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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Agree, she shouldn't have dumped the guilt trip on the customer.
HOWEVER - the situation she described - really does happen. Even when the tip is a GOOD tip - I mean if the person only ordered a cup of coffee and a slice of cake for $8 total, if they give a $3 tip - that really does get shared with the host and the other wait staff in many places (but not all). If it's not cash, it gets pooled. And the waiter who earned that $3 tip might not even see a full dollar of it, once it's been split.
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True, but they DO get a share of everyone else's tips. It's sometimes called spreading the wealth or leveling the playing field.
$8 meal. $3 tip. 37.5% is very generous. Maybe, just maybe the cake and coffee is all they could afford for their 90th birthday party of one. Old and alone and poor. And you worry about the waitress and look down on a very generous 37.5%.
If you don't know the circumstances of the customer, you have no right to judge. In my scenario the customer was very generous, and if the tip is pooled that is the waitstaff problem, not the customers. Even though the tip was generous by % standards if the actual cash figure recieved is not appreciated by the recipient, then they don't deserve any tip.