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Thought 30: Tipometer

You know sometimes "it is just hard to get good service these days". Well have I got the product for you: The Tip-O-Meter. It works just like a clock, but in reverse. It counts down from the moment you step into a restaurant. The Tip-O-Meter tracks just how well your server is doing, indicating just what level of tip they should expect as they are serving you. You can raise the value if they do some nice or speed up the count down if they are being particularly slow. In short it's the best indicator about how you feel you are being served.

I really should build one of these. I really do not see how it can backfire, unless it somehow hits 0, in which case make a hasty escape through the fire exit. You could use this as a wacky psychology experiment, you know walk into an expensive restaurant and start it out REALLY low or REALLY high and gauge just how well people treat you versus not having it. Or better still start really high it have it accelerate the count down and watch the server panic trying to keep it high. Ok, maybe *I* should not be allowed to have this, but I think there might be a market for it.

Remember to tip your waiter/waitress on the way out. It's the only way they get paid.

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