I see comments on Facebook all the time about servers' wages and how tipping should become extinct. I firmly believe that every person who thinks this way has never been a server. Serving is a fun and rewarding job, but it can also be very dirty, irritating and honestly, quite hard at times. I do not think tipping your server will ever go out of style, and here are five reasons why.

1. We have to tip out.

That cute little lady who sat you? She is our host. I have to tip her a certain percent of my sales, even though she makes the federal minimum wage. And all those beers, mixed drinks, and virgin specialties you ordered? Courtesy of our bartender, who I tip out a certain percent of my alcohol sales. Some places even have specified "bussers" to clean off tables, and they probably get tipped out too. I know someone will say "Well, I do not tip the person who made my food, so why should I tip you for bringing it to me?" Many restaurants understand that their cooks work very hard, so it is common to see them paid more than minimum wage.

2. We are basically servants.

Servers take your order, explain the menu to you, bring you refills when you drink your drink far too fast before your meal comes, bring you your meal, bring you plates and condiments, offer desserts, make small talk, grab you more salt, maybe a napkin, bring you your bill, and so on. All while doing this with three to five other tables as well. Try to find someone who will do that for $2.13 an hour. You won't. So your tips make up for that. How is five dollars too much to ask for when I am waiting on you hand and foot? At some of the restaurant I have worked at, we clean our own tables. So your toddler who you thought was so cute because he kept missing his mouth? I have to pick up his mess. I know you know how very fun that is.

3. We do not always get paid by the company for the work we do for you.

Let me explain this before people get huffy. Yes, servers are required by law to make minimum wage, and therefore the company must pay them extra if their average at the end of the pay period does not meet minimum wage. But that does not mean that I get "tipped" by them for the work I did for you. Say I had a huge table of 14 with a bill of $250. They tip me $50 dollars. By the claims anti-tippers make, no one else should have to tip me for the rest of my shift because I have already made minimum wage for the day. So all the running, refills, and redos we do for you is basically for free since a decent human being tipped me earlier. No, you do not get off scot-free like that.

4. We go through a lot of awkward situations.

Do you think I want to wait on my ex-boyfriend's Mom who does not know he cheated on me? Do you think I want to listen to how well your poodle is training? Or what the weather is like where you come from? Granted, most of the time I love getting to know my customers and hearing their stories. It is one of the best parts of being a server. But there are so many other things I should be doing, like waiting on my other tables or cleaning. Yet I stick around and listen to your stories. I mean, people get paid to listen to people talk. Why am I any less? Or what about when I mess up your food or spill something on you yet have to endure serving you for another half hour? Do you know how hard it is to remain calm when people get sassy? I have been on the verge of losing my job so many times because customers are rude to me. It takes a lot to step back, remain calm, and fix a bad situation. It takes a lot to serve certain people.

5. You chose to come out to eat.

This is what gets me every single time. "Why should I tip my server?" Oh, I will tell you why. Because you made the choice to sit at a dine-in restaurant. You chose to leave home, where you make your own food and get your own drinks. Why would you expect someone to do that for you for cheap, when you can do it for free (minus costs of grocery)? Even better are the people who claim they do not have enough money to tip me. If that is the case, you should never have come out to eat in the first place. If you can afford $20 steak you can afford to leave five dollars. You chose this. You were well aware. If you want cheap service, hit up fast food. You don't have to tip the cashier at a drive through window.

I do a lot as a server. People always tell me, why don't you get another job? Where you work less and make more money? If you really need money, why are you serving? If you think anyone serves for fun, you are wrong. Any person who filled my job after I left would feel the same way. A job is a job, and the government deems us "tipped employees." If you are trying to "stick it to the man," you are punishing the wrong person by not tipping me. It is a social norm to tip your server. Do not ever expect that to go away.