What goes around comes around......

I was perusing through Twitter the other day, and I saw an article titled, “Verbal Tips Don’t Help Pay My Electric Bill.” How true.

It made me think about a party of 19 that I worked last week. It started out to be the usual luncheon thing, their arrival time was 11:30. Cool. That means they should be all wrapped up by about 1:00 or 1:30.….then I can clean up the room and have a couple of hours off before my evening shift. This party turned out to be a meeting that lasted until 4:00. Unless they add extra to the tip, I’m working an extra 2 and half hours, for the same money.

Sure, I got a lot of “Verbal tips,” and I thank you for those. Some even make it a point to tell us they are going to tell the owner how well we did. Again, I thank you for that, but it still doesn’t help pay the bills. Would it have killed them to ante up another buck a piece ? I don’t think so. Certainly would’ve helped make my day.

One of the servers had a table that ran up a $75.00 tab last Sunday. They wanted change for a twenty. I had just gotten to work (I was bartending) and didn’t have a cash drawer yet. They decided not to wait to get the change, and left a $3.00 tip. Now, 20% of $75.00 would have been $15.00, a pretty standard tip. But $3.00!?!? Would it have killed you to leave the twenty? Would it have killed you to be a little generous? I don’t think so.

By leaving the extra gratuity, what you essentially would have done, is just like the movie title says, “Pay It forward.” Somewhere down the line, from an unexpected source, you would’ve received a kindness in return. Please don’t argue back that no one ever does anything nice for you….it has to start somewhere, so why not be the one who starts the chain?

It’s up to you…for “What goes around comes around.” is a very true statement. You can start a chain of kindness and enjoy the benefits…..or you can be miserly and cheap. Just don’t be surprised when something comes around to bite you in the ass.