u/yaybuttons

We had a large party a month ago. Blocked off part of the restaurant, food and liquor packages, a couple separate servers, etc. You know the drill. Parties include an auto-grat that's listed as a service fee. They left an additional tip when they signed the final bill at the end of the event. I was not present during that signing.

Today a party member said they didn't realize there was an auto-grat and asked management for the extra tip back. The restaurant presumably complied because management told me to acknowledge the portion of the extra tip I was paid would be taken out of my next check.

Have you ever encountered this? Does my restaurant have to reimburse taxes they initially charged me for that income?

Alison Krauss for If I Could, a given.

Sturgill Simpson for Maze or Chalkdust Torture

Bela Fleck for Poor Heart or Uncle Pen

Ben Folds for The Squirming Coil

John Mayer for Lawn Boy

What would you pick?

On CanobieCoaster's ranking video on SFSTL, he says that their boomerang isn't very comfortable because it uses Arrow trains. Steel Dragon 2000 has B&M trains now which I've heard aren't great, not awful, just not great. I think Goliath at SFNE might have had different trains towards the end of its life too that were much worse?

How does a situation like that happen? What regulations are in place as to what trains can be used for what coasters? Not to mention, if you were a park or manufacturer, why would you want to use a worse option that shortens the life of a coaster?

I know that Boomerang is from SFOT so I'm guessing maybe the original trains were in poor condition but Vekoma still exists. Steel Dragon was a Morgan but Chance has their assets now, not B&M. I'm wondering how Gerstlauer designing trains for RMC until the NTG accident plays into this too.

I'm planning to do a discography run-through the day of and time a first listen during sunset, preferably on a walk through the woods or a long bike ride.

What about you?