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KalimariX8 posted...

Tipping is weird. You're not entitled to any tips, but it's also expected?

Employers should ideally just pay their workers a real hourly rate. But we're so far down the rabbit hole that this is the norm. Kind of stupid, really.

I've been working for tips my whole life, I'm long past the point of complaining over a stiff. For every table I shrug off from an airball I make better on the next 3 with my attitude.

We are in the same boat. I usually do the same thing. "Oh, no tip? Well this table tipped me pretty well." It keeps me from losing my cool about my job. As a server, you really have to expect not to hit home every time or you won't make it. I'm also pretty good at my job(I'm told I am, anyway) and I always hate when my coworkers feel like they've made 'enough'. One of my coworkers made a 100 dollar tip on a single table right at teh beginning and became lazy for the rest of the day, just elated that she made 100.

On the other side, I doubled that amount by the end of the day. If I had made that 100, I'd have kept going. I make the most money out of all of us in tips because of that. To me, its all about quality AND quantity. I work in a diner, I clean up quick for the next group. I'll run through a whole ticket book and they're still barely half way through theirs.

But I honestly blame it on my lifestyle. I buy a lot so I need to make a lot. I live in a low income state so rent and utilities are easy but I like paying off my credit card and I use my credit card for consoles, games, books, and other vices.