<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>A Bar With An Honor System : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/business/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><link><id>50769</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50769/1/</url><title><![CDATA[A Bar With An Honor System]]></title><description><![CDATA[J&#252;rgen Stumpf owns three wine bars in Berlin that operate on the honor system.  For the price of 1&#8364; (about $1.50), you rent yourself a glass and get to sample as many of the wines as you want. At the end of the night you throw some bills or coins into a big jar, the amount based on what you think is fair.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>269</score><crdate>2/15/2008 4:45:45 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-15T16:45:45+01:00</atomdate></link><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%' style='padding-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;' class='trh'><tr valign='bottom'><td><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr valign='bottom'><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabs lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-comments'><a href='/business/l/50769/1/' class='plime2 td mn'>comments (3)</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-related'><a href='/business/l/50769-related/1/' class='plime td mn'>related</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-share'><a href='/business/l/50769-share/1/' class='plime td mn'>share</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-history'><a href='/business/l/50769-history/1/' class='plime td mn'>edit history (1)</a></td></tr></table></td><td class='minitabspc' style='width:100%' valign='middle'><table width='100%'><tr class='regular'><td align='right'> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&lt;</a><span> <b><a class='page-selected td' href='/business/l/50769/1/'>1</a></b> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&gt;</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><comment><id>204319</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/l/50769/1/xml_widget.rss#q4</url><title><![CDATA[Pocksucket @ 2/17/2008 2:52:02 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/business/l/50769/1/#q2"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>titojuante</b> : That would be very dangerous for him if my friends and I showed up. We scour city for the cheapest drink prices. If the drinks are really cheap I will tip 50-100% If the drinks are not cheap I usually scale my tips back to about 25-40%.<br/><br/>It is not cheap to drink out when you are an ex bartender.</i></div>On the whole though, that would probably be balanced out by the non-bartending patrons.<br/><br/>As I'm sure you noticed when you tended bar yourself, generosity increases with alcohol consumed for most people.<br/><br/>On that score, quite a cunning plan.  I'm sure that when inebriated, most people would under rather than over pay.]]></content><score></score><crdate>2/17/2008 2:52:02 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-17T14:52:02+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>203629</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/l/50769/1/xml_widget.rss#q3</url><title><![CDATA[bcgrote @ 2/16/2008 1:09:15 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[Quasi-Callahan's?]]></content><score></score><crdate>2/16/2008 1:09:15 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-16T01:09:15+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>203292</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/l/50769/1/xml_widget.rss#q2</url><title><![CDATA[titojuante @ 2/15/2008 6:36:04 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[That would be very dangerous for him if my friends and I showed up. We scour city for the cheapest drink prices. If the drinks are really cheap I will tip 50-100% If the drinks are not cheap I usually scale my tips back to about 25-40%.<br/><br/>It is not cheap to drink out when you are an ex bartender.]]></content><score></score><crdate>2/15/2008 6:36:04 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-15T18:36:04+01:00</atomdate></comment></items></xml>