Tips Time
I just read an article about Starbucks not paying tips out properly and it made me think about the nature of tips in general. everyone knows you are supposed to tip your waitress - they don’t even make minimum wage. Some say 15%, some say 20% or more; some say don’t tip if service is bad and others say that you tip no matter what.
The debate continues with who you tip other than waitresses. There’s the pizza guy but do you tip per pizza or do they also get a percentage? I know at least one person who does it the percentage way but the idea was completely alien to me because I can’t quite figure out what that could be for. A waitress works for as long as you are sitting at her table but the pizza guy just finds your address.
I tipped a masseuse once. Even though I paid through the nose for the massage, I was told it’s proper to tip. I was happy to because it was a really good massage, but exactly where does the fee I paid go?
My parents used to give tips to the paperboy but there aren’t any paperboys anymore so we don’t have to worry about that one. We do have to worry about the barista, the hairdresser and the ice cream store scooper.
I’ve seen tip jars at the cookie store and just about any food service counter you walk up to. These people make minimum wage (which ain’t much) but I don’t interact with them for more than a few seconds.
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