07-14-2003, 05:52 PM
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I have a friend who is a grad student, but he is a waiter at a restaurant in NYC. He complains that corporate executives give him lousy tips. Those who are students, assistants or unemployed tip him better than the execs. When we and several other friends went for dinner, he makes sure that we are generous with tipping our server despite the service that gets added to the bill.
In a somewhat related story. When I go out to a restaurant, I make it a point to give a little more than the 15% tip. One time, my mom yelled at me for giving a guy a $4 tip for $22 bill. I countered her by asking her "Have you any idea how much a waiter or waitress makes per hour? Try $2.27 (has this changed at all?) an hour, they need those tips to supplement that income." I am more sympathetic to the waiters/waitresses than with my mother when it comes to tipping.
   
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