Ice Cream Tips: The Weekly Hodgepodge

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What does adventure mean to you? 

For me, adventure means to step out of my comfort zone, face a fear, and/or do things I've never done before.  For example, I describe my latest adventure here.  Now, for many, these activities are mundane, but for me these were grand adventures.

What are your thoughts on tipping? What businesses or service providers do you regularly tip? Do you resent being asked if you'd like to add a tip? What about when a suggested amount is presented? 

Servers work hard, so I don't mind tipping at a sit-down restaurant.  However, let me choose whether to tip and the amount.  This may be an unpopular opinion, but if I get bad or rude service, I tip very little or nothing at all. I do my best not to draw a server's ire so he/she doesn't hate me the whole time I'm there. 

My biggest issue is with establishments that pool the servers' tips.  I do not find that fair or a good business practice.  A customer's tip should belong solely to the particular server; not be divided among those who may not be putting forth the same effort.  If I know that a restaurant does this, I don't eat there.  Pooling tips is a surefire method for mediocre service.  No thank you. 

I scream you scream we all scream for ice cream...do we? Is ice cream a favorite treat at your house? What's your favorite flavor? Regular, soft serve, gelato, sherbet, or some sort of non-dairy version of ice cream...what's your pleasure?

For health reasons, ice cream is not in my regular meal rotation, but I thoroughly enjoy it when I occasionally treat myself to some.  My favorite flavor is butter pecan, then anything with peanut butter. The Great Value ice cream pictured here is quite good and one of my favorites that contains peanut butter.  Honestly, so far I've not had an ice cream flavor that I didn't like.

What's your 'back in my day, we____________________ ' story or saying? 

"Back in my day, we didn't have artificial intelligence; we used our own brains to do our work." 

Yes, I know that AI can be a helpful tool.  However, part of my work is to deal with reports of AI misuse (as the admin) or students who've chosen to cut and paste from AI rather than do their own work (as the instructor).  While this is a small minority of our student population, it's very frustrating, and the students don't learn anything.  They are given specific guidelines on how they can and cannot use AI, but you know the saying "if you give them an inch...they use ChatGPT to write for them."

Somehow this is our last Hodgepodge in the month of June. Next week's Hodgepodge lands in July. Wow. Sum up your June using three adjectives. 

1. Beautiful
2. Fun
3. Busy 

Insert your own random thought here. 

 

Miss Joyce's first question made me think of this:

 

In case you missed it:  

• My previous Hodgepodge post "Pansies and Mollycoddling" is here.
• My latest Weekly Digest "Fauna and Flora" is here.
  
• My latest First Line Friday post: #35:  Finding the Groove by Robert Gelinas is here. 
• My "25 for 2025" challenge is here.  (Updated regularly)
• My "2025 I Can Only Blame MyShelf Reading Challenge" is here. (Updated regularly)