Gratitude / Capt buys?
04-20-2026 | 12:22 PM
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04-20-2026 | 03:06 PM
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I buy the first officer beer if we’re having any together. If he/she says “thank you,” I’ll buy the next time. If not, I’m done buying them beer. To me, it’s just a small gesture of appreciation for making my job as captain as easy as possible.
It’s pretty simple. Having beers is pretty rare to begin with these days with the optimizer. If we do have some, it’s never more than 2 per person anyway. The tabs never more than $80 out the door. I usually get an appetizer too.
It’s pretty simple. Having beers is pretty rare to begin with these days with the optimizer. If we do have some, it’s never more than 2 per person anyway. The tabs never more than $80 out the door. I usually get an appetizer too.
04-20-2026 | 03:13 PM
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100%. The notion that somebody insisting on doing something generous means they have control issues is crazy. I don’t doubt that a few could be that way, but they are certainly outliers and most people are just trying to be nice.
To place “control freak” as one of the more plausible/likely explanations is to really, really, overthink this.
To place “control freak” as one of the more plausible/likely explanations is to really, really, overthink this.
04-20-2026 | 04:14 PM
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I buy the first officer beer if we’re having any together. If he/she says “thank you,” I’ll buy the next time. If not, I’m done buying them beer. To me, it’s just a small gesture of appreciation for making my job as captain as easy as possible.
It’s pretty simple. Having beers is pretty rare to begin with these days with the optimizer. If we do have some, it’s never more than 2 per person anyway. The tabs never more than $80 out the door. I usually get an appetizer too.
It’s pretty simple. Having beers is pretty rare to begin with these days with the optimizer. If we do have some, it’s never more than 2 per person anyway. The tabs never more than $80 out the door. I usually get an appetizer too.
04-20-2026 | 05:47 PM
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Even on the wb fleet, if capt invites, they always pay first round at a minimum. Most of the time, one of the capt would pay for bus driver tips for the whole crew as well.
Whoever on a gs always offer to pay van tips for the whole crew
Whoever on a gs always offer to pay van tips for the whole crew
04-20-2026 | 05:49 PM
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I buy the first officer beer if we’re having any together. If he/she says “thank you,” I’ll buy the next time. If not, I’m done buying them beer. To me, it’s just a small gesture of appreciation for making my job as captain as easy as possible.
It’s pretty simple. Having beers is pretty rare to begin with these days with the optimizer. If we do have some, it’s never more than 2 per person anyway. The tabs never more than $80 out the door. I usually get an appetizer too.
It’s pretty simple. Having beers is pretty rare to begin with these days with the optimizer. If we do have some, it’s never more than 2 per person anyway. The tabs never more than $80 out the door. I usually get an appetizer too.
04-20-2026 | 06:14 PM
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back on topic- Capt beer is the best beer. Always appreciate when he offers. Also have never once thought that coffee was somehow a domination play. That’s just weird.
04-20-2026 | 06:17 PM
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cb at least seems like you could hang out and talk surfing or sports or whatever and still get along. Oofff was all antagonism all the time with some axe to grind as if he was going to make a bunch of strangers see how foolish they are for disagreeing with his political worldview. Glad to hear he got a break - I was noticing that the pages seemed a little more civil lately and now know why
back on topic- Capt beer is the best beer. Always appreciate when he offers. Also have never once thought that coffee was somehow a domination play. That’s just weird.
back on topic- Capt beer is the best beer. Always appreciate when he offers. Also have never once thought that coffee was somehow a domination play. That’s just weird.
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