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BBtB · 06-16-2003, 11:05 AM

One thing I will say that this thread has done is defintly shown how f'ed up the whole tipping system is. That is the problem with unwritten rules. There is no way to double check them. Why do we tip waiters and waitresses anyway? I mean now we do it because they get paid so piss poor. Why don't we tip the people at fast food places? Even more so why don't we tip EVERYONE who provides a service? Cop comes and helps you with a domestic dispute, throw a couple of bucks his way. Here is a better question. What about the people who you are ingenerally told to tip but the rules are less clear? Barbers (stylist), cab drivers,sackers (at the grocery store. Trust me. They get paid piss poor too. This is a grey area. You USED to be told to tip them and nowadays less so. ) and other people I probably should be tipping but don't because I don't know too. Also minium wage varies depending on the area of the country. I.E. where I live it is $5.25 an hour but a friend of mine who used to live in seatle told me he was making about $7.45 and that was (or maybe JUST above) minium wage.

06-16-2003, 11:05 AM	#34 (permalink)
BBtB ClerkMan! Location: Tulsa, Ok.	One thing I will say that this thread has done is defintly shown how f'ed up the whole tipping system is. That is the problem with unwritten rules. There is no way to double check them. Why do we tip waiters and waitresses anyway? I mean now we do it because they get paid so piss poor. Why don't we tip the people at fast food places? Even more so why don't we tip EVERYONE who provides a service? Cop comes and helps you with a domestic dispute, throw a couple of bucks his way. Here is a better question. What about the people who you are ingenerally told to tip but the rules are less clear? Barbers (stylist), cab drivers,sackers (at the grocery store. Trust me. They get paid piss poor too. This is a grey area. You USED to be told to tip them and nowadays less so. ) and other people I probably should be tipping but don't because I don't know too. Also minium wage varies depending on the area of the country. I.E. where I live it is $5.25 an hour but a friend of mine who used to live in seatle told me he was making about $7.45 and that was (or maybe JUST above) minium wage. __________________ Meridae'n once played "death" at a game of chess that lasted for over two years. He finally beat death in a best 34 out of 67 match. At that time he could ask for any one thing and he could wish for the hope of all mankind... he looked death right in the eye and said ... "I would like about three fiddy"