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How Much to Tip?

How Much to Tip?

by Chris Stenberg on 15. Apr, 2010 in Consumer Culture, Customs and Traditions, Random, Travel

Survey data via Synovate InFact. Click to enlarge. Tipping is a contentious issue as I have discovered through many conversations with my restaurant friends — I’m a closet, okay not so closet, foodie that dines out more often than not. In Canada and the US, tipping is a bit of a minefield of cultural subtlety [...]

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April Fools’ Day

April Fools’ Day

by Chris Stenberg on 01. Apr, 2010 in Consumer Culture, Customs and Traditions, Random

My patience for April Fools’ Day is so short that I could barely read the Wikipedia entry past the part where I learned that it is actualy Fools’ Day not a singular Fool’s Day. It’s not that I don’t have a sense of humour, but this is the kind of day where things that normally [...]

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See you next Monday?

by Chris Stenberg on 16. Mar, 2010 in Customs and Traditions, Language

When someone says see you next Monday it can be really confusing depending on what day they are saying it on. Here’s how I think it breaks down: •If you say see you next Monday on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday it probably means the next most immediate Monday •If you say see you [...]

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