Waitress calls out ‘audacious’ customer who left his phone number after giving a $0 tip: ‘That ain’t right’

@MorbidCynic I tip. But you didn't even get what I was saying. If the employees employer, can't be bothered to pay them a decent wage... why do I have to pay their salary?? Explain this well thought out logic to me.

@twiigss you can disagree with how a business is run, but it is the moral thing to do to make sure your fellow human being is being compensated fairly. Until things change, that’s the road anyone with kindness behaves. That’s why you should “pay their salary”. It makes you a good person. Blame the way American culture treats their workers if you have any further issues.

@MorbidCynic So then if a middle aged person was working as a server, told you their story, about how they make $2.15 an hour, they feel like the employer should pay them more, how their schedule sucks and is never consistent, you wouldn't think to yourself, "damn, these people running this place seem pretty awful"? Or you wouldn't agree with that server the employer should do more?

I don't think anything will change. That's why I don't work in customer service anymore. It's literally a dead end job, and if you work in a restaurant, you might not even see $6.00. I was a dishwasher when I was 17 in 1994. I made $4.25 an hour. I got a $0.10 raise about 8 months later. That was my first job, but at that time I thought that was good money. Now I make over triple that, and am struggling to pay bills.

Maybe the employers should be held responsible at some point, instead of expecting others to do what the employer should already be doing? That's how I see it.

@twiigss I never said I was okay with how these places are ran. I would prefer them to be paid a normal wage, so they won’t need to survive in tips. You know, like every other country in the world. But this currently isn’t the case, so therefore it’s important to tip until this issue is solved. Why is this a debate? Lol

I don’t feel like there needs to a be a discussion here.

@MorbidCynic Because, there's a lot of different opinions on the matter that I run into. Some people seem to think tipping SHOULD be normal, others think the complete opposite. I tip a lot because if I liked the food that much, and the people were generally nice, I'll tip.

But I shouldn't have to, and if I don't tip be shunned forever and exiled to a deserted island. That's how crazy some people get over it.

I do tip, but it's the employers responsibility to pay their salary, not mine. And asking a co-worker earlier, they said if employers had to pay a normal hourly rate, then prices might go up. Well then maybe that employer shouldn't be trying to run a business in the first place.