(November 13, 2013 at 2:34 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: 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?
I think that expecting a worker to make up their pay in tips is pretty lousy, myself. But it's also not the worker's fault that it works that way, so I tend to tip pretty generously unless the service is really bad. I like to think that many of them are waiting tables to help pay their way through school and that the extra money is a nice boost. I still remember the look on the face of a particularly good waiter when he realized that we'd handed him a 90% tip (on a relatively inexpensive meal, I must add).
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