brettwilliams2014sep Offline

39 Male from Des Moines       1
       

Here’s a tip for you . . .

A few months ago, seated in a booth at a local restaurant, I could hear a female server venting very loudly in the kitchen area.

A three-minute rant about how unfair it was to her and how cheap some people can be – as she so elegantly put it - “always finding ways to screw us out of a tip!”

I’m not 100% sure what she did with the Christian literature, but I’m willing to guess it’s currently decomposing in a landfill.

Now please don’t misunderstand me, I’m not condemning people who leave gospel tracks at restaurants or in public bathrooms. In fact, I’m confident in certain scenarios those tracks generate intriguing discussions which get people thinking about life after death.

However, simply leaving a track on a restaurant table, not accompanied with a reasonable tip is perceived as rude from the intended audience.

Keep in mind, servers work an average of eight hours a day on her feet, take double shifts when they have to, and deal with tough, demanding customers; all while barely making over $4 an hour.

Leaving a track for a server, who may be unsaved, is not going to be perceived as a loving gesture. In their minds, if you want to help them, give them a tip they’ve worked hard for, so they can pay their bills.

Remember, servers survive on tips to make ends meet.

There’s more potential for a server to consider reading a track accompanied with a decent tip than stiffing them all together.

So, my tip to you:

If you’re going to leave a track, leave a tip. Otherwise, your good intentions could be viewed as another way to “screw them out of money!”