Well, when I am paying for college, a car payment, insurance, rent, all my misc bills (no credit cards thank god) by myself, then it is very important that I make some of my dough from tips. Mostly my hourly pays for rent and insurance. All my tips pay for everything else. It is hard to have cash in hand every night and not go out and blow it. We all have had min wage jobs, I actually kinda miss Taco Bell.