Some might ask the question, why is tipping important? For those of us who are or have been in the business, this seems like a silly question. But for those who have never been around this great industry of food service, I will take a minute and do my best to answer this age old question. Because your waitress has bills to pay. Wow, that was easy.

For those who would like a more detailed “smart person” answer, because your waiter make almost zero on their check. I’m not talking about when most people say they make “no money”. I’m talking literally zero. I’m talking, we work all week (40 hours) and our check says $0.00. Then you work you tale end off for someone and because you are not perfect in their eyes, they think you do not deserve a tip. I believe that full effort deserves full tip (20%+). That’s right, 20% is where we start now days. So to get back to the original question, why is tipping important. The answer is, because you owe it to your waiter every single time. It is part of the cost to dining out.