To Tip, or Not to Tip
I'm sorry. I got caught up in another one of these arguments online with people who have no idea... As most of us do, I felt compelled to vent. You have no idea what these people do to give you the level of service they are able. They are your conduit so you don't have to do two or more hours of prep/sidework, deal with angry cooks, work in conditions that are often not safe, hot, and on their feet for up to (and often more) than ten hours a day. As quickly as they can, and with a smile. In extremely close quarters with a group of equally stressed and abused people. All while almost always working for an egomaniac or sadist who is robbing their pay and expecting them to break the rules of physics 9 or ten million times a shift. No job protections, no arbitration, nothing. All for a federally mandated minimum wage of $2.13. Some states and localities offer more. Many do not. ALWAYS below the "real" minimum. Why do we do it? Some of us love the work, the