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# September 26, 2026 - Week in Review
- URL: https://www.sweatyspice.com/september-26-2026-week-in-review/
- Published: 2026-09-26T15:18:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-26T15:18:55.000Z
- Description: Only one post the week from September 19 - 26.
- Author: Geoff Anderson
- Tags: recap

Really quiet week at Chez Sweaty. Work has been intense, and frankly I have hit a wall in my writing. 

Frankly, I am wondering if I should continue to post. 

Anyhow, this week I only published once when I read the comments on a picture going viral on the socials. 

**Thursday, September 24:** Perhaps you saw that picture of a sign at a restaurant that breaks down the costs of a meal, and there is a line for the tip, about $40 bucks on a $165 check. If you saw one of these and clicked into the comments, hooboy was there a lot of shitty takes. 

I worked my way through college in the kitchen (the 1980's) so I am well aware of the economics of the food service industry, and the fucked up nature of the tipped employee conundrums (fun fact: in the 1980's probably 3/4 of patrons paid with cash, so a LOT of the tips were untaxed and un (or under) reported.)

What those poseurs in the comments don't realize is that on the $165 check, even if the bill is paid with cash, the server will be allocated 18% (I think) of that as tips, and expected to pay taxes on that. 

Repeat after me: Sure, tipping sucks, but by stiffing your server, you are really screwing them. 

And, like most fucked up things in society, you can trace it back to racism and slavery.

Anyhow, I posted this about it, read it here:

[That Tipping Sign...People love to bitch about all the hands out seeking tips. Most of those who bitch really don’t understand why service workers are underpaid, and how we got here.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/11/f5/11f5bb9f-30c4-445e-afa3-85a47d260f6e/content/images/icon/ChatGPT-Image-Feb-21--2026-at-11_59_50-AM-3f67163b-d9c9-4530-ab04-5c31377bbe5a.png)Sweaty's CornerGeoff Anderson![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/11/f5/11f5bb9f-30c4-445e-afa3-85a47d260f6e/content/images/thumbnail/sweaty-tipping-faea08a3-a43f-4bca-93d7-4f8723fd22d9.png)](https://www.sweatyspice.com/that-tipping-sign/)