Tipping Culture - A Dose of Buckley

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Buckley looks at "Tipping Culture", after a Tweet goes viral where a woman complained that Europeans visiting the US "only" tipped her $70 on a $700 bill and were too "cheap". Should customers be responsible for paying the staff's wages? And do we take for granted the fact that the average person has access to services that only the very rich had in days of yore?

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[@TheGearMaster]

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[@LLandS18]

Were in Canada are service workers not paid minimum wage? Legit question I thought they had to be paid minimum wage everywhere in Canada that is I know that they don't in the states

[@ADoseofBuckley]

@@LLandS18 In some places they're paid a "server's minimum wage" which is a lower wage than the regular minimum wage.

[@drayle71]

@@ADoseofBuckley The you know the justification behind that? After all whats the point in having a minimum wage if your just going to crave out exemption for the industries where a minimum wage is really kinda needed

[@nervousbreakdown711]

This is all just a huge distraction from demanding that owners pay their employees well

[@DocKrazy]

And a distraction to prevent unions

[@rocioiribe5841]

Was just about to comment this. Buckley started this video with restaurants and ended with food delivery services. Not the same. People who literally fetch and deliver things to your home should get paid. Servers at restaurants should get paid living wages by the restaurants owners.

[@shawklan27]

Yep

[@07foxmulder]

Or it could be deemed a distraction from demanding servers find better paying jobs. Solid logic, eh

[@cw1217]

You do realize the business owners will just pass these costs down to the customer making everything more expensive. The free market I suppose.

[@PurpleRobe8]

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[@HeresorLegacy]

In Germany tipping is part of being nice to the staff. We tip in restaurants, bars and the delivery driver. It is by no means mandatory, and it's usually between 1-2€ per customer. Or we round up the bill to a full euro or the next 5€ bill.

[@BjornV1994]

Same in Belgium it seems. Sounds more logical if you ask me.

[@GeoNeilUK]

Yeah, in the UK, we have a habit of "keep the change" or to bartenders in a pub "and one for yourself" (meaning take the price of your drink of choice as a tip, not literally pull yourself a pint and drink with me right now)

[@sanderevers9396]

@@GeoNeilUK Although depending on the bartender that could be a fun option

[@AFGuidesHD]

@@GeoNeilUK in the UK we have a habit of making things awkward by adding the tip to the bill and then having to ask to take it off and get funny looks or awkward silence

[@jillvalentinefan77]

​@@AFGuidesHD Good too know Guides watches Buckley too lol

[@ashleybrown4754]

As an ex Subway employee my advice in dealing with how much to tip is that you should never have gone into a Subway to begin with because it's absolutely disgusting

[@HeroSword_P]

Oh yes, the quality has considerably gone down, last time I swear the food made me sick, nothing else has ever affected me like that after eating it.

[@ashleybrown4754]

@Katie Logue Jersey Mikes is the shit. I would prefer to not eat if Subway is the only option.

[@ashleybrown4754]

@@HeroSword_P I had the same experience with Arby's

[@thaddiusjames8061]

@@HeroSword_P Same here, last time I had Subway I got food poisoning. Never again.

[@julesdalli9716]

Are you referring to American Subway restaurants? Australian ones are actually pretty good. But the food is bland. Not disgusting to eat, just.....bland.

[@SuitorASMR]

As a german my Tips are rounding up cents "oh the price is 20.35? - here is 21.00 keep the change"

[@jcpbd1776]

Do you do this in america??

[@Khaisz.]

Same for me, or it was until my paymenta started being Card only. Now I just blip my card on a machine and leave.

[@SuitorASMR]

@@jcpbd1776 havent been in the us since i was 8

[@jcpbd1776]

@Suitor LP is that common in the German culture? I can't really make any assumptions I've never been to germany

[@celianeher7637]

​@@jcpbd1776Yes it is, but tips are based on the service. When you feel that you haved been well treated and the food is to your liking or the sever is very pleasant, then there is often more offered.

[@Zei33]

I didn’t want 34 yen in change at a restaurant in Japan last week. I walked out hoping they wouldn’t chase me but the guy chased me down and gave me the coins. He said “it’s insulting.” So yeah, you’re right about that statement.

[@riffgroove]

Yeah, you NEVER tip in Japan. If you tip someone there, you're implying that they have a menial job that doesn't pay enough.

[@wolftitanreading5308]

@@riffgroove I'll be honest i think its weird especially cause id tell them you did this awesome job and I wanna give you extra as a thank you but its their culture so you have to respect it. but hey I'm a weird american

[@ryuuseiSoul]

@@riffgroove I don't think it's just that you're implying they don't get paid enough. I think it's insulting because they see it as their job to give service, and for you to give them tip is a charity, which can be seen as condescending af, even if they don't get paid enough. It's the same reason why even most American people normally don't like to accept handouts or charity - it's an insult to their dignity. Yet, for some reason, America seems to find tipping servers to be the exception.

[@soulscanner66]

@@wolftitanreading5308 Do you tip your teacher if you like the way they teach? No. Why? Because American culture gives teacher higher status than waiters. So it is insulting to tip. It just reminds people who has higher and lower status in American society. Americans like to believe that they are better when they have a lot of money.

[@wolftitanreading5308]

@@soulscanner66 first off haven't been to school for another it's just being nice

[@Quixy21]

I just don't understand why it always devolves into either better wages or tipping. Workers should make better wages, and receive tips as a bonus. Tips are supposed to be a bonus, not a subsidy for the owner to pay sub-sub-poverty wages so he can afford a third six figure car and another luxury vacation.

[@fishbowl5308]

You kinda just answered yourself. It's not better wages it's minimum wage with tips as a bonus. There shouldn't be legal loop holes that allow waiters and waitresses to be paid 2 bucks an hour

[@blue-pi2kt]

I still find it so weird that we tip at all. I've never received service so good I thought I should pay a percentage of the meal to reward them. I get throwing 5 or 10 bucks or rounding up the change to next note but 70 dollars on top of the actual cost of the meal? Nah.... I'll pass on that.

[@waakufaaku9554]

I think you're only considering owners of chains/franchises (not the franchisees/managers of the locations, but the people who license these locations). Most restaurants are barely scraping by. Lots of individuals who start independent restaurants and/or become franchisees assume that the only skill you need is basic food preparation and have no ability to manage a business. Paying workers slave wages allows them to keep afloat despite their incompetence, and tipping laws/culture inadvertently enable this.

[@casebased8391]

Tips shouldn’t be socially required, or a “faux pas” to not tip. It’s up to the owner to pay workers a good wage.

[@Quixy21]

@@waakufaaku9554 I've known some regular restaurant owners that made plenty of money for themselves. Also, any business that can't pay living wages to its workers doesn't deserve to stay in business.

[@rkahaog2]

I went to a restaurant one time that included a 5% service fee, a 2% kitchen fee, a 18% gratuity fee, then asked me if I wanted to leave a tip. I never went back.

[@TheTyisawesome]

That subway order joke🤣 literally always someone infront of you with most specific order haha

[@ADoseofBuckley]

The worst is when you and someone else walk in, you're polite and hold the door for them, they go first, and they pull out their phone and they've got a 5 sandwich order (everything very specific).

[@natefoldan]

That milk tea segment was the funniest shit I've seen in a while, had me dying. I'm surprised you left out stuff about tipping when you check out. I seriously hate the POS (point of sale, not piece of shit, but that works too) tip screen you get for every single thing you buy. Run into a gas station for a coffee (that you get yourself)? 20% tip option pops up when you go to pay. Now it's creeping up to 22% in some places. And sometimes it's auto selected for you, but even if not, you still have to push 0 and feel like a dick. Sometimes you even have to go to a separate screen to cancel the tip. It's completely out of control.

[@zurirobinson2749]

The most insane thing is the fact that the dude saw a 7.99 DELIVERY FEE and still ordered the fucking milk tea. Unless you're literally housebound or live in a non-walkable area without a car, either drive/walk to the restaurant or just take the L at that point. One time I saw that a $12 crepe was going to come out to $30 with fees added (BEFORE TIP) and was like, "nah I don't want a crepe that badly".

[@CrazeyHaze]

Had this discussion with a waitress when I was a short-order cook at a semi-nice restaurant. She was disgruntled about the amount of a tip and thought it should be more, and we got onto the how much waitresses make an hour (I was unaware that they made less than minimum wage). So after hearing this I gave my 2 cents...basically they should make at least minimum wage, and get rid of tipping entirely. "WOOOOAAH!" she said. She wasn't ok with that, because she was smart enough to know that she'd make less money overall. So basically she wanted to make more money than the cooks, but do less work. SMH.

[@sanchellewellyn3478]

In some states, the minimum wage applies regardless of tips. You should all get paid more for dealing with cranky customers all day, anyway.

[@michaelmiradezandband]

Cooks get paid less because they don't have the social skills to deal with guests all day.

[@vibingwithvinyl]

I'm just glad we don't really have a tipping culture here in Finland. Sure, you can tip if you want to, but it's not expected.

[@bdhale34]

A waitress or waiter isn't making only $2.15/hour there either.

[@julesdalli9716]

I live in Australia. 20 something years of eating in restaurants. Never seen anyone tip. I've seen tip jars at the front of the restaurant, but never seen anyone physically tip a waiter.

[@Prof.Pwnalot]

@@julesdalli9716 Exactly this. Higher chances of someone tipping you for providing a delivery. Even then, weird concept to wrap the brain around.

[@vibingwithvinyl]

@@bdhale34 That is true, we pay our waiting staff proper wages.

[@soniquecat4745]

Yeah, in Czechia you can round up the price, but you don't have to. And often when I pay by card, they won't even allow me to pay more that what is price on the menu.

[@hamidhaider5102]

If the owner can just deduct the tips from the wage they pay their guys, you're not really tipping the waiter, you're tipping the owner of the restaurant. If it's a chain of restaurants you're tipping a CEO that out earns you a thousand times over. Never understood American tipping.

[@TheDropdeadZed]

Because people want to eat out but don't want to result in their server being paid barely anything for their work. I know the server's wage gets topped up to $7.25 if they don't make enough from tips but then the owner just fires them for not generating enough tips. If you want to eat out, you kinda are forced to choose between supporting the predatory business model of relying on tips, or to choose not to tip and to hurt the server. It's not something that can be fixed on an individual level. You need government action to mandate a real minimum wage for servers but they won't pass these laws because most representatives represent businesses over people.

[@justinbieltz5903]

That’s because you don’t understand the law behind it or how it actually works. They pay 2.13 and hour plus tips. Their pay isn’t set then garnished because of tips. The 2.13 per an hour is to cover the taxes on tips. (If you earn a lot of money through tips you’ll probably owe). Now if amount of tips divided by the amount of hours worked per a week is less than min wage (federal or state) then the company has to make up the difference. It doesn’t go to the ceo or anything of that nature. The system is stupid but no they’re not taking the tips by taking money from them. That’s what we would call illegal.

[@TheRighteousDawn]

It's a systematic problem baked into North America where the employers are not incentivised to treat their employees with respect and/or decency and the North American populus accepting that and then beginning to adjust their eating culture. Until there are strong minimum wage laws nationally, this problem will continue to fester. Also there's no GST from what I understand which would definitely soften the blow.

[@julesdalli9716]

Owners don't deserve tips. They tip themselves with those nice fat PROFITS.

[@justinbieltz5903]

@@TheRighteousDawn tipping doesn’t mean the employer doesn’t care about their employees. I’m fact most places that I worked when I got tips the management helped us out in other ways. Sometimes out of his own pocket. You’re part of the problem. You see tipping as it’s the owner who doesn’t want to pay and therefore they treat their employees wrong. That’s just not even remotely true.

[@xxbubblesxx1165]

Lady gave me a pre wrapped hamburger for $10 and the first screen on machine was for tips

[@alexandru5369]

Yeah that screen that asks for tips can piss off hell no

[@powwowken2760]

Jokes on them, I AM cheap... Besides most of those servers make more money then I do so sorry not sorry.

[@Nakia11798]

Too true. Like istg, I deal with the public and their shittiness too, why don't I get tips?.. oh yeah, because I'm not a waitress.

[@YourFaceIsAlreadyTaken]

For things like Doordash, I think they should just increase service fees enough to pay their drivers what they want, and be done with it. If people want to tip on top of that, they should. But I don't like being shamed into tipping. I don't like that it's up to the customers to make or break someone's job, and I don't want that responsibility. If that means it costs me more money on average to get my food delivered, fine. I'm just tired of thinking about it and wondering if I'm an asshole for lowering the tip from the recommended 30%. And all the drivers complaining about it are basically playing right into Doordash's hands by holding the customers responsible. Either it's optional or it isn't; I'm sick of this in between garbage. And I don't know enough about what it's like to work in restaurants (I say, as though I'm familiar with working as a Doordash driver) but I think this video summed it up well. We shouldn't have to figure this out. If food/drink costs need to be higher to pay workers better, I'd rather they be higher. Then, tips really will be a bonus. And charging based on food cost has always seemed terribly arbitrary to me. It's not like servers spend more effort bringing more expensive food out. If the restaurant can't make enough money off that $700 bill to pay their workers, they need to solve that, and they need to be held responsible.

[@bararobberbaron859]

I feel like it should be based on time spent, on top of them making a normal wage. If a driver can't do anything else for an hour because they are doing my delivery, fine, charge me $15 for delivery. But then if it takes 20 minutes, charge me $5. In restaurants it's a bit different since a waiter can work multiple tables and also do tasks for the boss unrelated to me. So there I tend to tip $5 per hour I've spent in there. We had a nice long meal with deep talks and spent 4 hours at the table? You get your base $60 salary and a $20 tip. Doesn't matter if we spent $80 or $1500 at the table. It should be based on time. And that may also stop them from swarming all over you, constantly checking if it's to your liking. My favorite restaurants are where the waiter seats you, hands you the menu, takes your drink order, returns 10 minutes later to take your food order, delivers that and then just goes back to walking around. You need anything you can raise your hand, but please leave me the hell alone. I need another glass of wine I will ask.

[@nslouka90]

That still doesnt make up the fact that places like door dash and grubhub still have outrageous fees and multiple fees with your order, many restaurants even raise the prices on their menu items if you order through the delivery service. Restaurants also don't allow the use of rewards cards or points if you order through door dash and grubhub so in reality the value is less, you are just paying for delivery.

[@TheRighteousDawn]

Just make them federally protected employees and not some "knock off" gig worker...

[@julesdalli9716]

I don't like the idea of tipping, for any sort of food service. The money you pay for a hamburger/fries, a steak, a plate of pasta, whatever it is you're ordering, is supposed to cover not only the ingredients, but also the time taken to prepare and cook the food that you ordered, and for that food to be brought to your table. And if you order through Doordash, Uber, or any other food delivery service, the DELIVERY FEE is what covers the cost of delivery. That is where the wages of waiters, busboys, delivery drivers, etc, should come out of. Not from tipping.

[@Chaos89P]

When I was Dashing, I didn't care if I got tipped or not. And yes, I am American. That being said, I was rather pleased if I did get tipped, but I don't remember that happening too often, and I rarely noticed if I did.

[@Moridin69]

I like how most of buckleys doses are "just do the right thing and don't be a bitch about it"

[@songmarysmith]

My family has always been "poor", sometimes on assistance, sometimes not. We have always left a 20% tip from the 1980's forward. I can't believe we are now at a place where people demand a certain % by default. I do not tip on carry-out services though. If you came to my house because I'm lazy, I"ll tip you.

[@travisbic]

"You" in this hypothetical example refers to the person ordering delivery. If you opened a phone app to order a milk tea delivered and and it said that would cost $23, your response would likely be, "I'm not lazy enough to pay that." But when your open that same app and the price listed is $6.50, you're too lazy to figure out that by the time it gets to you, it's gonna cost $23. That's why people want the real price listed with "tips" included.

[@randomnpc445]

You have to look at your total before confirming payment in literally every single online ordering service. If someone doesn't look at the total then and complains because it was too high, that's their fault. Unless for some reason, somehow, these extra charges are hidden from you before paying, which I highly doubt is the case.

[@dylanadavis2118]

I don't order on apps very often. I live in a neighbourhood surrounded by restaurants and fast food places so it's like a 10 minute drive max (20 round trip). And in that ten minutes is 2 Tim's Hortons, 2 subways, 5-10 pizza places 6 asian places, A&W, DQ, BK, a movie theatre and 6 grocery stores. There is a lot and if you drive and extra ten there is even more and this isn't even close to everything. ANYWAY, I wanted DQ one day so we ordered as a family. It came to $80. There are three of us. There was this whole issue with the app and my order didn't get to me. 30 minutes after it was to be delivered I had received my refund and drove to the A&W and it was $40. I was like "that's insane" because A&W costs waaaay more than DQ so I thought it was a bit wild. Now I only order delivery if I don't have access to a car and really want pizza. So like every 6 months or so.

[@Avrysatos]

even delivery from the local pizza places has a $3.50 fee here. not from doordash. And the driver sees none of that. Why does dominos need $3.50? They already charge way more than it costs to make the pizzas... too much. I looked at these apps and the fees usually tack on like $10-15...too much. So I just...don't order from them, but the person pointing out how ridiculous it was didn't necessarily pay that much i suppose.

[@jacobm92]

imagine defending someone throwing a tantrum over paying "too much" to have a single fucking drink delivered to their doorstep.

[@TheGhostFart]

@@jacobm92 imagine defending drivers that throw a tantrum and tamper with your food because they feel like you're not giving them enough money on top of what they already make

[@BeeOstrowsky]

Jesus’s tip would be smaller than you think: he was circumcised 🤷‍♀️

[@sirloinestakegames7866]

😂

[@Y00bi]

What I don't understand is why tipping is a fucking percentage of the meal's price. I can go to the same restaurant as someone else, we order different food, we get the same service. But one of us magically owes the wait staff more because we spent more on food? I don't fucking understand.

[@jadynreeder7217]

As a server in America who relies solely on tips 98% of the time, I’ll tell you why. If you’re paying for an expensive meal, you are also paying for the experience. At more casual diners food is less expensive because of the quality of the ingredients and the service you get. At more fancy and expensive restaurants, you’re going to get (most of the time) top shelf service from your servers and/or high quality food. This also means more work from the servers because they have to ensure everything they’re doing is perfect. If it’s not, management will get on their ass and/or they won’t get a good tip which we literally depend on for our own personal expenses. Not to mention 15-20% of the bill is now the standard in America for a good tip to many servers including myself (unless the service was shitty). Obviously, the higher the bill the higher that 15-20% will be. That’s why it pisses me off when a large group of people walk in that are very demanding and take attention away from my other tables, order a whole bunch of food and drinks which makes the bill super high and then only tip me 5%. It’s a big slap in the face honestly, especially since I just ran around the whole entire time catering to every little need and putting so much time and effort into that table. I always said if you don’t have enough money to tip, then stay tf home.

[@macdeluxe733]

@@jadynreeder7217 "especially since I just ran around the whole entire time catering to every little need"... Oh, you mean doing the job you're paid to do? If you don't think you are being paid enough, take that up with management, not the customers.

[@juliac8225]

​@@jadynreeder7217pretty sure it's not more work to deliver the customer a $35 dollar steak dish than a $12 soup

[@jadynreeder7217]

@@juliac8225 it’s not more physical work but it is more work making sure everything is perfect and up to managements standards. The fancier the food/restaurant the more nitpicky management has to be. I’ve worked both fancy and casual restaurants so I definitely understand both sides either way.

[@jadynreeder7217]

@@macdeluxe733 you obviously misunderstood what I meant by that phrase. Read the rest of what I said afterward before jumping down my throat. Yes, running around and catering to needs is literally what being a server is. HOWEVER bigger tables = more running around and can potentially affect the other tables you have in a negative way. It’s more effort and more time consuming. People always argue that we need to take how much we get payed to upper management but they’re not in charge either of wages. It’s honestly a federal thing, and something servers have been fighting for years.

[@KYSMO]

In Europe, tipping is part of being nice to the staff. We tip in restaurants, bars and the delivery driver. It is by no means mandatory, and it's usually between 1-2€ per customer. Or we round up the bill to a full euro or the next 5€ bill.

[@AB-80X]

It's not about being nice. We don't go so that we can be nice to the staff. We go out to have a good time or do business. If the staff does well, they can get a tip, but it is earned, not a nicety.

[@SJohnTrombley]

I think the distinction between tipping at subway and a sit-down restaurant is the employees at subway are all making at least minimum wage, but the servers at sit down restaurants are still getting like $2.15/hr.

[@doofy3111]

In California service workers make minimum wage and still get tipped

[@sanchellewellyn3478]

@@doofy3111 I think the whole West Coast (of the USA) is like that. Hey, maybe in BC as well.

[@BeanieBoyification]

All I’ll say is as someone who’s first job was at a Starbucks around 9 years ago, I’m really glad I don’t work there in the era of Tiktok. It was bad enough when Tumblr was a thing and we’d have people coming in with their ‘secret menu’ drinks.

[@poeterritory]

Wait, giving a tip is giving them money? No wonder my tip to "not invest in NFTs" didn't go over so well.

[@lavendericedtea]

I usually tip people as a gesture of kindness in Thailand as a little bit of money for me goes a long way for them. When I visited the US a few years back, damn... Tipping almost broke my holiday budget LOLOL

[@kosticbv]

You're not only keeping the quality of your content for years, in my opinion you've actually improved I'm 27 now and I've been watching you ever since I was in high school Greetings from Serbia!

[@killershark4456]

"I Don’t Wanna Get Off My Fat Ass Fee" Funniest take on tipping I have ever seen 😂

[@lovewesstrom]

In Sweden where I live, tipping is far from mandatory, which is good. Correct me if I’m wrong but I’ve understood that the word tips is an acronym for ”To Insure Proper Service”. Which is the whole point. If you feel that the actual service was worthy of more of your money you leave a little extra for the staff. I work in a bar with, in my own and most of our guests opinion, very good service. Most nights we do 5% tips out of our total sales. Most people round up the total, some leave nothing and some leave a good tip (5-15%) and in some cases even more. You should never expect another person to give you money out of courtesy. P.S. Restaurant workers in Sweden make quite good money from our employers. The tips should always be regarded as a bonus.

[@ChristinaToto]

"Mmm, your milk tea, sire" got me pretty good 😂😂😂

[@BlueBeetle1939]

I just don't want to have to do a math problem at the end of my meal maybe we could tip in fun facts instead

[@ADoseofBuckley]

In Canada we used to just look at the tax on the receipt and give that again to the server. But even in Canada tax ain't 20%!

[@Chrazzari]

​@@ADoseofBuckley I'm just glad I don't have to do any calculations. If it's $5 on the menu in Australia it's $5 including tax and all wages, ingredients and overheads that the business uses to come up with he cost in the first place. It'd take me a while to get my head around doing the maths on it everyday when the price increases at checkout.

[@Herpusderpus]

I agree that tipping is dumb, but figuring out 20% is easy. Say the bill is 80. Take the 8, multiply by 2, and you’re done. If it’s 160 (yikes), take the 16, multiply by 2, and you’re done. But yeah, fuck tipping culture.

[@unexplained_entity7514]

@@Chrazzari Yeah this so so much omg. I can't fathom the idea of having to do maths when in the midst of a food coma. It's a rough world out there. 😂😂

[@BlueBeetle1939]

@@Herpusderpus I don't care if it's easy I don't want to do it

[@craigmcpherson1455]

The culture SHOULD be: Order a default menu item, you don't tip. Customizing or special orders, you tip.

[@pinkdiamond1847]

But that would be discriminatory to people with dietary requirements. Also, I thought the whole point was that you're paying for service When you pay for the food you pay the price that's on the menu. The tip is payment for the wait staff who don't prepare the food

[@craigmcpherson1455]

@@pinkdiamond1847 A lot of restaurants already have options for special diets. Sometimes they charge more. I'm talking about people that are picky.

[@Melsharpe95]

Staff should get paid properly, period. Tips are a bonus for somebody going above and beyond WHAT THEY ARE ALREADY GETTING PAID TO DO. Get paid to carry my bags to the room? - no tip. That's literally your job. Get paid to carry my bags to the room, but then spend a few mins helping me put them away? - Here's a tip. You went above what was expected.

[@Iamonepercent]

@@pinkdiamond1847 I promise you that no dietary restriction calls for half foam double cup triple salchow half shaken half stirred bullshit.

[@julesdalli9716]

You mean like charge extra for specific ingredients? I think most businesses do that anyway.

[@bighonkies]

The issue i have with places like subway and other places like that asking for tips, is that they're already making at least minimum wage. They also weren't asking for tips until very recently, so it being implemented just feels like companies are trying to get more money out of us.

[@Avrysatos]

Coffee shop tip jars are for malicious responses to awful customers yelling at baristas. "I'm just going to keep putting my change in their tip jar as long as you're screaming at them loke a toddler who needs their diaper changed, lady." That's why they're there right????

[@doofy3111]

In California service workers make minimum wage and still get tipped

[@bighonkies]

@doofy3111 guess I'm not tipping in California then :P

[@Laf631]

I don't think "I'd pay more for going out if I didn't have to tip" is really contrary or ridiculous. There's an entire arbitrary culture around it, like the gradual increase in my lifetime alone from 10% to 15% to 20% being the MINIMUM for "technically, you didn't dump this in my face and kick me in the shins" level of service. Just fucking bake the cost of doing business, including paying employees a fair wage, into the products and services provided so no one has to guess what they're getting paid OR what it's going to cost them.

[@mikeoliver8365]

I love how we have to tip people for doing their job. I don't get any extra for doing my job.

[@gars129]

Buckley looks like cynical Bryan Adams.

[@WarMasterX6]

Yeah tipping is bullshit. I still do it because I feel bad but seriously people shouldnt have to live off of it.

[@Nakia11798]

I don't go above 15% ever, unless it's cheap. I don't prefer paying half my cost in tips.

[@themanyouwanttobe]

What tipping has become is 100% the result of business owners offloading their "business" responsibilities onto customers and employees. It's their job to determine how much they value their employees. The customer's choice should be whether to use the business in the first place based on the cost and what it offers. It's not their responsibility to make an individual judgment of how much to pay. The employee's responsibility should not be to shift the social perception of tipping so they can earn what they're worth. It should just be to ask for a raise or apply for other jobs. Tipping exists because American managers don't know how to manage.

[@KOCChristian]

“A man buys a slave then whip the slave to prove he’s a master. But doesn’t know he’s a slave to money. We all slaves to something.” Asklade from Vinland sage

[@colliesis]

Such a good series

[@martinrusev3502]

20% is mandatory? F out of here! Where I live, tipping someone is based on the service. If the service sucks, I can bet your ass I'm going to leave the exact amount of money, even small coins. If I like the service, I'll leave an X amount of money more so he/she can see that appreciate what they did. Because employers pay the staff.

[@soniquecat4745]

In Europe, it's kinda normal to chill a bit in restaurant after you done eating. Group waits for the last person to finish. Sometimes only one or two people gets a dessert, so others kinda wait for them. No tipping 30% while you are on the way out still chewing the last bite, so you can free the table for others. We have real prices on the menu. I don't want to worry about it while eating out.

[@GaussTheory]

8:09 The way you read that line sounds *exactly* like the fish in the Krusty Krab pizza episode bitching about his drink

[@AxlPatrol]

Tipping must be abolished at all costs

[@VagabondTE]

I'm not confused because I know but the point of Buckley channel is to complain about complaining

[@jackthereader]

I remember at one time there was a website where famous bad tippers were named and shamed. I remember Gwyneth Paltrow was on it, but with a caveat that her supposed stinginess is probably more down to not being able to calculate percentages properly. That really annoyed me, and actually made me sympathise with Gwyneth Paltrow of all people. I’m going out for dinner and drinks, a social event that I’m presumably supposed to relax and enjoy on some level. I didn’t visit your restaurant to do its admin and manage Human Resources so that everyone shares their tips fairly. If you want me to do that, pay me. When I visit a bookshop, I don’t expect them to drag me out back and tabulate their profits for them and make sure they’re paid up for the month in return for them looking up a book for me.

[@alexandru5369]

Yeah shaming people into tipping isn't exactly the best way too get someone on your side. Better pay is between the manager and employee it's, technically, not the customers responsibility. Also I refuse too tip a cashier i.e. go too a coffee shop or a takeout place and it ask for a tip. I'm just like no unless it's a place I frequent and have a repoire with staff

[@bararobberbaron859]

I assume a $15/h wage for this math. But if they spent 4 minutes making my coffee order I'm not opposed to tipping a buck. But if the order was $25, that doesn't entitle them to $5, it was 1/15th of an hour, so you get a tip of 1/15th a fair wage. On the flipside, if a delivery driver has to spend 2 hours getting me a $25 order of ribs, I feel the fee should be $30, don't care that it's over 100% of the original order. Places should pay them fairly to work but until then, I'd much prefer the time system.

[@SomeNewChannel711]

I live in australia and the only time I ever leave tips(tipping is still rare here) is in independent coffee shops where they have 3 staff, one is the owner/manager, and they are all super friendly

[@megacide84]

This is why drone deliveries should be fast-tracked.

[@xmoore5659]

Amazon tried that. But people attacked the drones.

[@nicolec8884]

@@xmoore5659 Maybe they should use self driving cars instead.

[@xmoore5659]

@@nicolec8884 You mean the same ones that are known to drive 200 over the speed limit in a straight line running over anything in their path until they crash when they malfunction?

[@jtswhitewater4940]

As a nearly 50 year old angry Canadian man I just have to say when I was young and taken out to eat at a restaurant I was taught that a tip to the server was a reflection on their service and a bonus to show appreciation of a job well done! It was a gesture of gratitude and if it’s expected then just add it to the bill and I won’t ever need to eat out again.

[@KelmutHool]

It's not only an american thing, in most european countries tipping is a tradition rooting back to the late middle ages. There are only a few countries like Iceland, Belgium and The Netherlands where it isn't. In most places the norm is 10%, in scandinavian countries it's only 5%, in some mediterranean tourist destinations it's 15% but never higher than that. And contrary to Japan, in Turkey it's an insult to NOT tip, that's always been the culture there. I agree with your clarification though. But things aren't likely to change, the debate about tipping and service wages is almost as old as tipping itself.

[@stijnvanbrummelen6290]

In the Netherlands, it is proper etiquette to tip, though ~5% is enough, and only in (full-service) restaurants. I think it is quite similar in Belgium.

[@pachicore]

Idk man well i guess the UK aint even part of Europe but like I've had some delivery drivers refuse my tips.

[@theghost00]

Been in Italy (Venice) and in some restaurants (not sure if all restaurants had this) they had a “service fee” on the bill. A few Euros extra that were basically a replacement for tips.

[@AB-80X]

What the hell are you on about? I'm Danish and there's absolutely no tradition for tipping, much less for a specific percentage. Go the extra mile and I might tip, don't and I won't. Most pay what they feel it is worth, if anything. If someone in Scandinavia tells you that there is a set percentage, it usually stems from the fact that they are uneasy about what they tip. Saying there's any kind of fixed percentage, leaves an easy way out 5%? You damn well have eaten a proper place if you don't want to insult the staff. You tip 5% on a 700 kr. meal are you seriously thinking that 35 kr is a tip? If you want to tip, tip. If not, don't.

[@KelmutHool]

@@stijnvanbrummelen6290 ok I was wrongly informed then, thanks for the correction. So it seems to be quite similar to Scandinavia

[@Kaiji...]

I order food like once a month... I completely forgot that some people order daily. Even if you can't cook, we have tutorials on KZbin, or even easier, microwaves / air fryers / whatever else that cooks now as well. Noodles takes like 4 mins, yet people wait for a 30+ min delivery of the same thing.

[@andrewmazzarini2742]

As someone whose first job was a delivery driver for a small independent pizza shop in my hometown, I've seen my fair share of generous tippers as well as some who don't tip at all. Since the owner of the shop pays me $7/hr less than my state's minimum wage, all that matters to me is that by the end of my shift my tips add up to $7/hr at least, even more so with the soaring gas prices last summer. I've also noticed that the customers who tip most generously have either worked tipped-wage positions in the past or are very close with someone who has, so they understand how inconsistent the earnings for tipped-wage positions are. That being said, some of the best tips I've been given are $10 and some baked goods from the Dunkin Donuts on the other side of town, and $10 and a box of craft beer from a guy who wrapped up a cookout and wasn't planning on drinking any of what was left over. That was a fun shift.

[@bararobberbaron859]

I wasn't a delivery driver but I remember having a newspaper route and just how rough it can be to get through some weather. So I tend to tip if it's bad weather. Otherwise they already get paid a full wage and their salary is paid from the delivery fee I get charged. But yeah, I feel like if a delivery driver works in the US where there is not a base of fair pay, you should tip based on time spent. If you spent 30 minutes on my order and getting ready for another, your tip should be $7,50 and then if the weather is terrible, round it up to $10.

[@Avrysatos]

I used to tip higher based on how awful the weather was.

[@ling0s138]

“If we had to pay our employees a real wage the food would be more expensive, now shut up and eat this $20 burger you could have made at home for $2.50” -restaurant owners in North America

[@yotam6x7]

IMO the real problem here that tipping doesn't inherently guarantee workers being paid fairly. Because American societies are dumb, the government needs to intervene to outlaw tipping to make businesses *charge the actual prices* for their services.

[@thrillcollectors]

I’m a barber. So I get a percentage of every cut, then tip on top of that. Without a tip, I still get paid really well. And yet I find myself getting pissy when someone doesn’t tip😂 my coworker who has been doing this for much longer than me and he has to remind me sometimes that not everyone is going to tip and that’s okay. I really shouldn’t be complaining. Maybe it’s just that with my particular job, I feel terrible if someone first feel like I did a great job, so if someone doesn’t tip, I tell myself that they hated their haircut when that might not be the case

[@bararobberbaron859]

TIL there are places where you tip for a haircut.. I'm already paying $60 for the haircut, I figured the staff makes a good wage already. "Thanks, I love it" should tell you they didn't hate the haircut.

[@42billybob]

I don't mind the principle of the server's wages being a sales percentage. The trap is thinking of it as a direct reward for excellent service. You will be disappointed if you think of it that way. High-ballers will set your expectations too high and when regular people tip sensibly whek you bust your ass you'll just feel cheated. People tip what they will and quality of service doesn't change that unless you insult them or something. It's more like a sales comission. You're incentivised to want the same thing the owner does (lots of customers) because you see a direct reflection of the sucess in your own wages. Providing consistent quality service won't net you a big tip, but it will earn returning guests and net you many tips. And even mediocre tipped positions beat the fuck out of your average minimum wage gig (which is absolutely what most servers would make without tipping culture). It SHOULD be baked into the advertised price though. Asking people to do mental math and a performance evaluation that people will judge you harshly for messing up is pretty clearly capitalizing on people being lazy and/or doormats that obviously don't appreciate being put on the spot.

[@ACertainGuy0]

As someone who was a busser for 6 months, I can assure you, if you dont tip 20%, you are being badmouthed by every single waiter and waitress that isnt basically jesus himself. The amount of whining and complaining servers is impalpable. They are entitled nitwits who do easily the easiest work in the entire business and they get the bulk of the tips, not the bussers and the dishwashers who do the gruntwork, the ones who have to simply write a note, slap it down for the cooks and be remotely sociable to the people theyre serving. The only real skills these guys put out is the ability to tolerate bullshit from customers (which retail workers do anyhow so.....wheres their tips?) and manage multiple tables at once. thats IT. I left that job cause I couldnt stand the environment of nitwits like them complaining all the time. Best decision I ever made and my sanity is eternally thanking me.

[@colincraigo5793]

If you ask managerial staff and restaurant owners, tipping keeps menu prices lower. If you prohibit tipping, owners will have to pay their staff more and they would just pass that expense onto patrons via price increases. Though restaurants in other countries without tipping have very similar menu prices by comparison, so that line of thought is not always correct. If the industry a business is operating within can only produce a profit by severely underpaying its workforce and passes off the expense to its customer base, then perhaps the industry is messed up.

[@spddiesel]

I hate when convenience stores use iPads to check out, because it always asks for a tip. Sorry, but I don't think any truthful human believes that register jocky is a tipworthy profession.

[@saxyrep1]

I don't see the appeal in ordering food and beverages. It takes too long and is too pricey. I'd much rather get on my bike and get it myself. But then again, I don't live in North America.

[@Dilligaf666]

Don't tip over here in Australia & I've travelled and never tipped either fuck that shit...

[@FakeJeep]

Tipping is a minefield... unless I get shit service, which does happen, I tend to always do 20-30% tips. If I have pizza delivered or the like it's a flat 10$ or more depending. When I go to my favorite sushi place it's normally a 100 dollar bill... so I leave a twenty dollar tip, but at this point they do remember us by name despite only visiting once every 2-3 months. That said places like coffee shops and others that have tips on the machines /do/ kind of urk me. Waiters and waitresses get paid shit for hourly in MOST places in the US. In my state it's 2.50 an hour if you're a waiter/tress and you make 90% of your income off tips. If you deliver you make 50% of your income on tips subtracting gas+wear/tear. Store employees though often make 12-15/h to do those jobs and still get tips, but some places do scumbag and just take the tips... or don't pay enough because "tips". So I end up tipping 15% regardless on those because "I don't know" what they are being paid to work there. My wife did pizza delivery for a few years. Some nights were good and she would make more than I did in a week, and some weeks she'd make less than me in a single day while burning through multiple tanks of gas. On busy nights she could use an entire tank of gas in the econobox kia while making 5 dollars in tips. This was especially prevalent during events like the SUPER BOWL where people would order 20+ pizzas, multiple people, and then all complain about how long it took and tip nothing. My wife began to dread working events because of that. So ya. Our country sucks and doesn't pay anyone enough unless you get a GOOD boss. Tip your driver/waiter/waitress.

[@AlligatorArms]

There’s one element of tipping I don’t agree with, and that is: I could order a $100 bottle of wine. Or I could order a $3 Mountain Dew. Or even a $0 ice water. 20% of all those options varies from $20 to zero dollars, and they all require more or less the exact same actions. I don’t really think that’s right, and I feel like part of that might have played into this $70 tip scenario that was cited here. That aside, I have no problem tipping my coffee house workers, counter serve restaurants, sit down servers/bartenders, etc. to keep the quiet quitters to a minimum within the industry.

[@seriousspikesam7770]

In Finland the taxes are already high enough. If we had to tip our waiters and waitresses, we'd have nothing left for the food. Joking aside, I feel tipping is okay if you want to give some positive feedback about the service. Then again, you could always tell that to the staff and say that you had a lovely experience. That would be cheaper AND also encourage them to keep up their good work. You coming back to their establishment is the best gift you can give them. Besides giving them free money without wanting any service of course. Also, pay your damn staff if they're starving for tips.

[@ATFPredator]

That starbucks drink at 6:27 was absolutely ridiculous.... I'd just say "nope" and delete that order. lol.

[@sarche696]

I'd rather pay 15% more on food in restaurant than having to tip because then I'll know straight up how much I need to pay and how much everything costs, I don't have to think 'is this enough?' or if I calculated it right, should it be 10, 15 or 20%.

[@samsoncooper1]

Tipping in America became a thing when rich Americans visited the European aristocracy and saw how they kept their family servants. They wouldn't earn money but they would be fed and clothed and any cash they received would be given as a tip. They thought that was quaint and Americans have been using it to pay they servers fuck all ever since. Now in Europe tipping doesnt happen too often and you don't have to tip a fifth of your meal price so the server doesn't starve.

[@joeyryan5046]

I don't agree with tipping. I think if you, or the business you work for, needs people to pay the wages on top of the amount you're charging for food, then you either shouldn't work there or shouldn't run the business. As someone who once managed a small kitchen, I had to figure everything into the price to charge for things. A cup of coffee: cost of cup, cost of coffee, rough cost of water and power consumption, cost of time to make it, cost of cream and sugar (assuming people are pigs and use too much), and a slight increase in price to make it profitable. There should be no need for a tip in there.

[@GK_Imagimotion]

So American waiter is basically an employed beggar, that f#€ked up but hilarious 😂

[@RaTedy3m1]

I just got off my plane from Australia into a taxi from the airport in Vegas to the Casino I was staying at, I didn’t tip as I’ve never had to that before and got called an arrogant rude prick even tho I was super nice and the driver didn’t even speak on the way down

[@ZERO_42069]

I dont go out anymore or use uber eats or none of that shit because of tipping, i had a driver call me cheap when i tipped $5 on a $10 bill, i told em “bro thats half of the cost” and he complained about gas prices. I just walked away once i got my food

[@aflhabalafhabab]

‘’Are you for or against tipping?’’ The answer: YES. So you’re a Strawberry Marshmallow Fan?

[@micaiahleigh2449]

Manager at the golden arches here. They tell staff they aren’t allowed to take tips at all or it’s considered theft. They blatantly say employees are already getting paid enough to do the work and shouldn’t be given handouts. Regular customers however are insistent on giving tips and go out of their way to find ways to hide that they’re giving them, which I think is very sweet!

[@eastsidereviews727]

As always turn the anger towards the employer who doesn't pay people enough. Whether someone tips or not, it is beyond shitty these places don't pay a fair wage.

[@BlueBeetle1939]

I can't believe you went back to meet Henry the 8th and didn't show him Tinder

[@sileopatronus]

I don't think it's contradictory or unreasonable to hate mandatory tipping but be accepting of a larger bill. The tipping 'standard' isn't really based on anything but arbitrary vibes, whereas if that same amount is explicitly part of the cost (lump it in service charge cause that's literally what it is) then there is zero ambiguity and also no hint of social pressure. Also, I get the feeling that restaurants intentionally use these lower prices to trick people into the door, where they then get hit by tipping culture.

[@ryuuseiSoul]

This exactly. I'm not happy about having to add an extra fee on the thing I'm paying for, which is the same feeling I get when I pay the extra tax added on at the end of the bill (which is also an exclusively North American thing), but at least that is a consistent fee that I can expect for every transaction. With tipping, if you told me I had to leave 10%, 15%, or 20% flat at the end of the mean, it's the same thing where I won't like it, but at least there's no social pressure. But tipping is so tied to social pressure and shit like that that it's not nearly that easy. Some people shame you for leaving "only" 20%, while 20% is considered an amazingly good tip for others. Some people leave only 10% for bad service, while some people will leave "only" 19% to send a statement. And then you have to figure out social discrimination crap, where if you know you weren't served well because of your race compared to the other patrons in the restaurant, you have to wrestle with either giving a bad tip and confirming the server's biases, or you end up leaving a tip and rewarding them for their bad service. Like, wtf is this insanity?

[@ryuuseiSoul]

This exactly. I'm not happy about having to add an extra fee on the thing I'm paying for, which is the same feeling I get when I pay the extra tax added on at the end of the bill (which is also an exclusively North American thing), but at least that is a consistent fee that I can expect for every transaction. With tipping, if you told me I had to leave 10%, 15%, or 20% flat at the end of the mean, it's the same thing where I won't like it, but at least there's no social pressure. But tipping is so tied to social pressure and shit like that that it's not nearly that easy. Some people shame you for leaving "only" 20%, while 20% is considered an amazingly good tip for others. Some people leave only 10% for bad service, while some people will leave "only" 19% to send a statement. And then you have to figure out social discrimination crap, where if you know you weren't served well because of your race compared to the other patrons in the restaurant, you have to wrestle with either giving a bad tip and confirming the server's biases, or you end up leaving a tip and rewarding them for their bad service. Like, what is this insanity?

[@KirkWilliamsIsBroken]

Living in Australia I have never tipped anyone ever. In Australia we pay for goods & services...not the actual wages of the staff. And now I feel like watching Reservoir Dogs again.

[@unexplained_entity7514]

From one Aussie to another, yeah I've never been more grateful to live in a country where staff actually get decent wages.

[@KirkWilliamsIsBroken]

@@unexplained_entity7514 Agreed.

[@eversosleight]

I thought this was settled on Reservoir Dogs 🤔

[@Monkey_Boy9602]

I was a Pizza Hut delivery driver for a decade, and even though we got tips, we were given full pay. I never understood why anybody would work for $2.15/hr + tips when you could've made $9/hr (minimum wage was around $5) + .75/delivery (when gas was as low as .89/gallon in the late '90s) + tips (which were only around $2/customer, but we were so busy back then that you'd walk away with at least $30 in cash after only 3 hours)! I found that even when I got "stiffed", another customer would "make up for it" with a $5 or $10 tip. I'm typing that I was 19 years old with my own apartment and disposable income. I was having the time of my life! Then 9/11 happened. Gas prices shot up; tips went down; they reduced our reimbursement to .50/delivery; and worst of all, they added a delivery charge that people thought went to the driver (it didn't!), so they eventually tipped even less! The good times were definitely over! 😢 I didn't complain, though. I just became a shift manager for the next few years until I found my true calling... to be a butcher in the meat department at a grocery store! I don't make much in tips (about $5/year), but I get Prime Rib Roasts for only $5; Wagyu steaks for only $5.99/lbs; and all sorts of delectable delights that I never thought I'd be able to afford as a responsible adult! My point is that if you ain't happy with your money situation, either change your position or your workplace. Simple as that. Especially with as desperate as businesses are for employees right now. I was actually offered full time AND a management position on my second day at the grocery store!

[@tommacpherson5852]

This video makes me glad I can’t afford to go to America

[@salaufer]

i'd pay an extra $10 to have the doordash driver call me sire

[@lobohombreriera]

Regardless of your own opinion on tipping, I think we can all agree that shaming your customers on social media is pretty much scumbag behavior. That's what made me have zero sympathy for the girl who was bitching about the 70$ tip.

[@ADoseofBuckley]

Oh absolutely. And I'll bet they never tell you about all the times they left in a night with like $300 in tips (which, on even an 8 hour shift would be a solid night).

[@JayMaverick]

If you demand money from me, you better include the price on the menu.

[@fullweezy3553]

When I lived in Germany I tipped my waitress and she ran out after me and gave me my money back l. She sir we don't do that here it was a eye opening experience

[@issaphae9659]

i was a doordash delivery driver for a couple months and the fees aren’t really compensation for the service (or even gas). doordash will rack a standard mcdonald’s order up by at least 10 bucks, but the driver only gets around $2-3 from those fees. the tip did go to us, but i had bad luck and lived in a college town where kids wouldn’t tip. (started delivering in higher-income areas, still saw tiny earnings compared to the orders). long story short, food delivery apps do bring orders up to exorbitant prices with fees, but not because they’re trying to fairly reward us for our efforts. waste of a couple months for sure.

[@Kris-wo4pj]

let ya in on a little secret about tip sharing 9/10 times that server isnt tip sharing if they are they lie about how much they are given. ya only get that tip share if its a credit cuz its done automatically if its cash yeah good luck getting it. thats why the bartender and bussers are usually paid min wage but bartenders will also get all the tips from people sitting at the bar. if servers were paid a "fair" wage it would also be min wage too and they would still expect to be tipped. oh and legally business have to make sure the servers are paid min wage if ya work at a slow business or people dont tip well ya can fill out a form to the labor board and they force the owner to pay the difference between min wage would be for your hours worked and what ya actually made. issue is most owners will then fire ya over it for making them actually follow that rule. oh and it can cause the servers to get aduited by the irs and well no server actually tells the irs how much they actually made in tips which if its a popular enough place and the server is good they can make more than the managers make on a regular basis. which is why alot of servers are against wages for them going up cuz then they will make less money due to taxes and not getting tipped cuz why would anyone tip them if they were make min wage and not their $2 an hr they do now.

[@berrybluebird3842]

Unless I am a regular customer, I will not tip.

[@allaboutedm8050]

I remember watching your videos in a Canadian hotel while on holiday about 10 years ago, definitely the KZbinr I’ve watched for the longest, think I’m going to subscribe to your patreon now haha.

[@InfinteIdeas]

Laziness Tax is the best one

[@GloxZation]

Uncle Buck been killing it lately

[@nocause5395]

The dashers are getting about $2 to $3 of that milk tea fee plus the $3 tip, depending on distance. Door dash is taking everything else.

[@SirJoelsuf1]

They take pretty much everything on there except the tip. And if their push to pay hourly goes the way they want it to, they'll start taking a cut of the tip too. Lyft already does that in some states.

[@laurie5057]

I leave tips because I've worked at restaurants and I know that tips are the only way restaurant/cafe workers make any money because otherwise they're being paid minimum wage. I also can afford to do so, as can pretty much anyone who's paying for a coffee or restaurant meal, and it's really not a good look to whine about adding on an extra few dollars to support staff when you're already paying for something you don't really need.

[@middlega]

An even worse look is any employee anywhere expecting customers to be responsible for their "support". That's between them & the employer. But our entitlement culture has created a legion that can't grasp that concept. On average, I couldn't possibly care less whether those folks live, die, fornicate, or fly.

[@jhhwild]

I avoid sit down restaurants because I never know what to tip. I don't have time to do equations in my head and I'll get embarrassed if I accidentally tip too much or too little. I don't want to think about it so I'll just go to a place with automatic tipping where I can just press a button for the tip, go to a place that doesn't require tipping, or just make my own food. I'm terrible at math so you shouldn't leave it up to me to calculate anything, lol.

[@bararobberbaron859]

While this whole tipping system is disgusting and should be replaced with a fair base wage for workers.. Until that time, here's something that may be easier for you. in your head, divide the number by 2, then that result by 2 again. The number you now have is 25%. You can be that person tipping 25% or you can then round it down so you're at ~20%. $88 bill /2 = 44, /2 = $22. Round down to $20, boom, done.

[@jhhwild]

@@bararobberbaron859 What if it's an odd number? It's much harder to divide by 2 then. Plus I would probably make a mistake if I did it in my head and people would think I'm stupid, I could bring out a calculator then they would wonder why I cant do it in my head. I told you I'm terrible at math so what you are asking me to do would take too much time, I would probably have to use scratch paper or something and think about it and concentrate and it is too much when I'm on a date or something so I'll just avoid places where I'm required to do that. I'm just going to get way too harshly judged for getting it wrong.

[@LeSpy877]

You should never feel like you have to tip. Tipping is a reward, not a requirement. You pay for the food and the rest is not your concern, you're not a jerk for not leaving a tip. It's the restaurant owners who refuse to pay their employees a fair wage who are to blame.

[@CableB_]

In Australia it’s Very Uncommon to tip, I’ve seen certain restaurants with tip jars that are empty.

[@Astro240p]

good to see youre still kicking buckley...

[@haunterghostpoison4651]

Bad service = No tip End of discussion

[@tannersrdr2clips432]

Buckley is a real one

[@TommyBNSF]

I swear America keeps going in the opposite direction, with more and more places going the tipping route. Just pay your damn employees!