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<blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 5774928" data-attributes="member: 569830">I&#039;m just trying to help put things in perspective for you... you&#039;re saying that 15% isn&#039;t enough of a tip, when you&#039;re making **** good money for the work you do. I know, I&#039;ve done it, too. I begged and pleaded for time waiting tables when I was in the business, but I wasn&#039;t as &quot;eye-candy&quot; as the other waitstaff, so I was relegated to the grill, the dishwashing, the trash carrying and the mopping. I begged for more waiting tables, which I only got when they were desperately short-handed. Of course you could say this was because I was a poor waiter, but my tips certainly didn&#039;t reflect that, and I almost always had happy customers.And as I said, many of us out here in the real world are taxed much more heavily than you, so please, when you think of 14% taxation, you should be grateful for being taxed so lightly. Seriously. I pay the gov&#039;t somewhere in the neighborhood of 25-30% of my income, minimum. Lots of people pay more, and I&#039;ll soon be in that bracket. So I pay more so you can pay less.... this is as an absolute number and as a percentage.I&#039;m not sure how old you are, but my point is just that life gets a helluva lot more unfair as you go along, so good luck, and enjoy it while you can, mate!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tRidiot, post: 5774928, member: 569830"] I'm just trying to help put things in perspective for you... you're saying that 15% isn't enough of a tip, when you're making **** good money for the work you do. I know, I've done it, too. I begged and pleaded for time waiting tables when I was in the business, but I wasn't as "eye-candy" as the other waitstaff, so I was relegated to the grill, the dishwashing, the trash carrying and the mopping. I begged for more waiting tables, which I only got when they were desperately short-handed. Of course you could say this was because I was a poor waiter, but my tips certainly didn't reflect that, and I almost always had happy customers. And as I said, many of us out here in the real world are taxed [B]much [/B]more heavily than you, so please, when you think of 14% taxation, you should be [B]grateful [/B]for being taxed so [B]lightly[/B]. Seriously. I pay the gov't somewhere in the neighborhood of 25-30% of my income, minimum. Lots of people pay more, and I'll soon be in that bracket. So I pay more so you can pay less.... this is as an absolute number and as a percentage. I'm not sure how old you are, but my point is just that life gets a [B]helluva [/B]lot more unfair as you go along, so good luck, and enjoy it while you can, mate! [/QUOTE]

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