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Hello everybody. Welcome back to the Let's

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Episode 90, June 20th, 2023.

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So what do we have today? Of course,

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we have a news story about

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tipping in America, TIP,

1:25

to tip. Some countries don't

1:27

tip. You've heard of tipping,

1:29

right? At restaurants. Typically we tip

1:32

at a restaurant. We've

1:34

got, of course, a country shame fact. There's

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a great question, a subject that

1:38

we're going to talk about.

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And today in history, some really interesting

1:42

things happened. So lots

1:44

to talk about. Enough chit

1:47

chat. Let us begin.

1:54

Americans are increasingly expressing

1:57

frustration over the rising

1:59

expectations. to tip for a broader

2:02

array of services, a trend

2:04

being referred to as tip

2:06

creep.

2:07

Amid economic uncertainties and inflation,

2:10

consumers have started tipping less and

2:12

resenting tipping prompts more.

2:15

The trend has grown particularly grating

2:18

when it comes to digital payments that

2:20

suggest predefined tipping options

2:22

ranging from 15 to 35 percent,

2:25

while 20 percent remains the standard

2:28

tip at sit-down restaurants. There's

2:31

less agreement on tipping for carryout

2:33

coffee and other past non-tip

2:36

transactions.

2:37

As tip fatigue sets in, many

2:40

Americans are calling for a reassessment

2:43

of the tipping culture, asserting

2:45

that tips should be based on whether

2:48

the service has improved their experience.

2:53

Did

2:56

you understand anything? We

2:58

have a tipping problem in America.

3:01

If you come to America, if you live

3:03

in America, you'll know. If you go to a

3:05

restaurant, a regular restaurant,

3:07

not McDonald's, but if you go to a restaurant,

3:11

after your meal, you are supposed

3:13

to leave a tip. You're

3:16

supposed to leave some extra money for the waiter

3:19

or waitress.

3:22

When I was young, it was 10 percent. That's

3:25

how much you left. If your bill was $20, you would leave

3:27

a $2 tip. Now, you really should

3:29

tip because

3:36

the waiter, his

3:39

salary, his hourly wage,

3:42

is actually less than

3:45

minimum wage. So,

3:47

if minimum wage is $10 an

3:50

hour, that means his

3:52

boss must pay him at

3:55

least $10 an hour. Minimum waiter

4:01

might be $6 an hour. That's

4:04

much less. And that's

4:06

legal. Why? Because

4:09

of tipping culture. In

4:11

America, we tip so

4:14

that extra money, that extra

4:16

hourly wage, will come from

4:19

customers. And

4:22

tipping is, I think, a

4:24

good thing sometimes. Because

4:27

if the waiter or waitress

4:29

does a good job, we give

4:31

them a bigger tip. Some

4:34

people hate to tip. Some people never

4:37

tip. And that's really actually

4:40

not good. Because like I said,

4:43

the hourly wage of

4:46

that person is less than

4:48

minimum wage. So they rely

4:50

on tips.

4:53

Some people are really good tippers.

4:56

In my opinion, if you tip 20%, that's really

4:58

good. But

5:01

maybe not. Let's look at the

5:03

story again, line by

5:05

line. Americans

5:07

are increasingly expressing

5:11

frustration. American

5:13

people are more and more getting

5:16

frustrated. They're frustrated. They're

5:18

not happy. They're upset. They're

5:21

annoyed. They're irritated.

5:23

About what? About what?

5:25

Americans are increasingly expressing

5:28

frustration over about

5:31

the rising expectations

5:34

to tip, the

5:36

increasing expectation

5:38

to tip, for a

5:40

broader array of services,

5:45

for services outside the restaurant.

5:51

Now, once again, in America, when

5:53

do we tip? A couple of examples

5:55

of tipping would be at the restaurant

5:59

or your pizza. Pizza delivery, food

6:01

delivery. It's very common to tip

6:04

the delivery guy. Or

6:06

at the airport or hotel, the

6:08

person who carries your bags,

6:11

we can tip them.

6:14

The room service or

6:16

the maid at a hotel, the

6:18

lady who comes in and cleans the room after

6:21

you leave.

6:22

Yeah, these are common situations

6:25

where we tip. You really

6:28

should tip in these situations.

6:31

But what about at McDonald's?

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Or what about if you go to a

6:39

nice restaurant but

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you do not eat in

6:45

the restaurant, you take the food to go?

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Are you supposed to tip? What

6:51

about at a coffee shop? Should

6:55

you tip for

6:58

the person who makes your coffee? What

7:01

about at the grocery store? Should

7:04

you tip the cashier? What

7:07

about the person who puts your groceries

7:10

in the bag? Should you tip that

7:12

person? What

7:14

about the butcher? If the

7:16

butcher cuts meat for you,

7:19

are you supposed to tip him? What

7:22

about the guy who comes to your house

7:24

and fixes the toilet? Or

7:27

does some outside work? Are

7:31

you supposed to tip

7:33

these people? Ah,

7:35

yeah. Some people do. Some people tip

7:38

all the time. In my case, I'm

7:40

not rich. So

7:43

even we don't even go to a restaurant.

7:45

But if we go to a restaurant, we

7:47

do tip the waiter. And

7:51

I usually tip pretty good. So

7:56

if it's like $40, I'll tip.

7:58

$45 or

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even $50. I think that's good.

8:04

I think that's good. Because

8:06

we never complain. And

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our expectation, what

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we hope for, we don't hope for

8:13

a lot. Just bring us good

8:16

food on time. That's

8:18

enough. But

8:20

now there are rising expectations.

8:23

More and more people are

8:25

expecting tips. At

8:29

Starbucks, if you go to Starbucks, there's a tip cup.

8:32

There's a sandwich shop that I really

8:34

like. And every time

8:37

they ring up the bill, you know, it's $27. There's

8:39

a window where I can put

8:42

my credit card

8:44

or my phone. But on

8:46

that window, it makes you choose. Tip. 15%, 20%,

8:50

25%, other or no. And

8:57

I choose no, because I'm

8:59

not eating at the restaurant. These

9:02

guys are doing their job.

9:04

They're not serving me in any way. It's

9:07

their job. So

9:09

I don't tip. But it

9:11

makes me wonder, you know,

9:14

do they see that I'm not tipping?

9:18

Are they going to be upset that

9:21

I didn't tip? If I

9:23

come back next time, am I going to get

9:25

bad service? So

9:28

for a broader array of services

9:31

for more and more situations,

9:33

for more and more service situations,

9:36

business situations,

9:38

people are expecting a tip.

9:42

And Americans are frustrated

9:45

about that. We're not happy about

9:47

that. This is a trend. It's a new trend.

9:50

And it's being referred to as

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tip creep. Tip

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creep. What does tip creep mean? gradual

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increase, gradual,

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that's the idea of creep, gradual, duh

10:05

duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh. The gradual

10:07

increase in the expectation to

10:10

tip more

10:11

for a wider variety of services,

10:14

for a wider range of services,

10:16

for a wider array, for

10:18

a wider assortment, for a

10:21

larger assortment of services,

10:23

not just

10:24

pizza delivery. Hmm. A

10:29

mid-economic uncertainties

10:32

and inflation. A mid means

10:35

surrounded by, in the middle of, in this

10:37

case, in the middle of is perfect. In

10:39

the middle of economic uncertainties

10:42

and inflation,

10:44

what's going to happen with the economy? Ooh,

10:47

everybody's scared. Is the economy going to die?

10:49

Is the dollar going to die? Is oil

10:52

going to keep going up? What's going to happen?

10:54

What about inflation? Are prices

10:57

going to continue to increase?

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Amid economic uncertainties and inflation,

11:03

consumers, you and me,

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have started tipping less

11:09

and resenting tipping prompts

11:11

more. And it's true. Every

11:14

time I see a tipping prompt, every

11:16

time I go to pay, I

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go to scan my phone or

11:21

scan my credit card, first,

11:24

I have to say no tip,

11:27

because they ask you, do you want to tip 15%, 20%, 25?

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I hate that. The more

11:34

I see it, the more I hate it. The

11:38

trend has grown particularly

11:41

grating. If something is grating,

11:43

it really is annoying. It just makes

11:46

you mad. Imagine your teeth grinding.

11:49

Oh, the trend has grown particularly

11:52

grating. Very, very annoying

11:54

when it comes to digital payments

11:57

that suggest

11:59

predefined. tipping options

12:02

ranging from 15% to 35%. I told you when I go to the sandwich

12:07

shop there's

12:09

no 10% option there's no 5% option it's 15% 15% it's a lot

12:11

of money

12:17

and it goes up to 35 40 it's crazy. Next sentence while 20%

12:19

remains the standard tip

12:27

at sit-down restaurants. Wow 20%

12:31

that seems high because I sometimes

12:34

I pay 10% I feel

12:36

good about paying 10% but 20% is the standard that means

12:41

when you go to a sit-down restaurant when

12:43

you sit down and eat at a restaurant you

12:46

are actually supposed to pay 20% which

12:49

means if the service was bad

12:54

you still pay 20% seriously

12:57

if the service was good you pay

12:59

more. Wow so

13:01

while 20% remains the standard

13:04

tip

13:04

at sit-down restaurants there is less

13:07

agreement on tipping for carry-out

13:10

coffee of course not

13:12

do you tip at Starbucks I know some people do

13:15

and if I have if I pay cash and

13:19

the bill is like eight bucks or

13:22

you know the bill is like seven dollars and fifty cents

13:24

and they give me eight dollars I'll

13:26

put fifty cents

13:28

in the tip I

13:30

don't really consider a tip just

13:33

keep the change okay but

13:35

anyway I'll do that for a carry-out coffee

13:38

but anyway there's less agreement on

13:40

tipping for carry-out coffee and other past

13:44

non-tip transactions what's

13:46

a past non-tip transaction

13:48

when you go to McDonald's do you tip of

13:51

course not but now you can

13:55

so in the past that

13:57

was a non-tip situation

14:00

When you paid money, there was you never

14:02

gave a tip, but now it

14:04

is. But how much do we give? How

14:07

much tip should we give at

14:09

the coffee shop? How much tip

14:12

should we give at the restaurant, even

14:14

when we take the food home?

14:19

People are getting tired of

14:21

this new tipping

14:24

trend. It's exhausting.

14:26

Every time we see it. Oh, another tip

14:29

really. So we call it tip

14:32

fatigue, fatigue, F

14:34

A T I G U E.

14:37

When you're feeling really tired, you're feeling

14:39

fatigue. This is tip

14:42

fatigue as tip

14:44

fatigue sets in.

14:47

If something sets in, it begins

14:50

to happen. It starts.

14:52

It commences. As tip

14:55

fatigue begins, many

14:58

Americans are calling for, are asking

15:00

for a reassessment of

15:02

tipping culture. Let's look

15:05

at tipping culture again. Maybe

15:07

we need to make some changes asserting,

15:10

saying that tips should

15:13

be based on

15:15

whether the service has improved

15:18

their experience. When

15:22

you go to a coffee shop and you order a coffee

15:24

and you leave, is there an

15:27

experience that is improved? Well,

15:33

maybe, and maybe in this situation, think about this at the coffee shop. Maybe

15:37

the barista, the person who makes your

15:39

coffee is really talented. And

15:42

on top of your coffee, they make

15:45

a picture with the foam, with the milk. Wow.

15:49

That's

15:50

really talented. That makes you smile. And

15:52

that situation, maybe you can give a tip. Why

15:55

not to that guy or that woman, right?

15:57

Oh, good job.

15:59

job. But normally,

16:02

they put a cover over your coffee. Are

16:04

you gonna tip? I

16:07

don't think so. The well, I

16:10

usually don't. And once again, I always use

16:12

my Starbucks card. So

16:15

there's no tip option yet.

16:18

You know what, I'll bet in the future, there will

16:20

be a tip option, but not the

16:22

way I use it. Oh my god,

16:24

very frustrating this tipping stuff.

16:27

Be prepared when you come to America.

16:30

You're gonna see that if you're

16:32

in America, you see it all the time.

16:34

And if you come and visit like

16:36

this summer, if you take a vacation in America,

16:38

go to Disneyland or New York

16:41

City or someplace like that, and you

16:43

go to a coffee shop or a little restaurant,

16:45

even when you get something to go

16:48

when you take it out,

16:50

they're gonna say, would you like to leave a tip,

16:52

you might see it at a clothing

16:55

store. Amazing.

16:58

Seriously, you might see it at the butcher. It's

17:01

crazy. The tip

17:02

culture is getting crazy. Tip

17:05

creep is becoming a big problem.

17:07

People now have tip fatigue.

17:10

It's very grating to see

17:12

these tip prompts.

17:19

Lots of great words in this story.

17:22

frustration, rising expectations

17:25

to tip array of

17:28

services. A R R A Y

17:30

array. It's not it's one word,

17:32

not two words. A broader array

17:35

of services.

17:37

A R R A Y tip

17:40

creep amid

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grating, resenting

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tipping prompts PR

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O m P T

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s. Would

17:52

you like to tip 15% 20% 25% predefined

17:59

tipping option? They are they don't

18:01

they don't give you an option of you.

18:03

You can't write your percentage They

18:05

just say 15 25 35. What do you want?

18:09

sit down restaurants past

18:13

non-tip transactions like

18:15

a McDonald's tip fatigue

18:20

Sets in begins sets

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s e s s e t s in In

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phrasal verb to set in to begin

18:30

reassessment to look at again asserting

18:34

the state to say That's

18:37

a really good words You

18:40

know you can get the glossary This

18:42

is a with our membership if you if you

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if you become a member of the podcast

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and we're setting up the membership right now

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We'll send you the entire

18:51

script Glossary and everything of

18:53

this podcast so it's something you should think

18:55

about not now, but in the future It'll

18:58

help you a lot. Let's go ahead and listen

19:00

to the news story one more time Americans

19:05

are increasingly expressing frustration

19:08

over the rising expectations to

19:10

tip for a broader array of services

19:13

a trend being referred to as

19:16

Tip

19:16

creep amid economic uncertainties

19:19

and inflation consumers have started

19:21

tipping less and resenting tipping

19:24

prompts more The trend has

19:26

grown particularly grading when it

19:28

comes to digital payments that suggest

19:30

predefined tipping options ranging

19:33

from 15% to 35%

19:36

While 20% remains the standard

19:38

tip at sit-down restaurants There's

19:40

less agreement on tipping for carry-out

19:43

coffee and other past non-tip

19:46

Transactions as tip fatigue

19:48

sets in many Americans are calling

19:51

for a reassessment of the tipping

19:53

culture Asserting that tips should

19:55

be based on whether the service has improved

19:58

their experience

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20:11

How you doing everybody? This is Country

20:13

Shane and I'm bringing you the facts.

20:18

Tipping culture in America began

20:20

back in the 1920s when

20:23

the government banned alcohol.

20:26

In that situation, restaurant owners

20:29

faced financial struggles. They

20:31

couldn't sell alcohol. Their profits

20:33

were down. So what did they

20:36

do? They encouraged dipping

20:38

so they could pay their staff lower

20:40

wages and that practice

20:43

still exists today.

20:47

Wow! That's interesting.

20:49

Yes, I have heard that

20:51

at a restaurant, a lot

20:54

of the profit actually

20:56

comes from the drinks, even

20:59

Coca-Cola and alcohol. That's

21:01

where the profit for lots of restaurants is.

21:04

So back in the 1920s, we had

21:06

the prohibition and the

21:08

United States banned alcohol.

21:11

Alcohol was illegal in America. So

21:14

all the restaurants, they couldn't sell

21:17

alcohol and their profits were

21:20

down.

21:20

And the owners of the restaurants had

21:23

a very difficult time paying

21:26

their staff. So

21:28

they encouraged tipping and

21:30

to this day, for a hundred years now,

21:33

we still have the tipping culture.

21:36

Thank you very much Country Shane. Time

21:42

for the Q&A section. This

21:44

week I asked my DDM

21:46

students about the different types

21:48

of questions

21:50

we ask in English. Did

21:52

you know that there are actually three

21:55

types of questions? There's

21:58

styles basically. styles

22:00

of questions. And they are interrogative,

22:05

confirmation, and

22:08

rhetorical.

22:09

An interrogative question,

22:11

a confirmation question, and

22:14

a rhetorical question.

22:15

There are other ways to describe the

22:18

different types of questions, but basically

22:20

they all fall into these three styles.

22:23

So the question is, did

22:26

you know that? Probably not. If

22:29

you knew that, do

22:31

you know how to use them? And more

22:33

importantly,

22:35

do you know how to say them? You

22:37

know, the intonation. And even more

22:40

importantly, do you know

22:42

how to recognize them?

22:44

When somebody uses an interrogative

22:47

question to you, do you know it's interrogative?

22:50

When somebody uses a confirmation question,

22:52

do you know that? When somebody uses a

22:54

rhetorical question, do you know that?

22:57

So this is one of the things that

22:59

we master in my lessons,

23:01

especially DDM, but we do it in perf

23:04

too.

23:05

So let me go ahead, I'm going to be really nice and

23:07

I'll give you a basic definition

23:09

for each of the styles

23:12

of questions. Okay. So interrogative

23:14

questions, these are the most common

23:17

questions. Okay. And

23:20

they can be yes, no questions. They

23:22

can be who, what, when, where, why questions.

23:25

They could be, would you like questions?

23:27

Would you like some coffee? Would you like some tea? Yes,

23:31

no. So these are the common

23:33

basic question that absolutely

23:36

you know, you know, interrogative

23:38

questions. You

23:41

also know confirmation questions,

23:43

especially when we use

23:46

tag questions. So

23:48

for example, you're coming to

23:51

the party, aren't you? Aren't

23:54

you? That's a confirmation

23:56

question. It's a tag question. It's

23:58

the same idea. sometimes

24:01

these confirmation questions,

24:03

and we use these when we want to confirm

24:06

something

24:07

that we believe is true. We

24:09

use these in this case, too. And

24:12

this is the right way. It's

24:14

a falling tone.

24:16

And this is the wrong way. That's

24:19

an interrogative yes or no.

24:22

And this is the right way. That's

24:24

a confirmation. You assume it is

24:27

correct. Okay, so

24:29

this is actually a huge difference.

24:31

The way you respond is

24:34

very important. Okay, so you

24:36

have to recognize the difference between an interrogative

24:39

question and a confirmation question.

24:41

And then finally, there's the rhetorical question.

24:44

And these are questions that we ask

24:47

for drama. We

24:49

don't necessarily expect an

24:51

answer.

24:52

Sometimes there is no answer.

24:55

Sometimes we ask the question to

24:57

make a point or to persuade

24:59

or even to indirectly

25:02

state an opinion. For

25:04

example, I don't like those people,

25:07

I could say, Who do they think they are?

25:10

That's a question. I don't want an answer.

25:13

I'm stating an opinion, but it is a question.

25:17

Oh, boy. Did you know that?

25:21

So this is obviously not beginner

25:23

level English.

25:25

But once you get into intermediate level, you're

25:28

going to recognize, Oh, why

25:31

did they ask a question, but they answered

25:34

in this way. And once you're

25:36

at the advanced level, you're really

25:38

going to see the differences. And then

25:40

you're going to realize, Oh,

25:42

my God, I need to relearn

25:45

how

25:46

to ask questions.

25:48

And not only relearn how to ask

25:50

questions, but relearn how to listen

25:53

and understand questions.

25:55

Each of these styles of questions

25:59

has its place and serves a different

26:01

function in conversation or

26:04

in writing. And knowing

26:06

which one to use, knowing when to

26:09

use them can really

26:11

make your English excellent,

26:13

especially your English comprehension. English

26:17

can be tough, even though the words

26:20

are easy. That nuance,

26:23

right? The interrogative

26:26

style, the confirmation style, the rhetorical

26:29

style, the nuance can really

26:31

change a situation.

26:35

Not easy, right? Tell me

26:37

about it.

26:43

All right, what happened today? It is

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June 20th, 2023,

26:48

but in history on June 20th,

26:51

anything interesting happened? Yeah,

26:54

in 1969,

26:54

the British rock band The Who

26:57

won rock album of the year

26:59

at the International Rock Music Awards

27:01

in Hollywood for their album Tommy.

27:05

And this album even today is considered

27:08

by many people one of the greatest

27:10

rock albums of all time.

27:13

What do you think? Do you know The Who?

27:15

Many of you do, many of you might not. What

27:17

do you think is the greatest rock album

27:20

of all time? Gosh, that's a tough question.

27:23

Personally, I don't think it's Tommy. I

27:25

like The Who, but not that one. I would

27:27

have to say Back in Black.

27:30

That's just such a good album by

27:32

ACDC. But there are so many. But

27:34

what do you think? Maybe Pink

27:36

Floyd,

27:37

The Wall. God, that

27:39

was a good one, right? That's a tough

27:41

question. In 1975,

27:50

the iconic movie Jaws, directed

27:53

by Steven Spielberg, was released

27:56

in the United States.

27:57

The film revolutionized the movie.

28:00

industry because it was the first

28:02

summer blockbuster and

28:06

Steven Spielberg became really famous. From

28:09

that point on they realized, oh my

28:11

god of course we need

28:13

to have a massive summer movie

28:16

and we can make money all summer

28:18

long.

28:19

That all started in 1975 with Steven Spielberg's Jaws. Did

28:24

you see the movie? Boy oh boy.

28:27

In 1988 another movie who

28:29

framed Roger Rabbit

28:32

was released in the United States and

28:34

it was really wild because this

28:36

is 1988 it was a blend of real people and animation.

28:41

It

28:43

was one of the first movies to do

28:46

it and they did a good job and

28:48

what's really interesting in

28:50

DDM last week we actually

28:53

talked about this movie who

28:55

framed Roger Rabbit. Also

28:58

on that same day June 20th 1988.

29:06

Don't worry Bobby McFerrin

29:08

started the two week run at number one on the

29:11

US singles chart with Don't

29:13

Worry Be Happy.

29:15

Ah yes. Do you like

29:17

that song? I did at the time. Now

29:21

it kind of annoys me. It's okay. June

29:25

20th 1997 the famous sci-fi

29:27

comedy action thriller

29:29

drama Men in Black

29:32

was released. Will Smith, Tommy

29:35

Lee Jones. It was a huge

29:38

movie. Men in Black 1, Men in Black 2.

29:41

They built a franchise. What happened

29:43

to Will Smith?

29:44

Anyway and one more. Yeah

29:47

one more. June 20th 2003,

29:50

Wikimedia Foundation,

29:52

the nonprofit organization behind

29:54

Wikipedia was officially

29:57

established. So does that mean?

30:00

Today is Wikipedia's 20th birthday.

30:04

Maybe, maybe. That all happened on June

30:06

20th. But there's more. Today

30:10

on June 20th, 2023. Today is

30:13

World Refugee Day.

30:17

Oh yeah, refugee, R-E-F-U-G-E-E.

30:21

There are refugees all over the place

30:24

and today is a good day to recognize them. Today

30:26

is National Ice Cream Soda

30:29

Day. This is a combination

30:31

of ice cream

30:32

and soda. For

30:34

example, Coca-Cola. Did

30:37

you ever try that combination? It is

30:39

absolutely delicious. In America,

30:42

we have a soda called root

30:44

beer.

30:45

If you've had it, it's kind of sweet. But

30:48

if you mix it with ice cream, it

30:50

is absolutely excellent.

30:52

Today is also International Surfing

30:54

Day. Not on the internet,

30:57

on the ocean. Have you ever been surfing?

31:00

And in many countries, yesterday,

31:02

Sunday was Father's Day.

31:04

But in many countries today, June 20th

31:07

is Father's Day. So yesterday

31:09

and today, to all the fathers out there,

31:12

happy Father's Day. If you got my

31:14

newsletter yesterday, which I send

31:16

out every week, you saw my

31:19

cards that my family gave me

31:21

for Father's Day. They were great.

31:23

It's also American Eagle

31:25

Day. Yep, the bald eagle is the

31:27

symbol of the America, the

31:30

animal of America. It's International

31:33

Asteroid Day. That sounds scary.

31:35

National Hike with a

31:38

Geek Day. Oh,

31:41

that's a good subject to talk about. Geeks

31:43

and nerds. Yeah, I like that. It's

31:45

New Identity Day.

31:48

So if you want to have a new identity, you

31:50

can do that today. Just go online,

31:52

create a Twitter account with a different

31:54

name. Go to Facebook, go

31:56

to Instagram, create a new identity.

32:00

A new you is born. It's

32:02

also plain yogurt day.

32:04

No strawberry yogurt, no blueberry yogurt.

32:07

It's plain, P-L-A-I-N,

32:09

regular, bland, straight white

32:12

yogurt day. And finally, it is world

32:15

productivity day.

32:17

Are you being productive today? Are you

32:19

doing a lot? Are you getting a lot done?

32:22

I hope you are.

32:24

Ah, that's it for this LME

32:26

podcast.

32:27

Number 90,

32:30

June 20th, 2023. Thank

32:34

you so much for listening. We talked about

32:36

America's tip creep

32:39

phenomenon. It's just terrible.

32:41

Lots of people don't like it. We learned lots

32:43

of great vocabulary words, too. Country

32:46

Shane taught us about the history of tipping

32:49

in America. In the Q&A

32:51

section, we talked about the different styles

32:54

of questions, interrogative,

32:57

confirmation, and rhetorical.

32:59

It's actually really important that you learn

33:01

those. And of course, we have today

33:04

in history, we had the Who's

33:06

album, Jaws, Men in Black,

33:09

and some observances. Before

33:11

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