Tip in advance? Oh, hell NO! Not happening.

You think tipping for food is bad, get this. I recently had my hvac system serviced. Upon getting ready to pay, they had the audacity to include a tip window as part of your payment. I was like, I'm already paying over $100 or more for ac service and now you are asking for a tip? Tipping culture is really out of hand when services like that start including it.

Tip for service not for guilt.

I'm in the same boat boat as her. If you ask for a tip upfront you get 0. Everytime I leave a really nice tip I get screwed. I get nothing but bad service and problems and it cost me extra.

I only tip after Ive been served.

I don't buy anything that requires or expect a tip.

No, you’re right.

I got 2 neices that are lazy lazy lazy. And dont even understand concepts like food saftey. They are the age where they need to start working and when you ask them they both figure they will work in fast food. Scary stuff. There is no work or learning ethics in this generation.

Dollar store is all good... but those press ons are a NO MA'AM!!! Your skin and hair is beautiful tho.

The Dashers and Uber Eats drivers are the same way. They expect a tip when they sling your food around, smoke around your food, take detours to get their own tasks done and your food arrives late etc. I don't tip for bad service.

i stopped tipping in advance.

Here in Australia tipping is not common practice. When I order on DoorDash my driver just does his job because...that's his job. I've tipped a couple people on DoorDash (Mainly if I recognize your name twice) and once a lady messaged me saying thank you for the tip. How many times you think that happens in America? Doubt many. Americans feel entitled to tips before even doing anything. So absurd to me. People who make the argument that I can afford to eat out/order food means I can afford to tip are beyond delusional. How do they know I didn't save pennies for the last year to treat my children to their favorite food? A tip, quite literally, is a reward for doing a good job. How can you expect a tip if you haven't done a job, let alone a good one?

We only tip if our waitstaff is on point. Never tip anyone else!

Very well said!! 😊

A tip is for service not for a product. Tips were originally for waitstaff who were paid significantly less wages than kitchen staff but made more than kitchen staff because of tips. A tip has very little to do with the food. That is paid for good or bad. A tip is supposed to be only about serving

Imma just butter my own toast if these mofos want a tip to do their job

There has been times in the past when I haven’t left a tip (and I only tip for sit down dinner service). If I get bad service or the waitress flirts with my date. Hell no tip. When I worked in a supper club in the 1980s A standard tip was 15% not 20%.

I definitely stopped eating out all and all! But when I order groceries, I’ll tip $3 in advance, and if I receive at minimum good service, I’ll tip an additional $5-$6!

I don't eat out, so I don't have to deal with that. I trust noone with my food, it's hard enough to trust or find what few items I get at the grocery stores to not be poisoned.

what you might also consider when they pre figure the tip for you is that many eateries include the tax with the charge. So when you tip you are tipping on the tax charge YES DAVE AND BUSTERS I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU!!

We need to force employers to pay a living wage.

If a place asks you to tip in advance don’t go there anymore.

I stopped giving anything more than a minimum tip with food delivery services. They always leave it at the wrong house. I'm disabled and live on a fairly busy street. By the time I get to the neighbors, my food has walked away. What I do is put detailed directions in the notes that starts with "DISABLED PLEASE READ" and then put that an extra tip will be given if they follow the directions. If they don't, I'll call them and tell them that since they didn't bother to read the notes, they lost out. Hopefully, teaching them a lesson on the process. I know that the first line of the notes shows up on their driver screen, so there's no excuse.

As far as tipping in advance goes, nope. I've worked in the service industry as a bartender a lot in my life, which makes me fully understand the importance of earning your tips. Just bc we're a tipping culture here, unlike most countries outside the US, doesn't mean it's a given. Tipping is NOT mandatory, in most cases, & is merely an INCENTIVE to best the best you can be & to make your customers want to come back. I want to see the results of their integrity, or lack of, when it comes to the quality of what I'm paying for FIRST! Just like we ALWAYS did when it comes to tipping culture... pre-2020. If the employee has the audacity to think I'm stupid enough to pay them a tip for services I have not received, I have one question for them to hopefully put it all into the correct perspective for them... 🤔"Did your employer pay you in advance in order for you to come into work today?"🤨 What do you think their answer will be? I'm betting it's a, "No". People just want to get something for very little effort so pre-tipping sets up the perfect environment for laziness. Especially in my state where now the state has a work requirement for people between the ages of 18 & 60 to get any benefits w/out actively applying for a jobs. The goal is getting able-bodied people who don't want to work, aka getting something for doing nothing bc why work when the taxpayers are supporting you, back to work & off the dole. Prove yourself then we'll talk tip. Also a reminder... Trump will not tax tips!! And he means it. The other candidate only stole his idea & is now campaigning on it as well. When her vote was the vote needed to pass the bill that taxed the tips in the 1st place!🤦🏼‍♀️ Flip-floppin heels up harris🙄 ❤️🇺🇸TRUMP✊🏼2024🇺🇸❤️

I’ve definitely began cooking at home more because I am sick of tipping culture..

When picking up food from a restaurant, please look at your food before you leave the establishment.

Tipping is a gift for good service. Never in advance. FirstWatch sit down is different from take out…ijs. I waitresses & bartended till my son was 9 yr

A Waffle House in my area charges an automatic 20% gratuity on all to-go orders. They say that 10% goes to the order taker and the other 10% goes to the cook. I stopped patronizing them immediately.

I was told that TIPS stood for “to insure proper service”. I feel that this tipping thing has gone way too far. I even have had service men (locksmith) come to my home, fix a lock, charge me $115.00 and then actually ASKED me for a tip! I refused. It’s not right, this tipping thing.

Food delivery drivers also get tipped in advance. They don't always deliver to the right address, dump food in the wrong location, and there is no way to reduce the tip after a driver has spit in your food.

They watch to see how much u tip.

Tipping in advance??? are you kidding me?? I'm of the opinion that ALL tipping should be banned, everyone and their brother now wants a tip, and not a little tip but starting at 18%. Tipping used to be to ensure prompt service and you were not required to pay it, now it is expected and extorted. Those of you who say, well I if I sit down at a nice restaurant I will leave a good tip are at the root of this problem, this is where it goes when you play that game, its a very slippery slope and what has lead us here today, stop ALL tipping, make employers pay their wages.

Just be careful because a few places if you place a order to go (either over the phone or in app) include a automatic tip

Tips are for people waiting tables. They make 3 or so dollars an hr.

👍 yep you’re definitely a 100% right New subscriber ✅✅

Starbucks is the same thing. I’ll put a dollar tip only to have them mess up my drink and not give me what I paid for. Paying outlandish prices for a freaking COFFEE BASED DRINK and tipping in hopes of getting it how I order it only to walk out annoyed and feeling cheated.

First watch has never been an impressive establishment….just one person’s opinion

The toast was cold too because butter melts on warm bread

If you get crappy service, with or without a tip, then *review, review, review.* Let it be known that you got what you got (cold bacon, slapped-on butter), and didn't what you didn't (no napkins, no utensils). I was never one to eat takeout except when I would go to the same choinese food place for lunch at work, but nowaways?, nothing. No McD's, no Starbux, no nuttin'. I make better food at home.

the toast wasn't even hot or the butter would be melted as well!

You don't have to make excuses for not tipping in advance! A tip should be based on the quality of the service and the meal. If they did a really nice job for you, then more of a tip. It's probably better to explain though, that you tip after the experience, not before - so they don't target you for some obnoxiousness.

Why would the consumers be responsible for tipping when the employers aren’t paying properly?! Completely ridiculous!

We need to just make food at home. We’re paying way too much for diminishing food quality and spotty service. Even prepared foods at the grocery store are priced too high.

I agree with you. Tipping in ad- vance? Heck to the no! People expect you to put up with any nonsense they want to dish out these days.

With wage and tips minimum wage being around $2.50/hour. I agree no tipping in advance, but sit down waiting needs to be tipped.

It’s obvious that the toast was already cold when they put the butter on it.

I couldn't even imagine being so ignorant that I got into a physical fight with a coworker. Just the thought of it is baffling. I haven't had a physical fight since I was a kid. The ignorance is stunning, and you're best to keep your distance from this woman. I know you know that.

I don’t eat out out order delivery at all anymore. It’s been more than a couple years and I don’t think I’ll ever do it again. I’ve become a pretty good cook and actually enjoy cooking at home. Stop giving in to the tips and inflated prices, once their business falls off the prices will come down. I’m not paying more for the food and giving more for tips when the food and the service is just as bad as it’s always been.

We need to get back to the original design of tipping. It's ridiculous the expectations that are placed on customers to pay someone else's employees. It's not my responsibility to pay their wages so that the employer can have more in his/her wallet. That is not the way tipping was intended to be! All these elevated prices and then they want to squeeze more out of me - and I have to leave feeling guilty if I don't tip. Tip FOR WHAT? What did they do that was extra ordinary? NOTHING. So keep your tips in your pocket and let the employer figure it out! Everywhere and Everybody wants a tip. NO!

That’s not kelp.