Insider Trader: Your bad self

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1-30-2009 @ 7:32PM

Worcester said...

So instead you wasted 20 minutes waiting on a tip that you could have easily asked for before you started?

I don't mind tipping, but if you'd better not waste my time trying to prove a point. Make your terms understood up front.

Tipping is very much a grey area. How much is acceptable is always a source of contention. Why was 10g given in this instance? I probably would have put up 5. Would you have continued to sit there with the trade window open until I gave more?

You essentially held his materials ransom until he gave you more gold.

That's not a tip.

I think we need to get back to calling them "gratuities", so people remember that they are an act of good faith, not a requirement.

"something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service ; especially : tip"

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