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breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 7 Oct 09

I don't mean a blind date, or a date with someone you don't know at all, but have you ever gone out on a date with someone you found attractive but knew so little about that you didn't even know what they did for work??? I met...

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breepeace LOL I made the mistake of being really curious when we first met, so I think a small part of his reasoning for not telling me was to keep me in suspense. We talked on the phone a few times beforehand just so I could get a feel for him, and every time when I'd...

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breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 7 Oct 09

I don't mean a blind date, or a date with someone you don't know at all, but have you ever gone out on a date with someone you found attractive but knew so little about that you didn't even know what they did for work??? I met...

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breepeace I think my biggest concern when he wouldn't tell me was that he was unemployed or something, but wanted to make sure I'd agree to go out with him just once before he told me. It was almost a relief when he told me the truth, like "Ohhh, you're a cop. Now I...

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breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 7 Oct 09

I don't mean a blind date, or a date with someone you don't know at all, but have you ever gone out on a date with someone you found attractive but knew so little about that you didn't even know what they did for work??? I met...

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breepeace Yes, actually we have another date tonight. :)

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breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 7 Oct 09

I don't mean a blind date, or a date with someone you don't know at all, but have you ever gone out on a date with someone you found attractive but knew so little about that you didn't even know what they did for work??? I met...

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breepeace LOL I get the impression he wouldn't mind being held accountable!

7 Oct 09

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breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 2 Oct 09

If the service is super slow at a restaurant, do you still tip? Normally, I'm a pretty generous tipper, but today I went out for lunch with some friends, and we waited well over an hour just for the food to come. Even our...

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breepeace And yet I'm not the one attacking some random person on a forum website. :)

7 Oct 09

breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 5 Oct 09

I had a friend visiting last week, and when he left on Saturday I felt almost overjoyed. He'd told me a few weeks ago that he planned to come up for a visit, but I assumed a visit meant a weekend. After all, who goes and visits a...

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breepeace 9 dogs in crates???? What was he doing traveling with THAT many dogs?

7 Oct 09

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breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 2 Oct 09

If the service is super slow at a restaurant, do you still tip? Normally, I'm a pretty generous tipper, but today I went out for lunch with some friends, and we waited well over an hour just for the food to come. Even our...

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breepeace Well pardon me, but if I were already half an hour late for work, what leads you to believe I had another 10 minutes to argue with the manager? I don't reward bad behavior. If I don't do my job well, then I get fired, but if a server doesn't do their job well...

7 Oct 09

breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 6 Oct 09

As some people here know I work in the health care industry and this morning I've been busy in conferences and information sessions on H1N1 prevention and pandemic response. Since the vaccine will not be released until November...

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breepeace Normally I would agree with you about being overly proactive about bacteria, but not during cold and flu season. Beyond just preventing YOURSELF from contracting it, it's important to practice good hygiene for those that surround you. The only way to prevent...

7 Oct 09

breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 6 Oct 09

As some people here know I work in the health care industry and this morning I've been busy in conferences and information sessions on H1N1 prevention and pandemic response. Since the vaccine will not be released until November...

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breepeace I'm in Canada, and the H1N1 vaccine won't be available here until at least November, well after the first wave has hit. We're already experiencing incidences in my area.

7 Oct 09

breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 2 Oct 09

If the service is super slow at a restaurant, do you still tip? Normally, I'm a pretty generous tipper, but today I went out for lunch with some friends, and we waited well over an hour just for the food to come. Even our...

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breepeace I live in Northern Canada, actually. Pretty far from Sunny So-Cal! LOL

6 Oct 09

breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 5 Oct 09

I had a friend visiting last week, and when he left on Saturday I felt almost overjoyed. He'd told me a few weeks ago that he planned to come up for a visit, but I assumed a visit meant a weekend. After all, who goes and visits a...

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breepeace I think I would just rather that he never stay with me again. By the third day I was already irritated beyond belief with the way he was following me around the apartment whenever I was there. I'd go to the loo, and as I was closing the door would notice that...

5 Oct 09

breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 5 Oct 09

I had a friend visiting last week, and when he left on Saturday I felt almost overjoyed. He'd told me a few weeks ago that he planned to come up for a visit, but I assumed a visit meant a weekend. After all, who goes and visits a...

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breepeace LOL No, definitely not the friend with benefits. Just an old coworker I stayed in touch with throughout the years. He came to visit last year, and that was much better (perhaps because it was much briefer??) and he had so much fun that I guess he assumed life...

5 Oct 09

breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 5 Oct 09

I had a friend visiting last week, and when he left on Saturday I felt almost overjoyed. He'd told me a few weeks ago that he planned to come up for a visit, but I assumed a visit meant a weekend. After all, who goes and visits a...

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breepeace Oh, I've had those guests before, too. The ones you just kind of feel like leaving in the living room while you go to bed and hope they finally take the hint. LOL My ex boyfriend used to be really bad about overstaying his welcome when we visited his folks....

5 Oct 09

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 1 Oct 09

I know an airline that prefers hand luggage only. If passengers bring luggage they are allowed one bag of 15kg or up to three bags of up to 5kg each. That luggage costs loads. What costs even more is a travel cot as I found out...

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breepeace The worst part was that it was cheaper for me to bring 2 bags than to just have one 18 kilo bag. I think it was €40 for an oversized bag (even 2 kg over) and €15 each for 2 regular sized bags. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to their fees...

5 Oct 09

breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 5 Oct 09

I had a friend visiting last week, and when he left on Saturday I felt almost overjoyed. He'd told me a few weeks ago that he planned to come up for a visit, but I assumed a visit meant a weekend. After all, who goes and visits a...

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breepeace I agree. The third day he was here I mentioned that he could maybe do the dishes while I was at work so I wouldn't have to do them when I got home, and then maybe we could go out right afterwards instead of me having to clean up lunch dishes. When I got home...

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breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 5 Oct 09

I had a friend visiting last week, and when he left on Saturday I felt almost overjoyed. He'd told me a few weeks ago that he planned to come up for a visit, but I assumed a visit meant a weekend. After all, who goes and visits a...

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breepeace I agree. I wish I had just set down the rules prior to him even arriving. Perhaps he wouldn't have even bothered coming if he discovered I wasn't as overjoyed to have some person stealing my bed for a week as he was to be the one stealing it. Live and learn.

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breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 2 Oct 09

If the service is super slow at a restaurant, do you still tip? Normally, I'm a pretty generous tipper, but today I went out for lunch with some friends, and we waited well over an hour just for the food to come. Even our...

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breepeace Since there isn't any way to guarantee that every restaurant is going to tip out it's kitchen staff, I generally assume the server would keep 95-100% of the tip themself, so in a case where the service is bad but the food is good -- no, I wouldn't tip. After...

5 Oct 09

breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 2 Oct 09

If the service is super slow at a restaurant, do you still tip? Normally, I'm a pretty generous tipper, but today I went out for lunch with some friends, and we waited well over an hour just for the food to come. Even our...

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breepeace I agree. My opinion is that tipping servers is customary -- not mandatory. Sometimes I'll still tip as normal if the service is bad, but there's an obvious reason, like the restaurant is very busy, but if the service is just bad -- forget about it.

5 Oct 09

breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 2 Oct 09

If the service is super slow at a restaurant, do you still tip? Normally, I'm a pretty generous tipper, but today I went out for lunch with some friends, and we waited well over an hour just for the food to come. Even our...

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breepeace By the time we left I was half an hour late getting back to work, I wouldn't have wanted to spend any more time talking to a manager. When she gave me my receipt she said "I hope you come back!" after she noticed I hadn't left a tip. I assume she knows I was...

2 Oct 09

breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 2 Oct 09

If the service is super slow at a restaurant, do you still tip? Normally, I'm a pretty generous tipper, but today I went out for lunch with some friends, and we waited well over an hour just for the food to come. Even our...

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breepeace I would have complained, too. At least we had menus, so by the time she came to take our drink orders we already knew what food we wanted, too.

2 Oct 09

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