The Value Of Tipping

What really bothers me is when someone is to cheap to give a good tip. I would have to say two things about my habits. I am well-known where I go, whether it is to the nearby nail salon, hair salon, or restaurant as treating people the way I would want to be treated. That comes from my server background. I would never serve again, though, but I give kudos to people who can serve at a restaurant and put up with people on a daily basis, from which many do not give a rat's arse that the server waits on them hand and foot just to get a stinking tip from them. I'm assuming that everybody knows but just in case you don't: servers do not get crap as an hourly wage. So that means everything you give them during that hour you were there is what will make their day or break their day. As a server I once was given two twenty dollar bills, by accident I think, and that made my whole day.

One of the things about my habit is that I disregard what people say even if they are wiser than me when it comes to money. I have heard things like, "Save it for a rainy day," "You never know when you're going to need it," and now I hear "You will need things for your son someday." I have a bad habit of spending more than I think I have. What I think I have and what I have are slightly different because I look to the future about what money WILL be coming in. It's like shooting high for the sky, going through the clouds, and for your dream. However, I tend to spend more than that when I dream and then it becomes a bad habit.

I believe in Karma, though, so when I am down on money and I decide to still go to that restaurant by myself (yes, I know. That's ridiculous to go by myself. That's a whole other story.) I give a standard 20%. Maybe I'm thinking in my line of business it would make a big difference if someone went a little out of their way to make my day. I could make this person's day too because every little bit of happiness can keep a person going. It was so nice to look forward to a complimentary drink at my piano lessons or an extra good tip at the venues where I played the piano. That little extra valuable way of saying "thanks" to me made my whole day.

The recession is an excuse for not tipping enough. All servers, present and past, should know this golden rule: Waiting on someone hand and foot needs some reward and if you are on the receiving end of it-pay that reward, please, and be nice to others as you would want them to be nice to you. I am acknowledging this bad habit of being an expensive consumer in a world full of dying businesses. But please do not think my bad habit should be yours. The better side is to think of money, not as an object, but a valuable way of saying thanks to the moments that make your day. When you have that person by your side helping you in some way to feel pampered, which includes eating out at a restaurant, getting a massage, and going to the nail or hair salon...give them a tip from me:
SENDING THANKS YOUR WAY
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CARE
I COULD OR COULD NOT DO IT
WITHOUT THAT SOMEONE THERE

TIME IS MONEY AND MONEY IS TIME
WHEN I'M IN THIS DREAM I TOUCH THE SKY
WAKE ME UP AND I MIGHT CRY
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME DREAM