tipping, do you do it ?
A lot of people say, if you can't afford to tip then you shouldn't go to places where tipping is allowed. What do you say about tips and how generous are you ?
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I tip when I can, but I hate the practice. I especially hate that it's optional but certain jobs make it essentially mandatory for the employees to survive. It's an ugly little petit bourgeois custom. People are performing a service, you don't have to make them do tricks and ingratiate themselves overmuch as a way of winning your largess. It's kind of degrading when you stop to reflect on it. Just pay the people their wages up front.