@spunch1205
What bothers me is that employees would rather get upset at the consumer for not tipping enough rather than being upset at their respective industry for not paying a liveable wage
@brainown3149
Its literally a way for employers to get out of paying there employees. Passing the responsibility to pay onto the customer.
@funkyblues10
I went into a small pizzeria in Goodyear Arizona at the end of 2022. A nice high schooler was the one who took my order and I was going to leave her a tip as it was a big complicated order. As I write in the tip amount it came over me to ask, “does this tip go directly to you?” She said to me, “no, we don’t get any tips, all tips go directly to the owner” and that opened my eyes to this outrageous tipping situation in The United States.
@castertr0y357
"You're being guilted into tipping on something that's not a service. It's someone simply doing their job." This is absolutely true. I hate that companies are prompting customers for a tip when you went to the physical location and got what you ordered. It's not a tip when you are doing what you are hired to do. And as long as companies are able to guilt customers to foot the bill to cover their employees living, nothing will change.
@zzzzoot
Tipping is designed to take the frustration worker have for their employer, who does not pay them fairly, and redirect it to the customer. The employer is spared of blame, and the problem now becomes how generous the customer is.
@704musicent
People love to tell everyone if you can't afford to tip you should stay home. They say you shouldn't be going out and having a good time if you can't afford to tip. I think the same should hold true for the businesses, if they can't afford to pay employee's the bare minimum wage and still be profitable then they SHOULD close up shop.
@DoodleThis
“I’m going to tip to ensure my safety”. That is BEYOND horrible and terrifying
@KungShu69
I always feel like I'm paying a "Don't spit in my food" fee when I'm asked about a tip before actually getting anything.
@maestreiluminati87
Business owners paying their workers less than minimum wage and then convincing them the responsability lies on the customer is one history's greatest finesses.
@kataisa3
I ordered a pizza and went to the restaurant to pick it up. I unabashedly clicked on “No tip”. I already paid for my pizza, you have no right to expect a tip simply for ringing my pizza up. I refuse to feel pressured or guilty about not tipping.
@rickdeckard9810
I've actually had an employee at a Subway restaurant who told me NOT to tip from the machine when prompted because the owner was keeping all of it and not giving it to the employees.
@itsthequeenfatima
I am an American in Paris and I was appalled at the amount of times I was asked to tip in the US and the amount expected in restaurants. Employers should PAY their workers a liveable wage. We should not be living in a tip dependant society!
@AMINOMMA
As a European, American tipping culture is the most ridiculous thing ever. Why should a customer/guest pay the wages of the workers through anything other than the price he pays for the service (food, drinks, etc.). Sure if you want to give a little extra because the server was excellent or the food was extremely good, it's fine but it shouldn't be necessary for them to make a living wage
@BebegosAspectOfBabyFlight
As a Turkish, I feel the establishment is obliged to properly pay their team and tips are just corrupted hidden fees. Show me the real cost upfront! If coffee is 4$ without tip, make it 7$ and remove the tips. Efficient, transparent, honest.
@joshuahiatt3674
Tipping has always infuriated me. When I went to New York, I was asked to tip like 15% for the bartender to literally open a bottle of beer – it's honestly wild. You breathe and they expect a tip. It's so engrained in U.S. culture that staff get annoyed when a customer doesn't tip, but doesn't get annoyed about a multi-million dollar restaurant not paying you a fair wage. It's simply just a way for companies to make more profit whilst you (the backbone of the business), rely on customers gratuity. In a realistic world, if everyone decided to not tip, companies will literally be forced to pay their staff a wage to keep their employees.
@HAKASEJOSH
I went to a cookie shop with my mom a few months ago, we walk in, both politely said “hello”, the cashier didn’t even respond just straight up stared at us, even while we were looking at different cookies. My mom said “are you going to speak or just stare at us?”, he eventually spoke but he didn’t really want to. When we bought our cookies he did the tip flip and we put no tip. The receipt printed, instead of handing it to us he took it and looked at it for 5 seconds and THEN handed it to us while shaking his head. These places want tips but can’t even give bare minimum customer service. It’s annoying af.
@caddyak93
At JFK airport there is a SELF checkout drink stand that asks you for a tip when you buy a bottle of water when you literally do not interact with any workers at all.
@peachyshortchuts
Due to the tipping culture in the US, I've cut down my restaurant visits to 50% and only visit those that are "reasonable" in their tipping expectation. It's not fun sitting and eating out when you know you are strong armed into tipping.
@JadenBoss
Whoever said it was legal to pay employees less because they make tips is the cause of this problem.
@BMWROYAL