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Tipping is a glitch in american society. That being said, i've been a server for 5 years feeding off the glitch, but I HATE the traditional american style of tipping. We are the ONLY country that operates restauraunts like this. I feel like servers should get paid more, and if they don't do a good job, they get fired. Even when someone does give bad service, most patrons( clearly excluding a lot of nters) are going to leave a decent tip anyway. I know I am, because when I ineveitably dine at the restauraunt next time I don't want to worry about salty anguished people handling my food, which therein lies the problem of the vicious cycle. I'm always surprised when I hear people say they don't tip - on account of in all my years of waiting tables I have NEVER gotten stiffed. Not even once. Closest thing was when someone forgot to leave a tip- and they called my employer later that night to right their wrong. Granted- i'm good at what I do and have never given anyone reason to stiff me. But what I see happening nowadays is this, in the past the norm for tipping was 15% (that's what I always saw my dad do anyway). A younger me saw people actually grinding their butts off for that 15%. Now- servers just feel entitled to 20%, no matter what. If a customer leaves less than that, they are just simply aholes to the servers I see now. I have these female servers (mostly, but some guys too), all day, just talk about how they've been shorted by the jerk customers and whatnot- they NEVER stop and think hey maybe I actually didn't do a good job. It drives me insane, the lack of accountability, it's like, used to people would go to a restauraunt, and from start to finish servers would try to give them the best experience possible. Now it just seems like when a server is sat, they are just thinking about the total bill, how fast they can get them in and out of their seats, and how they can suck every last potential penny out of said patron. It's sick, on top of that, waiting tables is SOOOOO EASSSSSYYYYYY. People will be quick to tell you otherwise, but they just suck. With the slightest bit of multitasking and people skills, the job is freaking cake man. It is NOTHING. You take orders and fill drinks and roll silverware whoopdeefreakingdoo . To wrap up my rant, which I apologize for, this is just a topic I feel very strongly about, the whole system is just rigged to make it easier on the business owners. They get away with paying their ENTIRE serving staff less than FOUR dollars an hour, and the customers, the people that are supposed to be the ones getting the dining experience actually PAY another persons employees, more than TWICE what the employee's boss is actually paying them. How much sense does that make? It's really the fat cat business owners that profit the most out of the system. OH AND ANOTHER THING. This coming from a waiter- THE COOKS ARE THE ONES THAT DESERVE A TIP. Their job is soooooooooooooooooo much more difficult than serving , and yes I'm aware that they know what they signed up for when they took the job, doesn't make it less unjust. I believe the that 5 aforementioned restauraunts are totally in the right. The tipping system in the states is just so foul. On top of that, there is tip jars everywhere now. Even in the drive thru of a smoothie king. Like yeah lets just buy a 10 dollar smoothie then leave an extra dollar for the person that made it, like they're not already getting paid to do so. Im not knocking the hustle of the individual smoothie servant im just saying the system in the states is deplorable as a whole and continuing to become more ridiculous. It's just despicable fambs. yes im mad. endrant
oh yeah not quite. I totally forgot about the OP. You need to report her man. it would take every ounce of self control I had not to bring the receipt back right to her face and confront her about it
oh yeah not quite. I totally forgot about the OP. You need to report her man. it would take every ounce of self control I had not to bring the receipt back right to her face and confront her about it
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