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What makes restaurants and bars different from other service industry jobs? Like your local policeman, judge or border guard? Shouldn't those be tipped too? Or wait, isn't that a bribe?

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My tip is paying a server at a restaurant to serve me.

My taxes pay for the state to protect me. Also, none of those things are in the service industry.

Does a retail store employee serve you when they spend a few minutes to find something for you? Do you tip them also?

How about a nursing assistant that changes your bedpans?

It gets even more hilarious when you try to tip the teachers of your children, or perhaps police officers and a judge. Strange how bribing workers for better service can be expected, unexpected, or just plain illegal, depending on their profession.

You don't tip them directly, you tip the Rotary Club or the local Police Officers Association.

Do you tip at McDonald's then?

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