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The word "TIP" comes from something that may suprise everyone.
"To Insure Promptness".
The logic is that you "TIP" your server descreetly as a sort of under-the-table "Here ya go" before you even order, and maybe before you're even seated to basically make REALLY sure you'll get treated like royalty through the whole experience. I have to say I've never done this, it sounds like something Bond would do in a 007 movie, but I'm going to try it next time...Maybee I'll even throw on a Connery voice. I'll let ya's know how it turns out...LOL. Now if you do this, and the service STILL sucks...........
TechnoWolf wrote:The word "TIP" comes from something that may suprise everyone.
"To Insure Promptness".
The logic is that you "TIP" your server descreetly as a sort of under-the-table "Here ya go" before you even order, and maybe before you're even seated to basically make REALLY sure you'll get treated like royalty through the whole experience. I have to say I've never done this, it sounds like something Bond would do in a 007 movie, but I'm going to try it next time...Maybee I'll even throw on a Connery voice. I'll let ya's know how it turns out...LOL. Now if you do this, and the service STILL sucks...........
TechnoWolf wrote:The word "TIP" comes from something that may suprise everyone.
"To Insure Promptness".
The logic is that you "TIP" your server descreetly as a sort of under-the-table "Here ya go" before you even order, and maybe before you're even seated to basically make REALLY sure you'll get treated like royalty through the whole experience. I have to say I've never done this, it sounds like something Bond would do in a 007 movie, but I'm going to try it next time...Maybee I'll even throw on a Connery voice. I'll let ya's know how it turns out...LOL. Now if you do this, and the service STILL sucks...........
TechnoWolf wrote:The word "TIP" comes from something that may suprise everyone.
"To Insure Promptness".
The logic is that you "TIP" your server descreetly as a sort of under-the-table "Here ya go" before you even order, and maybe before you're even seated to basically make REALLY sure you'll get treated like royalty through the whole experience. I have to say I've never done this, it sounds like something Bond would do in a 007 movie, but I'm going to try it next time...Maybee I'll even throw on a Connery voice. I'll let ya's know how it turns out...LOL. Now if you do this, and the service STILL sucks...........
Virtually every story about how a commonplace word started as some obscure acronym is total BS.
"You know, I have a great, wonderful, really original method of teaching antitrust law, and it kept 80 percent of the students awake. They learned things. It was fabulous." -- Justice Stephen Breyer
Ex-Cyber wrote:Virtually every story about how a commonplace word started as some obscure acronym is total BS.
Agreed...True, with a few exceptions....
"The word "laser" is common now, but started as an acronym, LASER = Light Amplification through the Stimulated Emission of Radiation."
"Radar" originally stood for RAdio Detection And Ranging.
"Sonar" started as an acronym for SOund Navigation And Ranging.
Ex-Cyber wrote:Virtually every story about how a commonplace word started as some obscure acronym is total BS.
Agreed...True, with a few exceptions....
"The word "laser" is common now, but started as an acronym, LASER = Light Amplification through the Stimulated Emission of Radiation."
"Radar" originally stood for RAdio Detection And Ranging.
"Sonar" started as an acronym for SOund Navigation And Ranging.
And those are all modern words. Using acronyms as common words is a relatively recent thing.
Yes, and there is one notable exception to the recency of the phenomenon:
"Cop"
Constable On Patrol became 'cop,' with ties to French 'caper', to take.
It started as an acronym in England and is a slang term for a policeman, and also has roots in the French verb, 'to take.'
The common belief here is that "cop" was short for copper because police officers' earliest badges were made of shiny metal copper...and from what I'm told, metal copper is not the real origin.
Anyway, I've wandered a long way from the post topic?? Wow! I talk too much! LOL
I do believe in tipping whenever possible, as a matter of good will, as long as the service is decent. If the service is GREAT, I tend to be very generous. I like seeing a face light up, and maybe making someone's day, in return for great service.
TechnoWolf wrote:Yes, and there is one notable exception to the recency of the phenomenon:
"Cop"
Constable On Patrol became 'cop,' with ties to French 'caper', to take.
It started as an acronym in England and is a slang term for a policeman, and also has roots in the French verb, 'to take.'
The common belief here is that "cop" was short for copper because police officers' earliest badges were made of shiny metal copper...and from what I'm told, metal copper is not the real origin.
TechnoWolf wrote:Yes, and there is one notable exception to the recency of the phenomenon:
"Cop"
Constable On Patrol became 'cop,' with ties to French 'caper', to take.
It started as an acronym in England and is a slang term for a policeman, and also has roots in the French verb, 'to take.'
The common belief here is that "cop" was short for copper because police officers' earliest badges were made of shiny metal copper...and from what I'm told, metal copper is not the real origin.
"Copper" is the correct origin.
25 February 1954, Chicago Daily Tribune, letter by Walter X. Klauser, pg. 14:
The commonly used term "cop" is not a term of degradation or disrespect for our law enforcement officers. Instead, it is a contraction of "constable on patrol." Years ago before we had large city developments, the law enforcing officers were called constables. Often, these officers would leave notices for minor infractions of the law by storekeepers and townspeople in the violators' mail box; these notices being signed "cop." It was a common query among the townspeople and the constables themselves, "Who is the "cop" tonight?"
I suppose this one is up for grabs, there's evidence for both Constable, and for Copper......
I'm glad you brought up Ensure. I joke about Ensure like others do with Spam. Here's a great recipe.
Ensure Quiche
9-inch baked pie shell
1 ½ cups cooked chopped ham or turkey
1 cup shredded soy Swiss or Cheddar cheese
3 eggs
1 cup mayonnaise
1 can (8 fl oz.) vanilla Ensure
In a medium bowl, mix ham or turkey, and cheese. In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs, mayonnaise, and Ensure. Combine Ensure mixture with meat and cheese mixture. Pour into the pie shell and bake at 375° for 50 minutes or until a knife inserted comes out clean. Makes 6 servings
