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Originally posted by filtherton
Also, don't complain about overpriced coffee unless you are willing to go without it. Complaining about the price of a nonessential item that you could easily make at home yourself with a little initiative is foolhardy.
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Trust me, I know I can make the same things at home with little effort, but that's exactly my point. Their job is to take the orders and to make the drinks. Why am I expected to pay them to make the drink I order? Considering the price I pay vs. what it actually costs them, I'm already doing that! Same with restaurants. I order a meal and it costs me $8, well, it costs the restaurant just a fraction of that. Why isn't a part of the price of the meal going to the waitresses? I agree, it's really crappy for a restuarant to utilize tips as a way to shaft their employees, but why don't more people recognize that?
I've been out to eat a few times in the past month (courtesy of others), and I actually pay attention to what the waitress does and to whether or not her actions are tip-worthy. Now, as mentioned above, tips are there to encourage the person to do a good job. None of the waiters/waitresses did a BAD job, but it's not like they did anything out of the ordinary. They took the orders, brought the food, then brought the check. Why does that sequence of events deserve a tip?
If a waitress is busting ass for a party of people, then yes, a tip is well deserved... but not for a simple dinner or lunch where not much else is involved aside from taking the order and bringing the food.
Seriously, there's no work in that. If it was set up so that the customers had to place the orders themselves and when the food was ready, bring it to the tables, then I'd be all for it. Again, not trying to be a dick, but it just doesn't make sense to tip for something that's supposed to be done that way to begin with.
So far the only reason appears to be because it allows the employer to pay their employees jack shit, and that DOES suck.. but why should the customer cover those costs?
Don't get me wrong, I don't sit here and complain about this day in and day out, but it's just one of those little things in life that annoy the crap out of me and that I can't seem to make sense out of.