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Subject: GRATUITIES
Matches Found: 7

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BUSBOY AND WAITRESS: CASHING OUT, by JIM DANIELS    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I sip my free drink with karen
Last Line: Nodding, listening - part %of what I'm paid for
Subject(s): Gratuities; Waiters And Waitresses


GRATUITY, by MICHAEL JOSEPH HEFFERNAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: This always happens somewhere in eastern france
Last Line: Who made his side of the bed smell of lamb's blood
Subject(s): France; Gratuities


I CAN'T STOP UNLESS YOU STOP, by OGDEN NASH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I do not wish to tiptoe through the tulips to tipperary
Last Line: If they would just take the trouble to learn and emply the foreign and domestic terms for thank you,
Subject(s): Gratuities


THE KNIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, by CORINNE ROCKWELL SWAIN    Poem Text                    
First Line: The knight, before christmas, observed to his spouse
Last Line: "merry christmas to all, and to all a good knight!'"
Subject(s): Christmas; Gratuities; Nativity, The; Tips


THE WAITER AND THE ALLIGATOR, by G. W. A.    Poem Text                    
First Line: Beneath the waves and mud
Last Line: The alligator.
Subject(s): Gratuities; Waiters & Waitresses; Tips


WAITRESS'S INSTRUCTIONS ON TIPPING ..., by JAN BEATTY    Poem Source                    
First Line: 20 %minimum as long as the waitress doesn't inflict bodily harm
Last Line: If you're miserable, there's not enough money in the world
Subject(s): Gratuities; Waiters And Waitresses


ZEN OF TIPPING, by JAN BEATTY    Poem Source                    
First Line: My friend lou %used to walk up to strangers
Last Line: Or just fun - the tenderness %we forget in each other
Subject(s): Gratuities; Kindness