Tipper Hillary

          Hillary Clinton recently embarrassed herself by failing to

    leave a tip for a humble - and spiteful ? - restaurant employee.

         A major character flaw here, disqualifying her to represent

    New York in the United States Senate ?

          Imagine such trivial stuff deciding elections ! Way

    back in 1938 there was an article in " The Reader's Digest:

    "Shall we abolish tipping ? "

         "  Americans would never stand for tipping and its servile

    implications if the system had not been sneaked over on them ", the

    article concluded.

        Tipping is always a condescending favor - never seen as

    a just compensation for services rendered.

         The  reported origin of " tip " is telling. Slotted boxes

    in  English inns were marked T.I.P - " to insure promptness ".

        Should not courteous service simply be ANY customer's

    right ?

          Let respectable restaurants pay a respectable wage to

    waiters and waitresses. Just a tip from a local crank.