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Originally posted by LubeMaster77
red UFO 928:
I agree to some extent, and it is a shame that the tip concept has evolved the way it has. Welfare is money for nothing - servers do work, albeit some don't seem to.
The next time you buy a bed, sofa, car, TV or dishwasher that sales man is making a tip off you, thing is, it's buried in the price of the product. With resterants, it is not. The commission or tip as it where is left up to the patron.
You tip your guitar dealer everytime you buy some strings, a pic, a new mic or a sound board. Maybe he/she deserves it, but then again, everyone deserves a $ for a # of effort. Sitting around collecting money should be left to the lottery winnings and smart investers of the world only.
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Commission to a sales person is an entirely different thing. A sales person typically assists you in your choice of product. They present you your options and persuade you a particular way. Ideally to the best product available to them to sell you.
A waiter staff engineer presents you a menu - answers simple questions (does this or that have onions in it?), Takes your drink order and then walks away for a few minutes. They take your order and then someone - not necessarily them delivers it to you. Then at the moment when your mouth is full they ask you a question on the quality (which in my opinion is the rudest part of the whole thing - asking someone purposefully a question when it would be rude for that person to respond to you) of the delivery. I've done both - I don't think being a waiter is something I would ever want to depend on for a living. I saw this when I was one and worked myself into something better. That's what smart people do - they recognize the problems in their life and then change them.
I tip my mechanic with a token of appreiciation as well.