It never fails to shock me how a tip is demanded in the US. People simply refuse to listen to reason when we (yes, there are others!) tell them that leaving a tip isn’t necessary. Well, I’m hoping for too much here, but if you’re a waiter, here are 5 reasons why I will try my best not to give any money to you and why the reasons for tipping are crappy.
1. You act as if you’re my best friend
Just leave me alone ok? I don’t want to bloody chit chat with you. I want food. FOOD! Get it? It’s a restaurant. I go there to eat. I go because I want either Italian food, Chinese Food or something else which I can’t get in a McDonald’s. So I come to a restaurant to fulfill my cravings for it. I will pay for what I value – food. Not you.
Christ, you offend me – kneeling down next to my table, pretending to like me and chatting as if you’re my best friend when it’s obvious that all you’re after is the tip! I’m not a bloody money bag you know. I will pay the bill which includes the cost of the food, the environment and the salaries of the people involved – nothing more.
The only way to get money out of me that I don’t have to legally pay is by prying it out of my cold dead hands…
Bottom line: I don’t want to know your name, or interact with you for any longer than I have to in order to place my order. As far as I’m concerned, you’re the equivalent of a conveyor belt that brings me my food and a computer into which I input my order. Of course, I won’t be rude. But don’t expect me to interact with you any more than I would with some stranger.
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2. You don’t get paid enough
And this is my problem how exactly? It’s astonishing that customers are expected to make up for your employer’s cheapness in not paying you a decent wage. Please include the full cost in everyone’s bill thank you very much. I’ll pay it because I have to and the charge is there for me to see.
What’s really funny here is that no one seems to criticize the employers! All criticism is reserved for non tipping customers instead of the owners of the restaurant for not paying a decent wage. Wtf! Could it possibly be because you guys know you can make much more by tips and under report your income to the IRS?
3. You’ll spit in my food if I don’t tip you?
And I’ll shoot your kid if you don’t give me a million dollars. Seriously, am I even hearing this right? You’re actually using the threat of blackmail to make me pay you? Well as long as you’re openly claiming to be a criminal it’s all right I guess.
Fortunately that’s why I prefer buffets. Listen apart from it being illegal, this shows your poor integrity. But if you spit in someone’s food because they didn’t give you money you didn’t earn, then you’re a loser and deserve to be a waiter for the rest of your life.
4. Bringing me my food isn’t worthy of being paid extra
Did you cook it? Did you invent it? No. You picked it up and brought it to me. While it might not be easy, there are plenty of jobs which are much worse – shop floor workers for example. And I’ve been a shop floor manager, so I know. Face it – compared to other jobs, being a waiter is unskilled. You get paid what the market will think your services are worth. You don’t deserve more for your work over and above what your employer should pay you.
5. Money doesn’t grow on trees
I expect you to be grateful and pray for me at night if I tip you 10%. Be happy I gave you anything at all. I worked for the money in my wallet and by giving you some I didn’t have to, I’m doing you a favor. Learn to remember that when people give you something they don’t need to, it’s a favor. You don’t complain that they didn’t give you more!
By the way, the same thing above applies to all professions that demand tips including those on cruise liners.
So now that you understand why I won’t give you money you don’t deserve, stop with the “oh how could you?” attitude. I can. And I will.
Update: Here’s a rebuttal of the many silly justifications for tipping that people have given in the comments section.
Okay, I can understand if you really enjoyed the service and you’re earning a good amount of money, you might WANT to tip sometimes, but what’s all this shit about “20% is standard and 10% is insult” and being chased down the street or food spat on just because you didn’t pay MORE THAN IT ASKED FOR ON THE BILL?! Any tip should be appreciated no matter how big or small, IF I GIVE YOU A TIP, IT’S FREE MONEY THAT I’M NOT LEGALLY REQUIRED TO GIVE YOU, SO BE GRATEFUL!!
In reply to Jordan
You should always tip your server 20-25% of your bill. I work hard standing on my feet all day waiting on cheapskates like you. I only make $2.13 an hour and it all goes to taxes so basically I make nothing but tips.
In reply to Naomi
I gotta call fake comment on this one. No way anyone who has even glanced at the comments could still be saying this nonsense lol
In reply to Naomi
Are you stupid or retarded? http://webapps.dol.gov/elaws/faq/esa/flsa/002.htm
Let’s stop the $2.13/hour bullshit.
Since the restaurant has to pay you minimum wage with or without tips you are extremely overpaid.
I laugh in your face you think you deserve a 20-25% tip.
In reply to $Bill
Do you even know what you’re talking about? If you think we get paid the 7.25 minimum wage + tip, you’re wrong. The legal minimum wage for a server is literally 2.13, because people are expected to tip and makeup for the rest. So when you don’t tip, our work is literally worth nothing.
In reply to Amy
Apparently you’re the one who is stupid. It says “WITH OR WITHOUT TIPS.”
If a server makes 0 tips, their employer has to pay them the full Federal minimum wage. They can only reduce a server’s wage by the amount made in tips, no more than an amount which would reduce their wage to $2.13 an hour.
In reply to Amy
I can vouch that New York gets 7.25 per hour.
In reply to Dan
wooo, what rain of heaven 7.25 an hour.
In reply to there is no joy here.
It’s adequate compensation for unskilled labor that requires no education. If you don’t like it, do what every other person who has improved their life does: get a better job. Nobody is forcing you to work there except yourself. There are no excuses – I went from homeless to making more than the median household income in the US on my OWN, and that doesn’t even include investments.
Every person I knew when I was poor who is still poor is because they do nothing but play the “poor me” card without actually doing anything about it.
In reply to $Bill
In wisconsin, it’s legal to pay $2.33 an hour since your tips are supposed to add up to minimum wage with your actual wage. It sometimes doesn’t because of people like you. I waitress in Wisconsin and some slow days I go home with $20 total. ALL of my paycheck goes to taxes plus the $300+ I have to pay back to state. Know what you’re talking about.
In reply to Maggie
Also, some work places will look past that rule unless you actually bring your check stub and fight for the money you should have earned. Since not all tips are claimed, nobody can tell if you did or didn’t make minimum wage that day.
In reply to Maggie
Well guess what you fucking moron, it’s still not anyone’s job to pay your slary. What a fucking entitled piece of shit you are to demand that someone pay for than the food on their plate. What a cunt. Actually here complaining about about costumers looking for food to pick up your check as well as if it was manditory.
In reply to GTFOH
your tits, calm them.
In reply to Maggie
Federal law supersedes state law. The law says servers must, between wages and tips, receive the Federal minimum wage. If they do not receive enough tips in addition to their wages to receive the Federal minimum, their employer MUST make up the difference.
Any restaurant not doing this is in violation Federal law, and can be sued for unpaid wages.
If you don’t fight for your wages that is YOUR problem. It isn’t the customer’s responsibility to pay you, it’s your boss’s.
In reply to What a joke
You honestly don’t get it. It’s not the fact that we do or don’t make minimum wage. It’s the fact that, as a server, I care about the service and experience I give my guests. I don’t just drop the food. I engage in conversation, talk your kids into finishing their food or they might not grow up big and strong, I find extra cocktails to give you. It’s a dining experience that I take seriously as a temporary job to fund my college debt . Working at a walmart as a cashier won’t make me the same amount as being a server will. And being that I don’t have my degree yet, how do you expect me to make money?
In reply to Maggie
You honestly don’t get it, do you? Being a server is unskilled labor (and before you say it, yes, it is unskilled by definition). YOU agreed to do the work for the wage – the Federal minimum. There is no guarantee of, nor requirement for tips.
Your college education isn’t our problem. I was HOMELESS before and still managed to get money together for college. We have all sorts of funds to pay for college. If you make too much to qualify it means you are living above your means and have no excuse.
Any other life problems of yours are not the customer’s, either. You pick the job, you continue to work there, and the customer is not your employer. You are laid to provide good service by your employer. If you don’t like that fact, quit. Go work at a factory. It’s not the customer’s problem or responsibility.
In reply to What a joke
oh yes, i will just pop round to 40 years ago and pick up a nice factory job. Thank you for your advice.
In reply to such angry nips
Because factory jobs don’t exist now? Well, damn, I better tell the several friends I have with factory and factory warehouse jobs that their positions don’t exist! What the hell is my friend who got a promotion yesterday going to do? He’s supposed to hire and train the replace his prior position, but since that position doesn’t exist, how will he ever fill it?!
O_O
In reply to Maggie
You don’t get it I don’t give a fuck how you make your money. Maybe you should try laying on your back instead it’s not my problem.
A waitress should not speak unless spoken to you don’t get it.
If you have to fight and argue with your employer to get your minimum wage that is not my problem I don’t care.
I am there to eat my food and speak to you as little as possible. Maybe you can understand that.
All you are to me is a conveyor belt that brings me my food and drink.
In reply to $Bill
You are so correct $Bill. I hate it when waitresses make the excuse that they won’t get another job as they don’t pay as good as waitressing. Being a waitress should be an honor serving rich people like myself. They don’t deserve more money than a cashier or a Walmart greeter. To tell the truth, a Walmart greeter is more intelligent than a waitress and most of them are mentally challenged. I come for the food just like you do. A waitress should not speak unless spoken to. Sure, I could just sit at home and have my maid cook for me every night, but I can easily afford to take my girlfriend out on an expensive date a few times every week. How dare a waitress even think of me being a tightwad. It’s their employer who is the cheap ass. I feel sorry for all the people who have been brainwashed into tipping 20% every time they eat out. It’s totally disgusting that they expect a tip from everyone.
In reply to Zeus
Zeus, if the waitress shined my alligator skin shoes, and waxed my Porsche I would give her a 20% tip. Just bringing me my food is doing her job and not worthy of anything extra.
I too find it disgusting that waitresses expect a tip simply for doing their minimum wage unskilled job.
In reply to Zeus
Could you make it any more obvious that you’ve never worked in the service, you selfish prick?
In reply to Fred
Zeus never worked in the service industry because he is highly successful. You are just a simple minded nobody. How is he a selfish prick when he paid the restaurant bill in full?
Nobody is entitled to a tip for doing their job, you need to grow up.
In reply to Fred
I won’t argue about that. It is true that I have never worked as a waiter before. Thats because I started my business from the ground up. Busted my ass working 100 hour weeks to make sure my stocks, business interests and portfolio were a success. I still work my ass off today, but have relaxed a little bit. I’m set for life at the age of 41. A waitress works paycheck to paycheck and expects total strangers to give her free money to help pay for her unwed kids/college/trailer rent/etc. It’s not my fault you choose not to better your life. A waitress should be a temporary job. If you work as a waitress for more than 2 years I guarantee you’ll always be a loser.
In reply to Zeus
To add – not our fault they expect strangers to help them better themselves even in cases where they are going to school or something, either.
I didn’t expect strangers to pay me extra money so I could go to school. I got is offered, and pay it back in through taxes without begging on the street or at a table in a restaurant.
In reply to Zeus
You people all need Jesus.. It is one thing to fundamentally disagree. But to use disgusting, derogatory, demeaning words is incredibly awful. God is watching us and we should be working together to help each other! For the record I’m a server and bartender. I don’t think It’s anyone’s obligation to pay me but I am not a conveyer belt or brainless! Shame on you for being such a self loathing evildoer! I don’t mind not tipping for bad service but you don’t have to be such a douche. Go to church and seek counseling..
In reply to John Christian
Pretty sure Jesus said something about not judging others (Matthew 7:1-3).
Regardless of whether others are sinning in your eyes or not, it’s certainly not your place to judge them.
Read the essay Acres of Diamonds by Pastor Russell Conwell. A selective quote:
“I say that you ought to get rich, and it is your duty to get rich … The men who get rich may be the most honest men you find in the community. Let me say here clearly … ninety-eight out of one hundred of the rich men of America are honest. That is why they are rich. That is why they are trusted with money. That is why they carry on great enterprises and find plenty of people to work with them. It is because they are honest men. … I sympathize with the poor, but the number of poor who are to be sympathized with is very small. To sympathize with a man whom God has punished for his sins … is to do wrong. … Let us remember there is not a poor person in the United States who was not made poor by his own shortcomings…”
Go cast stones elsewhere.
In reply to Maggie
THIS is your job though!!! Engaging in conversation, being friendly, bringing me my food… all of those are the absolute minimum requirements of being a server. How can you expect that doing the bare minimum of your job means I should give you more money?
In reply to Naomi
it doesn’t matter you choose the job and your still getting paid be blessed you get some money for being a waitress don’t like it quit it idiot you aren’t forced to work here nobody put a gun to your head and forced you to be in the food service industry you are worst then the bums who beg for money on the streets
In reply to Naomi
It’s not our responsibility to pay you extra money that you are already getting paid if you don’t like your job quit it it’s quite simple it’s never the customers responsibility to tip people in the food service being you folks in the food service industry are entitled brats quit your jobs and find a better one if you hate it otherwise stop begging the customers for tip like a bum on the street
In reply to Jordan
Do you know what the “dining experience” is? You pay your grocery bill in a plate! That’s for the convenience….you tip your server for theeeeeeeee……SERVICE! If you didn’t have a server you’d be at a quick order restaurant but you go to “FULL SERVICE” restaurants to be…..SERVED! Then that requires a…….SERVICE CHARGE! If tipping servers wasn’t necessary, restaurants wouldn’t have them…..we’d be…..CASHIERS!
In reply to Mynisha Taylor
You are very confused regarding her job description. Let me make it very simple for you.
You are a server, you are paid by your employer to serve me. This is the reason you are employed.
The service you speak of is simply your job and not worth any extra money on the customers part. You are unskilled and paid accordingly.
If you want better pay get a real job. No tip for you server boy.
In reply to $Bill
To add to what $Bill has said – any sort of “service” charge is included in the price of food. The ingredients certainly don’t cost as much as the restaurant charges, nor does the cost of preparing it, given that my food doesn’t take even an hour to prepare and it’s being prepared alongside everyone else in the restaurant.
In fact, restaurants in the US attempting to force customers to pay a “mandatory” service charge where the customer has refused due to poor service have had their cases thrown out of court on the grounds that tips, regardless of circumstances, are not, and cannot, be required.
Furthermore, even if the restaurant wants to change a fee for providing service (i.e. hiring you to serve tables), it would have to be legally listed as a fee on the bill, the customer would legally have to be informed of said charge BEFORE any interactions that would necessitate it, and the fee would be paid directly to the restaurant, not handed over to their employee (i.e. you).
In reply to What a joke
The food takes hours and hours to prepare in some cases. The menu and the dishes are designed in such a way so as to allow for a relatively fast “pick up time.” The staff prepares the individual elements to each dish hours before the start of service for some of what is needed and other things are prepared over several days.
It’s ok that you have no idea what you are talking about, really it is. How could you? You’ve only seen what a customer is able to see. Though of course any fee or charge would obviously be collected by the service staff, as they collect all moneies due to the restaurant in exchange to food, drinks and service. And I guess any transaction technically could be simplified to money being “handed over.” How else does one pay for anything? Are you suggesting one would write a check expressly for specified fees and deliver it into the hand of the restaurant owner? That would be tidious depending on the volume of business. Imagine the lines that would form. Sooooo many complaints on Yelp…
I’d love to hear your opinions and musings on other industries that you feel you’ve observed closely enough to provide an accurate yet still demeaning analysis of the value of each employee’s role.
And if you have time could you please list the criteria for both real and not real jobs? I only ask so I can know to whom I should feel superior. I mean, and then also joke about it with my friends with the confidence that I’m justified in my beliefs.
Finally, how many blow jobs are you comfortable with giving in a single day? Like what’s your absolute limit? Like is 20 smelly cocks in your mouth in exchange for money too much or not even close?
In reply to Many many monies
You’re full of crap, you have no idea what any of our backgrounds are. Some of us have worked in restaurants, and others have relatives who have. My brother-in-law is a fucking chef. We definitely know what it is like.
Unless you’re talking about catering where everything is made in advanced, the “hours” of food prep are only certain things that are put together and then left.
Hell, $Bill has been a server before for a restaurant. So why don’t you get off your elitist horse acting like we don’t know what we’re talking about and stop trying act like the jobs you’re pretending are difficult actually are.
In reply to Many many monies
Being a waiter is only for teens looking for some extra pocket money, or the mentally retarded keeping busy. As a grown adult you should be ashamed of yourself if this is what you do for a living.
In reply to Jordan
Your a piece of shit. Servers only make $2.13 per hour. That is barely enough to pay the taxes on the money they make. If you dont want to tip go to Taco Bell, McDonald’s or Arby’s. They pay minimum wage.
In reply to A server
That is an outright lie. As has been linked here dozens of times, servers must receive between wages and tips at least the Federal minimum wage. If they do not make enough in tips to offset the tip credit, their employer is required by FEDERAL LAW to pay the difference.
In reply to A server
You are a lying piece of shit http://webapps.dol.gov/elaws/faq/esa/flsa/002.htm
With or without tips you make make min wage.
In reply to Jordan
Amen. Damn socialist. Bosses quit being bitches.pay up
In reply to Jordan
Well as soon you get to any restaurant you should let know your”intention ” to the manager and to your waiter,,so I don’t know if they let you go to the kitchen and pickup your own food
..or you should go in places like McDonalds been in line tell which food number you like,pay,get your food,seat down in one of the clean provided table,and I agree with you u should not leave any tip,,,,enjoy your food
In reply to max
Seeing as a tip is not required, nor even expected in most of the world, maybe the better suggestion is for servers to make their demands for a tip before serving. In pretty much all of the world extra charges must be clearly indicated before a sale can be made
Also, way to be a stereotype, Bhagwad.
All you non tipping morons do understand this simple fact right ? Profit margins in restaurants are the slimmest in any other business . If you eliminate tipping be prepared for all your favorite cheapskate dishes to go up $5 , and half of your shit restaurants to close . Then you same cheap mother fuckers will be complaining about restaurant prices being so high . Morons
In reply to Alex
You’re the moron. There have been several comments on the point, but Bhagwad covered it in his rebuttal. http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/2014/philosophy/why-your-reasons-for-demanding-a-tip-are-wrong.html/
Basic math shows you’re full of crap (and probably can’t even count my change correctly), but we don’t even need that. We know most of the world’s tipping practices are not the absurd, entitled mess America has, and food prices are not really any different.
As for profit margins, you’re not even in reality. Restaurants have generally the same expenses across the board, but their profit margins are entirely based on how much they earn on a ticket. Even little truck stop diners have a profit margin. Do you imagine $100 per plate restaurants don’t make a significant profit?
In reply to Alex
You are so fucking stupid, you are actually beyond mentally retarded.
http://webapps.dol.gov/elaws/faq/esa/flsa/002.htm
So stop the bullshit that you don’t make minimum-wage. You make at least $7.25 per hour minimum (WITH OR WITHOUT TIPS)
Since you already make minimum-wage menu items are not going to go up a penny. Using your retarded logic, the most anything can go up is 20%.
Your job is so simple that in many Asian countries that use trained monkeys to replace you. In the USA only mentally disabled people should be waiters or waitresses. The exception would be a teen making a little extra pocket money. No normal adult should do this for a living.
In reply to Alex
As an owner of a restaurant I’d have to disagree. Profit margins in most successful restaurants are quite large. Also, it is true that if any employee who makes most of their earnings through tips doesn’t break the minimum wage mark after adding up their wage and their received tips, then they still receive minimum wage. I do know that many restaurants somewhat get around this, especially when tips come in through cash but most of them abide by it.
I worked my way up to an owner after many years of being a waiter and I can tell you for sure, tips are earned and not deserved. It’s up to you whether you want to go about your job bringing food to people’s table in a robotic fashion with a bad attitude because you had a rough day, or if you want to put a smile on your face and try to make the customer’s night out at the establishment a great experience. Just know that if you do choose to do the former, then don’t expect the amount of tip you’d get for the latter. The majority of the people who often complain about tipping are the people who don’t understand how to treat customers and to go above and beyond in terms of service.
If there was no tip system in place, it would be me as the owner or my manager who would be the one to reprimand you and dock your pay if you were to mess up on the job or handle a customer with anything less than 100% of your best effort. In most cases after a chance or two, you’d be fired because you are giving my restaurant a bad reputation and losing potential repeat customers which is what makes a restaurant thrive. With the tip system, if you are getting good tips then you know you’re doing well, keep it up! If you are getting bad tips, that is your “reprimanding” and it’s a sign that you need to improve and fix certain things. It’s something you should pay attention to next time, and find out how you can do better. You should not get complacent on the job and just expect amazing tips every time.
The tip system leaves it up to you to decide whether you thrive or not, and it leaves it up to the customer. They are your point of contact and they know better than anyone what kind of service you are providing. If you are not making good money from tips (aside from the occasional asshole who doesn’t tip regardless of above and beyond service), you are doing something wrong. Tips are yours to earn or yours to lose.
In reply to Chris
Not tipping does not make me an asshole. As you said before, you are their employer not me. My only responsibility is to pay my bill. If you want your employees to make more money that is on you.
A fool and their money are soon parted. I am not foolish enough to waste it on tipping.
Your an idiot!
In reply to Crystal
You’re*
I always find it amusing that people accusing others of being idiots clearly aren’t scholars themselves.
You suck at life.
In reply to Crystal
Baghwad is married. He does not need to live paycheck-to-paycheck begging strangers for extra money for doing his job. He has created a money-generating blog where people come and angrily post comments which produce additional impressions, generating more revenue.
Pretty sure he’s doing pretty well at life and not sucking.
You’ll spit in my food if I don’t tip you?
Try this one: give me good service for FREE, or I’ll pay it forward in similar creative ways on anyone in society, and get you fired. Oh, and I’ve done this many times. I love a challenge :)
You guys are mean. I bust my ass off to only make $2.13 an hour and you insult me by not even giving me a dollar or two. I’m a single mother with 6 kids to feed. Show some respect for waitresses. We really do earn those tips!
In reply to Gina
You are a fucking liar, and need to stop spreading your legs making kids you can’t afford. http://webapps.dol.gov/elaws/faq/esa/flsa/002.htm
We all know you make minimum wage WITH or WITHOUT TIPS!!!
You bust your ass because your job is UNSKILLED.
I don’t care if you have to eat out of a dumpster. Your loser life is NOT my problem.
In reply to Gina
As $Bill has said, you make the Federal minimum wage. Servers don’t earn their tips just by doing their jobs, nor should they expect them.
I was a single father going to school after being homeless, but I didn’t ask strangers for money just to do a job I was already being paid to do.
You want a tip? Here’s a tip: as a parent it is your job to provide for your children and be a good example for them. Using them as an excuse for people to pity you and do your job of providing is the worst example you can give them.
In reply to What a joke
What an apt screen name: you are a complete joke.
In reply to Ryan
My screen name is a reference to the people I reply to, such as yourself.
I can’t believe how many stupid people roam this earth, the writer of this is just adding one more tick to “Team Dumb-ass”. There is no logic in this column, just a bunch of greedy whining. I’ve never been a server or had to work for tips- thank God- otherwise I would have punched customers like this right in the throat. I realize that I’m fortunate enough to make a comfortable salary, so I tip my server a good amount when she/he works hard; they make less than minimum wage for Christ sake. This is why more restaurants need to either do an automatic gratuity charge per check, or not allow tipping and pay all servers equal pay. Unless you’re at that type of establishment, TIP your server, jerk!
Why are there so many people who find any excuse to stomp others down? It’s pathetic.
In reply to Ryan
You’re a fucking moron. Servers do not make less than minimum wage. By law between tips and wage they must be paid at least the federal minimum. If they don’t make enough in tips to make up the difference, their employer has to make up the difference. In other words, if they get no tips, their employer has to pay them.
They don’t work hard. I’ve done serving work, and $Bill here has had a job as a server. It’s an easy job, especially compared to the amount of work it takes to go to school to get a real fucking job.
Oh, and for the record, the courts have found that even “mandatory” gratuity can’t be legally enforced. They’ve thrown out cases where somebody has refused to pay a “mandatory” charge on the grounds that service was not worth the extra gratuity.
You complain that we’re making excuses but we have valid points. You’ve not provided one reason to tip servers that is actually valid.
In reply to Ryan
You sir are a bad egg. All servers do get paid equally. It’s called minimum wage.
In reply to Ryan
You must be the captain of team dumbass. You come here spouting incorrect information and do not know the facts. You have got to be a server because you are as stupid as one.
When I was a teen I was a server. It was the easiest, simplest, laziest, mind numbing job I ever had in my entire life.
Threatening violence for not tipping shows how ignorant you truly are. It would be the last mistake you ever made if you decided to assault me. I have a concealed carry permit. Attack me physically for not tipping, and I will not hesitate to defend myself. Stupid people such as yourself live short lives.
In reply to $Bill
I am so sick of all the customers who don’t tip. Show some respect why don’t ya. Your supposed to tip at least 15% every time you dine in. That number is pretty low nowadays as it should be closer to 18-20%. It’s people like you who make it hard for me to tell my children they can’t have what they want in life. My son wanted to play soccer over the summer but I couldn’t afford the registration fee because of non tippers like you. It broke my heart telling him he cannot go. You should feel ashamed. I work just as hard as any other profession.
In reply to Susan
Holy crap you’re stupid. Show some respect to your customers, would ya? We’re not SUPPOSED to tip anything. There’s no requirement.
You’re the reason your son couldn’t play soccer. Because YOU don’t get a better job. It isn’t the customer’s responsibility to make up for your poor life choices. You are a shit parent for working a job meant for high schoolers and college students to earn some extra spending money and expecting to take care of your kids off it. You’re a poor example to them for not only never trying to provide more for them, but for expecting strangers to pick up the tab. You’re the reason we have kids growing up with no work ethic who expect to do crappy jobs with no motivation to improve themselves, and whine that they aren’t paid $50 an hour.
In reply to What a joke
It’s not as easy as you think. I have 4 young children. None of their fathers pays support. I can’t go to college or get a better job. You see waitressing gives my flexible hours I can’t get anywhere else. I don’t have any help raising my kids and my mom can only watch them a few hours everyday. I make descent money some days and other days I have to pay out of pocket to work due to many non tippers. Black people are the worst as they never tip. I bet your one of them.
In reply to Susan
Well next time don’t spread your legs like a cheap slut. I’m sure all four kids have four different fathers.
First you get a college degree. Get married. Save a few hundred thousand dollars Have a kid you can afford.
Your loser life is not my problem
In reply to Susan
I went to school as a single father. There are all sorts of schools that let you work in your own time, you just need to make sure they are accredited. There is no excuse.
And your situation is not the customer’s problem, nor responsibility. You made the choice to have and keep those kids, and you made the choice to work at a minimum wage job. It is never the customer’s responsibility to pay you, especially for doing a job your employer pays you for. And it certainly is not the responsibility of the customer to make up for your poor life choices that put you in the position you are in.
In reply to Susan
Why don’t you tell your son, you could not afford soccer this summer because you have an unskilled minimum wage job. You get paid very little because you don’t have a college degree and possess no valuable skills.
As a parent this would be a good lesson for your son. It would give him an incentive to go to college and get a well-paying job. That way he doesn’t end up with a low-paying dead end job like his mother.
If you want sympathy you can find it in the dictionary between the words shit and syphilis.
Bhagwad $ bill and what a joke are same person and better stay in India.
In reply to lin
You wish. I’m American, born and raised.
In reply to lin
You are a douche bag. I was born and raised in the USA.
Your a cunt mate