Originally Posted by
LTBoston
Seriously?
It's clear you've never had to compete at the low end of the wage scale.
Tipping is part of the cost of dining out. If restaurant had no tipping and simply paid servers what they'd make with tips, it would be factored into the cost of the meal and you'd end up spending the same amount of money anyway. And complaining about the high cost of dining out.
At least this way you have an out. If you don't want to tip, just don't.
How do you know what I worked as in my life time ?
FYI I did spend three years at $1.25, $ 1.50 perhour pumpng gasin a land where is snowed over 80 inches a year ! This was in the days of full service, wash windshiled, check fluid levels, check fill air in tires....Very few people tipped, yet to just keep your job, you did all that (evertreid taking off your cheap gloves to be able to open valve caps off a tire in below zero ?
And no, if one knows the price is high in a NO TIPS ACCEPTED restaurant, he / she can decide before hand whether to patronize it or not. Better that way than face a surly server !