Subject: Re: can't pay a penny for a thought
I am now seeing tip cups on every horizontal surface

It’s amusing, if tragically so, that “tin cups” used to signify that a person was begging in the street, wishing for any small gesture that would produce a clinking sound so the person might not starve for another day. Now we have employees begging from behind the counter, hoping for the good graces of patrons to eke out a few extra shekels for their effort.