So what would it take to bring JD out from blogging hibernation? BMW finally banishing the stupid chrome eyelids? No. (But yeah!) BMW introducing environment sanity (more on that later)

Nope… it’s a couple of cheap ass queens taking away a couple bucks from a waitress.

The story? First night of the week in P-Town. (PEEE-TOWN!!!) We’re out to dinner and the menu clearly says “Gratuity added for parties of 5 or more”, and we’re five. When the bill arrives, the “mother” of this expedition calculates the appropriate contribution based on whether we have had cocktails, full entrees, etc. Not optimal for a big(gish) group, but it seems fair and I throw my cash in. Several throw their cards in and pony up for their share. After all have signed, someone starts encouraging additional gratuity amounts, and I remind folks not to go completely overboard, since the gratuity was already included. Once those folks realize that, they want to reexamine the entire bill. Mind you this was not a thousand dollar bill or even a few hundred dollar bill. So even taking off 20% would have been a couple bucks per person, and meant she would have to rerun every card, only because my colleagues couldn’t bother to read the menu. They persisted… so instead of sucking up 4 or 5 dollars and realizing we screwed up, they decided to make her deal with it instead. The pettiness infuriated me.

We are (obviously) men of means if we are spending a week or two in a resort. We are obviously able to buy plane tickets, and rent for a condo, and pay for a lovely dinner out. Five Dollars will not put us in the poor house. But yet, these queens are so cheap, that they refuse to admit they screwed up, and except the (minimal) cost of that mistake. No… they have to exact their pound of flesh from a seasonal waitress. In the name of… oh, I don’t even know what.

Come on people… keep perspective… life is too short to sweat the pennies. Taking back a dollar is petty, and if you honestly need that dollar, maybe you should not be in the place where you need to take it back. In short, live your life where you should, and how you’d want to be treated.

Man, it is good to be back.