Saturday Morning Dump: Hitting On Waitresses

Well, that was kind of a crazy blog week, huh?

I was supposed to meet a buddy for supper on Wednesday, but he ended up bailing on me. Of course, I had already shown up and waited for a little while before he decided he wasn’t going to be able to make it. (And, in his defense, the excuse was legit) Anyway, as I was waiting for him, I observed a table of 4 guys, each about 21 years old, blatantly hitting on both the waitresses who were assigned to the bar that night.

By this point in the night, the guys in question had clearly had a few shots of liquid encouragement, so that was obviously part of the problem. But as I watched them, I couldn’t help but to think what a bad idea it is hitting on your waitress.

She gets paid to be nice to you. And, if she plays her cards right, she gets paid extra to be extra nice. Of course she’s going to laugh at your jokes, even if they suck. Because guys are stupid, they assume this niceness equates interest, context be damned. So they continue to hit on the waitress, and she plays along, because that’s generally a good strategy if you want to maximize your tips.

Fellas, how many times do you think the cute waitress who works at a bar gets hit on? The answer: A LOT. If you’re gonna hit on a girl where she works, do it somewhere where she doesn’t get it 53 times a day.

It pains me to give you this advice too. Waitresses are hot. There’s something about a girl who goes and gets you food, and does it with a smile.

Song I Like And Therefore You Should Too

You know what your life needs? A little more banjo.

I wonder how many Irish people have drunkenly danced to this song?

Simpsons Quote

Kent Brockman: Springfield will have it’s first annual ‘Do What You Feel’ festival this Saturday-whenever you feel like showing up! It will be a welcome change to our ‘Do As We Say’ festival, started by German settlers in 1946.

Gambling Is Fun

I’m getting further and further away from that elusive .500 goal, going 1-2 last week. I’d be actually upset if it, you know, mattered.

Since it’s the NBA All-Star Game this weekend, looks like I’m stuck betting on hockey. So let’s go with the Red Wings to beat my Colorado Avalanche at home, where they’ve won their last 326 games. I’m also going to take Washington to beat the struggling Maple Leafs, since Washington is a much better team than their record indicates. And finally, I’m going to take the Boston Bruins to beat Ottawa, since starting goalie Craig Anderson is out, and he’s pretty much the reason Ottawa doesn’t completely suck.

Overall record: 23-29-2

A Post You Might Have Missed

I’m still reading Too Big To Fail. What does that have to do with my archives? Nothing, I thought you just might like to know. It’s a good book, if you’re into reading about financial crises.

Anyway, if you still haven’t contributed to your RRSP and are looking for some last minute ideas, this post I wrote a year ago has you covered. If you think RRSPs are stupid and are hoping for government pensions to cover for your retirement, then you are screwed.

The More You Know

Hey, did you know there are over 100,000 entries written in Finnish on Wikipedia? I bet you didn’t. NOW HIT ME.

The RRS Discovery was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain. Designed for Antarctic research, she was launched in 1901. Her first mission was the British National Antarctic Expedition, carrying Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton on their first, successful journey to the Antarctic, known as the Discovery Expedition. She is now the centrepiece of visitor attraction in her home, Dundee.

I watched an IMAX movie about Ernest Shackleton and his Antarctic crew once. It was creepy and I think I remember some cannibalism going on.

Dirty Word In Words With Friends

Pickings were pretty slim this week. I played load, which is dirty in the right context. I guess.

If you want to play me, my username is nelsmi. You will probably win. I kind of suck.

Babe Loosely Related To Finance

Young and Thrifty didn’t like last week’s pick, probably because she hates curling and all other things that are awesome. Fine Y&T, you win. No more curlers.

Instead, let’s go with Ashley Tisdale. She both sings and acts badly. But looks great doing it.

She should guest star in my bed.

Time For Links

Holy Potato finally got around to reviewing that copy of The Wealthy Barber Returns that I finally got around to sending him. And then he takes the opportunity to pimp his short guide to investing, which is actually quite good.

Kathryn’s Conversations gives us what every parent wants: a non-parent’s view on raising successful kids. Hint: be Asian.

It’s been what, 20 whole minutes since I linked to Control Your Cash? They take a look at how silly it is to focus on round number stock market benchmarks.

Len Penzo lists 4 cheap dining spots that people overlook. I can add a 5th – your parents’ house.

Congrats to Krystal from Give me back my five bucks is celebrating her 5 year blogoversary. If her blog was a kid, it would be grown up enough to no longer wet the bed. It would probably still wet the bed out of spite though.

Darwin’s Money lists 6 reasons why learning a foreign language is useless. Take that, foreigners. As I like to say, if you don’t speak English, I don’t want to talk to you.

Stuff I Wrote

Ways To Listen To Cheap Music over at Prairie Eco Thrifter.

Does Where You Live Matter over at Canadian Finance Blog.

Have a good week everyone.

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