Tip Your Server and Save the World

[JDPriestly]

13. Been there. Done that. And got out as soon as I could.

I don't like going to restaurants. I know too much about the aching legs, the stench and the mean people (not all of the people are mean, but those few who are can ruin your day). If I am going to have to put up with mean people, I want to get paid decently for it.

And waitresses are not paid decently. When I was very young, it was at least a job, and I learned a lot, a lot, a lot about people and the world from doing it. But as a career, it's a somebody's-got-to-do-it job. If you find it rewarding, you are close to a saint in my eyes.

So sincere thanks to all of you out there who do do it because a lot of Americans would starve without you. They would starve not just for lack of food but for lack of a smile, someone to exchange just a few words with, someone who at least tries to make them feel good if only for a tip. For your regulars, you are the sunshine in their day.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.