Hi Jeff - While I agree that best not to take the gift card I think this is very minor conflict compared to some of the enormous conflicts out there that no one seems to question -- like NFL Hall of Fame voting where, rather than just lob in a vote among 400 others like baseball (a conflict itself), certain well known writers are enlisted to make the case for individual players and then those writers like Peter King or Ron Borges talk about their role ad nauseum. Seems like an obvious conflict to put yourself into the middle of a story.
Jeff my Son is a junior in college studying journalism (I don’t think it’s actually called that. Embarrassed to say I’m not certain) and despite the obligatory dig at Trump I’m forwarding this to him as a lesson on ethics. Very important thoughts in that section.
On Immaculate Grid—played it for months and generally fell out of love. I’d post my results on Twitter and I’d see others. I could never believe people were coming up with their answers without cheating. Day after day with no blank squares. I just don’t buy it.
I am a restaurant critic and anonymity is tough to keep for more reasons than this space allows. I've had restaurant owners attempt to comp me meals or drinks, which I always politely decline and insist on paying for because ethics. There have been situations, though, when the bill comes and there is an insistence on behalf of the restaurant owner that a round of drinks is on them.
My typical approach is to guesstimate what was comped, give it to the server as part of the gratuity and inform my editor. Not sure what else there is to do.
Hi Jeff - While I agree that best not to take the gift card I think this is very minor conflict compared to some of the enormous conflicts out there that no one seems to question -- like NFL Hall of Fame voting where, rather than just lob in a vote among 400 others like baseball (a conflict itself), certain well known writers are enlisted to make the case for individual players and then those writers like Peter King or Ron Borges talk about their role ad nauseum. Seems like an obvious conflict to put yourself into the middle of a story.
Jeff my Son is a junior in college studying journalism (I don’t think it’s actually called that. Embarrassed to say I’m not certain) and despite the obligatory dig at Trump I’m forwarding this to him as a lesson on ethics. Very important thoughts in that section.
On Immaculate Grid—played it for months and generally fell out of love. I’d post my results on Twitter and I’d see others. I could never believe people were coming up with their answers without cheating. Day after day with no blank squares. I just don’t buy it.
Not to say your guy isn’t Rainman and all.
I am a restaurant critic and anonymity is tough to keep for more reasons than this space allows. I've had restaurant owners attempt to comp me meals or drinks, which I always politely decline and insist on paying for because ethics. There have been situations, though, when the bill comes and there is an insistence on behalf of the restaurant owner that a round of drinks is on them.
My typical approach is to guesstimate what was comped, give it to the server as part of the gratuity and inform my editor. Not sure what else there is to do.