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Originally Posted by Blitzgal
This is a fresh new perspective? I do not think that word means what you think it means.
I find it hilarious and pathetic when people turn their noses up at service industry workers and consider them lesser or stupid simply because it happens to be their job to provide a direct service to their customers. If every waiter quit tomorrow who would get you a fork? The jobs have to get done by somebody. There's no reason to rub someone's nose in shit and act all superior just because they serve you food. I sit in a cubicle and stare at a computer screen all day. Does this make me a better person than a waiter or a sales clerk? Fuck, no! Most of us have stupid jobs. If you feel the need to take a power trip over anyone who serves you to make yourself feel better, then you're a sad, little person.
And I do not believe for one second that you tip well, not after that screed.
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My company provides construction clean-up for large projects. I work in an office sometimes, and sometimes I'm on the ground floor working with the crews. So don't try to sell anyone on this I think I'm better than the waiter bullshit, I've been keeping my hands dirty ever since I was 14.
If all of a sudden construction companies would begin tipping the clean-up crews, I'm sure there would be some workers that would switch over to that method of pay, and be happy with it. If the entire industry switched over to tipping (as with most of the waitering work), then the clean-up crews who would get tipped nothing would probably want to quit cleaning-up, and would explore new jobs.
What I'm saying is, don't get pissy that you don't get tipped what you want to get tipped. No one is forcing you to do the work. If it's not right for you, then go do something else. Don't sell me on this "all waiters would quit" shit either, some waiters would keep their jobs and be happy with their lives.
I'm saying this because that's the way capitalism works, not because I fell high and mighty to some people.
And yes I do tip well. I go out to eat very seldom, and when I do go out to have a good meal, a generous gratuity if part of the experience (my personal choice). What else can I say?