• Two tip jars with handwritten signs: one reads “Change can be scary... Leave it with us!”, and the other reads “All tips go towards bringing Beyonce to our store for a mini concert. Let’s just say we’ve got a long way to go here.”
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    15 Tip Jars Notes That Stuck The Landing

    When it comes to getting a good tip, a good coffee can help, and a laugh at the counter can get it faster. But these tip jars turned the tables and made people reach for the money with quick polls, one-liners, and some raw and funny honesty. This is another level of low-tech marketing that can go a long way if it gets you smiling. It only takes a clear jar, thick markers, and a joke that pays for itself. 1. They have people invested in the cause 2. Were they? 3. I need to see that 4. Let us…

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    Miserable Jobs That Died with the 1800s

    The world that we know today feels like a completely different ballgame from the one that people muddled through back in the 1800s. Obviously, we’re able to enjoy our share…

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    15 Jobs That Died With the 1900s

    When the twentieth century rolled in, life was changing in ways people could barely keep up with. New inventions arrived one after another, and things that had been done the…

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    20 Christmas Morning Photos from the ’60s That Bring Back Everything

    There’s a certain look to Christmas morning in the ’60s. The living room is a little dim, the tinsel is bright, and the flash catches every smile at once. The…

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    17 Teen Rebels From the 1950s–1990s Whose Parents Probably Lost Their Minds

    Every generation has its troublemakers, but the teens from the 1950s through the 1990s perfected rebellion in ways that made their parents age at least a decade overnight. From leather-jacket…

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    12 Hard-Hitting Rounds Known for Staying Accurate Well Past 150 Yards

    Some rounds earn your trust slowly at the bench and on the range. You shoot them, you check the paper, and they keep landing where you expect. That’s something that…

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    15 Strange Jobs People Somehow Got Paid for in the Early 1900s 

    Long before the apps, the automation, and HR departments, work could be… inventive. The early 1900s were a crossroads: electricity and cinema took off, most cities grew rapidly, and entire…

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