• moonburster@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    This always infuriates me. If your employees need tips to get paid enough, they’re just paid too little. Don’t bash the customer, bash the boss! I worked in hospitality for years and tips are purely to show gratitude for better than expected service. If you think differently about this, then you’re just brainwashed

  • Yuper@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    In defense of this, I work on a service that uses square and allows tips. One of the issues with square tips is you can only ask for percentages, not dollar amounts. Since the service I work on usually costs $1-2, we have to put in high percentages for tips in order for it to be meaningful. I believe ours is set to 25, 50, 75 and 100%. Which is usually equivalent to <$2. They could have had a similar situation here except whatever service they offer ended up being far higher than normal.

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        4 days ago

        Lots of thing cost $1-2 that you might want to tip for. Bartending during drink specials, valet, coat check, bag check, bell hop, etc.

  • Panda (he/him)@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 days ago

    Does anyone just not tip anymore if it’s counter service? It does not require that much effort to take something from a glass case and give it to me.

    If you’re actively walking around, giving me and checking in on my meal, that’s when I tip.

  • mcqtom@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    This business is so out of touch. Everybody knows “so-so” means the same thing as “okay”.

  • MissJinx@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Americans, your tip coulture makes the rich richer. Having labour laws and unions in place, forcing the payment of a decent minimun wage and the extinction of tip culture would transfer the responsibility to the owner.

    Edit: before you say “prices woild go up” 1- you alredy pay “up”. 2- He can only go so much higher before he starts to loose clients.

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      5 days ago

      Now is really not the time to be nitpicking the lesser points of American culture. We’re kind of dealing with an existential crisis at the moment.

  • LordGimp@lemm.ee
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    5 days ago

    Saw something like this at a coffee truck once, but the lady in the truck was kind enough to be gorgeous and wearing lingerie. I assume the tip at that place is some kind of incentive for a dance? Idk. But 100% tip on a $7 drink is halfway reasonable when you might see some tiddy for it.

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      5 days ago

      Nudity aside, 100% tip on a total of less than $10 is way more reasonable than 100% on a $100 total

  • Mickey7@lemmy.worldOP
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    5 days ago

    In my area a few places I regularly visit have gone to 18% tip included. When they bring you the check they say an 18% tip is already included and all you have to do is sign the check. They are not looking for anything extra. I like this. I also appreciate that the bartenders and servers at these places tell you that the tip is already included. The worst are those that automatically include a tip but never tell you and unless you read it carefully you are tipping on the food and the already included tip

    • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.com
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      5 days ago

      In my area a few places I regularly visit have gone to 18% tip included.

      Seems like it would be better to just raise the prices 18% across the board and kill “tips” all together…