My life as a celebrity

[Tim Solon]

As most of you probably don’t know, I made the front page of the Indiana Daily Student today. Well, ladies and gentlemen, let me just say, my life has changed since then. I have officially climbed the ranks from unknown underclassmen to campus celebrity. I’m a sort of demigod now.

Freshmen in my introductory level classes used to think I was a loser for being a sophomore in 100-level classes. Now? Well, when they’re not asking for autographs or taking notes for me, they’re making sure my feet have an adequate footrest and that my backpack has someone to carry it from one class to another.

My life has essentially become a never-ending Axe commercial. Girls are throwing themselves to me like depressed people throw themselves in front of trains, only more desperately. On top of all of that, I’m now passing all of my classes.

The student association contacted me this afternoon and asked that I be the ambassador to Kenya. Who knew that even existed? The alumni association called and said they want to name a scholarship after me. Who knew they did that for living people? In fact, three different bars e-mailed me to let me know they have drinks named after me.

Man, who knew life was this good. I love being famous…

[IU_All_Day]

I was on ESPN for the spelling bee in 6th grade, enough said.

[PUCKfurdue]

The Tudor Room sucks! I can't believe they would try to pull that shit on its own workers!

[HoosierDaddy]

Yeah... that's garbage man. Did you see the letter to the editor a professor sent in? Check it out, it kicks ass:

Stop Eating at the Tudor Room
http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.as...5230&comview=1

I am writing in response to the article on the Tudor Room’s new policy for tipping.

Before becoming a professor, I worked in the food service industry for 15 years; waiting tables, catering parties, organizing formal wine tasting parties and even consulting on general operations of other restaurants. With this experience behind me, I am shocked at the Tudor Room’s new policy. Under the guise of “pooling” tips, the management of the Tudor Room is actually skimming off the pool to pay for operation costs that should fall squarely on the restaurant management. I have never seen a restaurant operate in such a way. If the restaurant cannot afford administrative costs of processing payroll, new minimum wage requirement or any other aspect of business operations, it should reevaluate the food it serves, the hours it is open, food expenditures and especially the managers’ own salaries. Rather, the Tudor Room is demonstrating a lack of respect for its workers’ labor and using the false claim that pooling tips will lead to more teamwork. Anyone in the restaurant business will tell you that there are other ways, including a percentage system that divides the workers into captains, service staff and service assistants. Additionally, in most restaurants I worked in (and I have worked from the most greasy spoon to waiting on Hillary Clinton at four-star resorts), tip pooling almost always proves to be ineffective. The Tudor Room’s tipping policy is, as your article claims, “shady” to say the least. Giving them business at this point would only send the management the signal that we as University workers do not care how it treats its staff.

David Delgado Shorter

IU assistant professor

[FRANKtheTANK]

Way to take down the man dude. Props.

[EricB]

I've never even been there. Too much money for one meal.

[DiscoStu22]

Wow. That restaurant has been around for so long. I feel like it's a tradition. They need to make changes and it looks like it needs to be with management.

[BigRed10]

haha great article. i wish my life was more like an axe commercial

[tombomb]

showoff....

...haha jp

[KingKrimson]

Very nice write-up. You should check out some of the IDS editorials...wild