I don't get it. We are obligated to tip waiters and waitresses, cab drivers and hair cutters. Ok, maybe hotel people, the newspaper boy/girl at Christmas.
But the ones who EXPECT a tip are food servers.
Why not the plumber, the person who helps you in Wal-Mart, the nice bank teller?
All of these people get an hourly wage. I get an hourly wage and I help people all the time, but never get a tip. And I don't expect one, but why do these certain workers expect money above and beyond their wage?
I'm just wondering how this custom got started.
2006-10-18
16:40:08
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Other - US Dining Out