How Do You Tip?

Oh!!! Oh!!!! Is my blood BOILING?!

So....I saw this posted by a friend so I decided to share it on my Facebook. Of course all of my friends loved it and such because most either are servers or were servers or at least appreciate the hard work that servers do and understand that their money literally is in their customers hands.

Friend's Post:

Those who know me know how I truly feel about this. If you're making $2.13 an hour.... get a better job. Plain and simple. That is the sole reason I have never, nor will I ever, work in food. I know I can do better. Don't get me wrong, if you do a great job, I'm gonna tip you. However, I will never tip you more $5. If I planned on spending an extra $5, I would order desert.

My Response:

Whaaaaaaaat??? Are you kidding me?? I got a $10 tip and a $20 tip tonight!!! I make WAY more money in restaurants than I EVER did in retail! It's like commission, but YOU decide how much they get instead of the company. Remind me not to wait on you!

Random [Friend's] Chick's Response:

That's such bs. Servers usually get minimum wage plus tips. You're not going to pay out of pocket if you don't get tipped. What a whiny little shit.

My Response: 

If someone doesn't tip then that server has to take money out of their other tips to cover the tip share. Most tip shares go off of sales, NOT what you were tipped.

I think I've gotten [anywhere from] $3.09-$5.00 or $6 [at] most serving places

Whoo! I get $4.35 at my current job FYI

Random [Friend's] Guy's Response: 

if u work for $2 an hr ur fucking stupid. Plain and simple. If u bitch about it in a news article, get a life and do MY job in retail and actually have a decent good time. Even if JUST ur coworkers r the reason ur day is a good day /end rant

My Response: 

I DID your job and I make BANK in 1/2 the time of BBY and I LOVE my coworkers and boss (minus one, but we all have one....) -Even with the $$ when I was a sup. When you're an exec. at a company THEN you can talk. Do NOT act like retail is hard! I bled it for 7 years!

Then of course my friend's response who has not waited tables, but HAS worked retail and understands what it's like for BOTH jobs:

"They need a hot iron to their face." 

Now THAT sounds like a Stephanie-Solution right there!! (j/k) 

What Peter Griffin-style grinds my gears is when people make serving sound like someone's a bum washing people's windows at stop lights begging for change. 

Oh, I'm so sorry that I don't work in the high class of RETAIL anymore! I need a "real [fucking] job" again! -No wait, I make dbl the money in 1/2 the time! Have fun dealing with just as much shit as me for twice as long and 1/2 the pay! 

I think what bothers me the most is that these people were talking DOWN about servers when they work RETAIL! Like they're so damn high and mighty. -ohhhh, how far I've fallen from the great and wondrous RETAIL life! I was once on top of the world and now I'm a lowly server! How ever can I get back on top of the world again with the kings and queens of Real Jobs??