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To: Moominoid who wrote (6851)	11/14/2002 8:52:48 PM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

why are you supposed to tip at Starbucks but not at McDonalds? is a Latte harder to make than a Cheeseburger? Why don't waiters or anyone get serious tips in Australia because the founding fathers were all criminals?

To: Moominoid who wrote (6851)	11/15/2002 2:26:58 AM
From: Tradelite	Respond to of 306849

David, you have to be in the throes of a real estate transaction, maybe, to understand.....how about one hour before settlement, the lender is refusing to forward the money because the termite inspector found some damaged wood in a basement that's from years ago, and no termites are active on the property, but the seller has to return to his vacated property with a saw to remove the damaged wood, so the case can settle on time, and the buyer doesn't have to pay any extra money to his movers for storing his furniture on the truck an extra day? This is not a cut-dried kind of business. People are involved. Not to mention lenders and title insurers. It all has to come together at the same time, and it doesn't always work perfectly--and it can screw up the works for everyone at any moment over the smallest thing. Time and patience and a little skill are required of everyone to get the job done. (By the way, both the seller and buyer in the scenario I just presented, which was real, were both.....guess what? .....attorneys.)