If you live in the United States, YOU HAVE TO TIP! That might seem like a ridiculous statement, but in America, servers rely on tipping to make a living. If you don’t tip, you’ll be considered a jerk. Think about it; have you ever considered not tipping when you go out to eat? If you have, did you start feeling a little guilty about it? Did you feel like you will get judged by the staff? That’s how big of a custom it has become in the United States and how we’re sent into a guilt trip if you don’t leave a tip for your server. It’s alright to show some generosity towards your server for bringing your food warm and any additional requests you have but the amount you need to tip is outrageous. Everyone in the United States knows that you should tip at least 15% of the total check spent, some restaurants even have different percentages on the check from 10%, 15%, and…show more content… Why doesn’t the restaurant just pay the employees a livable wage and raise the price of their food if the restaurant is so concerned about making a profit? It would make more sense and servers wouldn’t have to rely so much on tipping to make a living. Besides, every other business seems to follow that same guide. When you go in to buy a new pair of shoes at Foot Locker you don’t tip the employee who helped you find your size of the shoe you wanted. They already charge the full $200 price and not ask you to pay $175 and decided if you want to tip the employee 15% of the total cost of the shoes. The federal rate for servers in the United States is $2.13 an hour (Stuart). That is well below the federal minimum wage of $9.20 an hour. This also creates a huge wage gap between servers and other restaurant employees, like chefs, who do get an hourly pay. Restaurants know that their servers will receive a tip after helping a customer, so they pay their servers close to nothing since they’ll earn extra money on top of their
