Replies

Thanks for the ping.

I'm black, I tip, and there's no real excuse for anyone who doesn't. At the same time, I would hope you can refrain from stereotyping all blacks as "non-tippers," even if most appear to be. (mrustow, why did the subject come up in the first place?)

Here's another BLACK person who tips - at restaurants, beauty salons, hotels, etc. - often in excess of 20%. Yes, I even tip taxicab drivers. Even more shocking, I have BLACK friends who tip as well. They'll all be disappointed to know that we just don't fit into your sweet little generalization of black folk. It's so . . . boo hoo!

Like I said, my good black customers were the nicest people I'd ever want to meet, and I should point out that I have had to wait on some nasty whites as well. Especially old farts who think their coffee is cold when it could scald your tongue! Oh, and don't even get me started on fat, obese women who hate me cuz I'm 5'9" and thin! They will order like 3 eggs & bacon, toast, pancakes (with sugar-free syrup of course), a diet coke, a chocolate malt, and pie for dessert, and then split an order of fries with someone at their table! Oh, then there was the time that a table of Muslims threatened to start a class-action lawsuit because our pie crusts contained lard (godforbid) and the one pie crust that was graham cracker crust had jell-o in the pie! (haha!) Oh, and the Indian woman who threatened to sue because we didn't have her favorite soup one day and therefore we discriminated against the Anishinabe people! Or the creepy "promise keeper" dad who took his little girl who was a dead ringer for JonBenet Ramsey to the bathroom halfway through every meal. Hmmmmmmmm...I could go on forever.