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Tipping is requiring waiting staff to depend on the generosity of a stranger to pay their wages rather than their employer. Sometimes it works out. Sometimes it doesn't. I was a sever for many years. It's by no means an easy job. Some customers are generous. Others tip things from bible verses to fake money. How well you do depends on how busy the restaurant is, how popular it is, and how generous their customers are. Some nights are good, other nights not so much. Like everyone else, servers have to pay rent. You can look at a few people and say "Hey, they're doing well!" but that's ignoring all the people who struggle to pay rent and make a living. And I don't think we should do that.