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QUOTE (ewokpelts @ Feb 26, 2012 -> 12:26 PM) United Center parking STARTS at $27. Bears Parking STARTS AT $35. Luckily there is still plenty of free parking north of the UC. Bears parking is not comparable since there are fewer games, twice as many people, and the tailgating aspect is doubled.

QUOTE (ewokpelts @ Feb 26, 2012 -> 12:25 PM) the sox elected to NOT increase parking on weekend games, where they get better overall attendance as well as more parking spots sold. take it for what it's worth. Please see the below post which I referred to earlier. QUOTE (The Baconator @ Feb 26, 2012 -> 02:52 AM) Folks, that isn't on JR or the Sox- that reflects the changes to the City budget. The City of Chicago has implemented a congestion fee of an additional fee of $2 on weekdays this year. And if you want to say that the parking is a private fund, the recreation tax has also increased this year so I feel it's a fair business practice for the stadium to mirror the increased cost of the city parking to offset the increased tax they are charged.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Feb 26, 2012 -> 10:47 PM) Well hey, at least Bowman made a deal to get the incredible Brendan Morrison! But we finally just scored a power play goal!!!! I feel like the blame goes to all 3 levels, Bowman, Q, and the players. Some of Bowman's moves didn't work and Q doesn't seem to have the team on the right page. But when your PP consists of Toews, Kane, Hossa, Sharp, & Keith, and you still can't score, that goes on the players at some point. (It started before Toews got hurt) NHL Trade deadline is the most exciting of the major sports, so we will see what happens Monday. I don't see anything major happening for the Hawks, but it would be nice to see something change.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Feb 26, 2012 -> 12:44 PM) nfl.com has knox at 4.34 Hester ran a 4.41 at the combine, but a 4.27 at his pro day - I don't know that they have the splits from the first 10 yards, but id be shocked if hesters wasn't truly elite Daniel Manning has been the fastest Bear the last few years, always faster than Hester. Hester's ability hasn't been about his speed, it's been about his acceleration and ability to cut and hit any hole.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 26, 2012 -> 10:19 AM) That's still almost a 10% increase. Imagine if they raised the price of the Iphone4s (roughly the same amount) from $650 to $700 in order to pay Chinese factory workers $300 per month instead of the $250-275 average (per month) for a job that typically consists of 70-90 hour work weeks with no paid overtime. Would you still say the same thing? As a percentage, $50 would be less of an increase and nobody in the world should have to work in a factory for a bit less than $10 per day, right? Apples to oranges? Still, unless you're in that top 1%, $2 still means something to a lot of people, because it ends up adding another $100-120 dollars loyal Sox fans have to pony up for what has been an inferior product now for 3 years running. That's not a comparable situation though. How about if the US goverment charged Apple an extra 10% tax on every Iphone4s they sold. Would you expect them to then raise the phone price 10% too? Because that is what happened here, the city of Chicago raised the tax 10% for the weekday games, and the Sox passed it on to the consumer so they don't have to lower their price.

Ryan Zimmerman signs six year, $100 mil extension, signed through 2019. $16.7 mil average salary, 2nd highest behind A-Rod for 3Bs

QUOTE (daa84 @ Feb 26, 2012 -> 08:38 AM) Stephen hill from ga tech is 6'4" and just ran a 4.30. Could be a very interesting name if he's around in the 3rd rounds Floyd also ran a 4.42 in his first attempt. I despise ND but this kid is the real deal IMO unless his character flaws are really hindering And Alshon jeffery didn't run. Gonna hurt his stock IMO RG3 ran a 4.38 and I think Twitter just exploded.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 25, 2012 -> 03:13 PM) That's a simple way of looking at things but isn't practical for the many artists, musicians, etc. that need that type of flexibility in their schedule. They can't just go find a 9-5 office job instead. Or college students. From the server's perspective, some clients are cheap jackasses no matter what, and would give you a s***ty tip even if you give them a tug under the table. So if you get clients like that, your pay for that portion sucks automatically, while a better hourly wage and optional tipping could alleviate situations like that.

Cheers!!

QUOTE (The Baconator @ Feb 25, 2012 -> 12:47 PM) I'm not saying servers would intentionally just not care or give you poor service. I understand most every other industry DOESN'T rely on tips and they do just fine. But how many times have you hung up on customer service with your bank or someone and been pissed off that you weren't treated properly? Or stormed out of a store that wouldn't take your returned items with a receipt? While there are many examples of great helpers in a clothing store, you can also remember those times they weren't helpful at all. Tipping gives you a way to express your gratitude or disgust with the service, allowing the consumer some level of discretion as to how much they pay; s***ty service at the hardware store still means you're paying the same price. My issue with this is that many servers can be paid under minimum wage. So even if the service is awful, I still feel obligated to give him at least 10-15%, because otherwise they are making under the federal minimum at that point of the day. Give me the option to tip if I am extremely pleased with the service, but don't force me too.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Feb 25, 2012 -> 12:43 PM) no, but we'd do just enough to get by. and that's not what you're looking for out of a restaurant server How is that different than any other customer service job? And if the server doing enough just to get by hampers my experience enough, then in the future I may decide to go somewhere else instead.

QUOTE (The Baconator @ Feb 25, 2012 -> 12:23 PM) Right, but the tip is a discretionary increase. If they gave you great service with your burger, you tip them the extra money. Meanwhile if you have s***ty service but the price is already included, you end up paying the same without receiving the same quality of service. Having a tipping system allows the the consumer to justify spending $13 on a burger plus good service versus $13 for a burger and potentially poor service. I went to Culvers yesterday and received outstanding service, and I don't believe they get tips. I rented a car with Hertz & there were some issues, but the non-commission employee was great the whole time. I'd say over 90% of employees don't receive any kind of tip whatsoever, yet customer service is still great in most places. If a server was getting much a better wage, I don't think they would purposefully give s***ty service for risk of losing their job, as in any other industry.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Feb 24, 2012 -> 04:45 PM) He should get suspended just for his awful t-shirts. This x1000.

QUOTE (The Baconator @ Feb 25, 2012 -> 10:04 AM) The restaurants are not going to eat that added cost of paying their servers more, they'll just raise the price of that $9 burger to $13. I think the tip is most fair: with no tip and the raised price of food, there is no disincentive for s***ty service. In that regard I think we should be so lucky to decide what tip we give. When you tip, you are paying 20% over the cost of the burger anyway, so what's the difference if they raise the price. Mandatory tipping is stupid IMO. Pay the restaurant workers a better wage and let me decide if they deserve an extra tip. I am already paying 20% over the menu price now anyway, so if they raise the prices it will work out the same. It was nice in Australia & New Zealand, tipping is not expected all because the servers make a much higher wage. If someone's service was was that much better, then you can give them a little extra at your discretion, but not be required too.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Feb 24, 2012 -> 04:45 PM) So apparently the Hawks were bidders on Carter and Quincey, and are "in" on Rick Nash but have shown an unwillingness to move their 1st round pick. In the meantime, NSH, DET and LA have all gotten better, and Hjalmarsson and Leddy continue to cost us points. Oh, and Toews is hurt. Apparently their eyes are on Mikhail Grabovski, Derek Roy and Ljubomir Visnovsky. Nash was never coming to Chicago with his $7.8 million cap hit through 2018. They aren't in salary cap hell anymore, but no way they add a contract like that unless it's Malkin or Stamkos (which obviously won't happen).

QUOTE (Rex Hudler @ Feb 24, 2012 -> 10:16 PM) Knight goes off on seniors Thoughts? I'd give the rant some credence if it was from a cocah who had any accomplishments in his career, not someone who got the job because of Daddy and has proven nothing.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Feb 25, 2012 -> 10:05 AM) Take it for what it's worth. $6 million against the cap? Sounds like a fair number to me.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 24, 2012 -> 03:18 PM) I'd love to see your reaction if this happened to Frank Thomas. Considering that he's out of baseball, why would MLB be testing him? Is he planning a comeback we haven't heard about? That would be more shocking than anything else.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 24, 2012 -> 02:41 PM) paul hoynes ‏ @hoynsie #Indians CF Grady Sizemore (back) out for opening day. #Indians Grady Sizemore strained lower back fielding grounders in the OF two weeks ago. Spring training opening day or April opening day? That's still six weeks away and he is already out?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 24, 2012 -> 01:26 PM) Toews isn't even traveling with the team. This is a problem. It's just a quick weekend trip to LA, I wouldn't jump off the ledge yet. Hammer had a setback and is not travelling either.

So that's where Cesar Izturis learned that move, from a fellow countryman!

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 24, 2012 -> 09:41 AM) Interesting. Who is this person? And don't show that to Chisoxfn, they have Iowa not even being in the NIT, or even on the bubble for it. It does only have games played through Tuesday at this point, so after last night Iowa may have played their way into the picture. I'm sure Chisoxfn will be eagerly anticipating the update.

One bracketologist still has Illinois as a #1 seed

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 24, 2012 -> 09:09 AM) No, he does not. Since he started playing big minutes, he is on pace to have more turnovers than anyone in the history of the NBA.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Feb 24, 2012 -> 09:04 AM) And according to the state of California, OJ Simpson did not kill his wife Yup. Innocent until proven guilty. Welcome to the greatest county in the world.