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Originally Posted by treffk
Servers
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I am assuming you mean servers as in the people who serve your food at a restaurant. If that is the case I agree. I am a firm believer that everyone should have to work as a server at some point in their life (or in a similar role in retail or another industry). It amazes me how rude some people are to their servers, it is rarely the servers fault if the kitchen is slow or if something is prepared wrong. The server always seems to get the blame when something goes wrong but never the credit when everything is good. Anyone who has worked as a server has undoubtedly been yelled at by someone because there is something wrong with their food, however when the meal comes out great the cooks get all the credit. In the restaurant industry the server is really just the face for many people who are doing a lot of work.
Also it is important to remember that while the idea behind tips is that you give a tip if you received good service tipping has become mandatory. Tip eligible staff (servers and bartenders) are typically paid an extremely low wage (under minimum wage it was $2.65 an hour when I was a server ~5 years ago) because the wage is expected to be supplemented with tips. That means if you don't tip then the server is essentially not being paid for the time they served you. As a rule you can consider the recommended 15% to be completing the servers pay for the time they served you, if service was good then you should tip more (in addition to the 15%)
On the other hand if you meant servers like the computers that keep CD up and running while I agree you should appreciate them publically thanking them is probably not necessary.