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  • Do not fall into the trap of anthropomorphising Larry Ellison. You need to think of Larry Ellison the way you think of a lawnmower. You don’t anthropomorphize your lawnmower, the lawnmower just mows the lawn, you stick your hand in there and it’ll chop it off, the end. You don’t think ‘oh, the lawnmower hates me’ – lawnmower doesn’t give a shit about you, lawnmower can’t hate you. Don’t anthropomorphize the lawnmower. Don’t fall into that trap about Oracle.

    — Brian Cantrill















  • It’s never an obligation, business owners are just trying to get you to supplement their staff’s income at your own direct expense and discretion. That said, it’s more expected at sit down restaurants, you may get hostile looks or words if you don’t do it in that situation. Literally nothing will happen if you don’t tip in situations where you are not being served (fast food, coffee shops, self serve, etc.). I don’t think most Americans tip in these situations.