I always wonder about why we tip the guy standing and cutting our hair, but not the guy standing and serving us fries. Why the waiter or busboy at a wedding gets whatever we decide, or not, but a waiter in a restaurant is almost guaranteed 15 percent (adjust according to your country, stinginess give or take 5 percent).
Why indeed do we congratulate some on simply doing their paid job? Have you thanked a policeman lately for giving you a ticket? Have you thanked the pilot for flying you?
Why do we fawn over the pool guy, plumber and electrician, but only turn to the teachers in complaint?
Why do fridge repairmen with all the education you can get from a cereal box (sorry) get more than a psychologist?
Why does the a/c guy make more than me – super-educated, qualified and experienced at what I do? Why?
Thank you Tim. Hugs. Thank you Andrew and Ben. Hugs. Thanks Auggie – for being awesome. But especially thanks to the mods – the unsung heros of fluther – who are volunteering their time to make this place, well, not wis.dm.