# My first post, wherein I bitch about a greedy, thieving customer **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 14, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-wherein-i-bitch-about-a-greedy-thieving-customer/250315 "2004-06-14T17:30:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-wherein-i-bitch-about-a-greedy-thieving-customer/250315/61 "2004-06-17T00:57:12Z")
Tipping in the US is vital for most service jobs because they are paid less than minimum wage and expected to make up the difference out of tips. Yes, its a crappy ass system. Resturants etc. should just raise the prices and pay a living goddamn wage - but the system is in place and forcing the cheerful working mother of two to get your drink refills for 2.15/hr is not going to change anything, its just going to slowly kill the body and spirit of a fellow human being. In the States, you tip. And if you are me or have a soul, you tip well. The job is shit, and pays shit. For God sakes don’t add to the burden by making even less worth their while. ---
**Author:** ![BonoVox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@BonoVox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BonoVox)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-wherein-i-bitch-about-a-greedy-thieving-customer/250315/62 "2004-06-17T01:06:24Z")
> [@Phase42](#): > > I never had a problem with tips when I was a pizza driver. But the best tip I ever got didn’t involve money. And of course I’m sure it wasn’t intended as a tip. But there was one night when I pulled up in front of a big house, rang the bell, and the door was answered by a pretty teenage girl wearing nothing but her panties and an unbuttoned flannel shirt :eek: Kinda made my day… My fiancee did that, dressed in her dominatrix clothes. She had the tip snugly between her 36dd’s, and told the guy she didn’t have enough hands to give him his tip. Poor guy looked so embarrassed. I told her she just might have made his day, month, or even life. People never forget things like that. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-wherein-i-bitch-about-a-greedy-thieving-customer/250315/63 "2004-06-17T01:20:09Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Guys, I think **Fire Engine** is a she. I seem to recall a thread where she gets her clit pierced. > > Anyhoo, the first time I ordered pizza for myself, I was about fourteen or fifteen and I didn’t know you were supposed to tip. Not only that, but I had less money than I realized-EXACTLY enough for the pizza and that’s it. > > I still feel bad about that one. I seem to recall as well that she hasn’t hit 20 years old yet. In light of that, I’m starting to feel bad about participating in the pile-on. She’s still a kid, and there’s a learning curve for everything, including basic social interaction. She just doesn’t have a base for reference yet. Under the same principle, I hereby absolve **Guin** of any and all guilt she may feel for something she did when she was fourteen. She just didn’t know. You get a pass, kid. ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-wherein-i-bitch-about-a-greedy-thieving-customer/250315/64 "2004-06-17T04:37:15Z")
I could give two shits about the difference in cultures with regards to tipping. Although, with how many threads we’ve had on the topic around here, anyone coming into a thread claiming to not realize there’s a cultural difference and that tipping is customary in the U.S is a damn liar. That is, unless they’re a very, very new member. Besides, that’s not what most of **Fire Engine** ’s pile on has been _about_. It was more about her snotty and condescending attitude towards all who would lower themselves enough to order _take-out pizza_. I mean, why would anyone order something that they could make themselves? Honestly. That comment was so ridiculous, I don’t even know where to _start_ tearing into it. And _you_, **stately plump buck mulligan** , are a prince. When I was waiting tables I once got a tip in the 150-200% range. And no, it wasn’t a mistake. That was about 3 or 4 years ago and I remember the guy vividly because he helped restore my faith in customers. I don’t work in food service anymore, but I don’t think I’ll _ever_ forget him. Nor will that delivery person ever forget _you_. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-wherein-i-bitch-about-a-greedy-thieving-customer/250315/65 "2004-06-17T10:49:40Z")
Wow. Lighten up. > [@](#): > > Oh, and btw, if there was ever a cause not worth hanging on to, this is it. I post something and 50 posts later, people are still commenting on it. This all started with me saying my opinion. To which FilmGeek said > [@](#): > > I hope you get stiffed a few times. And my next post may’ve sounded antagonistic. And the next. But I didn’t mean them nearly as harshly as they came out. I’m not questioning the validity of the entire pizza delivering business, it gives people a job. But I don’t do it. And I have a lot of opinions, which I don’t expect anyone to take anywhere nearly as seriously as everyone has taken them here. And yes, I am a she, and yes I am 18. And yes, I live in Australia. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-wherein-i-bitch-about-a-greedy-thieving-customer/250315.md?page=3)