On Jul 20, 4:13�pm, "Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote:
> "Sheldon" > wrote in message
>
> �kind of like how some are willing to
> pay for premium seats at a sporting event or the theater. �When I hear
> what some pay to watch grown men carousing like juveniles, tossing a
> ball around, first thing comes to mind is those low class louts need
> to grow up and get a life.... why is it not bribery for them to pay
> $200 to sit on a small wooden seat in a crowded noisy smelly place and
> go hungry unless they're willing pay $5 for one stinkin' weiner,
> served by some nose picking derelict who hadn't bathed in a week.
>
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> You bring up a good point. I know people that pay a fortune for a seat at a
> ball game, eat the $5 wiener washed down with a $10 beer, but will tip a
> quarter for a cup of coffee and still begrudge the waitress.

I won't tip that tube steak vender but I don't mind paying for a good
meal and tipping for good service at a classy restaurant. The last
time I paid for a ticket to a sporting event I paid 75 cents and ten
Elsie wrappers to sit in the bleachers at Ebbets field to watch the
Brooklyn Dodgers.