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i think it is a guilt thing.
at a coffee shop it is expected that you tip the person who made the coffee.
but at a restaurant you do not tip the chef, you tip the servant that brings you the food from the chef.
I do not undertsand tipping bartenders either, even though I always do. is it a bribe? it seems that way a lot of the times. if you do not tip on your first order they are more likely to ignore you if busy, or to give you shoddy drinks. it has happened many times before.
if you go to any business, a keymaker perhaps, and order three keys made, and the guy gets to work and after 15 minutes you have your three keys, do you tip him? No. your payment for the key INCLUDES the payment for the service that made the key.
why does that not appky at bars and coffee shops?
$4.00 for a latte, made by a trained monkey in about 30 seconds. How does that warrant an extra tip on top of the money?
doesn't make sense.
the only reason I understand the waiter issues is that restaurants pay them less than half of minimum wage. this is done to offset the cost of waitstaff with the sometimes large lulls in business at restaurants, so the restaurant owner does not go broke paying a full waitstaff to stand around between 2:00 PM and 5:00PM.
It is an ancient arrangement, but in restaurants it seems to work.
just ramblin
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