The RACIST History Behind Tipping

What is the history behind the stereotype associated with Black people and tipping, and why do Black folks dislike tipping?
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[@stayfocused8739]

I like to tip anyone who gives me great customer service 💯

[@tonypayne7371]

Policeman, fireman, supermarket cashiers,bag boys, bus drivers,Judges lawyers, Garbage collectors,mailman.Mobile phone technicians, dentist,doctors.NEVER receive tips(tipping is BS)

[@biancalord488]

@@tonypayne7371yes they do and Christmas bonus tips. It just depends on people’s culture of tipping

[@RS-do6tv]

Don’t make it about skin color if you make less it’s if the service was good or bad or the person had an attitude

[@terrellstewart4071]

Is it great service or doing good at there job

[@Pleaseopenyoureyes]

@@terrellstewart4071*their

[@dominique9217]

Fun fact: tipping in Japan is seen as disrespectful!!

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

Understandable.

[@bettyboopsie9836]

As it should be!!!

[@crystalbrame7886]

Thanks For Mentioning 😁

[@kaylakay7779]

It's disrespectful? How do you let them know you really liked their service lol do you just say it ?

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

@@kaylakay7779 the sooner I get to never endure coming across replies such as that the happier I'll become. Define the word, "happy".

[@Cindi644]

I believe those who ensure proper service deserve their tips.

[@greatnessembodied]

In all service industries?

[@ericortega1745]

​​@@greatnessembodied. Don't be silly. I'm not going to give 3 dollars to the guy working as a clerk at a gas station 😂 nobody will in their right mind

[@terrellstewart4071]

Proper service equates to them doing the job there employed to do.

[@Cindi644]

@@terrellstewart4071 We are on the same page. I agree.

[@Sauveguy]

@@ericortega1745 We are talking about wait staff. Not the gas station clerk! Which no one tips clown 🤡🤡

[@lavendersunsets7066]

I've tipped so many ppl this last week. I almost feel obligated to give them something. But it needs to stop imo. Pay these ppl a decent wage.

[@user-be7tc2bd6e]

I agree,pay people decent wages,some folks are very-CHEAP-as far as tips go. Good video too,never knew about the history of tipping.

[@j-us-t_be-in-g]

​@@user-be7tc2bd6eNow I don't want to constantly pay more for something than I already paid. Lol. I thank you for your service by purchasing your food. That's enough.

[@sayjinpat4life]

Tipping is as bad as recycling. Meaning was tipping was suppose to be added to a workers pays. Companies lobbyed so that is you get tipped a certain amount in a month. They'll pay you less saying tips are good enough for you. Recycling was truly not the main responsibility for regular. Is huge corporations. The name the bulk about 80-85% of the wasted in the world. Tell turn around making people that it's their fault

[@K5Kreations]

Exactly. It’s out of control!!!! People that get a regular wage still have a tip jar on the counter. I order online, walk in to get my meal, go to pay…. tip pops up on the screen. Why? Who am I tipping…the chef?

[@mariecampbell3373]

I ordered a pizza recently, and the tip was included in my total amount. I thought that was a good idea.

[@robertpendergrass7996]

Corporate American financial bamboozlement as usual. Waiters making minimum wage of $2 an hour because they get tips ! Such BS.

[@judas_cobane]

I worked as a valet Parker at Trump Marina In Atlantic City… circa 2004-2005.. our minimum wage was 5.05 an hour.. and we only had to claim $125 in tips weekly… I thought that was a bit much until I was pulling that and more every other night … hell on a slow night I walked away with like $75. I see why the base pay is so low.. because imagine if valet Parker’s were making 18.50 an hour plus tips.. you know what would happen then? *No One* would tip.. trust me . The average Americans mindset shows that. The whole premise that I’ve been programmed about tipping is … *YOU TIP BASED OFF THE SERVICE OF THE WAITER OR WAITRESS* 🌕

[@coreyoz]

@@judas_cobaneI’ve worked as a bartender on I’m NJ and now Cali. I’ll take $14 hourly vs $2.13 (no pay check) any day. I feel like a sucka for working there in FOH in NJ. Your experience is completely under the table for tipping and isn’t applicable in this sense. Nearly 100% of your tips came in cash. In restaurants, you’re taxed on credit card sales which can be the majority of sales. So again, your experience as valet isn’t applicable in restaurantering.

[@judas_cobane]

@@coreyoz not 100% of people tip on Credit card Einstein and Tipping is tipping don’t try and blur the line with your non-sense… tipping is gratitude for GREAT. …customer service.. *no matter what form it comes in* I know places to this day … who are a *Cash only business* and they are restaurants.. so come again?

[@MrT-nh6di]

​@@coreyoz New Jersey Taxes is no joke.

[@Itsmeagain828]

​@@judas_cobane92% credit card tips where I work. People barely ever pay cash. Valeting is completely different from restaurant tipped employees.

[@mothertwinkles4198]

My mother always told me to tip waistaff because that is how they make money. I don’t like how fast food restaurants ask for tips. That is ridiculous.

[@vipermad358]

I don't eat that food. 🤮

[@mariecampbell3373]

Now, everywhere you go there's a machine asking do you want to tip.

[@badgirlhollywood9741]

I always leave them a little something not always as much as they suggest but at the fucking minimum $4-$8

[@user-wm3gv8mg2i]

I didn't know that.

[@trisham1213]

I'm black, and I love tipping, especially if I get great service! I don't care where it comes from.Its just the right thing to do!

[@Tra982]

Frrrr idk why this dude looks at it as racist 😂

[@DrVincentDoom]

@@Tra982 black people not tipping is definitely a stereotype what you mean? 😂 I always tip to counteract that belief

[@mariecampbell3373]

It's empowering. I tipped a Server at IHOP $20. He was very nice. Cute too.

[@martinvanburen4578]

i like tipping attractive women more and not unattractive women as much, hopefully that "tips" off the owner to hire only attractive, slim, curvy waitresses and bartenders.

[@misaelbasave900]

I don't mind tipping if I get great service

[@markmott1047]

This is 🐂 shit Im black and I always tip. My mom was a waitress before she became a nurse I know they don't get paid much so I always tip them.

[@MrT-nh6di]

I tip as well, only if the service is good or great, doesn't matter the color of the Waitress or Waiter. If the service is terrible no tip here!

[@markmott1047]

@@MrT-nh6di I'm a little different. If the service was bad I leave 2 or 3 dollars. But if it was good I leave 5 or 10 but I always leave something.

[@DrVincentDoom]

@@markmott1047 same I always tip $5 minimum even if my Wife and I just got burgers. I’ll tip $20 if it’s Hibachi and we enjoyed the atmosphere. I’m not too concerned about the whole 10% - 30% ratio. It’s just a matter of did I enjoy the service and food and yes because of that black stereotype i always tip in cash so they know!

[@HotDogHouston]

As a cook, I e never met a waiter making less than me. It’s like a 70k a year job, don’t let ‘em fool ya

[@davepane7306]

Agreed

[@linzierogers5024]

I am black. I tip whenever I am served in a restaurant. Why paint all of us with the same brush?

[@choco.es.unlimited]

He's a tether

[@mariecampbell3373]

When Servers assume you won't tip, they treat you bad. That, in turn, makes you not want to tip. Self-fulfilling prophecy.

[@iveyhealth2266]

​@@mariecampbell3373 Yes! That's why I let them know upfront, I will tip you well for great service.

[@ctbt1832]

I don’t think this should be written as why black folks hate tipping. That’s not the case.

[@ummeiguess]

click bait smh the info is important, but i don't like the misleading title either

[@weekendnomad5038]

Blk servers have made videos saying Blk people don’t tip.. online they make it seem like a well known Thing. I’ve never been a server so idk 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Sauveguy]

Tipping is important for wait service employees. Also there are laws protecting black employees. Yes we Americans should tip the wait servicers and those who handle your luggage.

[@stefanbas6181]

Only one race were servers???😂😂 Stop..

[@dontbmadjusbcareful]

Black ppl tip as much as any other group. I've been a waitress and had white ppl who didn't tip either and let's not talk about Mexicans, Indians, Arabs, or Asians.

[@PhillyDee215]

There was times I've made more money from tips daily than I did from my actual weekly pay

[@j-us-t_be-in-g]

In this case, I'll tip you. However, if a work place are charging high prices, the quantity of customers will help you. I don't need to tip that place.

[@aliciamaria2730]

You pay was based out n charity and pay for service by your employer.

[@stevenmcgillivray9283]

It pays to be industrious, and diligent.

[@nik-at-nite]

My checks were always void when I was a server

[@ManyGods]

Yeah that’s why your actually paid below minimum wage and if no one tips you then your done

[@darlahays2471]

I worked as a server when was younger and never had a problem with black people not tipping. It was the Sunday church crew that didn't tip and left a mess.

[@melanatedgod5337]

That part! Church folks were the worst.

[@LaurelCanyonMojo]

Facts.. same where I work the Sunday Church ladies, AND they want 20 separate checks so they aren't accidentally paying for someone else's food or drink, gasp!!! Not one of them is an African American BTW 🙄 😒 😕 🤔

[@Shugga23]

😢😮

[@Unfluencer]

so you didnt mind working for free?

[@ChrisKHensley]

"Black people don't go to church" ???

[@capoislamort100]

Growing up in New York, it was the unwritten rule to tip for services, however minimal.

[@tarawalton6778]

FACTS!!💯

[@rodhipps6378]

Blacks do not hate to tip.

[@bretave7379]

They just DON'T!

[@glenn6583]

Some Blacks don’t seem to understand tipping, I am White and I’m not sure I understand it myself!

[@caressaclark1042]

​@@glenn6583 I was not taught tipping in my black family. It was being around whites, that I learned the importance of tipping.❤

[@jeorgedavid3239]

Some do I seen it & run out trying to keep paying for the food

[@kmeeks92987]

@@bretave7379I’m Black and I tip, quite well… so yeah, there goes your hair-brained theory….

[@I-canMakeTheGlobeShift]

Black people NOT tipping is not true within all black people.This Just raises the stereotypical myth that black folks don't tip. But hey I'm sure many black folks dont tip. But for me a black American man. I find myself often tipping to much. But I also know when tipping is not necessary also..

[@MrT-nh6di]

Exactly

[@gamemixerslol344]

Agreed. If blacks hates tipping what about the Chinese for example?

[@answerman9933]

@@gamemixerslol344 Do the Chinese hate tipping as well? If not, why bring them into the conservation? Also, much like blacks( American, Caribbean, African, Europeans, etc. , Chinese come in various groupings.

[@spookyvondoom4624]

My experiences as a bartender and server were always that bad tips were more connected to low socioeconomic status than to race. But I never did a controlled experiment or anything to test my observations 🤔

[@tadiafoster4460]

Tipping is a reward for good service; this is a great thing

[@mariecampbell3373]

It boosts morale.

[@scorpionoir4952]

I've never worked in the service industry where I relied on tips but I just learned something about racial bias as it relates to tipping. Hearing that black workers were tipped less and people are more likely to tip people of their own racial caste isn't shocking to me. I've always felt that black people were short changed at every opportunity. I remember in college you would by your text books which were expensive and at the end of the semester you could sell them back but they really didn't give you much if you tried to sell them back to the bookstore. A lot of students would either keep their books or sell them independently by posting bulletins around campus so that they could get more money. The universities were ripping us off by selling us books that were extremely marked up and then only wanting to give us back a few dollars so that they could turn around and resell the books for a much higher price to other students. A group of black students did a social experiment to show the difference in what black students were getting back vs their white counterparts. White students received more money back for their books and so black students started getting their white friends to resell their books back to the bookstores.

[@Cindi644]

I went to College and I can confirm you are absolutely right.

[@bomgodd]

Buying used vs new at first makes a big difference. Book care also makes a difference.

[@scorpionoir4952]

@@bomgodd True but that was also apart of the social experiment. A black student would try to return their book for a refund and get a completely different offer than their white friend who would take the same book in for a refund.

[@YahushaisYahuahssalvation]

Black people in general don’t tip.

[@tarawalton6778]

Wooooooow!!😮

[@pear3736]

The title of this video perpetuates a horrible stereotype

[@tawnyh8878]

Your comment makes no sense. It is not a stereotype. It is a fact that it happened and Americans have adopted this way of life because of the racist practices of white people it’s just the fact. I hope you’re not an ignorant black person or even an ignorant white person.

[@terejosh13]

not if you know the history

[@helenzass411]

If you look for something everyday from the minute you wake up till the minute you go to bed you're going to find something.

[@caressaclark1042]

Yet, it is true. In every industry, from high to low. Whether it is a high-end restaurant, or the sex work industry. Blacks are known for being the least generous, and wanted the most for the least. As a black woman growing up, i was never taught about tipping. It was a white man who taught me the importance of tipping, and how it can affect the quality of service you receive, and whether or not a business will be happy to see you coming, or glad to see you leave.❤

[@nathanielsingleton6302]

Tipping isn’t going anywhere. They blame the rise in minimum wage for ricing prices. 🤨

[@SandViperJ3000]

I tip well…… father taught me to always tip well

[@CodyCole80]

I learned to tip when I became a server myself and learned we’d only get $2 an hour with the expectation of tips. My family didn’t grow up eating fine dining. Out to eat meant Pizza Hut or Golden Corral. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@filippofittipaldi8050]

I'm against tipping. I'm for paying people a liveable wage. Workers shouldn't need to worry about being stiffed by customers.

[@iamashby6479]

Would you be willing to pay more for your meal so that the restaurants could pay their employees at least minimum wage? I ask because if restaurants were forced to pay minimum wage, they will definitely raise their food prices in order to do so.

[@Britta_no_filter]

⁠@@iamashby6479I’d be willing to pay more. We’re already paying servers’ tips anyway.

[@olilumgbalu5653]

@@iamashby6479 The executives at the top can take less pay and the same goal of increasing worker pay would be achieved. The customers and workers are being pitted against each other and both are being shafted.

[@TuncAk]

@@iamashby6479 I'd be willing for owners not to hoard the profits and fairly pay people for their contributions

[@BeautyInYOU583]

Your just cheap smh

[@katrinaprater5975]

I hate tipping. The wait staff acts as if we owe them. We are paying salaries by purchasing meals. Their employer owes them. Tips are not mandatory.

[@robynarmstrong3332]

Yes they are. These waitresses make 3-7 dollars an hour and the government allows it. One could say “get a better job” but who’s gonna serve you at your night out if we all leave. Some servers work their ass off to provide an experience for the guests. It may not seem like a lot, but serving 5+ tables at once, taking orders, making teas and quick drinks, toasting breads and keeping the place clean while still keeping up with everyone in a timely fashion is a lot of work. All for $5 an hour??? No. Tip 20% of your meal at least. If the service was SHIT, do what you want. But if you had a good time at the restaurant and none of your complaints are the servers fault,,,, tip. And if you don’t wanna tip. Order carry out or better yet, cook at home :)

[@juliemedrano]

Are you black?

[@katrinaprater5975]

@@robynarmstrong3332 I cook at home. Tipping is not mandatory. There was once upon a time when eating out was in bad taste. The restaurant owes them at least a minimum wage. That's according to that same gubbament. I'm still waiting for reparations, owed to me after my ancestors built my country for free and then that same gubbament stole my identity while not allowing me to read. They then began to call me Black. I AM THE "American", Indians they called us and all these foreigners are squatting on my land. I paid a handsome price for that meal, I should enjoy. The restaurant owes their staff. I already paid. Where is my money going? I've seen waiters who make more than me, to the point that tips are supposed to be taxable, I wonder how that is calculated, while I pay taxes without tips. My ancestors worked for free. It was my ancestors after slavery who were the wait staff who were paid nothing and lived on caucasoid tips. Many times my people can't get a job in an upscale restaurant or it's the only job they can get. They should leave. I don't see any "Black" owned restaurants in my country. They can all close their doors and flee back to their homeland. Gews who's ancestors got unalived are getting paid. Pretendians who are not Americans at all, are getting bank, while those same caucasoids who didn't want to end slavery don't want to pay reparations. The world is unfair and extra nasty to THE AMERICANS, INDIANS they called us. Nope, I still dislike tipping. My ancestors worked for free and my taxes are too high compared to those who collect upwards of a hundred dollars a day in untaxable tips. NO

[@katrinaprater5975]

@@robynarmstrong3332 I have responded to your reply. It was so on point that it disappeared

[@katrinaprater5975]

@@robynarmstrong3332 I won't bother to respond again. It was as lengthy as your reply. Here is the synopsis. 5 tables with a 5 dollar tip per hour 25$ + 3$ wages 28$ or 3$ = 15 plus 3$ in wages is 18$ per hour. That is more than the minimum wage and more than I make. My taxes are too high and their untaxable income is too low. Those are my ancestors who lived on caucasoid tips. If they did the foreigners of today can do it. I remember my husband working the Black and White ball, serving drinks. He came home with a whopping couple of hundred dollars of untaxed income. No. Just say no to tips. That is why tips are not mandatory. I eat at home. I have heard of some folx not wanting to work for "Black" guests because we don't tip. NO.

[@kaizersolze]

Wait a minute... $27.50 in 1916 is $787.99 in 2024. $787.99 x 52 = $37,823.52. That's around what an entry level job pays today. Seems like times haven't really changed.

[@ThatGirlJD]

You misheard. He said they were paid $27.50 MONTHLY not weekly. Thats $9455.88 a year.

[@adriennep.5004]

Monthly, not weekly.

[@leecarole1]

I actually never hated tipping. My dad taught us how to figure out the tip amount as children. But in this instance, I can see why they didn't like this form of tipping. Very unfair.

[@A_Chicago_Man]

Exactly!!!

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

What do you mean "the tip amount"??? I really hope you're not telegraphing to people that they should be indoctrinated to provide "x"% per service or some rubbish like that. 😠 _Is_ that what you're doing??

[@leecarole1]

@@letsdiscussitoversometea8479 I'm not telling anyone what they should or shouldn't do. That's their business, not mine. Just stating my experience with the tipping process. Sorry if this angers you.

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

@@leecarole1 I'm sorry I became angry with you. I was reminded of something that happened several years ago now. Whenever I tip, I *ALWAYS* do so based upon the service I received. Sometimes it might be more, sometimes it might be less. On one occasion, when I was out with some friends, a new member of the group criticized me for "not tipping enough", as he deemed it. Up until that experience, I'd been completely oblivious and innocent about the concept of tipping [meaninglessly] - I'd just done so based on how I was treated and how the experience was. But this new "friend", had the audacity to suggest that I should be tipping something in the order of 10% or some meaningless arbitrary amount, as though that was "normal". To this day I remain offended at his remarks, and STILL haven't received an apology. Ruined a perfectly harmonious sense of being genuine that did.

[@tonypayne7371]

I wish I could open up business and don't have to pay my employees and have my customers crowd.Source their pay tipping is b.S!!!!!

[@DionLuvsMakeup]

Having said what I said about tipping, I would love for it to cease. If an establishment hires a person, I feel it's their responsibility to pay a decent wage. They pay low wages, which helps them turn a better profit, while depending on customers to help the employee earn decent money. I was a waitress back when I was in high school. I didn't stay long because I was poor and needed stable income. Thankfully, there were other jobs available that did pay, at least, minimum wage at that time.

[@dianecrowder4971]

As a black woman, I always tip. Even in foreign countries, I tip straight across the board for good service, using New York tip rate.😎

[@sandycheeks1580]

Don’t tip in foreign countries! Stay safe & blend in!!!

[@slimpickens01]

The irony, it was largely a European practice yet today they don't tip. During the F1 Las Vegas event the city actually had mandatory gratuity built in because of the mostly European visitors that was expected to show up who has a notorious reputation for not tipping.

[@ThatGirlJD]

They don't tip because they don't do it in Europe, they are largely unaware of the fact that people are not paid a normal wage.

[@slimpickens01]

@@ThatGirlJD that is a bs excuse. Even when they are made aware they still don't do it.

[@choco.es.unlimited]

No one tips on europe

[@tamedshrew235]

I worked as a waitress in northern cities all thru college. Black men tip, black women dont.

[@terrellstewart4071]

I hate tipping ppl for doing their jobs. I feel it out of control everyone expects it including self checkouts and online booking services. It need to stop

[@terrellstewart4071]

Now that prices have increased they expect the tips to increase as well

[@thobilesikakane6113]

@terrellstewart4071 some waiters only get paid via tips and have little to no other income.

[@weekendnomad5038]

You are the problem. Don’t go out to eat if you aren’t going to tip. They make $2 an hour. Tip your servers. If you don’t I hope they spit in your food next time you eat. Their *

[@weekendnomad5038]

Their job *

[@Petey-se1lo]

​@@thobilesikakane6113 I feel like that's a industry/ public policy problem rather than an individual thing

[@besparmak8211]

Interesting it was adopted from European culture, it’s gone the complete opposite way now here in the UK, we see tipping culture as a very American thing, and only tip in exceptional circumstances

[@paulamitchell1653]

My grandfather was a Pullman Porter…. I Always tip above 20%… but we need to end below hourly wages because workers are not receiving their fair pay… In both situations just give service workers their fair compensation… in some situations restaurant workers are paid $2.10 per hour and they rely on tips…

[@DionLuvsMakeup]

I tip very well for good service because I appreciate the good service. Basic service, basic tip. Good service. Good tip. What I dislike is when gratuity is automatically added in. In that case, that's all they get. It's ironic that if gratuity wasn't automatic, I'd tip more than what was added. If you said you're taking x amount, that's all you get from me. I prefer a choice in how much to give. Also, if service is exceptional, I'll ask the wait person if the restaurant pools tips. If so, I'll give the wait person extra on the side. I also tip food delivery people because I think about them using their own car, gas, and I live on the third floor. I feel like they deserve a nice tip and I also tell them I appreciate them.

[@randytessman6750]

To walk in another's shoes and appreciate their truth, is needed by more people for any issue. We only have impact on the people we directly encounter in life and its up to us to make that as positive as possible.

[@DionLuvsMakeup]

@@randytessman6750 I agree

[@MsVakong]

As a black person, I always tip, but it's based on the service. Most times, it's good, but there have been some bad experiences. With bad experiences, I left less or in a couple of cases, nothing. I have also had exceptional experiences and left way more than the standard 20%. If people are saying black people dont tip, they have to remember it also depends on how black people are treated. If no one wants to serve us or we're stuck near the bathroom when there are many empty seats, that will affect everything.

[@JusttheMessenger88]

I always tip because I know what it feels like to work hard ,and not make enough to make it. You never know what someone else is going through selfishness is never key.

[@terrellstewart4071]

I work in a medical industry, and I don't make a liveable wage. I need a roommate to pay rent and utilities. Should I also get a tip From people visiting the hospital? The D.r car got repo. Should he get tips for his job? Where does it stop, and what is a livable wage? My lifestyle is different from the doctors. And a restaurant worker is different from my lifestyle.

[@JusttheMessenger88]

@@terrellstewart4071 YES, because of what I said before. Alot of us do things from the heart, everyone wants to feel appreciated. We have so many evil people in this world with bad intentions. When you find someone that is willing to take the time to help someone you love,and care about show them that you appreciate them. Yes I would tip them.

[@JusttheMessenger88]

@@terrellstewart4071 I just wrote you a whole comment, but I don't see it . Yes I would tip anyone that does things from the kindness of their heart, and are going through hard times . I say yes, because I have done it already.

[@terrellstewart4071]

@JusttheMessenger88 you are a real humanitarian, for that you'll be blessed. But honestly, me or the doctor is not hurting for money. We're not rich, just it choices. I can live alone if I move to a cheaper area. The doctor is paying alimony and bought a new expensive car after the divorce, hoping for a lesser payment to the ex-wife. So, question the living wage.

[@JusttheMessenger88]

@@terrellstewart4071 Thank you , it's would be nice if in this world , people stop treating others that don't have much, like they are not human. If everyone treat everyone else like they want to be treated, then we ALL can get along with one another. Love is the key to life I believe that is how God wanted it. Well I know that's how he wanted it.

[@MsWaitforme]

I don’t hate it, but I most definitely don’t like it. But what I hate most of all is that restaurants now especially in the south are taking 18% gratuity or more from you when Eat it there restaurants about bar and grills. And then the waitress a waiter expect a tip from you all over again once they have taken out gratuity from your check that you must pay. To me that’s a form of stealing from me.

[@helenzass411]

Just so you know, it is illegal for a restaurant to automatically charge you a tip and they cannot do that, and you can refuse it.Try it next time, the manager will give in.

[@susanwilliams4953]

Thank you, I did not know tipping history.

[@tonypayne7371]

Policeman, fireman, supermarket cashiers,bag boys, bus drivers,Judges lawyers, Garbage collectors,mailman.Mobile phone technicians, dentist,doctors.NEVER receive tips(tipping is BS)

[@user-qu4ey5yy3f]

Sadly, tipping has become an expected exercise of which many behave undeserving. Multiple times I've requested the tip be removed from my total due to the demeanor of workers. It's been my life experience to get worse service as a Black man, especially from Black folks like me. Today I live in Central America where service can be pathetic, especially from Blacks like me. OH, WE'RE BAD! I invited the young of certain towns in Honduras and Guatemala to share some hospitality approaches with them. Only two bothered to show! word around the community was/is, "they think they know better than us".

[@lcbryant78]

I used to work as a valet in St. Louis and black folks never ever tipped and they rarely paid the full valet fee. And they’re always rude to us and the restaurant staff.

[@FrankieJizking-js3yv]

The Nowak III tip study 2018, demonstrated Blacks do tip less than non Blacks. In my other comment, I cited informal reports from my Black friends in the industry. I left out their race over there but upon further reading, I thought it was important to include. Another concern with studies that rely on the subjects self reporting, is their tendency to under report their income to avoid tax burdens and to keep income under limits that would exclude them from government subsidies. People don't want to lose their Section 8 or EBT. A study that ignores these realities is not complete.

[@glenn6583]

I would rather pay a little more and be done with tipping. A little more!

[@yayawilliams3993]

I think what bothers me the most about tipping is that it's automatically expected or some people think its guaranteed. When in reality I don't have to tip at all & just pay my bill and leave. But when I do get good service or I like the persons personality then I tip. When it comes to ordering online like Walmart for groceries & you're already paying a service fee & delivering fee tripping is a bit much in eyes but my husband is much nicer than me & he likes to tip no matter what. Overall im cool with tipping when it's not expected of me.

[@j-us-t_be-in-g]

If you're working a job where your hourly wage is low like food courier drivers, waitresses, etc, Ill tip you. Outside of that, im only paying for what I ordered. I don't care what you think. Tipping is basically free money. I already paid you. Why do I need to tip you?!

[@terejosh13]

you could eat at home like you did during the pandemic why do you want service if you don't want to pay for it?

[@mikeburke5621]

You should wait tables

[@cyberpisces369]

@rayrey90 beware that you run the risk of getting a "special" serving in the end 🤔

[@OMGitsTerasu]

​@@terejosh13 I paid for the chef to make my meal and the waiter to bring it to me. I didn't ask for anything else, so anything else is optional.

[@bjt81366]

I've worked for tips and I have always led my co-workers in tips. It really comes down to communications. If you give good service you'll get good tips. If you also establish a relationship with the customer with some quick humor or good banter you will get very good tips. It is also true that we don't tip. It's ridiculous, I know brothas and sisters that will actually say, I ain't giving any extra money no matter how good the service. But Black people who do tip, leave really good tips. It is all or nothing with us.

[@kingbrothers5459]

I hate companies that make people work for tips. Cause all they doing is racking in the money.

[@ricardoflot2787]

WOW, I didn't know this but, I ALWAYS tip whenever I'm served somewhere and I NEVER thought a time would come when I'd be faced with reconsidering it!🤔

[@msoda8516]

My issue with tipping in America is that it has now become a way for businesses to pay employees less. I am perfectly fine with tipping, but I believe that employers should at the same time have to pay their employees livable wage.

[@denverwilliams644]

You hit the nail on the head.

[@user-kj5ce8bi3y]

They should pay the waitstaff more than minimum wage.

[@EmilyKresl]

Every European I've met say there's no tipping where they live and servers are paid well, and they get 6 weeks off annually WITH pay.

[@OMGitsTerasu]

I dont hate tipping. I hate the expectation of a tip. I require positive service to get a tip and if the service goes above standard, more of a tip is given.

[@CoreyChampagneTV]

Thanks for the video, very insightful. Might I note please proof read your captions, wouldn’t want disabled views to be left out/confused cause some of the words don’t match. 🙏🏾

[@kjwworldwide]

Worked as a waiter for 21 years. Although this stereo type is somewhat true, if you study the psychology of ppl, you can tell who will tip and who wont ahead of time. I still treated everyone with respect.

[@lagunn327]

Although, this does not surprise me I learned something today. I am 61, my parents would be 89 now and they and my grandparents always tipped! I never hated tipping. Great customer service deserves a great tip EXCEPT in cultures that view a tip as an insult!!! Interesting fact, my great grandfather worked for the Pullman company as a server.

[@CookingwithSyreetta]

Such an informative video! Thank you!😊

[@mrspeed48]

Regardless of how tipping originated, to not tip properly is low class, selfish, and disrespectful. If you receive sevices from people who rely on tips as a large part of their compensation, then tip. You can ALWAYS advocate for servers, bartenders, housekeepers, and baggage handlers,valets, etc. a living wage. But if you don't want to tip, stay home, carry your own bags, park your own cars, and cook your own food.

[@nikkibarnzable]

Stumbled upon this thanks for the great info

[@sparker7768]

5:36 Oh wow, there's my paternal grandfather, front and center, and my uncle holding the paperwork! Grandpa had many stories about how he cajoled high tips from the white passengers 🤷🏽‍♀️ I noticed when we were out and about, he aways seemed to have money to tip people, i.e , wait staff, cab drivers, baggage handlers, etc.

[@erainasmith2532]

Wow! What a history lesson in 9 minutes. I love books and I love learning. Actually thinking about going back to achieve a Masters but after watching your video It just goes to show that no matter the education level or age for that matter (I'm 61) there is always something to learn. Thank you so very much for all the time, effort and hours of research you put into making this video. All the best and I'm really looking forward to seeing your next one. Btw I did subscribe. Blessings!

[@CodyCole80]

I learned to tip when I became a server and found out we’d only get $2 an hour with the expectation of tips. I’m a great tipper now.

[@brendanmcnally9145]

VERY informative. Thank you for doing such a good job on this

[@indexfinisher]

Im from the UK and black and i hate tipping. I believe an employee should get a fair wage and shouldn't have to rely on a tips to survive. Have to admit when i go to Jamaica British people are looked at as cheap compared to our American cousin's. But hotel resorts should be paying staff a decent wage and i find it disgusting that they are not and being taken advantage off. Only time we do tip is restaurants, taxis and barber's but its not expected and not looked at in disgust if i dont because i should expect good service anyway.

[@tamarrichardson3760]

No person should have to work for less than five dollars an hour with or without tips

[@gerardmoran9560]

This is a great video that raises some important points. Please review it for errors in the closed captions- it reads orchids for workers, hints for hence, etc. Keep up the content!

[@InspirationalSpaceship]

In America owners and businesses pay their workers unlivable wages then demand consumers pay tip to compensate for their lack of liveable fair wages! DoorDash, Uber eats, Grubhub and your local restaurants.

[@kathyh4804]

Me and my black friends depend on tips! Give extra service and they tip … usually! I have a lot of customers that don’t tip.., they are usually the wealthier ones!

[@iamashby6479]

I wish the laws wouid change so that restaurants be forced to at least pay the minimum wage in their state. Which would mean higher prices for the customers who are being waited on. This way, everyone would pay more and the waitstaff can make more money. It will weed out the ones who did not want to spend extra money to tip, because they will be forced to pay more than they wanted. Win win

[@sknmwms6516]

Tips should NOT be included as income period! Should not be reported as such!

[@zacharypeacock6278]

I'm black and I tip. Lately I find it a little hard to tip because everybody has a tip jar out just for pouring coffee in a cup. The tip is to show the server your gratitude for giving good service.

[@frankonolfi7328]

Not only do they not tip they also work out and skip paying

[@lcbryant78]

Yes! Many such cases and it’s getting worse.

[@vashtikelly6837]

I'M A DANCER AND I APPRECIATE ALL MY TIPS FROM PEOPLE OF BOTH SEXES AND ALL RACES!!! BLACK MEN LIKE BMF (BIG MEECH) WENT BEYOND TIPPING BY MAKING IT RAIN "TIPS' ON US!!! BUT: THAT'S JUST THOSE GUYS AND GUYS LIKE THEM STAND OUT, HOWEVER, BLACK MEN ARE NOT BIG TIPPERS EVEN IN THE ADULT INDUSTRY....ASK ANY BLACK DANCER!!

[@melaninsupergurl-vu4uv]

Every excuse under the sun for misbehavior SMH

[@alwayswatching_]

Everyone hates tipping

[@tawnyh8878]

Yeah, it’s a shame. People should want to help others but they don’t.

[@alwayswatching_]

@tawnyh8878 or maybe their job should provide them with an adequate wage and not have them depend on the customers.

[@terejosh13]

​@@alwayswatching_or maybe just eat at home

[@alwayswatching_]

@terejosh13 why?

[@DionLuvsMakeup]

Everyone doesn't hate tipping.

[@MP-pp9nd]

I am in my 50s... when I was in my 20s I had to be taught to tip. My family did not eat out maybe once every few years. Is it possible that is how part of the myth was started back in early 1900s. It wasn't that they didn't want to tip, it was that they didn't know they were supposed to. Especially if they weren't exposed to the dining out culture? And like everything else in the US, it was blown out of proportion?

[@donnachavous6840]

I believe in tipping well because I am aware that most of the service persons pay will come from the tip. The history is sad and disturbing, but not surprising.

[@kimberlylawson7620]

Great information:: keep it coming

[@heyitz_rj]

I’ve worked in many service jobs and even did DoorDash. So I’m very passionate about this topic. The common theme I noticed was that customers who didn’t tip (even when they live in a fucking mansion) were always the customers that expected me to go above and beyond …… for nothing lol. Yeah, I agree that tipping has gotten out of hand but from my experience, someone not tipping is a reflection on their humanity. Some people do not give a fuck about exploiting someone’s labour to get their chipotle meal delivered. I don’t think it has to be one or the other we can have high wages for workers and still keep tipping. Because then if a worker doesn’t get tipped it won’t be like “guess I’m not getting groceries today”. It will be more like, “ok, that’s cool”.

[@efreezeaimtopleaze]

I was in the service industry for over 8 years here in Atlanta and black ppl definitely tip the worst. and I say the worst because on top of low tips they tend to be the most problematic. Complaining, sending things back, the most modifications etc .. I wouldn’t mind the low tip if they never ran me but my experience alot of times was the opposite. Honestly being in the service industry changed my perspective on stereotypes. They all stem from some type of truth

[@efreezeaimtopleaze]

Also, the bar backs and bartenders, bussboys also get a cut of servers tips.. Servers have to “tip out” on a percentage of their total sales for the night. So if you have a relatively high bill and decide to under tip the server could end up having to tip out more than u actually tipped.

[@Rissawinedrinker]

Black ex server here. Our people are very demanding in restaurants and act like they have very little sense. Modifications modifications and more modifications, sending food back if it’s not on fire flaming hot, sending drinks back, calling me and signaling me from all the way across the room, getting an attitude for absolutely nothing. I used to get so nervous when black people would come through the door, and I would be so happy when my section was full and they came in. Some black people are ok, and they tip well, but I’d say it’s at least 60%-70% that are just not worth the $1-$3 they are gonna leave you on the $80-$100 tab, and treating you like a literal slave.

[@efreezeaimtopleaze]

@@Rissawinedrinker Yes, I feel you there . I’m not going to lie my time as a server, change my perspective a lot.. Especially now when I see others claim racism, I have to know the back story first, because some of our people lack a little bit of self-awareness

[@socalgal714]

I think it's interesting how different cultures and different times have different theories on how tipping started. I suggest that, in some way, they are all connected.

[@mikeburke5621]

I’m told when Black guests are entering the Restaurant…. The servers are praying, “ Lord, please DON’T seat’em in my section”.

[@caressaclark1042]

It's true, and I understand. I am black, and i briefly drove for Uber. My black riders rarely tipped. Whites tipped at least 50-75% of the time. I usually overtip, to go against the stereotype.❤

[@inblackamericaradio5409]

If youre told that these people don’t like serving Black guest, those people need to be quite when they don’t get a tip.

[@Rememberwhatyouknow]

This is absurd. You tip if you want to tip, you don’t overtip out of personal insecurities, and if you’re in the service industry talk to your thieving employer who pushes customers to tip whether they want to or not(in some cases, adding the tip into the bill) . I am in the baby boom generation, we made at least $100. In tips a night in an average restaurant, we dont pool our tips, it was our money, we earned it. Nowadays, restaurants pay less than minimum wage and makes employees pool THIER tips which they receive in THIER paychecks, thats greed.

[@Rissawinedrinker]

@@Rememberwhatyouknowor restaurant guests can just choose to not participate if they don’t like the tipping system…but staying at home. If no one comes to eat because customers decided to boycott, then the customers can get what they wanted. Why should the servers do the work to bring down the system ? Servers are ok with it. It’s many customers that aren’t.

[@Rememberwhatyouknow]

@@Rissawinedrinker ok….

[@crackerjacks6789]

I always tip the bus man or woman they most often earned the tip because they are the ones who bring your food to the table and clean up afterwards . The one taking the order has not earned the tip because all they do is take your order. It’s a shame that most people only tip the person taking the order. and they fail to recognize the person putting in the work. I always give the bus man or woman the most money. Gratuity goes to the person putting in the work. 😅 That’s my honest opinion. 😊

[@meechp123]

Ain’t no “We” in this. I tip appropriately.

[@mightymulatto3000]

It's right and proper not to tip. Black people are publicly shamed the most to do so yet suffer from a racial pay disparity. Knowing that the history was to avoid directly paying makes it much worse.

[@CraigMcfly1985]

I usually tip.

[@profitcaslon]

Other countries think tipping is disrespectful. I think we should adopt that

[@Itsmeagain828]

Then you can sit at home and eat. Don't come sit down for meals at restaurants and be served then. We remember who doesn't tip and we give them horrible service. And that's pretty much anywhere. Don't ask me for nothing. Get up and get it yourself.

[@profitcaslon]

@@Itsmeagain828 no one has to tip, don’t get antsy with me

[@profitcaslon]

@@Itsmeagain828 and now that I think about it, being served your food is overrated. I appreciate the chef/line cooks but the servers are unnecessary if you think about it. Yall could be replaced with a buffet system in no time

[@Itsmeagain828]

@profitcaslon Line cooks get high in the back and could care less about your food. And if you're eating off of a buffet, that's just nasty, sir.

[@profitcaslon]

@@Itsmeagain828 whatever, just be happy that some people wanna tip. No one should feel obligated for a tip though

[@Callowcreation]

I love the information and content, keep it coming. It is hard to read the captions on screen when the word wrap breaks up words like 1865 with the 5 being on a new line.

[@12tyecha]

Its crazy how they passed a law in 2023 requiring Gratituity to be automatically added to your bill. oh, how times have changed

[@spacetruckin6555]

"Patron sharing" or "patron spreading" is the even distribution of (poor tipping) patrons, and is a well established practice in the front of house food service industry. If the host/hostess doesn't evenly spread the (poor tipping) patrons to server sections, they get an earful from the staff. Experience and psychology expose poor tipping patrons vs good tipping patrons.

[@sammimaloy5161]

Thanks for this food for thought It was interesting to listen to

[@elvdell5582]

I hate, hate, hate when I receive mediocre or poor service, and am still socially guilted into tipping. I don't feel right if I don't tip. Specifically, because of the blacks don't tip stereotype. It's gone crazy though. I don't think I've been in a business r3ecently where they don't expect tips. Even if I drive to a place, order the food myself, wait, and carry my happy butt onward. That tip jar is just sitting there looking at me like stop being so cheap fool.

[@newyorkernewjersey]

Lol if it's bad service, simply dont tip. very simple no matter the colour u are black, purple or green

[@FrankieJizking-js3yv]

I have friends who own small eateries as well as many friends in the industry. The general consensus is Blacks and Chinese are the most demanding customers and the lowest tippers. Stiffing is considered the most insulting and detrimental insult to wait staff. This video was interesting and upvoted.

[@leeleybanna6126]

Tips are for above and beyond service. If you're just doing your basic job, why would you even expect a tip.💸

[@heyitz_rj]

Not true, in the video he literally highlights how people also tipped someone just doing a good job, not going above what they were expected to.

[@CrimsonRaven51]

Nowadays when you purchase something at a restaurant you are given a choice of what percentage of a tip you’re going to leave. As though no choice of tip or no tip, good service or bad.

[@uchidaoginome]

I work in hospitality in NYC where there is a huge concentration of wealth and it's a union town with lots of unionized skilled, unskilled and municipal (government) jobs! So then, the people putting tips are part of their income, the Philly and ownership class that used to all but guarantee the money you've brought home would be more than enough to take care of yourself and tipping the way they used to. I've been working in the same building for over 2 years. It's as though after the pandemic people who can clearly afford to pay lots of money for a single night's day and I feel it's okay to just look at you. Say thank you and keep it pushing. I happen to be one of those High Brothers like Sinbad with some Jimmy the Greek-ass thighs so I've never worn skinny jeans but if you have... Now's the Time take them out of the closet because there are no more knots to be had. But certainly in smaller cities and towns, the newfound reluctance to tip would certainly hurt their "unskilled labor" much harder!

[@BeautyInYOU583]

Funny thing is. I never been around blacks who didn’t believe in tipping. It’s like it’s a rumor used to intimidate us to tip more.

[@specialed_614]

Great Video 💪🏽

[@TheQuincyEdwards]

A lot of people just wanted the tip before it was socially acceptable. 💯

[@Petey-se1lo]

I tip, but i do hate the principle. I feel like it's more of a industry and public policy problem. Rather than just accepting that people should expect to be payed off philanthropy we should focus on making that not such a need for workers.

[@NiKiMa023]

10:13 I think America is the legacy of slavery in America. The country started with this uneven footing and leaned into it at a time when it should have been accepting what was and what it could become

[@tamarrichardson3760]

The places I have gone to and the workers I have spoken with say Black people tip more. They seem to be kinder and less arrogant.