Tipping
To tip or not to tip
Tipping, as a practice, has always bugged me. Not just in restaurants, but in all of the places where people have their hands out these days. Just for the record, I generally tip 20% for even mediocre service at a restaurant.
Let's start with restaurants. Why is a tip based on the bill. Is it harder to fill my glass of water in a high class restaurant than it is at IHOP? Don't greasy spoon wait people work just as hard (or probably harder) than people at a steak place? It just doesn't make sense that the price of my food figures into the amount of the tip.
Now, who decided who gets tipped? If I go into Best Buy and spend an hour with a guy deciding on a washer, I don't tip him (whether he makes commision or not) but if some guy at the airport knocks me down to grab my bag and move it 3 feet, I owe him a dollar. What's up with that?
I know that these people don't make much money but really, whose problem is that? Is it mine or the guy who runs the restaurant. Should I pay $20 for a steak and then $4 for someone to bring it to me but nothing to the guy who cooked it?
Oh yeah, I don't like it when the waiter squats down at my table, who thought that was a good idea? I'm not sure why that bugs me so much but it does. I also don't like a lot of chatter. Smile, take my order, keep my drink full and leave me alone. I'm not anti-social but I'm usually socializing with the people I came with and you're interrupting me. Showing some personality is one thing, being intrusive and annoying is quite another.
Tipping, as a practice, has always bugged me. Not just in restaurants, but in all of the places where people have their hands out these days. Just for the record, I generally tip 20% for even mediocre service at a restaurant.
Let's start with restaurants. Why is a tip based on the bill. Is it harder to fill my glass of water in a high class restaurant than it is at IHOP? Don't greasy spoon wait people work just as hard (or probably harder) than people at a steak place? It just doesn't make sense that the price of my food figures into the amount of the tip.
Now, who decided who gets tipped? If I go into Best Buy and spend an hour with a guy deciding on a washer, I don't tip him (whether he makes commision or not) but if some guy at the airport knocks me down to grab my bag and move it 3 feet, I owe him a dollar. What's up with that?
I know that these people don't make much money but really, whose problem is that? Is it mine or the guy who runs the restaurant. Should I pay $20 for a steak and then $4 for someone to bring it to me but nothing to the guy who cooked it?
Oh yeah, I don't like it when the waiter squats down at my table, who thought that was a good idea? I'm not sure why that bugs me so much but it does. I also don't like a lot of chatter. Smile, take my order, keep my drink full and leave me alone. I'm not anti-social but I'm usually socializing with the people I came with and you're interrupting me. Showing some personality is one thing, being intrusive and annoying is quite another.
posted by Big Ed at 7:19 AM
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