PANCAKEMINEZZ
2 months ago
The only people who should deserve a tip are delivery drivers. Delivery is a service that I want. I pose you two scenarios:
First scenario: I am hungry and don't want to leave my house. I call up the local pizza place, place my order, and wait for my delivery. When it finally gets here, I pay for the food I was promised, and tip the delivery guy or girl the tip they are owed because they (the restaurant) provided me with a service beyond providing food. I don't care who the money goes to, all I care about it the exchange of my money for goods. In this scenario, I paid for the exchange of goods (money for my pizza), and paid extra to have the luxury of staying home while it was brought to me. But hey, if I didn't want that service and decided to go pick up my pizza, guess what! I don't have to pay extra.
Second scenario: I go to a place to eat and sit down. I already know what I want to eat and drink. A server comes along to ask what I want to eat and drink. I give my order to them. I wait for my food and drink to be made and it's brought to my table. I eat and drink what was brought to me. Occasionally the server comes back to ask if my food is good and to refill my drink. What extra service am I being provided here? My food is brought to me? Congratulations, you walked two feet to bring food I am paying for. You refilled my drink? Well, for one I never asked you to, but even if I did want another refill I'd be perfectly fine with walking to the drink machine to refill my own drink because I have a pair of functioning legs. You asked me if my food is okay? Okay... If there was something wrong with my food that would warrant it being sent back I'd have a word with the manager or another employee.
Now, what's the difference between these two scenarios? The first one is completely optional and provides a very convenient service that I explicitly asked for. The second scenario is not at all optional and forces you to pay extra for that non-optional service. Plus, compare the two services and what you pay. In the first scenario, the restaurant is sending someone to your home to fulfill that extra service. In that scenario I am paying extra (tip) for the services provided to me. In the second scenario I am paying for the service of a server to walk a few feet and give me "free" refills. I'm sorry, but I am not going to pay you the same amount of money for such a meager service that the other establishment offers but at a much more convenient way.
In scenario 2, I still had to leave my home, come to the restaurant, then be seated. In scenario 2, the only exchange of goods that should be occurring should be money for the food and drink. The server should either be optional (in which case would be a service someone would pay extra beyond their food for) or if they must be mandatory then they should realize THAT IS EXACTLY THEIR JOB. Their job is to take my order, then bring me my order when it is done.
Does this sound harsh, I mean I guess it could, but would you not agree it's fair? Why make me pay more for a service I either never asked for, or because the server is so entitled that they think they should be paid more for the JOB THEY SIGNED UP FOR? And just know, if you reply to this in hopes of having an argument, you better have something beyond the typical feels argument of "oh well they don't get paid that much" because I don't care. That is their problem that they knew before going into this line of work. I would have the same response if someone joined the armed forces of a country and then bitched and moaned about "oh this job is dangerous". I know fairly well this post will come off as assholish, but oh well. It's not my fault that someone gets paid less. If we cried for those who get paid less than what they should we'd be crying all day. All I care about is the cost of something, and is that something worth the cost. In the case of scenario 2, I am paying extra for a service that is automatically provided at best (where the server is DOING THEIR JOB and nit doing anything extra) or forced on me at worst. So, putting it like that, is that fair?
