| d21lewis said: Wow, Joelcool. Judging by the length of your posts, you are extremely passionate about this subject. Too bad I can't read all of that. ADD, you know. |
Yah I tend to be passionate about almost anything I discuss a problem with Autism I guess.
As for Spurgeonryan I would agree with you to a degree , waitresses and waiters and service workers do work their asses off for you more so then many other professions. However what about construction workers, security guards/body guards, secretaries and such who put just as much effort into serving you as does any waitress. Yet they get minimum wage in most cases.
Having been involved in security and construction I must say I worked my ass off for my client and no matter how good I performed I never got a tip. In fact while one security company did pay me 12$ an hour better then minimum wage I often slaved over the customer with no recognition or tip at all.
When you are escorting someone around protecting them from druggies and who know who else wants to hurt them, shouldn't you be entitled to a tip just as much as a waiter who serves you food? I secured a mall, I was responsible for the security and safety of every single individual in the mall. I ran around all day greeting people, responding to calls of crimes being committed getting assaulted, death threats stabbed at. All for barely above minimum wage. In fact I rarely even got a thank you often just criticism like "You should have been able to take that man down faster" or "You should have been able to handle that situation without causing a scene"
The way I see it, the service industry is a job like most others. I guess you may consider construction and security to be service industry jobs, but if you do there are so many more jobs that should be tipped then. I don't think its fair to tip a person for a job they are paid equally to do. Unless in some cases which I tip simply because I want to show gratitude to the server for amazing service.
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer
