I was a bartender for almost a decade. Here are the techniques I used to land bigger tips — and the people I tried to avoid serving.

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Starr Douglas was a bartender for almost a decade.

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I'm a server at a Hamptons restaurant that got rid of tipping. It's made my life so much easier.

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Dara Abrams and her husband at Calissa, where they both work.

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I earn a living wage at a bar so I don't have to rely on tips. I'll never work any other way.

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Karla Gonzalez says she's not going back from a living-wage model.

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I'm a housekeeper at a hotel in San Francisco. Guests have stopped tipping and the work can be gross, but I love my job.

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A housekeeper makes a hotel bed (subject not pictured).

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