Americanemployershaveaddedseveralhundredthousandjobseachmonththisyearandtheunemploymentrate⏤thepercentageofworkerswhodon't have a job⏤hasbeensteadilydecreasing, bothgoodeconomicsigns.
I wasattheairportand I grabbed a bottleofwaterfrom, like, a conveniencestore, anditaskedmefor a tip, and I was, like, "Uh... that's nothappening."
Tomakeitallclearer, Stellinanowputs a 20% servicechargeonyourbill.
Thatisthetip⏤unlessyouwanttoadd a littlemore.
Forme, I personallyevaluatetheservicethat I'm receivingand I alsotakeintoaccountthepersonbehindthecounter, and I say, youknow, "Howmuchcouldtheypossiblybemaking?"
Justunderstand, like, I thinkwe'realljusttryingtodowhat's bestforthepeoplearoundus.
EveninSouthDakota, you'renotbuilding a snowmanin 60-degreeweather.
That's whythiscameas a surprisetoresidentsofanassistedlivingcenterwhowokeuplastweektoseethisintheyard.
Thesnowhadbeenimported.
A localmanhadbeenawayat a meetinginthemountainsofwesternSouthDakotawhentheyweresmackedby a snowstorm.
So, heshoveled a bunchofitintohispickuptruck, drovebackhometotheeasternpartofthestate, andheandhisdaughtergaveFrostynewlifeoutside a carecenterinSiouxFalls.
Ofcourse, thescenelookedmorelike a "WinterWonderland" that's morecommon "IntheBleakMidwinter".
Buttheeffortmadeit a "SilentNight" brought a little "JoytotheWorld" forthosewhostillneeded "A LittleChristmas" atspringtimeevenifcriticswould'verather "DeckedtheHalls" with a hippopotamus.