Tip Your Server and Save the World

[PDJane]

30. I have never worked as a waitress; I'm too damn clumsy, for starters.

I do tip. I tip generously. I tip because I know that my server needs the money. I tip because people like delivery people and taxis and waiters do the best they can, day after day, week in, week out, for less than the minimum wage, and it keeps people like the waitress in a job that doesn't pay enough for them to get out of it.

I cannot understand why people think that stiffing the waitress or server or driver is a good thing to do. As long as these people are paid less than the minimum and people have their hand out for the tips they do make, it's part of my night out to make sure they get that little bit of money.

Those restaurant chains make enough money to pay their people; that they don't and aren't forced to is shameful.