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Originally Posted by host
Just extend one courtesy to us...
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Host, don't get me wrong, I'm usually sympathetic to a lot of what you post. But this casting of all the waitstaff workers in America as being "us" is a bit much. I WAS one of those "us" people, and I did not share your opinion at the time.
Did you miss that I worked as a waitress for several years, when I didn't GET an hourly wage, not least because part of the time, I was working underage at my parents' restaurant? ALL I got were tips. And I still got 10-15%, most of the time... and never, ever thought it was strange, nor did it influence me to treat customers like shit.
Sure, I got the occasional 20%+ tip, which of course I wasn't about to turn down, but that was maybe one table a month. I certainly didn't expect it from every table, every night. (And I don't remember having more than a handful of Canadians in our restaurant, in all the years that I worked there--they were all Americans.)