3 ms·

If the author is looking for sympathy, I have none for them. The fact that this is on Twitter has nothing to do with it (nor does their being a "millenial", bu

by Zikes 13y ago

If the author is looking for sympathy, I have none for them. The fact that this is on Twitter has nothing to do with it (nor does their being a "millenial", but that's another matter), they could just as well have shamed their customer on any number of platforms online or offline and the result would have and should have been exactly the same.

dragontamer 13y ago
If he is truly a "millenial", then he should know how serious it is to publicly shame someone on Twitter. A millenial knows the online consequences of their actions, they're supposed to know full well the dangers of online communications. This one didn't. Every few weeks, we have a story about someone who lost their job because of something they said on Twitter or Facebook. Has everyone already forgotten "Adria Richards got fired over Twitter comment" story that ran a few months ago?
wyclif 13y ago
Same here. To me, this has little to do with tipping—since tips are, after all, optional—but the author is using that as a wedge to gain sympathy. The bigger issue is that if you are employed, you represent the company you work for and shaming customers via Twitter is never appropriate.
keypusher 13y ago
Agreed. If he wanted to talk about the problems associated with jobs based on tipping, or why the minimum wage isn't high enough, or any number of other issues related to the US service economy I would definitely be sympathetic, but when you earn tips at work, you don't get to complain that the tips your received were inadequate (except perhaps to your coworkers). You do not publicly question customers about their tip generosity in any public forum if you intend to stay employed, let alone Twitter. I worked in food service jobs for years, yes I know the money is bad and the work sucks, but the solution to that is getting a better job not shaming your customers and embarrassing your boss.

by Zikes 13y ago

dragontamer 13y ago

If he is truly a "millenial", then he should know how serious it is to publicly shame someone on Twitter. A millenial knows the online consequences of their actions, they're supposed to know full well the dangers of online communications. This one didn't. Every few weeks, we have a story about someone who lost their job because of something they said on Twitter or Facebook. Has everyone already forgotten "Adria Richards got fired over Twitter comment" story that ran a few months ago?

wyclif 13y ago

Same here. To me, this has little to do with tipping—since tips are, after all, optional—but the author is using that as a wedge to gain sympathy. The bigger issue is that if you are employed, you represent the company you work for and shaming customers via Twitter is never appropriate.

keypusher 13y ago

Agreed. If he wanted to talk about the problems associated with jobs based on tipping, or why the minimum wage isn't high enough, or any number of other issues related to the US service economy I would definitely be sympathetic, but when you earn tips at work, you don't get to complain that the tips your received were inadequate (except perhaps to your coworkers). You do not publicly question customers about their tip generosity in any public forum if you intend to stay employed, let alone Twitter. I worked in food service jobs for years, yes I know the money is bad and the work sucks, but the solution to that is getting a better job not shaming your customers and embarrassing your boss.