Frugal. Avoid waste or no unecessary spending.
My people are a frugal people. Today, I am a frugal person, however that wasn't always the case.
Yes I will admit, there was a time when I was a derivative of frugal. I was a cheap, stingy, miser. Yes, there was a day when all 12 of those Keystone Lights were mine and you could have none! Yes, there was a day when I only had an ice tea and you had the beer so you owe more. Yes, there was a day I would drive 5 miles to find 5cent cheaper gas.
However, those days have long passed. Today it is frugal. I don't mind spending money. I don't mind giving my fair share or sometimes more because I know some other day it'll come out in the wash. I just mind spending money for stupid things.
Tipping pisses me off. The service society has morphed into a mandatory tip machine and it drives me nuts.
Tipping when earned is fine. I have no problem with that. I worked in a resaurant for 4 years. You wait on me, whether you're good or even sometimes when you suck, you'll get 20+% every time. You cut my hair, you get paid. You drive a taxi and hit 4 people to get me where I'm going in a jiffy, you're getting paid. If you exceed your expectations, you get a tip. I'm ok with that.
You have your hand out because you cracked a beer for me behind the bar? Go F yourself. You help me load a box into my car and then stand there with your hand out? Go pound sand. You want to make me an ice cream cone and then wait to yell and chant when I put your tip in the jar? Go choke on a waffle cone.
Mr. Pink had it right. Why does everyone have their hand out for extra money when they are just performing their jobs? Didn't tips originate from those who did above and beyond their duties?
It just becomes unecessary spending. It goes against the frugal principles of life. I still always do it, I just don't like it.
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I agree with your view on tipping. I was at Submarina the other day and the employee made me a sandwich, which was her job. She didn't do anything special for my sandwich, she didn't put extra avacado on it. But I paid with a bank card and sure enough, there is a line for a tip. They put that line there to make you feel like you have to tip. I didn't by it, I drew a line through it and paid what I owed. She didn't deserve one. She did her job that she gets paid for. She didn't go above and beyond. You go above and beyond, you get a tip...if you just do the everyday, average job, you get your paycheck...
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