Evil Bathroom Guilt Mongers

These people drive me nuts. The whole tipping thing is out of control. I think I've written about this before. I know that I've gone off on it several times. Did you ever see the movie Reservoir Dogs? In the beginning of the movie there is a great scene where Steve Buscemi's character goes off on the whole tipping thing.

I don't know at what point in time tipping became something that is used as a tool to force people to feel guilty and hand over money. There is a great rant on this by Foamy on his latest cartoon. I mean, c'mon folks. Do you really deserve a tip just for doing your job that you are already getting paid to do? Do you want every other industry to follow the restaurant business and stop paying minimum wage and benefits because they've figured out you are earning plenty of tips?

But that is a rant for another day.... What I'm really upset about is the folks that stand in the bathroom at a club and hand you a paper towel and expect you to throw something in their tip jar. Are you high? I really started noticing this at "gentleman's clubs" (which I am not fond of anyway). You go into the bathroom to take a leak and then there is some guy there with his paraphernalia spread all over the place. You wash your hands. He hands you a paper towel and acts like you are supposed to give him something for it.

Now they are showing up everywhere. All the other clubs and places are starting to have them. I was in downtown Ft. Worth on Friday night and two different places had these guilt mongers waiting for a handout. Now, I can certainly understand if you take some of their breath mints, or use one of their combs and stuff to fix your hair. Tip the guy, whatever. But the business provides a toilet, a sink, and paper towels ANYWAY. It's free. I used them before the tip monger showed up. Now that he is there and hands me one I am supposed to give him money?

Maybe if he held it for me, aimed, or wiped my butt after using the bathroom I'd say he deserves a tip. But not just because he is standing there guarding the paper towel dispenser. Maybe everyone really would be happier if the socialists got their way....then nobody would have anything and we'd all be on a level playing field. If the guilt mongers went away that just might make me happy.