Ask Amy: Polyamorous throuple ponders post-pandemic
Given these circumstances, am I still expected to tip?
– Wondering Diner
Dear Wondering: Yes, you are still expected to tip your server.
Your server doesn’t run the restaurant, cook the food or hire the staff.
And after all, please keep in mind that your server is someone who showed up to work. This person should not be penalized.
Dear Amy: I receive many phone calls from people claiming to be from Publishers Clearing House telling me that I have won millions of dollars.
I hang up, but then the other day I received a letter telling me I had won $250 million!
Many instructions and phone numbers were included.
I wondered where I could verify this without calling any of the phone numbers.
Then I read your column, where there was a letter from a man wondering whether he was involved in a scam. You advised him that he was and gave him ways to check.
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