Mastodawn

Guys. Can we talk about tipping? These tip screens are getting out of hand, right? I know a lot of people depend on tips but ... can we just, have prices? rather than marking up everything 15% at checkout? I am feeling some major demand avoidance building up in me

#tipping #tippingPoint #actuallyAutistic #nuerodivergent #adhd

Front Page [Unofficial]2d ago

Woman tests drive-thru barista by tipping him $1 for every second he listens to daughter’s story

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/woman-tests-drive-thru-barista-by-tipping-him-1-for-every-second-he-listens-to-daughters-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woman-tests-drive-thru-barista-by-tipping-him-1-for-every-second-he-listens-to-daughters-story

rogercre.bsky.social May 3

No symbolic gesture. Quiet panic after a #tipping point was crossed: UAE’s abrupt exit showed oil production systems are in negative feedback. Oil producers are now in a full-blown race to the bottom, terrified that crude could become uneconomic within a decade. H/t @[email protected]

OPEC Plus, in Symbolic Gesture...

OPEC Plus, in Symbolic Gesture, to Increase Oil Production

The announcement came days after the United Arab Emirates withdrew from the group. The higher output will have little effect on global supplies.

The New York Times

PabloMtnezCalleja Apr 29

#visualart #photography #fotografie #fotografia #ficciones #fictions #poesía #poetics #color #colors #Trinkgeld #karma #propina #pourboire #tipping #NoALaGuerra #NoToWar #NoKings
https://pablomartinezcalleja.blogspot.com/2026/04/el-karma-y-la-propina.html

El karma de la propina / Le karma du pourboire / The karma of tipping

Pablo Martinez-Calleja

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Estelle Platini Apr 26

Why US restaurant owners will not pay their workers standard wages and instead shift labor costs onto customer's fancy: https://www.epi.org/publication/rooted-racism-tipping/

#racism #theSouth #worldCup #restaurants #tipping #tips #history #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory

Tipping is a racist relic and a modern tool of economic oppression in the South: Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation: Spotlight

Summary: This spotlight details the racist history of tipping, federal and state policy governing tipped work, and the experience of tipped workers in the economy—both nationwide and in the South. Across the country, tipped workers are more likely to be people of color, women, women of color, or single parents, and are disproportionately born outside…

Economic Policy Institute

Matthew Brennan Apr 19

Hey! Been seeing a lot of discussion about #tipping and especially that tipping screen after you pay that's getting put on everywhere. Just wanted to offer my perspective from a small one man business.

CBC North Apr 17

These Yukon businesses are ditching tipping. Is it the way of the future?
A Dawson City spa ditched tipping two years ago, offering to pay employees a living wage instead. Now, more local businesses are following suit.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-ditches-tipping-dawson-city-9.7167391?cmp=rss