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May 20, 2008 @ 18:42:06 | #191 | vaboom
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20/F/Oakland, Join Date: Mar 2008 | 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.
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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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May 20, 2008 @ 19:02:39 | #194 | mlissabeth
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23/F/Summerfield, Florida Join Date: Feb 2008 | 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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