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> "Jack Schidt®" > wrote in
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>> "Gabby" > wrote in message
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>>> "Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:07:20 -0400, "Jessica V." >
>>>> arranged random neurons, so they looked like this:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>That was the big sign up at Dunkin Donuts this morning. I was
>>>>>shocked.
>>>>> The tip cups are gone. It's about time.
>>>>>
>>>> Never could figure out why you'd tip someone for performing their
>>>> job at what is essentially a fast food joint - this includes
>>>> Starbucks, Diedrich's, etc. - yet you wouldn't dream of a tip jar
>>>> at, say, McDonald's. Same degree of service, but do you see a tip
>>>> jar at McDonald's?
>>>
>>> They have one at A & W, here. It always ticks me off since the
>>> counter people there make about $7/hr.
>>>
>>> Gabby
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>> Wow, $7 an hour.
>>
>> Jack Wage
>
> They chose to work there. There are many clerking positions where
> tipping is neither expected nor hoped for, and which pay no more than
> that. Why should this be any different? I recently stopped for gas at
> a station I'd never been to before. A tip jar was prominently
> displayed. Even if I bought more than gas, I would dispense my own pop,
> pick up merchandise from shelves, and pay the cashier. They deserve a
> tip for this? Zeesh!
>

My remark wasn't in support of tipping a counterperson but rather a response
to the way $7 an hour was presented as a kingly sum of money.

My counterperson tipping policy is as follows: if I feel a physical
attraction, I tip.

Jack Shallow