Tipping Culture Is Awful | Asmongold Reacts to Degenerocity

[@dahpha5965]

Some drunk guy accidentally tipped me 50$ for a 17 dollar meal once. Tried to explain to him that it's okay if he wants to return it. Guy was too embarrassed to ask for his 50 dollars back. Tip culture goes far beyond reason.

[@thuder2]

Or he had disposable income and thought you deserved it because you were honest..

[@PerfectZeroMusic_]

while the tipping culture may be at fault , i find this too extreme for that to be the root cause. Maybe the guy was just an overly kind and/or rich person in general? There are a couple of personality types that do this regardless of the tipping culture. I do know 1 person who'd probably do this in this situation and over here in our country tipping is just the "do if you feel like it, noone minds" kind of culture and big tips are pretty rare

[@shawnmeade7251]

I did that to a domino’s guy one night when I was drunk in an unfamiliar place. He was the savior of the evening because I was trapped at a large gathering and could not leave. The next day I was like mother fucker where did my 50$ go?

[@ineedcoffee2575]

Sounds like y'all's problems are with alcohol companies 😂

[@TOBY-jy7bz]

​@@PerfectZeroMusic_the comment implies very hard he actually wanted to ask him to return the 50$, he just wasn't able to because it would be embarrassing to him, wonder why?

[@Zumboria]

It was the weirdest thing to me when I ordered something from Uber eats for a friend in the U.S and sat there for an hour wondering why not a single driver was taking the order only for them to tell me it was because I chose not to tip. Why am I tipping for something that hasn’t happened yet and for someone that I don’t know…? That whole concept is just so strange.

[@blanket7031]

Whenever I order from a delivery service I pay the tip in cash. You never know with those companies. Always 10% but a lot more if it's raining or late at night or on a holiday for example

[@scottiZepidemic]

Well thats different, the tip on those apps are more like bids. The drivers will see orders and they’re going to pass on your $3-4 no tip payout going 5-10mile drive for another order but the added tip makes the offer become $9-15 for the same miles. Of course you are picking the better offer for your drive.

[@Zumboria]

@@scottiZepidemic But the app does not communicate that to you whatsoever, at no point does it say anything that your meal getting to you entirely depends on how much you’re willing to tip. Also, if that’s how it works, why does it work different in other countries? I’ve ordered Uber eats here in Canada countless times, I’ve never once felt the need to tip, yet the food arrives all the same without issues. Im genuinely curious if because of the tip culture in the U.S. Uber was simply able to pay drivers less for trips than in other counties.

[@MenacingTrees]

@@Zumboriaim a full time doordash driver in the US and I can say for sure that the "tip" is not really a tip at all, it is just simply you paying for the service of getting your food delivered. Delivering someone's food for the base pay of 2.50 that doordash gives you per order is not at all worth the time. It is communicated badly by even being called a tip at all. You're getting a service, you need to pay for it.

[@scottiZepidemic]

@@Zumboria the app isnt going to change what their definition of a tip is, im just stating from a drivers perspective is what they see. Your no tip offer will always be passed up for a tip offer just cause it pays more. I mean in general its market dependent, your Canadian order might either have nicer drivers who dont care, or too many drivers and have to take whatever order they can get or theyll be no offers. Which is the situation the apps want, they want u take no tips because you have to and get paid $2-3. Sad really Could also possibly be they do have better base pay where you’re at and it doesn’t matter if you tipped or not (which should be the norm)

[@TurtleChad1]

1. Underpay your employees 2. They have to rely on tips 3. Employees demand a raise 4. Reject it since they're already tipped. 5. Repeat

[@bananalover721]

MERICA

[@DenaBeyer]

Sad

[@TheMan-ud2wq]

That's just good business, the workers are the idiots... If no one works there it would change.

[@TheMan-ud2wq]

​@@bananalover721apparently if you translate MERICA it means pepper 😂

[@1Grainer1]

if you included raise for waiters in menu prices, then everything would go up $.50-$1, it's nowhere near those nice juicy 15% of your order tips they want

[@Jeracraft]

Correction & Fun Fact: tipping can be seen as rude in Japan because they value dignity and respect much more than tipping. The Japanese believe you are already paying for a good service, so there is no need to pay extra by tipping.

[@Pakem22]

So in the last MrBeast video when they tipped the equivalent of 10 000 dollar to a server in japan, it was the ultimate deshonor for him ?

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

Actually there was a tipping culture in Meiji Japan. Samurai ie nobles would simply take whatever they please, and if you were lucky they would actually pay you money and not just accept your thanks for their presence. Remember that time when trucks and planes were bringing you shitloads of stolen underpriced goods from 3rd world nations, and you paid the DELIVERY based on 25% of that drudgery price? No? Just the time US GDP was inflated with thousands of percents of the price you actually pay for the goods? Makes sense, that was today.

[@leontrotsky9563]

@@bhutehole You don't understand humans if you think there's any quality that all humans share.

[@leontrotsky9563]

@@bhutehole Yeah it's way less naïve to think people are simple and easy to understand. Only a child would believe that there are a lot of people that just don't conform to your norms.

[@jeremybowser7690]

That's sounds like another way of saying the same thing.

[@niemand9362]

Tattoo artists choose how much they charge, they are not underpaid and still expect to get a tip. It's ridiculous.

[@jlo7770]

It is pretty ridiculous. Especially concusion how trash most of them are to begin with

[@kamitsuki.6127]

@apologundert2825 That's a really idiotic thing to say. You have no rights to say that, unless you own a tattoo. People get tattoos for their own reasons and for meanings that are specific to them. Saying that tattoos are dumb is stupid, because you don't know the reason why the person has it. "Unless they have a real deep or cultural meaning" - tf does this mean? Tattoos have meanings in like 95% of the time and they don't have to be deep. And Cultural meaning - yeah, whatever. I bet even you don't know what that means.

[@Izosu69]

​@@kamitsuki.6127I hope he meant tattoo artists. Some tattoo artists are so shit at aligning their tats with the reference that the 'customer' wants. I've seen tats done horribly wrong, crooked ass lines made you wonder whether or not the tattoo is supposed to be the same as what the customer wanted, yet they still expect a tip for doing a shitty ass job.

[@danielt2505]

​@@kamitsuki.6127no, I agree with the other guy. Often they are just a vanity project, sign of impulsivity, stupidity. If you get a tattoo of a butterfly just cuz you like them, that's stupid and will look stupid in future.

[@tag-pi3wy]

@@kamitsuki.6127 "You have no rights to say that, unless you own a tattoo" yeah I think we can stop there.

[@DanielKjeldal]

I'm Icelandic, we have a set minimum wage for full time employees that is calculated monthly, no hourly nonsense, if you fulfil the hours on a full time contract, you must be paid at least that amount per month. Tipping is very much not a thing here except whenever tourists want to tip, mostly in bars, tipping is in no way required or even asked for. That being said, there was a major media furore here last month when a restaurant out in the countryside decided to start charging a 30% gratuity. For the owner. The staff wouldn't have seen any of that money, and he got absolutely roasted for it, even after he walked that nonsense back, the locals are still not willing to go and eat there and they tell all the tourists about it. Good riddance to idiotic business owners.

[@airun91]

That's pretty much the case in every european country I know of, tipping exists and sometimes people tip, especially when going out as a big group at a restaurant or something, but we don't tip on a daily basis, it's not something that's expected because the wages are actually decent. That's what tipping should be, something generous when you feel like it was deserved, it should never be asked

[@SonicGronk]

In Scandinavia(Swedish here) it's nice. You can work at a Mcdonald's and still live a pretty sweet life. Bro fist! 🤜🤛

[@1LuvMLPFiM]

Massive L for that owner.

[@Doggo-frencton]

@@SonicGronkI have no problem with that as long as people with far more crucial jobs live like kings. A trained monkey can serve food at mcds

[@Aqualightnin]

here in america, many places have raised wages to pay a living wage. for example here in montana waitresses get 15 an hour, considering cost of living is super low here, thats awesome! meanwhile they expect 2-300 a night in tips for a 4 hour shift regardless. its crazy.

[@AoCabo]

As immigrant, I used to think tipping was kinda weird when I first got here a long time ago. It reminded me of something you'd give to beggars, something you'd do to someone who you think is beneath you, an insult. Even the whole tip jar thing in some places reminded me of the jars beggars carry with them.

[@tombradyshow1222]

@@Drawingtheplanet the us is a poor country, half the people live in tents and those are the lucky ones.

[@Dregomz02]

@@Drawingtheplanet USA is a 3rd world country mate

[@wingsoficarus1139]

@@DrawingtheplanetYou say that as if 1/2 the US isn't barely living on monthly salaries.

[@leethax100]

Nothing feels worse than counting literal change so you can split it with your coworkers after a minimum wage shift.

[@oneofthekindscarf8612]

@Drawingtheplanet USA is in trillions of dollars in debt, but we aren't the poor country? Typical Americans From another typical American

[@kari2570]

I've never seen tipping done in Australia, the closest thing we have is a tip jar that's usually in support of some charity, not the employees.

[@danawhiteboy]

dominoes has it

[@warlerker]

Dominoes has it here in britain too. never clicked it. Papa johns has it but they send the tips too charity. still haven't done that because i don't trust it but usually pizza places with big presences in America try too do tipping outside of the US.

[@jacknolan4268]

That’s so true man apart for pizza places which is still optional you just don’t tip there’s no need

[@thevannmann]

It does happen but infrequently, especially in higher end restaurants. Outside of that, however, it only exists on delivery apps like Uber Eats and is optional.

[@vulpix0r]

There are some restaurants in Sydney that are trying to charge "gratuity", make sure to blacklist those places.

[@Vanhaomena]

If tipping is optional, be thankful for every tip and don't get pissy for getting none. If tipping is mandatory, state it in the menu instead of dishonestly hiding the extra cost.

[@GabrielSilva-mv4fm]

my country does not have a tippping culture because 90% of us are really poor. that beeing said, the guy in that big house should have tipped more than 5 dollars. earning money is seen as a meritocracy thing you deserved and thats truth for poor people. rich people becomes rich because someone is beeing poor paid underneath them. My grandpa never bought a big luxurious house because the extra money he earned was used to give houses for his workers that did not had one. thats beeing a cristian, not the bullshit that that rich 5 dollar tipping guy that lives in a mansion repeat to justify its "generosity"

[@kyumi_miko]

@@GabrielSilva-mv4fm Are you serious? It was a 20$ pizza. 5$ is literally 25% of the damn food. Also, don't bring religion in your poor excuses in how much people should tip.

[@JD2jr.]

@@GabrielSilva-mv4fm No. The person in the nice house already paid a premium for that food, and a sizeable fee to get it delivered. They were not obligated to tip at all. Adding $5 was more than necessary (but may have been useful to get food delivered in a timely manner because delivery services are not very transparent with their pay schedule).

[@ForgottenKnight1]

@@GabrielSilva-mv4fm "that beeing said, the guy in that big house should have tipped more than 5 dollars." - using your f-ed up logic, if I'm homeless, I should get food for free.

[@rickypaynetube]

I am from the UK and tipping is a thing here, but it is still seen as optional and when you DO tip, they absolutely love it and are so gratefull. I went to Italy in may, and it was for my girlriends birthday and so when we were out for a birthday dinner, I tipped 20 euros on a meal and they literally went nuts. they gave us free limoncello shots and were just super nice. It was a bigger tip than usual and they would have had to share it, so it wasn't like I had just paid their kids college but it was a gesture of appreciation and that is why they were so happy. in the US, tipping is extortion.

[@LostGeburah]

tipping is always optional. but you can still give them the tip of "finding any other job"

[@fitblood]

It does feel like it's spreading more here in the UK though. A lot of delivery apps have tipping options now and it's definitely being pushed in your face more often I feel

[@embaggins]

i went to london last week (i'm from the UK too) and every single restaurant i went to had an 'optional gratuity' on it. i went to a caffe concerto, we had two drinks, and there was a 12.5% tip added on (and the service was abysmal, and we literally just had a drink - what am i tipping for exactly? i regret not refusing to pay it. i think because it was only a couple of pounds i just let it slide to avoid the awkward confrontation). i went to another place for a pretty pricey meal and they added a 15% tip on. i had to draw the line there, and the conversation was so awkward to say look i'll tip, but i'm not tipping 15%. that's the one big bullshit thing i've seen in london that i've not seen anywhere else in the UK - absolutely stupid. it just makes you feel awkward and uncomfortable after a nice meal because tipping culture has always been 10%, and they are just trying to get more in big cities like this - and the service isn't even that good sometimes :/

[@MCJamZam]

As someone who grew up in Europe, this has been one of the biggest culture shocks of coming to North America. I'll never forget one time, I'd been living in Canada for about 1 year and my friend from Sweden was visiting. I take him to one of my favorite restaurants and when I'm paying for my meal, I leave a 10% tip. The waitress looks at the machine while I'm doing this, then looks at me and unironically asks "was something wrong with your service today?" (as if to say, that tip was too low). Coming from a country where tipping rarely if ever happens even in high tier restaurants, to seemingly insulting someone for "only" tipping 10% (on a freaking expensive meal might I add), is wild.

[@Pirokh]

"No but there was definitely something wrong with your attitude. I'll be taking that tip back."

[@majora919]

Yea don't tip over here in Canada, server are paid at least minimum wage hourly by law, in the states this is not the case, make sure to remind them of this

[@CiscoRo]

In my case, she* called his supervisor and together they tried to humiliate me in front of the other customers. The mildest insult they gave me was that i was poor. When they noticed my accent, let's say they immediately went back to the US from 1950.

[@Enzor2011]

Absolutely, I'm also from Europe and the few times that I tipped was when the service was exceptionally good. It's just crazy how USA pretty much accepted that servers etc will have to survive on the goodwill of customers instead of giving them a fair living wage

[@casko9626]

Dont forget to tip your landlords

[@TheNattyManCan]

"it's not the company's fault they are just following the rules" Well, actually, they paid millions of dollars to politicians through lobbying to write the rules that way, so I would say the government and the companies can split the blame 50-50.

[@siliconhawk]

umm isn't lobbying wrong as well, as everyone and their mothers might have told you by now, Lobbying is legal corruption. IT is not okay to do that but muricans think its okay, and then blame the corps for doing lobbying, bro if these companies didn't lobby their competition would and they would probably run out of business. YOUR GOVERNMENT itself is providing tools to CORPS to treat their users and employees and everyone else in your country like shit. blame the game (or the game master here ig) not the player.

[@dereksbooks]

​@@gramma677 indeed. The laziest and worst waiters/ waitresses are the only whiners that we hear. A good waiter at a popular restaurant makes very solid money working only 5-6 hrs a day. A higher minimum wage solves some problems but creates even more problems.

[@chicagoparker]

​@@AnthonyCheeseborougheveryone is still required to pay minimum wage. The tips must at least reach minimum wage. Problem is thats a federal law, and federal minimum wage is under 8 an hour...

[@chicagoparker]

@@AnthonyCheeseborough the excuse is that most states have their own increased minimum wage. That it's lower because each state has a different cost of living. The problem is moot. Automation and AI will make most low level jobs irrelevant.

[@luckyluchiano72]

this man has had sone truly shitty takes recently. hes gotten more “removed” from society since he doesn’t leave or have the responsibilities or other things most people do where they deal with people IRL.. not sure if its the $ or what… he flip flops 24/7 too. Like here he constantly goes from its not their fault to its their fault to its the government’s to its the company’s back to the person needs a better job, etc 😂

[@agaed7676]

Tipping in most of Europe usually manifests as rounding an awkward price for a service up, allowing the person working there to take the extra, it’s never a percentage of the price or anything like that. It surprised me when i heard that people tipped in percentages in the US

[@kinagrill]

yup, same here. similarly done with taxi rides and such. especially back when physical-cash was more prevalent some decade or two ago.

[@4Curses]

exactly. it's like "Oh,it's 38? Make it 40."

[@johnwood319]

My wife and I went into a frozen yogurt place on vacation. We got our own bowls, poured our own flavors, added our own toppings, got our own spoons, weighed them ourselves, and the kid behind the counter that never said a word turned the iPad around and the minimum default tip was 20%

[@kurosu-samaklipleri7090]

Save some money and come to Turkey bro, you can stay in a 5 star hotels for a few weeks and won't leave regretting

[@thekingofprotoss4376]

youd better have hit that no tip button so fat that the screen cracked

[@JohnSmith-ty2he]

The trick is, you set the food down on the counter, and walk out. Or better yet "accidentally" drop it, then walk out.

[@indiethekid7880]

I am so proud of Degenerocity, for making it to this point. He's so good.

[@Lonelysum]

In conclusion Degenerocity spree

[@Melon-Lord]

I’ve stopped tipping on take out orders. I never believed in tipping for me picking up my own food but I started during Covid to help out. I’ve hit my limit with how annoying this tipping shit has gotten.

[@samfire3067]

Almost like having to deal with loot Boxes,battlepasses.

[@freshasmint]

you shouldn't ever tip on takeout orders spending your own time and gas they should be tipping you 😂

[@pyrojkl]

i never tipped on takeout. the tip was always for the waiter to server us. nothing more.

[@Melon-Lord]

@@asddasdasdasdadsa yeah I’m the US tipping is basically a must because it’s almost a form of charity since the business is allowed to pay them under minimum wage. I’ve had the worst service and still tipped because it could be the kitchens fault or someone else’s like management overloading the server

[@NOWWECAN]

It actually takes more work to put together a take out order.

[@generalchicken3385]

Back in 2001 me and my family visited friends in USA. The tipping culture was one of the things that shocked us about the country (this was before youtube etc). I remember my dad thinking it was some kind of scam, before we realised how common it was.

[@Sithalos]

It is a scam, when you really think about it.

[@Pirokh]

He was right. It is a scam.

[@xuvial1391]

@@jaybee4288 Why would American employers pay their workers properly when American customers are happy to keep paying worker wages?

[@siliconhawk]

@@jaybee4288 so basically make the food cost more so that they can pay their employees ? isn't that how its supposed to always be. business makes money and their their employees

[@rokaslokusevicius3810]

September?

[@flirineltd6921]

The companies should start tipping customers for buying stuff, makes as much sense to me as tipping the cashiers for doing the one thing they were hired and are already getting paid to do.

[@themurmeli88]

Not sure how wide spread this is, but that is an actual thing with "S-group", here in Finland. If you've signed up to their "regular customer" program (one time service fee for opening the bank account + getting new banking card every few years), you have an account in the S-Bank, to which they will pay you back a small percentage of everything you buy from them (usually 1 - 5%), and their related services, and this can include everything from your grociers, to internet, phone bills, hotel bookings etc. That money you can then spend as you wish, or transfer to another account in another bank, so it's not some "store credit" or anything. It's by no means a "lot" of money, but it technically is what you described. The average amount a person gets per year accoring to statistics is around 565€, but hey, it's still good amount. 😅

[@bloocifer]

They know that. They just know they can make money by asking people to tip. And it lessens their bottoming expenses

[@panicnow14]

>implying any job only has you do one thing Homeboy have you ever worked before lol

[@fabianoalexandre1720]

This is what I thought when they showed self checkout tips, this would make perfect sense, you tip yourself some bonus gift if your purchase reaches a certain value, maybe even some discount.

[@fabianoalexandre1720]

@@panicnow14 way to miss the point and add nothing to the discussion but agressiviness

[@HKWWrestling]

Observationaly, restaurants started pushing for more tips as soon as they made that law that said Managers can collect all the tips and then give them out as they see fit and keep tip money for themselves. This is greedy people screwing both low level employees and customers.

[@Googlywinker]

Corporate greed. Plain and simple. The issue is there aren’t enough jobs for people to be picky. Additionally, if every company pays their workers $2 an hour and requires tips, then workers have no choice but to work for nothing.

[@4Curses]

They always have a choice, the problem ist that literally everything in america in designed to demotivate you from doing it. You can't found a worker party in the US, because you insist on having just two incompetent factions. Americans are raised to hate and distrust unions, while it's also true that they can barely manage unions, because it's hard to come across an american who wouldn't sell his mom, much less his union members. All laws are made by politicians, paid off by companies, to be in favor of said companies. And no waiter union would ever have enough money to pay one orf your politicians.... Your whole system is out to literally anally destroy you, unless you have the money to pay your way out.

[@despain8726]

Took the family out to Steak and Shake. It's all 100% self-serve on the inside now, no waiters etc. Asked me for a tip, so I said audibly so some people can hear me "who am I suppose to tip? for what? what are you being tipped for, doing your job?" I'm so confused

[@twinstars8812]

We need more people like you, you are a hero

[@naomikirisaki]

The audacity to ask for a tip is incredibly blowing my mind. I'm so glad that's not in my culture 🤣

[@Stinky_Couch_Pickle]

damn right! Capitalism= Greed. I can outcook any restaurant in 50 miles of me. Corporations dont care how your experience or food is handled.

[@jessemcallen8521]

@@naomikirisaki asking for a tip is fine, you can just decline. Expecting everybody to give one and getting offended by not getting a tip is the problem

[@Noriyatsu]

the thing is, the tipping culture has become so insane that even the owner of the restaurant want to get that pie, waiter get roughly 300usd on a bad month, that just extra money that restaurant owner want to dip their hand on. they being smart by removing the competitor from the scene to justify their greed on the pot

[@rykerdiren]

The problem is 80% of these places that are now asking for tips none of it actually goes to the employees

[@KryptoKn8]

It's why I only ever tip in cash. I control who the money goes to

[@tiffanyb9275]

FYI asking to round up to the nearest dollar to Donate🥺 is actually just a ploy to get tax write offs for the corporation! DONT FALL FOR THIS! Don’t help the big corporations. Just donate yourself if you want to later, then YOU get the tax write off!

[@kmatz1850]

I be telling everyone this for years lol.

[@elastichedgehog6339]

Specifically, they've already paid to the charity for the tax write off and are using you to recoup that cost.

[@DJFVLL0UT]

That's funny I never knew that! I usually tell them "oh? Starving kids? Are you willing to donate money for my kids at home?" When they say no I tell them that's my answer.

[@burtreynolds8030]

I think the only positive about that, even though it’s sketchy, is that your average shopper isn’t going to donate to charity on their own, whereas if they are pressed at checkout when they are already spending a chuck of money, then they are more likely to give, and it’s more convenient, so while the corporations get a tax break, at least the charity gets more money

[@Mehiel-Sanctoria]

Too lazy to do that, I see no harm in them getting a write off if they actually donate the money.

[@Zeliek]

This whole thing became from "Hold the change(and afterward split among the staff)" which is the most normal way of tipping to "Let me to some math so i don't look cheap and you can afford to live waiter"

[@aj6761]

The biggest problem is that tips have become an expectation and an obligation vice a little extra to say "thanks." I have almost completely quit tipping or patroning anywhere that expects it.

[@Lifeslikephotography]

My friend used to give me shit for not auto tipping 20% minimum no matter what and said if families couldn’t afford to tip then they can’t afford to go out to eat…. Then my friend got bills and had to start paying for more than just their own food and guess who stopped tipping

[@Garret007]

weird how that works

[@TheNPC_]

Its easy to speak the moral high ground. It is way harder to follow it.

[@CubicIronPyrite]

Your friend was not wrong - if you can't afford to tip, you can't afford to go out to eat. Not tipping is stealing wages from service people, who don't get paid well enough by the restaurant owners, because they expect tips to make up part of their income.

[@TheNPC_]

@@CubicIronPyrite Then they need to get a better job. It is not his job to pay for the service people, it is the company's job.

[@xstonedsoberx]

​​@@CubicIronPyritethere in lies the problem "they expect tips" well sorry bud but you should expect a proper wage from the company you work for. If the business cant afford to pay you properly then they should be shut down. If every single person stopped eating out like you suggest then what exactly would the poor poor servers do? They would die on the streets because obviously getting a better job is impossible for them. The servers need the customer a hell of alot more than the customer needs the server as the customer has the choice not to eat at the restaurant but the server it seems doesnt have a choice except to work there atleast thats how you bleeding hearts make it sound.

[@bobbobby5200]

15% used to be the norm, now sometimes the lowest pre-set option is 20%, you have to pick the custom amount if you want to go lower. I already pay 15% tax on every purchase I make, aint no way I'm tipping more than I'm paying taxes.

[@inb4loss]

when that happens I custom amount and do 10% for the hassle, though it is rare that it starts at 20%

[@ArmoredZephyr]

Custom tip → -100% → meal is free

[@justinthomas5512]

I just leave three dollars on the table. The day it's cashless ill just be like ok I'm out

[@ItsNyzz]

Then dont order a delivery

[@Hanaronxd]

I think that in the USA, shopping in general is so stupid. As in your tax is not included in the price, and then an expected tip of the same % is there. You could end up paying 40% on top of the actual price that you're shown to have. Include the tax within the price too at least

[@JamieHitt]

Just remember, you never “owe” a tip. Tips are always voluntary. That’s why they’re called “tips” and not “fees”. You should always trust your instincts on when and how much to tip. The customer is the only person to decide what is “appropriate”. At the end of the day, a tip is a “gratuity”. It is not supposed to be a bribe or a ransom for goods and services.

[@Drelam]

@@asddasdasdasdadsa thats just not true most servers are paid LESS then minimal wage in the United States most are paid around 2 or 3 dollars an hour tips are part of their wage to bump it up past 7.25. If you dont live in US maybe dont talk about something you obviously dont know anything about.

[@teatusnoone6332]

@@Drelam if they don't get tips they'll be paid minimum wage.

[@Drelam]

@@teatusnoone6332 In theory yes in practice no, you'll just get fired because management will assume you are not a good server because you don't receive tips and now bussers, hosts will also have to be paid out by the actual restaurant instead of customers since most tips are pooled. Sure they'll be paid a whole 7.25 which after they're fired will earn them a whole bottle of water and a can of spam to survive on between dumpster diving while they sleep out in the woods.

[@oldmoney1022]

So you agree that the tipping culture and the system it props up is terrible right? Only the businesses and exceptional servers benefit from it. Servers only benefit as well due to the shady nature of tipping and how they can avoid reporting it on taxes. Everyone else, less attractive servers and the customers get screwed.@@Drelam

[@steven2981]

​@Drelam Who is getting fired? A server? You clearly have no idea what you're talking about... we can't get enough workers, servers or cooks to have a fully staffed shift. No servers are getting fired. And in my state, Wa they all make minimum at least $10.75 an hour+ tips.

[@BlueBD]

Another thing is the inherent sexism. Women are far far more likely to be tipped then men. A man working a server job is looked down on and jusged unfairly while a women is pitied. Both sides being unfairly judged

[@danielmaster8776]

I believe it because I've seen it.

[@arjenbij]

Especially really attractive women. Less attractive women are left behind financially. It magnifies discrimination.

[@lightdarksoul2097]

Personally I tip evenly and only tip more when the person was exceptional

[@j.p2115]

Had a transfer flight in Miami delayed, I was given a hotel to stay in for the night and meal vouchers I could use at that hotel. After eating at the hotel restaurant I used my meal voucher but they wouldn't let me leave unless I left a tip. I had no U.S cash and my meal voucher was all that I had. It was fkn nuts that they wouldn't let me go to my hotel room unless I tipped despite paying in meal vouchers.

[@batboy555]

Just walk through them.

[@herbert42069]

​@@batboy555and do a superior US move " sue them for grounds on kidnapping and the trauma I suffered from that "

[@lordthrash0]

I worked as a waiter for two weeks, the way tipping works legally is as follows (at least for restaurants): -They pay you less than minimum wage. -Part of the contract states that you will make more after tips (at the restaurant I worked at they said it would total out to $10.50) However there were some issues, one main one, and the reason I quit comes from what they referred to as “cut work” at the end of your shift you are “cut” where they tell you they don’t need you and you can go home, however they want you to do chores before you leave (sweeping, cleaning, trash, folding napkins, etc) but they also wanted you to do this AFTER you clocked out And they would give you less time and shifts if you complained or didn’t do all the cut work. This is ilegal, at least in Texas, it is ilegal to ask any employee to complete tasks while off the clock or if other means of compensation have not been arranged. Each pay period your guaranteed pay is calculated by your wages + tips decided by the hours you were clocked in, so your cut work isn’t counted, despite the fact that they would sometimes assign 2-4 hours of cut work. I had to chalk the free work I did up to experience and I now dislike tipping as a whole and don’t support it, I think all companies should pay they’re employees a living wage, as these jobs that run on tips often go to people like college students, older people, or others who can’t get full time or go work elsewhere Thanks for listening to my Ted talk

[@meestasqueed5867]

This rule only applies to waiters/waitresses for some reason. Literally every other service job gets paid at or above the federal minimum wage, but somehow waiters get the special privilege of being paid below minimum wage with supplemental tips. I think tipping is fine, but using tips to subsidize a wage below the federal legal minimum should be outlawed.

[@why97359]

Did you report the restaurant? I worked as a server for 7 years for at least as many restaurants, and i hated so many things about it but never, ever was asked to do anything off the clock

[@lordthrash0]

@@why97359 I filed a report with the Texas board of labor, but never heard anything come of it, the problem is if you file a report of them not paying enough while you were clocked in then you have legal evidence of you doing unpaid work, but if you’re not clocked in the it basically your word vs theirs

[@bloocifer]

My local subway pays them 12 an hour PLUS tips and have the nerve to ask me for a tip

[@viktoriyaserebryakov2755]

Companies would have to pay employees more if Americans just didn't tip otherwise nobody would work there.

[@BadaBadger]

Literally an American moment. Just tip /after/. Too many damn times I've been screwed over with doordash lmao.

[@AstatineStar]

For delivery, tip low up front, if they deliver in the time or faster. Tip a reasonable amount after if they're cordial and respectful/not talking shit.

[@knwgt5426]

Lol I’m a delivery driver in the UK. I make a set hourly wage + $2.50 per delivery in 3 mile radius more if outside of 3 miles and people still tip me. Thank you American culture passed to over us brits.

[@taylorchu]

doordash is dumb. if the restaurant sells food at $10, they will change the menu to be $15. add $3 service fee and then $5 for tips. thanks I will just get the food myself.

[@MenacingTrees]

@@taylorchu doordash is not changing the price of the food on the app, the restaurant themselves are responsible for the price increase.

[@taylorchu]

@@MenacingTreesI talked to the owner, and it is 100% from doordash. I guess you can say "responsible" because the owner knowingly uses doordash, and doordash can increase the menu price without you noticing.

[@TheMichaelhi]

Everytime i come back to the u.s it always blows my mind that everywhere asks for tips. Feels like people are constantly begging me for money its so annoying. Its like homless people asking for a dollar every second

[@Nikaido..]

Difference between the US and other places like Europe is that tipping in the US is being used as a stand in for a proper wage, where in the EU its seen as a little extra ONTOP of the normal proper wage for doing an exceptional job.

[@fermitupoupon1754]

No, the difference is in for example Europe, it is illegal to pay a waiter 1/5th of minimum wage and expect the customer to make up for the difference. The places that employ staff who rely on tips have consistently lobbied the government to allow this exception to the minimum wage laws. In the vast majority of EU countries, if not all of them, it is straight up illegal to pay any employee less than minimum wage. I worked meal delivery in Euroland and I was paid 13 or 15 euro an hour. My employer wasn't even allowed to ask if I had gotten any tips. Of course we all knew where the North American exchange students and immigrants lived and those would be the hotly contested tickets to deliver as those customers were liable to tip 20% or more. By the same token we also knew exactly where the Chinese exchange students and immigrants lived, because they were notoriously stingy, often demanding exact change to the cent even though no one here uses the 1 and 2 eurocent coins.

[@Krysdavar]

This is why we always pick up our food - so we don't have to deal with bad service and guilted into BS tipping for it.

[@0ptimal]

Grip n rip!

[@knubbe89]

I remember when we visited the US couple years back and we went on one of those tours in LA where you essentially just drive by where famous people live. Don't remember how much it was, but at the end they asked for a tip where "50$ or more/peron was considered customary". The tour was terrible and my dad said fuck that, these guys aint getting shit.

[@fayfenn]

Free Market gone wild: Corporations can do whatever the hell they want as long as they pay off politicians. Almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

[@WorldWalker128]

"almost"?

[@rt_huxley9205]

Actually it's the government.

[@StRodeNL]

In Europe it still differs per country. In German/Scandinavian countries I noticed that if the service is good you just round it up to what is convenient and if it's exceptional you maybe add a bit more. When I was on vacation in Italy I tried to round up the check but they literally said that service fee was already included (it was like €2 per person on a check of €80) and that was going directly to the personell, so they just flat out refused the tip. I think that's a very good way to do it, but still in places where the service is so good, I kind of just want to tip, like a seafood place in Genoa giving me a rundown of 5 different kinds of oysters.

[@Naesil89]

Yeah in scandinavia/nordic countries I would say "tipping" was more common when cash was used more, but it was really not tipping, it was "keep the change" kind of thing, so if something cost 37.60€ you just handed 40 euros and didnt wait for them to go get the change. Now that everyone mostly uses cards thats not happening as much and now for me to give a tip the service would need to be better than expected, like if Im already paying 100 euros for some expensive meal Im not gonna pay even more unless there is a good reason.

[@raisedDeadWizard]

As a server, it was always crazy to me how we are allowed to get paid 25% (maybe less depending on the state) of minimum wage, making the bulk of our income entirely customer reliant. At least in a restaurant where you have a server coming to your table, taking your order, and taking care of you, your tip is 90% of their income essentially.

[@johntravers2321]

As a server myself, I find it odd you’d say that considering all restaurants outside the US that don’t do tipping as part of the culture are only able to function because they have to charge higher menu prices to “pay” their waiters, which is quite literally an “automatic tipping fee” in disguise, but the guest can’t haggle the price down when they receive mediocre service.

[@o.o9709]

Average price for cheap restauraunt food in aus is 25 ausd dollars and the us is 17 usd 25ausd=16.20 usd. Aus doesn't require tips. Us requires tips. Don't kid yourself, it's just predatory and made for restauraunts to maximise profits so they can pay workers less.

[@johntravers2321]

@@o.o9709There is so much ignorance in what you’ve just said, I’m struggling on which point I should pick on you for first.

[@r32guy85]

@@johntravers2321 he's saying the prices are only a few dollars up if there is no tipping involved.

[@gasad01374]

it is absolutely stupid. tips are not and should not be used as a part of minimum wages. tips are supposed to be ON TOP of your wage, not part of it.

[@OldKnightAMV]

Omg dude... I took the salt and pepper shakers cuz they included a 25% tip at this place lol.

[@johntravers2321]

I hope when you visit all of Europe that you do that there, because they don’t do an automatic gratuity like that, they simply do an automatic gratuity disguised as a higher priced menu.

[@OldKnightAMV]

@@johntravers2321 if I'm stealing salt shakers at red lobster, ain't no way I have the money to go to Europe friend lol.

[@Verasoul]

Any smaller fast food restaurants I go to always have a tip section that I have to mark zero on whenever I pay with card. They never ask for a tip, but I'm always thinking, "Nah. If you ain't delivering to my home, serving me at a booth, refilling my water, giving me bread sticks, and I'm just taking this food to go, then why the hell would I tip your establishment for such a basic, standard service?"

[@spencershaw4419]

Brought my dog to the groomer a couple of days ago. $100 and the screen asks for a tip on top of it. Of course I did 15% but only because I want to keep bringing her there since it’s around the corner. But it seems so coercive

[@anonjohn69]

You shouldn't have tipped.

[@tobias7001]

It is, why do the barber need more than the agreed on price?

[@henriccarlsson9052]

They should charge $115 then.

[@mukakruda8474]

I used to work a dog salon, we made commission and tips at the one I worked at. But it's not like the commission is bad, if the groomer is worth going to- they're happy just to have your business in the first place (esp if you have a large dog which from the price it sounds like you might) 'cause your commission is based off the work/dog type/cut type/hours/etc Now back when I worked at one these stupid little screens weren't a thing, so you'd have to bring it up, personally I never did, I've never been big on tipping. If the customer asked if we accept tips I'd say yes, but I'd never bring it up, shit it felt uncomfortable asking in the first place, like you were begging. Idk how people are so fine with begging these days. Shameless I guess

[@jlo7770]

​@@mukakruda8474I've considered leaving my current profession to work with dogs. I think it'd be sweet

[@syntheticEEV]

I only tip when I feel like someone has gone above and beyond in their service to me, more than that is required of their job. My mother on the other hand will leave money on the table for a server who was rude, ignored our table for over an hour, if the food was cold or over cooked or raw, and regardless of the experiences of everyone else, just because she's afraid to be remembered at that business as a bad tipper. But at the same time she wont ever go back there because the service was shit. I dont understand the duality of it, how it can be so ingrained in someone's mind. And btw, this is Canada I'm referring to. Servers get paid a proper wage here, not that silly pennies on the dollar garbage they have in the US.

[@kurosu-samaklipleri7090]

Your mother might be doing it to keep society image intact like; they may not nice to me now or they might having rough time but I am nice to them so they can be nice to someone else. To be honest, this is what I was thinking when I was doing that too.

[@redneckfarmer8011]

14:50 I don’t think asmon realizes a lot of people just get kicked to the curb by their parents. Or have to start paying rent. Not everyone is blessed with hindsight, and at that age you have absolutely nothing figured out.

[@gracer619]

What gets me are the places that automatically add the tip to the bill lol

[@danielmaster8776]

You just changed my mind. I've been saying, "Just add the price of the tip to the bill, so I'm not expected to pay a random amount separately." But what you've just described is exactly that, and I wouldn't go to a place that did that. So the better thing to do would be a straight wage/price increase.

[@J-jizzy_]

Some places now do automatic tipping and they don’t mention it ANYWHERE except for tiny writing on the bottom of the receipt. They hope you’ll tip ON TOP of the food and auto tip.

[@mustjustbe]

I got got I tipped 2 dollars only to see they charged my card 2 dollars tip without telling me.

[@oodigie687]

Who is gonna tip the tipper? I think I deserve a tip for eating at your restaurant as well, why aren’t I getting tipped for doing nothing special?

[@dvst_tv]

I really appreciate your take here. When I was broke I was basically shamed out of enjoying my time anywhere because I couldn't afford to tip and now years later and tipping culture is more in your face and offensive than ever before. I go out of my way to tip when someone provides a skilled service above what I expected of them or did something I was unable to do myself, but it sucks that those tips are often unappreciated because it's the norm. I'm just paying their wage, theres nothing extra or appreciative of that, im just doing whats expected and it feels awful for everyone except the businesses that refuse to pay them instead.

[@CubicIronPyrite]

"I'm just paying their wage." You're thinking about this the wrong way. What should be happening is meal prices are higher, and restaurant owners just pay their employees what they should be getting paid if tips didn't exist. What's really happening is meal prices are low, and you're expected to pay service people's wages more directly via tips. And yes, if can't afford to tip, you can't afford to go out to eat. Until tipping culture and wage structures change...if you don't tip, you're stealing wages from service people. "I was basically shamed out of enjoying my time anywhere because I couldn't afford to tip" So you could afford the $10 for a meal, but that extra $1.50 (15% was the norm a while back), was just a burden you just couldn't bear? And that extra 15% was just tipping the scales a bit too far, kept you at home, and brought you shame. Please... The only wisdom you're going to hear here is this: "Asmongold's ego has gotten out of control, he think's his late-20's 'sage" advice is the 'wisdom' the internet needs to hear. All because he's making a bunch of money by sitting on his ass in his white wife-beater shirt, sipping off his big-gulp, and stealing $$ from content creators because people will never watch the actual creator's video after people watch his "reaction video." No one likes a family member or friend talking in the movie theater or family room while you're trying to watch a show, but for some reason people like that format here.

[@kingduckdodo6672]

​@@CubicIronPyritewhat? you think that is a responsibility of some random person to take care of the worker's salary?

[@CubicIronPyrite]

@@kingduckdodo6672 Tipping nothing because "the restaurant should just pay their employees more instead of tipping" just punishes the wait staff. If you don't like tipping culture, stick it to the restaurant owners and stay home and cook your own food until tipping culture changes to how you think it should be. Or, you could tip the wait staff nothing, and justify it under "the restaurant owners are doing something wrong," and pay less for your meal. How convenient for you. How. Convenient. For. You. The amount of mental gymnastics from the people here justifying paying no tips because "the owners are evil" is just insane. And when confronted with "you're only punishing the wait staff, not the business owners," the reply is then "welp, the wait staff should just find another job." Again, how convenient for you. Remember that the next time something is unjust towards you in your workplace, take your own advice and "find another job."

[@kingduckdodo6672]

@@CubicIronPyrite The employer or some company should be the one giving salary, they're the one giving the employee a work. If their job sucked, then they should find another job. I thought tipping is just a form of gratitude. Other people's salaries are not for some other random people but for themselves, they're also working for it to get that money, they should also do the same, work to get some money.

[@kingduckdodo6672]

@@CubicIronPyrite Btw wdym pay less for our meal, how is it the customer's fault of the meal's prices are less. Even if we made a home cooked meal, we are still gonna buy ingredients at an establishment that has an employee, we're still gonna tip according to your logic.

[@DrPosion]

I wrote a speech on tipping culture. One of, if not THE BIGGEST reason for excessive tipping requests are companies like Square who take a portion of all transactions through POS systems INCLUDING TIPS!!! They have a major incentive to require or force business POS systems to request a tip for every transaction.

[@danielflasch7862]

Favourite new channel to listen to while at work, common touched on topics which are truly debunked in laymans terms and pausing in depth. Truly great mind and well spoken, your channels diversity on topics inside and outside of gaming realm is needed. You inspire and create a space for someone to spark their own intuition out of the lull of the day to day and collectively share profound insights which promote healthier living with proper boundary principles and strong founded backed information which corrects the sheep mind of society . My confidence as an individual grows with each new statement to ponder. Thanks for your content Azmon

[@mave7058]

Hey people dont buy into the whole "waiters wage" lie that they only get 2.4$/h, waiters literally make at least minimun wage. By law if their tips and wage doesnt add up to minimum wage the employer has to make up the difference. The truth is waiters dont want to change the law, they make much more money with this system. Only tip if you get exeptional service or if the restaurant has a tip share system where BOH(Back of House) gets a cut of tips because they're the ones that do all the hard work.

[@Fankas2000]

A cute girl will rack up a shit tone of money. Waiters are overpaid for the job they do.

[@Cecilia-ky3uw]

@@Fankas2000 We can't say they're overpaid if the people think they're worth that much(by virtue of how much they're tipped.

[@jeistermeister]

I worked in a bunch of service jobs in Florida (minimum wage was around $7.40 at that time). They were allowed to pay me only $5/hr, because they ESTIMATED average tips would bring your income to AT LEAST the minimum wage on average. Busy weekends I would sometimes make $200 for 4 hours. Most week days I would make around $40 for 4 hours, WITH tips. We were a high price point restaurant who DID NOT force a service fee, EVEN for parties of 6 or more, so it was up to customers to tip right. Florida people, especially after Covid, don't tip well, if at all. Service would get food out under 10 minutes, sommelier service, wine tastings, crumbing, etc high intensity stuff. Consistently would have tables of 8 or more, bill is $200+, and ZERO tips. People from other countries see tipping as unnecessary, people eating at restaurants are broke too, or they generally think we get paid well because of how nice the restaurant was, so it's absolutely up to our law-makers to change this. It's a ridiculous system that needs to change. It's not up to the public to pay business's employees their wages.

[@majora919]

Except it's not the case, in Canada servers make at least 15 dollars an hour and still expect tips, let's say you only get 10 dollars of tips in one hour, you've made $25hr technically, that's the same as some skilled trades.

[@zolikoff]

Pretty sure they're still required to pay minimum wage out in case you don't get enough in tips. At the end of the week you must walk away with minimum wage salary. If you didn't get tips, the employer must legally compensate the difference.

[@jeistermeister]

@@zolikoff Should Have explained better my b... yes, if you didn't make enough tips to make the minimum wage requirements, they would pay the difference, which never happened for me. I would always make enough in tips during my pay period to make the minimum wage requirements, but sometimes just barely. Working weekends was the defining factor in my pay being somewhat livable off of, but it was tough getting more than one weekend shift being every other server needed that extra money as well.

[@Weasel666666]

Tipping is the best, the owner and i team up to pay his waiter. Next time i can bring my grandma to do the accounting and my uncle can repair the oven. When i'm done eating, i always ask for some trash to take with me on the way out. Best experience.

[@3ndeavor]

​@@DreamingVoidno you do not. You pay an agreed price for a service. It's the company's job to take that and decide how much to pay their employees.

[@Weasel666666]

@@DreamingVoid If your business model only works if you underpay your workers so you can put a lower price tag on your product seemingly and charge the rest by other means, then your business model doesn't work. The price you advertise should be the price you charge.

[@TricksterSquad]

If you go through the Starbucks drive through and order a coffee, when you get to the window you hand them your payment and they’ll turn around a iPhone and ask for a 15-25% tip.

[@KenseiShiro]

but somehow tipping cops is considered a crime

[@crashboredom2]

Its a great way for corporations to make more money. "Hey come work for us, we wont pay you well, but we will make our customers decide what you deserve and they can pay your salary instead of us"

[@JF-vz1ju]

Exactly. People need to get more fed up with the shit corporations pull. They just get away with paying employees almost nothing, expect customers to pay their workers enough to live, and all the tipping frustrations get taken out on servers and deliverers rather than the corporations abusing everyone.

[@Pika-ck7ww]

the problem is that the waiters, bartenders and other service providers don't want tips to go away, cuz they earn way more through tips than minimum wage. If you don't tip, they will chase out to you demanding for tips, and if you persist not tipping, you can forget about going back to that place. And for people who think the server will be poor if tip is gone, wrong, they get the job to provide the service, it's their job, if they can't do their job, then they should be fired, simple as that. It's the restaurant's responsibility to hire and train their employees to provide good service, or they go out of business, that's how the rest of the world works. Look at Japan, no tips allowed, but they provide the best service

[@Noriyatsu]

yeap.. this is true.. people want to get tips as tipping could earn you more then average salary. Its bugged me to know that some waiter earn 80% more then their actual salary just in one month from tipping. Its nearly 5 figures.. and they still expect people to tip them at that point.. why should i pay someone who earn more then what ive earn in the first place.

[@NotPareidolia]

yup, I've seen waiters get 500$ + in 3 hours worth of tips while the guy that makes the food gets 14$/h in a kitchen that's 60 celsius. But, at least I wasn't the one crying in the backstore during winter because I didn't made more than 20$ worth of tip in a single day lol

[@azenyr]

Europe tipping culture: we NEVER even remember tipping exists. This is what I hate the most about going to the US, because its like everyone stares at you and hates you for not giving 2x the amount of what you bought in a tip. Like what? I bought a tshirt, it said $5, and I gave you $5. That's all, that's what I came here to buy. Or uber eats and it said $8 and thats all I pay, that's all I bought. If a tshirt is $5 and they force me to tip $10, then that tshirt might aswell be $15. And for that I wouldn't buy it. So no I will not tip, and if you force me I will return the item and never come back again. Employers would get burned so much, so soon. Tipping in EU is only done when we get an extremely and insanely out of this world service, when the guy works his ass off to do something that he was not required to do, just to please the costumer. Tipping is supposed to be something exceptional, and special. Not the norm.

[@Pannkakaize]

When i was rly drunk i once tipped 0.1 dollars, my friend told me this the day after and that the waiter said loudly and ironiclly "oh thanks so much going to change my life"

[@mario7501]

20-25% is absolutely insane. In Europe a tip is usually something like rounding up from 28.5€ to 30€. Also, it's not really a thing in take out restaurants. Why would I tip someone for giving me food in a paper bag.

[@WunderWulfe]

The worst part is those little ipads show how much you tip, and if the worker sees a small number or 0 they can get pissed off. I learned this cuz some of the ladies had nothing to do so they were playing with the machine, and she was laughing about how some dude paid $0 tip. They also charge before anything happens so if its a coffee-shop style place, you pay before your food.

[@namajeff4199]

I would never try to be angry at a worker like that Like any sort of customer service, because it's never their fault really, at least that's how I see it, so I'd politely decline and let them know that it is not my fault and I'm not willing to pay for a tip, they can make fun of me all they want, my skin is thick enough However, the moment they start yelling or get angry, then that barrier of respect towards a customer service worker will shatter, and my hands will be the only tip they receive regardless of gender

[@Winter_4495]

Please remember everyone, in the US employees are entitled to minimum wage. Even if they get tips, so that if you do not tip a server the store is made to supplement their income to minimum wage, if tips do not equal minimum or above minimum wage. PS: please tell me if I am wrong about this.

[@Drelam]

that's true but minimal wage in many states including the one I live in is 7.25 which is not possible to live on. Also if they are forced to pay you out because you didn't get tipped enough and it happens often the place will most likely just fire you to avoid being required to make up the difference for you and those you might share tips with.

[@Winter_4495]

@@Drelam Yes, I know what you mean as I currently live in Texas. I just wanted to remind people that you 'technically' do not need to tip someone if you can't. And while I do believe that people are not paid a livable wage in most states, some states such as Arkansas pay 11 an hour and Massachusetts pay 15 an hour.

[@Krysdavar]

@@Drelam If a restaurant continually had to 'make up the difference' for minimum wage, that would be a tell-tale sign that they are a crappy 'service person', and yes either fire them or see what's going on/wtf are they doing to get crappy tips.

[@Hirotoro4692]

​@@Winter_4495no, restaurant servers have a minimum wage in the US of like 2.13 an hour or so, because the national minimum doesn't apply to service staff

[@NOWWECAN]

$2 steak guy talks about tipping. 30 minutes. Hmmm. When is my laundry going to be dry so I can put this last load in and go to bed?

[@nanach6276]

When I went to US we had to go around asking for how much the waiters where expecting in tip and I had to use a calculator to see how much things actually costs in the grocery story. Sigh. So tiresome

[@gnome_farmer]

I refuse to tip people who just hand me stuff.

[@krullexneo]

Tipping has never been a regular thing in the UK. The only time I've ever tipped someone is the pizza delivery driver but now they're trying to push tipping in more and more places and I don't like it

[@21Liberdade]

Some years ago back in Portugal, I worked 1 summer month at one of the busiest restaurants in my home town as a waiter, with a "under the table" deal. People were being payed a wage plus tips. My dad was also working as a waiter at this restaurant, and you know, if I EVER were to support a tipping culture, then I'd go with his opinion on it, which basically comes down "I'm keeping the tips that I made" I mean, if a waiter resents or openly remarks or complains to the customer about the supposedly low tip, then it stands to reason that a good to generous tip is a reflection of the waiter's service, so that tip should go exclusively to that specific waiter. I say this because in some restaurants the tips are just collected and equally distributed amongst the staff. Nah nah, screw that, I'll take what I earned. Regardless, screw tipping. Pay your workers are decent wage. All this does is benefit the companies in 2 ways: a) they excuse themselves from paying a fair wage b) the attention and the debate happens (mostly) between the workers and the customers. Nah, direct that focus to the correct people.

[@050Anime050]

Last time I used a delivery app to order food I got yelled at for not tipping. Neighbor was sitting on his front porch. Never used a food delivery app since and got a car. This was back when I did not have much money or a car and it was my second time ordering food on the app.

[@onijinn6284]

Stop tipping. People have to force the employers to pay them a fair wage instead of them making the customer cover their wage. Also, the person that cooked the food deserves it more then someone who took the order; an app can do their job.

[@avopeac6300]

to be real, 95% of the time I only tip delivery drivers to not mess with my food. The other times are for bad weather, distance, being fast, or coming straight to my apartment door.

[@johnmoore1495]

Yeah this, I straight up wouldn’t tip them if I wasn’t worried about food tampering outside of extreme conditions like you said. Not to mention some of the delivery fees are ridiculous. Noodles and Company loves to advertise $1.99 delivery and then there’s like $7 in “technology” fees and then you’re expected to tip on top of that. Like no lol

[@SirWolf2018]

Yep if someone has to rely on tips it's already wrong.

[@Pirokh]

They don't have to rely on tips. Its a scam.

[@unknownwatcher4583]

There is saying that goes "never blame the circumstances, it is your job to adapt" and i think those who blame the circumstances just doesnt do anything at all to even try and improve themselves.

[@datsawesome3241]

I love it when Asmon shows love through honesty.

[@KittenChristy]

It just kinda reminds me of when I was shopping in walmart and a woman came up to me asking for money. Her hair was done, nails were done, nice clothes, pretty purse. She looked well put together and was a bit plump. I'd worked 70ish hours that week. I was tired. I was in school. I didn't get much sleep and was ill constantly. I was exhausted. I asked her if she thought it was fair to ask me for money when I'd been working as hard as I had. I asked her if she'd ever been without food for days, I had. I literally showed her my cart- It had ramen and frozen veggies. That was my food. That was most of what I'd lived off of my entire life. She explained she was only asking because she was in debt. I explained I was also in debt. I was in debt because my mom had used my social security number to open multiple bills in my name from when I was around 13 years old and didn't pay them. I asked when the last time she'd taken off work for vacation, she said it was around a year back. I told her I'd never taken vacation because if I didn't work overtime I'd literally be homeless. I didn't even live in a nice house, I was renting. I had a shit car and my clothes were mostly clothes I had when I was 15-16. I don't like tipping the same way that I don't like giving to the homeless. I know they need money, but I worked my ass off to never have to beg. It isn't my job to have to take care of anyone besides myself and my offspring. If people stop taking jobs with awful pay, then those jobs will die off. Crazy how they refuse to take jobs that pay minimum wage because 'tipping evens it out'. Just a spoilt mentality.

[@lodsup]

"if i didnt work overtime i'd be homeless" "if people stop taking jobs with awful pay, then those jobs will die off." i feel for you but at the same time you see how this doesnt work? people who will go homeless without a job, any job, will take awful pay jobs with tipping because "its better than nothing". and if they end up without a home because they refuse to take "tipping but badly paid jobs", people like you dont give them money either. no obligation for you to dont get me wrong, but you see how this doesnt work? since people dont have a choice, the low paying tipping jobs WILL get filled and it will continue to exist. its not as simple as "oh if nobody took those low paying jobs it will disappear".

[@TOBY-jy7bz]

​@@lodsupHe already explained he has huge debt because of his mother, yet he is still able to live working a job with no tips(just working a lot) which means most other people that aren't drowning in debt should have no problem whatsoever getting a job that doesn't rely on tips, they are just lazy and don't want to work hard as this guy does

[@Drelam]

I agree with everything you said up until the point that you said if everyone quit shitty jobs companies would have to shutdown, but the sad truth is companies will always find another to replace that shitty job, and I really hope you can see the clear difference between some lady asking for a free handout and a server or delivery driver providing you a service.

[@TheBigKaiju]

I'm assuming you've tried to find government based assistance with your debt since it came as a result of having a trash mother nut im also assuming that since they weren't notified soon enough they can't help you

[@brojakmate9872]

"Top 10 things that never happen"

[@o_oddz]

I've been to a place where the waitress automatically added the tip into the bill and told me that I don't need to tip anymore because its already automatically added. lol

[@soulwynd]

In Brazil you're expected to tip the police to not get fined or get in trouble.

[@fullysuppressed]

This is the kinda tipping I can get behind

[@Bayonet1809]

If this is real I'm never traveling to Brazil.

[@zolikoff]

@@Bayonet1809 Of course it's real, it's called a bribe

[@soulwynd]

@@Bayonet1809 Depends a lot of where you are in brazil. In general they take bribes, but in Rio they're likely to find something wrong to extort you now and then. I wouldn't recommend visiting brazil without a decent guide, specially in Rio. It is extremely easy to end up in a drug gang zone or get robbed here, even if you're local, imagine a tourist.

[@DemonicGunslinger]

I personally believe if you are gonna be tipped as a server you have to be exceptionally good and trying your hardest to make sure the guest has the best experience possible

[@nathanhargenrader645]

Asmond's rant at the end of this was awesome. Amen

[@natekwebb]

Your comments on education were exactly what people need to hear, i applaud you for using your reach to deliver it

[@Wednesday__]

I did waiting for a while. Made more money doing that shit (living off tips) than I did at two seperate factories and even an office job. People don't want tipping to go away (waiters especially) because they'd have to get a hard job, not work 30 hours a week, and no longer make 25-30/hour.

[@AndrewAnstrom]

I make about 105 dollars an hour as a blackjack dealer... only 5 bucks an hour of that is my wage... if tipping were to stop, there's no way I'd continue doing that job

[@Naesil89]

@@AndrewAnstrom or the casino would have to start paying more to keep good dealers, I have seen few good blackjack dealers in my local bar and even if tipping is not so prelevant in my country the table was always full and bunch of people making back bets when those dealers were working, so it would make sense the company would pay them more to have them working when they bring in the big bucks.

[@johnmoore1495]

For real I don’t think most tipped workers want it to go away because if you’re actually good you can make a ton of money with no education required.

[@burtreynolds8030]

@@Naesil89that’s worse for the employee though, if a casino bans tips they won’t ever pay a salary high enough to cover the tips, a dealer at a casino will always make more through tips

[@developerdeveloper67]

The thing is: go to a restaurant sit on the table then when the waiter come, ask: "Do I have to give a tip here?" If he says yes, you get up and leave.

[@CleverCodger]

That monologue at the end.... my God man, it was pure unfiltered truth. I made my first company from self taught access from the internet with programming and project management. This is pure unadulterated facts Asmon is spitting here.

[@Justanidea5976]

Uh, question. Isn't self-checkout tipping a form of taxation without representation? It's def some sort of extra tax, which is absolutely ridiculous.

[@lens_hunter]

I'm almost 40 and I've been a pizza guy for about 15 years. It puts food on the table and I don't hate it.

[@Garret007]

thank you for sharing

[@Drelam]

Nothing wrong with that, delivery drivers deserve tips for their service not to mention for the wear and tear they put on their vehicle. Better for many to have a chill stress free job that they can get by on then stressing about a job you hate that give you zero free time to do the things you love. Either way if you put in full time work you should at least be able to take care of your bills and live a decent hopeful life without struggling for survival.

[@k3stea451]

it's been working out for you and i don't see the problem.

[@NOWWECAN]

Well if this crowd has its way you’ll be out of a job. Going through these comments is very unsettling. Service industry workers beware. Hordes of people turning you into a coupon are on their way and they are hungry.

[@thatoneguy1741]

@@NOWWECANI just got a job as a server at Olive Garden and this comment section is very disheartening lol

[@andrewadams530]

The reason you're starting to see tipping at all these random places like merch booths or other things like that is because they all use the same payment processors. When you get like Square, or whatever the white ipad lookin' one everyone knows, or the other black one that looks like a brick phone from the 90s, or the other black one with the indented key pad and the little rubber wings that are supposed to hide what you're pushing. Anyway you guys know what I'm talking about. All these payment processor options come with a built in tipping page as stock, and you actually have to change it if you want it to say something else or get rid of the tip. That's why you see it at all these places because people are like " fuck it just leave it there" and then retards actually click the button.

[@fredthaboss9287]

Last 3 mins of the video you cooked my man...everyone needs to hear this on repeat. I need somebody to cut this and post it on all social media outlets. Thank you for saying this I even had to make my kids listen to that wisdom bomb you just dropped.

[@Krysdavar]

I agree, last few minutes were great "life talk" that could be applied to anyone. Edit: In the US that is. Seems like people from a lot of other countries post here, wanted to be clear. 😀

[@jaegerfoxx]

I mean, it's really easy to say stuff like that when you come from a place of privilege. "Lazy" isn't a one size fits all explanation for why people are stuck in the service industry working for little pay. It's easy to say people aren't trying hard enough when opportunities practically fall into your lap. And nowadays the job market is even worse. Besides, people have to do service industry jobs or else you don't get to order delivery or eat at restaurants. They do an important job and people don't treat it as such. It's worth looking into the deeper reasons why people don't get the same opportunities that you have.

[@IntoTheFire777]

I work at a car wash and get tips, I get people that are legitimately embarrassed that they can't tip me. I ALWAYS tell them "hey no worries, its totally optional", I have to basically convince them that I'm not upset at all. Then there's people that say sorry they can only give me a couple dollars as a tip (thats crazy), its really gone too far, tipping is completely optional and ANY tip I get is GREATLY appreciated, even a dollar, thats a dollar I didn't have before.

[@Tobizard1]

i almost never tip when i go out to eat cause tipping rubs me the wrong way when its basically expected of you rather then it being a nice gesture. a waitress at one of my regular spots came out one day to argue with me about how i never tip lol. then another dude brought everyone back their change at the table except for me then took it upon himself to force gratuity on our bill another night. people are nuts about tipping here

[@johntravers2321]

Learn how business works. Restaurants that don’t accept tips like in Europe charge a higher bill as the service fee is already baked into the bill. The good thing about tipping (restaurants specifically, not subway or cafes) is that you at least get to decide how much the service “fee” (aka tip) is going to be, and you are also creating an incentive to receive great service when you return. There’s nothing stopping a waiter in Britain from giving mediocre service. As long as they don’t do things that would get them fired, they can meat that minimum performance.

[@Tobizard1]

@@johntravers2321i mean thats what i want. i want the price of the server to be in the cost of the product like with anything else. i am already aware of how this works. i am in the food industry. it takes expectations off the customer and allows a more relaxing experience. i dont want to be deciding how much i have to pay based off of nonsense at the restaurant. i just want to look at the menu and pay the price on the menu. also mediocre service is all i need lol. i dont need someone to do a song and dance when all i want is for them to refill my drink and hand me my food

[@johntravers2321]

@@Tobizard1 Congratulations on being low maintenance diner. Like that does anything to prove your point or convince anyone your perspective is the greater. Why haven’t you mentioned fine dining service? Why aren’t you mentioning that the majority of big spenders are there for the experience and the clout? Why go out to eat when you can just order takeout and get the same service you personally prefer? Why do 90% of the guests who write great reviews write about how great the service was and why they decide to comeback time and time again? Where is your perspective on the BUSINESS side of this argument? You’re only talking about YOU, YOUR time as a DINER, and how YOU want to spend as little money as possible.

[@wyldeman0O7]

I'm more compelled to pick up my order than to tip because these fees and tips amount to 1/2 the cost of the delivery order now

[@retroandgeo7973]

I went to little caesars. They asked for a tip. I just laughed and drove off.

[@akgzero8141]

I have never HAD to tip because we pay people a normal wage in Ireland. I have tipped for great service

[@doodle_dave_]

I stopped using any of the delivery services because of the entitlement to the tip. I decided to form better habits around ordering food anyway and if I really want it, I'll go and pick it up. I tip very generously at the restaurant but the tip creep on every little thing... nahhhh

[@Zom6ieblud]

My gfs questions and makes fun of me all the time for not tipping Uber delivery people and I still don't tip them because like I say to her "Why tf would I pay extra money for the food I already payed for"

[@DavidBrendan7799]

Expecting tips is the problem. People shouldn't feel like they have to. They should want to. Excluding certain 'jobs' is also a problem. I should be able to tip anyone I want for any reason I want to.

[@zolikoff]

Well you can tip anyone you want. Here's $2. That's all you have to do.

[@CiscoRo]

The tipping culture is the only reason i've avoided eating out since i've lived in the US. For context, in my country we usually give one or two dollars as a tip or even the* change if it is not more than ten dollars, but it has never been required. The first time I went out to eat with some co-workers already living in the US, the waitress and her supervisor tried to humiliate me in front of the other customers for the tip i gave her, calling me poor (which i was, i was a third world immigrant ) and other insults that i prefer not to reproduce. Personally i have not returned to eat in a place where i know that they will demand a % of the bill as a "tip", and in other cases i never give a tip, FCKYu0 do the job for which you are paid and do not try to scam me by threatening with that you will break the package or you will leave me a loose cable.

[@dustins7259]

The people getting the tips are the ones trying to not allowing it to change. A lot of them are making well over min wage with tips. Then you got the tips that are cash and not turned in for taxes. If this goes away more taxes are going to be taken from them and they know this.

[@ldnvibereacts]

My favourite Asmongold take to date. especially the monologue at the end

[@Aquageo555]

When i worked as a cart pusher, customers would force tips on me, especially towards the holidays. Now, the policy at the store was we were not allowed to accept it. I don't mind tipping for good service or if i want to round up. But it shouldn't be expected.

[@TheDendran]

The thing I like about Asbald is that he is just as a stone cold ironhead like me. I have no problems about saying things out like they are, but I get labled an asshole for talking dough Yes, I *_am_* an asshole. It's what kept me afloat until now

[@haywoodjablome7822]

You'll tip the girl at dunks for fucking up your coffee, but not your mechanic for fixing your car under cost and under time.

[@imwayne4159]

Or your nurse or doctor for saving your life

[@JF-vz1ju]

Unlike waiters, mechanics nurses and doctors actually get paid decently.

[@imwayne4159]

@@JF-vz1ju well ofc but the point is that those people provide a more useful service and do a better job more times than say a waiter or a server like the original comment said about the person at Dunkin’ messing up ur coffee

[@haywoodjablome7822]

We do? Do you know how many special tools I have to buy on the regular? How about a job that only allows X amount of book hours to be billed, but I have to work beyond that due to complications...Now I lost money on that job. Got paid less than minimum wage. My job is more difficult than fucking up your large regular every day. Yet they get tips for the job they choose? lol@@JF-vz1ju