He ' s KFC ' s boss , not his best buddy . You don ' t have to make someone your kid ' s godfather just because he gives you a paycheck <| sep |> It ' s more money for everyone , but from the person complainings perspective , it ' s not more money for him . He ' d be getting more money if he was on top . He very possibly also thinks he ' d be raising business for everyone if he was on top . <| sep |> I ' m kidding . But yeah , absolutely . I won ' t go into tipping culture as a whole , but bartending at a high level is pretty demanding . Imagine the sort of person who can do it well . They have an excellent memory and know all about beerwineliquorcocktails and are up to date on trends in the beverage world . They are just generally smart enough to apply all of this knowledge to a high volume bar where they ' re several orders deep while babysitting drunk and potentially volatile people and carrying on welcoming conversation with more agreeable guests . They don ' t mind a very physical job where they ' re on their feet and running constantly , lifting heavy things , doing all sorts of prep work . They are willing to do all of this for ridiculous hours . 12 hour shifts is pretty common , and longer ones aren ' t uncommon either . They never have weekends off and work until 34 a . m . Imagine carrying on a healthy social life or maintaining a positive relationship under those conditions ? Imagine the sort of people they ' re exposed to and how hard it is be sober and happy . I do it and I think I ' m good at it . But I also think myself and people like me could be working anywhere else if we weren ' t paid enough to stay . I get tons of job offers in all sorts of fields from well off guests . But I ' m also a nerd for the beverage world . In a way bartenders are like chefs that have to have a personality and have every eye in the room on them all night . SO , yeah , someone cracks a beer , whatever . If I do and don ' t get tipped , I don ' t care . But if you sit at the bar for an hour or two and I entertain you , listen to you go off about your team or tell me your problems while I make you good cocktails and deal with everyone else in the same way at the same time , I expect a tip . A lot goes into the job that you don ' t see . We ' d have to be paid so much to do it without tips that you couldn ' t afford to drink . High level bartenders in other countries that don ' t tip usually have a bigger stake in their business , or benefits , vacation and a number of other perks only upper middle class folks in the States have .