I'm sorry but that is absolute ******** .

I have worked in the restaurant business before as a waiter in two different restaurants and at a bar. Granted they were not the fanciest establishments but obviously I was young and expected a tip. The average customer tipped about 20 cents and that money went into a jar where it was divided amongst all waiters and kitchen staff, if I got 5€ at the end of the week I considered myself lucky.

A few years later I was a lot more ****** and looked back at those times, I realized I was already getting paid to do my job and it was unreasonable of me to expect the customers to pay more regardless if they could afford it or not. This being said, I do go out for dinner occasionally and I do tip a generous amount.

I know the pay for these jobs is usually **** and the workload is tough, but when you take the job you should know what you're getting yourself into. If you don't like the job or the pay find something else.

Nowadays I work as a Marine Mammal trainer at a Oceanographic park (which is 10 times more exhausting than working as a waiter) and company policy is that all staff must refuse tips. I once had to refuse a 50€ tip from a customer just because I explained how our sea lions interacted with each other.

And if you think I get paid a lot to do what I do, I don't... Yet I still had to refuse that tip.

Just be thankful you have a job at all, I have friends who can barely afford to buy food because they can't find a job much less complain they don't get tips.