Thursday, April 10, 2008

"Tips are how we SURVIVE!"

The whole history of this website and why I registered the domain fifteenpercent.com has everything to do with working in the food industry and collecting tips as my income. I was never a bleeding heart, minimum wage employee, crying about my income as determined by total strangers. I understood tipping as something that is NOT demanded by law. I also believe that it is only partially based on quality of service (there's just some people who will never tip more than a few bucks, regardless of circumstances).

What's the true history of the word "tip" in regards to gratuity?

Today's thing that is 15% is a story related to tipping gratuity, that you can read here.

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