Tips
Okay, i haven't written in awhile, basically cause i'm lazy. However something bugged me Wednesday nite and i wanted to write about it.
I was killing time before Carly's Parent teacher conference (which went well..unlike her sister's..but that's another story) so I decided to get some coffee at the foggy bottom coffee shop in Dexter. I got a pumpkin latte...pretty good too. However, after i paid, the girl looked at me in this.."is that it...??" kinda way. How did i know that was how she was looking at me? Well, because i glanced down in front of her and saw a jar for "tips".
Now, I'm all for tipping at restaurants. I used to bartend and wait tables and NOTHING pissed me off more when a table would stiff you..and it happens. I always tip around 30% if it's good...20% if the waitperson sucks...and never stiff. However, now you see Fn' tip jars EVERYWHERE! For every consumable service...coffee shops...ice cream parlors...bakeries...everyone is looking for tips. They get paid REGULAR WAGES...they don't get tips. You don't tip the lady at the drive thru of McDonald's and you Don't tip the 18 year old girl who i just bought a $4 dollar coffee from for doing her job either!
Makes me pissed cause they are milking money from their customers. If they start making $2.08 an hour like i did when i was bartending/waiting tables..and places of business make if feasible for them to receive tips based on their lower wages..i'll tip ya..till then..take your stupid jar away. This ain't china.
I was killing time before Carly's Parent teacher conference (which went well..unlike her sister's..but that's another story) so I decided to get some coffee at the foggy bottom coffee shop in Dexter. I got a pumpkin latte...pretty good too. However, after i paid, the girl looked at me in this.."is that it...??" kinda way. How did i know that was how she was looking at me? Well, because i glanced down in front of her and saw a jar for "tips".
Now, I'm all for tipping at restaurants. I used to bartend and wait tables and NOTHING pissed me off more when a table would stiff you..and it happens. I always tip around 30% if it's good...20% if the waitperson sucks...and never stiff. However, now you see Fn' tip jars EVERYWHERE! For every consumable service...coffee shops...ice cream parlors...bakeries...everyone is looking for tips. They get paid REGULAR WAGES...they don't get tips. You don't tip the lady at the drive thru of McDonald's and you Don't tip the 18 year old girl who i just bought a $4 dollar coffee from for doing her job either!
Makes me pissed cause they are milking money from their customers. If they start making $2.08 an hour like i did when i was bartending/waiting tables..and places of business make if feasible for them to receive tips based on their lower wages..i'll tip ya..till then..take your stupid jar away. This ain't china.
posted by Jdaddy @ 2:34 PM
4 Comments:
At 7:57 PM,
Alicia said…
I'm confused... what does China have to do with this? Do they have tip jars in China? And you should boycott the place you see these tipjars, because it is upper management that is refusing to pay their employees a normal wage and making them rely on these tips.
At 8:02 PM,
Alicia said…
OH- one more thing... You made $2.08 an HOUR at one point in your life??? Holy crap. Did you get a job in utero or are you just that old? (Jokes! Just teasin!) :)
At 8:54 PM,
Jdaddy said…
I'm not sure what 'in utero' means but it sounds like you're trying to get me to have sex with you.
Consider it done.
At 9:00 PM,
Alicia said…
*snicker* yep, that's what I was asking.
Post a Comment
<< Home