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Do you tip? Why or why not?
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See, I try to be a generous tipper but I'd be lying if I said it wasn't primarily to avoid the social stigma of being a bad tipper and because it actually can have repercussions on subsequent service.
I understand this is mostly an American thing though as it doesn't seem to be all that common in other countries, even among the industrialized world.
So why do we do it? And why is it so uneven?
Why are tips being automatically added to what I'm getting charged at some delis for the sort of service the guys at Arby's do for free?
I understand this is mostly an American thing though as it doesn't seem to be all that common in other countries, even among the industrialized world.
So why do we do it? And why is it so uneven?
Why are tips being automatically added to what I'm getting charged at some delis for the sort of service the guys at Arby's do for free?
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But I do it when I'm in the States, although I feel weird.
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people working tip-service jobs where i'm at cannot live comfortably off of minimum wage alone, so tipping is expected, and of course i tip because that's the system i'm in
Plus even though the Australian dollar is almost 1:1 to the US dollar, the Australian minimum wage is as much as 3 times that of some US states.
As I am going to America later in the year I am going to be the ignorant foreigner and not tip, and when they ask for one I will tell them that even if it's just a tip, it still counts as sex.
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is it bullshit, yeah, probably
I'm still not going to change it by screwing somebody out of money they count on, especially when the savings on their paycheck are incorporated, at least on some level, into the price of the meal
I'm happy to give my barber a few extra bucks, but I generally don't have that kind of a relationship with very many people in the service industry.
I actually really like gratuity, because it takes the "how much?" out of the equation-- forces me not to be as stingy as I'd like to be (but also eats my money).
Except they won't ask for one. Any server that doesn't want to look like an idiot, anyway, will just take the loss and move on to the next table.
Well don't do THAT. It's a broken system but people don't get paid if you don't tip. I don't like being the asshole who doesn't tip!
When I lived in the US I generally just tacked 15% onto the price of everything and paid THAT, screw the service quality.
I don't generally tip more than a buck or two at buffets though. All they do is get drinks and I'd rather do that myself honestly.
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but like, it'd have to catch my attention as significant above and beyond what I traditionally expect as decent service in a restaurant
it's not, you know, unreasonable... just little things like grabbing me a new knife when I drop mine on the floor without me even needing to ask first... stuff like that
same, but it wasn't the waitresses fault at all so we tipped anyway
and i tip them because they are doing a job i wouldn't do that benefits me
i also do my best to be pleasant because all my food service and retail friends tell me it makes more of a difference than we know
When I have to go fill my own damn drink at the fountain because the waitress hasn't checked the table ever
That's bad enough.
a couple extra when i was in high school and usually knew the server or their brother/sister
tip your waitstaff, they don't make a goddamn thing without tips
If they do a good job.
Lately though I haven't had any.
I on the other hand was an excellent delivery driver.
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unless the service is incredibly poor as a result of something the waiter does directly (i.e., not the kitchen).
unless they were an asshole, they get a tip from me. If they were particularly awesome, they get a bigger tip. I'm not a wealthy person, but if I can't afford to tip then I probably shouldn't be going out to eat/taking the cab/getting the haircut this month either.
(my mum and I both tried it on two separate occasions and were turned down twice! we were AMAZED!)
so what we do instead as a family is pay compliments to the restaurant manager or owner if we received excellent service and make sure the person in question is recognized for that
it's nice when we go back to a restaurant to see that someone who received good feedback from us got a promotion
Then you are not getting serviced
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