(November 13, 2013 at 2:34 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:(November 12, 2013 at 4:55 pm)Crossless1 Wrote: I worked for tips for years and would have been furious if some shitbag had left this in lieu of proper consideration for service rendered. The pricks had better hope they're not remembered by the staff because payback in the service industry is a bitch.
Tipping sticks in my craw.
If something costs an advertised amount then that is what you should pay.
You should not be expected to volunteer an extra payment just because someone is doing their job.
I know that often the pay is shitty but that is not the customers fault and where do you draw the line? do you tip at Macdonalds if not why not?
The most I ever made hourly as a waitress was $2.90. Some weeks there would be no paycheck at all because the US government taxes based on sales in tipped positions, and it came directly out of my paycheck. I don't tip at McDonalds because the workers there make minimum wage or more, and those aren't tipped positions.
No, it's not the customer's fault, but the customer shouldn't go to restaurants to be waited on if they can't tip. Stiffing waitstaff (in the US) is equivalent to theft in my book. If tips weren't involved, costs would be higher, and passed onto the customer anyway.
