Tipping etiquette 101: Who to tip, how much, and when to skip

It might seem like the expectation to tip has grown lately, but how much should you give? When can you skip the tip? NBC’s Vicky Nguyen breaks it all down.
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[@tatianaporoger8668]

Glad you’re addressing this issue. Tipping is getting out of control. A lot of people don’t even wanna go out any more

[@5877user]

My husband is my delivery guy😊

[@stormriderkaos]

@@5877user and he gives you the tip and the rest too!

[@ramencurry6672]

It’s one of the weirdo creepy things about America and American people.

[@forgottenman8629]

indeed, pretty much ceased going out for dinner/lunch and also skip the morning coffee thing all as a result of out-of-control tipping -- and the obligatory tipping amount 'before' one receives their order is over the top...

[@kobyschechter8163]

Tipping culture is an absolute joke. Nobody should be so dependent on tips to make ends meet. I avoid using delivery and rideshare services because of the tipping expectations. I have a car that is very fuel efficient (2021 Jeep Compass) so I choose to drive myself someplace or pickup my food at a restaurant rather than wasting money on a service that I don't need to use. And gas prices are still high so Uber and Lyft raised their prices because of that. Obviously if I'm someplace far from home and there's no public transport I would have to use rideshare services. Or when you have to go to the airport many times you have no choice but to use a rideshare service, especially if you have a lot of luggage or a big family. I won't be able to rent a car until 2027 because that's when I'll turn 25.

[@kendallevans4079]

I used to travel to Japan for business quite a bit. There, the bill is the bill and even if you tried to tip they would treat that cash like it was poison and back away from you. I love that culture. The most polite, humble respectful people ever.

[@paul7673]

Great comment! Same thing in Taiwan and other Asian countries. I will never tip beyond 15% again in the US.

[@___Anakin.Skywalker]

It's disrespectful to say No to a gift tho

[@kendallevans4079]

@@___Anakin.Skywalker Depends on country and culture. There are no set rules for the whole world.

[@vanderley3]

@@___Anakin.Skywalker Depends on the context. It's like a friend insisting and blatantly refusing to let you pay for a meal out on a friendly night out. Refusal of monetary gain coming from another is considered polite.

[@___Anakin.Skywalker]

@@vanderley3 huh? Nothing wrong with that. Gift refusal is extremely rude especially to Asian peoples

[@davidcantor293]

Sorry but I am not tipping for someone to hand me a pastry. Give me a break.

[@joerice7763]

Cool! Did anyone tell you, that you had to tip? Exactly. They didn’t, and if they do. Talk to their boss

[@expeditioner9322]

​@@joerice7763 What about those who just keep the change and when you ask for it they tell you "you got to tip"?

[@deusbeowulf6039]

Another America only problem lol. The rest of the world pays their staff enough as not to require tips to edge out their rent payments.

[@michelleh4717]

it's worse in canada, waiters get paid minimum wage but you still gotta tip 20%

[@vister6757]

It's not paying their staff well or not but one shouldn't expect customers to pay just because they feel they aren't paid well enough. It's an entitlement culture which needs to be stripped.

[@DBE008]

Did you travel to every country or learn everything about the earnings for all countries? Don’t generalize. I’m staying in Asia and been to surround countries have friends from at least 5 countries in Asia. Some get paid $300 USD (yes they get paid in that country’s currency) a month. They have to have roommates that means sharing 1-4 people to a room. Depends which country to renting a room and sharing a room.

[@deusbeowulf6039]

@@DBE008 Are they choosing to do that to save money? Is the cost of living the same in comparison to America? Are they going to school to get a better job while they save up (their schooling is probably a lot cheaper if they are in school)? Let’s not generalize lol. I should have mentioned that capitalist countries are likely to look just like America, but at least most have better health care, education, and transportation.

[@stormriderkaos]

neverending supply of illegal and new immigrants to work for $4 an hour. Exploitation that the customers are expected to pay for part of and the immigrants pay the rest. It's BS.

[@BakoSooner]

Learn to say 'no' and don't feel guilty. I tip when service is involved (generally at a restaurants). I start with 15% (no, 18% is not the new 15%!) and go higher if the service is good. But I'll never tip over-the-counter service. I've seen some establishments asking for tip on top of tax and also want mandatory tip (up to 19% at one restaurant I visited) even for a party of four. As a consumer, I am in control. If establishment gets crazy with tip, I will never re-visit that establishment. Personally, I think tipping will hurt the over-the-counter establishments due to resentment and therefore don't even put spare change in a tip jar.

[@kasun1752]

Exactly! When I go get Chinese take out 🙄 and tip is on the receipt … I don’t leave a thing

[@fbbWaddell]

Bartenders and baristas who make drinks serve you over the counter. You don't tip those very well trained and highly qualified individuals for their skilled labor?

[@ube4856]

@@fbbWaddell Bartenders in a sense "wait" on you. People who make coffee and smoothies do not. So no I wouldn't think to tip. They prepared your beverage and handed it to you similarly to prepared foods handed to you over the counter; that's not the same as service jobs such as waiters, maids, ect. Also, they ask for tip before you've even gotten your beverage. That's not how tipping is supposed to work.

[@kendallevans4079]

I@@fbbWaddell Nope....Do you tip your doctor after triple bypass heart surgery? if that isn't "skilled labor" I don't know what is!

[@michellewinkler3985]

I went to 31 flavors Ice Cream with my handicapped son. They scooped 1 scoop of ice cream for my son then me. (I am a senior).I saw the receipt, it asked for a tip. I was shocked. My son doesn't have money to tip when he's on disability. He was grateful for the ice cream scoop and so was I. He is deaf, blind with epilepsy.

[@LeSpy877]

We should all stop tipping completely regardless of the service. That is the only way we will get rid of this stupid tipping culture. It is NOT the customers responsibility to pay the employees!

[@UpnorthHere]

It's a good start, but everyone has to agree to do that and too many Americans are simply ignorant or cowed into believing they HAVE to tip, which is false.

[@jayringo77]

Did an experiment over one month - no tips for anyone. Was shocked by the extra $500 I was able to move into savings at the end of the month. I have to agree with a lot of the comments - this is a uniquely American issue and I think I'm done participating in this pass the literal buck from service industry employers.

[@david-nt3cz]

Pay yourself first and then worry about everyone else who has their hand out. I read these waiters who complain about their tios not being higher. No one is sarisfied these days.

[@susanrand512]

Shame on the restaurant owners, pay a living wage. No one is going to demand a tip when I'm picking up my own food orders. Our neighborhood donut shop is adding a 5 per cent gratuity WTH. I buy my doughnuts elsewhere. I do still tip at the nail salon.

[@fbbWaddell]

Although I agree that employers should simply pay a living wage, instead of paying $2.13/hr(federal wage for servers), your tip is their primary source of income and that means that they will have to quit that job and go work elsewhere which means that you may find that restaurant closed the next time you go due to staffing shortages. Perhaps you should tell the employer with your words that they should pay their employees a living wage instead of asking you to subsidize their income.

[@ube4856]

@@fbbWaddell I don't know, if you have to pay your employees $2.13/hr or else your gonna have to close your business... something doesn't add up.

[@BORN-to-Run]

TIPPING is OPTIONAL!

[@marcom2248]

You are right. As an European, I don't understand why the owners of the restaurants in the US just have to pay 4$ per hour, and let the customers pay the majority of the wages.

[@gigachad_6862]

They don't pay 4$ ... Server's are paid anything from 16$ to 100$ per hour depending on restaurants bars etc. Actually now tip is epidemic in North America. Why I pay tip at self serving restaurants? Why I pay tip where I have to stand for long time in a line to order ? Why I pay tip to hair dresser who is getting 50$ for cutting hairs per half hour? Why I need to pay tip to rude waitress? Why I need to pay to a waiter in a restaurant where food was terrible? Why I need to pay to check out counter clerk at grocery store when she throw me bags rather than helping me in putting my groceries in those bags😅

[@Chewbucksa]

Double taxation should be illegal. Why is the TIP percentage rising if the product price is already rising? I used to pay $10 for a plate of food and $1 tip (10%). Today the same plate costs $15. Why should I pay $3 (20%) if paying the same 10% would lead to a greater tip ($1.5) for the waiter? The tip has literally TRIPLED: from $1 to $3. I haven't been to a restaurant in months and intend to keep it that way.

[@pattycroft7671]

And I thank you for that, on behalf of all Servers!

[@Chewbucksa]

@@pattycroft7671 You're welcome! 🙂 Hopefully that $4/hr will be enough for rent when more people get fed up and stop tipping altogether, including for that smug attitude.

[@BakoSooner]

My sentiments exactly. As if us consumers can't do the math by telling us 18% is the new 15%. I still start at 15%. If the service is better than average, I'll tip more. But I won't automatically tip 18%, 20% or even 25%. Watch out for establishments that asks for tip on top of taxes or even require mandatory tips for less than 6 or 8 people. As a consumer, vote with your feet.

[@zlonewolf]

@v Its not even 4/hr. If say its at a restaurant you pay $15 and pay $3 in tip. Thats $3 per person. If its a family of 5. Thats $15 per table. If you wait 20 tables. Thats $300 an hour.

[@christinah.8504]

you sound jewish.

[@missmarionlewis]

This is why I don't do Uber eats or door dash. I rather just go pick up my food or just cook.

[@evolution71]

It’s ok to tip Uber eats or door dash. You got the wrong message here fool. You always tip delivery drivers for food. If you go and have take out then no tip. Difference between not letting get scammed and being a cheapstake

[@Vizible21]

​@@evolution71 you're the one who is being very cheap here. If you want a liveable wage attack the corporation, not the customers. Or else find other job. There should be a flat amount for that service and these workers should be paid accordingly. People not tipping you aren't the one who are looking down on you. It's your employer who treats you like a beggar just to do your job.

[@kobyschechter8163]

I also avoid using delivery and ride sharing services because of the tipping expectations. I have a good car so it’s a massive waste of money to use those services unless they give you a coupon. Even then I still try to avoid it. The next time I order from Uber Eats I’ll probably arrange the order for pickup at the restaurant.

[@user-tm2jk9ym4w]

good job

[@trustthescience2260]

​@evolution71 Fool? All he's saying is he would rather pick up the food himself and save the tip money or just make something at home. Chill out.

[@mahir8126]

Do not tip unless you are sitting and eating in a restaurant. Other than that no point giving your hard earned money away.

[@LeSpy877]

No I would say do not tip at all including restaurants. It's never the customers responsibility to pay the employees. If these servers are not getting paid a fair wage, they need to talk to their employers, or go find a different job.

[@johnconnell0631]

@@LeSpy877ok that is great but do not be a customer who is rude and bossing a server around thats what people dont like, the cheap ones are always the most needy

[@LeSpy877]

@@johnconnell0631 No I agree with that. I'm always respectful to the servers so long as they are respectful to me. I appreciate their services, but I am not responsible for their paycheck is all I'm saying.

[@UpnorthHere]

@@johnconnell0631 Being a non-tipper is not "being cheap". It's more like a social protest: "I'm not here to subsidize your restaurant payroll beyond the menu prices."

[@TheDanKyu]

facts, I don’t know why they expect for a tip when I am the one driving all the way here to pickup the food and they just hand me the food with 2 seconds max interaction

[@saras6588]

People shouldn't rely on 'etiquette' to make a living. We need to abolish tipping! One price for everyone. No confusion. No guilt. No more corporations relying on passing the buck when it comes to paying their employees a living wage.

[@jeremiahanderson614]

Please layout what that living wage is for different jobs that are tipped based? Exactly how much? And how should owners adjust pricing to account for the expense? Charts, projections?

[@rosewoodsteel6656]

Yep. Only those evil corporations are doing this.

[@user-tc3ou6sy5f]

@@jeremiahanderson614 As an employer you lay it out...stating this is your pay..... if you accept it...... your hired. Rather simple ! As a worker.....you ask what the employer will pay...if its not enough........move on ! Thats how Ive " worked " all my life ! Dont expect hand outs. Save the money you earn !

[@user-tc3ou6sy5f]

@@rosewoodsteel6656 Evil employees are the cause though ! Dont work at an establishment where they dont pay enough ! Basic logic !

[@rosewoodsteel6656]

Incompetant and/or lazy employees are definitely a problem. If you are a bad server, it is reflected in your pay. If you are unhappy with your job/pay, but are too lazy to find something else, the problem is with you, not your employer. @@user-tc3ou6sy5f

[@tensaijuusan4653]

I went to a restaurant recently for so-so food and service from a surly waiter. At the end I was presented with the tablet demanding a 20% tip, or higher! I didn't see the smaller writing for other options as my eyesight is bad so I pressed the 20% button - and we have never been back to that restaurant as a result of my being blatantly pressurised to pay an overinflated tip that was not earned.

[@methemonkeyking]

I noticed when I paid with a credit card, the cashier turns the tablet around, and shows the % I chose to tip; when I pay cash, there's no tablet. I just tell them I left a tip on the table (the % I want to tip). From now on, I’m going to pay cash.

[@UpnorthHere]

@@methemonkeyking There is always a "zero tip" choice on tablets. Use it.

[@owenmclain3327]

I pay cash and add 10% before taxes. I don't deal with those tablet devices deciding my gratuity.

[@Leumasleumas725]

The tipping culture MUST BE VANISHED!!! The rest of the world do.not require tips! Us retailers and restaurants that give customers pressures to tip are so woke.

[@ChadBray]

Makes no sense If a couple orders 2 steak dinners a bottle of wine for $100. Another couple orders 2 steak dinner plus a more expensive bottle of wine for $1000 The server serving the rich couple gets bigger tip even though same amount work is performed.

[@kessler1kessler811]

It’s not the servers choice as to what the customers order. The server is just doing their job.

[@ChadBray]

@@kessler1kessler811 both doing the same job and serving same amount of food, both getting 15%. One server is getting $15 another getting paid $150

[@BakoSooner]

@@kessler1kessler811 I hear what you're saying. But that's the luck of the draw isn't it. Does that mean the waiter/waitress can be less polite when a customer gets a flank steak instead of a bone in ribeye? Of course, a $1000 dinner isn't served at the same restaurant as the $100 dinner.

[@michelleh4717]

@@kessler1kessler811 the point is tipping should be a flat fee and not dependent on a % of the invoice

[@cynthiannenicholas5156]

No, the tip would be the same. That's how rich people stay rich😉

[@nala3038]

I just got back from Japan, where there is no tipping. Not only is there no tipping, but generally speaking the service is better. It is wonderful! I was willing to tip during the Covid period to show appreciation for people just showing up in that difficult time. But Covid is over now and wages are up. Let's imitate the Japanese model, pay people what they're worth, and forget about paying a bribe just to get people to do their job.

[@vister6757]

Don't tip unless you feel the service rendered deserved a good tip. Tipping should not be compulsory and it's stupid to make tipping an entitlement for everyone. You agree to work for that wage your employer offered so don't blame the customers for your low wage, and expect them to top up your expectations!

[@jeremytine]

or just don't tip period

[@dandan3045]

I would never tip because it’s such a terrible practice. Then again, I live in a country where there is 0 tipping.

[@caddie1a]

It used to be the standard to tip 15% at restaurants for good service & 20% for exceptional service. I guess times changed & the standard is increasing.

[@stormriderkaos]

Yeah, I guess if your waiter takes your coat, rubs your feet and dances for your entertainment maybe.

[@sexygogetter]

Was always 10%

[@UpnorthHere]

@@sexygogetter Tipping as a percentage of the food or drink is stupid. The amount of "service" in serving a $200 bottle of wine is the same as keeping the water glasses filled for free.

[@cloakofanonymity]

It should not be my responsibility to make sure the driver at my door is making a livable wage. It's the company he/she works for.

[@middle2451]

Totally agree !

[@dandan3045]

Tip $0. If a business can’t pay their employees a proper wage then they have no right being in business.

[@UpnorthHere]

Yes, and any employee wanting to be paid more can ask for a raise or get a different job. The customers couldn't care less.

[@charlette311]

You are Right!!

[@davidburrow5895]

Having worked in the back of house at a restaurant it always annoyed me that the waitstaff brought in far more from tips than the cooks made. While the kitchen staff does get a higher base wage than the waitstaff, by the time tips are added they're FAR behind. Even at places where tips are theoretically split, the split goes to all the front-of-house staff, not usually those who actually work with the food.

[@UpnorthHere]

Take it up with management and ask for a raise, if your talents are worth the extra. If they disagree, time to shop for a better employer.

[@middle2451]

Just pay everyone a fair living wage for the work they do.

[@jay_sooning]

In Tokyo, the servers are aggressive in refusing any tip.

[@Jacked2theTs]

ALWAYS skip…. It’s a horrible “tradition”, and has gotten way out of hand.

[@kathryncashner3294]

Sorry, but no. after being extorted for tips on two occasions, I'll simply avoid establishments or services where tips are expected. I can roll my own suitcase (and I know it will arrive at my room in good shape.). I will not tip for a drive thru or other cashier service. Yes, I understand tipping the server at a restaurant where she is being paid less than minimum wage because the government allows it. But largely I've quit eating out and openly choose places that have a "no tipping allowed" culture because I think tipping has gotten way out of hand.

[@UpnorthHere]

The tipped server in a restaurant is making at least the same minimum wage, by law, as every other non-tipped minimum wage employee. Tips merely offset the employers' obligation to pay the entire min wage as salary (in most US states).

[@kathryncashner3294]

@@UpnorthHere This applies to restaurant servers, not to people who work in fast food, Starbucks, etc. And you are right--in the state where I live, the minimum wage for servers is $2.67...and I tip generously. In contrast, where my daughter lives, the minimum wage for servers is $15 and as of April 1, will be $20 for any fast food workers in companies with more than 60 outlets nationwide. The food costs a lot more, and I tip less...or mostly don't even eat out.

[@JJUnohu]

I haven't tipped anyone for anything in over a decade....if you have a problem with your wages, talk to your boss

[@vanderley3]

The whole idea of tipping is ridiculous. You're paid to do a job. Do it, and do it well for the same effort regardless of tip. The whole premise causes unnecessary sentiment of anxiety, uneasiness and animosity (sometimes unknowingly) with every transaction.

[@joegame4576]

the concept of tipping has changed over the years. it started out as bribe to serve you before anyone else, which is probably illegal or unethical at least.

[@dwong101]

Who comes up with these arbitrary rules societal norms?? Honestly.,

[@forgottenman8629]

the same folks who want 'all' folks to accept the delusions of trans?

[@jaya.6467]

This is all utter bs. Tipping is for sit down restaurants where I'm being served, (and even that has very questionable origins). Tipping people just to do the job that they were hired for is ridiculous. By that logic, we should be tipping deli workers, backery workers, fast food restaurant employees, people that stock the shelves at your local grocery store, truck drivers, etc. Now I'm supposed to buy lunch for the employees of a company that I'm already paying thousands of dollars to move my furniture. Give me a break... Americans have become so shamelessly self entitled. 15% isn't good enough anymore, they want 20%, 25%, 30%. I lived in Japan for several years, the service there is generally much better and they never expect a tip. It can actually be taken as an insult there.

[@unusyousuf9506]

This is why I stopped ordering out, cuz I'm too cheap to tip

[@eddierosa250]

I hear you. I feel the same 🤭🤭🤭

[@melvonnar1]

not cheep---just smart moneywize

[@DBE008]

If you tip everywhere that is demanding asking embarrassing and using guilt to get tips. Who will pay for you car insurance car loan house loan college loan or any thing that requires repairs? Because if you’re in a job that is not extorting money from people. Then you got to push your boss for big raises every year to include inflation and tips as an annual increase of expenses.

[@mexicanstreetcorn3239]

Why do we tip hairstylist? Don’t they make there own prices and pay rent? Servers make minimum wage or less so it makes sense but some haircuts are super expensive nowadays- $65-$300 for women. I’m not angry just curious.

[@joegame4576]

most hairstylists are just employees of the salon and the price are set by the owner of the salon, not the stylist. someone correct me if i'm wrong.

[@UpnorthHere]

How can any server possibly make "less" than minimum wage? That's illegal.

[@laknicks]

Service charge should be considered the tip. No way should you be paying 20% service charge plus tipping 20%

[@kendallevans4079]

Bingo! Look at that delivered pizza receipt carefully...I bet there is a delivery add-on, most of not all of that is for the driver.

[@UpnorthHere]

@@kendallevans4079 It varies. Sometimes the service charge just goes into paying the driver their minimum wage, which is exactly what they bargained for when they accepted the job. All tips are optional.

[@im_agine852]

What TF makes someone an expert on tipping??? Did they get a degree for that?

[@cynthiatorres4917]

😂

[@chrischungy]

She's a journalist.

[@SuleyDina]

Right?!?! Bs , not journalist

[@ChristinaSimpson]

There was just an article about tipping fatigue and a bunch of restaurant workers unionizing. Why don’t restaurants workers get paid a living wage?

[@fbbWaddell]

Because the federal govt says they don't have to.

[@DBE008]

Federal government set different levels for minimum wage for different types of work. The government is not stopping the companies from paying more money than the minimum wage; it’s a minimum wage not maximum wage. The same applies for hours some jobs don’t pay overtime at all. I learned that the hardware. My family and friends at that time didn’t know it. I was working in a movie theatre and only a few people gave me tips. I worked during the summer 70hrs every week. No overtime. You can work 100hrs and no overtime, that’s if you can stay awake and do the job.

[@judyostrom8972]

@@DBE008 and this is one of the things wrong with this country!!

[@ThePoacher-j3b]

The only way to stop this out of control tipping is people stop going to restaurants or even fast food places because even those establishments have tip jars now. They’ll get the hint when they’re all on the unemployment line and the establishments start closing. Maybe then we can get rid of tipping for good!

[@Thatsh1tsdingo]

Yup. Exactly. Why is there a need to go to restaurants? I'm not saying cut it out completely, but just reduce and reduce and reduce consumption of services that require tip. Vote with your money.

[@rgwak]

So the server has to lose their job because the employer is passing along their labor cost to the customer? It's not your server who sets the policy. It's the restaurant. They're the ones paying $2.41 an hour. Why do you want the employee to suffer and not the employer?

[@Thatsh1tsdingo]

@@rgwak I want all of them to suffer. I want all of us to suffer. Through our suffering, we will reach enlightenment (that tips are completely unnecessary).

[@ThePoacher-j3b]

@@rgwak I order a lot of takeout food from restaurants and I have to say ALL servers try and guilt trip people into adding a tip on carry out orders; it’s unnerving as you’re standing there and they’re all hovering over you to see if you’re going to add a tip; makes it extremely uncomfortable when paying your bill. I don’t tip McDonald’s employees; why do I need to tip someone for putting my food into a container?

[@Thatsh1tsdingo]

@@ThePoacher-j3b Don’t have guilt lol would you feel guilty not tipping your daycare worker? No? Then you’re free to take your little nuggets home tip-free as well.

[@Cardifftoyboy1]

Friends have just come home from touring the States. They were being continually hassled by waiters to the point where they did not enjoy going for a meal. On the final day they went for a meal and the waitress left them enjoy their meal...They were so grateful to be just left alone that they gave her $100.

[@gearhead-do1xh]

Simple solution, pay a living wage, include all taxes and fees in the price displayed like in Europe and Asia =No Stickershock👍. Besides POS terminals tip% are calculated on your after tax bill (instead of pre-tax which is just wrong ). Just have the price include everything you need to pay included going forward 💳💵💵🇨🇦🇺🇸🌎

[@BakoSooner]

You do know that causes inflation. 'Living wage' for minimally skilled job will only lead to higher prices which will continue to perpetuate.

[@frankquercia8999]

@@BakoSooner A table of 4 having breakfast (the cheapest meal of the day) is $60 an up at 15% would be $9 x 6 tables an hour is $54 + hourly rate. $72 at 20% , $90 at 30% . Not sure which is worse that or going to a hotel paying $250 per night then being asked to pay to clean the room???

[@UpnorthHere]

@@frankquercia8999 Nobody asks you to "pay to clean the room." It happens with or without your consent. All tips are optional. Tipping as a percentage of the prices (not set by the server) is illogical and stupid.

[@middle2451]

Exactly !! .

[@middle2451]

Paying every worker a fair wage does not cause inflation. Its called being a fair and decent society.@@BakoSooner

[@vitatabasondra7829]

When do you have to tip? Never, it’s voluntary.

[@UpnorthHere]

True, but there is a lot of pro-tipping propaganda that needs to stop. It's disgusting misinformation, like "servers don't even make minimum wage." False.

[@jicalzad]

Tipping culture in AMerica never made sense to me. I don't understand why some services are expected to be tipped & other services are not. To me, technically every product purchased requires some level of customer service. Even the UPS/Fedex people provider a service when delivering your Amazon products your ordered from your phone/computer.

[@ube4856]

The way I see it is, there's a difference between the service where the worker is merely doing their job and the service where you're tipping on the quality of their service. There's not much variation in quality in someone handing your food to you over the counter. And UPS getting your package to you is the bare minimum of their job. Contrast that to being waited on at a resturant where there can be a bigger variation in the quality of service and people can go beyond just the bare minimum. They may help you pick out a dish based off of how well they know the menu, may come by often to check on you, may be very pleasant and make your dinning experience all around better. A decent waiter can make you feel catered to and happy simply by being pleasant and helpful. This is similar to salon and spa workers. Maids are always good to tip because even if you don't see them, they are cleaning up after you which I feel is kind of personal and of course it makes your hotel stay very nice when you come back and it's like you were never there, ha ha.

[@ellvtv2314]

@@ube4856 Does that mean you tip the doctors or specialists that have a better bed side manner?

[@UpnorthHere]

@@ellvtv2314 Classic "whataboutism" argument. Salaried employees or self-employed professionals generally don't get tipped.

[@SuleyDina]

@@UpnorthHere. Who set those rules??? Look, more and more places require tips nowadays. It became so toxic, confusion and guilt tipping. I have to tip nowadays not because I got good service, but just because I feel guilty tipping less 25%

[@jeannybenavides6652]

I don’t mind tipping wait staff when I am eating in the restaurant. My issue is that now everyone has a tip jar. Even food to go has a tip jar despite the fact that my receipt specify service charge for packaging food to go.

[@randomstuff-qu7sh]

When I pick up food to go from a sit-down restaurant, I do still tip. My reason is simple. I live in a state where its legal to pay less than minimum wage to tipped workers. That means the person packing my order is getting around $3 per hour + tips. I know I wouldn't want to pack takeout orders for $3 per hour, so I apply the golden rule and tip what I would like to be tipped if the situation were reversed.

[@kasun1752]

I do tip in a sit down restaurant, but no when I go get Chinese take out 🙄

[@UpnorthHere]

@@randomstuff-qu7sh There are only two or three states that don't have a minimum wage law. Everywhere else the tipped employees make at LEAST the same minimum wage as any other hourly employee -- often far more than that.

[@alletaedging2598]

⁠@@kasun1752the person took your order, picked up the order from the kitchen, checked the order making sure the order is correct, brings the order to you and gives you anything else you need for your meal.

[@ethanhur5166]

There is no tipping culture in Japan and Korea. If you want to get a tip, you have to provide good service and ask for it. The problem is... In the United States, employers pass on the wages of their employees to consumers.

[@judyostrom8972]

No matter what..it is on the cheap a$$ed employer, not my job to pay everyone's salary it is your bosses job to do this!!!

[@tqlla]

If you are tipping a fast food cashier, the same % as a full service restaurant waiter/waitress, then you are being unfair to the full service restaurant worker.

[@UpnorthHere]

All tips are optional. It's up to the employer to pay whatever the employee is worth, not the customers (who really couldn't care less).

[@JesusSaves7012]

Simple solution-tip no one.

[@ajohonly3721]

Why y’all sit so close 😀?

[@annearly3200]

I heard server say on a good day they can make an average of 30hr. So I don't think they are the ones fight for tips to go way

[@beschuitpuzzel]

Why is it still so hard to pay a normal salary in the USA...

[@joegame4576]

because the law permits restaurants to pay below minimum wage so they'll take full advantage of it. i'm taking advantage of tipping by not tipping because it's perfectly legal to not tip.

[@chadgibbs9065]

I don’t order from Door Dash, Uber Eats etc…most of the time the charge for the food you just ordered is almost as much as you paid for the food itself. I just go pick it up. On that note, I don’t tip coffee shops, food trucks etc…tipping is getting out of hand. I don’t tip carry-out for food orders either. I tip wait staff at a full service restaurant and generally do 20-25%. I also tip cab drivers, bellhops, valets etc. You can turn your tablet back the other way because I’m just gonna hit “no tip”.

[@UpnorthHere]

Good. Also consider that tipping as a percent of your menu price in a full service restaurant is silly. The amount or quality of SERVICE doesn't depend upon the price of whatever you ordered. You be the judge: did the server give more than the required service? Then feel free to tip. Otherwise, let them take it up with their employer for minimum wage for minimum service. It's not YOUR problem.

[@ivonnebarrientos4685]

I’m tired of tipping it makes me feel like 💸💸. I would rather they just add a charge and I wouldn’t have to think about it! I tipped $0 once got a waitress that was very rude ignored my husband and I, she seemed very racist. I told my husband she doesn’t even deserve a tip!

[@topazmercury5235]

Do take out! So you don’t have to tip them

[@UpnorthHere]

As a rule, never tip for service that fails to meet or exceed your expectations. Tip only for GOOD service. They're all making at least minimum wage for minimum work.

[@Nihilanth1982]

1. Tipping is not mandatory. It is not an obligation. 2. Tipping is not an entitlement. 3. The law states tipping is voluntary, and therefore we are within our legal rights to not tip if we don't want to. Those are the facts in the eyes of the law. You can call me names all you want, but the facts don't care about your feelings. I don't have to tip (or can tip as little as I want), and that, by law, is fine. Deal with it.

[@jcsjcs2]

I think you've completely dropped the ball on this subject. Pay for hotel housekeeping? I pay the hotel for a clean room. Why do I have to pay the housekeeper again for a clean room? Also, it's not a tipped position and any tip I give will most certainly be non-declared incomed. Pay $50 or more per mover when already paying thousands to the moving company because why? I'm all for lifting the atmosphere by providing drinks and snacks. Why does it seem so difficult for American companies to run a business without screwing both their employees (not paying a living wage) and the customers (expecting them to pay more than what is quoted to make sure their employees don't starve)?

[@rainacherienne1010]

Agreed on the hotels. I don’t think anyone pays additional $10-15 every night, that’s delusional. I don’t see any added value that housekeeping provides - I don’t tip. Mostly those rooms aren’t even that clean.

[@lana8305]

Since we've been back to the "new normal" I don't eat out and rarely even do carryout anymore because the tipping has become such a headache and the service is terrible.

[@UpnorthHere]

Don't fret. Tips are always optional. Enjoy yourself and tip only if you feel the urge.

[@ciaojeffitalia]

If you order a plate for 10 dollars the tip is 2 DOLLARS. If the plate is 50 dollars yo have to tip 10 DOLLARS. How much extra work did the Server do. ?

[@Thatsh1tsdingo]

None. Absolutely None. I've been saying this point for years. Makes no f sense.

[@alicepopovski3643]

Exactly

[@pattycroft7671]

A lot more service is expected at a 50$ a plate restaurant- yes,it's work and you have a lot fewer tables to take care of!

[@Thatsh1tsdingo]

@@pattycroft7671 Like what exactly is this “a lot more service”? Bring food to table, refill water, bring check, bring utensils if lost. All of these are done at $10 per plate restaurants too. What are the add-ons exactly for the $50 per plate restaurants? They can recommend wines and dishes. Ok great or I can just read the menu. They make better small talk? What is it??

[@malayaanderson8222]

I’m tipping a few bucks each time, I’m not tipping more just because the food is more expensive 😂.

[@maricara3881]

20% for restaurant, spa and salon. 10% for delivery. 5% for tip jar. Zero for counter services.

[@wing-shanchu4122]

My husband work for delivery service. They actually used their own car gas, insurance , maintenance. 10 %just not even enough to cover anything.

[@mtre232]

@@wing-shanchu4122 That is not the customer's problem. They shouldn't have to tip more than 10% to ensure the driver gets paid.

[@andylin6560]

@@wing-shanchu4122 Teach him to "cherry-pick", Reject all offers with low tips. It's not the customer's problem to tip more, but you have the right to just reject the offer.

[@belatoth1446]

@@wing-shanchu4122 Maybe he needs another job.

[@UpnorthHere]

@@belatoth1446 Yes, working at a net loss is an idiotic plan. Of course, we're not getting the whole story. Business expenses should be tax-deductible.

[@BORN-to-Run]

TIPPING is OPTIONAL! It's something EXTRA the worker may EARN! I don't HAVE TO TIP HIM! It's NOT REQUIRED, and I may not have the extra money to tip! If he shows up at my table with a growl on his face, and slams my food down because he's not happy about something, then he gets no tip from me! Or maybe 2 cents to show him what I think. I don't know WHO is trying to push tipping as being something customers HAVE TO DO! GET BACK! I'll decide that.

[@skontheroad]

Yes. They are supposed to make up the difference. If a server can't make an additional $12 an hour in tips, find a new job!

[@doug6259]

Tipping is out of control but not for me. I refuse to tip those who traditionally do not expect tips and I am not embarrassed to decline either.

[@thealchemist69666]

I don't need a news channel telling me what to do with my money.

[@tuamigah]

My money, my choice. They work already, no tip unless it's excellent service!

[@stevenveltrie1868]

Restaurants I tip 15 to 20%. Everybody else zero.

[@kennikennyking]

This is insulting by tipping 15-20% in Asia region tbh

[@UpnorthHere]

Tip as percentage of price is illogical. Tip according to service quality, or not at all. All tipped servers are making at least minimum wage anyway.

[@balbert2718]

Tipping expectations have turned me off completely. iPad “pressure tipping” - choose “no tip” and carry cash. Leave what you want. No more!

[@EppingForest304]

Tipping is supposedly optional… but in America it seems compulsory!

[@UpnorthHere]

Tips are, by definition, ALWAYS optional. Don't let them snow you.

[@watchspotting]

Not tipping is not something you "get away with" as if it's a high crime. To tip or not to tip is a choice, not an obligation. I work in a kitchen and our tips are (on a good week) less than a quarter of the servers' tips. Tip your chef, that's what I say. They sweat over that stove or have steam in their face washing dishes and get covered in sweat and grease constantly. On the other hand, why would you tip the girl who just carries it to you on a tray and occasionally refills your water?

[@kendallevans4079]

If someone, like a restaurant worker doesn't like low tips, go work in another industry..Problem solved. If they can't because of no skills, education etc...who's fault is that?

[@Thatsh1tsdingo]

Which restaurant workers are still making $4 an hour? Many MANY states mandate restaurant workers get paid the normal minimum wage. These workers happen to also be demanding the highest tips. They easily make $30+ an hour...as A WAITER. No you do NOT deserve $30 an hour (and we know you hide your cash tips from the tax man). No sympathy for these folks.

[@UpnorthHere]

All tipped employees are making at least the same minimum wage as non-tipped employees, as a national standard. There are a only a few states that have no minimum wage for tipped employees.

[@georgesorog8825]

Tip for service from wait staff. But to tip after standing in line, I could care less what other people think when I hit the NO TIP screen. They don't like it, they can all stuff it.

[@TheBOG3]

You mean you couldn't care less.

[@malayaanderson8222]

I’m never going to tip for take out or getting coffee, I hit $0 every & go on about my day.

[@UpnorthHere]

@@malayaanderson8222 There you go! My coffee cost 10 cents a cup at home and has the same name brand as a certain national chain of shops.

[@rgwak]

Why they all sitting so close like that on stools? Looks like my kid's 2nd grade classroom during story time!

[@JWNS08]

I thought the same thing, lol!

[@kelleywyskiel3478]

It’s always confused me how I can go get a coffee at McDonald’s, or a taco from Taco Bell but if coffee is Starbucks, scooters dutchhoes etc or a food truck taco there’s a demandatory tip request. There was a time Dunkin’ did not allow its stores to ask for trips and now the ones here have tip jars in the window. It all gets overwhelmingly confusing. Believe me I know, I lived mostly in tips as a single mom college student during the five years i worked at a country club. Tips were added into a percentage of the fees and whenever I was cash tipped it was always appreciated and super helpful. But never expected or assumed to be required even there. And why service tips? Most are self owned businesses and set their own fees. I, supposed to pay for an eighty dollar manicure and add another twenty as a tip? All of it is paid to you? I appreciate the service but that’s simple extortion

[@stormriderkaos]

"Demandatory"... I love it!

[@UpnorthHere]

Simple rule: ALL tips are optional, by definition. Tip, don't tip. Completely up to you. All tipped employees make at least minimum wage without your tip.

[@user-tc3ou6sy5f]

I hope your not like the lady I tipped at the local bar...... gave her 200 dollars and told her its for her two kids. After a month I seen her again..... she was so proud to show off her two new tattoos .....one on each arm. I asked her. How much did they cost ??? She said....around 200 dollars. That ended my tipping / gifting !

[@user-tc3ou6sy5f]

@@UpnorthHere Its always optional....... best to find another job that pays better !

[@kelleywyskiel3478]

@@user-tc3ou6sy5f maybe at a bar you can get away with that but I couldn’t even have a tattoo at a country club. The members were pretty knowledgeable about where their tip money was spent since they saw us nearly every single day.

[@townjeff]

I want to ask the owner why i need to pay "his" employees.

[@Koczu0]

when to skip: always

[@bioroid09]

I went in store to buy a gift card and was prompted to a tip screen...

[@UpnorthHere]

zero tip is always offered as an option.

[@5877user]

So now most menus have higher prices today, which means you’re already paying more. Then you have the sales tax higher because of the higher-priced menu. And then on top of that, you’re expected to pay a minimum of 20% (1/5th) or more for the whole bill?? Most of us are probably now just ordering to go and then pick up like an Uber eats driver. No tipping 😊

[@UpnorthHere]

Nobody should ever EXPECT a tip, since it is always optional. Expecting a tip is like a spoiled 3-yr-old expecting cake and ice cream for every birthday, having already been spoiled.

[@joegame4576]

there is no such thing as tipping etiquette. there's no etiquette to speak of when the system itself is evil. it's like discussing etiquette on human trafficking.

[@harrahboy]

Tipping movers, on top of paying for the moving company to move you? This is literally the most excessive tipping expectation I have seen yet. What are you paying the "hundreds or even thousands" of dollars for then? The branded truck? Fine. I will tip the movers in pizza and rent a uhaul (sounds like how most of my friends who can't afford a moving company move, just with the movers being their friends who were roped into it).

[@inhov8803]

Why are restaurants precalulate tips on the total INCLUDING TAX? Tips for IRS? Should I tip my doctors and nurses? Should I tip the flight attendants and the pilots?

[@UpnorthHere]

So much misinformation. The truths: tips are optional. Paying as a percentage is stupid. Salaried professionals NEVER get tips. All tipped employees are making at least the same minimum wage as non-tipped employees, by law.

[@HeyMikeyLikesIt2]

I just got back from The Hard Rock hotel in Orlando, two weeks ago…..there is an 18% gratuity already added to your meal and drinks bill. Then the receipt has a line for tips…… then the waiter wants to look down on you for skipping that part….Bro, the hotel room is way over priced, parking is $28 a day, the water in the room was $7.50, cmon man. Tips should be, Double the tax, somewhere around 13%

[@UpnorthHere]

Adding any gratuity is consumer fraud. Call it a service charge, if you want. If you did not agree to it UP FRONT, then simply remove it from the bill, as all tips are optional, by law.

[@amywhistleandbase]

She’s WRONG a server’s wage can be as low as $2.13/ hr, depending on the state’s minimum wage for Servers. In South Carolina they make $2.13 in the casual dining industry.

[@UpnorthHere]

Employees in FLSA occupations make at least $7.25 an hour, tipped or not.

[@freckles8119]

At this point I am tipping people who make more then I do.

[@UpnorthHere]

Why? All tips are optional. That's the whole point.

[@jeffma7507]

Tipping should only be because you have shown “exemplary service” and going above and beyond for the customer, even then it’s entirely voluntary. It should never be the motivator for how well you treat your customers. Customer service is in the job description, You signed up for the job, so you should be doing your absolute best regardless of expecting a reward or not.

[@chrischungy]

If you dress like a poor person, then they won't expect much.

[@jicalzad]

Nice tip!

[@UpnorthHere]

They have no right to EVER "expect" a tip. Tips are always optional. By law.

[@ignaciol.vasquez9019]

I'm not from USA... Everytime I go to the States... I NEVER TIP! 😮‍💨 It's just awful 😢

[@KarenSmith958]

We had new windows fitted .. 18k ... And did all the prep prior to the company's arrival. They were happy, the job was easy, and they got out early ... Except for the supervisor. He sat and got comfortable and then it downed on us, he was waiting for his tip.

[@Thatsh1tsdingo]

Hahaha so entitled.. American culture is spiraling into the gutters.

[@alleycat616]

Gets paid $18k for a job and then expects a tip. Ridiculous!

[@Thatsh1tsdingo]

Ask your husband to give him the tip that he wanted

[@alleycat616]

What did you end up doing? Did you give him a tip or what?

[@phunk8607]

Tipping is begging by another name. Such an uncivilised culture

[@julieann5196]

Even some fast food places want tips, totally ridiculous.

[@savoirfaireethereal4234]

Put it this way tip your self 15% put into savings

[@piupolino]

Show me a screen where the minimum tip is 18% and you get 15% or less. Show me 15% you get 18%. If I order my food and pick up my food on the counter, zero tip.

[@UpnorthHere]

Tip as a percentage is idiotic. Service quality isn't tied to the price of the goods.

[@jamesd6717]

With overqll prices up AND tipping expected, eating at a restaurant is probably 5x the cost of making your own meal these days. Becoming harder and harder to justify going out....

[@glorgau]

Or, just fake a European accent and say "We don't tip you for just doing your job"

[@TheRealEdStoner]

If peoples tipped every time they are asked to I think some people would tip themselves into bankruptcy.

[@cbeautifulworld11]

Is it standard now to tip mechanics? Someone mentioned it in another video and it was the first I'd heard of it.

[@JoeEsanderson]

Why would you tip someone who already charges you $75-100 an hour for labor LMAO

[@malayaanderson8222]

I’m not tipping for take out or at a coffee shop 😂I tip for delivery if it’s quick, but 10%. Dine in for good service 15%-20%, bad service 0. Tipping is always always optional & I’ve been learning to always pay in cash, to avoid any tipping screens. How much someone makes isn’t a customers problem.

[@mattr8090]

I live in California no one here makes $4/hr minimum wage is $16/hr cost of living in my area isn’t as high as the coastal cities average median household income is about 70-80k if your making minimum wage thats still around $30k if I go out lets say a seafood place and get an expensive item like crab legs for two people and my bill is $150 should I tip my server $30?even though this waiter isn’t doing any more work then if I were to order a small plate and my total would be $70-80. so if i tip this waiter $30 his daily earnings goes from $128 to $158 so he/she is making around $4 per hour with this tip thats not including the other lets say 6-10 tables they’ll get by the end of shift.

[@whatyouthinkyoubecome7]

One and only BEST solution to this nonsense. Just STOP tipping. Don’t feed entitlement. Customers are not responsible for their wages. Let the business owners pay their employees’ salaries. Put an end to this BS. Tipping is mandatory and should never be forced. I don’t tip. So everybody I request to stop, STOP TIPPING. This is the only way to bring a change. Never feed their greedy and selfish entitlement. Don’t expect the greedy business owners to change. We, as customers, have to power to change this. Take this initiative and DONT EVER TIP, ANYWHERE.

[@UpnorthHere]

You said "tipping is mandatory" but clearly meant NOT mandatory. Edit your comment to avoid confusion.

[@DidIStutterLOL]

Hey @Starbucks, did you see this? You’re a multibillion dollar company. Start paying them.

[@christinah.8504]

in today's time, the tip is frequenting your business.

[@Yash-jm8yh]

There should be a service charge ( optional ) instead of a tip . Only customers who feel service is above their expectation should leave additional tips .

[@adamr8628]

Nurses give the ULTIMATE service, literally cleaning up your body. And get tipped ZERO. Their salary goes to pay massive student debt.

[@UpnorthHere]

Salaried workers never expect to get tips.

[@adamr8628]

@@UpnorthHere Nurses aren't salaried workers, if that's what you're saying. They get paid hourly, not salaried.

[@ltmdf117]

I'll use Jimmy John's as an example. I used to order from them on Fridays for lunch. The sandwich was about $6-$7 and I usually tipped to make it an even $10 with a bag of chips. Over the last few years the price of the sandwich nearly doubled as did the price of a half empty bag of chips. Jimmy John's also started charging a "Delivery Fee" and now what just a couple of years ago cost $10 including tip now costs $16-$17 (minus the chips which I quit buying over a year ago) including the "delivery fee" and then you are expected to tip on top of that. Well I reduced my tip to $2. So that's still $18-$19 for lunch!! For a not so great sandwich. The last one I got had 3 thin slices of ham, 2 slices of cheese, and a whole lot of lettuce. The sandwiches were never the greatest but it was the speed and convenience that people in my building paid for. JJ's deliveries came about 10-15 a day. Well, when it hit almost $20 for lunch I stopped ordering from them. I'm not alone either. Now we maybe see them 4-5 times a week. Only the truly lazy still order from them. They have let most of their delivery people go since people just aren't ordering from them like they used to. I'm just not going to pay a company to deliver something that I'm already paying them for and then being expected to tip as well. It's out of control. As the tipping culture has gotten more out of control and prices have blown up; I will still tip well for above and goons service, and average 15% for average service. Poor service just doesn't earn or deserve a tip any more.

[@thatsdaniellelol]

0:09 I Love how much he giggled at the “tipping point” pun🥰

[@thatsdaniellelol]

Thanks for this video! It was really helpful and answered multiple questions I had about tipping

[@Spooky1845]

If you come to a Casino be sure to tip the staff and SECURITY most of all! They walk you to your car and look out for your safety. They put their life on the lines. For you so you don’t get robbed and more.

[@ArunShankarS-ji7kh]

Tips don't increase a waiter's income. The salary he is offered by the employer already takes into account the tip he receives. The employer is then able to hire him for a lesser salary. Tips are just a way for the employer to pass his responsibility to the customer. The customer ends up paying a part of the salary. The waiter does not benefit from it.

[@UpnorthHere]

"The waiter does not benefit from it."?? What are you talking about? The employer doesn't keep any tips. The waiter keeps the tips, often amounting to five times the minimum wage, or more. Yes, the employer may credit some amount of tips to cover the "minimum wage", in states that allow it, but the employee keeps the rest of it.

[@Smilingbubble]

When I moved from the east coast to California I was surprised to find that the servers got standard min wage but there was more pressure to tip a larger percentage