Tipping Culture Has Gotten INSANE. Wedding Dresses & SELF SERVE! 

I was verbally asked for a tip after paying five dollars for a water bottle at the amusement park and scan it myself. I told her to look both ways before you cross the street. That’s the best tip I had.

This is why there's a lot of pushback now. Every business now is asking for tips for no tip-worthy service.

Once tipped a waitress, even though the service was not great. She looked at the money and looked me straight in the eye and said it was not 10% (it was like 7 or 8%) ...AND THE SERVICE WAS NOT EVEN GREAT, I WAS JUST BEING POLITE! I took the money back from her like I was going to hand her another bill and put it back in my pocket and just acted like she was not even there. She stood there for a while, looking at me like I was the scum of the earth, then walked away. I felt damn good.

Its not just tip culture, its also the places that ask if you want to donate money for charity. Don't do it, the company already paid the amount to the charity and want YOU to pay it back while they get the tax deduction for charitable donations.

I'll say it again. Tipping culture can get this tip. Pay your workers fair wages.

I'm a 36 year old delivery driver. My boss is 22. We had a catering order literally today close to $300. Paid online with no tip. My 22 year old boss told me to call them and ask them if they're tipping or not. I told him no, just make it and I'll deliver it no big deal. Sometimes, people don't tip. After some back and forth, I convinced him to make it. I delivered it to a solar panel salesmen meeting. I got a $60 tip and a job interview with the solar panel company.

What is worst about the tipping culture is a majority of the time, tips are asked for PRIOR to the service being provided. If tips are based on your quality of service, why would I be asked to tip before you even did your job?

I was at a cider bar and my general rule of thumb is tip $1 per drink since all the barkeep has to do is pull on the tab for the draft cider into a glass. Anyone can do it and you dont have to be an experienced mixologist to do this. Each drink was $7 or $8 which is pretty standard. I closed my tab and the tip options STARTED at 22%, then 25%, then 30%!! I paid for 5 drinks total for me and my 2 friends and left a custom $5 tip instead of nearly $13 for the LOWEST suggested amount. Its straight up guilt tripping, bullying, and robbery to start a suggested tip at 22%. I also never tip for take out. The more all of us refuse to tip when its unwarranted the faster we can get rid of this absurd tipping culture

I worked as a sales consultant at a bridal store for many years. We made commission on the sales we made on top of our hourly wage. Whenever anyone tried to tip me, I would refuse it and say that it was my pleasure to help them on their special day. This generally made customers feel like we werent just being money hungry and created more referrals.

The most ridiculous I've encountered lately was when I got my car fixed. The invoice had the option to tip and I'm like "you're charging $120 an hour! Pay your mechanics tips out of that you greedy MFers!"

I've been asked to tip for online purchases recently. For items being shipped, not like restaurant orders. I was blown away.

I work in a hotel in Australia as a porter/concierge. I do a lot of different requests like restaurant reservations, hailing taxis, booking tours, making suggestions for places of interest and taking luggage to rooms. I never do these things expecting a tip (its Australia) but I'm always putting in effort for the guests as best I can. If a tip comes I say "much appreciated" with a smile and continue the same level of service for the next 10 or so people that wont give me a tip. Expecting a tip or making a customer feel bad for not giving a tip just promotes a lazy work ethic. Sure the hourly wages here in Australia are relatively good and tips don't matter so much, but that's just it. Pay employees fairly and if the price goes up. Make it clear that its because it accounts for tips to be not necessary, because people are paid fairly. My belief is that tipping should be a reward for good service. Not mandatory or a high expectation.

I have ZERO problem with pushing the 'no tip' button in front of someone.... I've been in the drive thru for a coffee, given the person $3 for a $2.60 coffee... and then had to insist they give me my change when they take my money and thank me for my business, expecting me to just drive away. Nope. GTFO....

I use the same rule with people as I do with spiders: they're more scared of you, than you are of them. If someone corners you in an uncomfortable situation, commit to make them uncomfortable, too. They flip a tip screen over and stare at you? Hit zero, and stare back. What are they gonna do? Say something? You're going to be uncomfortable one way or the other lol, might as well keep your cash.

We got the worst service you could imagine at a restaurant in Toronto that was pretty popular at the time. The waiter didn’t like the tip we left and literally ran three blocks to berate us about it and try to get us to give him a better tip. We told him just how bad his service was and how crazy it was to chase people down for money you aren’t owed.

A couple months ago I went to a walmart and did self checkout and it asked for a tip and I deadass just cancelled my transaction cause I was mad at the audacity. Likewise with going out for food, where I live its illegal for food industry workers to not be paid minimum wage, tips are extra (whether they split tips or you pocket whatever you get it on a case by case basis). So in that sense you get paid what you're supposed to to do your job. I come from a culture that doesn't tip and almost gets offended by it to a degree, if I go out for dinner and you do your job: I haven't made any special requests, you came by ONCE to ask how it is, no water refill, Im not with a large group and its not during peak rush hours then no, Im not tipping you for doing exactly what your job entails just because you're nice. When I worked retail I didn't get tipped for going above and beyond for nasty, troublesome customers during buys times of day/year. Fuck outta here lmfao. Pay your workers better, don't pressure your customers to give you a living wage, we all out here struggling.

One time, (cov-19) after ppl started venturing out,I went to a small mom and pop restaurant to show support by ordering food. My food was to go.The cashier who was the owner's wife, said really loud" what, no tip, your not going to tip me and support us". I was caught off guard. I barely had money to buy the food. I stepped to the side as she glared at me. She later handed me my food. Glared at me. I said niclely "thank you. I wont be back. " the owner did try to apologize. After that, my family, my friends and I never went back. Tipping cultural is wild.

Something I have noticed my friends and family still don't know. When paying a tip on the machine, NEVER pay the percentage. We are paying a tip on taxes seriously don't pay by percent! Pay with cash or pay by amount. Use the subtotal not the final bill. I hope everyone sees this!

As a European, I often tip my barber. He does a great job, is always available, sometimes we talk a lot, sometimes we don't. When the bill is 32 euro, I will tell him to raise it to 40. He's thankful, I'm happy, he's happy. And If I was to visit the US again, I'd only tip the waiter at a restaurant. There is no way I'm going to tip fast food places, supermarkets, clothing stores, nothing. Heck, I once tipped a clothing store, because that person stayed with me for an hour to help with clothes, sizes, and styles. Yes, it's her job, but to have such a person with you for an hour is pretty awesome. Positive reinforcement. Not this mandatory tipping - that's crazy. No store is entitled to your money.

I went to a "restaurant" in Boston that asked for a tip but not only do they not bring your food to you, but you also pick and bus your own table. So they literally sit behind the counter like a fast food place. I even placed the order into their system... after punching it into their kitchen system, they flipped the tablet around for a tip. I gave an odd look that probably screamed "what for?" and hit the no tip and paid. When they saw that I was the only customer to not tip, they called me back to the counter and said they didn't charge me right even though my app clearly showed it was charged for the correct amount... they made me repay because they "couldn't find my prior transaction" even though I could still see the order on the kitchen system. They double charged me out of spite!! (Of course I immediately disputed that BS via my CC and got the double charge removed) That's petty and misplaced... they were upset at the customer when they should be upset at the owners. WTF are they so entitled to think they deserve tips from customers for literally nothing?

Instead of going after the true culprit, We really let corporations pit the customer and employee against each when it comes to tipping culture. They can’t keep getting away with this!

But that's how it wasssss back in the day!!!!! And sometimes I feel I'm the ONLY person who remembers ... you'd never tip for takeout/take away. NYC here, we wouldn't tip. You'd only tip if you were being SERVED, SITTING DOWN at a place. That's how it was!!!!! And all of a sudden .... ummmm it changed, gentrification maybe? Yes, there were tip cups and jars but it was optional and NOT expected .... sometimes I feel like I went to sleep and woke up to some crazy reality that I no longer recognize. And now here the prices for food are up, they jacked up the prices esp after the pandemic, and they give you less food (for takeout) and expect a tip! I know of ppl personally who've stopped eating out or even getting takeout bc it's gotten ridiculous, plus who knows how hygienic it is anyways, and they are preparing their own food now more than ever. I'm about to start doing that myself ... it's gotten beyond hopeless and ridiculous ... btw how Abba thinks, that's the mentality we had here in NYC until it went to shit with all these hipsters.

I‘m from Germany and was appalled when I found a 20 % service charge in a restaurant in Chicago years ago. Almost doubled it, because I didn’t see it at first. When I asked, they told me, for groups over five they add this mandatory fee because sometimes they forget to tip 🤨 At least tell me you already put the tip on the check…

As an European, watching America's tip culture has always seemed so crazy to me lol. I think the only time i tipped was when i was at the vacation in foreign country or something. These businesses don't understand what if you squeeze the goose too hard, he will no longer lay those golden eggs. Old wisdom but people always forget.

I’ve been held hostage in an Asian restaurant once because I didn’t tip and the lady with the thickest accent I’ve heard said “this is America” to me and I wish their service was good. They repeatedly ignored me and my friend and told us to wait and just forgot about us until we had to get up and help ourselves and when it came time to pay they rushed to come give us the bill just to make that tip. Absolutely horrible people.

I went to a restaurant with my girlfriend, I got the order wrong and went to change it 30 seconds later, they said I couldn't. Then, they bring me the wrong order anyway. Say I can eat it if I want to 'cause it's gonna go to waste otherwise but I said I am not going to pay for it. Waitress said I won't have to, I made sure again she confirmed but took away the dish anyway. Then, she brought our food lukewarm. We got charged extra on the bill so she had to change it and then she has the audacity to ask for the tip. I said no. She asked why. Because I didn't enjoy my time here. She said, "I think you did ;)". Keep in mind she was one of those inject anything anywhere type of gal with inked up sleeves, trying to be cute with me or something? Madness, and that wasn't even in the US

In Canada, Pizza delivery guys be walking to your door with the tip already filled out ready to swipe. for real, had one dude trick me into tipping 50$ on a 25$ pizza. I had to call Dominos and they said they couldnt do anything because there wasnt anything wrong on their end. I called HQ Im like, i was high, i ordered a pizza and swiped it. I tipped the guy like 8$ in quarters and he debit tipped himself a 50. that aint right. god im still mad about it.

The crazy thing about tipping for wedding dress is that the bridal stores usually do a 200-500% mark up on the dresses. I once saw bridal place owner charge $4k for a dress that cost her $650

When I was in my early 20s and not used to travelling places, one dude at the Airport told me it was "mandatory" to tip him because he was getting me through the line up faster and taking my bags in. He demanded a 5 dollar tip and threatened to cancel my flight ticket and not give me back my luggage if I didn't. I was terrified for what would have happened if I didn't, so I had to scrap together 5 dollars from my personal carryon in order to tip him. When I asked other people who were more experienced at travelling if that was always the case, they all told me no and that guy literally bullied me into giving him money. Additionally, I'm not buying from Subway ever again because they recently made a statement that they are now adding an additional 10% gratuity charge on all orders - in store and online - in order to pay their worker's benefits. Absolutely not. Pay your workers a fair wage!

As someone who spends alot of time in LA but lives in the UK I have had my worst customer service experiences over in LA.... Making your servers rely on tips probably is the reason why the service is not always good and sometimes atrocious. Imagine always worrying about your paycheck, never knowing if from if you'll have $100 or $300 to live off of but still having to try act happy all damn day... The moment something goes wrong, or someone doesn't tip, anything negative happens that causes you to receive a lower tip is directly effecting your quality of life! Of course that will cause servers to be worse if they have had a bad day or week, they are stressed tf out thinking about their pay DAILY. Also, over in the states, customers aint exactly known for being nice... so now not only is this server stressed because they will have less money this week but they also have to deal with rude people all day long for no personal/financial gain. Paying workers so little that tips become a necessity is insane! Over in Europe, it doesn't matter, you have a basic guaranteed salary that you know you can live off of. Rude customer, doesn't matter I'm still paid enough. No tip all day long, doesn't matter I'm still paid enough. Someone skips on their bill, doesn't matter I am still payed enough. You create happier workers because they KNOW they will be paid enough no matter what happens in the day to day business., any tip they do receive is a bonus instead of a necessity

When i was a waitress not long ago, all my income was tips. I was dependent on people to ensure i paid for my bills that month. It really hurt when you had a customer run you around everywhere and leave nothing. I even had one customer leave.. a penny. Even then, while i was annoyed, i still did my job. Why do i have to depend on random people to pay me instead of my job to give me a fixed income? Especially when that job started TAKING a percentage of our tips. Basically, i left and went to a job that actually pays me. A tip should be a nice thank you from a customer. Not expected or being the only income a worker has.

I tipped a tailor once. For a custom tailored suit. He was a 55 yr old gentleman who was amazing at his job. His personality was passionate and had a hilarious sense of humor about it all. He had tips and tricks on how to wear a suit. What kind of suits for what kind of occasions. He was a wealth of knowledge and very good at making it more of an enjoyable show, then just a fitting for a suit. I enjoyed tipping him, he deserved it. But aside from that, I wouldn't tip for clothes either.

I think people lost the meaning between a beg/donation and tip: Tip: you give money to someone WITHOUT their knowledge as a thank you for their service. Begging/Donation: They tell you a reason why it's in your best interest to give them money, whether it's for financial support or cause. Asking for a tip is like asking people to buy you a specific thing on your Birthday, the value of surprise is lost and it's turned into an Order.

I visited Scotland-Edinburgh a few weeks ago and the tip was automatically included on the receipt in all 4-5 restaurants I have visited. This didn't bothered me because I already wanted to tip but I noticed it. I then went to Glasgow in order take my flight back home, we ate at a good restaurant and the tip was not included in the receipt. I asked the server if she can add it and she was soooo thankful, like they weren't expecting this there. Same country, different cities, different experiences.

Every time I bring up the fact businesses should pay their staff a livable wage, I get hit with the "then us serving staff won't be able to get tips anymore and we make more from tips than other people with wages!" Like OK, so are you desperate for tips because you need to pay tuition and rent or are you making bank, which one is it?

I’m happy this conversation is being had. I’m a Jamaican living in Japan. Tipping isn’t a thing here, and staff will always politely refuse your tip if you attempt to give them. It’s not pretentious. They genuinely do not want it. Even the service industry. Yet they are so polite and respectful when serving you. The best service you’ll ever receive in the world. My family lives in the US. I visit them once and twice a year, and EVERY TIME, I’m disgusted. Not only is the service generally piss poor, but they want to be tipped for everything. Even for sloppy, rude service. And they are so entitled, they want you to tip 20% of what your bill amounts to when you eat out. Like what! Why should I have to give you more money if my bill is higher? Why not a flat rate? I felt robbed and extorted every time I visited, and though I love my family, I’m literally always so relieved when my flight departs to Japan. It does make me appreciate my life in Japan more. I could never lead the peaceful, stress free life I live in Japan if I also had to factor in tipping. Don’t get me wrong: I am not against tipping. I just hate the entitlement and bullying that comes with it. It should be the customer’s choice if they want to tip. And if a business cannot afford to pay its workers a livable salary, then it should not be in business. Everybody wants to flex that they are entrepreneurs but don’t want to pay the cost to be the boss. Terrible mindset, all around.

I only tip at resturants where waiters are serving me food unless gratitudity is already added. Every once in a while, I'll do a 10% for the chains that have to put my food together the way I want it. But I've seen other chains ask for tip when they're just pressing buttons, like wtf did you do ?!?!

My mother used to work in a wedding dress store, a lot of the time the bride and maid will come in and try on different wedding dresses and bride's maid dresses, which meant a lot of work but it was all part of the service and she got paid to do that job, she never expected anyone to tip her, since in the UK we pay people an actual wage that doesn't have to rely on tips. (Also tap water is free in the UK at a restaurant or establishment, also had the same experience in Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands.)

As a server, I was paid $2.83 an hour in PA about 8 years ago. When I got tips, I had to dish out portions of my tips to the bartender, the food runner, the busser, AND got taxed on my tip earnings after an 8 hour dinner shift. What really gets me are the 'paychecks' you get with $0 on them. As someone who lived off of it, tipping culture is BS

I saw this story about a uber eats driver delivering Chipotle and saw he wasn't tipped on the app. So he ate the person's food and delivered the empty bag with a note that said next time give a tip and your food might not get eaten! Its wild to me people become so entitled to getting a tip that they could possibly be oblivious to the fact someone possibly could tip them, after they do their job and show they earned not deserves a tip. That person who ate the person's Chipotle was braindead cause clearly they didn't consider, what if the customer was giving you a cash tip? I used to deliver and all that technology electronical stuff is inconvenient to me because with some not all but some services you have to WAIT to get paid and or tipped another day. So i rather get a cash tip cause you personally get it then and there. People just impatient spoiled and entitled and think there the only ones feeling this bad economy. 😒

The issue is literally that people now feel entitled to a tip!! I don't live in a big city, but it's not small either... Windsor, Ontario. I've never ever heard of ppl complaining over tipping... like via food delivery services. In the states I see it happening all the time, we all see it, it gets posted. But not so much here ... I think it's unfair in the US when it comes to waiting/serving jobs... their minimum wage is so uttrg disgusting that they heavily rely on the tips. Europe is great though, i mean you really do get top notch service & tipping is completely optional. I'd be so shocked if someone confronted a customer over tipping. Anyone from canada, are yall seeing tipping issues in your cities??

I went to a new coffee shop that uses robot arms to make and serve your coffee. No human interaction, and no lie, After I paid it asked me if wanted to tip the Robot.

Something else that pisses me off about tipping is that a lot of restaurants require all employees to split the tips equally. Tips are supposed to be for when someone goes above and beyond the service level required, but now excellent servers have to give a portion of their tips to the employees that do the bare minimum.

Many places in the states use tips legally as part of server's wages and pay them less than minimum wage hourly. This is messed up and researching how tipping became a thing here in the states is mind blowing. Servers should be getting a wage not hoping tips will give them enough money to make the work worth it. There are several videos on this platform that explain how tips came to be here and how it is different in Europe etc.

The weirdest place I consistently get asked for a tip is at headshops now. Granted it’s not the cashier asking it’s the stupid lil iPad they have. But at two separate heads out here in Colorado. That’s a first for me and I’ve been all over the southern half of the states. I’ve always been against tipping even when I worked in the food industry for 5-7yrs so seeing it when I go to get smokes? Blows my mind

“Beating my shyt” 😂😂😂 bro you gotta enunciate. I heard that too.

I LOVE to tip people for good service . I’m a very generous person I’m not stingy at all, but I have realized that some businesses tell their workers to always ask for a tip. There is a donut shop i go to sometimes. The cashier always asks for a tip. Last week I asked her “ when I tip does the tip go to your check” she told me NO she doesn’t get any of it . I told her that from now on if I leave her a tip I will just hand her cash. These store owners are just taking advantage of people who are generous and people who don’t like to say no.

I just paid $1000 for my home landscaping deposit online. It asked me for a tip on a contracted LANDSCAPING job. wtf are the labor fees that are counted into my total cost for then?

As someone who recently went wedding dress shopping and was not asked to tip, I will say, wedding dress shopping is different from just normal clothes shopping. The staff go through with you, see what things you generally like, pick more dresses for you based on that, go get the styles you pick out in the closest size they have to your size, help you get into it if you want, pin it if it's too big, add a panel in the back if it's too small, help to pick accessories and shoes that go with it (even if you're not planning on buying them there, just so you can see how the dress looks with heels or a veil or whatever else), then once you pick your dress they take your measurements so they can order the best size that will need the least alterations. I still dont think they deserve a tip, but they deserve it more than a lot of people who are asking for tips

I’ve never been a fan of mandatory tips, or even asking for tips, and I’ve worked in the restaurant industry for years. I’ve worked at a casino, a bar, a restaurant, and each time I’ve never asked for a tip from nobody, and what blows my mind is I was getting paid $12 an hour starting out back in 2013 to work third shift at a restaurant where I would seat, serve and cook for the customer, just me all night, and I did it all, and not once did I ask a customer for a tip. You know why? *CAUSE THAT WAS MY FUCKING JOB!* this notion that people have to pay you extra for *DOING YOUR JOB* is fucking bonkers to me. I remember when I worked at the casino, I worked in what was called the diamond lounge and it was for diamond members all the way up to 7 stars which is the highest you could get. 7 star members spend millions of dollars, you have to spend a minimum of 250K to be a 7 star. So I worked in the diamond lounge as a bar porter, bar tender, bus boy, waiter/server, and as the host, I was trained to do it all so I could cover any persons spot if they were out sick or we got busy. Since my job title was bad porter, I wasn’t allowed to accept tips, the servers went on strike because they said bar porters were making more tips than them and taking their money, so one day I was working and we were slammed, so I kicked it into overdrive and was busting my ass, and a 7 star came up to me and told me I was doing a good job, I thanked him and went on about my day. Well a couple minutes later he comes back up to me and offers me a tip, I tell him I can’t accept that because of the new rules, and then told him I’m just doing my job, you don’t need to tip me. Well he took the 20 and walked away, came back with a hundred dollar bill and shoved it into my pocket. He looked me dead in my eyes and said: “There, now you can’t get in trouble because you never accepted it, also, we need more people like you. People who will work hard at their jobs and not gripe and complain because they aren’t getting extra.” Anyways, fuck tipping.

Self check-out tipping is wild, who am I tipping, the computer. I literally did all the service myself, like damn, it ain't even that deep. Don't even get me started with tipping for tap water. Also when did we start tipping for clothes?

I have a big issue with businesses asking for tips that should not be. For those deli places, like subway, asking for tips I always skip.

I hate the option on menus to "buy the back of the house a beer" for like $5 thinking it's a quirky nice thing. My fiancé is a chef and has worked in multiple types of restaurants from fine dining to pubs and bars, and if a manager is worth a damn, the back of the house always gets a free drink or a meal to take home for the night, ESPECIALLY during holidays when they're busting ass in 100+ degree kitchens for 10 hours. It's not that difficult to be compassionate to your own and foot the pocket change worth of beer to keep morale/ethic high.

Much worse is in Brazil where it’s written in the restaurants menu: “10% tip is already added, you can refuse to pay the tip if you didn’t like the service” but there is no waiter, it’s just tablets and there is no service to judge, so they are already gaslighting you into tipping for guilt

There are workplaces in the UK where you're not even allowed to accept a tip... I worked at McDonald's in my early twenties. I ran the dining area i.e. cleaning tables removing and cleaning trays, filling up condoments, inflating ballons, getting crayons and colouring pages for kids, takinh out drive-thru orders to customers, cleaning bathrooms, trash-run in the car park, cleaning windows, settling conflicts, greeting customers and plenty more.... and I'd do this entirely on my own. One day at peak time on a Saturday, a woman comes up to me and says she's lost her wedding/engagement ring and isn't sure if she might have accidentally binned it due to taking it off while eating (can't remember why) I go out to the trash compacter and pull out all the bin bags that had been compressed for the past hour (I had rough idea of how many that was as I was the one who would empty the store bins and compact them) Again this was peak time on a Saturday so there were like 20 full ass bin bags filled with disposed of food and drinks... messy. I told the woman to take a seat and I'm gonna go have a look for her. Honestly, my manager said I didn't even have to look, just say I did and couldn't find it. But I did. I searched thoroughly through like 6-8 of them and went back to update her that I had not yet found it. That's when I noticed the restaurant was absolutely heaving, it was the first week of Avengers: Age of Ultron coming out plus a Saturday, so that means matchday. Our branch was about a half mile from our town's only Cinema and Football stadium. Just that half an hour I had spent looking for the ring had allowed the dining area to look like a shit-tip and if I took any longer looking I wouldn't be able to catch up with my work load for probably 3 or so hours, assuming the custom would slow down. And we had secret inspections (apparently) twice a day to check the restaurant was keeping to standards. So of course, I couldn't afford to look anymore. I told the woman "I'm really sorry but I haven't been able to find it yet, but I've set aside all the bin bags that it could possibly be in. If you can give me your number, I will carry on searching through them later when business has died down a bit and give you a call when I'm done to update you" So that's what I did. Eventually I actually found it. I honestly couldn't believe it, I really thought my efforts would be in vain but I wanted to at least try. I called her to tell her. She was of course estatic and came in to collect probably within the hour. She found me as I was cleaning table or something and then I went to get it from where I had it in safe keeping so no dodgy colleagues could try any funny stuff. She histerically thanks me over and over. The relief on her face was priceless. She gets her purse out and tries to hand me £60 (this was 10 years ago) I say "No, no, that's alright. I'm just glad you have it back" She says something along the lines of "Please! I'm so grateful I need to thank you properly" I say "I can't. We have a no tips policy here and I really am just glad I found it for you" She says "You just saved me £20,000+. I have to give you something. She then spots a camera in the corner and urges me to go over to a blind spot. And I have to repeatedly insist that I can't and don't want any money. The point is; I was doing my job. I saw a person in need and I wanted to help, because I had pride in my work ethic and humanitarianism (hopefully I didn't just make that work up 😂) I was never expecting anything in return, I just wanted to help. I feel like with the tipping culture in America, that is service you would never ever see without the employee/employer expecting a huuuuuuge ass tip or finders fee. In fact, most would probably just steal the ring if they did find it. Though the same would probably be true here for that one to be honest :/ I understand the need for tips over there when employers aren't paying their staff properly. But, I feel it likely instills conditional work ethic, entitlement and resent. And lol... the audacity to have customers paying for your employees health benefits... that's insane. And yeah when I hear about tipping culture in US I hear the ol' "well if you can't afford to tip, don't go out to eat" Yeah, well, don't open a business if you can't afford to pay your employees. Absolutely retarded system in my opinion. Sorry about rant haha. Love you guys and how you're able to turn shitty topics into hilarious videos and bounce off of each other the way you do. It's incredibly inspiring!

Fortunately I live in Europe and don't even remember the last time that I was asked for a tip. And I do tip when I feel like it's deserved. One month ago in a restaurant we were served like 6 different 10ml liquor samples made locally. Splendid food, amazing staff and atmosphere so I tipped and even bought 2 of the sampled beverages. That should be the norm. Make me feel it's worth tipping and not shame me into doing so.

In the early 80s I worked at a clothing store in a mall. A customer came in and he had just gotten out of the army and wanted some cool fasionable clothes. I spent some time with him getting him set up from shirt to shoes. He looked great. He tried to tip me and me in my naivety turned it down. I was getting a commission.

I tip when a tip is earned ... and generally with great service I don't add the tip to the bill , I slip it directly to the server.... and yes there was a this one server I noticed how she would semi guilt trip you into giving a tip... example ordered drinks total $16.00..... she brings the drinks and I give her a $20 and the same thing I heard her asking other people she tried on me saying " How much of the change do you want back ?" I politely and calmly stated " Young lady, you should ALWAYS give a person back their FULL change and THEN you allow them the opportunity to give you what they want"... "Then please give me my change and check on us later and by then I'll figure out just how much of MY change I should give to you"......Needless to say it was all heard by someone she did that too and said to me.. DAMNN why didnt I think of that.....

Tipflation - Instead of tipping waiters and valets 15%, you’re tipping self check out machines and you are guilted into tipping more than 20%.

What's even wilder is I've come across businesses who automatically have it set to a 10%+ tip and don't even ask you, you have to ask THEM to see the screen and check your receipt.

I used to work at a restaurant in Sweden where the senior chef would divide the tips between everyone else working in the restaurant, based on hours worked, and everyone was happy with that arrangement. We were paid decently well and would never ask for tips, but it did contribute to a good working environment because we knew that by being efficient and working together regardless of job description, the happier the customers would be which then resulted in a bigger bonus at the end of the semester.

There's just a setting on most digital service platforms that allows you to ask for a tip. Employers just enable it because why not ask for more money if you can. Most people might do it because peer pressure. We should only tip service... not goods.

I was a delivery driver for 2 years. I got $5.50 on deliveries and $7.50 in the store. My checks after 2 weeks would be $300 max and the tips in the same time frame would be $1000 roughly. Tips help keep me alive. I hated relying on tips to pay bills. Just pay people right.

Greed is what is really out of control in the US the ridiculous tipping culture is just a side effect

I agree with what you said about tipping. I eat at your restaurant I’ll tip but I had been ordering to go at my local Applebee’s because I got a $100 gift card and they kept after I chose no tip through the app would have me sign my receipt where it has a line for me to put a tip. So I wrote 0 on that line every time with the woman looking right at me and walked away and wished them a wonderful night. I’m not tipping I came in grabbed my food and ate it at home. You weren’t there to make sure everything was good

I’ve always considered myself a good tipper. I usually order take out but always tipped 4-5 bucks cause I worked in kitchens for years and hated doing take out orders. I also considered that I won’t be buying drinks etc. this current culture makes me want to stop all together her though.

I just experienced the same thing as preach the other day. Was at the airport and bought a $2 water bottle, and i got asked for a tip at the self serve kiosk. They've GOT to be banking on people's inability to question the status quo

Declined my first solicited tip this weekend. We took in a show and stood in line for merch afterwards, the order was almost $100, transaction took maybe 30 seconds because we knew what we wanted prior to getting to the front. He turned the kiosk to me and asked for a tip, options were 10%, 15%, 20%, custom. I stood there stunned for a second, knowing I was going to decline but shocked at his audacity. Trying to find a way to carefully word it, then realizing, I'm not the one being offensive, so I just said, no tip thank you. Got my receipt and walked off. My rule is typically if I am sitting in some capacity, then I tip because I am getting some sort of service, if I am standing on my feet, I do not tip as I am usually doing more than half the work. There may be a day where I tip over something I am standing for, but this wasn't it.

"I love walking away, Craig David" i'm borrowing that.

That is coercion plain and simple. Not only people should not tip in these circunstances, they should never go back to those places.

Always agreed with 'tip your waitress/waiter' but where's the waitress/waiter in SELF service?

As an Australian Tipping is wild to me... I do it for late night ubers or if my delivery driver has to deal with some wild weather. But asking for a tip at a retail outlet or for YOUR EMPLOYEES benefits to be paid by me... get absolutely fucked.

I can cosign the airport story. Flew back from Vegas recently and the self-service checkouts in the open air market (no cashiers, just lots of security cameras) in the airport asked if I wanted to include a tip. We laughed about that all the way back home. Also, the self-serve froyo place I go to asks for tips. I did 100% of the work, so what am I tipping for exactly? For the empty containers of toppings? For the sloppy whipped cream canister? For the yogurt machine that spat yogurt all over my shirt while they giggled?

Tipping culture wasn't that big in Australia but I would tip decently if I was happy with the service. Seems like it's being a bit more forced these days. I barely tip at restaurants now because there's no service. I now have to order my food and drinks via a QR code. I deleted Uber Eats apps once they added tipping at the start of the order. I'm not tipping upfront without knowing if I'll get my order or at a decent timeframe.

I've now seen the suggested tipping categories on a pay screen start off at 25% and go up to as high as 40%, and this is in places like bubble tea shops, and other non-labor intensive establishments. It's truly out of hand, and has been for some time now...

It was always hard for me to say no to tipping while I was a server. Around 2016-2021. But as of late it’s gotten so bad that you’re truly making everyday life 15-22% more expensive, which is insane. I’ve grown numb to saying no. I don’t go to restaurants anymore since most are mediocre and it’s become significantly cheaper to eat at home.

What gets me is restraunts now add 18% - 20% automatically to your check. Then the servers ask for tip its getting ridiculous.

I just hit NO TIP... It's really simple

Completely agree with the message to stop tipping at these establishments. When I was a barista our tips from the screen went to the managers. To me this is an issue of corporations creating unnecessary tension between clients against employees for their own benefit. The barista or cashier or retail worker was not the one that put the tip screen there, and if customers let themselves get pressured into tipping at every establishment the corporations will likely lower the employees' wages. The companies will get to keep more of their profits, the employees will have less income security and customers will be paying more than they should be.

If Im tipping for clothes, im tipping the people who work in the sweatshops manufactoring it, not the people selling it.

People are so damn entitled to ask for a tip the way they do and it comes off as aggressive, if someone shows me their little pay station iPad thing and it asks for a tip and that person said something like "it asks for a tip but don't feel like you have to" I would probably gladly tip that person a small amount because whatever small amount you give to them THEY WEREN'T EXPECTING IT! and it's actual a good experience the way tipping is suppose to be

I worked the register at two fast food places where I was told that the tips customers give by card at the register (as opposed to cash if there is a jar) are tax deductible. As if the food prices aren't high enough they gotta reach their grubby fingers in our tips too. Some customers know this and have given me and other employees cash by hand to make sure we actually got it.

Haven't watched the full video yet and don't know whether they mention this. My pet peeve about tipping is, the tipping amount is based on the full price after taxes. I do not tip a government after paying them taxes. So I usually enter a tipping amount manually which takes taxes out of it.

I tipped a waiter in slovenia for his service a few years back and he actually felt insulted. And even now here in Australia places are asking for tips which has never been our thing! Pay your staff properly!

Agree. I used to relate to the employee, so I was a constant over tipper. Thats not my role, they do not work for me. I do not tip now unless something magic happened during my exsperiance.

It's definitely out of control. I recently visited a cookie store and was greet by a kiosk to order my cookie. I ordered my cookie and the tip screen popped up. I'm in shock, because I haven't even received the cookie, nor do I know if I like the cookie. I declined the tip.

They're only asking for tips because they've received them before, not that they ever should have. No service, no tip.

I have had a person try to keep my change and when I requested all my change back totaling over $25, they got indignant and started screaming “No tip?” I laughed in their face and said I was going to give you a tip until you decided to help yourself to my money. Now you get nothing.

Those systems automatically ask for tip. The business I manage used square and now uses clover. Both automatically prompt tip. I always instruct them to “tap skip at the bottom” before entering their card.

2:27 had the same thing happen at a hospital lunch line. Another time I ordered out picked it up and the owner of the diner asked if I wanted to leave a tip, once again who am I tipping. I will happily smile and nod then hit zero.

I live in Houston, Tx places that never before have asked or required a tip. Are now asking for tips when you pay. List of places I've stopped going to for such reasons SubWay, Starbucks, Chipotle, Free birds, MODs pizza. Almost every establishment is wanting you to tip, when service is trash to begin with. Had this girl pull a touch pad out asking her if I wanted to tip. I told her hell no you know I don't. Just wanted to add I remember when 2-3 dollars was a good tip. Now they're automatically having it set to 15% GTFOH!!!

I said this 20 years ago. Tipping back then was already ridiculous. Why did we tip only some very specific services? Of course now everyone wants a piece of it.

What gets me is tipping personally someone who is already providing the service: hairstylist who works for themselves, an artist youre already providing the commission money for, etc

Here in Ontario the minimum wage for food servers was brought up to be the same as the minimum wage for every other industry, so now there literally NO REASON to tip food servers as they get paid the same minimum as the rest of us, but yet they still ask and we still pay it. It's insanely stupid.

My boyfriend's brother went to pick up a pizza at a nearby pizza shop. He goes in, tells the guy at the counter he is there to pick up a pizza, guy makes small talk with him, then he hands him the pizza. After paying it, guy asks him if he wants to tip him...for literally just handing him the pizza, dude didn't even cook it himself. Of course my boyfriend's brother refused, and dude looked so annoyed lol. Next time he went again, same guy, he was wearing a football's team shirt, and dude tried to get on my boyfriend's brother's good side saying he likes them and whatnot, then dude expected a tip, to which he again said no. Whenever my boyfriend's brother comes in, he looks visibly annoyed at him lol. The fact he gives an annoyed stare at him specifically definitely means there have been people that have tipped...

I have 0 problem not tipping in inappropriate situations. It IS bullying, so I don’t give a damn. How dare you! As non-confrontational as I am, I can relate to people feeling cornered into tipping when the cashier is right in your face. I don’t blame the people working there…it is the corporations who implement this crap so they don’t have to pay them a living wage. Getting hit up in the drive-thru for money made me angry the first time I saw it. I felt 0 pressure to pay it, and I NEVER will. If they can raise these prices, then they can give these working children (as they keep lowering the legal working age👀, and raising retirement age) a damned raise. I’m with these guys…and I encourage EVERYONE to stand up for themselves. Stop paying for these corporations to refuse a living wage. All of the price hikes from the “co-co” has all gone to straight profit for these pigs. There is no chain issue, no transportation or price of gas….they are constantly testing and then RAISING our threshold for economic abuse. They will bring us right up to the edge to see how much we will pay. The “Co-co”was the perfect opportunity to test out their theories. Stop getting bullied and learn that “No”…is a complete sentence. It works for me like gang-busters. PEOPLE REVOLT⚠️✊🏾👍🏾🇯🇲

Here in NL, tipping isn't mandatory and actually not expected. But when you tip, it goes into a jar and is split amongst everyone working that day EXCEPT the owners. So front of the house, back and bar

I live in the UK and the gas station card machine automatically asks if you want to give to charity but people obviously hated it so much that the cashier just immediately presses no for you before handing you the machine.

The local health food place next to the gym I go to has one of those screens that automatically asks for a tip and every single time the person working there instantly tells you to hit skip. I actually respect and appreciate them for that. They don't let you sit there and have to think about it with unneeded guilt.

I only tip my server at sit down restaurants, food delivery, bartender, movers, hairdresser/ nail tech and valet. That was the universally understood list of ppl to tip give or take. Not sure what the heck has happened last few years where everyone asks but I click NO TIP with no shame. Its too much now.