Tipping

I have strong feelings on this issue As I'm sure a lot oe people do..

I don't believe that tips should be included in the check. I feel this way because I believe that they should have to earn it. I believe that a waiter/waitress should actually have to work for it. I have been to places where the tip was included & the waiter did nothing to help serve us, we had to get up & get our own beverages refilled and ask other staff to get things for us. I don't think that people should get a 15% tip, for doing little to no work. I have also been to places that included the tip & the waiter/waitress doesn't even bring out the food, they just took the order & someone else delivered the food.

But I also think that people should at least tip 10% when they are tipping, 15% would be better, but at least do 10%. I mean some customers can be really rude & the waiter/waitress has to put up with it, then to get a $2 tip off of a $40 meal ticket, that's ridiculous. When I was 18, I was a waitress, so I know that people aren't always good at tipping a fair amount. I would wait on people, they would have a ticket of $40 & I would make a $2 tip, that was only 5% of their total order. Sometimes I would make $.25, on a $10 ticket, not at all fair. If you have a waiter/waitress that is constantly refilling your drinks, making sure that you have everything you need, bringing your food out in a timely manner, than leave a good tip.

The reason I bring this up is because last Sunday we went to breakfast with my friend. We all sat at the same table together. The waitress was very kind & did a great job. Well, my friend left a $5 tip on the table just before we left. The waitress actually watched her leave it. I included mine in the meal ticket at the register. So we leave, while I was putting Braeden in the truck, the waitress came out to my truck, yes she came out to me, and asked if I had left a tip. I looked at her & told her that the $5 was left on the table & that she was there when it was put there. She acknowledged that she did in fact see the tip placed there. She said that the tip wasn't there. I told her that she was left a tip, and I didn't know what had happened to it. We had only been out of the restaurant for less than 5 min. But in all places we have been, I have never had someone came out to me & ask me for a tip. I asked all the kids to make sure they didn't take it, and none of them had seen it, so I'm not sure what happened to it.