Remember, employers never ever pay poorly. We all have a choice to accept job or not. If you dont like the hourly pay then move on. The free market sets the prevailing wages except with State mandated hourly increases and if the employer does not pay enough they will need to fill the position by increasing wages.
@@jeffgappa8260when they increase the wages the cost of goods goes up. So you’re paying more anyways. Why not show appreciation to the person for the service they provided. And if you cant do that then just eat at home.
Garbage response. If the pay is raised you will pay more for every meal and you can't rate the service with your tip. This leaves no incentive to serve you well. I will ALWAYS vote for tipping.
I'm a nurse and I can promise you no one has ever tipped me for cathing them, giving an injection, doing cpr, etc. It's my job and I don't expect anything other than my salary. The problem is that employers don't pay a working wage and expect the consumer to pick up the slack.
I'm a nurse & worked back in the 90's & 2000's. It didn't happen often but occasionally the elderly woman would try & hand you a ten spot to show their appreciation. Of course you don't take it.
Oh my gosh-exactly! Why are we expected to tip everyone and their dog now (and as an obligation, not even based on above-and-beyond service). I used to work for an Acupuncturist who also incorporated certain massage techniques into his treatments. He never got tipped. But yet we’re expected to tip extra when going to a massage therapist-who can actually be more expensive-and who also is already getting paid for their service! Drives me crazy, these distinctions.
I am going to give the surgeon and the nurses who fixed my detached retina a Starbucks gift certificate. It's kind of a tip. I don't care if he makes half a million per year (much more than I earn), but I am grateful for what he's done for me.
This is spot on. In Europe, for years, service staff received a professional (living) wage and therefore what you saw on the menu was the total price. Management figured in their labor costs along with their food costs to determine menu prices. In the US, they felt they would be competitive with menu prices, paying their staff a minimum wage, expecting the public to make up the difference. It is now expected, not earned. Unfortunately, Europe has latched on to this tipping philosophy, and if the server isn't pressuring you to do it, management is adding a "service charge" to all checks. Pay your people well, I will patronize your company, and everyone can be happy.
If I'm not mistaken, back when I was a kid a tip was a private thing between the customer and the waiter/waitress that says "I am grateful (hence the word "gratuity") that you did an extra fine job". Somewhere along the line it became, "Give me money no matter what kind of service I give even if it's average or below average, and if you don't give it to me, you're a jerk".
We rarely go out to eat, like "maybe" 2x a year. Our last time out, our waitress was horrible. Never came over to see how things were until it was time for the check. Needless to say, that was the first time I gave a low tip. Usually over 20%
"If I'm not mistaken, back when I was a kid a tip was a private thing between the customer and the waiter/waitress that says "I am grateful (hence the word "gratuity") that you did an extra fine job"."--@BeingRomans829ed So you grew up in Medieval France?
same i don't get why people get mad at the option, if the employees can make an extra 10$ that's fine but im not going to tip, i tip waiters well though
@@pubmeatman "so I have to tip you for doing your job? No thanks." Certainly not. You are completely free to stiff your waiter, fart in the elevator, take all the coins from the find a penny leave a penny jar and generally make as big of an ass of yourself as you like.
I saw a video where a husband got home with the takeout order. The wife asked if he tipped and he said no. When she asked why not, he said “I don’t tip standing up”. And that’s how I’m going about my life from now on lol
@@Sandie_JI love when they ask for a tip (or worse, add one by default that you have to remove) when you place an order online before they even begin preparing the food. How can I tip based on service before I'm served? I usually pass on those places when they do that.
The employees communicate quickly towards customers. Be polite towards anyone catering to your special requests. 20% should be minimum towards special accommodations.@@Sandie_J
I bought a $50 tee shirt at a concert last fall. The worker tapped the iPad a few times, turned around and walked a few feet, picked up the t shirt, came back and handed it to me and spun the iPad around and it asked me to tip. The options were 18%, 20%, and 22%. They made it so difficult to find a no tip option. Why are we being asked to tip for SIMPLE services? Waiters/Waitresses, Valet, etc absolutely deserves a tip. Simple tasks like the one listed above DO NOT warrant a tip
I'm a massage therapist and I recently did away with tips on my cc machine. I've never ever been so busy. People love it. Also, they demand I keep their cash tips. I don't argue.
@@ipodgolfer13 the prices have gone up so much it's hard for people to afford going and tipping. I'm sure they appreciate you for it. Thank you for the comment.
If you’re asked to “tip” BEFORE service (as in the flip tablet coffee shop). That’s NOT a tip; it’s a BRIBE. The inherent message is “I will work as hard as you tip”
Good point. I have often wondered if my order would suffer shrinkage if I did not "give to employee education" when I go through the taco bell drive through. Yes, Taco Bell wants you to donate to taco bell employee education fund.
@@Weesel71 yes. There's a myth floating around that says the term TIPS comes from "To Insure Prompt Service" (TIPS), but even if that's false we have to think about this: the only way to "Insure" it is to pay a little extra in advance. If you wait to tip until afterward, the service is already done, and it was either good or bad and nothing about your tip changes it.
@@sidwhiting665 I hadn't heard that about TIPS stands for something. I'm going to be skeptical because the concept of tipping is found in other languages and has something to do with having a drink: Fr. Pour boire (have a drink), Ge: Trinkgeld (drink money), Ru: dat' na chai (to give for tea).
I LOVE tipping kindness. I don't enjoy tipping as a bribe or even an expectation, but I love to tip people who have been genuinely kind and were hard-working at their service!
Man, I hate how subway has tip, cold stone, Starbucks, and donations at store, . I tip when I dine in only, so I started making my own sandwiches , buying ice cream at supermarket, and making my own coffee. To put an end to it.
DO consider tipping a barista if you order an elaborate drink. If you order just a coffee, an iced coffee, something premade, etc, no need to tip. But if you order a latte or something that requires a little time and skill to make, consider tossing a couple quarters or a dollar on it. If you walked into a bar and ordered a beer or a cocktail you’d tip a buck, the time to make a latte is similar.
@@johnclaybaugh9536 Denny's as a server? If so you are getting server pay, therefore you are entitled to tips. However, I've never had a server ask me if I want to tip. I simply leave it at the table or fill in the tip slot on the receipt.
I worked for Safeway Grocery Store many years ago while in high school. We bagged and carried out the groceries and we’re not allowed to accept tips even when offered. The business is the one paying the wages out of the money that I spend in the store.
I tried to tip my grocery packing boy and he said they’re not allowed to take tips at my grocery store. I felt bad because he did a really great job. He considered the fact that I was elderly. He didn’t overpack my bags and he asked me what I wanted and what bags he deserved a tip, he also offered to carry my bags out. but he couldn’t accept a tip
I work for Safeway. We’re not allowed to accept tips, but if I was offered one I would still 100% take it. Not like the company rewards hard work anyway 🤷♂️
My 1st job was as a maid in a hotel. It was very physically demanding, while the wages were terrible. The filth that we would come across was unbelievable. I remember the only time a guest left me a tip. It was just $5, but it really meant a lot to me! I still remember that tip 37 years later. To this day, I always leave the maid a little something. I'm glad that Dave Ramsey does too because I guarantee you that if you can afford it, it will really mean a lot to the person receiving it.
The Chinese takeout restaurant near me changed to making you pay in advance (card only) before they cook the order, and the credit card machine definitely asks for a tip (20, 25, or 30%). So, they know how much you tipped before they cook your food! The first time they did that was the LAST time I went there.
You must be referring to ordering delivery services through an app. Please don't assume that "so called" delivery fee goes in full to the drivers delivering your order. They only get a small percentage of that fee. Most of that fee goes to support the delivery apps internal staff and management.
Why would someone drive 10+ miles to take someone a delivery for a $2 base fee and the hope of more? Unfortunately most orders that don't have a tip on the front end, won't have one on the back end. Maybe one out of twenty orders. $2 is just not worth the time and wear and tear on your car unfortunately.
I recently ate in a restaurant and paid a tip.. then the screen popped up asking if I wanted to tip! I asked the waitress why that 2nd screen came up and she said in case I wanted to give another tip!! That was ridiculous overkill if you ask me! Never tipping a tip on top of already tipping!
It doesn't seem like you understand how tipping has worked for decades if not centuries. It's customary to tip 15 to 20 percent of the cost of your meal to your server whether you feel charitable that day or not.
@@christopherblaisdel Rest assured, I am not the one confused on why tipping was "invented". The word "TIP", literally stands for, "To Insure Promptness". A service worker was REQUIRED to perform well to EXPECT a TIP. Crappy service = NO TIP. Why not just pay more and fire bad employees??? Because it meant a restaurant might have to pay unemployment wages to every unskilled POS that walked through their door. With the tip system, the servers would leave on their own because they didn't make enough without TIPs. Fast forward to our woke society, and employees feel entitled to TIPs without cause. The tipping system was quite ingenious but was taken advantage of by employers and employees. This ain't the customers fault.
"The word "TIP", literally stands for, "To Insure Promptness". A service worker was REQUIRED to perform well to EXPECT a TIP. Crappy service = NO TIP."-@@joes2514 Please provide evidence for this claim you just made.
"Rest assured...The word "TIP", literally stands for, "To Insure Promptness". A service worker was REQUIRED to perform well to EXPECT a TIP. Crappy service = NO TIP."--@@joes2514 1.) Please provide evidence of this claim. 2.) Why don't you know how to spell the word ensure? Or are you suggesting we literally need to purchase insurance?
@@christopherblaisdel It's hilarious so many pick tipping as the hill to die on, because you would never ever win if push ever came to shove. You have absolutely zero leverage besides resorting to literal extortion, which is against the law.
Oh lord, one of those. I worked retail for years-- and the self-checkout is there for your convenience to get yourself out the door, they take less space and they're quicker. Just because someone didn't bag your cereal and dog food doesn't mean you're entitled to a tip. You didn't tip your cashier, so...
Absolutely, they're not Doctors entitled to a tip at all.. That's just flat out greediness..No way do I ever tip at the Ballpark for someone simply twisting off the cap of a beer bottle??!! They're seriously crazy
The first place I ever saw tip jars in it was about 25 years ago. It was in Asian donut shops. I am a firm believer if I come to the counter and pick up my order, you’re not getting a tip.
I went into a cake shop the other day and while I was there I ordered 3 cupcakes and then asked to place a cake order. The girl looked at me and said I don't take cake orders, you do that online. She then looked at me and wanted a tip for handing me the 3 cupcakes that i just paid 14.00 for. Needless to say you can't be bothered to take my cake order, I can't be bothered to tip you.
Huh? This response seems weird. Is that not the cake shop's policy for ordering cakes? What should the cashier have done? Created an order slip? Unless she's the owner I don't know that she can deviate from that.
@@matrepharaoh8260 yes, a bag magically appears with the items from your order in it, ketchup in it if you order french fries with your chicken sandwich, chopsticks and soy sauce in it, if you orderd noodles, and a person appears in front of you and "hands you a bag". That's how takeout works. 🙄
@@christopherblaisdel You have to be kidding me? Were you alive prior to COVID? Tipping for takeout was not a thing. You pick up your pizza or Chinese food and keep it moving. You sound like someone greedy who wants something for nothing and works in a takeout restaurant 😐
My husband and I tipped at the register for takeout and when we picked up the food at the other end of the counter we learned that none of the cooks or folks on the line actually receives the tips. We stopped tipping as a result at this location. I'm not donating money to greedy business owners.
EXACTLY!! I have started paying cash at restaurants after a restaurant where I ordered a TAKE OUT order did the “spin tip” thing and there were 3 options for tips (none of which was 0% and the lowest “suggestion” was 18%). NEVER AGAIN!
This all started with Covid, during the shutdowns. People felt bad for businesses and waitstaff that weren't making money. So we tipped generously on take out. But like most things, once they're in place, they're not going away. I feel resentful when I am expected to tip on take out because someone put the food in bag for me. and I waited tables all through college. I tip generously at a restaurant, but this, no.
I just went to a pizza place and only bought a bottle of water that I got out of the refrigerator myself. I took it to the counter and went to pay and the guy asked me if I was going to tip on the bottle of water.??????? He seemed disappointed when I said no.
@@greneellen8 It's ridiculous. Go to a sporting event or a concert and wait in line for an overpriced bottle of water then get asked to give a 25 percent tip. Say no.
I tipped like I would dining in during Covid because I knew the people in that industry were hurting and the work was high risk. Now, tipping has gotten out of hand.
Tipping in a restaurant is normal, your server makes less than the minimum hourly wage. The tipping at retail stores is STUPID!! What's next tipping at a self-service register?
The server who packs your to go order at a restaurant is usually allocated 18% of the amount of your check in income that she must pay taxes on to uncle sam. So when you stiff your waiter, you are actually accepting charity from your server. None of that has a single thing to do with covid.
"Now, tipping has gotten out of hand."-@eedre4864 If you are talking about tips other people are electing to give, why would you have an opinion about what they do being "out of hand"? If you are talking about the tips you give being "out of hand", then why are you giving them?
One of my first jobs was in a clothing store. The number of hours I spent holding clothes for ladies as they tried on everything in the store could not be counted. I never once received a tip, yet provided more "Service" than virtually any waiter or waitress I've ever had at a restaurant. Tip Expectations in America boils down to one thing - Employers (primarily restaurants) passing the responsibility of payroll on to their patrons. "If you can't afford to tip, don't eat out." No. "If you can't afford to pay your employees a fair wage for doing their job, don't open a business."
I love it when the cashier answers the tip question for me with a “no tip” without asking me. I’ve ran into a couple of those. Those people make me want to tip them because I guess they feel bad to even ask 🙌🏻
I used to always hit 0% when taking takeout orders at the restaurant I worked at. My manager found out and I got in trouble because takeout tips go to the owner.
This isn't a tipping problem, The problem is people feel very uncomfortable saying no. Folks need to learn how to say no. If you can't do it to a perfect stranger at a restaurant I feel sorry for you when you try to do it in your personal life.
@@talandelana6873 good news my friend, it's a skill that you can acquire. I know this because years ago I was just like you. Try your best and good luck.
I agree. I was that weak guy too. A stranger (older woman) at a gas station asked me for money to pump gas for her van because she didn't have any. She had her husband at the wheels and a child in the back, and they were 500 miles to Texas. It was hard for me to say no, so I filled up the gas $60. Looking back, I believe I did a moral thing, but was in a free gas/money scheme.
Ramsey said the other guy "chose" to go to the place that automatically added 10%. But the people that work there also "chose" to work there. I've gotten great service from clerks at dept. stores, but they don't get tipped. Don't ALL jobs "serve" someone else? Do you tip the roofer, the plumber, the UPS driver, etc. It really is ridiculous. I have to watch my spending by not going out to eat, etc. so now they're not getting my business OR a tip!
I only tip while dining in, and according to service, cleanliness, and food. While overseas I loved tipping for shoe polishing and meager, yet satisfying jobs. Japan was an eye opening country when I tried to tip for outstanding everything and the waitress got the manager (who spoke a little English) to explain that she would not work there if they didn’t pay enough and she was not low enough beg for handouts.
@@Fighter4Street I WOULD tip a delivery driver. I haven't had a pizza delivered in over 20 years. I prefer to get it myself. I call anyone who has to tip $5,$10 or more for a sack of fast food to be delivered either ultra-rich or ultra-foolish. _THAT'S_ how poor people stay poor.
@@josealexi5141 Agreed, I would personally pick up the food myself. I think it is such a waste of money tipping a driver. When my father orders food for the family, I have to fight to keep the tip lower. I tell him, tipping $5-10 dollars when the guy has to only drive 5 blocks is downright crazy. I try to keep it around $4 dollars. I even asked the place are the cooks getting the tip or the driver. Some of my family fights for closer to $10 tip which is crazy for only like 4 blocks.
The absolute funniest to me is when I go get froyo which I'm dispensing myself, putting toppings on myself, and I go to pay and they have an option for tip. Like WHY, you literally did nothing for me
They make sure the shit is stocked. That it is contaminant free. That it’s available in the first place. The whole thing runs off their back. Without them, no froyo for you. You can get a terrible experience or a great experience and it is 💯 up to them
@ Domino’s I was shocked when a 20, 25 & 30% tip option popped up when I was picking up a pizza. As a server, the base pay has been $2.13 since around 1994. So, tips are literally my pay. - But expecting me to tip 20% for handing me a pizza & processing a credit transaction while that person also gets a regular pay rate as well, that is really really ridiculous IMO.
These "tip" pop ups are an invention of "the Point of Sales" checkout systems marketed by Software Companies. They sell this system to the Retailers/Restaurants - on the basis that "increased tipping" will pay for the system.
I worked as a server at Olive Garden in 1990. The restaurant industry wage THEN was $2.10/hour for side work (sweeping floors in server area, stacking napkins in bread baskets, rolling silverware…) HUGE INCREASE in 30 years of 3 cents! …a penny a decade.
Tipping is no longer an issue about "thanking for some special favors" but everthing about political liberal wako garbage kids lean in the US education system- If you can afford a coffee for $ 5 you have more money than you need - sharing with those who have less is not a tip but a must.
I used to work at Pizza hut as my first job and when tips were taken they got split up between the waitresses only, when you pick up an order your received no service, and you owe no gratuity the only place that gratuity will go is in the franchises bank account
I was shocked to find out that when you go pick up curbside groceries at Walmart, the workers aren't allowed to take tips. I don't understand why that would be a policy decision. I still give them money when I can anyway.
Tipping is NOT for service... it is for EXCEPTIONAL service. That's how it originated, and that's what I tip for. It's meant to be a reward or incentive... not a payroll subsidy.
Well that's what tipping should be, but by acting like that, you're not helping it becoming that, you're just letting an underpaid worker be underpaid. Of course here I speak about legitimate tipping, especially waiters that make most of their income on tips
@@adrienrenaux6211 I expressed an opinion - nowhere did I say I refuse to tip. I do, and usually well over any requested percentage. That doesn't mean I agree with it. HOWEVER - and this is at the crux of what the gimme-gimme Marxists ignore: No one is "letting an underpaid worker be underpaid." If the worker chooses to remain in that position, that's on them. EVERYONE is underpaid at one point or another. Learn, grow, improve and move on. None of the jobs I've ever held - in retail, hardware, picture-framing, bussing tables, washing dishes, painting houses, car mechanic, data entry or a dozen others - ever magically prevented me [or anyone] from learning new skills, taking risks and moving on.
@@adrienrenaux6211 That's not the customer's problem. It's up to the workers to fight for their salaries instead of ripping customers. People like you encourage this out of control tipping culture.
A few months back, my wife ordered a pizza to go at a pizzeria that was recommended to us. After she got home, I looked at the bill and was shocked that a 20% tip charge was automatically added to the bill. No choice it is added whether you want to or not. I pay tips based on service I receive when sitting down to dinner at a restaurant, NOT to be handed a box. Needless to say, I will never go there again.
@@JasonTaylor-po5xc A new pizza place opened near me and I wanted to try it. I ordered a small pizza to be delivered and between the delivery fee and the tip, it cost about the same as my pizza.
@@AKHWJ3ST Yes, that is the cost of delivery. Sometimes it is worth it, sometimes it isn't. I don't mind being my own delivery person - especially on smaller orders where all the extra fees make little sense.
@@JasonTaylor-po5xc I probably will use this pizza place because it's so close, but I will get it myself and there won't be a tip unless it is deserved.
When I’m checking out at our local Goodwill store, they ask me if I’d like to “round up” to support their charity. NO!!! I JUST SUPPORTED YOUR CHARITY BY BUYING SOME OF YOUR “DONATED” GOODS!!! (Some of which I donated!)
Never shop at Goodwill. All profits go to the CEO and not to programs as they would like you to believe. 100% of every dollar spent at the salvation army thrift store goes towards programs.
Goodwill is a money making business disguised as a charity. Everything they sell has been given to this business for FREE, they turn around and sell it for a profit. When I have things to donate, I either give them to Teen Challenge (they will come pick it up from you), or I give it to a local Humane Society that has a thrift shop. The money they make from their thrift shop goes back into taking care of abandoned or rescued pets at their facility.
@@10com40cal not to mention that now they are marking up items after they find out how much it actually costs. I remember my husband and I were broke and I needed shoes. And I went to goodwill and I saw a nearly brand new pair of Adidas shoes. I was so stinkin excited. And I knew they would be about $10 right? Wrong. $45. Like how does that help families? Plus they got that stuff for free from other people. It didn’t cost them a dime. I was so mad. After that I stopped shopping there. I rarely will go there anymore.
@@10com40cal I can't defend Goodwill because I haven't researched their financial statements or executive pay, but thrift shops don't just receive an item and put it on a shelf for sale. They receive truckloads of items which require sorting, some cleaning, pricing, and putting out on the shelves. Then the crap junk they have to pay to dump the stuff at municipal centers or salvage companies. Watch a documentary called "fast fashion". And there is overhead of rent and utilities, salaries, maintenance etc. I don't resent them for asking for money to run the business. Not all thrift shops are the same so to bash one of them is unfair.
@@Lovelyinspo businesses used to give the expired food away to charities - now they expect their customers to buy it from them so they can "donate" - it helps their bottom line because you purchase their expired food and they get a tax write-off as well
I've been craving buttery pancakes lately and went to iHop on two separate days and paid $6.57 for 3 pancakes each time. On the third day, I went and ordered the same thing, but my total was nearly $8.00. I assumed that the waitress who rang me up the third time charged me extra for the condiments since I like lots of butter, but no. She originally responded by saying that she charged me for 3 pancakes. I then informed her that I'd been there the past two days and was only charged $6.57. It was only then that she informed me that she added a 90 cent gratuity even though I drove to pick up the order. She was so surprised that I caught on to what she did and was sweating profusely even though there was only one table in the entire restaurant. Ugh, I felt so violated.
I went to a location where they have car hops i ordered off of their limited menu. The car hop brought out my drink. And then turned around I gave her let's say $10 bill in the bill I owed was only three something And she turned around and left I thought it was because she didn't have changing her pocket or that She needed to go get change because they weren't carrying denominations in their pocket anymore. So I waited a good several minutes time enough for her to go in make the change and bring it back out two times before I pushed the buzzer thing again An indicated that I wanted my change she wasn't getting a seven or eight dollar tip on a two or $3 order She came out nearly through it at me But again I choose how much I tip and when and where
I was a waitress in college ($2.18 an hour) and when you’re being audited you’re taxed on the food that you sold and the tips you were supposed to get.
The only time I got tipped for being a cashier was when I worked at an electronics store and helped load a guys 65” TV into his car. He was very grateful for the service and I was very grateful for his show of appreciation because I did an extra service for him
@@christopherblaisdel I think that’s the point that was being made here. Cashiers don’t normally do an extra service outside of their normal hourly pay so there shouldn’t be an expectation to tip cashiers, but you can if they go the extra mile, and you feel you want to and can give an extra little tip, then consider doing so :)
Good advice. I generally tip 10% if I order at the counter for a sit-down meal while they just deliver the food to my table and I do everything else. I do not tip on take-out, but I am always at 20% for dine-in meals with full service.
This might be the new norm for some people, but not me. If they didnt deliver the food to my house and I didnt eat the food in their restaurant, then I do not owe anyone a tip. In fact, im cheap so thats why I usually pick up my own pizzas. Because I dont wanna pay the ever increasing delivery fees and then a 20% tip on top of that. What was supposed to be a 14 dollar pizza somehow turns into nearly a 30 dollar pizza when its all said and done. Its ridiculous..
Exactly!!!!! Spot on. I am the same way. It's not being cheap it's called being financially wise. All these 'add ons' makes the cost of things ridiculous. We don't have money to throw around. I ALWAYS tip well for delivery and restaurants, but I rarely get delivery anymore because of the 'delivery fees' that get added on in addition to the tip.
Meanwhile janitors, bricklayers and garbage collectors NEVER get tips. Americans, you need to stop rewarding people with easier jobs. And you need to start rewarding people who do something truly exceptional. That’s what tips are meant for.
Where I live in Tx, especially in the hot months many people give cool drinks to our garbage pick up crews and anyone doing outside work. Plus Christmas gift cards.
Honestly, I think the US tipping culture is insane. I was at a wedding meal in New York, it's was a small wedding of 20 people or so, the food was nice, the service was OK (didn't blow me away as spectacular or anything) the couple who got married tipped $1000... the restaurant complained it wasn't enough.
Usually they add auto gratuity to that type of party so that’s unusual. Seeing as there were 20 people maybe the restaurant had to give a dedicated space to the party. I’ve worked where 15 people needed to spend a minimum of 5000$ to get a private dining room table, there was 20% gratuity on that so 1000$ and that was for only 15 people.
Who's tipping Nurses, Firefighters, Teachers, Mailman, police, Housekeepers, Maintenance, Machine operators, Construction crew, Service men, caregivers, flight stewardess, Nurse etc...... why only Tip a specific industry????? 😅😅😅
@C White this was back in 2012 so they may not have added gratuity automatically back then. I think the place was called "Quality Meats" it definitely wasn't a private dining space, but it was a space off to one side.
If you order takeout from a sitdown restaurant, In most cases the servers who make less than minimum wage are the ones packing your food, gathering your condiments and drinks together for your order... and most importantly taking their time away from their tipping tables within the restaurant to get your order ready, they deserve no less than a 10% tip.
The server who packs your to go order at a restaurant is usually allocated 18% of the amount of your check in income that she must pay taxes on to uncle sam. So when you stiff your waiter, you are actually accepting charity from your server.
@@christopherblaisdelif a server works at a restaurant where they are receiving 18% of the total takeout order check, then good for them and all the more reason to feel absolutely fine about not tipping for it.
I went to a restaurant where I stood in line in front of a cash register to order my food. I then had to search for a table putting a stand with a number on it so an employee could find us. We ate and left a 10% tip on our table. Arriving home I checked my credit card as I had never received a receipt. Low and behold I was charged 20% for service but actually paid 30%. I went back to the restaurant and said I was unaware of the charge. The hostess pointed to a small sign in front of the register I had not seen stating the 20% automatic tip as it pays the salaries of the employees. I have never returned.
The owner is a Billionaire!! I refuse to donate to that Company.. I donate all my thing's & friends things to a neighborhood charity Center I feel good about it because they literally let people come in to pick anything they need & do not charge them Anything... Plus they give me paperwork to fill out for my Taxes.. I do this several times a Year
I’ve always wondered about tipping on take out. Christmas Eve night my wife, son and I ordered a pizza and salad from a local place. My son and I went to pick it up and when I was filling out the receipt I saw the place for tip and skipped it. I sort of had this guilty feeling wondering if I’m supposed to tip. So I’m glad to see this video just a few days later. Thanks
A burger place I went to forced you to use the touchscreen to order your food. There was no option to have a human take your order. At checkout, it asked if I wanted to add a tip. 😂
Tipping did not become an issue until the pandemic arrived. During those 2 years I tipped like crazy to help businesses stay afloat. But after the pandemic, those businesses got used to that extra income that customers provided for their employees. Most businesses still don't have competitive pay to keep up with inflation caused by the pandemic.
Many years ago the local grocery store cause of the month was breast cancer. The clerk parroting the company line asked me if I wanted to contribute $10 for breast cancer. The look on her face was priceless when I said I was against breast cancer so I wouldn't be contributing for it.
I shop at a privately owned grocery store. The entire staff is very courteous and very helpful. There's a little tip jar at the check out counter(it's NOT marked with the word "TIPS"). It's just a little jar. I always leave a tip, as do others, because they honestly appear to appreciate our business.
Here in California, some restaurants add a "health fee" to the bill automatically. So in addition to tipping, you're also responsible for subsidizing their employees' healthcare. It totally sucks.
I was the general manager at a cookie shop couple years ago. Our employees were pretty much all college students who got paid between 17 and $20 an hour. A lot of the stores around us were starting to implement those cash registers with the tip screen on the other side and we did not have it But We did have a tip jar. almost had a mutiny at my store because of it. It’s just amazing to me the entitlement of some of these people when they’re getting paid $20 an hour and feel like they also deserve getting all these tips as well. You know when you hit zero on those stupid screens For tip you almost feel like they’re gonna not put as much care in preparing your stuff. It’s truly sad.
We should all wear t-shirts writting "Free stuff is endearly accepted at your kind discretion" and when showed the screen we point at the t-shirt. And then let;s see what happens.
I once received a bill where separate 20%, 25% and 30% tips were already conveniently calculated so you didn’t have to bother figuring out the tip yourself. You could just choose one and write it in. I noticed something was off and found that all three printed amounts were actually significantly higher than the percentages stated.
@@joegrahe3958 No, it wasn’t based on the sales tax either. It was higher than the percentages stated even with sales tax included. It was just a deliberate attempt at deception designed to trick the customer.
I was told by someone who has first hand knowledge. When you add those donations to the corporate business, they include that in their promised donation amount. The charity isn’t getting more miners. The corporation’s pocket is paying out less. Do as Dave says. Give it directly to the charity.
Best I saw was a YT 'short' of a guy who walks into a fully-automated store, buys a few items by scanning them himself, then as his credit card is being processed the screen asks if he'd like to leave a tip (for who? and why?).
Just because you pretend there are not decades if not centuries of rules in our culture defining when, whom, and how much to tip, doesn't mean these rules don't exist. Stiff whomever you like, just don't expect anyone to buy your "there are no rules" excuse.
That's why servers need to get the full federal or state minimum whichever is higher and "tipouts" to the team should be banned. Tipping out to hosts, food runners and others who are NOT responsible for cash handling, sales or customer service is wrong.
"Tipping out to hosts, food runners and others who are NOT responsible for cash handling, sales or customer service is wrong."--@@audradietz 1.) I have never seen a host get tipped out, that IS wrong, that's not how tipping works 2.) Who told you that food runners are not "responsible for customer service"? 3.) Tipping out has always been a part of the tipping gcu
For service …. But just taking your order and money and handing u the food that is what your employer pays you to do. My daughter gets paid $12 an hour to take ur order and hand the food . As a former waitress I got paid $2 per hour and had to bring ur food to the table along with additional items throughout your meal. That is a server and deserves a tip. Even then sometimes the small tip would barely get me to minimum wage. That’s the difference. You get at least minimum to hand me my food which takes all of 3 min versus me serving you for 30 min to an hour.
Personally I hardly ever eat out anymore, as of 2025 because the cost of a meal has almost doubled in the last few years and when you ask “why” the answer is always COVID, SUPPLY CHAIN ! All I know is MY wages have not double over the last couple years.
In High School, I worked at Olive Garden and grew a sense of responsibility to tip, as I saw the impact it had on the people I worked with. Today, I still tip, but I'm definitely fatigued of being asked to tip everywhere for everything. It is certainly diminishing my desire to tip as generously as before...
Don't tip unless it's for a service... like waiting on your table, delivering food, cutting your hair, et cetera -- there's even drive through restaurants around here that try to manipulate you into tipping (ridiculous). If someone is just passing you a drink, over the counter, that's not a service.
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 what's this mantra of tipping for service? Almost any job has some "service" part in it. Employers should pay more to employees that are providing better service, this would lead to both employee and customer retention. Win-win-win
@@privettoli - it makes a bit of difference at tax time but not in the day-to-day for most employees in the restaurant industry as most don't receive a paycheck due to the very low hourly wage... I bartended when making $2.13 and at $4.26 per hour in the same place--all paychecks were ZERO dollars and ZERO cents. Again, it helped when filing taxes but not significantly unless a homeowner or having other big deductions which aren't very common for people working in that industry. The reward employers can, and do, give are better shifts and better sections... it's a raise based on merit but it doesn't come out of the employer's pocket. Still a win-win-win.
I’ve no problem tipping at a sit down restaurant. You pay and tip AFTER your meal, meaning you have the chance to evaluate the service and food. If you go through a drive thru or order on line, you’re asked to tip BEFORE you receive service or food/drink. In this case, you may find an issue when you get home and there’s always the chance that without a tip your order might get “messed up” by a disgruntled worker. I’m sure that these places tout the tip as an added benefit when recruiting.
Sorry, that's not how tipping works. You tip the person who served you your food, or the person who cleaned your room because they served you your food or cleaned your room. You still make an ass of yourself if you stiff your waiter, even if you were mad about something with the service. Whether you do that or not of course is up to you.
Tipping only if you feel compelled based on service (AND FOOD that the server didn't even cook?!?! lmao) is not how tipping works in our culture. You're just stiffing people.
I agree! Everyone thinks they deserve a tip even when no service is offered. Im a great tipper and use to be a bartender. But the spin move just drives me up a wall. Thanks for this
How about those of us who have jobs that don't involve tipping? My job would never even consider it, and I work my behind off -- a LOT more than putting forks and napkins into a takeout bag. I could use a few extra bucks. The whole system needs to go.
Actually I don't give a Flying Fuc* they can spin that monitor or whatever it's called until it breaks I will never add anything on that ever!! I usually pay for everything with Cash anyway
I was a young meat cutter at a well known grocery store chain and I remember helping a young woman customer with her request upon handing her her items she handed me a tip and as I was telling her I can’t except tips she turned around and ran to the front of the store . I never expected tips from anybody for doing my job. I enjoyed helping people and give them good service. .
Just a tip (no pun intended) when ordering from Starbucks: If you pay with your phone via the app it completely bypasses the tip option. It makes the transaction faster and avoids you pressing no tip.
This whole tipping for takeout, fast food, etc started during the so called pandemic and it doesn’t want to go away. I’ve begun using cash more and more instead of my debit card just to give me more control
The server who packs your to go order at a restaurant is usually allocated 18% of the amount of your check in income that she must pay taxes on to uncle sam. So when you stiff your waiter, you are actually accepting charity from your server. This has always been this case and has absolutely nothing to do with COVID-19.
@@christopherblaisdel Since you chose to reply to my comment you should read it again with a dictionary so you are able to first understand what I said. This will allow you to comment intelligently. Right now you come across as lacking reading comprehension. Good luck to you.
@@providencebreaker1558 Yes. Someone spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in Cloud Compute to train an AI model to identify and mock ignorance with respect to tipping etiquette, total lack of understanding of IRS law, and the complete absence of logic surrounding the fact that opting not to tip in cash, and opting not to tip with a card is literally exactly the same amount of "control" @Spanglish-KC. 🙄
Please personally tip housekeeping if you choose to tip. Don’t leave the money in the room. I was a housekeeper and often times maintenance and management would “inspect” (pocketed tips) the rooms prior to housekeeping cleaning the room. Housekeepers make very little vs upper management. Also upper management had lunches paid for by the company and housekeepers struggled to bring packed lunch in everyday.
I personally find the housekeeper who is usually cleaning near my room & ask if she's the one cleaning our room.. Then I personally give her the Money They're always extremely grateful.. Shame on the maintenance workers for stealing the $$ from those back breaking hard working housekeepers!! They should call them out on it,I know I definitely would
I went to a Major League Baseball game yesterday. $15 for a piece of pizza and a drink and then asked me for a tip for just doing their job. The problem I have is the company (or ballpark) charging that amount of money for those things should pay their employees enough so I don’t need to tip.
Absolutely! We have a AA baseball team and at the concessions, we have a screen for a tip, too. I haven't ever tipped because paying $6 for a pretzel and $4 for a coke is insane. Also, the person would still be standing there regardless of tippinp.
They literally asked you for a tip?! I would say, “here’s a tip, don’t take any wooden nickels.” If they have a tip cup, just don’t leave a tip. You’re not obligated to leave a tip for takeout at all. When I see people leaving tips for takeout, I cannot help but think those people are suckers that like to waste money. They’re the same people that are crying poor.
Right. So when you really think about it, you are not a cheap basstard, you are just the rosa parks of the movement to make employers pay more. So noble.
I just stopped shopping or purchasing from any company or person that tries to mandate a tip and/or service charge for doing business with them. Plenty of restaurants and businesses do not do that.
Those companies asking for donations turn around and donate that money and take the credit for it like they donated out of the kindness of their heart.
Agree, but just politely decline instead of complaining (or chewing-out) the employees because they are being forced to ask the customers to donate. I often prefer it if a customer says no politely because the transaction goes faster and we can serve more customers rather than stopping to explain what "the charity" is supposed to be doing.
Valet parkers why? They are paid to do this exact one duty job! Waiters and bell hops the same. Furniture movers only do a really hard job from the above mentioned and need a reward.
Dave's grocery story comment made me think of a company called Bombas Socks. They claim to be such good people that they will donate a pair of socks for every pair bought. A pair of their socks costs $25. So, they want you to overpay for socks so they can look like the caring corporate citizen who donates a pair of socks with your money.
I totally concur. They do have nice socks, but in reality you are paying $25 for a $12.50 pair of socks - they give the other $12.50 pair of socks away unseen. It's a nice idea, but I would rather give to someone and see their expression or know that they are getting it. For me, that new pair of socks would be replacing a used pair of socks that I more than likely will never use many more times or end up throwing away eventually.
No different than when Costco and Smart and Final has their Children's Hospital and Hunger charity month. You make the donation and they get all the credit. I started saying NO the last several years at the register.
I work in a restaurant. I do not think tipping in the carry out is necessary….its up to you. Huge order….its appreciated. If the person cashing you out is acting like you should tip them, ok give them that look. However, the person checking you out DOES NOT was not the person that decided to put a tip option on the credit card machine….that was the owner/manager. Please don’t be mean the the employee. And please do not assume the employ is being nice or complimentary just to get a tip. We have a lot of great people that work with us that are super nice because the tips who they are.
Smart! I quit eating out so much because I finally realized I could just about get a week’s worth of groceries for the price of one meal for my family at Olive Garden. Prices are nuts now.
@@Kirstie72 I guarantee what you're making your family is healthier as well. Olive Garden is great at marketing but you should see videos about their frozen bags of food might as well get your family tv dinners but its fancy so that's why ppl pay the big bucks.
When I tip, it has to be a service. Then I just do around 10%. Make it easy to calculate in the head by moving the decimal point and rounding up to the dollar.
@@LittleMopeHead If you received good or very good service at a full service restaurant, a 10% tip is an insult to the waiter. 15% is the absolute minimum and 20% has been the standard for good service for many years now.
I moved to Spain-where most people who work in the food industry can survive without tips. I left a tip once and the woman almost felt insulted. Not sure how to fix America’s situation, but it’s getting out of hand.
I’ve lived and traveled throughout Europe, and found service while dining out to be as good or better than the U.S., not to mention higher quality at a more affordable price. It’s a much less rushed experience-in countries like Spain and France, the table is yours for the evening. I’ve been not even halfway done with my meal, and had American waiters drop the bill on my table and say “no rush.”
Used to be 15% for good service, 10% for mediocre service and 20 for outstanding dine in service. And the tips naturally go up as the cost of food has increased. Somewhere along the line, the expectation became 20% for average service. That seems like double dipping to me. I’m still doing the 10-15-20 tip scale. Also, I only tip on the cost of food, I don’t tip on sales tax. Last thought…I hadn’t seen truly great service until I dined at Sparks Steak house in Manhattan. Professional waiters who made a career out of service. It blew me away.
My favorite sub place is Jersey Mikes. I have been picking up from them for years. And NEVER ONCE have I tipped them. They are just glad they have my business.
Tipping at sub store is just embarrassing. You're literally standing in line and waiting and telling them to assemble your sub. I think they know it's insane.
I never went there much to begin with, but after a couple of times of going there after they started implementing the asking for a tip at the card reader, I just stopped going there all together. I am a pizza delivery driver and make half of my living off of tips. I hate being stiffed and I am super grateful for tips. Any time I am in a situation where I use a service from a traditionally tipped worker I'd like to think I tip very handsomely, but all of this new tipping everything that seems to have arisen from Covid is ridiculous
We went to eat at a bbq place/hotpot and the gratuity was automatically added to our bill. But the bill still asks for an extra tip. Seriously? I happily added $0 tip. That's why I try not to go out to restaurants as much. Tipping has completely gone out of hand
@@Drak976 I know a restaurant near the college I went to had 18% gratuity added to the bill, even 15 years ago. My guess is because college students were really bad about tipping the waitresses, not because of poor service, but because they hadn't learned that social grace yet.
20% is TOO HIGH when dining in... That is why people are not eating IN (along with the overpriced food). CarryOut / To Go is a 100% a NO TIP situation. Period.
I think tipping for every little thing enables the companies that hires the servers to pay them less with the promise of tips making up the difference. These companies make money hand over fist, pay the employees more, stop tipping for picking up food at Chipotle, Starbucks, etc, and tip generously for table service at actual sit down restaurants.
I just recently talked to a young fella that said where he worked would use tip money to actually " offset" what he had to pay out of his pocket to employees!
This is very true but the best way to deal is to then NOT buy from these companies - it is called cancel culture. Simple double the wages or we won't buy coffee from Starbucks. Meanwhile I am not going to punish the gracious barista who is dong a job that I would not last one day doing. The public is nasty!!! you can have 100 good ones but in works ken/karen and many are passive aggressive nasty entitled people that would never, ever talk to their boss the way they talk to a cashier. Didnt COVID reveal this!!!!!! The real heros ie front line workers were the cashiers and no one rang a bell or clapped for them. Unsung heroes. They are my favourite people to tip!!!
@@agustino42491 First we need to change the laws that allow employers to pay a below minimum wage, because the job is considered a "tipping" job. Instead of punishing the employees, required employers to pay a minimum wage, then tipping will be unnecessary.
How do you figure? I don't think that's correct. If a business gives their own money, it's deducted from their profits, but passing along money a customer gave them wasn't profit in the first place, so it should have no tax impact.
I don’t donate at the stores because I don’t know if it is going to the starving children, pets or whatever they are collecting for. It could go to the CEO of the store for all I know.
Fun fact: In Mexico the old people that bag your stuff in Mexico don’t actually get paid. The only money they get paid is what they make from tips. My parents always tip them generously.
I will tip at Starbucks. They make my drink good then they get a tip. Not all Starbucks baristas make it the same. Fast food no way unless they’re extremely fast and it’s like Qdoba where they didn’t go light on what I asked for ingredients.
@@robedmund9948 Dutch Bros is more expensive than Starbucks!! The Redbull mixed with strawberry lemonade (a large) coats $8!!! The cup is filled to the brim with HUGE ice cubes and they STILL have the audacity to ask for a tip!
I disagree here, in a restaurant the tip goodd service. The tips strong encourage good, pleasant service. Simple jacking up rates and removing tipping will not only increase prices but leave no incentive for good service
You're going to get shitty servers and higher prices. They can't afford to pay me what I make on tips. Or you could just choose not to tip. There is no requirement. It is a choice and it is kinda odd that people have such a problem with a system that gives you a choice. Seems it's the social stigma of being considered a "bad tipper" that's actually got you worked up. Because nobody is forcing you to tip.
@@noHandle1776 I don't mind paying higher prices if businesses hire good quality people. Workers will have an incentive to work hard to keep their job and businesses have an incentive to hire good people. A tipping model only benefits cheap, lazy businesses and encourages this entitlement attitude from workers.
@@noHandle1776 That's not true. The incentive to give good service is to get to keep your job! It seems most other countries have restaurants, and other business that do just fine without this stupid tripping tradition.
My Whole Foods order had a service fees for the "free" delivery AND they wanted me to include a tip for the driver. The tip begging has turned into a scam.
You should tip the driver because that is a value added service, just like when the driver a delivers a pizza, or you order a uber/lyft, or you get door dash.
@@dondean517especially for DoorDash and other apps. I drive for DoorDash and we don't get a wage. Most orders pay the minimum pay of $2, plus tip. Without tips we operate at a severe loss.
If you call the manager of a company and complain about being asked to give money, that is the best way to stop it. If enough customers complain that is when it will change.
A tip should be given in recognition of outstanding service, not to make up for employers paying poorly.
Remember, employers never ever pay poorly. We all have a choice to accept job or not. If you dont like the hourly pay then move on. The free market sets the prevailing wages except with State mandated hourly increases and if the employer does not pay enough they will need to fill the position by increasing wages.
@@jeffgappa8260when they increase the wages the cost of goods goes up. So you’re paying more anyways. Why not show appreciation to the person for the service they provided. And if you cant do that then just eat at home.
Amen 🙏🏻
@@jeffgappa8260@Texmexia49 still made a valid point.
Garbage response. If the pay is raised you will pay more for every meal and you can't rate the service with your tip. This leaves no incentive to serve you well. I will ALWAYS vote for tipping.
The worst is when you tip for takeout and when you get home you realize your order is all wrong!
so true!!
so true!!
You ain't lying!
Just pay the servers ONE hourly wage.
So true
This tipping thing should go both ways. I want to get 15% off my groceries when I have to go through self-checkout.
i'd pay extra to use self checkout. it's fantastic.
Knock your self out.@@tommyfu9271
Seriously!!!!!
How about we get tips for our jobs too. I think I will put a tip jar outside my office.
Absolutely!
I'm a nurse and I can promise you no one has ever tipped me for cathing them, giving an injection, doing cpr, etc. It's my job and I don't expect anything other than my salary. The problem is that employers don't pay a working wage and expect the consumer to pick up the slack.
I'm a nurse & worked back in the 90's & 2000's. It didn't happen often but occasionally the elderly woman would try & hand you a ten spot to show their appreciation. Of course you don't take it.
Oh my gosh-exactly! Why are we expected to tip everyone and their dog now (and as an obligation, not even based on above-and-beyond service).
I used to work for an Acupuncturist who also incorporated certain massage techniques into his treatments. He never got tipped. But yet we’re expected to tip extra when going to a massage therapist-who can actually be more expensive-and who also is already getting paid for their service! Drives me crazy, these distinctions.
I worked in a hospital laboratory where no patient ever saw what you have done for them so no chance for a thank you let alone a tip.
I am going to give the surgeon and the nurses who fixed my detached retina a Starbucks gift certificate. It's kind of a tip. I don't care if he makes half a million per year (much more than I earn), but I am grateful for what he's done for me.
This is spot on. In Europe, for years, service staff received a professional (living) wage and therefore what you saw on the menu was the total price. Management figured in their labor costs along with their food costs to determine menu prices. In the US, they felt they would be competitive with menu prices, paying their staff a minimum wage, expecting the public to make up the difference. It is now expected, not earned. Unfortunately, Europe has latched on to this tipping philosophy, and if the server isn't pressuring you to do it, management is adding a "service charge" to all checks. Pay your people well, I will patronize your company, and everyone can be happy.
If I'm not mistaken, back when I was a kid a tip was a private thing between the customer and the waiter/waitress that says "I am grateful (hence the word "gratuity") that you did an extra fine job".
Somewhere along the line it became, "Give me money no matter what kind of service I give even if it's average or below average, and if you don't give it to me, you're a jerk".
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We rarely go out to eat, like "maybe" 2x a year. Our last time out, our waitress was horrible. Never came over to see how things were until it was time for the check. Needless to say, that was the first time I gave a low tip. Usually over 20%
They are trying to guilt trip us.😢
If I get lousy service, then they get a lousy tip 🤷♀️
"If I'm not mistaken, back when I was a kid a tip was a private thing between the customer and the waiter/waitress that says "I am grateful (hence the word "gratuity") that you did an extra fine job"."--@BeingRomans829ed
So you grew up in Medieval France?
I just click “no tip” shamelessly and unabashedly, and carry on with my day.
Same. But it’s annoying to constantly be suggested to tip for simple over the counter transactions.
I do it with a smile too 🤣
@@myyt3824 I make eye contact when I do it
What about before they make your food? U pay and it asks for a tip
same i don't get why people get mad at the option, if the employees can make an extra 10$ that's fine but im not going to tip, i tip waiters well though
Someone said "if I ordered while standing I'm not tipping" and I think that's great
"I think that's great" @matthewishunting
Right. Not tipping for your food is "great".
@@christopherblaisdelso I have to tip you for doing your job? No thanks.
@@pubmeatman "so I have to tip you for doing your job? No thanks."
Certainly not. You are completely free to stiff your waiter, fart in the elevator, take all the coins from the find a penny leave a penny jar and generally make as big of an ass of yourself as you like.
@@christopherblaisdel Correct. It is great. You are paying for the food. You pay, you move on.
I love that you people think I invented how tipping works. 🤣
I saw a video where a husband got home with the takeout order. The wife asked if he tipped and he said no. When she asked why not, he said “I don’t tip standing up”. And that’s how I’m going about my life from now on lol
My nephew was a waiter and he said that if people don't tip even on carry out, they will spit in the food sometimes
@@kathyj8412yikes! But do they still spit on food if you leave cash tip? How will they know tip was made. ?
@@Sandie_JI love when they ask for a tip (or worse, add one by default that you have to remove) when you place an order online before they even begin preparing the food. How can I tip based on service before I'm served? I usually pass on those places when they do that.
The employees communicate quickly towards customers. Be polite towards anyone catering to your special requests. 20% should be minimum towards special accommodations.@@Sandie_J
Watch the movie "Waiting." It's pretty accurate for the service industry.
I bought a $50 tee shirt at a concert last fall. The worker tapped the iPad a few times, turned around and walked a few feet, picked up the t shirt, came back and handed it to me and spun the iPad around and it asked me to tip. The options were 18%, 20%, and 22%. They made it so difficult to find a no tip option. Why are we being asked to tip for SIMPLE services? Waiters/Waitresses, Valet, etc absolutely deserves a tip. Simple tasks like the one listed above DO NOT warrant a tip
I guess he figured if you were silly enough to buy a $50 tee shirt, you'd be silly enough to tip for it. 😜
@@frankdank7507 Well, at a concert, you are buying a memento/souvenir that happens to be a tee shirt.
@@MarekGamer76 $50 memento. A CD would be cheaper. LOL!
It's literally their job, they aren't going above and beyond. I agree that that's ridiculous
I think the cooks and dishwashers deserve the tips more than the waiter. The waiter has the easiest job.
I'm a massage therapist and I recently did away with tips on my cc machine. I've never ever been so busy. People love it. Also, they demand I keep their cash tips. I don't argue.
I’ve always tipped my massage therapist. Much love for the field.
That's how it's supposed to work. Generosity isn't mandatory.
@@robertfox4524 agreed
@@ipodgolfer13 the prices have gone up so much it's hard for people to afford going and tipping. I'm sure they appreciate you for it. Thank you for the comment.
That's awesome ‼🧡
If you’re asked to “tip” BEFORE service (as in the flip tablet coffee shop). That’s NOT a tip; it’s a BRIBE. The inherent message is “I will work as hard as you tip”
And from what I've found, that is exactly how tipping started: paying in advance for a certain level of service.
Good point. I have often wondered if my order would suffer shrinkage if I did not "give to employee education" when I go through the taco bell drive through. Yes, Taco Bell wants you to donate to taco bell employee education fund.
@@Weesel71 yes. There's a myth floating around that says the term TIPS comes from "To Insure Prompt Service" (TIPS), but even if that's false we have to think about this: the only way to "Insure" it is to pay a little extra in advance. If you wait to tip until afterward, the service is already done, and it was either good or bad and nothing about your tip changes it.
T = To
I = Insure
P = Proper
S = Service
@@sidwhiting665 I hadn't heard that about TIPS stands for something. I'm going to be skeptical because the concept of tipping is found in other languages and has something to do with having a drink: Fr. Pour boire (have a drink), Ge: Trinkgeld (drink money), Ru: dat' na chai (to give for tea).
I LOVE tipping kindness. I don't enjoy tipping as a bribe or even an expectation, but I love to tip people who have been genuinely kind and were hard-working at their service!
I love that people are universally against tipping Starbucks!
I WON'T SIT FOOT IN THAT PLACE
@@rufust.firefly4890I'm sure their multi billion dollar profit year after year suffers every time you don't "sit foot" inside.
I keep cash in my wallet specifically for Starbucks. I wish the app allowed for tipping, I despise cash.
@@mattypants lol. Typo
They think they own the world. By me they put two mom and pop places out of business.People are brainwashed by their marketing baloney. @@mattypants
Man, I hate how subway has tip, cold stone, Starbucks, and donations at store, . I tip when I dine in only, so I started making my own sandwiches , buying ice cream at supermarket, and making my own coffee. To put an end to it.
Same, a wise move in my opinion.
Plus you can save more money that way.
DO consider tipping a barista if you order an elaborate drink. If you order just a coffee, an iced coffee, something premade, etc, no need to tip. But if you order a latte or something that requires a little time and skill to make, consider tossing a couple quarters or a dollar on it. If you walked into a bar and ordered a beer or a cocktail you’d tip a buck, the time to make a latte is similar.
@@adamseidel9780 This is why I make my own at home. Who cares what my coffee looks like?! 😁
I stopped going to subway for the same reason 😂
A requested tip is not a tip, it's panhandling.
I work at Dennys. We don't request tips. We ask people if they want to tip. There's a difference.
If the option isn't there, the customer can't tip.
@@johnclaybaugh9536 Denny's as a server? If so you are getting server pay, therefore you are entitled to tips. However, I've never had a server ask me if I want to tip. I simply leave it at the table or fill in the tip slot on the receipt.
The option is ALWAYS there if a customer wants to tip. @@johnclaybaugh9536
@@johnclaybaugh9536that's OK...
But I feel even to ask for a tip is a embarrassment.
A Sign saying "Tips are appreciated " is enough...
@WOWayne325 so if someone doesn't carry cash they can't tip? This isn't 1987 anymore.
I worked for Safeway Grocery Store many years ago while in high school. We bagged and carried out the groceries and we’re not allowed to accept tips even when offered. The business is the one paying the wages out of the money that I spend in the store.
Same. I worked at an IGA many years ago, and we were also not allowed to accept tips. The customer was king and we catered to them.
I tried to tip my grocery packing boy and he said they’re not allowed to take tips at my grocery store. I felt bad because he did a really great job. He considered the fact that I was elderly. He didn’t overpack my bags and he asked me what I wanted and what bags he deserved a tip, he also offered to carry my bags out. but he couldn’t accept a tip
@@patbullard9276 TELL ‘em you’d spend MORE if they allowed you to accept tips!!
I work for Safeway. We’re not allowed to accept tips, but if I was offered one I would still 100% take it. Not like the company rewards hard work anyway 🤷♂️
My 1st job was as a maid in a hotel. It was very physically demanding, while the wages were terrible. The filth that we would come across was unbelievable. I remember the only time a guest left me a tip. It was just $5, but it really meant a lot to me! I still remember that tip 37 years later. To this day, I always leave the maid a little something. I'm glad that Dave Ramsey does too because I guarantee you that if you can afford it, it will really mean a lot to the person receiving it.
I do the same and I don't leave behind a giant mess.
I won’t be leaving tips at hotels, but I will try to make my room look good before leaving.
Until maids start expecting it and feel entitled. People should always tip for exceptional service but standard service leave it to their judgement
I was a maid. That tip was gas money and very much needed. I tip daily due to the housekeepers changing.
I tip every day when I stay in a hotel. Usually $3-$5 each day because you don't if the person who cleans the room works everyday.
The Chinese takeout restaurant near me changed to making you pay in advance (card only) before they cook the order, and the credit card machine definitely asks for a tip (20, 25, or 30%). So, they know how much you tipped before they cook your food! The first time they did that was the LAST time I went there.
That’s extortion and i ahold be illegal .. the problem is everyone did during Covid
@@tdadp Truth 💞
The people making your food in the kitchen cannot see the monetary aspects of your order, they are busy cooking your food 😂😂
@@EASTSIDESEE Maybe yes, maybe no. Not chancing it. Would YOU?
On to go orders I do not tip unless they deliver to me.
I just have a problem when you’re expected to tip BEFORE actually receiving any service!
Absolutely! I get irritated myself.
I will NEVER tip in advance. I will go somewhere else if necessary.
Easy. If you are paying up front then don't add a tip at that point but give them a cash tip after you receive the service.
You must be referring to ordering delivery services through an app. Please don't assume that "so called" delivery fee goes in full to the drivers delivering your order. They only get a small percentage of that fee. Most of that fee goes to support the delivery apps internal staff and management.
Why would someone drive 10+ miles to take someone a delivery for a $2 base fee and the hope of more? Unfortunately most orders that don't have a tip on the front end, won't have one on the back end. Maybe one out of twenty orders. $2 is just not worth the time and wear and tear on your car unfortunately.
I recently ate in a restaurant and paid a tip.. then the screen popped up asking if I wanted to tip! I asked the waitress why that 2nd screen came up and she said in case I wanted to give another tip!! That was ridiculous overkill if you ask me! Never tipping a tip on top of already tipping!
Watch out for tip added to your bill at some finer restaurants. Then they have a place for tips.
Some grocery stores the baggers work for tips only.
In case you want to give a second tip?? Are they trying to catch you drunk and just keep on tipping... So ridiculous.
The moment staff feels they're entitled to a tip regardless of service, it's rendered absolutely useless.
It doesn't seem like you understand how tipping has worked for decades if not centuries.
It's customary to tip 15 to 20 percent of the cost of your meal to your server whether you feel charitable that day or not.
@@christopherblaisdel Rest assured, I am not the one confused on why tipping was "invented". The word "TIP", literally stands for, "To Insure Promptness". A service worker was REQUIRED to perform well to EXPECT a TIP. Crappy service = NO TIP.
Why not just pay more and fire bad employees??? Because it meant a restaurant might have to pay unemployment wages to every unskilled POS that walked through their door. With the tip system, the servers would leave on their own because they didn't make enough without TIPs.
Fast forward to our woke society, and employees feel entitled to TIPs without cause. The tipping system was quite ingenious but was taken advantage of by employers and employees. This ain't the customers fault.
"The word "TIP", literally stands for, "To Insure Promptness". A service worker was REQUIRED to perform well to EXPECT a TIP. Crappy service = NO TIP."-@@joes2514
Please provide evidence for this claim you just made.
"Rest assured...The word "TIP", literally stands for, "To Insure Promptness". A service worker was REQUIRED to perform well to EXPECT a TIP. Crappy service = NO TIP."--@@joes2514
1.) Please provide evidence of this claim.
2.) Why don't you know how to spell the word ensure? Or are you suggesting we literally need to purchase insurance?
@@christopherblaisdel It's hilarious so many pick tipping as the hill to die on, because you would never ever win if push ever came to shove. You have absolutely zero leverage besides resorting to literal extortion, which is against the law.
I feel Walmart should tip the CUSTOMER for having to check himself out!
Walmart just stands there watching while you're checking out.
Oh lord, one of those. I worked retail for years-- and the self-checkout is there for your convenience to get yourself out the door, they take less space and they're quicker. Just because someone didn't bag your cereal and dog food doesn't mean you're entitled to a tip. You didn't tip your cashier, so...
Yeah if they are really doing this its like they are trolling you.
I put it on my resume, "experienced checker at Wal-Mart"
@@John3.36 well it is the truth if you use the self checkout. No lies told there.
The key is the customer should control the tipping not the other way around.
Absolutely, they're not Doctors entitled to a tip at all.. That's just flat out greediness..No way do I ever tip at the Ballpark for someone simply twisting off the cap of a beer bottle??!! They're seriously crazy
Sure, let's just make up how we wish tipping worked, then pretend that's how it is! That should save us some money!
The first place I ever saw tip jars in it was about 25 years ago. It was in Asian donut shops. I am a firm believer if I come to the counter and pick up my order, you’re not getting a tip.
This tipping for a take-out order is something us Gen Xers aren't used to. I'm 52 years old. This was unheard of in our day.
Just Greed playing out on the Gullible
I usually throw them a buck or two if they're halfway competent, they're not getting 18% for walking the bag over to me.
My first job was as a hostess who made $2.13/he plus tips. I did Togo orders and without tip then I made like nothing.
@@randomperson0120 A hostess I would tip, but not someone just standing at a cash register and asking me if I want my receipt.
Napkin really? I’m Gen X and always tip
I went into a cake shop the other day and while I was there I ordered 3 cupcakes and then asked to place a cake order. The girl looked at me and said I don't take cake orders, you do that online.
She then looked at me and wanted a tip for handing me the 3 cupcakes that i just paid 14.00 for. Needless to say you can't be bothered to take my cake order, I can't be bothered to tip you.
Does your local supermarket have a bakery? Where I live, the market has a bakery, and a person can order a cake there.
@@karendiane9154 The quality of cakes in our supermarket....terrible... :(
Costco. Order a cake.
@@thomasmorrison3279not everyone has a Costco. 🙄
Huh? This response seems weird. Is that not the cake shop's policy for ordering cakes? What should the cashier have done? Created an order slip? Unless she's the owner I don't know that she can deviate from that.
I worked in the service industry years ago. I am tipping ZERO dollars for a takeout order. That's ridiculous.
And we see a few people behaving like you every day.
@@christopherblaisdelwhy do you think you should be tipped for a take-out order?
@@christopherblaisdelWhy should we be tipping for takeout orders? They hand you a bag.
@@matrepharaoh8260 yes, a bag magically appears with the items from your order in it, ketchup in it if you order french fries with your chicken sandwich, chopsticks and soy sauce in it, if you orderd noodles, and a person appears in front of you and "hands you a bag".
That's how takeout works. 🙄
@@christopherblaisdel You have to be kidding me? Were you alive prior to COVID? Tipping for takeout was not a thing. You pick up your pizza or Chinese food and keep it moving. You sound like someone greedy who wants something for nothing and works in a takeout restaurant 😐
My husband and I tipped at the register for takeout and when we picked up the food at the other end of the counter we learned that none of the cooks or folks on the line actually receives the tips. We stopped tipping as a result at this location. I'm not donating money to greedy business owners.
I started paying cash for to go orders, which helps to eliminate this problem!
Great idea
Same here. Cash is king.
@@jevs402 Dave Ramsey principle! Hope mention it in video! 😮
EXACTLY!! I have started paying cash at restaurants after a restaurant where I ordered a TAKE OUT order did the “spin tip” thing and there were 3 options for tips (none of which was 0% and the lowest “suggestion” was 18%). NEVER AGAIN!
@@Gyalog44 Oh my the sainted dave can tip outrageously how wonderful lololol
This all started with Covid, during the shutdowns. People felt bad for businesses and waitstaff that weren't making money. So we tipped generously on take out. But like most things, once they're in place, they're not going away. I feel resentful when I am expected to tip on take out because someone put the food in bag for me. and I waited tables all through college. I tip generously at a restaurant, but this, no.
The masks, covid restrictions, and extra finanical assistance benefits/stimulus went away tho lol
@@stvnsnton OP clearly understands this.
This started way before COVID, I blame Starbucks and Chipotle.
I just went to a pizza place and only bought a bottle of water that I got out of the refrigerator myself. I took it to the counter and went to pay and the guy asked me if I was going to tip on the bottle of water.??????? He seemed disappointed when I said no.
@@greneellen8 It's ridiculous. Go to a sporting event or a concert and wait in line for an overpriced bottle of water then get asked to give a 25 percent tip. Say no.
I tipped like I would dining in during Covid because I knew the people in that industry were hurting and the work was high risk. Now, tipping has gotten out of hand.
I agree and then they never took it away after COVID.
Tipping in a restaurant is normal, your server makes less than the minimum hourly wage. The tipping at retail stores is STUPID!! What's next tipping at a self-service register?
The server who packs your to go order at a restaurant is usually allocated 18% of the amount of your check in income that she must pay taxes on to uncle sam.
So when you stiff your waiter, you are actually accepting charity from your server.
None of that has a single thing to do with covid.
The to-go people make minimum wage, not the $2/hr that servers make
"Now, tipping has gotten out of hand."-@eedre4864
If you are talking about tips other people are electing to give, why would you have an opinion about what they do being "out of hand"?
If you are talking about the tips you give being "out of hand", then why are you giving them?
One of my first jobs was in a clothing store. The number of hours I spent holding clothes for ladies as they tried on everything in the store could not be counted.
I never once received a tip, yet provided more "Service" than virtually any waiter or waitress I've ever had at a restaurant.
Tip Expectations in America boils down to one thing - Employers (primarily restaurants) passing the responsibility of payroll on to their patrons.
"If you can't afford to tip, don't eat out."
No.
"If you can't afford to pay your employees a fair wage for doing their job, don't open a business."
I love it when the cashier answers the tip question for me with a “no tip” without asking me. I’ve ran into a couple of those. Those people make me want to tip them because I guess they feel bad to even ask 🙌🏻
No they hit the 20%
I agree! I’ve had the same experience!
I used to always hit 0% when taking takeout orders at the restaurant I worked at. My manager found out and I got in trouble because takeout tips go to the owner.
@@neyra7you're the second person who mentioned that in the comments. Is that the case at every restaurant, tips go to the owner?
@@KP99 It varies from restaurant to restaurant. It really depends on how the owner decides to structure the tip-out.
A forced "service charge" at restaurants is the equivalent of "resort fee" for hotels
I always fight those. They are common in Miami Beach, so I won’t vacation there again.
Picked up an order from a restaurant and they automatically added a 10% service charge, for a take out order…
Or hotels charging a parking fee.
The worst is how some Minneapolis restaurants charge a fee for employee healthcare. Why isn't that the employer's responsibility?
@@ZavHustles I would have walked out and left the food. We don't need to accept this otherwise we condoning them adding the charge.
This isn't a tipping problem, The problem is people feel very uncomfortable saying no. Folks need to learn how to say no. If you can't do it to a perfect stranger at a restaurant I feel sorry for you when you try to do it in your personal life.
It's true. I'm weak. Ask me to my face and I'd give you the shirt off my back. I'm canadian
@@talandelana6873 good news my friend, it's a skill that you can acquire. I know this because years ago I was just like you. Try your best and good luck.
The more we fail to push back by saying “no”, the more schemes they’ll devise.
@@genxx2724 a lot of corporations have figured out a way to monetize guilt and fear and they prey on people who are weak minded. It's a disgrace.
I agree. I was that weak guy too. A stranger (older woman) at a gas station asked me for money to pump gas for her van because she didn't have any. She had her husband at the wheels and a child in the back, and they were 500 miles to Texas. It was hard for me to say no, so I filled up the gas $60. Looking back, I believe I did a moral thing, but was in a free gas/money scheme.
Ramsey said the other guy "chose" to go to the place that automatically added 10%. But the people that work there also "chose" to work there. I've gotten great service from clerks at dept. stores, but they don't get tipped. Don't ALL jobs "serve" someone else? Do you tip the roofer, the plumber, the UPS driver, etc. It really is ridiculous. I have to watch my spending by not going out to eat, etc. so now they're not getting my business OR a tip!
I only tip while dining in, and according to service, cleanliness, and food. While overseas I loved tipping for shoe polishing and meager, yet satisfying jobs. Japan was an eye opening country when I tried to tip for outstanding everything and the waitress got the manager (who spoke a little English) to explain that she would not work there if they didn’t pay enough and she was not low enough beg for handouts.
Japan does about a million things right that the west crashes and burns at. I should have been born in Japan...
HAHA!! American's *LOVE, LOVE, LOVE* to beg for handouts!!
Do you tip if you order food and have it delivered?
@@Fighter4Street I WOULD tip a delivery driver. I haven't had a pizza delivered in over 20 years. I prefer to get it myself. I call anyone who has to tip $5,$10 or more for a sack of fast food to be delivered either ultra-rich or ultra-foolish. _THAT'S_ how poor people stay poor.
@@josealexi5141 Agreed, I would personally pick up the food myself. I think it is such a waste of money tipping a driver.
When my father orders food for the family, I have to fight to keep the tip lower. I tell him, tipping $5-10 dollars when the guy has to only drive 5 blocks is downright crazy. I try to keep it around $4 dollars.
I even asked the place are the cooks getting the tip or the driver. Some of my family fights for closer to $10 tip which is crazy for only like 4 blocks.
The absolute funniest to me is when I go get froyo which I'm dispensing myself, putting toppings on myself, and I go to pay and they have an option for tip. Like WHY, you literally did nothing for me
They unlocked the front door, that is it!😂
They make sure the shit is stocked. That it is contaminant free. That it’s available in the first place. The whole thing runs off their back. Without them, no froyo for you.
You can get a terrible experience or a great experience and it is 💯 up to them
@@cantgetright742 Agreed
Sure but then if you are rude to the cashier they are allowed to charge you an additional fee for putting up with you.
Ok and? Just don't tip and go on with your day.
@ Domino’s I was shocked when a 20, 25 & 30% tip option popped up when I was picking up a pizza. As a server, the base pay has been $2.13 since around 1994. So, tips are literally my pay. - But expecting me to tip 20% for handing me a pizza & processing a credit transaction while that person also gets a regular pay rate as well, that is really really ridiculous IMO.
I don’t tip for picking up my pizza either .
These "tip" pop ups are an invention of "the Point of Sales" checkout systems marketed by Software Companies.
They sell this system to the Retailers/Restaurants - on the basis that "increased tipping" will pay for the system.
I worked as a server at Olive Garden in 1990. The restaurant industry wage THEN was $2.10/hour for side work (sweeping floors in server area, stacking napkins in bread baskets, rolling silverware…)
HUGE INCREASE in 30 years of 3 cents! …a penny a decade.
Tipping is no longer an issue about "thanking for some special favors" but everthing about political liberal wako garbage kids lean in the US education system- If you can afford a coffee for $ 5 you have more money than you need - sharing with those who have less is not a tip but a must.
I used to work at Pizza hut as my first job and when tips were taken they got split up between the waitresses only, when you pick up an order your received no service, and you owe no gratuity the only place that gratuity will go is in the franchises bank account
I was shocked to find out that when you go pick up curbside groceries at Walmart, the workers aren't allowed to take tips. I don't understand why that would be a policy decision. I still give them money when I can anyway.
Tipping is NOT for service... it is for EXCEPTIONAL service. That's how it originated, and that's what I tip for. It's meant to be a reward or incentive... not a payroll subsidy.
Yes
Well that's what tipping should be, but by acting like that, you're not helping it becoming that, you're just letting an underpaid worker be underpaid. Of course here I speak about legitimate tipping, especially waiters that make most of their income on tips
@@adrienrenaux6211 I expressed an opinion - nowhere did I say I refuse to tip. I do, and usually well over any requested percentage. That doesn't mean I agree with it.
HOWEVER - and this is at the crux of what the gimme-gimme Marxists ignore: No one is "letting an underpaid worker be underpaid." If the worker chooses to remain in that position, that's on them. EVERYONE is underpaid at one point or another. Learn, grow, improve and move on.
None of the jobs I've ever held - in retail, hardware, picture-framing, bussing tables, washing dishes, painting houses, car mechanic, data entry or a dozen others - ever magically prevented me [or anyone] from learning new skills, taking risks and moving on.
@@adrienrenaux6211 That's not the customer's problem. It's up to the workers to fight for their salaries instead of ripping customers. People like you encourage this out of control tipping culture.
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A few months back, my wife ordered a pizza to go at a pizzeria that was recommended to us. After she got home, I looked at the bill and was shocked that a 20% tip charge was automatically added to the bill. No choice it is added whether you want to or not. I pay tips based on service I receive when sitting down to dinner at a restaurant, NOT to be handed a box. Needless to say, I will never go there again.
It's not a tip if it is mandatory.
@@JasonTaylor-po5xc A new pizza place opened near me and I wanted to try it. I ordered a small pizza to be delivered and between the delivery fee and the tip, it cost about the same as my pizza.
@@AKHWJ3ST Yes, that is the cost of delivery. Sometimes it is worth it, sometimes it isn't. I don't mind being my own delivery person - especially on smaller orders where all the extra fees make little sense.
Dude, you should have denied the bill...
@@JasonTaylor-po5xc I probably will use this pizza place because it's so close, but I will get it myself and there won't be a tip unless it is deserved.
When I’m checking out at our local Goodwill store, they ask me if I’d like to “round up” to support their charity. NO!!! I JUST SUPPORTED YOUR CHARITY BY BUYING SOME OF YOUR “DONATED” GOODS!!! (Some of which I donated!)
Never shop at Goodwill. All profits go to the CEO and not to programs as they would like you to believe. 100% of every dollar spent at the salvation army thrift store goes towards programs.
You need to look unto charitable giving. Goodwill ain't it 😂
Goodwill is a money making business disguised as a charity. Everything they sell has been given to this business for FREE, they turn around and sell it for a profit.
When I have things to donate, I either give them to Teen Challenge (they will come pick it up from you), or I give it to a local Humane Society that has a thrift shop. The money they make from their thrift shop goes back into taking care of abandoned or rescued pets at their facility.
@@10com40cal not to mention that now they are marking up items after they find out how much it actually costs. I remember my husband and I were broke and I needed shoes. And I went to goodwill and I saw a nearly brand new pair of Adidas shoes. I was so stinkin excited. And I knew they would be about $10 right? Wrong. $45. Like how does that help families? Plus they got that stuff for free from other people. It didn’t cost them a dime. I was so mad. After that I stopped shopping there. I rarely will go there anymore.
@@10com40cal I can't defend Goodwill because I haven't researched their financial statements or executive pay, but thrift shops don't just receive an item and put it on a shelf for sale. They receive truckloads of items which require sorting, some cleaning, pricing, and putting out on the shelves. Then the crap junk they have to pay to dump the stuff at municipal centers or salvage companies. Watch a documentary called "fast fashion". And there is overhead of rent and utilities, salaries, maintenance etc. I don't resent them for asking for money to run the business. Not all thrift shops are the same so to bash one of them is unfair.
Tip = value for the service / product.
Glad a lot of people are catching on to what these crooked businesses are doing
Dementia don't be cheap if they did a good job reward them what would Jesus do what would you do if you were in their shoe's
@Boog300 I have no idea what you're talking about. Never said I'm against tipping but tipping for everything is ridiculous
@@Lovelyinspo businesses used to give the expired food away to charities - now they expect their customers to buy it from them so they can "donate" - it helps their bottom line because you purchase their expired food and they get a tax write-off as well
@@googie300 if you don't eat in the restaurant 10% is a generous tip for takeout.
Speaking of crooked-it appears Dave is right up there.
I've been craving buttery pancakes lately and went to iHop on two separate days and paid $6.57 for 3 pancakes each time. On the third day, I went and ordered the same thing, but my total was nearly $8.00. I assumed that the waitress who rang me up the third time charged me extra for the condiments since I like lots of butter, but no. She originally responded by saying that she charged me for 3 pancakes. I then informed her that I'd been there the past two days and was only charged $6.57. It was only then that she informed me that she added a 90 cent gratuity even though I drove to pick up the order. She was so surprised that I caught on to what she did and was sweating profusely even though there was only one table in the entire restaurant. Ugh, I felt so violated.
Bruh why are you paying money for somethjng you can make at home super easily.
@@steftrandobecause they’re good! 😂
@@Kirstie72then you better tip, they are still serving your fata**
I went to a location where they have car hops i ordered off of their limited menu. The car hop brought out my drink. And then turned around I gave her let's say $10 bill in the bill I owed was only three something And she turned around and left I thought it was because she didn't have changing her pocket or that She needed to go get change because they weren't carrying denominations in their pocket anymore. So I waited a good several minutes time enough for her to go in make the change and bring it back out two times before I pushed the buzzer thing again An indicated that I wanted my change she wasn't getting a seven or eight dollar tip on a two or $3 order She came out nearly through it at me But again I choose how much I tip and when and where
I was a waitress in college ($2.18 an hour) and when you’re being audited you’re taxed on the food that you sold and the tips you were supposed to get.
The only time I got tipped for being a cashier was when I worked at an electronics store and helped load a guys 65” TV into his car. He was very grateful for the service and I was very grateful for his show of appreciation because I did an extra service for him
That was very thoughtful of you to help him out I myself would've given you something as well You truly deserved it
That is deserving of a tip! That is the definition of a tip.
What does tipping a cashier have to do with tipping the waiter serving you your to go order at a full service restaurant?
@@jcbulldog533 @jcbulldog533 Thanks :)
@@christopherblaisdel I think that’s the point that was being made here. Cashiers don’t normally do an extra service outside of their normal hourly pay so there shouldn’t be an expectation to tip cashiers, but you can if they go the extra mile, and you feel you want to and can give an extra little tip, then consider doing so :)
Good advice. I generally tip 10% if I order at the counter for a sit-down meal while they just deliver the food to my table and I do everything else. I do not tip on take-out, but I am always at 20% for dine-in meals with full service.
This might be the new norm for some people, but not me. If they didnt deliver the food to my house and I didnt eat the food in their restaurant, then I do not owe anyone a tip. In fact, im cheap so thats why I usually pick up my own pizzas. Because I dont wanna pay the ever increasing delivery fees and then a 20% tip on top of that. What was supposed to be a 14 dollar pizza somehow turns into nearly a 30 dollar pizza when its all said and done. Its ridiculous..
Exactly!!!!! Spot on. I am the same way. It's not being cheap it's called being financially wise. All these 'add ons' makes the cost of things ridiculous. We don't have money to throw around. I ALWAYS tip well for delivery and restaurants, but I rarely get delivery anymore because of the 'delivery fees' that get added on in addition to the tip.
Meanwhile janitors, bricklayers and garbage collectors NEVER get tips. Americans, you need to stop rewarding people with easier jobs. And you need to start rewarding people who do something truly exceptional. That’s what tips are meant for.
Where I live in Tx, especially in the hot months many people give cool drinks to our garbage pick up crews and anyone doing outside work. Plus Christmas gift cards.
My mom gives her garbage guys tips on Xmas.
@forza azzurri I wouldn't say working at hospitality is a easy job. You have to deal with toxic people daily
If tipping was calculated on physical labor janitors, bricklayers, and garbage collectors would make about $500 an hour in tips.
Exactly, worked for banks and financial institutions for over 10 years, if I take a tip then I’m going to jail
Honestly, I think the US tipping culture is insane.
I was at a wedding meal in New York, it's was a small wedding of 20 people or so, the food was nice, the service was OK (didn't blow me away as spectacular or anything) the couple who got married tipped $1000... the restaurant complained it wasn't enough.
Usually they add auto gratuity to that type of party so that’s unusual. Seeing as there were 20 people maybe the restaurant had to give a dedicated space to the party. I’ve worked where 15 people needed to spend a minimum of 5000$ to get a private dining room table, there was 20% gratuity on that so 1000$ and that was for only 15 people.
When you add the label of "wedding" on to anything the price automatically doubles or triples as well.
I want it to stop, just pay them more. Yeah, food will allegedly cost more, but who cares.
Who's tipping Nurses, Firefighters, Teachers, Mailman, police, Housekeepers, Maintenance, Machine operators, Construction crew, Service men, caregivers, flight stewardess, Nurse etc...... why only Tip a specific industry????? 😅😅😅
@C White this was back in 2012 so they may not have added gratuity automatically back then. I think the place was called "Quality Meats" it definitely wasn't a private dining space, but it was a space off to one side.
A restaurant near me started adding 20% tip for carry out, they call it a service charge. I don’t go there anymore
I’m done tipping at counters. And also done tipping for takeout.
If you order takeout from a sitdown restaurant, In most cases the servers who make less than minimum wage are the ones packing your food, gathering your condiments and drinks together for your order... and most importantly taking their time away from their tipping tables within the restaurant to get your order ready, they deserve no less than a 10% tip.
The server who packs your to go order at a restaurant is usually allocated 18% of the amount of your check in income that she must pay taxes on to uncle sam.
So when you stiff your waiter, you are actually accepting charity from your server.
@@christopherblaisdelif a server works at a restaurant where they are receiving 18% of the total takeout order check, then good for them and all the more reason to feel absolutely fine about not tipping for it.
You should never have started. These are shameless beggars. It’s not my responsibility to make up the difference for your perceived delusion
@@christopherblaisdel So if you tip 18% on top of that, what does that mean???? The server gets 36% tip on each customer???
I went to a restaurant where I stood in line in front of a cash register to order my food. I then had to search for a table putting a stand with a number on it so an employee could find us. We ate and left a 10% tip on our table. Arriving home I checked my credit card as I had never received a receipt. Low and behold I was charged 20% for service but actually paid 30%. I went back to the restaurant and said I was unaware of the charge. The hostess pointed to a small sign in front of the register I had not seen stating the 20% automatic tip as it pays the salaries of the employees. I have never returned.
that is why I pay cash when picking up food
@@oregonxyzcash is king
Similar thing happened to me, except mine was takeout order; was charged 20% tip for something I had to drive to pickup and return. Never came back
The employer should pay the salaries of the employees not the customers
@@oregonxyz great idea; next time I'll pay cash when ordering takeout
LOL! 😂 The Goodwill always asks to donate and I'm like, "get it from your CEO!"
Yup!
The owner is a Billionaire!! I refuse to donate to that Company.. I donate all my thing's & friends things to a neighborhood charity Center I feel good about it because they literally let people come in to pick anything they need & do not charge them Anything... Plus they give me paperwork to fill out for my Taxes.. I do this several times a Year
Yeah, not donating to charity is so great and funny. Wait.
I’ve always wondered about tipping on take out. Christmas Eve night my wife, son and I ordered a pizza and salad from a local place. My son and I went to pick it up and when I was filling out the receipt I saw the place for tip and skipped it. I sort of had this guilty feeling wondering if I’m supposed to tip. So I’m glad to see this video just a few days later. Thanks
A burger place I went to forced you to use the touchscreen to order your food. There was no option to have a human take your order. At checkout, it asked if I wanted to add a tip. 😂
It doesn't hurt to walk out and go somewhere else,
I hope you didn't tip!
Would be nice if you could make the tip amount a negative number…
@@necroslair 🤣🤣🤣
Tipping did not become an issue until the pandemic arrived. During those 2 years I tipped like crazy to help businesses stay afloat. But after the pandemic, those businesses got used to that extra income that customers provided for their employees. Most businesses still don't have competitive pay to keep up with inflation caused by the pandemic.
Adding a tip option to a carry out order has been very common for the last few years. It was never this popular and is honestly bullshit.
💯
No businesses have been able to give raises to keep up with inflation, including the feds.
Exactly!! I tipped big time in the pandemic and now it’s everywhere for nothing
Viruses don't cause inflation.
Many years ago the local grocery store cause of the month was breast cancer. The clerk parroting the company line asked me if I wanted to contribute $10 for breast cancer. The look on her face was priceless when I said I was against breast cancer so I wouldn't be contributing for it.
Lol!! Best comment ever!!!!!
lmao
LOL! I agree, I am against it too!
I had breast cancer and even I find this hilarious!!
Astra Zeneca pulled a scam some years ago for Breast Cancer donations that went back to the company !
I shop at a privately owned grocery store. The entire staff is very courteous and very helpful. There's a little tip jar at the check out counter(it's NOT marked with the word "TIPS"). It's just a little jar. I always leave a tip, as do others, because they honestly appear to appreciate our business.
Here in California, some restaurants add a "health fee" to the bill automatically. So in addition to tipping, you're also responsible for subsidizing their employees' healthcare. It totally sucks.
what the actual fuck?!
What you are really subsidizing is the owner’s or manager’s vacation/sports car/mansion etc… not the employee’s healthcare.
I’m in California too and I’ve been noticing that too. It’s ridiculous!
Just another reason I’m happy to have left that hellhole.
California does suck
I was the general manager at a cookie shop couple years ago. Our employees were pretty much all college students who got paid between 17 and $20 an hour. A lot of the stores around us were starting to implement those cash registers with the tip screen on the other side and we did not have it But We did have a tip jar. almost had a mutiny at my store because of it. It’s just amazing to me the entitlement of some of these people when they’re getting paid $20 an hour and feel like they also deserve getting all these tips as well.
You know when you hit zero on those stupid screens For tip you almost feel like they’re gonna not put as much care in preparing your stuff. It’s truly sad.
We should all wear t-shirts writting "Free stuff is endearly accepted at your kind discretion" and when showed the screen we point at the t-shirt. And then let;s see what happens.
I once received a bill where separate 20%, 25% and 30% tips were already conveniently calculated so you didn’t have to bother figuring out the tip yourself. You could just choose one and write it in. I noticed something was off and found that all three printed amounts were actually significantly higher than the percentages stated.
I'll always manually calculate. Then I'll probably round to the nearest dollar or something.
probably because they base the percentage on the amount that includes sales tax.
@@joegrahe3958 No, it wasn’t based on the sales tax either. It was higher than the percentages stated even with sales tax included. It was just a deliberate attempt at deception designed to trick the customer.
Yup they always are.
@@joegrahe3958and they shouldn’t. I’m starting to not feel sorry for restaurants that have basically closed their doors
I was told by someone who has first hand knowledge. When you add those donations to the corporate business, they include that in their promised donation amount. The charity isn’t getting more miners. The corporation’s pocket is paying out less. Do as Dave says. Give it directly to the charity.
Tipping your bellman, your valet, your driver... Yeah, I think David and I are living in two different worlds. 😅
we are
David got well
He has to keep reminding his impoverished listeners that he's rich so they respect him. HAHA.
I never once had my hands outstretched.
@@KrisHughesthat's funny,I ran out of activan to stop from laughing.
Best I saw was a YT 'short' of a guy who walks into a fully-automated store, buys a few items by scanning them himself, then as his credit card is being processed the screen asks if he'd like to leave a tip (for who? and why?).
It's for the business. I am surprise that the person who posted that video couldn't figure that out.
Ridiculous!
There are no "RULES" for tipping. It's a gratitude for good service. You decide.
Just because you pretend there are not decades if not centuries of rules in our culture defining when, whom, and how much to tip, doesn't mean these rules don't exist.
Stiff whomever you like, just don't expect anyone to buy your "there are no rules" excuse.
That's why servers need to get the full federal or state minimum whichever is higher and "tipouts" to the team should be banned. Tipping out to hosts, food runners and others who are NOT responsible for cash handling, sales or customer service is wrong.
"Tipping out to hosts, food runners and others who are NOT responsible for cash handling, sales or customer service is wrong."--@@audradietz
1.) I have never seen a host get tipped out, that IS wrong, that's not how tipping works
2.) Who told you that food runners are not "responsible for customer service"?
3.) Tipping out has always been a part of the tipping gcu
Well said
For service …. But just taking your order and money and handing u the food that is what your employer pays you to do. My daughter gets paid $12 an hour to take ur order and hand the food . As a former waitress I got paid $2 per hour and had to bring ur food to the table along with additional items throughout your meal. That is a server and deserves a tip. Even then sometimes the small tip would barely get me to minimum wage. That’s the difference. You get at least minimum to hand me my food which takes all of 3 min versus me serving you for 30 min to an hour.
Personally I hardly ever eat out anymore, as of 2025 because the cost of a meal has almost doubled in the last few years and when you ask “why” the answer is always COVID, SUPPLY CHAIN !
All I know is MY wages have not double over the last couple years.
In High School, I worked at Olive Garden and grew a sense of responsibility to tip, as I saw the impact it had on the people I worked with. Today, I still tip, but I'm definitely fatigued of being asked to tip everywhere for everything. It is certainly diminishing my desire to tip as generously as before...
Don't tip unless it's for a service... like waiting on your table, delivering food, cutting your hair, et cetera -- there's even drive through restaurants around here that try to manipulate you into tipping (ridiculous). If someone is just passing you a drink, over the counter, that's not a service.
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 what's this mantra of tipping for service? Almost any job has some "service" part in it. Employers should pay more to employees that are providing better service, this would lead to both employee and customer retention. Win-win-win
@@privettoli - it makes a bit of difference at tax time but not in the day-to-day for most employees in the restaurant industry as most don't receive a paycheck due to the very low hourly wage... I bartended when making $2.13 and at $4.26 per hour in the same place--all paychecks were ZERO dollars and ZERO cents. Again, it helped when filing taxes but not significantly unless a homeowner or having other big deductions which aren't very common for people working in that industry.
The reward employers can, and do, give are better shifts and better sections... it's a raise based on merit but it doesn't come out of the employer's pocket. Still a win-win-win.
I’ve no problem tipping at a sit down restaurant. You pay and tip AFTER your meal, meaning you have the chance to evaluate the service and food. If you go through a drive thru or order on line, you’re asked to tip BEFORE you receive service or food/drink. In this case, you may find an issue when you get home and there’s always the chance that without a tip your order might get “messed up” by a disgruntled worker. I’m sure that these places tout the tip as an added benefit when recruiting.
Sorry, that's not how tipping works. You tip the person who served you your food, or the person who cleaned your room because they served you your food or cleaned your room.
You still make an ass of yourself if you stiff your waiter, even if you were mad about something with the service. Whether you do that or not of course is up to you.
Tipping only if you feel compelled based on service (AND FOOD that the server didn't even cook?!?! lmao) is not how tipping works in our culture.
You're just stiffing people.
I agree! Everyone thinks they deserve a tip even when no service is offered. Im a great tipper and use to be a bartender. But the spin move just drives me up a wall. Thanks for this
How about those of us who have jobs that don't involve tipping? My job would never even consider it, and I work my behind off -- a LOT more than putting forks and napkins into a takeout bag. I could use a few extra bucks. The whole system needs to go.
*As soon as you step in that door they think they deserve a tip.*
Actually I don't give a Flying Fuc* they can spin that monitor or whatever it's called until it breaks I will never add anything on that ever!! I usually pay for everything with Cash anyway
@@radicalrick9587Deserve a tip but for what??
@@jcbulldog533 *Exactly, probably for getting up in the morning and showing up at work. I think they feel we should tip them for that.*
How much do you tip your Tax Prepare or Lawyer? Both are important service?
I was a young meat cutter at a well known grocery store chain and I remember helping a young woman customer with her request upon handing her her items she handed me a tip and as I was telling her I can’t except tips she turned around and ran to the front of the store . I never expected tips from anybody for doing my job. I enjoyed helping people and give them good service. .
I don't drive any more, and I pretty much stay at home. When I order home delivery of my meals I'm very generous to tip the drivers! 👍
“You don’t work in the service industry if you work in fast food.” 🤣🤣🤣 Love ya Dave
Especially when workers at fast food restaurants now make $20/hr in California!
@@Resist4meanwhile I work at a non profit hospital for the same
I went through a drive through and there was a cup with a sign that said tips appreciated. Are you freaking kidding me?
@Resist4 ...did it ever occur to you that MOST PEOPLE AREN'T IN CALIFREAKINFORNIA?
Just a tip (no pun intended) when ordering from Starbucks: If you pay with your phone via the app it completely bypasses the tip option. It makes the transaction faster and avoids you pressing no tip.
This whole tipping for takeout, fast food, etc started during the so called pandemic and it doesn’t want to go away. I’ve begun using cash more and more instead of my debit card just to give me more control
I agree
The server who packs your to go order at a restaurant is usually allocated 18% of the amount of your check in income that she must pay taxes on to uncle sam.
So when you stiff your waiter, you are actually accepting charity from your server.
This has always been this case and has absolutely nothing to do with COVID-19.
@@christopherblaisdel Since you chose to reply to my comment you should read it again with a dictionary so you are able to first understand what I said. This will allow you to comment intelligently. Right now you come across as lacking reading comprehension. Good luck to you.
@@christopherblaisdel Are you an AI bot?
@@providencebreaker1558 Yes. Someone spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in Cloud Compute to train an AI model to identify and mock ignorance with respect to tipping etiquette, total lack of understanding of IRS law, and the complete absence of logic surrounding the fact that opting not to tip in cash, and opting not to tip with a card is literally exactly the same amount of "control" @Spanglish-KC. 🙄
Please personally tip housekeeping if you choose to tip. Don’t leave the money in the room. I was a housekeeper and often times maintenance and management would “inspect” (pocketed tips) the rooms prior to housekeeping cleaning the room. Housekeepers make very little vs upper management. Also upper management had lunches paid for by the company and housekeepers struggled to bring packed lunch in everyday.
they're bringing up the rediculous tip request for non service purchases
Where do you leave the money if you can’t leave it in the room?
I personally find the housekeeper who is usually cleaning near my room & ask if she's the one cleaning our room.. Then I personally give her the Money They're always extremely grateful.. Shame on the maintenance workers for stealing the $$ from those back breaking hard working housekeepers!! They should call them out on it,I know I definitely would
Thanks for the info
@@jcbulldog533great idea
I went to a Major League Baseball game yesterday. $15 for a piece of pizza and a drink and then asked me for a tip for just doing their job. The problem I have is the company (or ballpark) charging that amount of money for those things should pay their employees enough so I don’t need to tip.
Absolutely! We have a AA baseball team and at the concessions, we have a screen for a tip, too. I haven't ever tipped because paying $6 for a pretzel and $4 for a coke is insane. Also, the person would still be standing there regardless of tippinp.
I rarely go out nowadays because of this crazy tipping culture since Covid
They literally asked you for a tip?! I would say, “here’s a tip, don’t take any wooden nickels.”
If they have a tip cup, just don’t leave a tip. You’re not obligated to leave a tip for takeout at all. When I see people leaving tips for takeout, I cannot help but think those people are suckers that like to waste money. They’re the same people that are crying poor.
The same thing happened to me at an Astros game. The lady poured one $16 beer and asked for a tip........ I mean cmon.
Right. So when you really think about it, you are not a cheap basstard, you are just the rosa parks of the movement to make employers pay more. So noble.
I just stopped shopping or purchasing from any company or person that tries to mandate a tip and/or service charge for doing business with them. Plenty of restaurants and businesses do not do that.
Those companies asking for donations turn around and donate that money and take the credit for it like they donated out of the kindness of their heart.
Agree, but just politely decline instead of complaining (or chewing-out) the employees because they are being forced to ask the customers to donate. I often prefer it if a customer says no politely because the transaction goes faster and we can serve more customers rather than stopping to explain what "the charity" is supposed to be doing.
We started tipping 15% after inflation doubled and tripled prices for entertainment.
Never do those donations, its a tax write off for companies. Do the Donation yourself and get the tax write off. Thanks
@@adammorra3813 Exactly!
They are also able to write it off
Born in 1983. I was taught a tip is 15%. You only tip: waitors, bell hops, furniture movers, valet parkers and a few other people.
Valet parkers why? They are paid to do this exact one duty job! Waiters and bell hops the same. Furniture movers only do a really hard job from the above mentioned and need a reward.
Dave's grocery story comment made me think of a company called Bombas Socks. They claim to be such good people that they will donate a pair of socks for every pair bought. A pair of their socks costs $25. So, they want you to overpay for socks so they can look like the caring corporate citizen who donates a pair of socks with your money.
They do have good socks though for a splurge
I totally concur. They do have nice socks, but in reality you are paying $25 for a $12.50 pair of socks - they give the other $12.50 pair of socks away unseen. It's a nice idea, but I would rather give to someone and see their expression or know that they are getting it. For me, that new pair of socks would be replacing a used pair of socks that I more than likely will never use many more times or end up throwing away eventually.
@@dk302948 I have gotten them numerous times donations to foster care agencies her in nyc. Same quality as the ones we buy.
No different than when Costco and Smart and Final has their Children's Hospital and Hunger charity month. You make the donation and they get all the credit. I started saying NO the last several years at the register.
Exactly !!!
I work in a restaurant. I do not think tipping in the carry out is necessary….its up to you. Huge order….its appreciated. If the person cashing you out is acting like you should tip them, ok give them that look. However, the person checking you out DOES NOT was not the person that decided to put a tip option on the credit card machine….that was the owner/manager. Please don’t be mean the the employee. And please do not assume the employ is being nice or complimentary just to get a tip. We have a lot of great people that work with us that are super nice because the tips who they are.
I cook all my meals at home, just so I can avoid tipping 🤣
Me too, no guilt trip
Smart! I quit eating out so much because I finally realized I could just about get a week’s worth of groceries for the price of one meal for my family at Olive Garden. Prices are nuts now.
@@Kirstie72 100% facts
Me too, in Montreal Canada you pay 15% sale tax + minimum 15% tip. It add up fast
@@Kirstie72 I guarantee what you're making your family is healthier as well. Olive Garden is great at marketing but you should see videos about their frozen bags of food might as well get your family tv dinners but its fancy so that's why ppl pay the big bucks.
What I can't stand is being asked to tip on the bill + tax instead of the bill alone. When I tip I calculate based on the bill not the bill and tax.
When I tip I calculate on level of service provided
When I tip, it has to be a service. Then I just do around 10%. Make it easy to calculate in the head by moving the decimal point and rounding up to the dollar.
@@LittleMopeHead If you received good or very good service at a full service restaurant, a 10% tip is an insult to the waiter. 15% is the absolute minimum and 20% has been the standard for good service for many years now.
@@minminr3763 When I was a teenager, 12% was the minimum and 15% was the standard. They keep raising the prices and the tip percentage.
@LittleMopHead if you really can't figure out 20% just double the amount you figured out for 10%. And round it UP.
I moved to Spain-where most people who work in the food industry can survive without tips.
I left a tip once and the woman almost felt insulted.
Not sure how to fix America’s situation, but it’s getting out of hand.
My prayer is to return to Spain one day. I studied in Oviedo as an undergrad and in Madrid as a grad student. No better place in the world!
It is an insult to tip in Europe in many cases, you're implying that their employer can't pay them enough to do their job.
Main difference is in other countries, these workers are paid a living wage so they dont need to rely on tips.
And that is why service in Europe is shitty.
I’ve lived and traveled throughout Europe, and found service while dining out to be as good or better than the U.S., not to mention higher quality at a more affordable price. It’s a much less rushed experience-in countries like Spain and France, the table is yours for the evening. I’ve been not even halfway done with my meal, and had American waiters drop the bill on my table and say “no rush.”
Used to be 15% for good service, 10% for mediocre service and 20 for outstanding dine in service. And the tips naturally go up as the cost of food has increased. Somewhere along the line, the expectation became 20% for average service. That seems like double dipping to me. I’m still doing the 10-15-20 tip scale. Also, I only tip on the cost of food, I don’t tip on sales tax. Last thought…I hadn’t seen truly great service until I dined at Sparks Steak house in Manhattan. Professional waiters who made a career out of service. It blew me away.
I don’t know when or why we went from 15% to 20%.
There has been very little increase in pay for servers. That’s why I tip more than 15%.
Be the ball.
@@spankynater4242 it’s kind of difficult when you’re talking like that.
@@jworth7203 15% ? Hell, the traditional tip for about anything was 10% for years. Now it has just gotten crazy!
My favorite sub place is Jersey Mikes. I have been picking up from them for years. And NEVER ONCE have I tipped them. They are just glad they have my business.
Tipping at sub store is just embarrassing. You're literally standing in line and waiting and telling them to assemble your sub. I think they know it's insane.
I never went there much to begin with, but after a couple of times of going there after they started implementing the asking for a tip at the card reader, I just stopped going there all together. I am a pizza delivery driver and make half of my living off of tips. I hate being stiffed and I am super grateful for tips. Any time I am in a situation where I use a service from a traditionally tipped worker I'd like to think I tip very handsomely, but all of this new tipping everything that seems to have arisen from Covid is ridiculous
Jersey mikes expects tips 🙄
@@Sunnydreamer1470 They love me there.
@@Sunnydreamer1470 The franchise owner has never said a word to me and always addresses me by name with a friendly greeting.
We went to eat at a bbq place/hotpot and the gratuity was automatically added to our bill. But the bill still asks for an extra tip. Seriously? I happily added $0 tip. That's why I try not to go out to restaurants as much. Tipping has completely gone out of hand
I'm going to have to look out for this I can't even believe that's legal but I'm sure it is.
@@Drak976- caveat emptor- let the buyer beware.
I'd also put a $0 if they already forcefully added a tip coz what do you need extra tips for geez?
@@Drak976 I know a restaurant near the college I went to had 18% gratuity added to the bill, even 15 years ago. My guess is because college students were really bad about tipping the waitresses, not because of poor service, but because they hadn't learned that social grace yet.
I seen servers do this also. The gratuity is already added, but they’ll put an extra line to be tipped twice.
20% is TOO HIGH when dining in... That is why people are not eating IN (along with the overpriced food). CarryOut / To Go is a 100% a NO TIP situation. Period.
I think tipping for every little thing enables the companies that hires the servers to pay them less with the promise of tips making up the difference. These companies make money hand over fist, pay the employees more, stop tipping for picking up food at Chipotle, Starbucks, etc, and tip generously for table service at actual sit down restaurants.
I just recently talked to a young fella that said where he worked would use tip money to actually " offset" what he had to pay out of his pocket to employees!
This is very true but the best way to deal is to then NOT buy from these companies - it is called cancel culture. Simple double the wages or we won't buy coffee from Starbucks. Meanwhile I am not going to punish the gracious barista who is dong a job that I would not last one day doing. The public is nasty!!! you can have 100 good ones but in works ken/karen and many are passive aggressive nasty entitled people that would never, ever talk to their boss the way they talk to a cashier. Didnt COVID reveal this!!!!!! The real heros ie front line workers were the cashiers and no one rang a bell or clapped for them. Unsung heroes. They are my favourite people to tip!!!
@@jrizzle7926 It's wage theft!!
Why can’t wait staff be paid an actual salary by the employer so that they do not need to be tipped either?
@@agustino42491 First we need to change the laws that allow employers to pay a below minimum wage, because the job is considered a "tipping" job. Instead of punishing the employees, required employers to pay a minimum wage, then tipping will be unnecessary.
Any time you donate at a store the store gets the tax break. I stopped doing it just because of this. If they lowers the prices I might
Who knew about tax breaks for corporations when you donate at the register.
Plus they get the kudos.
How do you figure? I don't think that's correct. If a business gives their own money, it's deducted from their profits, but passing along money a customer gave them wasn't profit in the first place, so it should have no tax impact.
Wrong. I donate at petsmart and they send me a tax receipt.
I don’t donate at the stores because I don’t know if it is going to the starving children, pets or whatever they are collecting for. It could go to the CEO of the store for all I know.
Fun fact: In Mexico the old people that bag your stuff in Mexico don’t actually get paid. The only money they get paid is what they make from tips. My parents always tip them generously.
so what - tell the old people not to be slaves then
@@PeaceToAll-sl1db and do what?? Some economies don't support with regular wages.
@@eetoved1758 then those economies need to stop having children if they can't feed them
@@PeaceToAll-sl1db 😄😄😄 oops looks like I fed the trolls.
@@PeaceToAll-sl1db I was just sharing a fact most of them are retired. No need to get butt hurt 😂
Like John Crist says, if we are both standing when you take my order, I’m not tipping.
I feel like with Starbucks prices the tip is included in the drink 😅
Dutch Bros. only. Rarely Starbucks. Not worth the cost for the product received.
I will tip at Starbucks. They make my drink good then they get a tip. Not all Starbucks baristas make it the same. Fast food no way unless they’re extremely fast and it’s like Qdoba where they didn’t go light on what I asked for ingredients.
You got it ...I do not get why this concept is so hard for people to get..
and the ice 🤣
@@robedmund9948 Dutch Bros is more expensive than Starbucks!! The Redbull mixed with strawberry lemonade (a large) coats $8!!! The cup is filled to the brim with HUGE ice cubes and they STILL have the audacity to ask for a tip!
Abolish tipping and force businesses to raise wages
I disagree here, in a restaurant the tip goodd service. The tips strong encourage good, pleasant service. Simple jacking up rates and removing tipping will not only increase prices but leave no incentive for good service
You're going to get shitty servers and higher prices. They can't afford to pay me what I make on tips. Or you could just choose not to tip. There is no requirement. It is a choice and it is kinda odd that people have such a problem with a system that gives you a choice. Seems it's the social stigma of being considered a "bad tipper" that's actually got you worked up. Because nobody is forcing you to tip.
@@noHandle1776 I don't mind paying higher prices if businesses hire good quality people. Workers will have an incentive to work hard to keep their job and businesses have an incentive to hire good people. A tipping model only benefits cheap, lazy businesses and encourages this entitlement attitude from workers.
Oh yeah, let's raise prices to cover those increased wages to employees.
@@noHandle1776 That's not true. The incentive to give good service is to get to keep your job! It seems most other countries have restaurants, and other business that do just fine without this stupid tripping tradition.
My Whole Foods order had a service fees for the "free" delivery AND they wanted me to include a tip for the driver. The tip begging has turned into a scam.
You do realize the service fee is for the Grocery Store and the tip is for the driver right?
You need to tip the driver for a the delivery. He doesn't get the service fee.
You should tip the driver because that is a value added service, just like when the driver a delivers a pizza, or you order a uber/lyft, or you get door dash.
@@dondean517especially for DoorDash and other apps. I drive for DoorDash and we don't get a wage. Most orders pay the minimum pay of $2, plus tip. Without tips we operate at a severe loss.
@@dondean517 But you already paid them?
Please talk about tipping in Hair and Nail Salons. This is a Big one!
If you call the manager of a company and complain about being asked to give money, that is the best way to stop it. If enough customers complain that is when it will change.
If providing a tip line is "being asked to give money", I suppose every Restaurant check in the world is "asking you to give money".