I recently hit a progressive jackpot for $1608. Using the guideline of .5%, I gave the goniffs (one of whom must have been all of 21 years old) an $8 tip. There was no thank you given. About 5 minutes later, the 21 year old passed by, and did say thank you. I felt like a real jerk for giving anything at all.
A little while later, a woman who had asked to use my cellphone the week before, and seemed like a decent person, hit me up for a $20 "loan". I never fall for these "loans", but this time I didsince I had just told her I had won the jackpot. So far I had given out 1.7% of my jackpot.
I think casino tipping has gotten out of hand. We worry about getting an edge playing 99.54% JOB, but quickly give back 1/2 % of our earnings to the well-paid person who is doing his job of bringing a hand-pay.
We go into a coffee shop for breakfast and get a bill for $12, and leave a $2 tip to a waitress who has taken our order, brought us water, filled up our coffee cup 3 times, brought our order out while it is still hot, cleans the table, etc. But the same $2 tip is expected if you ask a cocktail waitress to bring a couple of bottles of water to you as she passes by. These cocktail waitresses probably earn more than twice as much as the teacher who is teaching your child. Apparently this is the result of TITO. Before, you would take a couple of quarters from the tray for a tip.
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