Really... really?

Some people feel the need to be jerks. I know I do. At some points during my time on this earth I give in to the carnal urge to be a jerk and I feel that I also have the right to observe others do the same. As well as comment.

Then I sometimes wonder... do they know? Do they actually think about what they're doing and how it looks? Say, for instance, I work at an unnamed restaurant... like Ferris'. Because I want tips and one table looks rich and foreign and the other looks poor and local, I ignore the one and basically insert my face into the rear end of the other one, respectively. Respectfully. Respect? Isn't that what tipping is all about? Respecting someone fulfilling an obligation and recognizing their hard work to ease my inconvenience. I tip a server who makes my experience one that is comfortable and de-cluttered of any clip ups. I tip well a server who actually appears to care about the quality of their work and is willing to go the extra mile to give me service I'll remember. I DO NOT tip, someone who expects me to wait FOR-EVER (whilst I watch other tables being served... its not the kitchen... thats why the food is COLD) for both food and drinks and not even bothering to offer the conventional personal respects NOR makes any attempts at tasteful smalltalk. I'm sorry, even my kid cousin can do that and she's like 10.

So back to my rant about pretending to be a nonexistent employee at a fictitious restaurant (if only that part were true). If I do all these things... I'm thinking only of myself, no? I'm lazy, tired....whatever; I choose the easy way out that best serves my needs because i've either worked too hard or too long and I need a break. So, I invest all my time into the rich looking table and ignore the slim chance of profit table... expecting that they will fulfill the basic social expectations when it comes time to pay up gratuities. However, if I haven't even fulfilled the basic expectations... if I haven't made anyone's life easier then why should they pay me for it? Pay me to make my life easier? Pay me to be lazy and selfish? Sounds kind of bad when you put it like that.

BUT... people I love to tip are the people that truly look like they enjoy what they do. I don't tip good looking, commonplace, stereotypical server/models like I tip the balding funny guy that gives me extra bacon because I can't have the cheese... or the one that nods eagerly at my request and apologized when there is even a hint of tardiness. Those, are the ones who make my dining experience worthwhile and its those i go back to and enjoying dropping a few extra bucks to. And I'm not even rich. Who needs to be? I can be just as giving when I'm poor because I have a provider:)