Why Tipping Is Out of Control In The U.S. | American Reacts
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@@FatWhiskyDrinkingGuy Repeating yourself over and over and over just means that you don't know who your father is.
And most likely that wasn't a chicken but a Parrot that you have been eating for the last decades.
as a european i find this tipping culture dystopian, and horrific mafia style extortion.
That's because it is. It's an extreme.
Pay the staff properly, charge a bit more. End of. American madness.
They don't even need to charge more, prices are already above prices in most of the nordic countries places, which are some of the most expensive in the world, and with the highest wages. They just need to let go of having obscene profit margins, and go back to having a generous profit margin.
Maybe if we renamed it from "tipping" to something like "wages".
If the paying by-line was changed from "how much would you like to tip" to "how much would you like contribute to this server's wage".
@@user-po3ev7is5w Incorrect. There is no such think as market rates. If a business cannot afford to pay a living wage then they should not be in business.
The tips in your scenario the business should not pay any wages but have the person making a tip say how much of the tip goes to management wages and how much goes to the server. That would be a market rate.
@@user-po3ev7is5w No, they're not, because the market isn't free, there's a legal minimum set, and politics, corruption, and violence suppresses the free market.
People should have salary not charity.
In Denmark We only tip for an extraordinary service, nothing else make sense...
Kan ikke være mere enig.
Tipping was formally abolished in Denmark in 1969. It happened as a result of a change to the collective agreement for waiters. The change meant that instead of a tip between guest and waiter, an amount was added to the bill, which ensured the waiters' salary
In Germany and in Europe too. Eversthing ist Nonsens
Yep was about to type something like that out, cant even imagine having to tip some mcd worker cause he/she manage to give me my food i ordered. absurd.
Here in Belgium, extraordinary service or if our party was a bit of an annoyance. Like if you're a really large group, are a group with a lot of annoying kids or you have that one extremely loud friend with you.
Tipping a mechanic to ensure your safety, that is a laugh.
Sounds like extortion to me.
It is extortion
things like that are in alot countrys illegal because you are the last person that maintened the vehicle so you get problems with the law enforcement and insurance. its very dumb and not worth a little tipp.
Those "tip buttons" are making their way onto card terminals here in Sweden too, usually with pre-calculated percentages, and they are causing lots of heated debate in all sorts of media, those buttons seem to make lots of people angry here.
My only time to the U.S., family trip a while ago I was a teenager.
We had no idea about tipping culture. I remember my uncle being run after and shouted at by an angry waiter. I remember thinking « wow, scary, New York really is a dangerous city »
I remember going to the US for a holiday and the server was annoying because kept coming back to our table every couple of minutes and asking us questions, that's not what i'm used to, i would tip to keep him away, lol. It's not how it's done in Europe.
In Europe the wait staff stay away until flagged down. Also it's nornal that a meal in a restaurant last 3 or 4 hours. In USA you often get yiur check before you've even finished your meal
In the US it’s about making money and having as many people throughout the opening hours as possible. I’ve heard US ppl complain that staff in Europe don’t “care” about their customers bc they never came by the table. I’ve had to tell several waiters in the US (nicely) to leave us alone until I ask them to come over. They were confused but did it.
When I was in US (I live in UK) it was so annoying: they want to be your best friend and have a "chat". All I wanted was to have my meal - I would have gone to the kitchen to order and pick up if I could have done away with the tip and inane conversations.
The best waiters are the ones that know exactly when to come to your table . In case of doubt, do not come until asked to. If I go to a restaurant with someone (a friend, a partner, a business contract) I don't want to be interrupted with nonsense, I just expect a polite and respectful transaction both ways. And that should be included in the employee salary.
In Germany we don’t really Tip we round up for example if the bill is 4,60€ we pay 5€
It's not a tip anymore. What they ask for is guilty charity.
I hope Sweden never take after this nightmare.
I do not agree that it is charity. What is being asked is the rest of the salary the employer should pay. This kind of "salary" gives service people an incentive to be overly eager and possibly to push for additional sales. It's ugly and very American... I would be pretty unpopular in an American restaurant because I don't tip. I would perhaps instead ask for the owner or manager and ask why they are not paying the right salary ;-)
@@TheKIMANO Pretty foul that they're in fact so cheap, that customer's have to pay for their staff's wage.
Guilt tripping people to tip aint it.
I see more and more of this add tip options in Norway. I refuse to tip.
I have never left a tip in my entire life. I will never do that either, so therefore I will never go to the USA or any of the countries where you are forced to pay extra !!!
You in the US should pay your employees real wages not make them run around begging.
@@TheKIMANO Which law says that? you have been tricked into thinking like that. Its a scam, wake up.
ONE WORD... UNION
As in Denmark, a waiter gets paid OVER 20 dollars in hour
but.. very often you have to press yes or no to tipping when you pay in restaurants and bars..
overpaid fat lazy commies
@@W3c16B Which law says that? you have been tricked into thinking like that.
@@tomeng9520I guess you are answering someone else. I didn't mention any laws, and can not see I have been tricked into any thinking..
I live in Denmark, so I know.. 😁
pay them a good wage and stop tipping glad i live in Belgium
currently visiting Belgium! Great country!
@@purplecowboyreacts and you don´t have to tip
It is. I spent a lot of my time in Ypres/Ieper and Bree. @@purplecowboyreacts
Thirty years without changing the minimal wage is probably the thing you in the USA should change first.
In Denmark we don't even have a Minimum Wage, as salaries are negotiated to a reasonable level by the Unions, so If Firms won't pay, a Legally based Strike is put upon them. Both Irish, Ryan Air and McDonalds learned the hard way not to try cheat their employees from a decent payment. Ryan Air couldn't get any Service made in Copenhagen Airport under a strike! They still fly from Cph. but now under normal circumstances, as any other Airline.
Tesla tries to underpay in Sweden, but Nordic Unions have united against Tesla, so they can't get Tesla parts or cars imported!
There's only a few states where the tipping minimum wage is still $2.13. The vast majority of states have higher minimums, so that is kind of misleading.
@@gmc9753 but we are talking about minimal wage, not minimal tipping...
Either way, the minimal wage issue should be the priority for the central (in the case of the USA: federal) government.
@@Deailon A minimum wage is a pest, as many won't get anything but that measly pay. If using The Unions as negotiators, even those without a membership will rise in salary. In Denmark Salaries and levels are are negotiated between the Employers Union and the Unions, also for those without a membership. Those with special skills are of course able to find their own levels.
@@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188 it depends strongly on the culture. Denmark is very different to the USA, as well as countries of Southern Europe or the post-communist part of the EU. Although trade unions are an important part of the equation, they will not have an equal impact in different societies. And in many places, employer's unions are either anathema or straight legally forbidden.
You really don't have to explain to me how it works - I wrote on the subject several times. Many countries tried to introduce such solutions - both before and after Denmark did - and in a few it worked as well.
I'm soo happy, that I live in Denmark, where we're never expected or pressured into leaving a tip..
me as a norwagien so glad that Scandinavia is not "forced" ore expected to tip becose you know minimum wage jobbs can live with out tip
Sadly foreign based companies are trying to force it on us, like when you order food for delivery, they pop up a tip screen.
Oh it’s coming. I love in Norway and I’ve started seeing it at takeaway restaurants. They make you punch in the amount paid and there a often a very prominent tip option
I only know when I pay I have to say yes or no to tip or not That I consider a pressure, and you can clearly see the waitors disappointment if you don't tip, so.. it is expected.,, so wait and see it is coming here also.
Till now I have the rule if they beg, I don't tip...
Just like highly educated people have to work for free as trainees without payment ect.. Danmarks Radio, the Royal House , ministries, tv stations, movie business, advertising and promotion business.., just to mention a few out of many places where you don' t get tired before you have worked a couple of years to prove you are good.. often you get a kicked out after the two years period, and they hire a new young free worker...
The workers are directing there anger and the wrong target. They should go after there employee.
Exactly!
But thats risky because workers rights are rare there, so the employer could easily find a reason to fire them just for pushing for them to treat them like humans rather than numbers.
Here in Sweden it is very unusual to pay a tip. If I visited the US, everyone would go crazy for me. I had not paid a tip once, but asked the employee to negotiate a better salary with his manager. If everyone just stops paying tips, the salary part will take care of itself.
Tipping is part of shifting the business risk to employee, but It certainly is strange when-as part of the narrative-giving good service to customer isn't part of company's business idea and policy, personnel's job description, something company pays personnel for and something the company assures customer gets. As is guilt tripping the customer to tip
I am in Sweden and I never give a tip. Bacause the workers are payed a salary a I pay a fixed price that includes all service i expect.
People should be paid for work. A minimum fare wage. Nothing less. Employees extortion. Modern slavery.
Nice video.
Love that now when you have experienced your trip to Europe, you have broader experience to base your views on.
It really changed my perspective on a lot of things.
In August I will visit the USA (California and Arizona) for the first time (I'm German) and I already know what I won't like - the American "tradition" regarding tips).
It's nice to hear that there are Americans who understand that the obligation to give tips is very strange...
@@HailHeidiunfortunately, you're still in the minority within the US who experienced different way of doing things and also took something out of it... as I always said, travelling opens your eyes more than anything 😉
If a company cannot survive by not paying the staff a reasonable wage, then the company should not exist
As a guest, I would feel cheated if a restaurant advertised that I could eat there for $20 and then I was presented with a bill on top of which I had to pay for service and tax. I prefer to be told straight away that it costs $27. If the service is very good, I have no problem giving a $3 tip and rounding up the bill to $30.
I don't understand at all the aspect that the government allows a lower minimum wage "because the employees get the difference in tips". So they promote tax evasion. If I were given a tip in cash, it would be about 100% certain that I would forget to tell the taxman that I received a tip.
In some states wait staff are taxed on an expected amount of tips no matter if they receive any.
@wncjan that's freaking crazy...
When I was a kid all I wanted was to go to America. Now. I absolutely do not ever want to go anywhere near it! Land of the free 😂
its Land of the fee.
Seems if it is 'to insure promptness', you would hand the gratuity to the server at the beginning, not the end of the service.
Hopefully Denmark will never come to this tipping-mare 🤯
We do not have a tipping culture in Australia. The big issue I see is that because tips are usually percentage based, as prices go up so does the tip. So why does the percentage have to rise as well? If the cost pressure clashes with the "social obligation" to tip, then people will look for ways not to use these high tipping services. Therefore the total tipping revenue goes down and the employees ask for higher tips to compensate. A vicious circle that I am pleased not to be a part of.
Coming from France and and having been living in Canada and the Us for the past 12 years. This has always been the way I tipped.
If I’m sitting in a restaurant and get a server I will generously and happily tip.
If I’m just buying something and you ask me for a tip on your iPad I will look at you right in the eyes with a big smile and press NO!
Think or way whatever you want I cannot give a single F 😂
Is Tipping in advance, not better called a "Bribe"?
If I had to tip for a coffee in england I would expect a bottle of wine at no charge, if I was asked for a tip I would tell them to keep the coffee and walk out.
I have never tipped, not because Im an asshole, but simply because no one lives up to my expectations to deserve it.
Totally makes sense when their employers are paying them properly!
Give a person a livable wage and you will get the service you expect 😊
I get cross when people try to pressure me to do something like that, so even if I had wanted to tip prior, I might change my mind and leave no tip if it's pushed that bluntly into my face.
I would most likely look the server straight in the eyes while pressing the no tip button, just because I do not want it forced upon me like that.
Hi from the Netherlands, where everybody gets payed contract wages according to the line of business. Most sectors don’t get tips at all, for restaurants you get billed for the exact amount that is on the menu, and any tip is a pure extra for the staff and mostly shared. The amount of tipping is modest and mostly a rounding to a whole amount and is not percentage based.
I am German and live in Italy with my Italian wife. As a German, I am used to giving a tip, and we have been following this rule for years. In Germany, if we are satisfied with the service and the bill is in the lower half to the nearest ten, so €82 or €83, then we round up to €90. If the amount is in the upper half to the nearest ten, we give the rounded up amount, plus €5, so if the bill is €87, we give €95. For smaller amounts, we give 10%, but only if we were satisfied with the service. We try this in Italy too, but tipping is so unknown there that the waiter almost always gives us the rest back in full, even if we tell him, "That's right." We think that tipping as a wage replacement, as is common in the USA, is obscene.
I live in the Netherlands and follow the same suggestion as you do in Germany. My father always rounded up by good service and so do I. How far I round up isn't set in stone, that depends on the level of service. When I am confronted with the guilt-tripping request of tipping, it is always 0 for me, specially when it is asked up front.
Tipping in America is salary to the staff. Tipping in Europe is a compliments.
Why you don't tip cabin crew serving you a soda on a plane and you tip a bartender doing the same? Because the first kind of workers receive a decent salary, the second one rely on charity not on a real salary. America at its "best"
I`m a self - employed Taxi Driver over here in North Lincolnshire, England. Tipping is optional here no matter the industry. I earn about £8.00 / $10.00 per hour ( Our National Minimum Wage is about £11.00 per hour - but being self employed I have no employer who must pay me the NMW ).
Tips are a rare thing in the Taxi Game here. I think Restaurant Waiters / Waitresses are tipped more often than Taxi-Drivers are.
But my job is easy and my needs few.
I once tried to give a tip to a delivery guy who carried up a heavy package, but he refused and said he already get paid by his boss. 🤷
A service that i did not enjoy and they charge a tip anyway, would be the last transaction between them and me.
Pay full time jobs in a way that the worker can pay for a living and don't "blackmail" people to pay more.
It is one of my guilty preasures to watch videos of american service and delivery workers having temper tantrums when they receive no tip. My Czech mind cannot comprehend 🤣
Your minimum wage is £1.20/h in.the UK it's around £11/h. That sucks. They also get holiday and sick pay in the UK.
I think the only way to fix it is to all stop tipping, which is horrible for the people at first but at least after it'll all be fixed.
In Europe we pay a lot more in sales tax than in USA, and many Americans seem shocked by a 25% sales tax, even though that is used to finance part of the health care, schools and everything else the government does for the people. At the same time, Americans feel obligated to pay a similar amount "of free will" when purchasing stuff without getting anything but a smile in return. In Norway it is common to tip about 10% at restaurants where you are served at the table, but not when you purchase the food at a counter (or sometimes there is an option to add a tip and you might round up the price, but I don't think it is normal to add 10%). I got my masters degree in USA 30 years ago, and I thought the tipping culture was a bit over the top then, but what is described in the video seems just nuts. The tipping culture (or lack of it) in Norway is pretty much the same as 30 years ago.
I think this is the key point. In Europe we're used to pay what the price says, we don't have to calculate taxes, fees or any other amount: a sandwich price displays 3€ and we pay 3€. The price includes all costs associated with the service, and that's it. It also applies to broadband plans, which I think is hilarious what happens in the USA.
In the UK, in London just before Covid, a Famous TV Chef was discovered to be KEEPING all the "Tips" Customers added to bills.
He Claimed that he and he alone, deserved it. It was further revealed that he was paying Chefs, who were expected to work over 65 hours a week, less than the Minimum Statutory Wage.
When this news became Public, EVERY other Restaurant owner who commented stated that Restaurants retaining "Tips" was the ONLY proper way to do it.
FURTHER, While most Restaurants in Ireland and the UK add a "Service Charge" to the bill of between 10% and 15%, Most of this NEVER goes to workers, so patrons are expected to also tip the Server.
In some UK chains, Servers actually are charged a percentage of their patrons bills, SIMPLY to have a Job, meaning that cash Tips also often end up with the Business Owner.
I doubt the US is much different in this...
A service charge added to the bottom of a bill is not legally enforceable so deduct it and tip the waiter or waitress directly. You know they have received it then. Do not confuse with a cover charge usually the top item on the bill.
I went to a restaurant in Jersey, channel islands and they refused a tip. Saying providing excellent service is their job and business.
That's awesome!!
one of the main reasons i don't go to sit-down restaurants anymore, i don't think i've been to one in the last 2-3 years... and even the last time, it was because my friend (who was paying) invited me along
What comes to mind is what i would do: Make a button with the text " i only tip personally in cash"
And i would decide to find ways annoying the employer with reclamations or staying overly long without much consumption. Employees found ways, to squeeze and annoy employees and customers, so we also utterly need to show we also might find ways to show consumer power. At first, speak out to the managers. They have to manage by profession, give them a strong leverage. Show, what you find unacceptable. maybe they want you to come again and not leave bad recommendations? Terrible ( literally) situation over there, even involving a third party to make money.
Service paradise US? Just the opposite. Once, there was world famous customer organization and a certain Ralph Nader, what and where went all that? They had some power, but also shamelessly did spread some faked accusations, we even in europe got to notice both sides.
You don't necessarily need a legally defined minimum wage. Sweden, for example, don't have one. Wages are set by collective agreements in negotiations between employers (and their organisations) and strong unions, and apply for everyone (you're welcome Tesla).
There is no solution for this in the US until the slavery law is changed( In this process I would also require that the price list must include the final customer price of the product or service including all taxes and fees). I only tip in restaurants and pubs and occasionally round up the delivery person or taxi driver if it's just a few coins.
Hello from the arctic circle in Norway. Better to get the salary up, and stop with the tip, or only if you are really satisfied with the experience😊😊😊✌️😊
Yeah exactly, but you can tip by leaving a nice review instead of money. And if you are satisfied, it is likely that you will come back. Win-win 👍
companies are always going to try and squeeze out more profits. using tips as an excuse to lower wages is just another way of doing that, and the more fields of business you let them get away with using tips, the more they will do it. like that analogy with the boiling frog. you need government regulations to stop it, nothing else will
The past few weeks, the only place I've been asked for a tip was for a haircut, sit-down restaurant, and a local Chinese restaurant. Never been asked for a tip at: grocery store, Walmart, Lowes, Chipotle, Circle K, Costco, Panda Express or Sams Club. I tipped for the haircut and the sit-down restaurant. Didn't tip for the Chinese food since I picked it up to take out.
I lived in the US for 5 years and I was kinda shocked that I had to tip everyone everywhere. Bars, taxis, grocery stores, coffee shops where they'd give you a cup and you'd pour your own coffee, bookstores... everyone expects a tip for everything and apparently tipping less than 20% is considered rude.
Here's an interesting argument for you, when being asked for a tip, say sorry my employer doesn't allow me to pay bribes, I don't want to loose my job.
FYI - In Singapore tipping is illegal because it's considered a bribe, you will go to jail for tipping there.
And my employment contracts from several countries did have a clause that it was a condition of employment that I didn't pay bribes in either a professional do personal capacity.
The tipping issue is just part of a much bigger problem in the US - workers' rights! Little vacation time, minimal maternity leave, no paternity leave etc. Question - what do the unions in the US actually do?
MAMA! Make America Medieval Again!
Yeah. Why was I not surprised that the US Americans cling on to some European medieval thing that we abolished a long time ago?
As a Dane I hate the American tipping culture, but I gotten used to it and I don't mind paying 25 or 30 %. If prompted though I always gives the smallest amount possible. And I don't even know if the person who served me will actually get the tip.
Yesterday, i ripped a driver from a transport company. He was so confused that his boss later sent me a message to forward his thanks (again). He not only carried 2 wheelchairs of mine but also transported me home ( 200km). That was such an awesome service that i couldn’t not tip him. Tipping here (thailand) is often bringing snacks for employees lol
Thank you for your insight on this ! French living in Canada here, don't know if it's a real thing, but I was told years ago that the employees were paying taxes on this 15% basis whatever the amount received, so not giving tips was actually a real loss for them ... since then I always tip generously, and u'd have to be very rude to not get from me, everyone has bad days, makes mistakes (especially if you are new to the job), so I'm never mean when it comes to that.
I do have a minimum tip policy when it comes to deliveries, like 5$ at least whatever the amount, even if it's 50% of a 10$ pizza ... but in that case I do tip hand to hand when the job is done, and if the person decides to take multiple jobs at the same time and make me wait to finally bring in a cold dish, I don't give anything 😝
I also tip more often in Europe now, even if the service is included in the price, they still get minimum wages everywhere so it's always welcomed. Only place in the world where I don't tip is Japan, just saying the word freak them out 😂
It honestly seems like a no-brain move. Enable the tip function on the point of sale system, and reduce wages to 2.13$ (because they're "tipped" now) and rejoice.
Also, dropping money in a literal jar, yep that probably goes to the staff. Swiping the card through a machine for a slightly higher amount of money? Doesn't feel like it'll actually go to the employees.
I keep having more thoughts about this, but imagine if fire fighters shoved the tip tablet in your face, before they started putting out the fire.
Me:
Drive through 0%
take away 0%
average food 0%
regular service 0%
if they ask me to tip 0%!!!!
good service 5%
excellent service 5-10%
Doesn’t matter in which country I am.
That is pretty much me as well.
Only difference, I don't work with percentages, I'll just round up to the next 5 or 10 value.
Tip In Portugal it is given as a reward for an excellent service, not for a service that is the person's normal work, an excellent service,is for example a fast and efficient service in a restaurant without interfering with the privacy of customers, the waiter must not stay near the table, and must only interact with the customer at their request, after the meal the employee does not immediately put the bill in front of the customer, he waits for the customer to ask for the bill. The normal tip is a maximum of 10% of the bill, but it is not expected.
My personality is that I get rude very quickly to anyone trying to make me feel guilty when they are trying to get money from me. And honestly I don't hold back. I don't think I would be able to live in such a guilt fueled culture. Is this what I will have to deal with when I go on a trip to the US?
I don´t by the argument that tipping is a very good incentive for the employee. One would think that if you were paid a living wage that would be a better motivator. You, as the employee, would be happier at the workplace and would give it your best because you would not like to lose the job that is actually paying you a decent salary.
The only tip I accept is when I pay in cash and let them keep the change as a tip
I'm curious how long it will be before you have to tip 30% to the landlord, to be more secure in your house?
In Denmark, tipping is refered to as drinking money... It came from old time where people usually only could afford water so naturally extra money should go to buying beer or something like that..
The usa is the only country that has this. And i want to remind healthcare, education and gun control.
Just everything has run out of control there
Extreme capitalism had a good run but now the bad parts are starting to show
I think we need to be clear here - IF the money is going through the employer (via Credit card or Service Charge), there is NO guarantee that your (or ANY) server is going to get ANY of it...
In Ireland the Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Act 2022 came into effect on 1 December 2022. The Act, introduced new rules about how employers share tips, gratuities and service charges amongst employees. It also made it illegal for employers to use tips or gratuities to make up basic wages.
If it is obligatory then it isn't a bonus but indeed a fee.
Going from 10% to nowadays 20 or even 25% is insane.
Especially seeing that it is demanded from everyone, not just those that can actually afford it.
Another thing that felt very strange to me when I was visiting USA was that I was reprimanded by the person I was visiting for putting the money on the counter in a supermarket instead of putting it in the hand of the cashier.
Seemingly it's seen in USA as condescending, and that you "feel that you are more than the cashier" if you put the money on the counter.
Here in Denmark it is courteous to not touch the cashier, i.e. put the money on the counter (or specific trays for that), so the cashier doesn't have to touch hundreds of different hands in a state of more or less clean throughout the day.
That's interesting! I hadn't heard that before, I wonder how common that perspective is here. Maybe I'm just out of the loop. I'm sorry someone freaked out at you, though. Not cool.
If i check minimum tip where I get a service but give the service provider cash is that preventing the employer from stealing tips from employees.
In Australia, at my local coffee shop my order by menu comes to $16.70. The staff who know me make it $15.05 - possibly an age discount - and if I pay by CC that is it, but if I offer c ash they always knock off the 5c - making it an even $15. Is that a reverse tip?
In the US, the servers should just issue an invoice for their service - as it is not included in the bill.
I'm a Dane and sadly this has stared to pop up in some places in denmark, any place that has a station/actively asks for it, I have just leave before completing my ordre, and don't return.
The places that I have encountered i this type of stuff is mostly cafe's and places with food orders.
In German tip is Trinkgeld, literally translated as drink, or drinking, money.
In the Netherlands we have food delivery. A minimum order amount. Or €3 to €7.50 delivery costs.
i would be so hated in USA, i mean i do tip if i feel like the waiter did good job, like smiling and made me feel welcome. but if someone would try and force it upon me, think i would actually be pissed, and tell them off, maybe not so much towards the waiter but get a hold on the manager.. i really hate the idea of people are depending on tips to live.. also i would never tip in advance in hope of getting something extra, i would ask for something extra and pay for that, and then tip if it was deserved..
Hi, I have a question; When the tip is paid digitally, do the tips get added to the workers wage and the total taxed? thanks for great channel!
In Sweden, when You pay in a sit-in restaurant, and the server brings the machine/card reader, he/she will most likely leave the reader on the table and turn away and then come back after a minute. This makes it more comfortable for the customer. You can then enter the amount and add a tip if You like/want to. You are not feeling forced to leave a tip. You basically never tip in any other situation; only in sit-in restaurants.
Same in the Netherlands. I did once leave a large tip in a restaurant in Stockholm, but that is because I knew the chef and the crew made a special place for me to eat as the whole restaurant was fully booked.😂
The same in Denmark.
Even in Denmark the lousy Tipping options has started to arrive in Restaurants, and for absolutely no reason, as the people are only doing their job!! Unless they do a special service for me, I see absolutely no reason to pay extra.
LOL 😂Tip does not stand for "To insure promptness", the word she is looking for is spelled "ensure", unless she is in the market to buy an insurance policy to protect promptness from damages.
I think the only way to stop this would be to have a few restaurant chains getting together and start a no tip policy, announcing to have reasonable prices, reasonable wages and don't accept tips anymore. This could be used as a marketing tool. For people who really need to tip to feel happy, they can put a jar on the counter.
If people like this approach it could start a movement of no tip companies until every shop that asks for tips make everybody feel bad.
Me as a European got so bottered in the US by the servers. I didn't feel that I could enjoy the food cuz all 2 min. or so the server would come and ask me if everything is ok...
07:25. In that case it should be called a Tep - To Ensure Promptness. You're not paying an insurance premium so the server covers the cost of a claim.
Tips in a garage. In The Netherlands you only tip in restaurants and bars nowhere else
In a fair world the business owner will play his waitsrs and waitresses a living wage and leave it to the customer how much the service he was provided with is worth to him.
The most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard was an american friend who had to send a package and went to the postal office. It turned out that it was an automatic post office, so she had to type the recievers name and address, her name and address and obviously pay the fare. Then the machine printed an address cart which she placed on the box, carried it to the correct booth and dropped the box.
Then she was asked for tips! 🤦♂️
Tips for what? Doing all the work herself?
hello Heidi, a Dane here... i would love to see u react to the 2 Americans that run the channel Robe Trotting, that moved to Denmark 6-7 years ago, and their vid called "Going Out to Eat in DENMARK vs AMERICA: Who Dines Better?", and see their perspective... ♥ from Denmark
For a tourist in US like me last summer,Tip is a nighmare. When ? How much ? And why few years ago it was not so high in %.
When I went to the US last year, I was asked how much I wanted to tip at a self check out…who would get the tip then? Me?
Also, a waiter calling me honey, darling and my love makes everyone feel uncomfortable and asking for a tip feels like a beggar shaking his coin jar at you in the street. I got a tip for you: pay your employees a living salary so they stop begging customers for coins 🤦🏼♂️
Abolish that federal 'tipped' staff wage of $2.13 and apply the real minimum wage or more to all low-paid workers. As it currently stands, if you don't tip - those workers lives will be ruined. (Strictly speaking, if they don't make enough tips to cover the difference between the $2.13 and the real minimum wage, but in reality if a server tries to claim that right they'll be threatened, written up and/or fired as, regardless of other circumstances like not having enough business, the lack of enough tips will be interpreted as them being bad at their job.) If your business cannot survive if you pay employees properly (let alone treating them with a modicum of respect) - it should not be in business. (Not to mention those asshat businesses who steal tips from workers already.) Ultimately, if you want an end to high-pressure tip culture - apply political pressure to make sure you know all employees do not have to rely on tips so you don't have to be pressured, thereby making it like Europe where it only comes in for good service (without pushy desperation or their having to suffer harassment). Write to your senator or whatever.
this would start a riot here in london
it's part extortion part begging, wrapped in euphemism
Weeeell, it may be an acronym for "to insure promptness" in the USA, but I certainly have my doubts about even that.
However here in Germany it is called Trinkgeld, drink money. It's supposed to go towards a drink you might get after you get off work. That doesn't mean a bottle of Moe Chandon, but a glass of beer, or something along those lines. It was only for good service offered without being intrusive. It also rarely meant that the Trinkgeld from ONE customer was to guarantee you a full drink, but that a few customers would make it worth your while. That was the origin of the tip in Germany. So there's quite a huge difference in the cultures surrounding tipping. Because you don't pay for the basic services of waitstaff, you paid for exceptional service of the waitstaff. Because that's what their wages should cover.
I feel like I usually have to tip more and more "to ensure promptness" when having food delivered in Norway as well. Excactly like you talked about here.
I'm glad I have never seen that in Norway. At restaurants and if you pay with CC at a delivery, they will let you know how much it cost, but allow you to type in the number on the reader. So you can just put in the bill or anything above the actually bill will be seen as tip. But nobody ever put a screen in my face asking for it.
Hi Heidi. In Australia, we don't have a tipping culture, but I've noticed these tipping options at the POS system creeping in. It's really weird.
Something else to consider. We have a minimum wage that increases every year. The government department responsible for setting minimum wage (The Fair Work Commission) looks at inflation over the last year and raises minimum wage accordingly. Which means every year it gets raised by roughly 2-3%. At the moment (2024) it is $23.23AUD per hour. This would make ir $14.87 USD, or about $15 per hour. Currently America is trying to raise minimum wage to $15p/h in some states. But having such a jolt to the system will cause chaos. They are crazy. Instead, America should adopt the Australian system and raise it every year, but in small amounts. You guys should push to have minimum wage indexed to inflation.
Here in the UK our workers get paid according to their Age, that rate is set by the National Govt. The UK Govt also set the MINIMUM Wage by age level starting at £7/*.$8.71 per HOUR at the age of 17 years old rising annually every year. Your job as a Server is to serve the Customer, it is your BOSS that sets your wage level. IF you cannot afford to live on what you are paid leave that job and get another job. It is NOT the job of the customer to subsidise your wages.
Oh I forgot to add in the UK we get 4 weeks PAID VACATION every year, plus 18 days of National Vacation Daya PAID EXTRA per year or just over 6 weeks Paid Vacation days per year. Finally when we retire (as I did recently) the Government REPAY some of the TAX you have paid during your working lifetime (for me this was from 16 to 66 yrs old) as a National Pension, which in my case was MORE per Month than when I was working. I also get a Nation wide FREE Travel Pass until I die. COME ON USA PAY YOUR STAFF A FAIR LIVING WAGE. Tony in England
Im danish okay im used to not having this issue of tipping but if someone asks me to do more than 10% tip im going to feel ripped off and pissed at the employer for not paying their workers enough....