Reply #125: If anyone ever harmed you [View All]

[Pithlet]

then to expect you to tip them would be ludicrous.

I had gestational diabetes, and while I know that isn't the same thing, I did have to be more careful when dining out. If there was a danger that something might be harmful to me, I made sure the wait person knew I had a condition so they had to be careful not to mess up my order. I never had a problem. Actually, I'm still supposed to be on a diabetic diet, although it isn't life and death for me if I cheat.

The whole tip system really is a racket. I don't see why restaurants should be exempt from minimum wage laws. I agree that it shouldn't fall on me to take up the slack. But, as long as that is how things are run, if I want to eat out, that is the system I'm participating in. I'm not going to refuse to tip, or tip poorly because I resent it, but eat at restaurants anyway and expect them to wait on me for free.