On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 04:37:41 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 9:06:19 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>> On Sat, 8 Dec 2018 21:02:28 -0500, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On 2018-12-08 8:47 p.m., wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 8 Dec 2018 18:23:21 -0500, Dave Smith
>> >
>> >>> There may not be a guarantee that they server would get, but you want to
>> >>> be able to hold the purse strings like you would the strings of a puppet
>> >>> to make sure they dance to your tune to get their tip. You want to be
>> >>> able to withhold the tip and deny them a good wage if your server gets
>> >>> stuck with a table of 15 that leads to the kitchen and wait staff having
>> >>> to deal with their orders.
>> >>>
>> >> Er no. I go for a meal and if the server is pleasant, does not
>> >> continually hover over me, but smiles and is just - nice - then I
>> >> leave a nice tip. If they are hung over, or sharp, or crash the
>> >> plates down in front of me, then I do not leave any tip.
>> >>
>> >
>> >Knowing that they are making minimum wage and expected to make it up it
>> >tips, you stiff them on the tip if you is something displeases you about
>> >the service?
>> >This is an example of the sort of thing that makes me question the
>> >tipping culture.
>>
>> It's interesting that Lucretia has the right-wing view he Underpay
>> them and only if they please people enough, will they make enough to
>> live off.
>
>Every job is like that. If I don't please my employer, I'm out of a job.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

He tries to make it sound as if I want them to be ingratiating which
is far from true. At my local pub which is my lunchtime favourite
because of the excellent fish and chips and also the chowder, I pretty
much know all the girls now, it's not about me but them, how their
studies are going, whether they have exams coming in the next few
weeks etc. I see nothing wrong with friendliness and a big smile.