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Prince · 01-21-2004, 01:44 AM

I have never tipped in my entire life. Not once. I moved to the States from Europe last year, and where I am from we don't tip. Try to tip a cab driver back home and he'll ask you if you're trying to get him fired. Not only do we not tip, they're not allowed to take it anyway.

I've hated the idea of tipping ever since I first heard of it. Mostly I just hate the fact that it is something that is supposed to be voluntary, but at the same time it is expected of you. There are a few places in this town where you can get quality service, and I wouldn't mind tipping. But for the most part, the people working these shitty jobs really aren't trained for customer service at all. I don't know if you even need customer service training when you take a delivery job or not, but from the looks of it I'd say no. None of them have learned to smile, they mumble when they speak and swallow half of their sentences. And that's what I am supposed to pay extra for? I don't think so.

And quite frankly, if you get stiffed on a tip and you spit a loogie in the customer's next order or something, then you obviously did not deserve the tip to begin with.

Based on this thread it would seem that a lot of people working in delivery jobs are, quite frankly, selfish bastards. Just because you do not get tipped doesn't mean it is somehow malevolent. We had a man and his daughter living upstairs, and they were definitely poor. He worked when he could and they had almost no furniture; the daughter didn't even have a bed, just a mattress on the floor. Once or twice they ordered a pizza, because they did not have a car so they could drive to the closest pizza place to pick one up. I know this because the daughter asked to use our phone to place the order, since they could not afford a phone.

I don't criticize as to whether they should have used that money for other than pizza. For a family like that a pizza once every few months can be a treat that means more to them than it would to you or me. I don't know if they tipped or not, but I certainly would not expect them to.

01-21-2004, 01:44 AM	#84 (permalink)
Prince /nɑndəsˈkrɪpt/ Location: LV-426	I have never tipped in my entire life. Not once. I moved to the States from Europe last year, and where I am from we don't tip. Try to tip a cab driver back home and he'll ask you if you're trying to get him fired. Not only do we not tip, they're not allowed to take it anyway. I've hated the idea of tipping ever since I first heard of it. Mostly I just hate the fact that it is something that is supposed to be voluntary, but at the same time it is expected of you. There are a few places in this town where you can get quality service, and I wouldn't mind tipping. But for the most part, the people working these shitty jobs really aren't trained for customer service at all. I don't know if you even need customer service training when you take a delivery job or not, but from the looks of it I'd say no. None of them have learned to smile, they mumble when they speak and swallow half of their sentences. And that's what I am supposed to pay extra for? I don't think so. And quite frankly, if you get stiffed on a tip and you spit a loogie in the customer's next order or something, then you obviously did not deserve the tip to begin with. Based on this thread it would seem that a lot of people working in delivery jobs are, quite frankly, selfish bastards. Just because you do not get tipped doesn't mean it is somehow malevolent. We had a man and his daughter living upstairs, and they were definitely poor. He worked when he could and they had almost no furniture; the daughter didn't even have a bed, just a mattress on the floor. Once or twice they ordered a pizza, because they did not have a car so they could drive to the closest pizza place to pick one up. I know this because the daughter asked to use our phone to place the order, since they could not afford a phone. I don't criticize as to whether they should have used that money for other than pizza. For a family like that a pizza once every few months can be a treat that means more to them than it would to you or me. I don't know if they tipped or not, but I certainly would not expect them to. __________________ Who is John Galt? Last edited by Prince; 01-21-2004 at 01:47 AM..