First of all.. Happy Bday to Susan~ (not me, another susan.. >_>)
Susan, if you are reading this, you probably will figure out what I’m about to say just from the title.. I went with Susan and a few of her friends tonight to celebrate her birthday. The last stop was at a bubbletea place on College street close to Spadina called 168 Teashop or something similar. We stayed there for about 2~3 hours and everyone placed a order. In the end, we went up to the counter and requested separate bills. Mine came to a total of 5.12, and since I remember the original price was 4.49, I calculated how much I need to pay for tips (I usually just pay the tax). I gave the waitress 10 and took 4.25 back from the tray. I was the last one to pay so the other girls started heading out already at this point. I then heard the waiter behind the counter collecting all the trays said, “Thanks for the 50 cents tip, guys.” I soon realized that the other girls did not pay any tips, so he was referring to my place of tips. I felt pretty bad after hearing that, but I wasn’t sure why. Well, I can now relate my emo-ness to some possible reasons:
1. The waiter was being an ass about 2 bucks worth of tips
2. I got the blame for something I wasn’t responsible for
3. The waiter felt bad
I think it was probably a combination of all three.. I don’t think I would get upset if the waiter didn’t say anything, but I know I would still get upset if I realized that the waiter felt bad about not receiving tips, so I put the third reason down. I think the first two was easy to come up with though. The waiter should not have said that to begin with, that’s just rude. There are many ways to request tips from customers with a different kind of attitude. The second one was easy to come up with, but I’m not sure whether if I was actually upset because of that, simply because I don’t really care about taking the blame for anything. I always put more responsibilities on myself anyway.
Despite everything I’ve said.. the waiter probably just had a rough day.. probably didn’t direct it on me and probably already forgot about it by now.. I should really go to bed O_O