Dated 5 waitresses,and none of them made more than half of what a nurse makes. At $30 an hour,why is it so hard for places to attract waitresses?
At $30 an hour why would a guy wreck his body in all weather,to make $30 an hour when he could be a server? Oh wait, male privilege,forget the last one.
Anyways,searching job sites for servers,Craigslist has 230,indeed has 1400,Simply hired has 980 and another had 400 server positions available.

... and the waiter made a mistake, he took away a dish before we were done with it. So, he pulled out his wallet, which was _fat with cash_, like, the only other place I've seen that much cash is with my friends from the old days who sold drugs, and he throws down a $20 to apologize.

I work in retail, work very hard for that matter, and don’t expect tips. I always tipped servers though! Now that I realise how much more they make than I do for the same or less amount of work... sorry but no, they won’t be getting tips from me.

I like the idea of tipping your nurse! They work SO HARD and studied like crazy!

With a lot of experience in the construction industry, I greatly appreciate your acknowledgement of the dangers associated with that field.

But for the sake of honesty, there is only a small number of trades in construction that deal with life or death situations. And in those trades, there is only a small number of individual sites where the workers actually put their life on the line.

But again, thanks for the recognition!

As a former cook, I knew servers always made some hefty cake, but there's nowhere to go up besides stripping once you are used to that amount of under-the-table cash on hand. They usually just get old and carpal tunnel syndrome.

According to the Endometriosis Network Canada, it can take an AVERAGE of 7 to 9 YEARS to receive an endometriosis diagnosis from a medical professional. This is in no way reasonable. And that's just an example.
Cancers, addiction, organ failure, chronic pain, age-related diseases... For example, the majority of seniors are on 5 or more prescription medications. That's a 5-way risk of adverse drug interactions, and there's not much data on the longer-term ones. To give you an idea of the math, it starts at 120 possible drug interaction outcomes and goes up - variable dosage takes that quickly to infinity, potentially. How is this a reasonable standard practice? How many of them are still on statins - an entire category of drugs whose efficacy has been declared dubious, at best? And do they know that it more than doubles their risk of diabetes (among other things)?
I'm not clear on the value I (or anyone else) would get from the medical system here. They're good at vaccination, trauma and emergency, and end-of-life care (like, the last 30 days or so). Apart from that, what I've seen ranges from meh to "oh, hells, no".
My ex-wife almost died from an ectopic pregnancy in her 20s. The only reason they didn't send her home with some Tylenol was because she's a type-A personality, and can be overwhelming and even a bully when she so chooses. Until she switched to "not-nice" mode, the doctors dismissed her concerns. She's only around thanks to emergency surgery that she had to fight for.
That's not the only horror story - I've heard many. Ironically, my current partner is in medicine here (and the pay is sh*t) and she doesn't trust the system, either.

When I get good service from wait staff, I know it. And I've tipped over 50 or even 100 percent for truly great service, because that's what I go out for - I can cook, and do so weekly. I don't go out much, so an exceptional experience is worth it. They can have my money.
The health system gets my taxes no matter how bad the outcomes. Pass.

The National Post is fake news.

You could also lobby for nurses to be paid more, which might actually make a difference in their lives instead of punishing a random group of people who don’t understand what you’re doing.

Thank you for this post. I agree! I am so sick of this myself. I always do at least 15% and most servers are miserable bitter people.

Wtf? Your post was WAY off the mark dude. So your wife has had medical system issues. That has virtually nothing to do with the concept of tipping.