It was a douche post because in my lifetime tipping has gone from a voluntary thing because you were pleased with a service, to a compulsory that is not only expected but demanded. I've also lived from the "customary" tip being 10% to today's what, 20%? And these "customary" amounts are completely arbitrary, made up by who?

Believe me tatt, I wasn't calling out anyone with a low paying gig. I certainly have held, and continue to hold shit jobs. Soul destroying piece of shit, go nowhere, get shit on daily gigs. Gigs that I've busted my ass on. But never have I been offered a tip. "Oh, the pay those poor wait staff so little. We're helping pay their wages." I've worked for server money before. No one thought I needed a tip.

And you're not helping pay their wages. You're making it easier for service business owners to pay their people shit. And don't think for a second that same owner isn't skimming off the top. If it horrifies you that the waitstaff at Huckabee's gets paid minimum, write a letter, vote with your feet. Eat somewhere that does pay their waitstaff a decent wage. Don't pretend you're saving the world by going along with a "custom" that only helps business owners. I don't give a squat what my server makes, so I can eat anywhere, not tip and still sleep...not well, but at least in the normal terror that rules my dreams.

And I'm all for business owners, but this subsidy to help them do business is just crazy.

As to what a "real job" is, it's one where your livelihood isn't dependent on shaking down customers. I seriously wasn't blanket covering everyone who makes a lower wage, cuz I'm one of them. No offense intended, tatt.

I could honestly go on about tipping forever. That, and the inability to wait in line, are what's tearing down society.