I go along with Dawn and Cliff. I feel these people are paid to do a job and to do it properly. I have no objection to tipping if someone goes out of their way to provide a good service, but that's about it. If we tip x, y and z for doing their job, then we have to tip a, b and c as well, so where does it stop? Do we tip our doctor or dentist for doing a good job or the petrol attendant or the checkout girl? I don't see why we should tip one sector but not others - they're all just doing what they're paid to do.
I've heard it said 'Oh, but these people rely on tips because they don't get paid much'. Why would an employer pay more if he knows his staff are living off their tips? It lets him off the hook and perpetuates the payment of poor wages. If wages were poor and there was no prospect of being tipped, potential employees would be looking elsewhere for a job. Perhaps that would encourage the employer to ask himself what he's doing wrong.
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Mother Bear 
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