I'm actually about to leave to go to work (waiting tables) to pay my way through college. I will walk anywhere between 3-5 miles all night, lift hundreds of pounds, and stand on my feet until at least midnight, only having my daunting homework to look forward to when I get home. Don't want to tip? Don't eat out.
"Don't want to tip? Don't eat out."
Don't tell me I have to pay someone something when it is not deserved. Don't hold me hostage to something that is extra and not part of my bill. If your service is good, I MAY tip you and I may not, that is my CHOICE. Last time I looked, tipping was not a requirement to eat out.
Over the last 15 years I've spent 8+ hours a day stuck in a small box doing bizzare mental gymnastics so you can: receive insurance payments, bring your computer back from the dead, get complex milled metal machinery, do word processing, have a computer built to order, discover you have glaucoma before you notice anything, make collect & 3rd-party phone calls, watch computer-generated movies, get better-looking photographs, print photos faster, get long-term medical injections easier, be warned of fires more efficiently, and more easily install home security.
Where's my tip?
Don't want to tip? Don't use computers.
Exactly. People really need to consider 15-20% extra to be part of the cost of dining.
Want better wages? Find a better job.
Oh and with that sort of attitude ( the one that says "you owe me for I am the martyr server" ) I am surprised that you would expect tips.
>Don't want to tip? Don't eat out.<
I once had an experience that was so bad, when my sister in-law slipped money for a tip under her plate (I was paying) I took it out and gave it back to her once we were 50 miles away.
I also had service that was so good (Large group / Difficult requests by people in the party), that I left a 50% tip.
If you waitress for a living be good at it, or don’t complain about tips.
IMHO: Tips as part of salary is a bad thing.