[kiryandil]

Just because a jar is stuck there in my face doesn't entitle any of you register jockeys to more of my money.

That's true, but if you'd ever worked in a Chipotle, you might have a different attitude if you were flush.

I always tip a buck at pizza places if they're quick, and have a chipper attitude, because I was on the other side of that counter many years ago. It makes their day a little brighter, knowing that someone appreciates what they do, and it's no skin off my nose.

[GOPJ]

The employees of fast food places around where I live are not ever 'chipper' and almost all employees are brown or black. And that's in fast food places in white neighborhoods.

I would understand if blacks felt uncomfortable going into a fast food place in a black community where every employee was white.

I don't understand why fast food places don't understand we might feel the same way... mix it up - integrate but don't switch to 'all black segregation'... feels hostile.