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Originally Posted by venusgal
If I go into a restaurant and order a meal that costs $24 and I got exceptional service, and the staff was paid a realistic wage, I would not mind.
What I do mind is I go into a restaurant and order a meal that costs $20 and get scolded by staff because I didn't pay more than I should have, just to justify their reasons for having low paying jobs.
Don't give me a fucking sob story about how you're a full time student, work 2 full time jobs, and raise a kid all by yourself, I don't fucking care. I work for my money and I don't get tipped by my clients for doing what they are paying me to do.
Best way to get a tip? Do your fucking job and don't even give a fuck about the tip. Guy orders $150 meal and leaves a $5 tip, or orders a $10 meal and leaves a $15 tip... Just be happy someone went out of their way and paid more for their meal than they are required to. 
It's when the self-entitlement kicks in and the staff basically requires the tip or you get dissatisfying service is when I start going somewhere else, and that's not gonna work out well for the restaurant, so not only are these people not getting tips, but they're also on the verge of losing their jobs due to either restaurant closing down due to lack of business, or hours being cut. |
Have you actually been scolded by wait staff for not tipping enough? I eat out a decent amount and have never had that happen. Most of the time I get what I would consider good service and I tip around 20% (more if it is a regular spot that I go to and really like). I have had a few times when I have gotten bad service, in a couple of those cases I tipped nothing, but I have never been scolded by staff for not tipping.
Still though, what if there were not tipping, your ordered the meal that cost $24 and got shitty service? Now what? At least with tipping in place you can choose to not pay that person extra since they did a bad job.