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I had the joy this year of flying across Europe on New Years Eve. NYE fireworks across Germany (I think it was Germany) were truly spectacular from the air.
Really ? I remember seeing the big 14th July fireworks in Cannes from an aircraft on the Nice landing approach - I found it disappointingly small...
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Wouldn't you get paid extra for working on such a day?
Depends what the union negotiates. When they negotiate overtime pay for working on holidays, you typically end up with the lucrative holiday hours being staffed by the most senior employees. Basically, the junior people get screwed no matter what...
It's also worth noting that not everyone celebrates these holidays, so for some, that's just a normal day like any other and they wouldn't mind it as much, but appreciate the slight bonus.
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Handing out cash is a bit gauche, isn't it?
I would have thought the American tipping culture would make most immune to that.
My wife gives horseback riding lessons; not a job that people typically offer tips for. She's very good at what she does and sometimes a new parent (it's almost always tween girls taking riding lessons) will tip her when they realize how much their kids enjoyed the session. She used to refuse, but after realizing that just made everyone feel awkward, she takes the cash now. However, while she appreciates the gesture, it still makes her feel a little weird.
A simple "thank you, you're awesome" would probably do just as well.
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I don't know if you live I the US, but if you just start walking around with five dollar bills and start handing them out, you really don't know what kind of reaction you're going to get. I tried giving my AT&T guy $20 for waiting for me, he wouldn't take it. Perhaps I could have insisted. Americans can be deeply sensitive to people thinking they're poor and in need of assistance. And five bucks is practically nothin…
> deeply sensitive to people thinking they're poor and in need of assistance Exactly. A gift card is appreciation. Cash is pity.
"I don't need/want your charity..." vs "I don't need/want your pity..."
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If it wasn’t for your people, my people would starve on Christmas. https://www.npr.org/2017/12/25/573415894/why-do-jewish-peopl... :-)
Believe it or not, this topic of "where do Jews eat on Christmas" actually came up in a light-hearted way during a Supreme Court nominee hearing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tku61sKhPGo
Begging the question has nothing to do with raising a question, it's a type of logical fallacy. And it's also annoying to see misused. /Pedantry
I could also just be a phrase which means just what it seems to mean. Maybe you could point me to the book of allowable phrases. If he used it to describe another logical fallacy, that would be wrong, but in this case it's just a couple words that make sense and also have some other meaning in some other context.
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If it wasn’t for your people, my people would starve on Christmas. https://www.npr.org/2017/12/25/573415894/why-do-jewish-peopl... :-)
Believe it or not, this topic of "where do Jews eat on Christmas" actually came up in a light-hearted way during a Supreme Court nominee hearing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tku61sKhPGo
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I don't know if you live I the US, but if you just start walking around with five dollar bills and start handing them out, you really don't know what kind of reaction you're going to get. I tried giving my AT&T guy $20 for waiting for me, he wouldn't take it. Perhaps I could have insisted. Americans can be deeply sensitive to people thinking they're poor and in need of assistance. And five bucks is practically nothin…
I had a similar experience with the Best Buy Geek Squad. They went above and beyond and I tried to tip $20. The geek squad guy waved his hands, backed up and say "No I can't take that". He said the only thanks he wanted was filling out the survey and my repeat business.
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I could also just be a phrase which means just what it seems to mean. Maybe you could point me to the book of allowable phrases. If he used it to describe another logical fallacy, that would be wrong, but in this case it's just a couple words that make sense and also have some other meaning in some other context.
The words only make sense because he's likely heard it in the context of the logical fallacy. The words don't "make sense" without that. The couple of words that he'd be looking for would be "begging me to question" or "raises the question."
Then remember that the word "for" is often omitted after the word "beg". "beg your pardon". "beg forgiveness".
Taking the phrase as written, outside the idiom for a logical fallacy, the grammar is perfectly adequate.