Tipping is out of control

18%, 20%, 25%?!?!? At what point is enough enough? God forbid we pay servers more. Thanks to Established Titles for sponsoring this video: Use the code JULIENOLKE for 10% off. Check out establishedtit...
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[@wilgarcia1]

You know what really sucks? The places that don't let the wait staff have 100% of the tips they earned.

[@camila-learnlanguageswithm8930]

That is so true. Here in Brazil that happens. They get a paid checking and the tip goes to the restaurant owner. So I always discreetly ask the waiter if the tips go to them. If they say no, I don't pay (It's optional here).

[@korbell1089]

I'm the old guy that Julie was talking about, I was raised up with the 15% tip but what I will do is pay the tip in cash that way it's up to the waiter to either declare the tip or hopefully pocket it.

[@amrubulliron1953]

That’s why I try to have cash when I go out and tip goes in cash… hopefully straight to the waitstaff

[@iodinev]

I've worked in more than one restaurant where none of the staff gets paid and the servers have to share their tips with the cooks and the dishwashers and hostesses

[@ShadesofSage]

THAT part 💯!

[@JB_Hobbies]

Nothing is worse than seeing a tip option at some random register when you go to pay for an item you are buying. Now businesses think they can just charge tips for whatever they want.

[@Savedcitytitan7118]

Nice to have a convenient option to tip people in my mind

[@aussiewanderer6304]

The only profession that should count on taking a tip is a mohel.

[@lenakataeva7525]

But tips are optional. You have to be able to refuse to give a tip. And it's okay. Not everyone has a lot of money

[@JB_Hobbies]

It’s not about tipping a person, it’s about tipping a random register. Cashiers don’t typically receive tips in the US, even if they are standing behind the cash register as you are giving the tip. I have no idea where these “tips” go. And, besides, tips are supposed to be for a personal service like a server tending to your table or a bartender preparing your drink. A cashier’s job is to collect the money owed to the business. The only one who benefits from their service is the business itself, so even if it were possible to tip the cashier it wouldn’t make sense. But, maybe someone who works at a US business where they take tips at the cash register can explain what happens to these tips. I am genuinely curious.

[@johnmurdoch6696]

So irritating to walk into a pizza joint and you can't just tap to pay, you gotta touch that disgusting kepaid to say no tip. I did see a cool looking loonie in their tip jar, so I traded, with permission, for a toonie.

[@TheGroovyGuitarDude]

I bought a t-shirt at a concert recently, and the card reader asked me for a tip. I was in a hurry because it was busy and there was a long line behind me, so I accidentally selected a 15% tip without thinking about it FOR A LADY TO GRAB A SHIRT OUT OF A BOX AND HAND IT TO ME. 🙄

[@JimAllen-Persona]

That's exactly how it is. At places like stadiums, they're now going cashless and asking you to put a tip on your card. So that means if I order a beer and the person has to reach behind them into the refrigerator, I should tip them?

[@daemn42]

Of course the point of the video is to make you think about *why* we tip. Is it for providing good service, any service, or just subsidizing the salaries of underpaid workers? I have a plush IT job that I can do from the comfort of my own home, and am very grateful that I don't have to work a minimum wage job handing out T-shirts, so don't mind throwing em a tip.

[@JimAllen-Persona]

@@daemn42 I have an IT job where I work from home and no one is tipping me despite the long hours I put in. Do I mind tipping? Of course not. But you actually have to provide me a service other than reaching behind you and grabbing something. Then again, I’ll tip at a bar without thinking about it so I may be hypocritical.

[@jobob47]

thats sorta the issue that I have at starpukes, they fill a cup with their overpriced swill, takes 15 seconds and want a tip. ehhh.

[@daemn42]

@@JimAllen-Persona Point was, I don't need tips to pull down more than a living wage, so I don't mind sharing a bit with folks working a shit job. And ya at the bar, you're probably tipping at least a buck for someone to reach into a cooler, take out a bottle, pop the top off and hand it to you.

[@l.tc.5032]

I remember reading a book in elementary school about a girl who did shoe shining or something. She started to get tips and then when one customer didn't and she got upset, her grandfather called her out for being greedy and said no one owed her a tip. I want to go back to those days.

[@worldwide_wes]

I love this! So sick of people just flipping an iPad at me with 25% preselected at places where I get no actual server and have to come back to the counter to pick up my order anyways. And don’t forget all the restaurants here in Cali that put fine print on the bottom of their menus “4% surcharge will be added to cover rising costs”

[@cbkqmom]

😂 wtf?!? I’m so glad I don’t eat out 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@cobrasys]

When it's like this, I just don't tip. If there was full service (i.e. someone took my order, brought it and waited on my table the whole time), I usually do 18%, and then increase/decrease based on the quality of the service. If it's "half service" (i.e. I had to go to the counter to order, but the food was brought to me and my table was otherwise attended to), I do ~15%. But if I had to do _everything_ , then the tip is a big fat 0.

[@craigslist6988]

they do it because there are too many dumb spoiled kids (or adult kids) who don't understand money but are deathly afraid of being seen as cheap. It does them no harm to throw the ipad tip window at you. Worse case you don't tip, same as not asking.

[@djv.8424]

For me, the extra 4% (or whatever it is) comes right off the tip amount for starters. But since wages have gone up for waitstaff, my tipping goes down.

[@monkiram]

Wth??? You raise prices to cover rising costs, not add hidden fees?????

[@mattbosley3531]

What really makes me angry is places where a "tip" is automatically added to the bill. It's no longer a tip at that point. I refuse to patronize places which do that. Maybe it's my age, but as far as I'm concerned a tip is still something you give for good or outstanding service. I do not tip everyone I see, no matter what kind of job they do or what their attitude.

[@klondike444]

At least then it just becomes a fixed part of the price, but the whole business of tipping is stupid.

[@HondoTrailside]

@@klondike444 Yes, but it undermines price discovery. In places where tipping is expected you basically don't know what you are going to be asked to pay, unless you go there daily. That was the thing about western, or American commerce. Things have a price, they have a value. That drives efficiency. Tipping allowed on to get service when it was a mater of divided pressures on the wait staff, they would work for you to get a tip, and 10% would do it almost anywhere. Now they don't work for it at all, and consider the person who doesn't pay it as a social outcast who doesn't support them. If tipping doesn't work it should be abolised and we pay a flat rate and the restaurant figures out how to get their people to do their jobs. And we know what it will cost, and we can decide to buy the service or not. Obviously prices would have to go up. Also, staff feel they are owed a living, but what they are actually doing is bidding poorer people out of the service. Tipping allocates scarce resources to the wealthy for whom a tip is a non issue. So while the tippees feel they are in need of the money because they are not fairly paid, they are allowing the rich to monopolize society for a small percentage of what something like a restaurant is worth. To the rich, keeping people who could use the service priced out is great. And nothing wrong with that, but it would help if it was above board. As it would be in a place where prices were fixed and people knew what they were getting themselves into. And in a nightclub who cares. But pushing people on fixed incomes out of the sub shop, is not socially sensitive, or equitable.

[@klondike444]

@@HondoTrailside Like I said, tipping is stupid.

[@user-vc5rp7nf8f]

Exactly. It removed the incentive to perform better. But then you might say “no it doesn’t, because you can always tip 25% or 50% for amazing service”….. I’m not paying crazy amounts just for that, especially if it’s a normal restaurant meant for average, everyday people

[@JTBCOOL1]

I've been noticing lately. The prompts is asking if you would like to tip. Not only so I see more of that lately but I see the tip amount starting at 18%. Not 10% or even 15% but 18%. I'm sorry but if I'm only picking up food and not dining in with service, I'm most likely not tipping. Prices are sky high now and tipping makes it even more unaffordable if I'm only picking up food and not dining in.

[@MaximumSpice]

As an australian, tipping is such a weird concept, just pay people properly

[@Halloween111]

In America? Crazy talk! That new jet the CEO of Olive Garden just got won't pay for itself.(Sarcasm)

[@ShadesofSage]

💯 percent!!!

[@JTBCOOL1]

In some states like California, the waitresses and waiters are given at least the minimum wage. The tip makes much more sense for those in states which can legally not have to pay their wait staff minimum wage. So when I'm in California, I usually tip little or none at all if the prices seem outrageous in the first place (which isn't uncommon to see in expensive California)

[@IncapableKakistocrat]

Tipping culture is trying to creep into Australia too - I’ve started seeing some cafes using machines with a tip option. Before that all you’d see was a jar on the counter for coins which I still think is the best balance - if you really like the place, you can get rid of some of your loose change.

[@majormushu]

Funny you say that cause usually the restaurants that do that fail, not because they run out of money but they can't get good servers because servers make more money from tips than they would if they got paid a reasonable hourly wage.

[@trevorlambert4226]

This is just too real to find funny. Not the kidney part, but the social pressure from the other Julie, it's spot on.

[@ThreatLevel_Midnight]

seriously.. Where are you going? I want the no kidney option as well..

[@TryMyMartini]

Thanks for clarifying "not the kidney part" lol

[@reginafallangie2867]

Many times it defaults to already including tip & u have to manually change it to none…Otherwise u pay a tip without even realizing.

[@germanfernandezdurante9467]

I think they've reached a tipping point

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

That's a good pun.

[@Ecesu]

On a recent trip to Hawaii (I live in Europe), I was shocked by the tipping expectations. Eg. Going to a cafe, ordering via a touchscreen, and then getting asked to tip with suggestions starting at 15-20%. I don't know what your service is like because so far I did everything myself!? Maybe the food is good, maybe not, maybe you'll mess up my order but I know NONE of that yet. Saw too many places asking for a tip when you are only just placing the order...

[@CM-pf1xc]

You don’t have to tip on those situations.

[@unionunicorn6776]

*Unless it’s for a Uber eats situation, in which case you definitely tip prior to service. Tip no longer correlates to service received at all. It’s all about “are you a good enough person to pay this person’s wages because the company won’t?”

[@coreyw5981]

I hate tipping at the beginning

[@olliefoxx7165]

Tipping use to be for service industry situations like waiters/waitresses/cook/"exotic dancers". Now, the tipping is so out of hand its ridiculous. You are not mandated to tip so don't tip unless you feel the service was superb.

[@IvanaChapman]

We’re about a month away from being asked to tip at the grocery store.

[@tedfrommarketing3135]

Just last week I felt compelled to tip the baggers because there was a jar and a sign saying it was their only wage.

[@eddieteabagify]

So true

[@catherinegarmon3027]

That would be a good skit

[@batboy555]

If they take the bags with me to the truck I'll tip them.

[@omac18]

I did once tip more then three food itself. I had ordered pizza and due to a misunderstanding with my order, they sent him to my apartment before I was home. He waited like twenty minutes on me. I felt so bad.

[@jkobain]

More when?

[@WorldPeace21]

It's weird that the tip is added after taxes. It should be before taxes. Good on Julie for pointing this out.

[@barneylaurance1865]

It's definitely after taxes in Europe were consumers mostly don't even see pre-tax prices.

[@LaQuesaDeMI]

In America I always calculate the tip pre-tax! I don’t know how it is on the machines though if I click a percentage.

[@brittei]

Yeah and with Uber Eats it’s calculated after all the fees too 🙄

[@dmitripogosian5084]

@@LaQuesaDeMI On a machine it is usually after tax.

[@jolynmiller3194]

I had a regular tip me 100 on like a 20 dollar meal, because I always worked the night shift, and it was my birthday. He said how much of a hard worker I am at putting up with all the drunk ppl. I was shocked, I will never forget that guy.

[@ichijofestival2576]

It's gotten to the point that I actively avoid restaurants that ask for tips. Even when you get your meal to go, they include a tip line. It's no longer a "tip," it's a guilt tax. [Addendum: I'll go ahead and add this for the commenters below: where I live, employers are required to pay state minimum wages *before tips.* If that isn't true where you live: do something about it. Then, you'll be where I'm at: annoyed that restaurants are *still* begging for extra.]

[@omac18]

My grandmother and I go to a buffet that puts tip suggestions on the bill. My grandmother now refuses to tip there. That and the owner actively watches us the entire time. Like standing across three restaurant watching us eat. We really like the place so we keep going back, but yeah. Definitely a guilt tax.

[@callistified]

then make your own damn food lmao

[@julianwalnuss7581]

@@callistified wrong. Just include the actual labor cost in the price of the meal.

[@spatulawithcurd5051]

@@julianwalnuss7581 what’s the difference? Then people would just complain about the high meal prices. People are just cheap

[@amandamills4410]

All restaurants it's required to tip. Just because they don't explicitly ask you doesn't mean you just can't leave a tip. Even though it may suck that's just how it is here for now.

[@flytoheights1]

Yes. Finally. Tipping is soooo out of control.

[@DannyBPlays]

Tip % NEVER needs to go up. Inflation causes prices to go up, and therefore tips as well. And then some places asking for tip that never used to and where the person just rang in your meal, really? 20% for pressing a few buttons? Nope

[@catfisherboy]

To--Insure ---Prompt-----Service, TIPS---this is where the concept came from

[@miguelinserni2453]

I was in a bar this weekend where the default selected value on the reader was 40%, and the lowest one you could pick was 30% . I'm not tipping $4 for you pouring a Jack and Coke XD

[@Red-fr3ix]

By not tipping, I am demonstrating to servers that their wage depends entirely on the kindness/guilt of strangers. If we all stopped tipping, servers would all either quit and get better paying jobs or get paid more or every restaurant would go out of business. #StopTipping

[@kentslocum]

When I worked at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, I was forbidden from accepting gifts of any kind from guests. The intent was to prevent tipping or bribing, but it resulted in a culture of fear where I was scared to even accept a little kid's coloring page.

[@Dr_Guude]

I am so glad, I live in Europe, where we have a (more or less) fair minimum wage. I usually tip one or two Euros per person, doesn't matter if it's for a beer or a three course meal. Everything is fine :)

[@marcokrueger3399]

Same! I just round up to the next "even number", so that it comes to around one or two euros. I once tipped 1,50€ for a pizza and a softdrink that was about 8,50€ at the time and the waiter was so happy!

[@Dr_Guude]

@@marcokrueger3399 yeah that's what I usually do, too 👌🏼

[@terezacervenakova3512]

Exactly... In this particular case, i would pay 55 dolars...

[@FalconOfStorms]

I highly prefer the American system, which earns excellent waitstaff far, far beyond what the European "fair" wage would.

[@marcokrueger3399]

@@FalconOfStorms You must be joking

[@PersProf]

The most creative way to use a label maker 😂. And the waitress performing the kidney removal procedure; precious 😂

[@Kris18]

Been avoiding restaurants for this reason. Also, it now seems like *anywhere* which serves food wants a 20% tip for... making your food. No waiting, no service, even if it's to go and you pick it up at the counter. Tipping culture drives me fucking bonkers. edit: Also, is Julie just using a labelmaker lmao

[@RobertBarton86]

A lunch restaurant I frequent near work started doing this recently when you order online for pickup. 15% tip is auto-selected, with pictures of their employees saying something like "show appreciation for the people who make this meal possible". I nope out of that and set 0% every time. But it's super annoying to literally be guilted by the corporation to pay their employees.

[@sophieca6906]

That 20% may have been calculated based on the food price AND the sales tax.

[@forcelifeforce]

Please stop your major cursing. It is ignorant and needless.

[@olliefoxx7165]

I was accosted for a tip at a gas station recently. Went inside to prepay for the gas I pump myself and the clerk said she needed a tip. Thought it was a joke at first but she wasn't joking. Literally the only thing she did was take my cash and put it in a register. Her excuse was she only got paid $9 an hour. So her employer wasn't paying her enough and it was up to the customer to make up the difference. Couldn't believe it, didn't tip of course. Now tip jars are everywhere and it's gotten completely out of hand.

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

About thirty years ago, there were no tip jars at all.

[@adryanadiniz8453]

In Brazil, we pay "service fee" not tips. It's always 10% and already is included in the final price. But you've the option of not paying for it. If that happens, they'll ask what was the problem/ why you didn't like the service offered. People normally pay for it. At those places that you pay directly to the cashier, you can find the "caixinha" (little box) for tips (those places don't have service fee) but people mostly ignore it.

[@rayjohnson2387]

This is exactly why I never go out to eat...and I don't have food delivered

[@z0mb1e564]

Right there with you. If I don’t want it bad enough to leave my house for 15 minutes, then I don’t need it

[@charlesreid9337]

because you revile the idea of paying people who are excellent at their job for what they do?

[@rayjohnson2387]

@@charlesreid9337 because I'm not paying someone extra that didn't do anything...if I go to a nice restaurant and someone actually waits on me that's one thing...but if u just hand me food through a window...hell no I'm not tipping u...and I'm not going to have anything delivered...because anything I want to eat...I can probably make myself...I worked in restaurants for a lot of years...I'm well aware of how much they pay for food and how much they charge for it...I worked in one place where I did all the alcohol ordering...( back in the 80s) ...if I ordered 10 cases of Budweiser...I got if for $5.00 a case...and we sold it for $2.50 a bottle

[@manojbaishya_]

@@charlesreid9337 that's the responsibility of the employer

[@manojbaishya_]

@@rayjohnson2387 that's insane but most people don't realise unless they intently do calculations. Home food is much cheaper than restaurant or takeout

[@SinisterPixel]

It's honestly a vicious cycle. You can force restaurants to pay employees properly of the majority of people stopped tipping. Nobody would want to work in the industry anymore when they could make more at Walmart or something. Issue is that servers will feel it before the business does. Since the business only feels it once their turnover gets out of control

[@debswall]

Good points!

[@KasperPilsted]

I would argue that if they are not paying enough to maintain staff, it is not paying properly :)

[@reensure]

Hey tipping is optional, but fighting about it at the table is mandatory!

[@laurakarma]

In Los Angeles minimum wage is $15 or higher. YET we are still expected to tip 20% and pay other service charges. AND everything is so expensive now.

[@carlaishot]

This is why I don't go out to eat anymore. That anxiety is too real! 😅

[@augustek5382]

Same... I don't like wasting my money on mediocre food and below mediocre service usually... But if I go, I am willing to tip 20%...

[@johnp139]

Then YOU are the PROBLEM if you still tip 20% for mediocre service!!! TIP APPROPRIATELY!!! Low for poor service, higher for great service.

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

Maybe you should go live in a cave, because tipping is now expected at a lot of places, that did not tip before.

[@NK-vb3fn]

"what they are going to do: raise the wages" 😂😂😂😂

[@customwhosonicsbyjedidiahr5893]

My liquor store I frequent now has tip options at the counter.

[@NewtracksVideos]

Julie's hair game has been on fire the last handful of videos.

[@tamiwhite8233]

I didn't even know this until a few days ago, but if you are at a wine tasting and plan to purchase a bottle, the standard tip is $5 for having the staff pour a couple of ounces of wine and put it in front of you, if you don't want to be ignored by staff.

[@Stuie417]

I've been seeing tip jars at the gas station these past few years. I go in once in a while to get a Redbull and noticed some of them had a "tips are appreciated" jar at the counter.

[@JennyIsPretty]

I love everything you do. Everything. Thank you for getting me through some tough times with laughter and smiles 🥰

[@julienolke]

🤗

[@nas8318]

Tipping for counter service has been standard in my area for over a decade. What's new is an indoor playground in my area that charges an admission fee of $15 for kids, then when you give your card, they flip the screen at you and ask how much you want to tip. The options are 20%, 25%, and 30%. FOR PAYING AN ADMISSION FEE. Then they sell packaged snacks and bottled soda inside, and they ask for a tip each time you buy a Twix or a coke. I do not even know how you would satirize this. They are literally asking you for a tip for charging you a fee.

[@MisterItchy]

You know what? As time goes by and prices at the restaurant go up. So 15% goes up.

[@pepegroda9609]

She’s upset when she finds out the expected tip nowadays is 110%, which in this case would be 60$. But she’s fine with paying with her liver which is is worth a little over half a million dollars. Logic

[@michaelmarquis8072]

few months ago, I got a coffee at Black Rock coffee bar. not only did the price go up to over $5 for a medium. i handed my card to the girl at the window, and she asks me if I wanted to leave a tip on there. I was so taken back, I said sure throw a dollar on there. needless to say I haven't been back in months. if I feel like tipping I will tip I don't need you to ask me if I want to tip. typically I don't unless you provide an actual service that takes longer than 10 minutes

[@patrim69]

I worked in food service as a waiter for years in my late teens and early 20's. I was never obssessed about how much each table left me, because it was "busy" and I knew, if i "hussled" and provided great service, I'd make some very good cash. This was long before percentages were suggested anywhere. In fact, I made more money waiting tables than I did when I started my first "professional" job. Bottom line- if you understand the concept of hard work and providing good service -determines how much money you'll make, you'll do well. Sadly that concept has seemingly been lost on many.

[@LaQuesaDeMI]

That’s not the same for people who work at Olive Garden. Cheap food begets cheap tips if any tips. Also, I have a friend who does excellent service and yet got stiffed on Tips for a table of eight who ordered wine. Totally not fair.

[@markfisher7962]

True fact: I knew a consultant that had a tip calculation worksheet he would leave with the tip. (I don't know if he had the nerve to go back to the same restaurant twice, though.)

[@jenergomes]

The noise of electric saw was the icing on the cake!!! I was needing these laughs, thank you very much!! ^_^

[@voxer99]

The amazing thing is that the customer is the bad guy if they don't tip enough, but the employer who doesn't pay a living wage gets a pass.

[@Peter-T-0x47]

So glad to live in a country were we don't tip and the staff are fairly paid... (Not Scotland).

[@magicdance4273]

Notland

[@ScottWaa]

You what is also an option? Ad blockers!

[@micah_noel]

Accurate. Even counter service fast food places want tips.

[@robthebold4589]

The fast food places near me are now asking for tips. The option of not tipping is not displayed on their screens.

[@EvaDale]

What, no Scottish accent at the end? Looks like I'm going to have to lower my tip. You only get my second born child.

[@michaelzawitoski1842]

What I don’t like is some food apps include the tax and delivery/service fees in the amount they use to calculate the tip for the delivery drivers. When I determine the tip I always use the pretax total of the food to determine the tip.

[@grampsinsl5232]

Don't want to be that old person who only leaves 15%? Then go ahead and surrender to the bloated tipping that they're trying to pressure you into. Meanwhile us old people will get the same meal that you do, tip our 15%, and have enough left over to go out and get ice cream somewhere else.

[@AustynSN]

"What else are they gonna do, raise the wages?" Not been done since April 1, 1991 for tipped employees when it became $2.13. (And 7.25 for everybody else.)

[@walfredswanson]

Notice how tip inflation has occurred with electronic payments? The banks get a percentage on amounts charged, and by inflating tips, the higher percentage tip just means more money for them. I used to wait tables, and where business expenses were involved,10% was all that was allowed as an expense. 15% was normal, and 20% was a home run on the service scale.

[@vitd5283]

i hate when the waitress hands you the machine and then stands there the whole time so you feel obligated to tip better

[@HariSeldon913]

Even worse, if you use a credit card for carryout, they are now expecting just as much tip without providing actual service.

[@tomevans7567]

Yeah I'm sort of regretting giving up a lung at the last place I ate.🤪🤪🤪😜 Also love the use of a label maker for a prop. You always make my day better.

[@Capohanf1]

MAYBE the Wait Staff should open a Patreon Page!

[@fernandod4046]

I only tip at restaurants, no place else. Unless service is terrible

[@Lyfeel]

I was a waiter/barista in the past, and for quite a while. I know how tipping can help them. Now that I make a good living, I always tip at least 20% anywhere I go. I have yet to find a place with very bad service, so I can't yet say how much I'd tip for that though.

[@thedishbench]

I once asked an American friend who worked as waitresses about tipping. This friend told me that they always tipped 20%. This was 25 years ago when the official cultural expectation was a 12.5% tip for good service. My friend said this was not enough, because lots of people just didn't tip (since it wasn't required), and even with tips the wait staff didn't get paid what they deserved (long hours, abusive customers, tons of stress). My friend said she even tips for bad service.

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

@@thedishbenchthen maybe your needs to find more suitable employment.

[@jgp1294]

So my question is, if tipping is a percentage why over time does that percentage keep going up if so do the restaurant prices?

[@brianvansickle5196]

the skit i needed. thank you. worth 110% for sure.

[@BillPalmer]

Clever use of the label maker as the credit card machine 😁

[@KipdoesStuff]

If they ask for a tip or a sign is visible with a 'standard tipping option' I don't tip. I tip per service, not because you didn't understand the contract you entered when accepting the job.

[@chickensoup2314]

She transformed her kitchen to restaurant’s vibe, she is more than comedian

[@murphygreen8484]

Oof, this hit home. Saw where I could tip 25% for pub food! using their machine in Seattle

[@TheDlind1]

i only had 2 dollar bills to leave housekeeping at the hotel i stayed at one week for work. i felt like such an a$$hole cause i didnt leave a tip, but leaving 2 dollars sends a different message

[@JimAllen-Persona]

$2 for a week? In the US now, it's $5 a day. Yeah, probably better you didn't leave it. This is one thing that pisses me off - you're still expected to tip every day as if they cleaned your room but they don't even change the towels - you typically have to go down and get them. My mom was a maid in a hotel so I understand the importance of tipping the housekeeping staff - but these days I'm tipping on a service I don't even receive because it's my responsibility to supplement their income.

[@TheDlind1]

@@JimAllen-Persona I literally did not get service while I was there, no chance I'm tipping $5 a day. I'll tip, but not a dollar amount for every day, for a service I did not receive even once. No towels, no toiletries, nothing, no one came into my room during my stay except me.

[@kamcorder3585]

I'm never even certain who the tips I pay go to

[@nightfox6738]

I forgot how crazy tipping is... I live in Japan where they actually pay their wait staff a reasonable wage and tipping is not a thing.

[@owensparks5013]

In the UK the customer goes to the bar to get a drink. In Canada I had to wait for a server to be free, then pay them to go to the bar 6 feet away. Bonkers!

[@recoveringsoul755]

Years ago the watiressess and waiters HAD to declare a minimum of 15% of their sales as tips, whether they received tips or not. You do NOT need to tip on the amount of tax paid, only on the actual meal. Save money and drink water.

[@bradg1440]

Because tipping has gotten out of control I have stopped tipping completely.

[@RAZTubin]

I am a good tipper, however, I feel tips should be earned. Today some establishments have no option to NOT tip even if there is no table service. The same for take-out places when you haven't had a chance to see if the order is correct or even taste the food.

[@Anurania]

In my opinion $5 should be the tip at a sit down restaurant regardless of the cost of the food. Servers handle multiple tables per hour so that's $15-$20 per hour which is a good wage for an entry level job.

[@crimson90]

If the service is dogshit, I give them my two cents about how the service was and leave two pennies on the table. I've only done it once, and I've seen my grandfather do it once. Both times the place wasn't busy by any means, and had to call our server whenever we need something as simple as a water refill because all the servers were just standing in a group behind the bar facing away from the customers just chatting.

[@JasonArmond]

That point of sale terminal looks suspiciously like a label maker. Worth an extra 50% tip for sure.

[@luvvtotravel]

Tipping used to be to offset the servers much lower wage than standard minimum wage. Now servers in Ontario make$15.50 an hour. Those machines are also giving you the bill total cost, not pre-tax. Servers don't tip out on taxes. A gratuity is based on SERVICE. It is not mandatory.

[@shaund9759]

What makes me crazy lately are the Tip options at Subway, McDonalds, 7-11! 711!!!

[@robertpayne9009]

I have always been a decent tipper, but since covid started, I also give a Lottery scratchoff ($1 can win up to $5,000-or $10,000) ticket to those who's personal attention helps me get through this event, whether it is a food service worker, a nurse, a postal employee, store clerk, delivery service, etc. My custom is to funnel a portion of "my tithes" directly to others as opposed to blindly donating the entire amount to any particular religious organization and hoping it actually does some good. Most recipients don't win anything noteworthy, but they appreciate the gesture.

[@julietsparks9556]

I dont feel obligated and my child works in a restaurant. You get what you get and you dont get upset- kindergarten quote lol

[@gamesturbator]

I mean, if you hired a bad waiter in your own apartment, that's on you, Julie! I had a coworker back in 1992, Edgar Dorn (he deserves to be famous), who used to tip 200% of the total bill, so a $15 meal would cost him $45. But here's the real kicker, because he was known for doing this he developed a HUGE customer following comprised of those very servers _and_ their friends, so he made more money than anyone else in the place. I miss that dude.

[@SWonYT]

I know people who were big tippers (even before the pandemic and inflation), and this is how it feels.

[@AN-jw2oe]

That realistic and graphic ending!! 🤮 Point well taken!

[@kforest2745]

All I had to see was the title to know that it’s her eating out that is out of control lol

[@JeffTetlow]

We raised the server minimum wage where i live... and then they increased the middle tip option to 18% a few years later anyways. We should coup

[@munjobbi]

It would also be nice if folks realized that as the cost of the food goes up, 15% of a bigger number is a bigger number. :D

[@wagnerwong9966]

Yup. Especially on 1 drink at restaurant. It's over 20 bucks

[@TagiukGold]

This is why I rarely eat at restaurants.

[@glakhmed]

My method for combating tipping issues here in the US is... I rarely eat out.

[@danieljensen2626]

I got tipped 100% (maybe even more) once but it was to deliver to a place that was pretty far out of the normal delivery range.

[@hdaline69]

You know, some states pay tipped employees the same minimum wage as non-tipped. I live in a state where servers get paid the same as retail workers. So, why am I expected to tip someone for bringing me a plate, but not the guy who had to walk all over Home Depot, trying to help find something? Then to be told that the GRATUITY that I'm leaving isn't enough?!?! Yeah, it's a gratuity, meaning I am showing gratitude. It's not supposed to be an obligation. Or cost more than the damn meal!

[@cathyhart3946]

Honestly, I'm proud to be a (legit) boomer who doesn't fall for the guilt. I usually tip 20% if the service is really good. I refuse to tip at coffee shops, etc. You can tell me I'm cheap, selfish, or not with the times, all you want and I just don't care. If people are tired of the tip hustle, just let go of the guilt and don't fall for it. You have the power.

[@eelnus]

Ok so I walk 15 minutes to get takeout and have to walk 15min back up hill to save on delivery fees. Then when I get there to pick up my food, the tip obligation is 15% for me doing all the work! So I just don’t eat out anymore.

[@bighoss8793]

I also don't believe that price of the tip should be a percentage of the meal. It should just be a flat fee. It's the same amount of work for the server.

[@KevinBrown-ne3sx]

In the UK we have universal credit to enable companies to not pay decent wages. Oh and we have tipping too.

[@inthezone666]

Brit here I used to work in a bar at a sports venue and every now and then I'd get an American customer. Was always funny as fuck the confused look they gave when they try and tip and I'm like dude you've payed for you drinks so put your wallet away now 😂

[@wisquatuk]

I always try to tip well because I know people here are underpaid, but I worry that I’m just propping up a system that pays them so badly that they rely on tips, and my tipping is only helping the tiny number of them who directly serve me. 😢

[@coreyw5981]

Generally not getting paid any different than places you dont tip i think though

[@Piper79h]

Can you imagine in a few years having a lord or lady title being the norm? 😂