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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
Folks seem to be letting a couple bad experiences with whiney waiters who feel entitled spoil the whole lot. Most servers I know are hard working people, who take pride in what they do. They are paid what the market sets for their services, like anything else. And yes - that does include tips.
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Personally I am against tipping and I think it has a lot to do with the fact that I have the opposite experience.
I find most waitresses that whine constantly about how little tips they get while counting out the 100's of dollars that they just made for a few hours of work. It might just be the people that I know but I would rank waitresses right up there as the whinniest, most spoiled and selfish profession out there.
For example, there is a dude in this thread that thinks it is harder work than laying carpet?? I mean come on, there is no way it is close.
I don't get the whole tipping ensures good service argument either that some people have. Wouldn't bad service=getting fired be enough of an incentive to do a good job? It seems to work in 100% of the other 1,000's of professions in the world.
For me the biggest thing that I have about tipping is that I don't see what waiters/waitresses do more than any other jobs such that they deserve tips. If they don't like minimum wage that the jobs offer, don't take the job. It seems pretty simple to me. It isn't like people are forcing them to be waitresses.
Although my anti-tipping feelings have gone down quite a bit since I stopped going to the bar. Those places are by far filled with the biggest morons expecting the biggest tips for doing absolutely nothing at all. Unfortunately, since the patrons are all gooned up and have no idea what they are doing these dopes get away with charging you money just to get them to do their job or even get you to do their job for them!