ER nurse for years, 80% of what we did was "free", most people complain non stop. You cannot please the majority of people. I've even given my own lunch from home and had the person toss it, "I didn't care for it. Got anything else?" People!
I've never had a job that was tip based such as a restaurant server. But, my daughter has, and relayed so many stories of bad customers, that whenever a young kid serves me I place my daughter in their place.. I know they work hard and have other people to take care of beside me, and if I am dining out a few extra dollars tip is never going to break me.. I tip very well even for what some may consider average service. The person serving me is doing a difficult job for minimum wage and deserves to be treated well while doing this job. I never give a server a hard time, they are of course going to bring me food.. I want it to be a good experience for all of us.
But it reminds me to say to my kids that they should recognize good service. They HATE writing thank you notes, but back in the day, my employees performed better when we told them they were appreciated by customers. In fact, I'm going to go write a letter to McAllister's Deli right now so I can tell them about good service we received.
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