Is anyone else incensensed by the overuse of the tip jar? I mean seriously, when I go to Yogurtland, and I pick up a cup, I choose my flavor, I pull the handle, I dish up my toppings and I put my yogurt on the scale, what exactly am I tipping for? I noticed a tip jar at the donut store this morning. It took approximately 25 seconds for the very kind gal to issue me my 2 (it's Friday, I'm allowed) donuts and my orange juice. And then I tip her? For what exactly? Doing her job?
Has the tipping at restaurants seeped out so far into our society that every time we want to grab a snack we have to tip for people doing their job? Now, I used to be a waitress and I do think they deserve to be tipped, and tipped well in most cases. However, I would not be opposed to giving them a higher wage, and paying more for food so we wouldn't have to tip.
I dined at this quaint restaurant in Italy once, where the waiter's entire night was to take care of my table . . . only. He had no other tables, no other responsibilities but to watch for my every need. And in Italy you don't tip. So he got paid to do his job, and I paid for the food . . . and that was it! Think about it, that's how every other transaction goes in the consumer world. Do I have a tip jar out for customers to tip me after I dispense their glasses? No. I spend an hour with customers sometimes, and I don't expect extra compensation for my hard work and my ability to do my job well. Because I get paid to do it.
Now for all you coffee shop, juice bar, snack shack workers, I apologize, your job can be full of specialty orders and demanding customers, but that's what we call work. We all put up with it and we all try to do our jobs well.
So I plead for the pressure to stop. I no longer want to drop my change in a "college fund", "tipping is not a city in China", "will sing for tips" tip jar. I want to drop it in my own red tin at home to save up for a new pair of sewing scissors, or for a chair for my living room, or anything else I deem my change worthy to buy me.
2 comments:
You have inspired me to put a Tip Jar on the corner of my desk at work. Who says it can't apply to office jobs as well? Need that artwork ASAP? Tip Jar. Need those numbers before the end of the day? Tip Jar. I just might get used to this getting paid more for doing my job thing. :)
I hate those baristas, they are the worst
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