To tip or not to tip

Today I could be described as dragging through with a daylight saving handover. No amount of naps could get me to be completely awake and I am a morning person for the most part. I dug our family out from under an immense pile of laundry. I am ashamed to say how long it has been since I actually put the laundry away. You can all take your fingers of the the phone to call social services...my son has easy access to many pairs of pants now. When a consignment sale happens, your boss goes on vacation and soccer season starts all in the same week, laundry gets washed and dried. It just stays in the sad little laundry basket until we finally reach the need for underwear for at least three of the five of us. Mind you, this does not happen all the time. Just on super crazy weeks.

This afternoon after laundry and grocery shopping and dinner prep, I went through the usual routine of picking up the children. My car was getting pretty thirsty and I needed to fill it up post haste. And it was pouring the rain. Yuck. So I went to the only full service gas station around to get the car filled in the laziest way I knew how: I had the poor man with the Kenny Rogers hair fill my car up. I felt really bad for being so lazy, but I knew that I was paying extra for the service. I realized that I had no extra cash, so when he brought me my receipt, I gave him a hearty thank you and smile and he walked away. I have now felt guilty for the rest of the day wondering if I was supposed to tip him as well. And along those lines, do I have to tip the girl at Sonic when I go through the drive thru? The lady at the bakery when I buy a dozen cookies? The bartender at Cheddars who sells you the gift cards? All of these, with the exception of the gas station, have a place for you to tip. I don't want to be cheap, but why should I have to tip the guy who takes my credit card and fills up a gift card with it. I'm a 15-20% tipper normally, so I don't feel I have the right to be called cheap. Just my question for the day.

Lastly, this is one of the cuter kids I know. And, yes, I am a little bit biased.








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