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El Amin Fan said:
This is ridiculously expensive. The bag of chips has 11 in them and 1/3 will be crumbled. That hotdog is like 3 bites and nasty.

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El Amin Fan said:
This is ridiculously expensive. The bag of chips has 11 in them and 1/3 will be crumbled. That hotdog is like 3 bites and nasty.

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I agree. Over the past few years it has become ridiculous. I think a Coors light is $12…oh and don’t forget to “tip” the volunteers who are raising money for something… that you have no idea what it is.
 


Prices last weekend at TCF ... sorry Huntington ... were absurd. Glad I drank and ate before the game. (Though who am I kidding, I bought beer at the stadium)
 


Swaggerson said:
I agree. Over the past few years it has become ridiculous. I think a Coors light is $12…oh and don’t forget to “tip” the volunteers who are raising money for something… that you have no idea what it is.
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do NOT tip on anything at the Barn. The money goes to Aramark anyways, and why would I tip someone for handing me and opening a $16 can of mildly cold Deschutes?
 






What about the Chick-Fil-A stand. Is that there this year again and what are their prices? Thanks
 


Zeppelin Gopher said:
do NOT tip on anything at the Barn. The money goes to Aramark anyways, and why would I tip someone for handing me and opening a $16 can of mildly cold Deschutes?
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Do you have any evidence that this is true?

Maybe consider not buying a $16 beer if you cannot afford to leave a gratuity. Or at least keep your cheap habits to yourself.

You would be tipping them for the service they provided; just like in any other service industry.
 

wooting said:
Do you have any evidence that this is true?

Maybe consider not buying a $16 beer if you cannot afford to leave a gratuity. Or at least keep your cheap habits to yourself.

You would be tipping them for the service they provided; just like in any other service industry.
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Not sure of Zeppelins comment but tipping when no service has been provided or tipping when you are uncertain where it is going does not seem right.
 



wooting said:
Do you have any evidence that this is true?

Maybe consider not buying a $16 beer if you cannot afford to leave a gratuity. Or at least keep your cheap habits to yourself.

You would be tipping them for the service they provided; just like in any other service industry.
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Haha this cannot be a serious post.
 

Tips are for service, higher amounts for exceptional service, are for being waited on, not standing in line and taking your money. Tip at a hotel room if the room is clean and well kept. Not just for sleeping there.
 

Bayfield Gopher said:
Tips are for service, higher amounts for exceptional service, are for being waited on, not standing in line and taking your money. Tip at a hotel room if the room is clean and well kept. Not just for sleeping there.
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Correct. I always leave a fresh tenner on the hotel room table upon departure
 

At our ECHL home games our youth hockey parents work the registers, fill the popcorn boxes, roll the hot dogs, serve the beer, clean up afterwards. The only thing we don’t do is cook, liability issue. We get a set fee plus all the tips. My wife and I have paid all our ice bills this year by doing this. Don’t poopoo those people til you walk in their shoes, we work hard for that money. We get there early and clean up afterwards. We get to wear our team gear so everyone knows where the tips go. We also make it a point to tell them where the tips are going. We run our asses off before the game and at every intermission. In our case those tips are well earned.
 



Outsider said:
At our ECHL home games our youth hockey parents work the registers, fill the popcorn boxes, roll the hot dogs, serve the beer, clean up afterwards. The only thing we don’t do is cook, liability issue. We get a set fee plus all the tips. My wife and I have paid all our ice bills this year by doing this. Don’t poopoo those people til you walk in their shoes, we work hard for that money. We get there early and clean up afterwards. We get to wear our team gear so everyone knows where the tips go. We also make it a point to tell them where the tips are going. We run our asses off before the game and at every intermission. In our case those tips are well earned.
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Nobody is against tipping. The point of this thread is that the U is gouging ridiculously for the food being served. $16 for a basic hot dog and a medium pop is insulting.
 


wooting said:
Do you have any evidence that this is true?

Maybe consider not buying a $16 beer if you cannot afford to leave a gratuity. Or at least keep your cheap habits to yourself.

You would be tipping them for the service they provided; just like in any other service industry.
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Sorry, but I am not tipping even for charity when I myself grabbed the beer out of the cooler, no matter what the price.

The service was provided by me.
 


Zeppelin Gopher said:
do NOT tip on anything at the Barn. The money goes to Aramark anyways, and why would I tip someone for handing me and opening a $16 can of mildly cold Deschutes?
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When I go to the ice cream booth, I will give them the puppy dog eyes and ask for a heaping mountain of ice cream, and they will almost always give me a heaping mountain so big that my seat mates' eyes pop out of their heads. That's worth a dollar tip.

The other night, I bought a coffee, which was 4-something. I think the same thing at a Caribou store is 2-something. Not a great deal but better than most other items out there.
 


El Amin Fan said:
This is ridiculously expensive. The bag of chips has 11 in them and 1/3 will be crumbled. That hotdog is like 3 bites and nasty.

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back to the original post though... HFS this is crazy. The cheapest plainest chips possible too!! Maybe, what, $1.25 in total cost for the meal?

Is Aramark the local distributor with the horrible salty-all breading-cheese curds that are everywhere? Biggest tease ever because they smell so good- I cringe every time I walk past someone with them at Allianz Field
 

If anyone says they like those chips, they don't have to also say they're over 60yo. NO ONE else likes those chips without a bong and french onion dip (separately, hopefully)
 

Don't pay those trash prices. The Drew's popcorn at Mariucci is about the only decent thing left over there.

Why Minnesota arenas/stadiums don't have warm flavored nuts like I've seen in the Dakotas is beyond me.
 

bonin21 said:
Don't pay those trash prices. The Drew's popcorn at Mariucci is about the only decent thing left over there.

Why Minnesota arenas/stadiums don't have warm flavored nuts like I've seen in the Dakotas is beyond me.
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Also which idiot thinks a price ending in .47 is appealing? It comes off as taking three separate items ending in ._9 and adding them together for the combo therefore looking like you're not saving any money. Just morons all around.
 

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