Did She Just Say It's OK NOT to Tip?!

Skip out on tipping service workers

OH HELL NO!

This lady, apparently the most read finance writer according to MSN, says that during the holidays, if you are tight on cash its okay to not tip people in the service industry!!

These people make your life easier so when is it EVER okay to not tip them?!?!? I work in the service industry and my first response to this was if your tight on cash, then DON'T USE THOSE SERVICES!!! Do your own damn work instead of paying someone else to. She even had a list of "guidelines" for certain jobs. A lot of the jobs on there, your average person or even struggling person wouldn't be using in the first place.

If you're struggling, you're gonna walk your own damn dog, you're not gonna have a housekeeper (CLEAN IT YOURSELF LAZY ASS!), you're gonna open you're own doors, you aren't going to get massages or have a personal trainer. It's common sense. If you are gonna use the services of someone in the service industry that typically gets/lives off of tips, you better damn well tip them or not use it at all. Some of the jobs on that list, don't usually receive tips anyway like teachers, superintendents, package deliverers, personal trainers, live in help, babysitters. You pay them for their services. It's not considered a tip. But don't get me wrong, you could if you wanted.

As for us servers, when you don't tip us, you just cost us money. We have to tip out the bartenders and bussers REGARDLESS if you tipped us or not. So when you don't, we have to take out our own money at that point. Yes, I believe you should tip based off the service but unless it was so horrible that you don't know why you came there in the first place, then you better leave at least 10%.

Oh and I LOVE some of the comments at the bottom of the article. Like this dumbass, hummingbrd:
Asking folks to not eat out at all if they don't tip is counterproductive as the restaurants won't stay in business. Glad to know that some servers appear to feel that they deserve a tip just for my showing up - and not as a result of their service. This will encourage me to continue to eat at home even when the financial situation improves. I'm sorry about the low wages, but I'm your customer, not your employer.

If you come in and sit down in my section, and eat my employers food and drink their drinks, then you better leave a damn tip. If the service is bad, fine leave a bad tip or none whatever. 9 times out of 10 the service is good. Oh and here's a little tip for you: If you're an asshole from the start, then you're service will be bad. Another suggestion is that we handle you're food, if you want to be an ass, go ahead...just remember who brings you your food. And yes you may be my customer, but I live off tips. I tried working in retail or another job and I couldn't pay my rent or bills or anything. Working as a server, I BARELY make it and I actually still need my parents help. So the tip you give me, may pay my bills so in a way YEAH you are paying me as well. And if all the cheapskates stayed home, restaurants would still stay in business because there are enough people who tip what they are supposed to out there to keep the businesses alive. Ass.

Bottom line is: LEAVE A PROPER TIP!! (if you can't, don't use the service)