F.Y.I.

Hispanic people, as a group, tip terribly, as do blacks and people from the U.K. and Western Europe. As such, these tables SHOULD have a default 18% (ed: I would actually argue 20%) gratuity added to their bills. While it is tempting to think this a comment made out of pure, racist malice, the fact is that servers work for tips, and in fact often have to tip out other employees based on their sales. Many people have argued to me that "x group for x reason does not have a high income, and thus cannot afford to tip."

I suppose I could accept that argument if I were working at The Olive Garden or somewhere like that, but I work in a restaurant that is for all intents and purposes fine dining, and if you cannot afford to leave your server $20 on a $100 check, then you probably can't afford a $100 check either, end of story.

Do white people tip badly? Of course, from time to time. Sometimes often. Sometimes all night.

But the fact remains that in three years as a(n excellent) server, I can count the number of times I've been tipped 15-20% by hispanics on two hands, by blacks on one hand, and by Europeans (including the UK) on just a couple of fingers. I'm not saying they are terrible people; they're just terrible tippers.

xx

P.S. Please refrain from anti-Capitalist remarks involving the Darwinian nature of tip-based occupations and how they are unnecessary in a world full of "good" hourly pay; I have heard them and am well-read on communism, socialism, and social anarchism; Please save your energy for something else.