurry up and order your food and get out. Closed means closed, not social hour. It is so rude to sit there and take your sweet *** time. We can't leave until you leave because we have to do sidework and clean the table you are sitting at. We don't want to stand there waiting for you for an extra hour just because you don't want to go home. We recommend 24 hour establishments such as Dennys or Steak n Shake if you wish to sit into the wee hours of the night. 8. THE TABLE HOGGERS: If you only come in for coffee or a dessert, to do paper work, or to have a meeting, don't sit there taking up our booths for hours. We are not Starbucks or a hotel restaurant. If you want to sit for hours, go there or else you better leave a good tip for us and camping fee included. 9. THE GREET: When we come up to the table to greet you and we ask how you are doing please let us know. We honestly want to know how you are doing. If you are in a bad mood we want to know that from the beginning. A confused stare or complete silence does not suffice as a reply to "How are you doing?". Also don't interrupt our greeting and say "I want coffee", "can we get some bread, or "what are the soups?".......thats just rude! Do you enjoy it when people blatently interupt what you are saying? Didn't think so. ***In addition, if your server stops by the table and says they will be right with you, they are not lying, so sit and be patient and wait for them to come back to properly greet you. Sometimes we can get a liitle busy so we don't give a **** how you feel about it....you will just have to wait a minute! So there's not much point in throwing requests in our faces, you'll have to wait for us either way. SO BE NICE! 10. THOSE DAMN CELL PHONES: Don't ever talk on your cell phone in a restraunt. This is probably the rudest thing to do. If you must be on your cell, at least keep your voice down in respect for other customers. If you are on your cell phone when we walk up to greet your table we will walk away until you get off your phone. Not to be rude, but simply because we don't want to deal with you trying to manage 2 conversations. Just show some respect and give us your attention for a couple of minutes. 11. TAKE-AWAY OR TO-GOS: Always remember to tip the take-out order servers! They work just as hard as a server, and hardly ever get tips for it! THEY DESERVE TO BE TIPPED TOO! 12. FOREIGNERS: Welcome to America! Here, we tip our servers appropriately, not this 10% Bullshit! All of the above apply! 13. THE CARDINAL RULE: Don't **** with people who handle your food! Be nice to us....our job is a lot harder than it looks! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SERVERS READING THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please repost this so the word can get out, since so many people are uneducated about tips and our lives depend on this - at least for now...... 14 hours ago - 3 days left to answer. Additional Details 10 minutes ago and everyone, i love my job. I am not mad at people, just trying to get a point across becuase people usually dont listen until its bieng yelled out!
Need Help trying to decide if I want to sell Lia Sophia...? My aunt sells Lia Sophia down in Louisiana and I live in Minnesota. I hosted a catalog/show party Friday night for my aunt and the jewlery sold itself. She sent samples for me to show since she could not be here. I have been talking with her about signing up under her but I can't make up my mind. The party I had went so well but I am just nervous about starting up a business again. I tried Passion Parties a little over a year ago and I had 1 show totaling over $600, but that was it. I guess I'm just afraid that the same thing will happen with this one. I know there is always a risk you take with any business you start up, and the profit is great, who could pass up a 70% discount. I had one show book from the party who is willing to have me do her party or she will do it the same as I did a catalog/show party. I guess my biggest fear is that I'm doing it because I get such a discount on jewlery I want, not to make money. Please someone give me some advise. Thanks. There is a life time guarantee on Lia Sophia jewlery, you know if they tarnish you can get them replaced. That is one thing that I love about them. I believe for my starter kit my advisor was going to be paying for it.
Political experts on conservatives? Politically conservative agendas may range from supporting the Vietnam War to upholding traditional moral and religious values to opposing welfare. But are there consistent underlying motivations? Four researchers who culled through 50 years of research literature about the psychology of conservatism report that at the core of political conservatism is the resistance to change and a tolerance for inequality, and that some of the common psychological factors linked to political conservatism include: Fear and aggression Dogmatism and intolerance of ambiguity Uncertainty avoidance Need for cognitive closure Terror management "From our perspective, these psychological factors are capable of contributing to the adoption of conservative ideological contents, either independently or in combination," the researchers wrote in an article, "Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition," recently published in the American Psychological Association's Psychological Bulletin. Assistant Professor Jack Glaser of the University of California, Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy and Visiting Professor Frank Sulloway of UC Berkeley joined lead author, Associate Professor John Jost of Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, and Professor Arie Kruglanski of the University of Maryland at College Park, to analyze the literature on conservatism. The psychologists sought patterns among 88 samples, involving 22,818 participants, taken from journal articles, books and conference papers. The material originating from 12 countries included speeches and interviews given by politicians, opinions and verdicts rendered by judges, as well as experimental, field and survey studies. Ten meta-analytic calculations performed on the material - which included various types of literature and approaches from different countries and groups - yielded consistent, common threads, Glaser said. The avoidance of uncertainty, for example, as well as the striving for certainty, are particularly tied to one key dimension of conservative thought - the resistance to change or hanging onto the status quo, they said. The terror management feature of conservatism can be seen in post-Sept. 11 America, where many people appear to shun and even punish outsiders and those who threaten the status of cherished world views, they wrote. Concerns with fear and threat, likewise, can be linked to a second key dimension of conservatism - an endorsement of inequality, a view reflected in the Indian caste system, South African apartheid and the conservative, segregationist politics of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-South S.C.). Disparate conservatives share a resistance to change and acceptance of inequality, the authors said. Hitler, Mussolini, and former President Ronald Reagan were individuals, but all were right-wing conservatives because they preached a return to an idealized past and condoned inequality in some form. Talk host Rush Limbaugh can be described the same way, the authors commented in a published reply to the article. This research marks the first synthesis of a vast amount of information about conservatism, and the result is an "elegant and unifying explanation" for political conservatism under the rubric of motivated social cognition, said Sulloway. That entails the tendency of people's attitudinal preferences on policy matters to be explained by individual needs based on personality, social interests or existential needs. The researchers' analytical methods allowed them to determine the effects for each class of factors and revealed "more pluralistic and nuanced understanding of the source of conservatism," Sulloway said. While most people resist change, Glaser said, liberals appear to have a higher tolerance for change than conservatives do. As for conservatives' penchant for accepting inequality, he said, one contemporary example is liberals' general endorsement of extending rights and liberties to disadvantaged minorities such as gays and lesbians, compared to conservatives' opposing position. The researchers said that conservative ideologies, like virtually all belief systems, develop in part because they satisfy some psychological needs, but that "does not mean that conservatism is pathological or that conservative beliefs are necessarily false, irrational, or unprincipled." They also stressed that their findings are not judgmental. "In many cases, including mass politics, 'liberal' traits may be liabilities, and being intolerant of ambiguity, high on the need for closure, or low in cognitive complexity might be associated with such generally valued characteristics as personal commitment and unwavering loyalty," the researchers wrote. This intolerance of ambiguity can lead people to cling to the familiar, to arrive at premature conclusions, and to impose simplistic cliches and stereotypes, the researchers advised. The latest debate about the possibility that the Bush administration ignored intelligence information that discounted reports of Iraq buying nuclear material from Africa may be linked to the conservative intolerance for ambiguity and or need for closure, said Glaser. "For a variety of psychological reasons, then, right-wing populism may have more consistent appeal than left-wing populism, especially in times of potential crisis and instability," he said. Glaser acknowledged that the team's exclusive assessment of the psychological motivations of political conservatism might be viewed as a partisan exercise. However, he said, there is a host of information available about conservatism, but not about liberalism. The researchers conceded cases of left-wing ideologues, such as Stalin, Khrushchev or Castro, who, once in power, steadfastly resisted change, allegedly in the name of egalitarianism. Yet, they noted that some of these figures might be considered politically conservative in the context of the systems that they defended. The researchers noted that Stalin, for example, was concerned about defending and preserving the existing Soviet system. Although they concluded that conservatives are less "integratively complex" than others are, Glaser said, "it doesn't mean that they're simple-minded." Conservatives don't feel the need to jump through complex, intellectual hoops in order to understand or justify some of their positions, he said. "They are more comfortable seeing and stating things in black and white in ways that would make liberals squirm," Glaser said. He pointed as an example to a 2001 trip to Italy, where President George W. Bush was asked to explain himself. The Republican president told assembled world leaders, "I know what I believe and I believe what I believe is right." And in 2002, Bush told a British reporter, "Look, my job isn't to nuance." to mr phatt phatt The only thing which really links conservatives and religion is that they both cater to chold molesting preists.
Philiosophy and logic help needed? I recently read a book on logic to help formulate better arguments. Unfortunetly, using that logic, there are a host of things that I would normally not hesitate to say: "I know are true", but now I can't. This statement is going to sound crazy, but it's an interesting excersice: " I can't prove that the country of Japan exists." I know that it does exist, but I can't prove it logically. The main evidence I have for the existance of Japan are: 1) Photographic evidence. However, I've seen photographs of Jesus in a bowl of spaghetti, and Osama bin Laden with a goat's body. It doesn't make them true. 2) Authorities (map makers, hostorians, travelers) all claim that Japan exists. Authorities have also claimed that the earth was flat, and Iraq had WMDs. 3) The majority of people believe it exists. Same as above. Is it logical to discount a statement because of it's exception? I'm just starting out with logic so I fear there's something I'm missing.
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Host a Pure Romance Party!? Okay ladies....so the time is NOW to host a pure romance party in the Atlanta, GA area....!! Valentines Day is almost here so you want to make sure you get your little presents to enhance the love on this day! If you host a party you will receive free products and a discount on products that you order. Please contact me for further information! I book fast so act now! Talk to you soon!!!
Women majority cause of divorce? Survey? Society generally forms the opinion that once married, a man can no longer be a "guy" because of the bickering he bears due to overbearing, selfish wives. Interesting enough, look how car insurance rates drop once a man gets married. Here is an entire industry offering discounts because they know he'll have claws in him continously and most likely will become more subdued as a result. I submit it is the imprisonment of nit-picking, loud, stubborn women that drives the divorce rate. Not all women are like this, but it is idiotic ones like this that are responsible for at least 75% of the divorces. Their behavior drives infidelity, indifference, and a host of other things in men. Am I wrong here?
Can you interpret my dream within a dream? Dream within my dream: I was walking in a wooded park on a trail, and I saw white and cherry colored pieces of what appeared to be candy gently falling from the sky like snowflakes. A spirit communicated to me without words, through a spiritual connection (very very hard to explain – kind of like feeling the warmth of a stove, kind of). The spirit told me that the white objects were flowers, but were edible if I wanted to eat them. But I didn’t, because I knew beforehand that the white wildflowers would have a bitter taste and an odd texture once inside my mouth. Then, in the outer dream: I found myself in an auditorium 1/3 full, filled with older people (in their 60s). The place was dated, like from the 1970s, and brown and dark. A man was standing and talking, and was giving dream interpretations. An old man got his dream interpreted before mine, and went on and on. I became impatient. Finally, the host got to me, and I told him the above dream. He acted disinterested, and the crowd seemed tired and disinterested, which hacked me off. I looked to the left and saw the theater’s door was ajar. It let in a small but bright shaft of pure white light into the dark theater. I remember seeing scenery on the stage, but it wasn’t a part of the dream interpretation presentation given by the man who was suppose to be interpreting my dream. I felt like he was discounting my dream simply because I wasn’t as old as the other people in the audience, as if I were foolish for asking for such an interpretation. What does this dream within a dream really mean?
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