Letter: Nathaniel Jones on ‘Dining out? Don’t skimp on the tips.’

Dear editor:

I picked up the Eagle last Thursday morning and was absolutely disgusted with an article about dining out. This article, authored by Sara Labor, was entitled; “Dining out? Don’t skimp on the tips.”

In the first paragraph she warns that the readers may blame the following rant on “a table of eight,” and the article was just that, nothing but her ranting on about how poorly she is tipped at her job.

After reading the part of the article where Sara says she profiles her customers and then adjusts the amount of service given to that table.  I was astonished. How can anyone with that poor of a work ethic complain about not making enough money?

If I were her I would consider treating all of her customers the same; you can’t tell someone’s intentions just by profiling them. I am a college student and always tip according to quality of service.

Usually I tip well above 20%, unless of course my servers don’t give me the best service they could because I am a college student.

I understand that it can be frustrating when you aren’t treated fairly on the job. I worked in a grocery store and dealt with grumpy customers all the time, but I always stayed patient and kept a smile on my face.

I only made minimum wage and didn’t have the possibility of a really good night of tips (And trust me, I know that every once in a while waitresses make well over minimum wage in tips). I treated all my customers the best I could because in the end, helping them out was a very rewarding feeling.

I would hope that Ms. Labor learns to treat customers fairly and not say not nice things about them.  I can certainly say that if I dealt with a waitress like that, she wouldn’t get a tip at all.

–Nathaniel Jones, freshman of Papillion