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.
‘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.’
and then later in the comments section (far far down)
‘I’ll never be a waiter because it doesn’t pay me enough for the work.’
SO which is it? A job so easy a machine could do it, or hard work not worth the paltry salary it ?
Honestly, it doesn’t matter. You opinion, however informed or eloquently stated, can’t be taken seriously because of its ignorance. If you haven’t experienced the working conditions of the job you so casually demean, as is the case with the majority of the commentators.
You’re correct-this problem begins improving wage conditions in the companies themselves, but until that happens, we Americans have to carry on. And that means working, any and every job necessary to keep our economy afloat. And who are we to individually judge what is and what is not worthwhile work? Skilled or unskilled, ingenuity and perseverance should always be celebrated, at every level of our work force. And if you can’t conceive how a serving job exemplifies those two skills, chances are you’ve never worked one, and are in even less of a position to weigh in on this argument.
In American restaurant culture, it is customary to tip 15-20 % for service. If you disagree with this policy, then refrain from attending sit-down, server/chef driven establishments. With as much diversity in the marketplace as there is today, you can easily have a great meal that isn’t McDonald’s without having to subject yourself unnecessarily to these expected ‘tipping’ conditions. Or, better yet, you could go to a grocery store and cook for yourself and your loved ones-a cheaper and in many ways, more rewarding option. Instead of complaining that we have to fork over an extra five bucks for lackluster service in a soda refill and condiments for our burgers, why don’t we try being grateful for the opportunity to be served? Dining out is privilege, not a right.
I do not know you, Bhagwad, or your life. Still, stranger you may be to me, I cannot help but feel sorrow when I think of you clutching gold pieces desperately, afraid to reach out to your common man lest they dare even think about trying to divest you of your hard earnings. Pry it from your cold, dead hands, was that right? I pity you. You already seem cold and dead.
In reply to Iris
“SO which is it? A job so easy a machine could do it, or hard work not worth the paltry salary it ?”
It’s a question of opportunity cost. Even if the work involved sitting in a chair and sipping sodas, $2 an hour would not be enough because I could be doing something else that pays me much more.
I’m a horrible cook, and am extremely lazy and don’t like washing dishes. I mainly eat frozen food, but often eat out as well. And I’m proud of being money conscious. Why shouldn’t I be? I worked for my cash!
This is that blatant ignorance that pisses me off in this industry. I’d like to see you slap on an apron and run around for 7-9″hours being peoples servant essentially knowing that no matter how much you bust your ass to make sure that your table enjoys themselves, you have an ignorant @#$%@fd on the other side of the table that’s not going to appreciate you no matter what you do. You say you just come for the food, then go to a @%$#*&@ buffet, get low rate food that sits under a heat lamp drying out, and be in an environment full of cheap table clothes and dirty booths if that’s what you want. You talk about how the food and drinks are what you come for, well sit down at a table and tell the server next time that you don’t plan on tipping him/her and see if your food and drinks ever arrive at your table, actually if they ever even make it into the computer, as you say all we are supposed to do is push the buttons, maybe we are just to stupid do that, being as that’s where you see us. Look at restaurant reviews next time and read how many people loved the food, but said the service was lousy, and won’t be coming back again. Every component of a restaurant is key for it to run smoothly. From the dishwashers all the way to the cooks, eliminate one of those players and see what happens to that restaurants success. I treat every table the same because that’s my job, to create a experience whether it be the table that wants to have fun, or someone like you who wants to be left alone we still bust our asses to make sure you get everything in a timely matter and how you like it. So the next time you think about writing some ignorant @#$%@%& shit blog like this again, try to realize how you would feel if I came to your job and shit all over what you do.
In reply to anonymous
Umm…your employer will fire you if you don’t do your job as a waiter – tip or no tip. Don’t pretend you’re doing me a favor by getting me my food. You’re forced to do it if you want to work there.
Don’t tell me how hard your job is. You signed up for it. How do I come in?
In reply to bhagwad
Sanitation guys pick up YOUR TRASH. THink about that for a second. They do this for 7-9 hours a day. You think about how difficult that is.
You signed up for the job. Its called work, not play. You sweat and bleed when you work, that is how it is done.
Wait staff aren’t doing me a favor. If I could go to a restaurant in which I enjoy the taste and the waiter is an OPTIONAL part of the experience, then I would opt out and simply pick the food up myself.
You HAVE to do the work. Your employer, otherwise, would fire you. Get that straight yall, please :)
In reply to bhagwad
I’m done with this blog its a waist of my time. But one last thing, I would rather get fired, then serve someone as disrespectful as you. Do you know how many of your favorite restaurants would go out of business if servers made minimum wage, the serving staff is the largest of staff in a restaurant, and work the most hours generally. Restaurant owners simply can’t afford to pay all of those paychecks and pay for everything else to keep the restaurant open, which is why the required pay is different for servers. But a restaurant, a real restaurant needs servers. It would take you hours to get your food, If there were no servers in a restaurant. They are not cooking boxed and frozen food at these establishments. Also take away the servers and you might as well take away the busser too, because he gets a percentage of the servers tips, so have fun cleaning your own table. And the bartenders, well you might as well go behind the bar and make your own drinks, because the only people in a restaurant that make a full hourly pay are the cooks. So have fun, or better yet just order take out or delivery, but don’t forget to tip the delivery guy, or do you think that’s a unnecessary job too.
In reply to anonymous
So your argument is that unless restaurant owners are stingy and refuse to pay the waiters a proper wage, no restaurant could ever be in business? That’s bullshit.
There are eateries all over the world where tipping is not expected and prices are still now. You’ve been brainwashed into not blaming your employer when in reality that’s where all of the problems lie.
In reply to bhagwad
Again, anonymous, California pays minimum to ALL employees, tipped or non-tipped. I’m not being stingy, that is the law here.
Why aren’t restaurants going out of business here in California anonymous? I mean the fact taht you even stated that made me, literally, laugh out loud.
Although I disagree with minimum wage in the first place, restaurant employers and employees agreed to a wage. That is apart of ALL employment. Also, if the staff does not meet the minimum wage in tips, they get the wages from their bosses.
What is your problem then anonymous? I mean, i’m sorry, but you are sounding a bit off. Your arguments have been invalidated many posts ago.
Again, in California, everyone makes minimum here, including wait staff. Why aren’t those restaurants out of business? Pasadena, CA has the HIGHEST concentration of restaurants in the United States, so why are they so successful in that city?
Also, why do I have to tip if all staff members already make minimum wage?
C’mon anonymous, don’t bring back old arguments that have been invalidated.
If you want us to demand a decent wage, then expect the cost of food to go up by 50%.
In reply to anon
Don’t worry. Other restaurants will spring up competing on price and offer lower prices. That’s how the market works right?
SL – you are completely right.
This person has made a lot… A LOT of assumptions about the people that serve. Part of the experience IS the serving staff. I won’t win anyone over by writing a novel here, but I will share this. I worked as a server for three years in both the Chicago area and Tampa, FL. I recommend that anyone who thinks that server is “charity” work – as this author infers, then I recommend you try it for three weeks. Walk a mile in the server’s shoes and give it a try. Then we’ll see how you feel.
Also, the behaviors that the author criticizes, (ie: introducing ourselves and kneeling at your table) is expected of us by our employers. It’s how we are trained and if we do not do that, we can be fired or given crap shifts (e.g., rolling silverware for four hours, etc.) … so, what you’re asking us to do is to NOT do our job. Thanks Creep!
In reply to Calon
The real problem is that you expect the restaurant’s customers to pay you for doing your job rather than the restaurant itself.
I’m still left wondering how California and similar states get away with paying such a high wage while maintaining competitive prices and staying in business.
I’ve worked mostly for small businesses. Family owned and operated. At one Irish pub I worked, I was started at $5.00/hr. These people were paying me double what the state required, how gracious! Business became slow and they fell on hard times. We were all cut back to the state minimum of $2.13.
Another place, the family admitted to using our tipout to pay athe flat rate $8.00/hr salary of the bussers. I left this restaurant because I’m about 99% sure that is illegal.
What i’m getting at is that I’ve experienced several businesses cutting corners and just scraping by. i couldn’t imagine how paying an entire front of house staff $8.00/hr would impact them.
I’m kind of over arguing. I don’t want to discuss leftist, right wing, capitalist, liberal, etc nonsense. I’ll leave with this:
Why tip? Seemingly, this is what the majority of America wants to do. When this phenomenon first started happening (I think around 1900s), there were some who opposed it. But, overwhelmingly it seems as though this is how Americans wanted to conduct themselves.
I still haven’t found any good answers how and why the “tipped minimum wage” ever came to be. Seems as though a bunch of restaurant owners saw the flood of gratuities and wanted to take advantage of this.
Many argue that one of the reasons tipping is not necessary, is because they claim the employer (restaurant) is responsible for supplementing their hourly wage if tips do not equal federal minimum/hr. I know this is technically a law, but I’d be surprised to find that any business actually practices it. In the 8 or so years that I have been serving, not once have I received anything other than the bare minimum agreed upon at hire. I have definitely worked my share of desolate lunch shifts and Monday nights. I don’t think I’ve simply been “lucky”.
I can tell you from personal experience that my tipped wage is nothing more than a tax buffer. Often times just enough to pay the taxes on what I’ve earned. It’s common not to receive a paycheck. Wait staff truly does “live off their tips”.
Of course, the ultimate rebuttal to all this is simply “I don’t care” or “That’s not my problem”. Fine. But again, please don’t pretend your reasoning is for anything other than that.
At the very least, this article had me taking a good look at how I’ve been able to make a living for several years. I have always been gracious for any and all tips I’ve earned, but lately I find myself really appreciating it a lot more.
In reply to Valerie
Valerie–its called market capitalism. THe market in California requires high wages. Pasadena, CA, for example has the HIGHEST concentration of restauranst in the United States. Those are some of the best servers and are highly paid by their employers–NOT TIPS. In fact, most of those restaurants FORBID tipping. So, what then?
It truly is not the consumers fault for low wages. Is it a Wal Mart consumers fault that Wal Mart (and most of other stores) manufacture their goods in sweat shops on China? No, we simply want our good and be done with it.
This is the flaw in tipping. How is it that in Norway, where there is no minimum wage, restaurants are doing just fine? They don’t tip in Europe, remember? What about other countries?
Why do Americans feel so entitled to tipping? Because its “the culture?” Well, slavery was also the culture, so do we still continue with it? No, we fight the status quo until it is dead and deader as they say.
In reply to Common Sense
Gosh, did you read anything I wrote? Wait, scratch that.. Did you understand anything I wrote?
In reply to Valerie
I addressed you query about California and how they can maintain their wages. Guess what, California’s restaurants are some of the best in the nation and require none of this “tipped minimum wage” malarkey. That was addressed. The market is that competitive, requiring employers to pay their employees according to the market.
Let me ask you something Valerie–lets say you worked for a pub in, say Norway, where there is no minimum wage, alogn with other nations. Would you feel entitled to certain wages? The problem with placing a minimum wage is people feel absolutely entitled to certain wages. When you have discrepancy in wage laws–such as the $2.13, you have wait staff, such as yourselves, crying foul when they are treated and tipped poorly, which sometimes is not the consumers’ fault. Back to Norway, if you weren’t tipped, would you cry foul? Remember, Europeans tip their spare change at best at restaurants. Scandinavians are very frugal and tip rarely if at all. Would you then cry foul? Remember, we live in a globalized market now, so you cannot argue culture. Capitalism is not a cultural issue, it is now the globalized way of life.
If your employer is not practicing the law, h/she might as well be hiring illegal immigrants. That is also against the law. It is not the consumers’ fault if the restaurant employers are following the law. Your logic is that “my employer isn’t following the law, so YOU’D better pay for me.” Right? How is your logic any different?
The fact that you do state the “i don’t care” and “its not my problem” is great. You have fully acknowledged that the consumer is NOT responsible for your wages. That is your employers job. Please attend any economics class and you’ll realize that the consumer is INDIRECTLY involved in your wages.
Now I want to ask this. There is a restaurant in the San Diego area called the Cutlery. They FORBID tips and pay their employees about $10-12/hour. They serve great food, the service is probably some of the best out on the market, yet they don’t take in tips. Why can’t all restaurants follow this method? They have been succesful. The food is not inflated (about $8-12 for a burger for example which is the same at your local Applebee’s).
So what gives? why are such restaurants in Pasadena, CA and San Diego, CA succeeding so well while paying their employees so highly?
They know capitalism. They know the market. THAT in itself should answer your question. They understand that the EMPLOYERS are responsible for the satisfaction, benefits and wages of their employees NOT the consumer.
If your employer is not paying you minimum wage after tips, guess what. Its illegal. Report it to the authorities.
5 reasons I can tell you’ve never been a server (and why I question your perception of reality).
Number 1: I am a human being, not a robot. If you want robotic service with a variety of options I suggest going to the freezer aisle of your local supermarket and picking up a TV dinner. They have many options (even ones from restaurants).
Excuse me for trying to be polite and ask if you’re having a nice day (see, this is just me treating YOU like the human being you are, not trying to get a bigger tip out of you). By the way, I introduce myself because that is the way I am required to greet my tables, not by choice. I really don’t want you to know my name, in fact sometimes I’ll just make one up. Reversely, my name is NOT ‘excuse me’.
If you want no interaction because I’m a ‘conveyor belt’ that’s perfectly fine. Just realize that conveyor belts are pre-programed to only deliver certain items (ie. what you ordered). So no extra napkins, no ketchup etc. You want only what you paid for, great. I’ll just be over there, staying silent and out of your way while you wait for your ice to melt because I won’t be refilling your water.
Number 2: Personally, I’ve been an advocate of a steady paycheck from an employer rather than a tip from a customer. But hey, I’m only one person. I can’t change the entire nation’s tipping customs. That being said, I didn’t make this system either so I’m no more to blame than you are.
And you make it sound as if we’re rolling in money. I can’t under claim what I get tipped. Every credit slip is put into a computer and recorded. For cash tips (which I clearly won’t be getting from you) we have a program that estimates how much we should make. If we try to claim under that we have to get manager approval; so they look and see how much we physically have before they ok it. I’m an honest person, I’m not lying to my manager and I’m not lying to the IRS. And how dare you simply assume that I do that. You have no right to pass that kind of judgement over people.
Number 3: Putting forth the stereotype that servers spit in people’s food if they don’t like them is just as unfounded as the stereotype that Asians are bad drivers, or all Muslims are terrorists (notice I said unfounded, not just as serious).
I have never, nor have I ever seen someone else, spit in a customer’s food – no matter how rude the customer was. Have I grumbled/complained and wished bad things happened to them? Sure, but that’s a far cry from actually endangering that person with my germs.
Besides, if a manager saw someone doing that they’d almost certainly be suspended, if not fired. That never happens so you really have no foundation to use it as an argument against tipping. Even if you DID, you tip AFTER the food comes out, so how could I spit in it?
And I have no integrity? There you go passing judgment again. I wonder, who made you the fount of all wisdom? Did God decide you were the sole human good enough to judge the worth of all others? And you say ‘you deserve to be a waiter for the rest of your life’ like that is the worst possible fate to befall someone. You should be glad we’re hard working citizens and not sitting on our lazy butts taking money out of the welfare system (not to say everyone who isn’t working is lazy, just that there are many people who are).
Number 4: You know, as the title alone, I agree with this. Bringing you your food isn’t worth anything extra. Because that’s all that the restaurant really requires that I do – give you the food you’re paying for. However, that’s not all that I’m doing. And, as a matter of fact, I do help cook the food. I go in before hours to help mix guacamole, cut lemons and limes, mold hamburger patties – heck I’ve even gone on the line to help literally cook the food for some of my customers. So that argument is completely void.
I would like to see you work as a server on a busy night and claim that the job is unskilled. I would thoroughly enjoy watching you get completely in the weeds and stand back as no one helps you because you have a horrible attitude. Saying being a server requires no skill is like saying anyone can be in the NBA. All they do is toss a ball around, right? It’s completely over simplifying and extremely degrading – especially when you have no first hand experience (once again, passing judgment on something you have no right to pass judgment on).
Now I’ll get back to the header of your section. Bringing you your food isn’t worth getting paid extra. True. But that’s not all I’m doing. If that’s all you want from me, fine. Just tell me upfront. In fact, PLEASE tell me, because then I can focus on the other nine tables in my section (And that’s on a good night, some nights I’ve had a 25 table station, completely full – I’d truly love to see you work THAT and say it’s unskilled). I’ll drop off your check and never look back. Oh and I’ll tell the other servers too, and the manager. So rest assured, you wouldn’t be bothered by us ‘conveyor belts’.
Number 5: I should be grateful that you tipped me 10% on a $150 bill? Do you realize that I have to tip out 13% of my sales to the various other workers in the restaurant (ie. busser, bartender and host)? Your ‘generous’ tip of 10% is making me dip into my own pocket to pay them so rest assured, I’ll be cursing you in my prayers, not praising you. You’re perfectly right, money doesn’t grow on trees. But why should I suffer any more than you? You’re not the one making $4.50 an hour relying on tips to pay for your rent. Am I blaming you for the system? No, but you are becoming a part of it by choosing to go to restaurants – you can’t have it both ways.
10% is a ‘you did a horrible job but I’m tipping you because I should give you SOMETHING’ tip. And hey, if I really did do a horrible job, then I’ll accept the 10%. But if I got refills for your drink before you even asked for it so you didn’t have to go a moment without something to quench your thirst than I did more than what was expected of me- as I established above. Because that’s me doing YOU a favor. I didn’t have to get that for you. I did it because I want you to enjoy your time at this restaurant – NOT to fatten my tip. So why don’t you pray for me tonight instead.
I hate that people always assume that just because a server is trying to ensure you have a good time it means all we want is money. Does it help? Sure, but just because I want someone to have a nice evening and work hard at my job doesn’t mean I’m only after money. I have pride in what I do and I want to do a good job.
In closing I just want to say you are completely entitled to your opinion of not tipping. I have family members who don’t think tipping is an acceptable system and I accept that. But their reasons are far better than yours. You seriously need to take a step back and rethink some of these claims you’ve made because they are completely unfounded and simply unfair. How about you actually TRY serving out before passing judgment on it. Let me tell you something my mother told me as a child: ‘how can you know you don’t like it if you’ve never tried it?’
How can you know serving is all those things you said if you’ve never tried it?
In reply to Concerned Server
so as a consumer, would you then deride me for not tipping? I simply believe it is a broken system and I no longer want to be a sheep in a status quo that is ridiculous and unfair towards the consumer. I have no problem with the wait staff themselves, its jus the system i hate. Why can’t employers be responsible for their employee’s wages? Why do I have to make sure you are able to purchase bread and butter for your family?
In reply to Common Sense
I should also add that the labor department does not define your profession as skilled labor. You do not require any special certification (unless you are a bartender) nor do you require any college experience. Though the profession itself may be difficult, it is unskilled nonetheless.
There are many professions that require an extreme amount of personal skill yet are defined as unskilled. Have you ever dug ditches in Texas for example? It may seem simple, but try doing anything in 110 degrees of dry Texas heat at minimum wage. Have you ever served in the Armed Forces and gone to Afghanistan? Even worse, have you served law enforcement and driven through South Central?
I mean you have to remember that work is work, not play. All professions, including yours, are difficult in their own way. The point is, why do you deserve a tip, but other professions don’t?
In california, all staff are paid minimum, so why should I pay you extra for doing your job?
So you treat everybody like shit?
In reply to Joe
I do? I don’t recollect saying that. I’m equally courteous to everyone I meet. But that doesn’t include giving them money.
I have not read all the comments, so I am sure I am restating what a lot of people have already said. You are an ignorant, disgusting cheap son of a bitch. You are an ugly, sad little man and I just assume, one that has no firends. If you did, you wouldn’t have spent so much time writing such a shitty ‘blog’. First of all, if you didn’t offend so many people, no one would ever read your garbage. Second, you’re a really awful writer. And lastly, if you don’t understand how the dining experience works, then you have no business going out. Just stick to drive thrus so no one in the service industry has to look at your stupid mug for more than two minutes, as I believe that’s the longest anyone would be able to stand you in person. As someone who has been a bartender / waitress before, it is completely mind blowing to see some of the opinions on here. I am very thankful that a website like IFYOUCANTAFFORDTOTIP.COM exists. It can put shit heads like you in your place.
Sincerely,
Every Server Ever
In reply to Lynn M
It seems your style of commenting is fairly typical of many others who vehemently insist on getting paid from someone other than their legal employer.
But no worries. Insults roll off my back (as they should). And the very presence of a site like the one you mentioned is ample proof of my assertion that servers are one of the most absurdly entitled people in this country.
In reply to Lynn M
The entitled states of america truly lives on.
Rather than true debate, they simply insult. What gives?
Perhaps you should go to Europe where many of the Nordic countries do not even have minimum wage and culturally tipping isn’t acceptable.
I’ve seen the aforementioned website and it proves that wait staff are entitled elitists who wish to make middle class wages without any skills or education.
Skills as defined by the labor department–certification, education, vocational certification etc.
Why does the “dining experience” in America only deserve tips? What about say India? If people in India don’t tip, does that make them bad? Remember, 99% of Indians don’t tip and 90% of Indian wait staff make maybe about $2/hour. Keep that in mind kiddies.
Again, here in California, all wait staff make minimum. Do i still have to tip?
In reply to Common Sense
I’m just going to make the comment that just because the government or labor department doesn’t consider Waiting tables as “skilled labor” does not mean that it’s not skilled labor.
For example, have you ever seen the show “Undercover Boss?” They have CEO’s (who get paid millions, by the way; considered SKILLED), go undercover in their corporations and perform the jobs of the people below them. Numerous times, you see Restaurant CEO’s try to tackle the waiting job, and they completely FAIL. Every single time, the CEO says they did not expect the job to be as hard as it was. They SUCK at waiting and look down on it as a menial job just as a lot of the commentors on here do, until they try it themselves. And without good waiting staff, every other part of the establishment would fail. So just because someone doesn’t need a college degree to become a waiter, does not make it unskilled. And without them, the people higher up wouldn’t make ANYTHING.
Not everyone can do it. I guarantee you, someone can walk in to apply for a waiting job, they could have every degree in the book, but if they are bad at waiting, then they will undoubtedly get fired, no matter how much “skill” they are considered to have by the government.
So for good waiters to want to make middle class wage is not so ludicrous. If they are good at what they do, something a lot of other people CAN’T do, then why shouldn’t they?
And no offense, bringing up other countries is complete nonsense in this discussion. We are Americans, we live in America, and our concern is what goes on in America. This is OUR country. Our country is so different than any other, and that is a large part of the reason why we have such a long list of people trying to live here, and why we have so many illegal immigrants. They all want a piece of the American Dream pie.
So of course, in America, we are going to have higher standards for what we consider an acceptable wage, etc, because Americans do feel entitled. We live in a country where we were born with rights, and the right to choose what we want. So many other countries don’t have that.
So to compare our expectations to there’s in completely an unfounded idea, because we were raised so differently.
Are American’s entitled? Absolutely. But we were raised with that self entitlement to not settle for less than what we feel we deserve. That is the beauty of America. We don’t have to be satisfied with shitty wages or anything other of the sort here.
5 Reasons why I’ll Never Read Anything Else by BHAGWAD JAL PARK
1. A picture says a thousand words right? Well, Bhadwad, when I look at that smug face of yours with that coffee cup and really awesome turtle neck, only one word comes to mind. DOUCHEY.
2. Real writers wouldn’t ever include the phrase ‘bloody chit chat’ in anything they wanted to be taken semi-seriously.
3. You are an ass hole, whos picture should be plastered in every restaurant like a wanted poster.
4. He’s a shit box blogger and ‘freelancer’ which means he lives in his moms basement and ‘blogs’ in between episodes of Vampire Diaries and NCIS. So CLEARLY, has nothing to contribute that readers would EVER care about.
5. Every sentence I read makes me want to physically destroy you.
Idiot.
In reply to Lynn M
Oh I love your outrage!
Thank you thank you thank you. You just made my day. Showing off this comment to all my friends and social networks :D
In reply to Lynn M
Lynn M–still didn’t answer my questions did you.
Are you the president of our new country–the Entitled States of America where everybody wants something even though they don’t deserve it?
In reply to Lynn M
Thought I’d let you to know that we’re all reading your comment and having an enjoyable discussion over it : https://plus.google.com/115170732126609500444/posts/gQNZsqDLMNi
Thanks once again for the entertainment!
wow you have no class your dad was probably the same way so we cant blame you im sure its woven deep into your family traditions to be a cheap skate. Its funny your look Islamic but your clearly Jewish. I hope someone now recognizes you in the us and makes your day fabulous .
In reply to AntiHero
What does that have to do with tipping? really anti hero?
Anti hero as in Spawn or Lobo?