Service staff are supposed to be paid a full and fair wage, that being said, tipping should be a reward for someone going above and beyond what they do

This is emotional blackmail. Employers paying their staff as little as possible then foisting their unhappy employees onto their customers, guilting them into subsidizing their wages. Seriously, this needs to change. Pay you staff properly. Staff, stop blaming the customers.

They chose to work a job where they have to survive off of mainly tips. I'm not about to give away a bunch of extra money just because some people make terrible decisions. You should either stop complaining about the poor wages, or stop supporting businesses that do this. Don't come crying to me about your poor life choices.

Good points, Aaliyah. You've convinced me to stop going to places that pressure customers to tip. We'll cook at home more and save! Thank you!

PS: I work just as hard for my money as you do yours.

Or you could get, you know, a real job.

Well, billionaires don't get rich by paying reasonable and fair wages to every mug they employ. They get rich by stealing every f@#king penny they can off them.

FYI, bartending and waitressing are real jobs.

in EUROPE, we work 40 - 50 hours a week , low jobs 2 - 3 € / hour , so ...

STOP crying , STFU and go to work !

blame, blame, blame...or millennials call it awareness of how terrible others are. No. you are in control of your own destiny.

I appreciate that she worked a lot of hours, but so did the Chef and the cooking staff. The kitchen staff works long, hard hours and it's the service staff that gets all of the tips, FOR THE FOOD THAT THE KITCHEN PRODUCED!!! I can't tell you how many hundred servers I've worked with that b*tch about having to work a whole 5 or 6 hours and go home with more money than the cooks, who worked twice as long, in worse conditions. Mostly a buncha wh#res... And for the record, I've held every job from dishwasher to Chef to multiple-unit director in my career...

It is a real job but is it necessary?
soon they'll be replaced with service robots and stations.

"this is why you tip"

what a way to burn every little piece of sympathy for your situation.

WHOSE FAULT is that?!! i dont think its customers fault, and i dont think they should be paying for it.

so instead of this, urge your state, goverment, politicians, economist, your local goverment solve this ecnonomical abnormality, so you will get normal wage from your employer, and not untaxed money from you customer.
or get a different job.

this is one of those absurd things in USA i wont ever understand.

Hey, Stuck: stuck you.

People like this make me want to give smaller tips.

Never tip!

I work in the food industry.
Her pay is minimal BECAUSE she makes tips, not the other way around. An attentive server can make serious bank in a busy restaurant. A terrible lazy server will find something else as the tips will reflex that. Imo this weeds out people not cut out to hustle and multi task.

Or raise the minimum for servers to $15 or whatever an hour and no tipping but good luck getting that 2nd cup of coffee when you want it.

I always put the tip in just to see how it feels.

She could get paid more if she accepted guys putting in the tip for $$$$$.

... wanting "equal rights" carries luggage of equal work load.