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Originally Posted by Trailer Fire
So why the imaginary line? You'll tip someone who will do nothing but bring your food to a table in a place you drive to, but won't tip someone who brings your food to your table in your house? Why? Because they bring you a drink? Why not bar staff? They bring you drinks. Batistas take the time to concoct fairly complicated drinks, tailored to your taste. Batistas also serve you food.
Wait staff simply bring you food at an establishment you go to. Everyone else does more.
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Honestly, the line is basic social convention. For as long as most can remember you tip servers. That is the way it is; whereas, many of the other things mentioned have been relatively new areas of tipping (while some may disagree with the no-tipping list, above, i'm sure we all tip different jobs different amounts).
In all seriousness, tipping anyone for doing their job is rather perplexing, not to mention the jobs that are commonly tipped as opposed to those that are not are rather arbitrary as well.