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theducks ([personal profile] theducks) wrote2003-04-05 11:59 pm

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Allo. A day of parties.. went to cousin Tim's this morning/early afternoon, had a haicut, went to lj user="dexywexy">'s at Observation City.. nice place. should go there again some time. FINALLY met [livejournal.com profile] pennae, and also [livejournal.com profile] jennheifer - a Chicagoian temporarily transplanted to Perth, and [livejournal.com profile] drabbo, who kindly dropped me home. Much fun was had by all. About 15 people in total were there.. good food, reasonable price, good staff etc. And no tip, cause we're Australians and no-one expects that here ;>

I had an afternoon nap at Tim's place, but yeah, still sleepy. I do most of my sleeping on weekends ;) I can't believe Saturday is over already tho. blort ;p

[identity profile] drabbo.livejournal.com 2003-04-05 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
HA AH!!!

[identity profile] drabbo.livejournal.com 2003-04-05 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
OH! Like YOU can talk!

[identity profile] theducks.livejournal.com 2003-04-05 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Have you two even been to bed? :P

[identity profile] drabbo.livejournal.com 2003-04-06 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I knew there was something I had been forgetting to do... damn that sleep, I always forget about it.

I'll wave at you as I drive by on my way to my violin lesson tonight!

[identity profile] pennae.livejournal.com 2003-04-06 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
pfft. id just arrived home and had to shut the computer down

*cough*

Tipping

[identity profile] belladonna.livejournal.com 2003-04-05 12:02 pm (UTC)(link)
FYI: The reason tipping is expected here is because food servers are paid below minimum wage, with the rest (theoretically) made up for in tips. So when you're here, never ever ever stiff a server unless they REALLY suck.

Re: Tipping

[identity profile] theducks.livejournal.com 2003-04-05 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I know that bit.. ugh, but that's a stupid bit of labor law inequity :/ I mean, the food over there costs more anyway, not even factoring the tip.

[identity profile] jennheifer.livejournal.com 2003-04-06 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
i'm not actually from Chicago, i live about two and a half hours south, in a city called Champaign, but that's ok, Chicago's close enough ;o)

[identity profile] theducks.livejournal.com 2003-04-06 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
Ahh yes, near Urbana. Well you didn't say that ;) I think when I was working at http://www.ecu.edu.au, we had a few students from UIUC :) (University of Illinois at Urbana Champage, ha!)