Another gem from Jezebel:
http://jezebel.com/5982011/fuck-you-if-y...n_ref_map=[]
This article talks about how it is your duty to tip your server whether or not the service is good because you are supposed to think about her having a bad day (the writer makes it primarily a woman issue).
Here are some interesting intercepts from the article:
There you have it, guys. It is basically our fault because women make "70% of what men make" and because of that no matter what service we get, we should generously tip our female waitress. I am also enlightened to know that men are keeping women in position of physically and emotionally draining service.
http://jezebel.com/5982011/fuck-you-if-y...n_ref_map=[]
This article talks about how it is your duty to tip your server whether or not the service is good because you are supposed to think about her having a bad day (the writer makes it primarily a woman issue).
Here are some interesting intercepts from the article:
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There are 10,000,000 restaurant workers in America, and 2/3 of those earning sub-minimum wage are women.
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If it's not in your budget, stay home and cook or choose a different restaurant. I'm not trying to beat you up for being poor, but servers are often living hand-to-mouth, too. If you clog up one of their tables and then don't tip, you have impeded their ability to make rent, buy groceries, and are potentially endangering them. It's not right.
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Just because she didn't tap dance for you enough — or, heaven forbid, didn't laugh at your jokes — you have no right to withhold her salary. Well, you technically have a right, but you're a terrible fucking person if you do.
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The hard work of a largely female force would continue being undervalued. The only possible solution I can think of is to make people understand that not tipping is not an option; it is a requirement.
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Being a waitress is yet another job where skills and talents supposedly associated with women are underappreciated and exploited.
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She continues, "even outside the workplace, emotional labor doesn't stop. (Just ask any woman if she's ever been told to 'smile' by a strange man on the street.)"
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Perhaps withholding tips for perceived bad service is the equivalent of being told, "Fuck you, you're ugly anyway!" when you don't smile back on the street? Maybe it's another way to keep women in positions of physically and emotionally draining service in return for earning 70 percent of their male counterparts.
Whatever the case, the moral of this story is: Tip! Tip as if your life depended on it, because even if it doesn't, some woman's probably does.
There you have it, guys. It is basically our fault because women make "70% of what men make" and because of that no matter what service we get, we should generously tip our female waitress. I am also enlightened to know that men are keeping women in position of physically and emotionally draining service.