Seattle's minimum wage increase sparks tipping debate

[@DailyMeditation365]

"regardless of whether a machine took my order, someone in the back is preparing it" - yeah, it's called them doing their JOB. Why are you tipping for people just doing their basic job?

[@juliethompson8685]

Because she can if she wants to.

[@Mark-bc5vr]

For real, I'm just never gonna tip. They did the same thing with ubereats and doordash and now its beyond unaffordable

[@austingwatson]

if i sit and they serve, i tip, otherwise not. counter service, nope.

[@austingwatson]

pay a living wage. let’s be done with tipping culture in the usa

[@hia5235]

20 an hour is a living wage

[@nieshikoto]

The tipping culture is so wrong in America. Paying workers $7 per hour is wrong and I would tip more in those states. But in WA, they are getting $17 - $20 per hour, a few dollar tips for good service should be it. If the service is excellent, I would tip more. But I hate that there are some restaurants here in Seattle would automatically add a 10% or even 20% service charge. Just ridiculous.

[@ScarletFoundryTarot]

And due to the high housing costs, the minimum is not enough!!

[@timgilreath3792]

I quit tipping..... service is sh*t anyway.

[@dmpi483]

USA and Canada is the only countries I know that still tip. The rest of the world doesn't tip and still gives good service. This wage increase and subsequent food price increase is the last straw for me. Restaurant food prices are already insane. I'm not tipping anymore.

[@ScarletFoundryTarot]

umm..been to lots of countries, and just like here, service isn't always good. Don't make a huge general statement like that. It is not true.

[@chris-parker]

A tip is a little extra thank you for what you believe is exceptional service. A tip is not mandatory, and the % is up to you to determine and not the establishment. I'm not paying more just for you to do your job at the basic / expected level. That is what the bill is for.

[@TexasToastMon]

Rent going up again in Tacoma again

[@tzzz7]

Not the norm in other counties. Pay your workers a livable wage! A few bucks tips for great service as opposed to a mandatory percentage would be nice. That is how it used to be.

[@issahumps]

It’s pretty normal nowadays in Europe wasn’t 15 years ago when I lived there lol

[@sevalle]

Nope I am 100% done tipping

[@ScarletFoundryTarot]

why?

[@sevalle]

@@ScarletFoundryTarot for many reasons, first servers don't do hardly anything more than take my order and cash me out, they don't bring my order, fill my drink or do any of the other tasks they used to do. second, most have the most entitled attitude and are unpleasing to be around, dining out is an experience, if i wanted to deal with a jackass I'd go to McDonalds, next, I am not their employer and therefor it is not my job to pay their wages, that is the job of their employer...and no I don't feel bad about what they get paid...we live in a state that pays the minimum wage regardless of tips, this isn't AZ that pays staff $2/hr...and finally I spent my formative adult years in Europe in cultures where you DO NOT tip and that just has always stuck with me.

[@ScarletFoundryTarot]

@@sevalle I also spent years in Europe as a student and a bartender and in the states I was a a server. I absolutely never expected to to be tipped in Germany, but the only way I made my rent in the states was by my tips. I know it isn't fair wages here, but please don't hate the servers for it.

[@sevalle]

@@ScarletFoundryTarot I don't hate the servers at all unless like I said they act like assholes to their customers. I've worked my share of minimum wage jobs and I get it but to be hostile and angry when you don't get a tip when like I said majority of servers don't do anything except take the order and cash you out I don't think that 5min of work is even worth the $20/hr that they are getting but that's my opinion

[@gabgarcia5446]

Government mandated wage fixing never improves business growth. But it does increase tax income to the state. Restaurants increases prices to cover wage increases. Government wins by sales tax increase. Who loses? The consumer. Decrease tipping or no tipping at all.

[@foxtango3862]

At this point no longer tipping 15-20% anymore. Two three bucks is all that's happening now.

[@trancemutator5393]

The minimum wage increase is just a tax hike, without saying they’re raising taxes. Yet you’ll never see the state legislature mention any thing about pision labor wages, that’s because slavery still legal under the constitution. Which allows them to pay pennies on the dollar, which intern they used to use prison labor as a way of subsidizing businesses, who are mostly government contractors who have a markup of 100 to 1000%, and contribute to a lot of politicians campaigns. That’s not to mention that most people who have been incarcerated leave with the ground $20-$40,000 in debt with all that tacked on expenses of being incarcerated.

[@bobbybobberton6373]

If I order my food standing up I’m not tipping. That being said, I don’t go out to restaurants because why would I pay extortionate prices? So I don’t tip, and I’ll never work a job where I rely on the American public’s charity to survive

[@CherryBlossomHouse]

Japan does not have tipping, and yet they still can survive. Their customer service is phenomenal. I will only tip if the service is excellent. Just because u got my initial drink and food, that does not mean u should get a 20% tip, especially if I have to ask you to refill my water constantly.

[@brianparmenter3583]

If one wants better pay, better yourself and get better skills. Fast food should be a kids job.

[@bd12544]

But it isn’t. We failed as a society. You are talking fantasy.

[@hia5235]

I dont think Kids should be working tbh

[@ScarletFoundryTarot]

Most people don't believe in child labor, and right now I know an adult who does work in fast food, and btw....NO Shame

[@chanvalentine8283]

It forces the restaurant industry to pay livable wages. It's sink or swim. I don't tip if there is a machine interface- think Applebee's. I go to restaurants to converse with friends, eat meals I can't make at home, and have someone wait on me that isn't my mother. It's sinful that people aren't paid their worth.

[@ctcristo]

This is getting out of hand. Where is this going to end? Tipping everywhere, regardless of prices and wages. Just build into the price.

[@peeyar2000]

I will not tip anymore. Food is expensive already. Restaurants want public to pay their employees. That is a third rate strategy. Include the tip in the food price. Then customer can decide to eat from there or not.

[@bd12544]

But the tip ios not included the the sale price and still you eat out and don’t tip? What does that make you? Grow. Up.

[@runna-x5h]

"Here's your drink,I'll bring you your food whenever I feel like it"

[@bd12544]

I don’t hate employees. I hate tipping. The business owners are making money.

[@karmicsmite9920]

I will ALWAYS tip generously when I am sitting at a table in a restaurant and I have a server who delivers my meal to me. This usually begins with being seated, receiving a menu, giving a drink order, and any pre meal items ( chips and salsa, bread sticks, etc delivered to the table before my order is taken. This is what makes the difference between a real waiter/waitress and a drive-through or online order. I recently ordered lunch online and picked it up myself. When I paid for my meal, there was an option to tip 15, 20, 25, or 30%...but no option for no tip. Like an idiot under pressure, I clicked the 15% rather than ask out loud how not to tip at all. The tip was over $8.00. I will NEVER DO THAT AGAIN.

[@webanon]

I've "not tipped" once in my life. I will now consider it as a standard option for standard service.

[@sasha2401]

I think I'm going back to tipping just 10% if I'm dining in and someone is waiting on me. Otherwise, no tip. Our bill last night had tip recommendations up to 30%! Gtfoh

[@imperialmotors306]

Stopped going aces where tipping is mandatory now, and if online orders doesn't let me to order without paying tips, im buying else where. This tipping is out of control

[@hia5235]

20 an hour? No more tipping. Sorry. My Job is so much more difficult than a Waiters

[@thetruthsayer8347]

I love it. Pay employees well!!! They shouldn’t be dependent on tips

[@bartknies7717]

With that wage no more tips

[@CalvinMorris-cf8jk]

in the old days tips were a thing for single ladies with kids taking orders at restaurants, people would leave tips to help them out with their children, tips were not meant for people working full-time making good money, most of these low end jobs are paying 20 a hour and the workers are living at home with mommy and daddy so 20 a hour they should be living high on the hog. the tip thing nowadays has gotten out of hand, a tip was to help people out that were down on their luck, it was never meant to be a income. 21 dollars a hour plus tips for working a low end job is madness.

[@marsha-madness-super-badness]

Seriously, what is it with servers/food delivery drivers thinking they're threatening someone by saying "if you don't tip, make your own food at home??? It's the funniest thing ever 😂 First off, no, people will keep dining out. Second off, if enough people DID cook at home, many of you dorks would be out of a job altogether. Idk why people make threats or sassy demands as if they won't backfire. Just like that delivery chick that recently sliced up a customer because of a low tip, craziness goes ways, guys 🤷‍♀️ It won't just be the delivery people losing their minds and seeking revenge, it'll be the customers, too.

[@biscuit8998]

Tip of this…

[@jaredf4453]

I've definitely pulled back on tipping. The whole point of tipping was because they were making $4 an hour. They're making significantly more now. Plus with how expensive everything is now I don't see why we should be expected to tip 20% (or more) on top of it. If the service is good I'll still kick them $5-$10 but the days of 18-20% are over. Same with delivery. Nothing for takeout. If you're just handing me a bag full of food, you're no different than the kid at McDonald's.

[@MrDoctor3087]

This is why we can't have nice things

[@Rarcade]

No, no, & here's a tip in the form of a question: How about multiple professionals in the USA improve their quality of work to a higher level so that they match it with their higher pay? Oh no because that would require their matching the words "higher" quality with "higher" pay, which isn't a value among them. 👍 to this video! 😄

[@JustJeff-j9j]

Last time I waited tables was 94' think it was $5 back then

[@ScarletFoundryTarot]

SO WHO THINKS $20 AN HOUR IS ENOUGH TO PAY RENT IN THIS CITY? (SEATTLE, and most other cities and large towns in the US right now) IT IS 18OO + UTILITIES FOR A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT. 40 HOURS IS $3200 BEFORE TAXES.=$2240 AFTER TAXES.=$440 remaining....PER MONTH AFTER YOU PAY RENT. PLEASE KEEP TIPPING, PEOPLE!!!

[@TheRabidMachina]

So you calculated one week, what about the rest of the month? I think you're broke because you can't do math correctly, unless you only work one week a month. In that case I don't think tipping is the problem.

[@DailyMeditation365]

​@@TheRabidMachinaLOL, read the original comment one more time... Slowly

[@TheRabidMachina]

@@DailyMeditation365 I didn’t misunderstand that only one week of wages were taken into account into the monthly equation. Let alone that $20/hr x 40 hours is $3600. I stand by my statement that it was represented incorrectly.

[@HS-iv8wr]

If you want more money then learn a skill like truck driving or operating heavy equipment and join the Teamsters union

[@hia5235]

Nobody in Seattle lives in Seattle Commute like everyone else.

[@carlhicksjr8401]

OK, ask these questions instead: Did rents decrease? Did food prices relax? Is the Puget Sound one of the most cheaper regions to live in the country? Since all those answers are 'no', that should answer your question about tipping. I've spent most of my working life in the restaurant/bar industry. There is a word for people who don't tip. That word isn't flattering. Until you the customer are willing to pay a price for your meal /service that includes a living wage, this is the way it is. You can deal with it or make your own damned dinner. You choose.

[@Prodigy1XX]

I will always tip regardless it's so hard to be a server. You have no idea what could be going on with them and so many things have been thrown at them every day. if you're doing well and you're having a decent good day, why not tip to make somebody else feel that much better.

[@garylee9738]

Brigette Chauvez needs to wash.

[@Jonnyjones90]

I NEVER TIP AND NEVER WILL.