It's kind of funny when a server has a problem with the amount of money he/she receives in tips.

I have eaten every meal for the last 20 years in restaurants and find a couple of common threads.

The first is that the successful servers never complain about tips left from customers. Mostly, this is because they are too busy concentrating on their work to try and count the money while they are working. Instead they look at their "roll" at the end of the week and usually find they are satisfied with the amount they earned. Also, strangely enough, the successful ones will tell you they never give a customer lesser service because that customer left them an insufficient tip on a prior occasion. Star servers seem to have a certain mindset.

Second, those who are not as successful are that way primarily because they are not suited for this type of work. They complain that they don't like the hours, they don't get paid enough, the management treats them unfairly, on and on. As a result they don't make as much money because they haven't earned it. I know, it's a term we don't like to hear much...earned it? That's no deal.