Is It Out Of Control?
Maybe
By Megan McKinney
We’re all accustomed to tipping for services. We do it every day to taxi drivers.
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And to waiters in the restaurants in which we lunch and dine,
As well as the young women at the coat check booths in the restaurants,
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Hairdressers,
The barista at the corner coffee shop,
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And medical professionals with needles.
Whoa!
Botox is not a medical procedure, but it’s close. It is usually injected by a medical professional, most commonly a nurse or nurse practitioner in the offices of a plastic surgeon.
But yes. It’s true. It happened on Rush Street yesterday afternoon. And we believe every word of our friend who reported the experience.
“I felt I was at Starbucks,” she said. “I came out of the treatment room, still reeling from Botox injections, and saw a tip jar on the counter. I couldn’t believe it, but there it was. It even had a label that read “TIPS.”
“I was handed my bill. And while I was digging out my Visa card, all I could think was, ‘What is twenty percent of $681?”
My friend then returned to reality and added, “It certainly was not a physician’s office. I looked out the window and there was Rush Street below, with resturants across the street. Don’t worry. I didn’t give them an extra penny. But I’m certainly not going back. What else was wrong?”
Exactly what I was thinking as I listened to her story.
Author photo: Robert F. Carl
