tipping...

It is a tradition as old as time....okay, maybe not as old as time but it's bean around awhile. I am talking about tipping. You go into a restaurant and you generally tip the waiter or waitress accordingly. They only make around $2.00 and hour so tipping helps make up their salary. However, the other day I went into the dounut shop and there was a tip jar there. What am I tipping them for exactly? Am I tipping them for having to turn around and grab a dounut and then painstakingly put it in a bag? Or am I tipping because they may have to make change when I pay them? When did tipping start to be expected for counter service? It's not like they gave me a dounut and then gave me a pedicure. The same thing happened at Quizno's as well. What is going on? I am not trying to sound like a cheapskate but there is a reason people choose to do fast food and not sit down dining and the majority of the time it is either because it is cheaper or faster or both. I usually give just a little tip at Sonic because they have to bring the food out to my car and sometimes, they even come out on rollerskates!. (Is it wrong that I wait with baited breath for one of them to bust it or fall off of the curb?) Anyway, the situation is out of hand. It puts me in a situation where, if I don't tip, I am the bad guy. I hate being the bad guy. I want to be good and for everyone to like me. It's pathetic. Like my whole self image is wrapped up in whether or not the freakin' donut person likes me! I know I need help but the tip jars have got to go!
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