Originally Posted by
bigguyinpasadena
And if that person deserves an extra couple of bucks I probably would give it to them.
I just do not want to be told something is standard practice-and therefore the accepted norm-when it is not.
"It seems strange to punish the server for the restaurants' policies."
But why should the public be expected to take such punishment because your boss is too greedy to pay his staff a living wage?
"I can't help WHERE my income comes from"
Of course you can.You are not chained to a particular restaurant-nor even this profession.
^
Well written big guy.
I LOATHE the entire concept of tipping. One of the reasons I don't eat out. The other main reason is that I am frugal, and don't see what the big deal is about food. I much prefer to cook and eat my own, or of course have my wife cook too. We share.
As someone else wrote, while waiting does require some skill, it is always going to be a low wage area, simply because the skill set is so lacking.
However, it is closely related to sales work, and you could probably make way more money selling Amway or being a used car salesman, or other sales type jobs that also work on a commission.
Or be like me, self emplyed, where my income is directly related to my effort, [or as sometimes is the case lack of effort
]
It is all to subjective for me to enjoy the concept of tipping