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Tipping the Scales: A Hostess’s Perspective on Tipping Servers
A collection of essays on how, when and why you should tip wait staff when you eat out. Please read these esssays in the order in which they appear, not the order that they were posted.
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Introduction: Tipping the Scales
Introduction: Tipping the Scales
When my writing studies professor announced that for our final project, we’d have to write on a space or issue that we were passionate…
Sarah Anne Kruhlak
Dec 11, 2014
Where the Money Actually Goes
If you would have asked me six months ago, before my work as a hostess at Zen Sushi and Bar began, where I thought my tip money went when I…
Sarah Anne Kruhlak
Dec 11, 2014
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How Much To Tip: From Dine-In to Take-Out
In this piece, I’m going to try and clear up some inconsistencies, some “gray areas” in the world of restaurant tipping. Unfortunately, I…
Sarah Anne Kruhlak
Dec 11, 2014
From the Eyes of Consumers
In my days as a hostess, I’ve heard a lot of excuses for why people don’t tip. “Bad service”, “I’m too poor to tip” “I’m already paying too…
Sarah Anne Kruhlak
Dec 11, 2014
The Digitization of Tipping
These days, many Americans use credit and debit cards rather than cash. Even personal checks are being accepted by fewer and fewer…
Sarah Anne Kruhlak
Nov 8, 2014
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