gratuity

For some service-industry jobs, tips mean the difference between keeping the bills paid and living on cold ramen. Minimum wage for tipped employees can be as low as $2.13 per hour in some states, and a few tipped jobs (like the burgeoning third-party-restaurant-delivery industry) may not even have hourly rates at all, depending instead on various service or delivery charges. On the other hand, if your server treats you like crap, brings you your food late, gets everything wrong, and breaks a bottle of wine over your head, you’re certainly within your rights to register your disapproval. Unfortunately, tipping is ...