The American Tipping Crisis | Asmongold Reacts 

It's impressive how the owners have managed to pit the workers vs the customers and avoid all responsibility. And many workers are even in favor of their wage gacha.

This is such a US topic........ here in The Netherlands, and i think in most of Europe, If i give a tip, the service was very good and personal, not because it is needed.

man it feels good living in a country where you aren't expected to tip for people just doing their jobs

Let's never forget the guy from kitchen nightmares who forced all his waitresses to give him 100% of their tips because it was "his" earnings, not theirs.

Tips are just how companies can get away with paying their employees less and make the customers pay them instead when buying their products/services.

The survivorship bias also applies to the "attractive young person" as a service worker. The attractive person who gets better tips stays in the job and prefers the system. The "ugly" or uncharismatic person who gets no tips ends up leaving the job so they are not part of the statistics. All the servers who survive in the job then prefer the system because they make out well.

Only in the US people get triggered for not getting a tip. It's ridiculous that you're expecting a 10, 15 or 20% tip out of every customer. In Europe, most of it at least, we tip if we like the service and as appreciation after a big meal. And people tip whatever. 1$, 5$, 10$, and In my 34 years I've never seen a waitress or anyone upset about it being a 1$/€ tip. Most of the time we don't tip at all and the service is always as good. If you're underpaid you should bring that to your boss and not your customers.

Went to an ice cram shop yesterday, took a cake from the freezer, when I was presented with tipping I hit that no thanks so hard my hand bled 😂 , when my girl asked why I didn’t leave a tip I said a tip for what we came here got a cake from the fridge come on now , they didn’t walk the cake to my car or delivered it 🤷🏾‍♂️

I bought a coffee the other day. The girl behind the counter just pointed at the kiosk. I had to select what drink I wanted, the flavors, the extra shot, scan my debt card, and complete the transaction myself. The prompt all but insisted I give a 20+ percent tip. Nope!

Has an HVAC tech I do get tips from time to time, anywhere from $10-$100. Never once was I tipped because my customer thought I needed the tip, they tipped me for my excellent service and information I leave them with. The problem always comes in when tips are required and not simply appreciation for hard or good work.

Here in Canada its possibly even stupider because waiters DO make like $15/hour. Yet the stigma of not tipping is still prevalent.

I dated a waitress, going out to eat with her was eye opening on multiple occasions. Apparently as soon as these service people see you and how many in the group, they're already calculating roughly how much they SHOULD make off that table. Especially as things go on and people start ordering, asking for refills, I hate to say it but it seemed to me like they felt if they did their job, the default tip should be 25%. They also get PISSED when they see numbers lower than what they determined it should be themselves. To me I thought 25% was supposed to be the best service possible but many seem to think if they didn't drop your food in your lap and insult your wife to where she's crying in the bathroom, they deserve 25%.

Pro tip: if you tip someone, use cash, not the electronic way. They'll take a cut from the tip. Unless they already take the whole tip as a restaurant.

Really important detail a lot of people don't actually know exists, is that the 2.35 or whatever is only applicable if they get tips. The employer needs to pick up the slack if somebody gets 0 tips. "If an employee doesn't make enough in tips during a given workweek to earn at least the applicable minimum wage for each hour worked, the employer has to pay the difference."

We also ordered delivery once during the height of COVID when no contact was a thing, we put a tip in advanced on the system so they'd just leave the food, the guy stared at me through the door holding my food instead of putting it down and walking away for no contact, once I took the food he kept standing there acting like I was supposed to give him yet another tip, I had to tell him thanks you can go now, he started to try and argue and I cut him off and told him to get off my porch and go. Like I don't know if his place of business was absorbing their drivers tips and not telling them or what, but you're not about to make me tip twice for a restaurant order, like I feel for them having crappy paying jobs but I start to feel a little less when stuff like that happens.

as a non american I do not understand the need for tips, here in the Czech republic, nobody is dependant on tips so we dont really tip in percentage, we usually round the sum up, but we are never pressured into tipping

I agree 100% with Asmongold. I will tip what I want, and will not be guilted into tipping a single cent more.

Saying that we can't stop tipping or prices will go up is almost the same argument as saying we cant stop slavery or we will have to start charging more for cotton.

I got tired of the absurd fees, and up front expected tips from those delivery apps. I stopped using DoorDash, and SkiptheDishes entirely, and either cook from home, or just go get the take out myself. I'm easily saving $10-20 a meal now when I do the take-out myself. It's insane...

the sad thing about tipping is that if you look young, waitresses assume you don't have enough money to tip so they give you low priority service. (also happens if you're a regular and don't tip, they remember you as that person that doesnt tip and don't focus on giving you good service)

My Dad works by himself as an electrician/plumber and people give him tips all the time. I guess it's more personal since someone is coming into your house. He's gotten beers, candy, ethnic foods, money, soda, a walking dead comic, all kinds of things.

I've been a server/bartender for 12+ years. If you're a tipped wage employee, and people not tipping you is causing you to not pay your bills, you are in the wrong restaurant, or the wrong industry.

Here in Australia, we don't tip, usually. Minimum wages for an adult is currently at USD$14.46/hour, with casual workers getting a 25% loading, set by an independent tribunal. If you're casual, weekend work attracts 1.5x/hour and Public holiday work at 2x/hour. Employees can't choose to be paid less. Also, businesses must display a total price that includes taxes, duties and all unavoidable or pre-selected extra fees. Any surcharges must be clearly displayed.

Bro the dutch dont have any problems with not tipping so seeing this video is the funniest shit ever

i find it crazy people look down on other for not being able to tip. especially if the service wasnt good.

So this might be slightly long but I wanna provide perspective from a 4+year Gig delivery driver. 1. The apps are not up front with the amount you are tipping us and are very deceptive. (It's almost always been this way.) 2. You really aren't "Tipping" the driver per say. You are more bidding for a drivers time. Which includes: Gas, Time, Vehicle wear and tear, waiting time, travel time to the restaurant and your home. 3. Yes the drivers don't have to accept your order, the companies almost all pay a very small delivery fee which is like $2-$3. depending on the type of order it is. So without a tip the driver is looking at $2-$3 for the amount they are being payed to bring you your order. 4. Most of the time customers don't leave good directions, no porch light on, their apartments or homes are very difficult to locate. No gate codes. Never at the door to receive their orders when they want them handed to them. Also these same people will report their food missing and put your access in jeopardy for not catering to their every need when they don't tip at all. (I've always said if you don't tip you shouldn't be allowed to rate and report drivers. Just my personal opinion.) I will say this again like I did the last time. You guys are basically asking the companies to force you to pay more to compensate the driver instead of just tipping them a fair amount to get your order. So basically what you are saying is you want them to charge you another $5 - $10 to pay for the drivers time and repair costs. Delivery is not a service for everyone. It has and always will be a luxury service. This is the reason alot of companies don't offer delivery services. It's not a cheap thing to operate.

Here in Europe tip is somethig extra that you give only if you are happy with the service. For instance in restaurant if the staff is nice, fast and the food is good you give a tip. Usually cash.

As a french guy this whole tipping deal in other places than restaurants is so wild to me. And even then it doesnt reach the 25 % mark since it is supposed to be a nice gesture to show you are thankfull, not something expected of you

I can’t wrap up my head around how waiters in the US can be paid $2.13/hour. That is absolutely wild

French person here, keep in mind that those 15% are comprised in the final bill to the same extent taxes are: it does not go DIRECTLY in my pocket as a worker. BUT at the same time we are getting paid full wages that compare to the rest of the population, which means that every and any tip I get is what it is supposed to be: a bonus. To give a rough estimate, I would get around 1.8k monthly, plus tips. On good months that would mean 2k, everything combined. In dollars, that would mean that I'm generally getting paid around 2.2k$ monthly

Ryan George said it best "'We want you to judge the performance of another human being, and then do a little math.' 'Neither of those things I want to do!'"

Yeah, i remember when you paid for good service. Today you are expected to pay for everything if the service was bad or not, if there is even service or not.

Never even heard of tipping issues outside of the US. Tipping literally is something entirely optional and something most workers don't even care about if you don't tip. If you tip for exceptional service or a good experience, you feel good tipping, they feel good receiving the tip. Why the fuck the US functions heavily around tips blows my mind.

I've worked in many restaurants, I've supported my family off tips. My opinions are 1) I personally tip based on service received. If my wait person is rude or slow to refill drinks and get things we need, or doesn't listen and can't keep up, they get less, much less. And as for to-go service, you get no tip, unless I am feeling really generous and you have made sure I have all I need to eat my meal, like plastic ware, salt and pepper, napkins, condiments. 2) If you don't like working for $3.00 an hour and earning tips, go get another job. Period. Point blank. I did.

Servers are punished if they don’t bring in tips. Those tips are “shared” by all the staff including managers. I used to leave cash at the table to keep it from going into the collective until a regular server asked me not to do that because the management will write them up based on “performance”. Yes it’s a national chain of “sit down dining” that’s one step above McDonalds, because they serve alcohol.

Some restaurants, like Olive Garden, require you to give a portion of your tips to the bussers and the bartender. The amount you have to give them is calculated based on the $ amount of the ticket for that table (not the actual tip they left) and it is automatically pulled out of your overall tips for the night. In the event that a table does not tip you anything at all you still have to give that portion of the "tip" (% of the check) to your busser/bartender meaning you actually LOSE money when someone doesn't tip you. This is a common thing in a lot of restaurants where your tips are shared between other members of the staff. I served tables for 3 years and i'm glad i'm out of it, one night you could work 6 hours and make $100, the next night you could work 6 hours and make $20.

I have a simple rule: if I'm on a business trip I will tip generously since a) the company pays for it and B) I'm supporting the local community. If on a personal bill I will consider much much much more carefully if I a) can afford and B) want it.

As a Dane, i’ve never had to pay anything except for the item/service/food including tax. I’ve never seen or even heard of the 15% service fee

There have been many restaurants that have tried to eliminate tipping and paying their staff more. Usually after a year the quit doing this. The main reason is the best servers make more money with the tips so moved to another restaurant.

Here is the other problem with this. Ever since Covid hit and killed a bunch of restaurants, I have noticed the quality of eating out has gone down but the prices have gone up. It has come to the point where I lost a reason to eat out. Some places would just be time savers like getting food at your local Chinese restaurant but now I just rather make it myself since I can add and tweak the food AND save money. Yes, I know cooking for yourself was always a benefit but it used to cost more to do it yourself. Now the inverse has come where its cheaper to do it yourself to get a better experience. A good burger and fries used to be sub $8 at this one place near me. With a drink and tip youd get out at lunch for $15, now its $15 for the burger alone.

I don't see soldiers in the military being tipped. they go through the worst conditions.

As a Doordash driver, I understand your point. But I can’t accept a ten mile delivery if I don’t know if I’m going to get a tip first. I wouldn’t be able to make money because Doordash only pays $2.25 per delivery.

At this point it feels more like forced charity than a way of expressing gratitude for exceptional service. I tip people who rely on the tips like my server at most restaurants, barber, etc... because I know the individual person needs it. Ideally, the restaurants just charge the necessary amount of money to pay their employees properly and tipping can go back to being a friendly bonus.

in germany tipping in restaurants is always a free choice (without any percentages). its also very common to have a small fineprint on the menu that states that the Service and Tip is already included in the prices. sure you have to mention that in germany a waiters/waitress job is not dependand on Tipps as the biggest part of the Wage.

It seems like a good way to get people to just not use a service (restaurant, barber etc), if tipping becomes a burden socially and financially.

As a server I tip out 5.5% of my sales every shift, so if im averaging 15% then I actually am making a little more than 9%... combine that with the state I live in, I get heavily taxed on food that I sell. So when someone doesn't tip me even tho the service was great and food was fine... then i'm literally paying for them to go out... The worse is when its big parties, added graduity means I will get taxed MORE on it (per my state) as its seen as involuntary, however I get stiffed most on tables over 200 (or just 10% or less). And the worse part, the thing that people dont understand until you've been in the industry forever... is the wear and tear on your body. It is a very physically demanding job and somedays can be much harder then others.

I've personally been told by 2 waiters (well a waiter and a waitress) not to tip them unless using cash because they aren't receiving the tips from their employer. A lot of places have been adding an 18% "gratuity" to the bill automatically then having a line for tip. They think people are stupid and don't know that gratuity IS tip. I always subtract the 18% from my bill and leave no tip on the bill. I will leave cash on the table

Yeah my dad has always taught us and maintained, that you lose the feeling for how much you spend if you don't spend with cash - he even extends that logic to cars.

You only tip if you want too. And you only tip when they do a great job.

I think half the issue is people not understanding how tipping works in a lot of buisiness models. As someone who has worked in the resturant industy for over a decade, its factored into costing and how money is distributed. In Canada where I know, a tip at a resturant to a server is tracked and then they tip out a precent to the bar and kitchen and that is passed down to employee's. Servers have to tip out and pay a % of sales for each bill so the serever owe's a % (depending on the establishment, 4-7% usually in my exp) in tip out to the other partners involved so as to prevent one person from raking in $ and no one else benefitting for being involved. $100 bill and no tip usually means the server pays the kitchen, lets say 5% of the bill because we did our job and nailed the meal so we deserve 5% of what they could have made = $5.Chances are that table was nice and enjoyed the experience and tipped 20% so the server made $20 extra dollars and only owed the resturant $5. So that over and over through a shift can equal lots of money for one person and be spread through the chain of people involved or actually end up robbing someone of money when you order a $100 bill and tip $0 so they have to pay out of pocked/previous tips to meet the 5% they owe. Just how it works and idk if its good or bad but It's apart of my income.

Tipping thing at subway is reason I don't go to subway, they turn a 5 dollar sub into a 18 dollar sub just not worth that much money. I don't think any fast food needs to be tipped because it's fast food and not quality food or service all they did was make a sandwich they didn't wait on me and have to deal with my bullshit for ten or more minutes. Also stopped ordering pizza because they just add 8 dollars to the price regardless and then say it's not for the driver and I'm like your pizza isn't for me then LOL Honestly that saved me from getting fat I think lol

All the companies are like, "They will tip anyway. We can underpay them then."

I work at a liquor store where we deliver orders and the owners take the driver’s tips so that they are “able to pay $18.00 in the first place.” No compensation for gas plus someone without insurance actually crashed into my driver’s side door while I was delivering… Lol all this is starting to ain’t be worth it.

Remember when it used to be just a kindly "Keep the change"? It's crazy to me now that tipping has to be done before the service is even rendered in a lot of cases now, that it's expected every time, that delivery orders are delayed/denied/messed with due to too small of a tip.

Waiters and barbers get tips, everyone else gets disappointment.

Here in Oregon, waiters/waitresses are paid minimum wage but tipping is still accepted and i only tip if service is ok to exceptional. A lot of waiters/waitresses aren’t motivated to get that tip because of the minimum wage, if they want it they’ll get it. There’s a soft serve store and super cuts we go to on a bi-weekly to every month at least once and both have tipping options and i select no tip each and every time. The soft serve employees stand behind a counter and scoop ice cream all day and make little children’s day on the daily. Super cuts haircuts for me and my 2 boys $60, no im not tipping on dropping that much to cut hair and my woman dont wanna save in the first place and i like short hair, so im gettin a haircut.

Don't forget tips also getting taxed again so the worker gets even less. Traveling overseas not tipping felt weird, wish there was a bigger push for the service industry to receive better wages.

So I've worked in the service industry most of my life. From cheap restaurants to fine dining and the Ritz Carlton. There are people who expect you to tip a certain amount are shitty servers, Personally I didn't mind what you tipped me though on the other hand if you would stiff me I would most definitely remember it next time you came in and not give you the same quality of service I do to all other patrons. Examples would be making sure you had a refill before you needed it, if you dropped silverware I would bring you some before you have to ask me, if you left the table I would fold your napkin and push your chair in, clear the dirty plates from once your finished and such. When I bartended I knew what you wanted to drink if you were a regular or would make you a specialty drink that I think you would like. I would go over the top to earn the 20% many of the times people would tip 35% or higher or if gratuity was already added to the meal people would tip on top of it. It was not a show of power or wealth like you mentioned before and usually the rich people were the ones who refused to tip Jon Travolta being one of the famous people that would rarely and when he did it was around 15% at the highest. While you do make a point that women especially ones that are attractive make more in tips easier it's not always the case. If you do a crap job you usually don't get a good tip unless you are flirting and doing something else your job does not require. As for the higher cost of meals if gratuity is added to the meals automatically that is 100% true. The profit of a regular restaurant is low, you make enough to pay your bills and such but than there are times where you're stressing just like any 9-5 employee but more since you have employees relying on you for a job, I know this because my parents ran and eventually owned a restaurant. It consumes your life worrying about making enough to keep everything running. My parents had me and brother and sisters work at the restaurant with them since they couldn't afford to hire help outside of the chefs and dishwashers and maybe a waitress or 2 when things were busy and good. So if they had to pay the servers gratuity they would of had to go without or change the prices of the meals to cover the cost of keeping them. The Ritz Carlton and other fine dining places I worked at had gratuity automatically added hence why their burgers were $20 a piece and the prices soared from there. I made the most money (even now I think of going back as I made more working part time than my current fulltime IT job) there since people still tipped even though I had to tell them that gratuity was already included and that tipping is not necessary. The only thing I agree tipping shouldn't be included is to go orders where you pick it up. If they are delivering it give the people some gas money it doesn't have to be outrageous and if you dislike having to tip pick up the food yourself or go to places where gratuity is already included. Tipping is meant to show gratitude for the service that the server has provided if they do a bad job give them a either a low tip or no tip depending how bad they did. Also for making it mandatory to up the wages I personally never wanted that serving if it meant I couldn't have tips. I've had it where they pooled gratuity at the OMNi to give everyone the same hourly pay and both me and my brother would lose half our check since it was pooled gratuity. They did this so that the people who were always in the slow section could have a "living wage" but it just screwed the people who were always stuck in the busiest section but thats besides the point. I think most people should work 1 year in the service industry so you can see the side of it from the servers. I paid my way through college because of it with no school debt and honestly I met a lot of cool people and made many connects for the field I work in now. I can't say every restaurant was the best but you can always quit that job and go somewhere else if the cliental slow or doesn't tip. I did this at a chilis where the average good tip was 15% I had to work three times as hard than any other job to make ends meet but it worked for my school schedule at the time and I quit for the Ritz once I finished that year.

Tipped workers makes more than most proffesionals in big cities duento cashed wages, and social services that they are able To apply for.

We once drank a coffee with 3-4 guys at a Cafe in a crowed tourist spot, the waitress was extremly unfriendly, coffee took a long time and we were more or less told, that if we dont want to eat, we should hurry up cause they need free tables. When we got the bill, she very persistently pointed to the "suggested tip" right under the amount we had to pay (20%). We literally paid to the penny and only in small coins before we left. It was really hillarious, but afterwards we were told, that this only happens in tourist spots, and in normal restaurants, there is just a small service fee and tip is about 5%-10%, if everything is fine.

Imagine living in a country with tipping culture.

My mom worked as a carhop for Sonic and many months we did the math and she made more than my dad who was a construction foreman and was with the company over 15 years back around in 2007 and been doing construction since he was around 8 years old. He read blueprints and ran crews of 100+ people on schools/Walgreens and other commercial buildings. Many tip workers make far more than other workers. She worked at around 6-8 different Sonics in different towns and often made $15 an hour in just tips and most people if they made $70 in a 6-hour shift would write down they got like $8 in tips. The argument that they need the tips to survive may be sort of true, but I think many tip workers treat the money as less valuable than their small checks because it's a tip rather than their wages and they are more likely to bring home expensive out to eat home and waste a lot of their tip money. I've seen this firsthand with her and several tip workers I know. My cousin worked at Outback Steakhouse when he was younger and another person I knew worked at Dominos and they made literally double+ minimum wage here often making more than lower paid skilled jobs like construction railroad workers where I used to live and other way harder on the body jobs. Even my cousin only made around $2.50 an hour but made well over I believe it was $6.50 an hour minimum wage back then. And if you don't make minimum wage here the company will pay you to where you do make minimum wage but that literally never happens really. My mom made more than managers at sonic besides the general managers and made more than the cooks and register people by a long shot. She didn't ever want to become a manager either because all of them besides the GM made less.

Haircuts used to cost around $16 for me, I would always give a 20 and let the barber keep the change. They've since raised their prices to $22 and I don't tip anymore. They priced themselves out of it

Here in South Korea, tipping is actually discouraged, at least based on my experience after living and working here for almost a year now. Though, as a foreigner here, I tip taxi drivers and my barber if I have a little bit of change. For example, my taxi fare is 5000 won (roughly $5 dollars), I pay 1k-2k won extra especially if I brought a lot of things with me (groceries and such..).

I absolutely agree with Asmon's theory on tipping. It's not about the good service (although it might be for the average customer) but about the clout you get from giving a big tip; if a waitress gets a big tip, odds are that it will become some kind of social media post and that turns into clout. I'm from the Netherlands and tipping is always optional and not tipping is an acceptable practice. Waiting staff get a decent wage, especially after the varus when all waiting staff got let go or quit themselves, leaving restaurants understaffed, forcing them to pay more to keep the job attractive. It all depends on the service being given, the relation built between customer and personnel. Restaurants that have good food served with a smile and the odd joke and the atmosphere is good, that establishment will get more and bigger tips.

I tipped my professor in college after the final because he passed me when I should have failed. He kinda looked at me odd but I just left the tip on his desk and said thanks and left.

30:57 This just brings to mind the classic Onion headline " 'No way this tragedy could've been prevented' says legislator from the only country this type of tragedy happens in consistently".

The irony of a multi-millionare sitting on his high horse to tell someone to get a better job, when he got rich giving stupid takes like this really is the peak of not being self aware.

I've never heard a single, logical pro-tipping argument. I've heard financial elitism ("don't eat out if you can't tip"). They don't realise they're enabling these employers to continue paying them slave wages. What's frustrating is they act holier than thou without realising they're making things worse for the waiting staff in the long run.

Here in my country tipping is not mandatory but a custom. If you think people that serve you did a good job most people tend to tip like 10% or something which is okay imo.

Another reason why tipping became prevalent in America was during the Great Depression. Restaurants and such couldn't afford to have a full wait staff at full wages due to how shitty the economy was, so wages with tips came about. Lower the wage but allow for tips to be collected. That way theoretically the wait staff would make a similar amount of money as they would in a normal minimum wage job, and the store owner would still have a wait staff. I worked as a tipped delivery employee for 8 years (mostly before doordash and such) and even though my wage was lower than regular workers, I ended up with more income than they did just from a few dollar tips here and there on my orders. If businesses had to pay full wages to tipped employees but tips weren't allowed, I can guarantee you that most business would do 1 of 2 things. 1. fire any spare employees and run with a skeleton crew to save money. (now the wage with tips employees have no income, and everyone else is working harder for no gain) 2. raise the costs of everything to account for the increase in cost of wages (now the customer is paying more for their product when it probably would have been cheaper to just tip) I like the wages with tips system, but only if its not abused. tipped employees shouldn't expect inordinate amounts of money for tips, and businesses shouldn't expect for their employees to work on only tips that may never come. But as with any system, one or both ends become unbalanced and the system in general gets ruined.

11 seconds and im here i have no life

I love the "tipping" option when i go to pick up a pizza. Like bruh, thats not how it works. I came to pick it up TO AVOID delivery charge and tip. They have it even in the liquor store by my house, like................................... WHAT?!

I'm glad to hear someone tell me that it's not wrong to not tip, every barber I go to, and every restaurant I walk into always asks for a tip and I feel bad for not doing even when I never go there to begin with, sometimes I caved, but I think now I'm going to do it a lot less.

I work as a HVAC tech and sometimes i get a tip. Its odd because i worked at McDonalds and would never get a tip. Not only am i going into the customers home but now they give me a tip just for going and resolving the issue? Its just different. Tipping used to be 15% norm for things like wait staff. If they did not so well, you werent getting 15%. Now the minimum tip is 18%. Prices havent dropped any, service hasnt gotten any better, the place isnt exactly cleaner.. maybe restaurants should charge more so they can pay more. Maybe then restaurants wont be packed. Not asking for red robin to charge 50 bucks for a burger. I only see tipping going up more in the future.

if you go to random places a lot, sure but not tipping at a place like starbucks when there is only one near by, you will quickly be the "guy who doesnt tip" and will face the wrath of Dianna whos just clocked in to an 8 hour shift after getting to work late because she was fist fighting her husband.

Uber eats already charges me 6 to 15$ more for delivery service then asks you to tip, most of the times there’s always something missing with my order and take me over an hour to deliver

Man sometimes you tip for delivery because you don't want them to eat or spit in your food

As someone from the UK the whole tipping thing in USA and canada is wild, example if i get in a taxi and its a good ride and good coversation or he helps me with my luggage then i would "round up" so my £8.80 fair would be round up to £10.00.

There was a restaurant that had mandatory gratuity tipping. And when I saw that before I ordered, I walked out and never went to that restaurant again.

In the UK you tip If you feel the waiter/waitress has given exceptional service, it is by no means mandatory and definitely isn’t seen as rude not to. Everyone here gets at least the national minimum wage at work (£10.50 ish) no matter the industry, tips are extra.

The constant rising of tipping percentage has me going back. When i first started working in the early 2000s, a tip was 10 to 15%. 15% for good service. Now i go some places and the ipad thet hand over has the lowest at 20%. I started tipping at places that had these popping up for a little bit, but now everywhere asks for tips. I no longer tip higher than 15%. We all have phones, and if you can't do it in your head or estimate, we have clacualtors. If not wait staff I will no longer tip.

An argument for legislation against tipping could probably include 1. Hidden costs on the consumer. 2. Consumers that are vision impaired, mentally disabled, or elderly may be more vulnerable to over-tipping on predatory interfaces (eg. the minimum tip option is 40%). 3. Wage disparity between restaurant staff. 4. Tax reporting of cash tips

at 3:40 I recommend Asmongold to watch "Delivery Driver Takes Back Food After Getting $8 Tip". I think that is a very good reason why it needs to be legislated. Not giving a tip is leading to a worse experience for the customer.

Part of the problem is that the government essentially rewards employers for paying out tips. Any wages paid out as tips qualify for a FULL tax credit, which reduces total taxable income for the business.

I've been shamed by wait staff for not tipping on a to go order.... 25% For bagging my food knowing full well the cooks aren't getting paid tips? To hell with that and now we just never go out and cook at home 99% of the time. Not to mention even the 'cheap' restaurants have gotten insanely expensive. Just had a sandwich at Denny's the other day after work because I really didn't want to cook at 4am... $20 for a damn sandwich that wasn't even good... yay it's now $25 for being served a glass of water while I waited on a meh sandwich to be cooked in a microwave. I still went to bed hungry.

I tip once a blue moon and I tend to avoid restaurants with tipping because it's a hassle to eat somewhere and tipping is also there especially in the best restaurants with good food.

There is NO 15% service bill in Denmark!

Pay employees more means the cost will be put on the buyer as the price will increase. Even so I like tipping people for good work sometimes. I avoid going to places that underpay their workers and choice not to go to those places when possible. example quicktrip over circle k. In and out over Mc Donalds. I find the quality and services is generally better in those places as well.

I've always tipped the lady that cuts my hair 5 bucks. I don't need a lot of care with a haircut. Just shampoo the loose hair out and I'll throw you some cash. She's even given me a haircut when I was going for an interview and didn't have money to tip her. She just gave me a free one and said good luck. But the tipping is getting out of control and the stupid charity shakedowns. Every fast food place I go to wants me to round up or donate. When you go to a place for takeout, they turn that square terminal around with 3 giant buttons 18-20-25%. You have to hit like 4 more buttons to say no tip and makes it awkward for both people. I bet this crap would stop if servers asked if the tip was to the house or to me as a server? If its a tip to the server then say its a gift and not taxable. It would be funny to just have a Venmo QR code on you so could get it directly.

I worked as a server at a restaurant who would take a percentage of your tips for the night based off how much you made, in tips, for the kitchen staff . I thought that was pretty fair

i just do not go out to eat anymore because of the extra cost.

My wife works in an industry where she has to verify income a lot, and waitresses in this area aren't exactly hurting for money. I can tell you right now a good waitress easily makes way more than a teacher or cop in this area. They switch from tips to just flat hourly pay and they will make far less. Even when I worked in the restaurant industry in my late teens the waiters and waitresses worked far less hours, didn't have even 1/10th as much sidework, got more breaks, and on top of that could make about what I made in a week with just a couple decent shifts per week (keep in mind I was working way over 40 hours per week also, 2 double shifts). This is central Florida by the way, on the coast.

Choosing not to tip doesnt just affect your current service. As a restaurant worker for around 20 years, I can safely say that the employees WILL remember you if you didnt tip. They will remember that mr.johnson at table 15 stiffed them, despite getting great service. The next time they come in, they may still have to serve them, but they wont feel as obligated to give him as good of service, knowing it wont be rewarded, meaning it might take longer to go refill his glass, or wont go offer him any help if he needs something, or will take their time to get to him, focusing more on those who are known tippers. If you dont tip, youre basically telling the employee "ignore me". Its easy to say "just dont do it", but it will very much so affect the service you recieve. And that has been engrained into service industry job culture. Also, delivery drivers can see that theyve been tipped before accepting orders. From a little research into it, they are given a base pay from DoorDash, and anything above that is easy to assume is due to tipping. They decide who to accept orders from, so if they can see that theyre only getting base pay, they might not choose your order over someone giving them an extra $20 on top of it. I know one person who drove for a delivery service, who said he knows how to judge who to deliver for to maximize his income. If you consistantly dont tip, you may be marking yourself as not worth the time, effort, and gas cost.

How do you change it? Basic economics. Don't tip > Service jobs aren't lucrative > No one demanding jobs in industry > Employers must make jobs more attractive. It always comes down to market forces. Like if no one tipped and restaurants increased prices to extortionate amounts, then no one would dine out and they'd go out of business if they didn't lower their prices and reduce cost instead of attempting to increasing revenue. Personally, I tip more often than not just because I feel like not doing so is effectively saying "I'll pay for the food, but your service was worth nothing" to a waiter.

As an australian Visiting, there was Rarely ever a no tipping option on the Pad, having to worry about to currency conversion all the time when you sit down at the hotel after a few days you realise you have been getting taken for a ride with literally everything and everywhere you go, In 2010 i remember being amazed by how much you got for such little money like massive pizzas and huge drinks and in 2022 its more expensive and you get less then in australia and thats saying somthing easy for asmon to say to not do it when he has never left his house in his life, and only goes to places with drive throughs because of anxiety and specifically so he doesn't have to be confronted with a tip

Issue is that there is social pressure. People are always worried about what people think of you. If you don't tip, you're worried about people thinking ill of you.

the thing that seems wild to me from the outside is that tipping is done based on a percentage of the bill

As a casino worker I hate that I work for a multibillion dollar company and have a lower pay $6.50 and have to be based on tips. Not only as a table games dealer am I often taking money or awarding money but they have to tip me in order for me to live a decent wage but also takes away any of the big wins they make and on top of it making a toxic work enviroment where co workers go at each others throats if they dont make alot of tips for the overall group and makes you hate customers as if they dont tip they waste your time rather then just enjoy the traditonal work. TLDR: Coworkers fight over others not getting enough tips, which makes toxic Customers vs Workers if they don't tip, Company makes billions while we get paid below the average wage.

"I have really bad anxiety" Asmongold "just don't worry about it..."