I came across this story this morning and was intrigued by the title, but upon reading it, I felt the title was misleading. Check it out for yourself:
The story jumps to a lot of assumptions.
I have worked as a server and a bartender in Canada and while tips are a big part of income surrounding the industry, my belief is they are something earned...not expected! We don't know how well this waitress performed her job. Maybe she only deserved a 1% tip.
I agree, the writing on the receipt is overboard but it's my belief that we have become a very lazy 99% in that we think that just because the 1% has more than us, we should be able to sit back and have things given to us. I am in no way part of the 1% and have tipped a server less than 15% and in some cases nothing at all.
Working in the industry I have witnessed servers completely ignore some patrons in favour of others who are known as “big tippers”, leaving the bulk of the work to the other staffers who rush around their whole shift waiting on their own tables as well and some others and still come in with less in tips at the end of the shift.
Just because someone has more money to spend, doesn’t mean they should be forced to give it away to someone who is not going to do their job to an acceptable level. That is why I’m opposed to “mandatory gratuity”. It’s a licence to slack off.
If, in fact, this business man just does this regardless of the quality of service, than it is completely out of line. But, knowing what I know about how the system works, I’ll reserve my judgment until I know the WHOLE story.
What do you think?
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