Tipping

[Bob21]

Now a question for Rob and kewlj: what's the difference between a cocktail waitress getting you a drink and a blackjack dealer dealing? Aren't they both doing their jobs? Why tip the waitress but not the dealer?

I was going to respond to Kj and Rob’s post on why they think it’s okay to tip some jobs, like waitresses, and not others, like dealers, because this makes no sense. Alan’s comments sums it up perfectly.

Kj and Rob’s standards on tipping makes no logic sense, but I’ve seen it repeated over and over on many bj forums, including BLackjack Apprenticeship. It’s always the same inconsistent argument. They first brag about being big tippers, tipping everybody from servers, bellhops, etc, but then say they won’t tip dealers because it’s the casino’s responsibility to pay the dealer. Why not be consistent and not tip anybody? And just leave it to the employer to pay their employees. This is the consistent position.

Like it or not, our society has deemed which jobs are tip jobs and which are not. Dealers are tip jobs, meaning the majority of their pay comes from tips. If you don’t tip dealers, you are shorting their pay. It’s that simple. Since there is no law on tipping, you can short their pay if you want.

Kj and Rob can make up their own rules if they want to, but they should at least understand they are operating outside of the standards of our society.