Minimum wages?

[Kasz216]

Joelcool7 said:

Kasz216 said:

Might I add, I don't like how tipping in the US has gone from "Sign of appreciation" to "Must be done or the person can't eat."

It turns something that used to be classy into something that's a built in cost to your meal.

I got tired of it too. Everytime I went out to eat with friends we always tipped 10% regardless of service, if I chose to with hold because the service sucked my friends would throw me on a guilt trip. Then my friend started tipping 15% which he said was the norm and pressured me to do so as well. Then late 2010 my friend started tipping 20% and my other friends began to too.

Finally I said no, I will tip only when the service is exseptionally good. And no I won't tip 20% I can't afford to do that I'm low income (For Canada). Now a few friends don't go out to eat with me anymore but honestly screw them, I can't afford to pay 20% more for every meal I eat.

Also I realized something. Why do waitresses deserve a tip to begin with? They get paid 8.95-10$ an hour to do their job just like everyone else sometimes more then everyone else. A female friend of mine said she was making 200$ a night in tips. Why does she deserve 200$ a night when the construction workers don't or the fast food joint employees don't or the janitors or any other job.

Why do we tip waitresses? Is their job really that hard? Is it really worth 15%-20% I have never been tipped for any of the jobs I have had (Security, Janitor, retail) why does a waitress deserve a tip?

I'm gonna make a thread about this?

I imgine you do so because you do in the US.

In Europe tipping isn't really such a big thing.

In the US waiters and other "tip" proffesions get paid well below minium wage, and therefore you NEED to tip.   Not sure if that's how it works in Canada or not.