3 lady friends of mine go out to eat at 3AM on a chilly December night just a few days ago and despite being total snobs, they accept their options to be very limited and go into a Denny’s. I wasn’t with them. This is how one of the girls recounted the story to me today:
They waited to be seated, which for some snobby reason annoyed her. Their waitress was young and pregnant, and obviously, working the night shift at Denny’s – not in the best of finances. She delivered what they deemed to be crappy service, so they stiffed her on the tip. The girl telling the story said she left 1 penny, “and I dug deep to find the dirtiest penny I could too”.
After laughing profusely, I explained that they were going to hell.
She objected, citing the poor service. I retorted saying “Ya, but in those cases then you’re only supposed to leave 10% if you’re really angry about it”. She quickly disposed of that doctrine asking what she would be paying for if not quick service. Not that she was smart enough to have ever heard this, but the word TIP, is often considered an acronym for To Insure Promptness. But still, I said; she is an unfortunate soul who is your age or younger and pregnant – she needs the money. “So what?” was the response. “That ain’t my fault. I didn’t force that bitch to open up her legs for some guy that can’t take care of her financially”.
Hm. Sound logic. What can I say back?
My follow up answer, and the ensuing dissection of tipping rules and etiquette grew larger than expected and thus has been moved from the blog and can be found in the following article:
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