14 reasons why you should tip your server more than 20% for working during a pandemic
While some might argue the economic benefits of re-opening restaurants, theme parks, shopping malls, and such, the fact remains that we are still putting people at risk.
By now it's become crystal clear that people aren't going to sit at home despite knowing that the pandemic is very much still a thing. No matter how many experts stress the importance of being taking every precaution possible to avoid contracting the novel coronavirus and inevitably passing it on to those around us, with several states relaxing their lockdown regulations, people are going out to public areas in droves. While some might argue the economic benefits of re-opening restaurants, theme parks, shopping malls, and such, the fact remains that we are still putting people at risk.
The service industry, in particular, took a hard hit with COVID-19 going on a global rampage. Servers who were already earning the bare minimum and relying on tips to pay their bills have been left with no choice but to return to work to get by. However, since social distancing regulations require restaurants to accommodate fewer diners than before, the money they could potentially make through tips in a day has also considerably gone down. This is exactly why those of us who do go out need to open up our wallets wider than usual and tip our servers more than the standard 20%.
Not convinced? Let me break it down for you. Here are 14 reasons why you should tip your server more:
1. Their job is a whole lot harder these days
2. They are constantly exposed to strangers who may or may not be following proper pandemic protocol
3. They have a tonne of additional cleaning duties now
4. The outdoor seating doesn't just arrange itself
Setting up the outdoor seating in Shirlington Village as NoVa reopening gets underway. @nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/wIm3Me6dMZ
— Julie Carey (@JulieCareyNBC) May 29, 2020
5. They have a longer walk from the kitchen to your outdoor table these days
6. Then there are the COVID-deniers
customers really come up to me and ask “when this whole covid thing gonna be over?” Lmfao bro idk let me go ask my manager
— adri (@rofnl) August 5, 2020
7. ...And the misers
8. ...And the human nightmares
List of reasons customers complained (Part 2)
— Sarah Richer (@SarahRicher_) July 18, 2020
-I told them they had to pay inside
-a SIDE of STEAK didn’t come with his meal
-I looked a little sweaty (it was 95 out, you’re the reason I’m sweating)
-a bird was chirping too loud
-the fries were touching the burger@TipOrGoHome
9. ...And more nightmares
I know some of you are still out of work, but fear not. The customers are still the same. Only they’ve gone from seating themselves at the only dirty table in the restaurant to asking you to speed up the CDC regulations of time between being sat at a sanitized table @TipOrGoHome
— Nixster (@OriginalNixster) June 9, 2020
10. If you thought some customers were bad before, they're worse now
My friend is a server making minimum wage during a pandemic and there are really people like this pic.twitter.com/lI8uVu8dTq
— Samar Khurshid (@samarkhurshid) August 8, 2020
11. Do I even have to tell you about what happens when it rains?
The thing that really sucks about restaurants having to seat everyone outside is that on rainy nights they get zero business. Worth it not to spread a pandemic, but man, I feel bad for servers and bartenders these days.
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) August 7, 2020
12. This was someone's paycheck
Posting this as a friendly reminder to tip your waiters/waitresses. We are working in direct contact during a pandemic with no extra pay 😊 pic.twitter.com/5Qp3xUU249
— jojo (@Pepsiiidelrey) August 11, 2020
13. And no, they don't even get hazard pay
14. There's always the fear of getting infected while trying to make a living. And you thought your work was stressful
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