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New Post! Apr 17, 2008 @ 08:20:29#181
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New Post! May 15, 2008 @ 04:29:29#182
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I'm black. My family is black too and we are always generous enough to tip. Many blacks don't make too much money due to the hundreds of years of oppression and lack of opportunity which is why the average white person has more money in their pocket than a lot of blacks do. My family makes well enough money to give a tip. Especially if it's the same waiter/waitress that's coming around to take care of things.

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New Post! May 20, 2008 @ 18:07:07#183
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andersonkce said:
being a server and bartender in numerous restaurants and bars in my life i've realized that black people do not tip their server or bartender. i've even worked with other black people who didn't want to serve a black party because they knew they wouldn't tip. now granted this doesn't apply to all black customers because i've had some (very rarely) to tip me decently (18%+). but i can safely say that 90% of the black customers i've served at all my jobs have tipped 5% or less... usually whatever change is left over out of a dollar. Also they ask what everything costs when the price is right on the menu in front of them, PLUS they ask for EVERYTHING extra that they can, and complain about anything and everything they possible! So in turn you work twice as hard for one table and instead of getting a tip, you end up having to pay for part of their meal (most restaurants require servers to tip out 2-3% of their total sales)

SOMEONE please explain me THAT!


Explanation: you're ignorant.


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New Post! May 20, 2008 @ 18:09:30#184
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moonscar said:
I'm black. My family is black too and we are always generous enough to tip. Many blacks don't make too much money due to the hundreds of years of oppression and lack of opportunity which is why the average white person has more money in their pocket than a lot of blacks do. My family makes well enough money to give a tip. Especially if it's the same waiter/waitress that's coming around to take care of things.


Don't think so.
The amount of money you make now has absolutely nothing to do with what happened a hundred years ago.


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New Post! May 20, 2008 @ 18:12:31#185
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vaboom said:
Explanation: you're ignorant.


What brings you to that conclusion?

He went into great detail of something he has observed through working over presumably a decent period of time, and from serving lots of various people - he gave his opinion, along you come and say simply that he is ignorant.

Why is he ignorant?
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New Post! May 20, 2008 @ 18:12:38#186
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vaboom said:
Explanation: you're ignorant.


Why is this ignorant? I think it's a legit question?


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New Post! May 20, 2008 @ 18:13:02#187
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sheepy said:
What brings you to that conclusion?

She went into great detail of something she has observed through working over presumably a decent period of time, and from serving lots of various people - she gave her opinion, along you come and say simply that she is ignorant.

Why is she ignorant?


ha, beat me to it!


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New Post! May 20, 2008 @ 18:14:38#188
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New Post! May 20, 2008 @ 18:17:05#189
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vaboom said:
Explanation: you're ignorant.


That's a pretty ignorant thing to say. By definition, to be ignorant is to be uninformed, and he seemed to have a good grasp on the information.


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New Post! May 20, 2008 @ 18:26:16#190
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hmm,
i find it hard to believe that black people tipp less signifigantly.
she could be just unlucky, or she could be prejudiced and be interpreting it wrong, she could be prejudiced and unintentionally be being less polite to black people.
black people on adverage have a lower income than whites so maybe they do tipp less due to having lower disposable incomes.

it strikes me as a massivly ignorant thing to say also, this is because regardless of her personal experience its a ma** generalisation. i could easily say 'why are eastern europeans so rude?'
and base this on the fact that there's been a number of times when an eastern european has pushed passed me in a que. its an experience only in relation to me and of no real value.
by definition its quite an ignorant view because its lacking any real facts to base an opinion on.

especially an opinion so contentious as to accuse an entire race of not being generous.


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New Post! May 20, 2008 @ 18:42:06#191
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alexkidd said:
hmm,
i find it hard to believe that black people tipp less signifigantly.
she could be just unlucky, or she could be prejudiced and be interpreting it wrong, she could be prejudiced and unintentionally be being less polite to black people.
black people on adverage have a lower income than whites so maybe they do tipp less due to having lower disposable incomes.

it strikes me as a massivly ignorant thing to say also, this is because regardless of her personal experience its a ma** generalisation. i could easily say 'why are eastern europeans so rude?'
and base this on the fact that there's been a number of times when an eastern european has pushed passed me in a que. its an experience only in relation to me and of no real value.
by definition its quite an ignorant view because its lacking any real facts to base an opinion on.

especially an opinion so contentious as to accuse an entire race of not being generous.


THANK YOU!
My point exactly!
The initial post itself is ignorant because this person is obviously not informed! I know plenty of people from pretty much every race, religion, and income level, and they all have different views on how to tip, how much to tip, etc. To say that a whole race doesn't tip well, and "ask for EVERYTHING extra that they can, and complain about anything and everything they possible," is ignorant and prejudice on every level.


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New Post! May 20, 2008 @ 18:53:36#192
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cuz you cant tip with a food stamp card J/K


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New Post! May 20, 2008 @ 19:00:48#193
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that's a generalization, although there is some truth in it. i've noticed that even if they are dressed in expensive clothing and appear to have money, most African-Americans don't tip.

But the WORSE ones are DEFINITELY Peruvians. At my old job working in a Peruvian restaraunt I made about 30.00 a day on tips serving upwards of 15 tables a day.


Who are you people?

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New Post! May 20, 2008 @ 19:02:39#194
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vaboom said:
THANK YOU!
My point exactly!
The initial post itself is ignorant because this person is obviously not informed! I know plenty of people from pretty much every race, religion, and income level, and they all have different views on how to tip, how much to tip, etc. To say that a whole race doesn't tip well, and "ask for EVERYTHING extra that they can, and complain about anything and everything they possible," is ignorant and prejudice on every level.


Well actually in general I find it a very true statement. I waited tables for about 5 years and the statement has held true 95% of the time. Of course there are going to be some that tip well. There are some of every 'race' that don't tip well.

And I am going to go so far as to say that I was a kick a** waitress. I would generally bank a few hundred a night in tips. Maybe it's the location, I don't know, but everyone I have worked with, black and white has said that they don't tip well.


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New Post! May 24, 2008 @ 02:08:57#195
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I'm black and I tip. But then again, some blacks do like to save money, and are very cheap. lol So I guess your logic may be true.

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