stux⚡️May 12, 2023

Why Tipping Is So Out Of Control In The U.S.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_fMkXHYh6c

Why Tipping Is So Out Of Control In The U.S.

Tipping in the United States is on the rise and experts are calling it tipflation. In the fourth quarter of 2022, the number of tips provided at full-service...

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Holy shit... Did South Park had this one full on right 
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Show threadstux⚡️May 12, 2023

Yes, I am a person who presses the "I do NOT tip"

Or just ignore it all the way..

Prices are insanly high already and I refuse to let a business or employee guilt trip me into giving a tip..

If you don't earn enough from sales and gotta live from tips I have a tip for you..

Raise your damn prices and pay your employees a decent wage

Show threadQuokkaMay 12, 2023
@stux I think it's a surprise when people come to Australia that we really don't tip. Almost never. I think the only people that do are visitors. Or me when drunk and have actually received exceptional service.
What we do have though is "penalty rates" where hospitality workers have to be paid overtime on public holidays. So the venues typically increase all prices by 10-15%.
Show threadFallsMom 🌻May 12, 2023
@stux Yes and for sure the CEOs of national chains like Starbucks & Olive Garden are *not* depending on tips for their lifestyles! US tipping is shameful. Or maybe shame-less is the right term.
Show threadNafnlaus 🇮🇸 🇺🇦May 12, 2023
@stux I hate tipping culture. It's not traditional here in Iceland, and I'm thankful for that.
Show threadAdam DallianceMay 12, 2023
@stux I always tip my server at the self-checkout. Getting the money from those tips I give myself is the only way I can afford the groceries.
Show threadJohannes  May 12, 2023
@stux bold of you to assume that the people who depend on tips are the people who can choose to raise prices, or who would benefit from raised prices.
Show threaduser not foundMay 12, 2023

@stux In the Netherlands it depends on when i tip. Not when a server makes a single sandwich for me to go. But most of the time i will tip the delivery driver in cash (1 euro or something), the people actually delivering your food are almost always underpaid and when i have the luxury to order food, i can also add a little bit on top for the actual human. It's not their fault.

Of course it being baked into the culture as it is in the USA is out of control.

Show threadTed GarrisonMay 12, 2023
@stux
Same. I don't rip at fast food places. An actual restaurant, where the waitstaff can actually make a difference in my impression, yes. But then the tip will vary greatly with their ability to do the job. If I go to Denny's and you're not keeping my coffee cup topped up- you are not getting much tip. That's a basic requirement of a diner's waitstaff.
Show thread CalebMay 12, 2023

@stux Generally I agree tipping is a broken system, but not tipping doesn’t really help the server who has no control over prices and is just trying to make rent…

It could be a path to a solution, but it will hurt a lot of people on the way…

Show threadSteve Hill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺May 12, 2023
@stux I honestly have no idea *how* to tip these days - during lockdown lots of places switched to card-only payments and haven't switched back. The card terminals don't give you the option to leave a tip, so I presume no one does any more? (UK)
Show threadMark de Vries 🇪🇺May 12, 2023
@steve @stux because of card payments I tip less and less. I usually only tip in a full service restaurant after a pleasant evening.
I hardly ever have cash on me. I often forget to ask the waiter to punch in a higher amount on the pin machine before it’s too late. OR they tell me that if I pin a higher amount, it doesn’t go the employees….
I should train myself to always have some cash for tips so I can tip the waiter personally.
Show threadNick LargentMay 12, 2023
@stux yup, Those digital tip screens that are showing up everywhere are like ad banners to me. Completely invisible. I'll keep with tipping my restaurant servers and my pizza guy, but that's about it. I hate tipping culture.
Show threadLeisureguyMay 12, 2023

@stux Corporations seem to be earning *plenty*.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/food-price-hikes-us-hunger

But corporations don't pay enough in wages. Tips are the worker's lifeline. What the US needs are strong unions and a progressive government that supports them. Right now, corporations break labor laws with impunity (cf. Starbucks and how it treats its unions).

Corpns *love* to outsource expenses. Tips are how companies outsource part of their payroll expense. Go after companies, not employees.

#tips #unions #capitalism

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Show threadAttila KinaliMay 12, 2023
@stux Come to Japan, you'll love it. Not only is tipping not a thing here, if you try to tip all kind of awkward situations will happen. I repeat: Do not tip in Japan unless you want to embarrass yourself and whoever you are tipping.