What does that say...

Last night at work something happened that simply made me more outwardly angry than I have been in a very long. I would like to remind you all here, in case you have forgotten, that if you cannot afford to tip, then YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO GO OUT TO EAT. Why are there so many people who don't get this simple little principle? Last night at work, I served these two delightful ladies. Of course, I judged them immediately, which unfortunately happens to the best of us. However, none of my serving experience could have prepared me for what was to come. I served them and they got the best service I could have possibly given them. Everything came out perfectly and their food was hot. They did not have a single complaint about me or the restaurant. I ran their credit card and then waited paitently for my five dollar tip. They left and I waved, smiled, and said "Thank you so much. Please come back."
Luckily, I had some things to do before I actually picked up their credit card slip from the table. I had to get some refills and what not. It's a damn good thing too, becaue if they had still been there when I picked up the slip from the table, I would have lost my job. Hands down.
Not only did these delightful women not tip me, they also wrote the words "CAN'T AFFORD" in the tip slot. Actually they wrote the words "CAN'T OFFERED" because they could not spell afford.
I would have been much less insulted if they had just opted to not tip me. That, I half expected anyway. If they had still been in the restaurant I would have gone back to them, slamed their slip down and said, "If you can't afford to tip, you cannot afford the luxury of eating in restaurant. This is still America the last time I checked and in America WE TIP!"
I could not believe the audacity of those people. I'm sorry you can afford the most expensive dish on the menu and the upgrade from regular lemonade to strawberry lemonade, but you can't afford to tip me. I find that very hard to believe.
Thanks for listening, if anyone is, and please remember: Tipping is not a city in China. Please tip your servers.