Tuesday, August 17, 2004

1318

HERE'S THE THING

Take a bucket of white paint
And walk right up
To the officer on duty
Or the tarnished monument
Or the graffiti-covered bakery
Or the school bus full of clover

It's customary to tip fifteen percent
For poor service, give no lower
Than ten percent -- a knockout job
Deserves twenty, which is not much more
Which is why sensible waitstaff
Aim for competence and not excellence