Question number one was PERFECT.
I have 7 cowns and SD has seven cows. I work my butt off and care for my cows and the following year I have 14 cows. Meanwhile SD plays around and his cows get sick and die. Under SD's logic, the following year I should be forced to give him the fruits of my labor and call it 'sharing' and 'teamwork'. In conjunction with your question number one, SD what incentive to create ambition do I have to bust my butt taking care of my cows over the next year when I do not get to keep them anyway?
1)what is the incentive to work hard if you know you're possibly going to give half of what you work for away?
Incorrect underlying assumption here. You are operating under the assumption that the tip belongs to the waitress alone when it is clearly the rules of her workplace that it does not.
Why is this difficult to understand?
Let me ask you. What is the motivation for the busstaff to work hard and bust their butts for minimum wage while the waitress takes away free cash money every night? Don't employees work better when motivated? Isn't that the idea behind gratuities? Why should this only apply to the waitress and not the rest of the service team?
Granted, it is traditional, but traditions can change.
2)I guess you're also against "tax cuts" for the rich? ;)
I won't even bother to ask how this is supposed to relate.
SD