Single Mom, Sorry: Is it Ever OK to Leave an Excuse Instead of a Tip?

If enough people don't tip, then the restaurant won't be able to hire anyone, and that will just increase YOUR bill at the check-out. Some restaurants have already started adding a 20% surcharge in lieu of tipping.

Good "wait-people" should go to the restaurants that have good clientele.
Just like any other type of business. Want the money--follow it.

BTW--the term "Single Mom" is often used as an excuse for anything.
To me--it is no different than "no child support--I am unemployed" by men.
Both are the result of their OWN choices--and deserve no special treatment.
It is not like being stricken with cancer.

Try that "I'm a single Mom" on Judge Judy sometime--and see what she says.

Judge Judy would fall down laughing and tell you get the hell outta my court room.

Its funny to see the outrage over not leaving a tip...from the same people who bitch about 7 cents more for a pizza so workers can have health care. As good Capitalists you should always tip zero because you don't have to...otherwise those moocher Waiters will start being Dependant on your charity. If they wanted more pay they should get a new job, and if they bitch about no tip...they should be happy to have a job.

PS I always tip well..

I think it would be a lot more than 7 cents a pizza. They would have to serve 5,714 pizzas in a month. If they worked 30 hrs a week, that would come out to about 190 pizzas an hour.

That is one way that capitalism works. Tips are voluntary and despite the fact that no one has to pay them just about everyone does. Those that do not pay suffer the wrath of a negative public opinion.

And no, waiters are not considered moochers. And yes if they are unhappy with it they go to get a different job. And yes it is silly to bitch about the negatives of a job that one choose to do - especially in the obamaconomy where having a job at all is good.

And obviously we will gladly pay the 20% tip voluntarily and complain about the 7 cent tax that is forced upon us.

I know you will, because you don't care about others.

You come on here and often say that others do not care about others. You are proven wrong time and time again. And this time I don't even get what you are trying to say. Are you saying that I would tip waitresses BECAUSE I don't care about others? That makes no sense.

I think that these constant accusations that specific individuals here don't care about others just might be a personal attack.

If I feel (rather than think) can I not also just appeal to that person's ethics and hope that he is persuaded? Alternatively mightn't someone else make the report if they disagree with my hope and instead want justice?

Customers are already challenging this. Read here what the customer did when resturant 17% gratuity surcharge

http://frugivoremag.com/2012/05/black-woman-locked-in-restaurant-after-refusing-to-tip-poor-service/

Its against the law to force person to pay gratuity surcharge tips. Go ahead CALL COPS! Theyre laugh right in your face and tell you have a good night and leave.

Here are your rights,,AS A CONSUMER!
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Consumer-Rights-1660/Forced-restaurant-gratuity-threatened.htm
STAND UP TO THEM!

1. You should have refused the gratuity at the beginning by crossing it off the slip when signing!

2. I have only heard of mandatory tipping for large parties.

3. The police cannot do anything after the fact. You could have refused the bill altogether and they would have called the police who would have shown up and probably told the owner or manager they can't do what they did.

4. Call your local newspaper or TV station; they love these types of things.

5. Dispute it with your bank as soon as it posts. Who knows, maybe only the one WITHOUT the tip will post and you will be in the clear.

6. If the one with mandatory tip posts to your account, file a complaint with Visa or MasterCard about this restaurant. They could lose their contract over such a thing:

Think what you want...But just keep saying your being against people having health care ...is caring about them.

When you bitch about 15 cents on your pizza to let the guy who makes it for you have health care...then it shows a lack of Humanity and caring. And I don't care if you have any interest in others having health care...I care about them having health care.

You've upped the anti from 7 cents to 15 cents? I wonder how much that pizza is gonna cost by the time this thread expires or you get to a realistic increase.

@ 15 cents per pizza, a 30 hr a week employee would have to sell 89 pizzas an hour to cover the cost of their healthcare. Of course they would have to sell a lot more than that to cover the costs for the cooks, janitors, delivery people etc.

health care and health insurance and gov run universal health insurance are all very different.

I am not at all against people having health care. I am very much in favor of it. Fortunately, every single person in the US has health care.