It's not cheap...it's frugal! Frugal- Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste
I have never understood people who spend money like there is no tomorrow. I dislike people who have a bad case of the "spends" probably as much as you dislike people who are frugal.
hno:
BOXER, you are The Man.
A generous tip is not "wasteful", nor is it neccesarily a reward for above average service at that time.
Rather, it is a Solid Investment. An investment which pays guaranteed dividends in the future - often times in other places besides that particular receipient.
I long ago lost track of how often I myself receive a generous tip on my billed services, with the most common occurring just a day or less after I myself gave a generous tip to someone else.
And cool part is that a "big" tip for me might be to add $10-20 to a restaurant/bar tab and the subsequent nice tip to me for lawn/garden work is then $40-50 or more.
A generous tip is not "wasteful", nor is it neccesarily a reward for above average service at that time.
Rather, it is a Solid Investment. An investment which pays guaranteed dividends in the future - often times in other places besides that particular receipient.
I long ago lost track of how often I myself receive a generous tip on my billed services, with the most common occurring just a day or less after I myself gave a generous tip to someone else.
And cool part is that a "big" tip for me might be to add $10-20 to a restaurant/bar tab and the subsequent nice tip to me for lawn/garden work is then $40-50 or more.
I can guarantee that the guy who cuts my hair makes over 100K a year. He works 12 hours a day..six days a week. It takes him about seven minutes to cut my hair. I think a $1 tip is adequate for seven minutes work.
I will take the position of Mr. Pink and have to wonder why I tip him at all. When something at the store costs $10 I don't feel the need to tip the checkout employee.
He likely makes no where near $100K a year, because there are too many poor tippers like you out there. He probably needs to work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week because of this same reason.
Your store comparison is awful. You are walking around a store full of items on your own and picking out what you want. The clerk is just ringing barcodes through and collecting your money.
Now if someone at the store came up and assisted you to find the best product, made a recommendation that maybe saved you some cash or turned out to be a better product, they'd be providing you good service and I would argue that person deserved a tip, though it likely wouldn't happen.
