THIS Is Why Tipping Culture Is Out Of Control | Asmongold Reacts 

Holy shit! What an honor.

Tipping at a self-checkout is complete lunacy.

"Here's a tip, and a spear behind it." -Xin Zhao

"If you can't affort avocados and iphones, don't get them." If you can't affort employees, don't hire them.

I’m way more comfortable to press no on a digital screen.

Don't tip at all. Force business owners to actually have to pay their employees. Stop forcing consumers to cover burdens millionaires have the money to resolve by paying workers more.

The MythBusters literally did an episode on whether larger breasts would cause an increase in the amount of tips. It was myth confirmed.

For a few years now, I live in a European country that doesn't have mandatory tipping culture. You can tip if you want, but it's not expected from you. Now, I rarely go out, but this difference in tipping culture is precisely what makes me want to tip when I had a great time and feel like it. If I had a great evening - I can unironically make some waiter's evening better by leaving a 10% tip. Left 20% tip once, when me and my wife had a particularly great and memorable evening at one restaurant - to this day I remember how the waiter lightened up once he realised it. He smiled all the way to the door while he was accompanying us to the exit, and shook my hand several times. Or the last time we went out: once it came to paying the bill, I asked whether I could add a tip - and the server lady said "sure", added *less than 4%* to the bill and asked if that would be too much. Seemed really happy when we said it's perfectly fine. Meanwhile, it almost seems like if you left a 4% tip in the US, at least in some places the waiters would spit in your face and curse your entire family.

I ordered a pizza and drove to go get it from the store. Paid with my card, and a prompt for a tip came up. Unbelievable

There's an ice cream place here in town where you get your own ice cream and put your own toppings on and they absolutely hate me cause whenever I go in there I never tip because the only thing the employee does is spin the tablet around when I go to pay and I always click 0% tip. You did actually nothing.

In New Zealand we have this strange tradition where we tip people that we like, or people that put the extra effort in. It has this strange effect, where the workers really appreciate it and the customers are able to do something nice out of their own free will. Kinda fkd up though of you ask me.

What kills me now is that you're supposed to tip before you even know if you're getting the food. Tip afterwards, that's the only logical use and barely ever happens anymore. You tip when you order now.

I’m an employer and had recently bought a pizza shop (despite my business having nothing to do with food and tipping never occurs) and immediately ran into problems with tipping. Some people would not tip at all, and then I had an employee realize you can adjust the percentages on the software, and tried to see if he could slip it past our customers. Employees would get into fights because the manager supposedly like the one and not the other, and would give her shifts when it was busy, on and on it went. It got to the point that I just removed tips altogether, adjusted wages up to compensate. Guess what? Nearly half my employees quit on the spot, despite the fact they were guaranteed a daily wage. They wanted to work 15-20 hour weeks during the busiest time and extract tips from customers, not work 30 hours and make the same pay. That’s why you’re seeing more aggressive tip begging and shaming. Employers want to keep prices down and let all the compensation battling happen between customers and employees while they stick their fingers in their ears. My employees now start at 14.50 an hour, and drivers who use their own vehicle get a per mile rate on top of it. That was about 9 months ago, and so far, has worked fairly well.

Bring a fedora everywhere you go. When someone asks you for a tip, just tip the hat and say "m'lord/m'lady"

Honestly the thing is wait staff themselves don't want tipping to go away, there was a survey done in NYC and it was like 80% of wait staff in favor of keeping tipping because at a decent traffic restaurant waiters take home much MUCH more a day than a regular minimum wage worker

The first chain resturant that advertises not tipping would be the most sigma move

Tipping culture is wild to me. I'm European/German. We don't tip unless service is exceptional. Like genuinely amazing. And then it's maybe like 2€ or if you're rich 10€. Employers pay a living wage here so we don't need to make up for the greed of certain employers.

The moment they ask for, or expect a tip, Im out.

They never mentioned that I bet if you asked 100 servers they would prefer the tipping method on average. It’s not a detriment to the employee but to the consumer.

The two most annoying things in the world: 1. Servers who complain about tips. 2. Servers that brag about their tips

I prefer not to tip at all.

Ordered Domino's last week for the first time. When the delivery guy got here he passed me the receipt and asked me to cross out the zeros. I handed it back to him and he said "So no tip today huh?" I literally had a 5 dollar bill in my pocket ready to give to him but because he said such a ludicrous statement I responded with "Nah not today". His entire attitude and demeanor immediately changed as he left. Safe to say thats first and last time I will ever order from there. These people are getiing bolder and more entitled.

I’ve only ever tipped my waiters/waitresses, food delivery drivers, or my barbers. That’s it and I only tip 10%. I’m not tipping anyone else or anymore than 10%. I find it insulting when these tip screens start at 15%, that’s a very large percentage of the purchase. I’d rather they automate your job and get rid of you before I pay more than a 10% tip. If you have an issue with the 10% tip or give me bad service I can just not tip you and take my money elsewhere. Your job won’t last long if you chase customers away over tip amounts.

12:39 the minimum tip option on a digital screen is usually 15% you can't go lower unless you manually do so, which eats time you have away from the tipping screen

I’ve had workers at places with these tipping screens to tell me to just hit “no tip” or “skip” just like some do with the warranty option screen when it pops up. Like at a local restaurant and I go checkout after they already gave me my receipt to take to the front, they have outright told me “the option is on the receipt, don’t fool with that if you already did it or don’t want to do it, skip that” along with Subway workers telling me to hit the “no tip” screen. Don’t ever feel guilt for not tipping. That guilt should be placed on employers for not paying their workers enough in the first place. The only way to change it is to stop giving in and lining the boss’s pockets even more.

I had a delivery company deliver some massive speakers, >500 pounds each, and I tipped the guys (they were big dudes) $100 each to bring them in the house, help me unpack them, and then move the speakers into place. That was 100% worth it. A tip for delivering an office chair, even if the guy brings it into the house? F--k that.

Tipping shouldn’t exist. The price is the price. Companies shouldn’t provide a service if they can’t pay their employees.

The girls at Dunken Donuts taped a “tip” cup to the drive through window. Why would I just GIVE you extra money, for handing me the beverage I paid for…? Restaurants trying to get a 20-30% tip from their customers is fucking crazy. I’ve CHOSEN to come to your restaurant, out of all places nearby to eat. Then you try to fleece me for 30% or the entire meal cost? Absolutely not.

I stopped going to get my haircut, because the price went up 40% and they started asking for a tip on top of that. And I don't have a complex hairstyle, just basically buzzing. Takes me 20 minutes at home, I've gotten pretty good at it. I dont go to places that ask for a tip for basic work anymore either. Papa Murphys asks for a tip for making your pizza online. Its literally their only thing they do. Its just ridiculous. I haven't even seen the pizza yet, or eaten it. How the hell do I know if you even deserved the tip?

I was a delivery boy, the delivery fee does not all go to the driver. It is total fraud to me but no one prosecutes them

One other point...tipping the wait-staff separately allows the owner to effectively hide the true, total cost of that meal. As people look at the menu, price is one bit of info they use. But what they pay is that -plus- the tip; hardly anyone keeps a "true price" calculation going in their heads. That tricks people into spending more than they intended.

Yea, I got so tired of tipping, and I remember the first times I ever tipped or was with friend or family, what I heard about tipping was cause, "It's nice to do so" and other excuses, but I never grew up knowing it was an option or what tipping even was. And after hearing about some people throwing tantrums for not getting tips like this one dominoes clip or like, several restaurants/dominoes where people have terribly written curse words or got upset in person and tried teaching me that I should tip more, I started getting fed up. Thank you for this video! As of started last year, I tipped way less, and after this vid, I'm not tipping at all, unless I just want to. Not my fault the company doesn't pay them enough or at all. I never get tips at my job after all. They need to get better jobs. Either that, or companies need to make it where you have to tip, and no option to put $0. But well all know what would happen if people didn't have the option to not tip, pffff

They raise the prices of Food, but they don't raise the pay for employees, so they expect us to pay up to 25% more money for a meal that has already had a price increase.

If I try to haggle a dollar off of the $5 coffee when ordering, oooh *_then_* the price becomes extremely straightforward. _"Im sorry sir the coffee is $5 its not a negotiation its just $5."_ Fair enough, the coffee is $5.00. Ok now lets pay for it. *_"Would you like to pay $5.75, $6.00, $6.25, or $6.50?"_*

Funny you mention the garbage driver thing, at the end.. Because I actually have been outside a couple times and seeing those workers, who work hard, and have offered drinks and a tip, on quite a few occasions. I agree fully that some of the 'jobs' people take for granted and don't actually get tips nor the ability to even have a screen to ask for such tips are the ones out there working hard/tirelessly, every day. Cheers!

I went to the starbucks drive thru today and the lady working there shoved one of those tablets with the different tip amounts out the window at me. Safe to say im never going to starbucks again

I learned to cook and stopped using services that accept tips. Paying no tips feels like escaping the matrix.

"I don't tip" "But I depend on tips, as the wage my employer pays me doesn't cover my costs" "That sounds like a problem between you and your employer. I agree it sucks, and it sounds like it should be illegal. I would support you if you contact your local politicians with the intention of changing that practice...... but what I won't do is bow to the pressure that wants to put the responsibility of covering those wages onto the customer. Don't put me between you and the person who is refusing to pay you a living wage."

It is still on the customer to pay for the employee either by tipping or paying for higher food prices. in this case, it's optional. The best way to counter this is hiring fewer employees that the restaurant pay and they work harder. some amenities customers have to do it themselves like getting a glass of water, hotsauce ketchup and etc.

One of my hubbs and I's favorite brewhouse/restaurants started using the digital menu ordering for food. The wait staff only came by to get drinks and bring out food. It started to feel not very personable, so we just go there once or twice a year. When we did go, we only leave a good tip if the waiter or waitress actually pays attention to us.

The fact that tip counts as an employer paying part of your wage is so messed up. In the normal part of the world, it's counted as a performance bonus.

I'm from Australia. I've been in Las Vegas for 3 days and the tipping is out of control. Everything is already so expensive and every person wants a tip for doing the bare minimum. Rise up Americans and stop this madness! Pay everyone a fair wage and do away with this tipping culture.

as an asian. i had no problem giving bare minimum tipping for required, dining in. and i have no problem clicking no tip or even giving donation or any sort to anything else now.

Lately I've been taking an uber back and forth for a temporary job, it costs about $30-$50 one way. Then of course it prompts me for a tip and even if it's only 10% I'm still wondering wtf the rest of the money is doing.

I have a friend that has only worked as waiter since high school. He started working at Buffalo Wild Wings and now, at 40 years old, works at 2 different high end steak houses and he make 400-500 bucks a day in tips and only works 4 or 5 hours a day.

I would hate to live in America. I would never be able to trust ordering at the same place twice because i'm not paying these people extra for the bare minimum of doing the job they got hired for.

Ordered 2 pizza from Domino's it was 12.73 plus a $6 delivery charge plus tip comes to 27$ that's more than the fuckin food

i asked the vape shop why they have tipping enabled when buying vape stuff is not a tipping industry. the owner said the POS provider actually charge him a higher rate if he disables tipping option.

i know this tipping option for online like food deliveries. asked the driver every time and he said: didn't see any of the money on his paycheck so i stopped and gave it to him directly

It is not only "social pressure". In the past, tips were asked after the service was compelted, so to some extent it was "thank you" to the personnel. Now, it is asked before the service starts and whoever provides the service knows if you tipped and how much you tipped to them. If you don't you get much shittier service. Happened multiple times to me when I forgot to select tip in delivery: most times the order suddenly took at least twice the time it takes with a tip, and when arrived the delivery person claimed they could not contact me and I had to resolve it through support; by pure coincidence it never happened when I tipped max default tip.

I only tip in cash, and write cash on the tip line of the receipt. I feel like it’s way more likely the server gets the $$, and they can decide what to claim if I only write “cash”. If someone flips a screen at me or I get a tip prompt when I’m carrying out food or just purchasing something in person ( without being served ) that’s a big nope. I get the feeling of guilt that can come with it, but things are getting out of hand and you have to draw the line somewhere.

Recently saw this same thing in germany for the first time EVER. I went out and bought some donuts at a rather fancy shop. The clerk took the donuts, put them in a box, turned the damn screen around and i needed to choose an amount to tip or not to tip before i could pay. This is crazy.

I don’t care if people think I’m a miser. NEVER TIP. We have to get rid of these stupid subsidies for exploitative employers. Literally among the only countries that does this.

in Poland we sometimes tip at restaurants and only in cash since it goes directly to waitress that took your order and not a restaurant.

There should be a Tik Tok challenge called “no tip” and make it catch on.

I never tip unless I sit down and eat in. If I order to go I don’t tip since there’s no extra service being given to me than what I already paid for.

I *always* tell people I deliver to : "If you don't want to tip, just hit the skip button". I never expect a tip. Yeah, a tip is nice. But that's why I do deliveries as a side job.

i only tip like 1-5% of all my orders, because i refuse to tip by default just because they get paid shit, if people stop tipping at a whole, the employees will just look for other jobs because it wont pay enough anymore, forcing them to pay higher, which solves the problem, but everyone too bussy with guilt feelings, the owners should just pay more, plain simple

Yeah, this thing has hit Canada as well. A coffee shop I go to has one of those tablets that asks for tips all the time, even though the baristas all make minimum wage. I usually drop something in the actual tip jar instead. The baristas all try to hit the skip button before the customer can pay, so I suspect the owners just keep the tips from that terminal. I got to the part of video about how self checkouts have tip options now. That is beyond absurd; im expected to do the job of a cashier now, and I'm pressured to pay for it? Wtf? I haven't see that in Canada yet, but I wouldn't be shocked to see it in the future.

I notice they no longer have no tip, instead 10% is the lowest and you have to go to a 2 step option of Custom Tip and set it to 0. 😤

I'm so close to going full Steve Buscemi in Reservoir Dogs.

Luckily living in Europe I "need" to only tip at places I frequent or places that go above and beyond, because 0% tip is taken here as "the service was acceptable"

Luckily I've never ever seen that in France so far Sounds wicked asf

The self checkouts around me evolved past tips to asking to round out your bill and give that amount as a donation to some cause or another.

Every time I watch videos on tipping in USA, I literally don't get it. Some weirdos support tipping culture saying that employees work under the minimum wage. But should customers take care of it? They have no obligations..? It is the business owner's fault. The owner is supposed to take care of it. I literally don't get why some people can't understand this simple logic.

My local supermarket has tipping for self check out now. Im already taxed on every food item I buy bro.

I haven't tipped in a year. Due to the heavy push for it. I really believe service jobs should increase wages in general. Tips should be voluntary, not forced.

Just remember, until your server accrues minimum wage, your tips are paying the owner directly. Not even the chefs, straight to the top.

why should I tip the waiter, all he did was carry the plate. tip the chef instead.

20 years ago it was normal to tip in restaurants, 20 years later, it’s normal to tip a nerd playing a video game on the internet..

Cash is generally more secure than cards because most criminals nowadays tend to steal money digitally rather than physical cash.

I never get delivery like grub hub and shit. I have made a pact with myself that if I want take out I have to go get it. This way I spend less overall because if I'm feeling lazy I don't get the delivery, and I never have to tip because I'm picking it up myself.

A lot of the times too the tip is just added on as a service charge of some percentile, usually 18% where im at, and they might put a sign up in in a dark corner that says "service charge included", but they're praying you don't see the sign, read the bill and see the service charge, because they're going to ask you for another tip.

"imagine tipping for the approval of strangers" "yeah i tip because strangers know i have money and it's not a big deal to me"

There are fast food places I personally blacklisted from ever going back to due to their tipping system. At Blimpes, the guy at the drive thru window would ask me if I wanted to tip while they are still making my food. It absolutely made me think that if I said no; they are going to do something to my food. I avoided ever going back there, and I've started to eat more at home now.

I hated flipping the screen when i worked at a restaurant, just have a seperate screen so i dont have to do a passive aggressive monitor flip

No tipping in Europe, advanced countries. Instead, franchises and owners have to actually pay workers a living wage. And the food prices are no higher than the US. So basically Americans are just paying wages to wait staff that the companies should be paying in the first place.

Don't forget that thoses are the companies that sells you a glass of coca cola for twice the price of the bottle, trying to pay their employee for lesser than a glass of coca cola

11:28 what a flex! Be it that he earns a lot or spends very little, it's impressive

At one of my favorite nearby places to eat they have a tip screen at the end of the purchase, but its legit just telling someone your order and walking up to the counter to get it when its done. Nobody ever comes to your table. Tip for what? Pushing a button on a screen? I'll push the buttons myself.

I NEVER tip when I pick food up. If I'm eating at a restaurant I only tip 10 dollars regardless of the price. I also don't go to expensive restaurants, I don't use rideshare stuff and even if I did wouldn't tip drivers. Do you tip taxes? No you payt for what they ask

Tips are stupid and I miss Japan because theres no tipping there. The servers in America don't do enough to begin with (unlike Japan where they treat you REALLY good, most of the time)...just taking my order isn't worth 20% of my meal cost. I'm the most low maintenance customer alive. The server only ever has to take my order and deliver my food. which i would be happy to waddle up and get myself if i can avoid paying the tip lol.

A tip is for the service you received. If you weren't happy with the service it's your right not to tip. If you were happy with the service the tip is at your discretion but not required. No tip is ever supposed to be required however good service should be given a tip depending on the service.

Your thoughts about using cash vs card our spot on; this was sighted in numerous psychological studies.

i know people who think not giving tips is rude and it's almost mandatory to give 10% lmao

I agree. A lot of people complain about tipping culture and they get upset because they walked into a pizza place for pizza carryout and was asked to tip, but I don't understand that. Literally just hit 0. From the beginning I assumed the reason you get asked to tip for everything is because it is baked into the software every business uses, not because they genuinely expect a tip from carryout. Just hit 0. Tip when it's reasonable.

This has got to be the main reason im hesitant to travel around the states i just know ill get into arguments about tips. Really puts me off

when I worked as a barista, half the time a slow day or small tips day just meant the store paid less, so most of the time i didn't care or even felt bad for people trying be nice by just paying to the owner essentially, only high tip days would it really pan out, most times i don't tip, unless its an exceptional service or i am more confident the person will get the money but dam is it annoying going get food with my friend some times, their the kind of person who feels obligated to tip big even if the service was rude and neglectful

Tipping is such an annoying topic because of how simple it is. If you got bad service, don't tip. If you got good service but would rather keep your money than subsidize labor for small, medium and big businesses... don't tip. You'd be surprised how much happier you become when you just stop doing things you hate doing that you don't have to do.

You know what's crazy. In Canada the companies have to pay minium wage and then there's a lot of companies that still ask for tips

Im actually really pumped to watch Asmongolds 5th video on tipping in America. Wonder if his point of view has changed from the first 4 videos.

Many MANY places are no longer accepting cash. Even a grocery store near me is card only now.

Tipping for ordering online lol wtf

ive heard waiters and such say they get more from tips then a flat wage from the owner.

Anecdotal experience, but I have never met someone personally who works on tipped wages that don't make significant bank. I've lived in tiny counties of 12k people and bigger cities and have never had a friend that doesn't walk away with, on average, $90 a night on a slow day. Almost all cash, that none of them claim, so it's not taxed. Every time I've talked to them about getting rid of tipping altogether and being paid a flat wage, I've been met with push back from my friends because they say they would be making less on a significantly higher flat wage. I understand that there are exceptions to this, just my experience. Tipping culture needs to be abolished, and everyone needs to be making a decent wage based on the need of the job, work ethic, and skill set it requires.

I could be wrong, but in large part id imagine its almost 0 sum benefit. Im sure owners do benefit (especially at chain resteraunts); however, most owners would probably just up the price of food to match wage increases. I think tips have essentially been turned into just another part of the hidden cost of food. Much like the sales tax not being required to have its total added to the sum, its another cost they know you "have" to pay, but wont register how much youre actually spending until its too late and the check is in front of you.

Just outlaw tipping. Employers can't be trusted to not abuse it.

As a pizza guy who lives off tips, I think it has gotten ridiculous pushing for tipping where it doesnt belong.

The other reason for digital being higher is the default or showed options in apps

About the only people I tip are my barber, especially when I get a shave, or a sit down joint where the service was above expectations. If I'm low on cash I don't tip at all and NEVER at a fast food joint or grocery store.