TIP JARS......?

I have long tipped at meals when dining out. Normally, my wife and I tip 15% of what the meal costs us. We do this when the service is above and beyond just bringing our meal to us. Normally, we just leave a five dollar bill. Our normal meal is usually around $26.00, so if we tip five dollars, we have over tipped by a dollar and ten cents. 15% of $26.00 is $3.90.

What does this have to do with anything? Well, this is the problem. I go into a doughnut shop to purchase breakfast for my sweetheart, usually a croissant with sausage, egg, and sometimes cheese. The guy behind the counter takes my order, puts the item in a sack, then rings up the purchase. What chaps my hide is the big, fat, jar sitting on the counter with a card reading "TIPS" taped to the front of it. I see this in lots of stores I go to, including at least one "super market". Where in the hell do these people get off thinking they deserve extra money for just doing their jobs? By law they have to be paid at least minimum wage, or $7.35 per hour. I know that is not a lot of money, but, it is sure more than the $2.45 per hour many waiters and waitresses earn. It is not like they are refilling my glass or anything. We have become a nation of bums.

PEACE!

Welfare recipients need to be drug tested....

I can hear the moans and groans now! But bear with me for just a moment.....
I spent a number of years in law enforcement, actually a number of decades in law enforcement, and during that tenure, I repeatedly found that the perpetrators of most crimes had a drug problem. I also found that many of those guilty of some really heinous acts against their fellow citizens, were on illegal drugs. Most of the folks whom I helped incarcerate were also receiving money every month from the government in one form of a welfare handout, or another. I personally know of some people who receive welfare checks and then take the money and buy meth with what you and I give to them (in the form of taxes). Now there is a proposal being submitted to Oklahoma law makers to institute drug screening for all applicants who want money from us taxpayers. GO FOR IT I SAY!

PEACE OUT Y'ALL!