another point....why is tipping generally associated only with the food service industry? why the fuck does a barista deserve a dollar for the 2 minutes it took to make my shitty coffee and a skilled laborer whotook days to remodel a room get shit but what his boss pays him? i think that if tipping is a normal thing than it should spread to any job where a person does a direct service for you, not just for people who make shit for money. i say we change the name from tips to food service welfare. fuck man, i got taxes and tips going towards welfare.
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Also, why do waiters/waitresses act like assholes and expect a huge tip? If you ask politely for a refill, they act like
you're the asshole.
Then you watch them standing near the entrance of the kitchen bullshitting with other waiters/waitresses and you are sitting there thirsty. I mean its fucked up if they pester you every 3 minutes to see if everything's going ok, but I mean at least when you walk by and notice a drink is empty, ask if a refill is desired... One of the problems I have with waiters and waitresses is they
FAIL at establishing a presence in the dining area, in fact, I'd really like to know where they go.
Let me go into a little story...
I stopped at a Pizza Hut in Yates Center, KS with my mother and brother, and it seemed good enough as far as service, etc. The waitress was nice enough... Except for this fucking fat family where the husband was a redneck, the wife was a fat immature bitch who caused most of the excitement of the three screaming kids who couldn't quit staring at us [and the family and I aren't that fucking interesting]
Anyways, this was not even comparable
at all to the real problem we had at this fucking Pizza Hut. I ordered the Bacon Mac and Cheese as did my brother, and my mother ordered the standard sandwich. [I don't remember what it was called, probably Classic Italian or something like that.] The problem comes after the 35 minute wait for the food. They come out with one Bacon Mac and Cheese, and one sandwich. All of us have been dry [drinks] for about 15 minutes now [me for 30 minutes, but I'm a Dr. Pepper fiend ha ha], but fucking seriously. The waitress said 'sorry, I told him to make another one,' and leaves.
I become bored and extremely pissed watching my mother and brother eat, all of us still with no drink at all, and then we'll say 7-8 minutes later she comes by and asks if everything is ok. I mention in a very polite voice [to this day, even though it's a few weeks later, I don't know how I didn't scream at her face] that all of our drinks were empty when she brought out the food. She proceeded to
argue this point. I said 'You're probably right.' not wanting the fucked up family's gaze towards us. [And thinking the 'dad' character should beat the kids when he gets home, and beat his wife a
lot harder] She got us drinks. 19 minutes after the other 2 people in my party's food is served, I am served, and the other plates on the table are cleared.
I eat alone.
My brother [19, fully healthy, with a normal appearance, but with a slight developmental disorder] starts to become cranky as I eat. The jackass family leaves when I am halfway through eating.
Then the waitress comes with the bill for the full amount! It comes in a wallet that reads something like Don't forget to tip! While my mother and I discuss this, while I finish eating, my brother becomes extremely cranky, and starts to get fidgety, and his voice tone changes from normal to angry, though he doesn't ever become loud.[luckily, we don't want to be like that family over there]
We left change in the exact amount of the bill and quickly left the restaurant.
Let the flaming begin for our non-tip, as I'm sure all the idiot wait staff of this thread think she deserves a tip as she makes $3 per hour or whatever, but in my opinion it wasn't $3 per hour's worth of work.
EDITED: With all that said I really appreciate good service, and I tip 20% whenever service is good. When service is in the top 10% of all service I have ever received, I usually leave a $20, and if I don't have a lot of cash at the time I write them a nice note on a napkin usually, saying I appreciate their exceptional service but couldn't leave more than 20% due to cash flow.
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..... And it may come back to you! 
