A huge Happy Birthday Brutha. Years young is right! You looking smooth as usual. Gratuity is earned as it is performance, and good performance is what should get rewarded above and beyond. I guess people have been terrible tippers. So they decided to do something about it is my guess. You so right about relationships too. Got to acknowledge and maintain them. Treat others as you would want to be treated goes along way to relationship development. Leave behind those that do not get this. 100% absolutely right about being intolerant to inconsiderate BS. Goes back to toxicity of the humankind. Find peace. Be peaceful. Respectful. But, never mistake this to be a weakness. Weather looks gorgeous by you today, and it is here in North Texas. Peace to you brother Mikey. Ride safe and often. Peace
Happy Birthday Mike. I will be 59 14 November. Yes, I agree 100% about the loud music and auto tip. I have tinnitus in my right ear from serving in the Army and that loud music actually hurts. At times, it is so loud you almost have to yell at the person sitting across from you when having a conversation.
Happy Birthday Mike! About to hit Social Security age myself...you know you old when you can starting drawing from SSA...HAHA God is good for letting us enjoy our time here and especially the skills to ride motorcycles!
Happy birthday!🎂🎉 I don’t tip if I order to go. I mean I’m not tipping for them to cook,bag or hand my food to Me. If they try to include a set tip then I’ll leave the food on the counter. I use to eat out every week until my Wife of 40yrs passed away 6yrs ago. I no longer eat in the restaurant anymore. The memories are still to great even 6yrs later!! Enjoy your Birthday! The Old Man! Julius 👴🏽
Mike Happy Belated Birthday, I turned 58 last month. So, I know a little of what you're talking about. I also wanted to let you know that I pushed that like and subscribe button today! I was very uncertain about Goldwings until I started watching you, Chris Caliente and Cruiseman. Thanks for the mechanical tips as I have a 2004 Goldwing and I like that you still have yours and I, like you, enjoy riding my Goldwing as therapy. Keep ranting and I'll keep watching...God Bless
Happy Birthday Mike! All is well and life is good. I turned 68 last May and thank God, life goes on…. I usually tip 20% and then round it up to next even $ amount. If I got hit with an automatic 20%, I probably wouldn’t go back. Looks like a beautiful day over in Memphis today! Ride safe Mike.
Happy belated birthday Mike! I totally agree with you about the gratuity fee. Let me decide what I give above the cost of my order. The gratuity is charging me a fee for eating at that establishment.
Happy B Day MM, as for an auto gratuity, I won't pay it. I tip according to service. It's not my problem that a person works for tips. I'm not being a SOB, but thats how I feel. Glad that you are back...
1. Happy Birthday Mike, hoping for many more, 2. Careful you don't turn into a grumpy old man, 3. Welcome to the Entitled Generation. They expect the tip but don't have to work for it. I tip according to the effort they put into it. Mostly 20% but bad service means a bad tip. Again, Happy B' Day and see you out on the road!
Happy birthday brother! I agree about the tips, they should earn it! I turned 60 this year and my wife says I’m grumpier now, I tell her I’m not grumpy I’m honest! Take care!
Happy belated BD bro….. I turned 62 this past July. I also retired at 58 but got really bored and went back to work in a very low pressure IT environment. Love it! And working by choice and not necessity is a whole different story. One thing about the annoying auto-tipping is make sure you notice it tagged on. One time I got hit with a 20% auto tip without noticing and added another 18% as my usual. Of course the waitress said nothing when checking me out. My wife was wondering why the bill was so high and looked at the receipt, but caught it after the fact. I need to learn how to read apparently.
Yep. I can see maybe in a year doing something maybe to occupy my days for sure. 1st yr staying busy around house, taken couple motorcycle trips already, and I could blow leaves everyday during the fall/winter.
Happy birthday. I have left restaurants that are loud without ordering. To never return. As far as tips, if it's auto, I pay cash. And yes, it's because of your age. It gets worse at 60🤣.
Hello sir and happy birthday. In my area if you have over a certain number of dinners they charge an auto gratuity of 20% but if it’s just you and they do it then that would be irritating. I think it’s okay to not want to but up with bs older in life because time is short and you don’t want to waist it. Speaking of bs I hope peoples 401k survives the craziness going on. Enjoy your birthday.
Hey man, i hit a deer on HWY 13 this past Sat a few miles outside of Searcy. Totaled the Passenger side fairing on my 08 GL1800. I think the bike is repairable. Would you mind reminding your viewers about the dangers of riding on backroads. I'm ok. Luckily I was on a heavy bike!
Aha! Yes, the older I get, the more I don’t give a hoot about what people think of me. I speak my mind much more than when I was younger. A saying came to mind the other day: “I don’t want you to think I’m an a hole, I want you to KNOW I’m an a hole” I too over tip when the service is at least very good.
