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AKwannabe

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55. This is horseshit!

Mon Apr 22, 2024, 12:43 PM

Apr 22

To say that everyone agrees is also horseshit!

And BOH people get tipped out by us. They are not being disadvantaged. My tip outs to BOH get that person $2-3 (or more) dollars per hour on top of their wage. Yesterday, I tipped out $61 to BOH. The other server tipped out too. Adds up quickly!

Service industries provide a service and tipping is the THANK YOU! I thank the BOH with my tip out cuz they provide part of the service.

If I do a shitty job my tip reflects that shitty service. If I do a fabulous job, the tip reflects in kind.

Some don’t know how to tip and that is when the calculator comes out.

I can tell ya that some shifts it’s balls to the wall for hours on end! No taking a sip of water, using the restroom etc.

Service industry people work hard and expect the tip to reflect their labor on behalf of service to the patron.

Don’t wanna tip? Don’t go out!

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Tipping Is Out of Control. It's Also a Serious Labor Issue [View all] Jilly_in_VA Apr 21 OP

Card readers default to tips. When my husband was in the hospital, the cafeteria employees were constantly turning LeftInTX Apr 21 #1

i was in a local department store and the box u slide the card into wanted to know how much tip AllaN01Bear Apr 21 #20

I made more at $2.13/hr and taking tips than all but two of my other jobs. I averaged $25+/hr with tips twenty ... marble falls Apr 21 #2

Should just put on a mandatory 18% service fee madville Apr 21 #3

If you are going to add a 18% service charge, why not just raise menu prices 18% and eliminate all tipping ? MichMan Apr 21 #7

Making it a separate fee madville Apr 21 #10

Because tipping enables tax evasion. meadowlander Apr 21 #13

Those damn minimum wage Tickle Apr 21 #27

Nope. That makes the problem worse. Ms. Toad Apr 21 #14

The customer pays all the wages either way madville Apr 21 #17

The customer buys a good or service. Ms. Toad Apr 21 #19

Why not just pay them $20+/hr. and raise the cost of the service? ... aggiesal Apr 21 #22

I agree JustAnotherGen Apr 21 #31

until service workers are paid a living wage they must be tipped... mike_c Apr 21 #4

Depending on where you are servers EllieBC Apr 21 #8

+ : Herman Cain, Natl Restaurant Assn (the other NRA) lobbied for $2.13 in 1996: appalachiablue Apr 21 #29

Time to sunset the Inkey Apr 22 #41

I thought Herman Cain won his greatest award in July, 2020. Wednesdays Apr 22 #53

I hear you, Cain was a real character. I knew he died of Covid appalachiablue Apr 22 #59

What bothers me most is tips for counter service, performed by people who make minimum or better Silent3 Apr 21 #5

I give generously at restaurants. jimfields33 Apr 21 #6

No matter where I eat, 20% tip in cash. ProudMNDemocrat Apr 21 #9

I hate when I do take out and they ask for a tip. kimbutgar Apr 21 #11

if i get take out from a sit down restaurant, i tip 10% on the assumption mopinko Apr 21 #15

This! AKwannabe Apr 22 #56

we did the room service. it took away from our customers. mopinko Apr 22 #57

Yeah, if they reach into a warmer or onto a rack and then place the food on the counter Xavier Breath Apr 21 #18

I absolutely agree! ShazzieB Apr 21 #26

Yes exactly ! kimbutgar Apr 21 #33

Agreed Bayard Apr 21 #34

Yeah that's the worst. You did the ordering EllieBC Apr 22 #46

The tipping system is patently unfair. MichMan Apr 21 #12

pretty much how it works. mopinko Apr 21 #16

You're referencing male customers only, whathehell Apr 21 #32

no, but i bet they still tip cute, flirty guys more. mopinko Apr 21 #39

The few Americans I know who worked as 'bussers' all got quite healthy tip-outs from each server they were assigned to Celerity Apr 21 #37

I got $1. Once... MichMan Apr 22 #52

Sounds like you picked the wrong resto to toil in m8 Celerity Apr 22 #61

Am I given the same latitude to tell servers that don't earn much in tips the same message? MichMan Apr 22 #63

Fine by me. I am sure there are thousands of horrid restos to work in. Plus they should not be reliant on tips, they Celerity Apr 22 #64

I consider myself a pretty generous tipper, rsdsharp Apr 21 #38

I got tipped out as a busboy every restaurant I worked at Johnny2X2X Apr 22 #43

I got $1; once MichMan Apr 22 #49

We tipped our busboys out Jilly_in_VA Apr 22 #65

Agree. Mosby Apr 22 #45

Some of his customers gave $100 tip, some gave $0 IronLionZion Apr 22 #48

How happy would he be if he was paid $25 per hour with no tipping? MichMan Apr 22 #50

I always made sure my busboys Lifeafter70 Apr 22 #58

Sub-minimum wage plus tips is also racist Tansy_Gold Apr 21 #21

Then people conflate that with the ipad prompts for shops that pay much higher wages IronLionZion Apr 21 #23

Employers use tips NOT to increase wages because tippers do it for them. live love laugh Apr 21 #24

ever since credit cards became a thing, more tips go through the company. mopinko Apr 21 #40

bunch of cheapskates edisdead Apr 21 #25

I used to ForgedCrank Apr 21 #28

Texas isn't paying servers that much TexasDem69 Apr 21 #36

The tipped wage is much lower than minimum wage IronLionZion Apr 22 #42

That depends on where you are. EllieBC Apr 22 #44

Very good for those states. It needs to be standard everywhere IronLionZion Apr 22 #47

The only people who truly benefit from this custom are those at the top. elleng Apr 21 #30

See post #45 MichMan Apr 22 #51

We always try to tip about 25% of the bill when we eat out TexasDem69 Apr 21 #35

It is a serious problem. California has a solution and so do unions. peacebuzzard Apr 22 #54

This is horseshit! AKwannabe Apr 22 #55

The sub-minimum wage is out of control. There's nothing wrong with tipping. Iggo Apr 22 #60

I always tip using cash. I don't want the employer Emile Apr 22 #62

"It's so small businesses can survive!" Oneironaut Apr 22 #66