my apologies, I was unaware of that fact. I completely agree with tipping, I think its silly to expect it. I'll tip a buck here and there for good service at a coffee shop or something, and I definitely tip my bartender. but none of this crazy 10-20% bs. I lived off tips when I worked at Dairy Queen back in the day, sure didn't expect them though...I put candy and soft serve in a cup and mixed it up for 10 seconds, nothing I'd expect extra over, but I certainly didn't refuse either haha.
no worries dude.
but now that you understand how it really works, I always ask after enlightening someone, why then should only certain workers in a service-type job get tipped and not others? like for example, you go buy a shoe, and an employee asks if you need help, they then bring you some shoes to try on, then you ask for them to bring you different size and finally after trying on a few shoes you pick one. why tip a waitress and not the shoe salesman?