Two tipping scenarios that have been bugging me

[talentdeficit]

i paid for college by bartending. every single bartender ever 'steals' by hooking up their friends, regulars and random pretty girls/boys with free drinks, and every manager/owner knows it goes on and, while probably not encouraging it, accepts it.

i didn't expect anything in return when hooking up hot girls (except numbers), but if regulars and friends wanted to get free drinks the next time, i expected to get tipped approximately the value of what i gave them. obviously though, if i really liked the regular or if my friends were sufficiently appreciative, i was happy with less. if someone thought they should get free stuff just because they were around all the time or because we were friends, usually they got shafted unless they tipped really well.