HalfCast 19: 2 Peas In A Podcast Return!
Ryan and Chris are back for another chat about music. They revisit their never ending “rock versus pop” argument, rally for more live musicianship, sum up their enjoyment of a recent Gin Blossoms concert, and question the motives of the most annoying concertgoers.
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Finally able to get the latest episode of Halfcast last week. Since I had subscribed to TOPTM long time back, was getting the latest episode of the same, but needed to separately subscribe to Half-cast series and it was not available on the Indian page of iTune podcast store.I think by default the podcast is only made available to the country of its origin (in your case US) or maybe you need to request the iTune administrators specifically to make it available on various country specific iTune podcast stores. That will surely increase the chances of more people from different countries stumbling across this interesting podcast series.
Okay just one comment on the issue of tipping the washroom attendant – one can look at it not as a tip but rather as a nominal payment towards using a hygienic washroom facility. As you said, earlier the washroom used to be very dirty but now it is much cleaner. I guess the person is put in there to ensure that the place remains clean/hygienic and therefore he deserve to be paid. The establishment must be paying to keep it clean but having a person there ensures that it stays that way, the tip is just a nominal amount help the guy earn some extra bucks. The purpose of the tip is more towards making the people who are using the service realize that there are paying for the service, therefore expect better service.
In India we have close to 60% of global population who do not have access to modern washroom facilities – It is shameful, not to get into the historic reasons behind absurd reality – I just want to share that things are changing and there is an organization called Shulabh (http://www.sulabhinternational.org/) which is trying to provide modern washroom facilities across India – and in their model put a person in charge of the washroom they install and the users are charged a nominal amount for the facilities. They had to make this payment compulsory for using the washroom because in India we do not have the culture of tipping (which is a norm in other parts of the world). I personally think that tipping helps in improving the service levels, the giver expects and demands a better service and the receiver also feels obliged to do delivery more and delight the customer in order to earn that extra buck.
‘To tip or not to tip’ could be a good topic for a detailed discussion 🙂