Bob Bartop wrote:
>
>
> Is this serious? Or am I missing some sarcasm somewhere?
>
> I'll use a poker analogy. Regular poker players pay A LOT in dealer tokes
> when you count it up at the end of the year. One might say that not "being
> intimidated" into tipping poker dealers is "smart". But let me tell you, in
> the real world, this is not practical. You may save several hundred dollars
> by not tipping, but it WILL come back to bite you in the ass, one way or the
> other. Trust me, this is a given. Thus, it would NOT be smart. We're talking
> about dealing with people, not machines and numbers, and not tipping is a
> big mistake.
>
>
This is all very true, Bob. You just didn't explain to them why, at least for a winning player. A poker player who is consistently winning in a room, but not tipping will eventually get kicked out of the room. The excuse they use to get rid of you won't be that you are not tipping. They'll trump something else up on you. By not tipping you made enemies out of everyone who works in the room.
