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The Little Grand off H Street does 22%. A 12" pepperoni pizza comes out to $25.50 before tax. Even for pickup.

>Being from a 3rd World country

I call BS on this entire post due to this phrase. "3rd World" is an archaic term with colonialist roots. People from countries deemed as such do not refer to themselves that way.

In my mind, I see service as a sliding scale. Start at 25%. Am I standing up when I order? Minus 5%. Are you refilling a water glass? No? Minus 5%. Are you cleaning up after me? No? Minus 5%. 10% tip on a takeout order seems fine when you consider all the services you’re not getting

You are not missing anything, i feel sorry for you and your friends that you experienced something like that. DC is not a dangerous city per se but it s not a safe place neither. In some neighborhoods you might feel a little more safe than other, but always remains vigilant of your surroundings… I personally carry a pepper spray with me just in case of, even if i am not quite sure that it would help depends on the situation I might encounter. There is a lot of people in DC, who are mentally instable, you guys might have met one that day or maybe not, but do not expect someone would have jump in the middle of what s going on and took your defense… that s not something that people do in DC, the last person that did that, a couple of days ago was a metro employee who ended up dead at the end. You might have a vision of USA a little bit too romantic, and you just got a reality check that DC, the US and Americans we are not better than any other human beings nor any other country, we might often quite be the opposite. All in all my dear OP, do not let this incident deters you from enjoying your life. Once, you will pass the trauma stage, just go do your regular thing, all the things you like to do, even coming to DC again. As for taking metro, a couple of advice:

• do not isolate yourself from the people on the platform, nor riding a car with just few people
• always board the first car, the one where the driver is
• avoid eye contact with people and especially with the mentally instables.
• do not make yourself a target by wearing fancy clothes and other things. Stay really sober
• put your headphone on your ears but in low volume cause you need to hear what s going on around you… kinda « i am in my bubble but i pay attention to my surroundings »
• report any incident that will happen to you to a metro station manager at their booth or metro police… not quite sure it will help but…
• buy a pepper spray if it helps you to feel safe.

Stay safe! 🫶🏼

I wouldn't go to him if you want to be out to sleep for wisdom teeth removal.

As someone who has worked in an operating room for decades and has a father that was an oral surgeon. Usually the best surgeons have the worst bedside manner and social skills. Ultimately. Do you want your surgery done right or do you want a friend

Hahaha look at this thread; this has got to be bait.

Yooo this comment is crazy. Brother homelessness is already an institution, everywhere in the US.

I don’t think we disagree about much. We both agree unhoused people need more support from governments. I agree it’s problematic to clear the camp away without some kind of alternative placement. But I’d imagine some of those people have declined some services, declined shelters, declined help.

Saying that I want them to die out of sight is very uncharitable and untrue. They are already dying because they live in tents and are often using drugs/alcohol. It’s not safe to live like that and they are less accessible to support services. Pretending that you have the most humane take by letting people live outside year round, well, that’s kinda crazy.

We need to beef up shelter services and make sure they are allowed to get treatment there.

But you can’t live outside in the middle of a city. You are doing so much mental acrobatics to rationalize such. Go to SF and see if you think that’s a sustainable path. It’s not.

Agree! Plus that dishwasher!

Yeah, especially since no tips for the actual people who made the food.

Naw bro thats like tipping in a drive thru

Forced tipping for no work still seems wrong.

Why wouldnt it be legit?

I used to work there. The fee is applied equally - take out and dine in and 100% goes to FOH staff.

In Baltimore and got it last week. Now my internet is shit. Enjoy!

I tried to negotiate with RCN after my internet only bill doubled last August (I didn’t really notice until this year due to auto pay). They offered to reduce by $3/mo. I’m switching to Verizon Fios next week.

Not signing your sorry ass petition op

They should just sell the pizza for $0.99 and make up the difference in "service charges"

Martha Dear does the same. I don’t go there anymore.

Were you around when Occupy was in McPherson? There were Hep and TB outbreaks, theft from local businesses was an ongoing problem, and it got to the point where rats were dying off from drinking the cuddle puddle water. That isn't in the interest of public health.

Btw, can't express how happy I am that so many people were bothered by this enough to downvote it. Let it weigh heavy on what little conscience you have.

>Isn't it an enormous struggle to access even for relatively well-off people with support systems?

People forget this.

Yeah its fine.