Reply #27: Your words [View All]

[Susang]

"Screw that. Either serve me well, or hopefully you'll get fired. If you are a poor waiter/waitress, you will get no compassion from me (unless you're new or obviously have a heinous sickness). But expecting a tip because you are "entitled to one"? F-ing no way at all. And if you act entitled with me, you'll get nothing."

That is why I sarcastically wrote that you had a compassionate attitude. You stated you usually tip higher than the norm and then you wrote the above. I do not consider the above statement compassionate and since I do not know you personally and only have your words to go by, I reacted to them.

Since the food/restaurant system relies on sub-minimum wages to survive and the IRS now levies tax based on sales, not on declarations of tips, then I believe that tipping is as much of a moral decision as shopping at WalMart, eating fast food or buying clothing from The Gap. The low prices for food come from somewhere and the waiter who doesn't get tipped still has to tip the busboy, the bartender, the food runner and believe it or not, the host/hostess. All I'm asking is that people know what the system is based on and act accordingly.