You don’t make much money on a fast food server, it’s pretty much minimum wages, then the hours aren’t that many per week either. In fact, that’s what they have been doing at fast food joints and supermarkets now. But getting to the serious aspect, it wouldn’t be so bad for someone with a decent amount of money to leave a tip, or anyone too, even if it wasn’t all that much of an amount.
Servers who work for tips also make minimum wage, but their minimum is usually like 1/3 of the regular minimum wage.
The way I see it, there are certain professions where it’s obligatory to tip. Not just in food service, but say cab drivers, sky caps, bartenders, etc. Then there are other professions where it’s not traditional to tip, but you might do it for outstanding service. Now we have this third class of jobs where it’s not traditional to tip, they don’t do anything outstanding, and yet they have their hand out trying to make you feel guilty for not tipping.
Where does it stop? Can I just decide my job is “tip worthy” and stick a jar on my desk?