Posted on 02/27/2012 12:04:08 PM PST by Repeat Offender
Just when you may have thought the ongoing battle between the 99% and the 1% was dying down, it may have been reignited. A wealthy banker left a $1.33 tip on a $133 lunch at the True Food Kitchen restaurant in Newport Beach, California.
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Well, being an independent lot, we Americans seem to think the whole tipping thing is up to us. It suits ‘our’ personality.
No one does work for $2.13 an hour .. that’s the point, BUT $2.13/hour is what restaurants/bars pay their waiters/waitresses. Customers’ tips make up the difference (which can be significant).
Stiffed as in the tip....I only got beat on the whole check once and I called the cops and they found the guy and arrested him.
Who else do you tip?
Do you tip the county clerk when you pay a parkng fine?
Do you tip the mailman?
Do you tip the cop who brought your drunk mom-in-law home? (lol)
You’d rather someone get on the government teat than work as a waiter?
Like I have said “Get a real job” was taken. heh
But they aren’t the same sentiment. How many other jobs is one expected to provide high quality service while *praying* that one will make minimum wage?
Why would you argue that getting on the government teat is better than trying to scrape by through hard work (and working in food service is work).
Then they need to look for a job where the employer pays at least minimum wage.
According to you, they don’t. They only need to get on the government teat, which would pay them more than a minimum wage job.
Why do you have a higher regard for those on the government teat than those in food service?
I don’t. I just don’t believe in tipping except when the service was really good. Their employer should pay them, nobody forced them to work for that wage. I also didn’t tip the cable guy or Fry’s electronics when I bought the laptop.
“IMHO, I’d rather eat at a BBQ joint, run by a guy who’s been perfecting his art for the past 20 years (and who likely learned it from his Dad, who learned it from his, and so on) than some Olive Garden or Applebee’s. Or a ripoff lookalike of them. And, judging by the local economy, I’m not the only one who thinks that way”
Same here. I love the mom and pop places and abhor the chains. We went to a high end chain last month to use a gift card I had won last summer. The waiter about made me want to puke with his turning the empty chair around at the table and sitting down with us, “How are you doing tonight? Everyone OK? I’m Steve and I’ll be serving you tonight” shtick. STFU, bring my drink, take my order, bring the food, check back during the meal and be prompt in all of it. The worst is being interrupted in conversation to ask if we want more water when the glasses are clearly empty.
“I also didn’t tip the cable guy “
I did and am still reaping the benefit 12 years later.
As are those who would revengefully adulterate a customers food.
Actually, you did: “If you are being paid $2.13 an hour, get a new job or go on unemployment... your better off on welfare-money wise.”
That is not a conservative argument, and it shows a higher regard for those on the government teat than for those in the food service industry.
Thank you for the update.
It is a conservative argument.
If you agree to that wage, then there is no problem.
If you can make more elsewhere, then it is in your interest to go elsewhere.
If you can make more on welfare, then it is absolutely logical and conservative to take that choice too.
I once had dinner at the local Outback and realized at the end of the meal that I had left my wallet at the house. (I allow myself to do that about once every 20 years.)
I explained my predicament to the manager, and said I could go home, get my wallet, and be right back. They let me do it.
In about 25 minutes, when I returned, they were surprised to see me. I infer that when a customer tells them a story like mine, they don’t expect to see him again.
Toronto Star agrees that it was a photoshop:
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1138329—banker-s-insulting-1-per-cent-tip-is-a-hoax
I avoid fern bars as much as possible, I’m far more comfortable in a neighborhood bar and grill. I’ve seen cases even worse than what you site, when I was in California there were bars where the wait staff had to pay for the privilege of working.
...those people are not earning $2.13 per hour base pay.
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