Traffic pro

Why does everyone all of a sudden think they should be tipped? I do not want to sound like a cheap person or a rude person. I am just shocked at how many places have a tip jar now. I am a very understanding customer and I am known for giving very big tips. I worked at a huge sports bar for years. I worked at a constant fast pace and deserved every penny I got for all that I put up with.

I tip very well when someone does something that deserves a tip. I just can not believe some of the places that I find a tip jar now.

I recently went to Subway and ordered a couple of sandwiches. I paid with my card and noticed there was a line to add a tip. There was also a tip jar. They did not set a table for me and make polite conversation. They did not serve me and then clean the table. They did not do anything other than make me a sandwich. Very rudely I might add.

Dry cleaners are another one. Why would I tip for that service. They charge you for a job. You get the service you paid for and nothing more. They did not come pick it up or drop it off. There is nothing deserving a tip in my book.

People that are servers, bartenders, hairdressers, or any of the normal people that you tip deserve the tip because they go above just giving you what you paid for. They have to put up with some very annoying people and conversations. They also get paid less because they get tips.

So have you found tip jars in places that shocked you? Do you leave a tip anyway?