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It's Nasty Out, Make Sure To Tip Your Delivery Guy!
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Garth Johnston
Published Feb 8, 2013
Modified Feb 8, 2013
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With the snow coming down now and Mayor Bloomberg urging us to stay indoors that leaves, assuming your Internet holds, one big question: what to do about dinner tonight while you watch the city's plows in real time?
Sure you could be grownup and cook yourself your own dinner. Or you could turn to your old friend the internet to order yourself something fried. But if you do, don't forget to be generous to the guy who lugs your grub to your door!
To that end Seamless just sent out a helpful reminder about using their services. But honestly the same goes for any online (or offline) ordering tonight:
Allow extra time for your delivery. (We recommend ordering 30-45 minutes before you'd like to eat!)
Patience is a virtue. (In the meantime, try out a game of Angry Birds.) [Editor's note: Angry Birds? Come on, we can do better than that. Here, amuse yourself with this hypnotic blizzard-related GIF! See, 45 minutes have already passed.]
Please tip well, as these guys and gals are freezing their tails off to bring you the foods you love!
That last one is the really key one though. And considering recent legal actions regarding restaurants skimming tips placed on online orders, we'd recommend tipping (or adding to your tip) with some cash! Now that we have that out of the way, have they plowed your block yet?
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