I should clarify (if it makes a difference). It was at the register and not for a sit down service. Not sure if that changes things, but that's what the girl told me.
@@TexasBeekeeper Nope. Pretty scummy of the owner to be doing that. I don't believe in the tipping system at all, but if a place is going to do it, they shouldn't be stealing from their employees.
I'm a massage therapist and I recently did away with tips on my cc machine. I've never ever been so busy. People love it. Also, they demand I keep their cash tips. I don't argue.
@@ipodgolfer13 the prices have gone up so much it's hard for people to afford going and tipping. I'm sure they appreciate you for it. Thank you for the comment.
same i don't get why people get mad at the option, if the employees can make an extra 10$ that's fine but im not going to tip, i tip waiters well though
I bought a $50 tee shirt at a concert last fall. The worker tapped the iPad a few times, turned around and walked a few feet, picked up the t shirt, came back and handed it to me and spun the iPad around and it asked me to tip. The options were 18%, 20%, and 22%. They made it so difficult to find a no tip option. Why are we being asked to tip for SIMPLE services? Waiters/Waitresses, Valet, etc absolutely deserves a tip. Simple tasks like the one listed above DO NOT warrant a tip
If I'm not mistaken, back when I was a kid a tip was a private thing between the customer and the waiter/waitress that says "I am grateful (hence the word "gratuity") that you did an extra fine job". Somewhere along the line it became, "Give me money no matter what kind of service I give even if it's average or below average, and if you don't give it to me, you're a jerk".
We rarely go out to eat, like "maybe" 2x a year. Our last time out, our waitress was horrible. Never came over to see how things were until it was time for the check. Needless to say, that was the first time I gave a low tip. Usually over 20%
"If I'm not mistaken, back when I was a kid a tip was a private thing between the customer and the waiter/waitress that says "I am grateful (hence the word "gratuity") that you did an extra fine job"."--@BeingRomans829ed So you grew up in Medieval France?
@ Domino’s I was shocked when a 20, 25 & 30% tip option popped up when I was picking up a pizza. As a server, the base pay has been $2.13 since around 1994. So, tips are literally my pay. - But expecting me to tip 20% for handing me a pizza & processing a credit transaction while that person also gets a regular pay rate as well, that is really really ridiculous IMO.
@@johnclaybaugh9536 Denny's as a server? If so you are getting server pay, therefore you are entitled to tips. However, I've never had a server ask me if I want to tip. I simply leave it at the table or fill in the tip slot on the receipt.
The Chinese takeout restaurant near me changed to making you pay in advance (card only) before they cook the order, and the credit card machine definitely asks for a tip (20, 25, or 30%). So, they know how much you tipped before they cook your food! The first time they did that was the LAST time I went there.
Man, I hate how subway has tip, cold stone, Starbucks, and donations at store, . I tip when I dine in only, so I started making my own sandwiches , buying ice cream at supermarket, and making my own coffee. To put an end to it.
DO consider tipping a barista if you order an elaborate drink. If you order just a coffee, an iced coffee, something premade, etc, no need to tip. But if you order a latte or something that requires a little time and skill to make, consider tossing a couple quarters or a dollar on it. If you walked into a bar and ordered a beer or a cocktail you’d tip a buck, the time to make a latte is similar.
@@pubmeatman "so I have to tip you for doing your job? No thanks." Certainly not. You are completely free to stiff your waiter, fart in the elevator, take all the coins from the find a penny leave a penny jar and generally make as big of an ass of yourself as you like.
Oh lord, one of those. I worked retail for years-- and the self-checkout is there for your convenience to get yourself out the door, they take less space and they're quicker. Just because someone didn't bag your cereal and dog food doesn't mean you're entitled to a tip. You didn't tip your cashier, so...
My 1st job was as a maid in a hotel. It was very physically demanding, while the wages were terrible. The filth that we would come across was unbelievable. I remember the only time a guest left me a tip. It was just $5, but it really meant a lot to me! I still remember that tip 37 years later. To this day, I always leave the maid a little something. I'm glad that Dave Ramsey does too because I guarantee you that if you can afford it, it will really mean a lot to the person receiving it.
A few months back, my wife ordered a pizza to go at a pizzeria that was recommended to us. After she got home, I looked at the bill and was shocked that a 20% tip charge was automatically added to the bill. No choice it is added whether you want to or not. I pay tips based on service I receive when sitting down to dinner at a restaurant, NOT to be handed a box. Needless to say, I will never go there again.
@@JasonTaylor-po5xc A new pizza place opened near me and I wanted to try it. I ordered a small pizza to be delivered and between the delivery fee and the tip, it cost about the same as my pizza.
@@AKHWJ3ST Yes, that is the cost of delivery. Sometimes it is worth it, sometimes it isn't. I don't mind being my own delivery person - especially on smaller orders where all the extra fees make little sense.
@@JasonTaylor-po5xc I probably will use this pizza place because it's so close, but I will get it myself and there won't be a tip unless it is deserved.
I went into a cake shop the other day and while I was there I ordered 3 cupcakes and then asked to place a cake order. The girl looked at me and said I don't take cake orders, you do that online. She then looked at me and wanted a tip for handing me the 3 cupcakes that i just paid 14.00 for. Needless to say you can't be bothered to take my cake order, I can't be bothered to tip you.
Huh? This response seems weird. Is that not the cake shop's policy for ordering cakes? What should the cashier have done? Created an order slip? Unless she's the owner I don't know that she can deviate from that.
This all started with Covid, during the shutdowns. People felt bad for businesses and waitstaff that weren't making money. So we tipped generously on take out. But like most things, once they're in place, they're not going away. I feel resentful when I am expected to tip on take out because someone put the food in bag for me. and I waited tables all through college. I tip generously at a restaurant, but this, no.
I just went to a pizza place and only bought a bottle of water that I got out of the refrigerator myself. I took it to the counter and went to pay and the guy asked me if I was going to tip on the bottle of water.??????? He seemed disappointed when I said no.
@@greneellen8 It's ridiculous. Go to a sporting event or a concert and wait in line for an overpriced bottle of water then get asked to give a 25 percent tip. Say no.
I love it when the cashier answers the tip question for me with a “no tip” without asking me. I’ve ran into a couple of those. Those people make me want to tip them because I guess they feel bad to even ask 🙌🏻
I used to always hit 0% when taking takeout orders at the restaurant I worked at. My manager found out and I got in trouble because takeout tips go to the owner.
Best I saw was a YT 'short' of a guy who walks into a fully-automated store, buys a few items by scanning them himself, then as his credit card is being processed the screen asks if he'd like to leave a tip (for who? and why?).
@@matrepharaoh8260 yes, a bag magically appears with the items from your order in it, ketchup in it if you order french fries with your chicken sandwich, chopsticks and soy sauce in it, if you orderd noodles, and a person appears in front of you and "hands you a bag". That's how takeout works. 🙄
@@christopherblaisdel You have to be kidding me? Were you alive prior to COVID? Tipping for takeout was not a thing. You pick up your pizza or Chinese food and keep it moving. You sound like someone greedy who wants something for nothing and works in a takeout restaurant 😐
If you’re asked to “tip” BEFORE service (as in the flip tablet coffee shop). That’s NOT a tip; it’s a BRIBE. The inherent message is “I will work as hard as you tip”
My Whole Foods order had a service fees for the "free" delivery AND they wanted me to include a tip for the driver. The tip begging has turned into a scam.
You should tip the driver because that is a value added service, just like when the driver a delivers a pizza, or you order a uber/lyft, or you get door dash.
@@dondean517especially for DoorDash and other apps. I drive for DoorDash and we don't get a wage. Most orders pay the minimum pay of $2, plus tip. Without tips we operate at a severe loss.
This isn't a tipping problem, The problem is people feel very uncomfortable saying no. Folks need to learn how to say no. If you can't do it to a perfect stranger at a restaurant I feel sorry for you when you try to do it in your personal life.
@@talandelana6873 good news my friend, it's a skill that you can acquire. I know this because years ago I was just like you. Try your best and good luck.
I agree. I was that weak guy too. A stranger (older woman) at a gas station asked me for money to pump gas for her van because she didn't have any. She had her husband at the wheels and a child in the back, and they were 500 miles to Texas. It was hard for me to say no, so I filled up the gas $60. Looking back, I believe I did a moral thing, but was in a free gas/money scheme.
@@Lovelyinspo businesses used to give the expired food away to charities - now they expect their customers to buy it from them so they can "donate" - it helps their bottom line because you purchase their expired food and they get a tax write-off as well
Sometimes, it really pays to tip! During one vacation I was wandering around the swanky hotel shops in the lobby. In one shop I found the large bars of the fantastic soap we got, in the 1/4 sized version, in our room. It was priced at $60! I surely wasn’t going to pay that for a bar of soap no matter how good! I always tip housekeeping staff, and really wanted to take some of that soap home so I left a note for the housekeeper asking if she could leave a couple extra bars for us. I left the note, my standard tip, and an extra $20 on the note. When we returned to the room later that day I was shocked! Not only did she leave a thank-you note on my note and extra towels she literally filled the entire bathroom sink with those very expensive soaps! Wow, there was easily over 100 bars in that sink! Wonderful!
@@vorazi08 Or, they might have taken the glowing comments I left with the manager upon checkout and promoted her to vice-president of customer service! Either way, I didn’t ask for tons of the soap and she was more than appreciative for the extra gift I left her. Her note said that most guests just demand extra services and didn’t tip and never over-tipped! All in all I think she, I and the hotel were all happy with the transaction so I’m pretty sure she didn’t get fired…
It doesn't seem like you understand how tipping has worked for decades if not centuries. It's customary to tip 15 to 20 percent of the cost of your meal to your server whether you feel charitable that day or not.
@@christopherblaisdel Rest assured, I am not the one confused on why tipping was "invented". The word "TIP", literally stands for, "To Insure Promptness". A service worker was REQUIRED to perform well to EXPECT a TIP. Crappy service = NO TIP. Why not just pay more and fire bad employees??? Because it meant a restaurant might have to pay unemployment wages to every unskilled POS that walked through their door. With the tip system, the servers would leave on their own because they didn't make enough without TIPs. Fast forward to our woke society, and employees feel entitled to TIPs without cause. The tipping system was quite ingenious but was taken advantage of by employers and employees. This ain't the customers fault.
"The word "TIP", literally stands for, "To Insure Promptness". A service worker was REQUIRED to perform well to EXPECT a TIP. Crappy service = NO TIP."-@@joes2514 Please provide evidence for this claim you just made.
"Rest assured...The word "TIP", literally stands for, "To Insure Promptness". A service worker was REQUIRED to perform well to EXPECT a TIP. Crappy service = NO TIP."--@@joes2514 1.) Please provide evidence of this claim. 2.) Why don't you know how to spell the word ensure? Or are you suggesting we literally need to purchase insurance?
@@christopherblaisdel It's hilarious so many pick tipping as the hill to die on, because you would never ever win if push ever came to shove. You have absolutely zero leverage besides resorting to literal extortion, which is against the law.
Absolutely, they're not Doctors entitled to a tip at all.. That's just flat out greediness..No way do I ever tip at the Ballpark for someone simply twisting off the cap of a beer bottle??!! They're seriously crazy
Tipping is NOT for service... it is for EXCEPTIONAL service. That's how it originated, and that's what I tip for. It's meant to be a reward or incentive... not a payroll subsidy.
Well that's what tipping should be, but by acting like that, you're not helping it becoming that, you're just letting an underpaid worker be underpaid. Of course here I speak about legitimate tipping, especially waiters that make most of their income on tips
@@adrienrenaux6211 I expressed an opinion - nowhere did I say I refuse to tip. I do, and usually well over any requested percentage. That doesn't mean I agree with it. HOWEVER - and this is at the crux of what the gimme-gimme Marxists ignore: No one is "letting an underpaid worker be underpaid." If the worker chooses to remain in that position, that's on them. EVERYONE is underpaid at one point or another. Learn, grow, improve and move on. None of the jobs I've ever held - in retail, hardware, picture-framing, bussing tables, washing dishes, painting houses, car mechanic, data entry or a dozen others - ever magically prevented me [or anyone] from learning new skills, taking risks and moving on.
@@adrienrenaux6211 That's not the customer's problem. It's up to the workers to fight for their salaries instead of ripping customers. People like you encourage this out of control tipping culture.
The server who packs your to go order at a restaurant is usually allocated 18% of the amount of your check in income that she must pay taxes on to uncle sam. So when you stiff your waiter, you are actually accepting charity from your server. So yeah, I guess it's "scary" for you not to get handouts.
The absolute funniest to me is when I go get froyo which I'm dispensing myself, putting toppings on myself, and I go to pay and they have an option for tip. Like WHY, you literally did nothing for me
They make sure the shit is stocked. That it is contaminant free. That it’s available in the first place. The whole thing runs off their back. Without them, no froyo for you. You can get a terrible experience or a great experience and it is 💯 up to them
When I’m checking out at our local Goodwill store, they ask me if I’d like to “round up” to support their charity. NO!!! I JUST SUPPORTED YOUR CHARITY BY BUYING SOME OF YOUR “DONATED” GOODS!!! (Some of which I donated!)
Never shop at Goodwill. All profits go to the CEO and not to programs as they would like you to believe. 100% of every dollar spent at the salvation army thrift store goes towards programs.
Goodwill is a money making business disguised as a charity. Everything they sell has been given to this business for FREE, they turn around and sell it for a profit. When I have things to donate, I either give them to Teen Challenge (they will come pick it up from you), or I give it to a local Humane Society that has a thrift shop. The money they make from their thrift shop goes back into taking care of abandoned or rescued pets at their facility.
@@10com40cal not to mention that now they are marking up items after they find out how much it actually costs. I remember my husband and I were broke and I needed shoes. And I went to goodwill and I saw a nearly brand new pair of Adidas shoes. I was so stinkin excited. And I knew they would be about $10 right? Wrong. $45. Like how does that help families? Plus they got that stuff for free from other people. It didn’t cost them a dime. I was so mad. After that I stopped shopping there. I rarely will go there anymore.
@@10com40cal I can't defend Goodwill because I haven't researched their financial statements or executive pay, but thrift shops don't just receive an item and put it on a shelf for sale. They receive truckloads of items which require sorting, some cleaning, pricing, and putting out on the shelves. Then the crap junk they have to pay to dump the stuff at municipal centers or salvage companies. Watch a documentary called "fast fashion". And there is overhead of rent and utilities, salaries, maintenance etc. I don't resent them for asking for money to run the business. Not all thrift shops are the same so to bash one of them is unfair.
I was the general manager at a cookie shop couple years ago. Our employees were pretty much all college students who got paid between 17 and $20 an hour. A lot of the stores around us were starting to implement those cash registers with the tip screen on the other side and we did not have it But We did have a tip jar. almost had a mutiny at my store because of it. It’s just amazing to me the entitlement of some of these people when they’re getting paid $20 an hour and feel like they also deserve getting all these tips as well. You know when you hit zero on those stupid screens For tip you almost feel like they’re gonna not put as much care in preparing your stuff. It’s truly sad.
We should all wear t-shirts writting "Free stuff is endearly accepted at your kind discretion" and when showed the screen we point at the t-shirt. And then let;s see what happens.
I only tip while dining in, and according to service, cleanliness, and food. While overseas I loved tipping for shoe polishing and meager, yet satisfying jobs. Japan was an eye opening country when I tried to tip for outstanding everything and the waitress got the manager (who spoke a little English) to explain that she would not work there if they didn’t pay enough and she was not low enough beg for handouts.
@@Fighter4Street I WOULD tip a delivery driver. I haven't had a pizza delivered in over 20 years. I prefer to get it myself. I call anyone who has to tip $5,$10 or more for a sack of fast food to be delivered either ultra-rich or ultra-foolish. _THAT'S_ how poor people stay poor.
@@josealexi5141 Agreed, I would personally pick up the food myself. I think it is such a waste of money tipping a driver. When my father orders food for the family, I have to fight to keep the tip lower. I tell him, tipping $5-10 dollars when the guy has to only drive 5 blocks is downright crazy. I try to keep it around $4 dollars. I even asked the place are the cooks getting the tip or the driver. Some of my family fights for closer to $10 tip which is crazy for only like 4 blocks.
Meanwhile janitors, bricklayers and garbage collectors NEVER get tips. Americans, you need to stop rewarding people with easier jobs. And you need to start rewarding people who do something truly exceptional. That’s what tips are meant for.
Where I live in Tx, especially in the hot months many people give cool drinks to our garbage pick up crews and anyone doing outside work. Plus Christmas gift cards.
I tipped like I would dining in during Covid because I knew the people in that industry were hurting and the work was high risk. Now, tipping has gotten out of hand.
Tipping in a restaurant is normal, your server makes less than the minimum hourly wage. The tipping at retail stores is STUPID!! What's next tipping at a self-service register?
The server who packs your to go order at a restaurant is usually allocated 18% of the amount of your check in income that she must pay taxes on to uncle sam. So when you stiff your waiter, you are actually accepting charity from your server. None of that has a single thing to do with covid.
"Now, tipping has gotten out of hand."-@eedre4864 If you are talking about tips other people are electing to give, why would you have an opinion about what they do being "out of hand"? If you are talking about the tips you give being "out of hand", then why are you giving them?
EXACTLY!! I have started paying cash at restaurants after a restaurant where I ordered a TAKE OUT order did the “spin tip” thing and there were 3 options for tips (none of which was 0% and the lowest “suggestion” was 18%). NEVER AGAIN!
This might be the new norm for some people, but not me. If they didnt deliver the food to my house and I didnt eat the food in their restaurant, then I do not owe anyone a tip. In fact, im cheap so thats why I usually pick up my own pizzas. Because I dont wanna pay the ever increasing delivery fees and then a 20% tip on top of that. What was supposed to be a 14 dollar pizza somehow turns into nearly a 30 dollar pizza when its all said and done. Its ridiculous..
Exactly!!!!! Spot on. I am the same way. It's not being cheap it's called being financially wise. All these 'add ons' makes the cost of things ridiculous. We don't have money to throw around. I ALWAYS tip well for delivery and restaurants, but I rarely get delivery anymore because of the 'delivery fees' that get added on in addition to the tip.
If you order takeout from a sitdown restaurant, In most cases the servers who make less than minimum wage are the ones packing your food, gathering your condiments and drinks together for your order... and most importantly taking their time away from their tipping tables within the restaurant to get your order ready, they deserve no less than a 10% tip.
The server who packs your to go order at a restaurant is usually allocated 18% of the amount of your check in income that she must pay taxes on to uncle sam. So when you stiff your waiter, you are actually accepting charity from your server.
@@christopherblaisdelif a server works at a restaurant where they are receiving 18% of the total takeout order check, then good for them and all the more reason to feel absolutely fine about not tipping for it.
My niece works at Crumbl Cookie. When they hired her, they gave her a low wage but then told her how much she'd really be making with tips. They literally used potential tips as part of her job offer.
My husband and I went into one of those last week to check it out. We looked at the price of the cookies and walked out. I'm not paying that! LOL. I'll make them at home and have them be homemade.
Just because you pretend there are not decades if not centuries of rules in our culture defining when, whom, and how much to tip, doesn't mean these rules don't exist. Stiff whomever you like, just don't expect anyone to buy your "there are no rules" excuse.
That's why servers need to get the full federal or state minimum whichever is higher and "tipouts" to the team should be banned. Tipping out to hosts, food runners and others who are NOT responsible for cash handling, sales or customer service is wrong.
"Tipping out to hosts, food runners and others who are NOT responsible for cash handling, sales or customer service is wrong."--@@audradietz 1.) I have never seen a host get tipped out, that IS wrong, that's not how tipping works 2.) Who told you that food runners are not "responsible for customer service"? 3.) Tipping out has always been a part of the tipping gcu
For service …. But just taking your order and money and handing u the food that is what your employer pays you to do. My daughter gets paid $12 an hour to take ur order and hand the food . As a former waitress I got paid $2 per hour and had to bring ur food to the table along with additional items throughout your meal. That is a server and deserves a tip. Even then sometimes the small tip would barely get me to minimum wage. That’s the difference. You get at least minimum to hand me my food which takes all of 3 min versus me serving you for 30 min to an hour.
Dave's grocery story comment made me think of a company called Bombas Socks. They claim to be such good people that they will donate a pair of socks for every pair bought. A pair of their socks costs $25. So, they want you to overpay for socks so they can look like the caring corporate citizen who donates a pair of socks with your money.
I totally concur. They do have nice socks, but in reality you are paying $25 for a $12.50 pair of socks - they give the other $12.50 pair of socks away unseen. It's a nice idea, but I would rather give to someone and see their expression or know that they are getting it. For me, that new pair of socks would be replacing a used pair of socks that I more than likely will never use many more times or end up throwing away eventually.
No different than when Costco and Smart and Final has their Children's Hospital and Hunger charity month. You make the donation and they get all the credit. I started saying NO the last several years at the register.
I've been craving buttery pancakes lately and went to iHop on two separate days and paid $6.57 for 3 pancakes each time. On the third day, I went and ordered the same thing, but my total was nearly $8.00. I assumed that the waitress who rang me up the third time charged me extra for the condiments since I like lots of butter, but no. She originally responded by saying that she charged me for 3 pancakes. I then informed her that I'd been there the past two days and was only charged $6.57. It was only then that she informed me that she added a 90 cent gratuity even though I drove to pick up the order. She was so surprised that I caught on to what she did and was sweating profusely even though there was only one table in the entire restaurant. Ugh, I felt so violated.
I went to a location where they have car hops i ordered off of their limited menu. The car hop brought out my drink. And then turned around I gave her let's say $10 bill in the bill I owed was only three something And she turned around and left I thought it was because she didn't have changing her pocket or that She needed to go get change because they weren't carrying denominations in their pocket anymore. So I waited a good several minutes time enough for her to go in make the change and bring it back out two times before I pushed the buzzer thing again An indicated that I wanted my change she wasn't getting a seven or eight dollar tip on a two or $3 order She came out nearly through it at me But again I choose how much I tip and when and where
I was a waitress in college ($2.18 an hour) and when you’re being audited you’re taxed on the food that you sold and the tips you were supposed to get.
This whole tipping culture in the US is absolute madness. We barely tip 10% in EU for good service, nothing for takeaway or fast food either. They get living wages, we don't lose money. It is a fair business.
I went to a restaurant where I stood in line in front of a cash register to order my food. I then had to search for a table putting a stand with a number on it so an employee could find us. We ate and left a 10% tip on our table. Arriving home I checked my credit card as I had never received a receipt. Low and behold I was charged 20% for service but actually paid 30%. I went back to the restaurant and said I was unaware of the charge. The hostess pointed to a small sign in front of the register I had not seen stating the 20% automatic tip as it pays the salaries of the employees. I have never returned.
The only time I got tipped for being a cashier was when I worked at an electronics store and helped load a guys 65” TV into his car. He was very grateful for the service and I was very grateful for his show of appreciation because I did an extra service for him
@@christopherblaisdel I think that’s the point that was being made here. Cashiers don’t normally do an extra service outside of their normal hourly pay so there shouldn’t be an expectation to tip cashiers, but you can if they go the extra mile, and you feel you want to and can give an extra little tip, then consider doing so :)
In High School, I worked at Olive Garden and grew a sense of responsibility to tip, as I saw the impact it had on the people I worked with. Today, I still tip, but I'm definitely fatigued of being asked to tip everywhere for everything. It is certainly diminishing my desire to tip as generously as before...
Don't tip unless it's for a service... like waiting on your table, delivering food, cutting your hair, et cetera -- there's even drive through restaurants around here that try to manipulate you into tipping (ridiculous). If someone is just passing you a drink, over the counter, that's not a service.
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 what's this mantra of tipping for service? Almost any job has some "service" part in it. Employers should pay more to employees that are providing better service, this would lead to both employee and customer retention. Win-win-win
@@privettoli - it makes a bit of difference at tax time but not in the day-to-day for most employees in the restaurant industry as most don't receive a paycheck due to the very low hourly wage... I bartended when making $2.13 and at $4.26 per hour in the same place--all paychecks were ZERO dollars and ZERO cents. Again, it helped when filing taxes but not significantly unless a homeowner or having other big deductions which aren't very common for people working in that industry. The reward employers can, and do, give are better shifts and better sections... it's a raise based on merit but it doesn't come out of the employer's pocket. Still a win-win-win.
I once received a bill where separate 20%, 25% and 30% tips were already conveniently calculated so you didn’t have to bother figuring out the tip yourself. You could just choose one and write it in. I noticed something was off and found that all three printed amounts were actually significantly higher than the percentages stated.
@@joegrahe3958 No, it wasn’t based on the sales tax either. It was higher than the percentages stated even with sales tax included. It was just a deliberate attempt at deception designed to trick the customer.
Here in California, some restaurants add a "health fee" to the bill automatically. So in addition to tipping, you're also responsible for subsidizing their employees' healthcare. It totally sucks.
Tipping did not become an issue until the pandemic arrived. During those 2 years I tipped like crazy to help businesses stay afloat. But after the pandemic, those businesses got used to that extra income that customers provided for their employees. Most businesses still don't have competitive pay to keep up with inflation caused by the pandemic.
every time i go to McDonalds and they say "want to round up for the children" i always say no to that with a big smile on my face then go on with my day.
Many years ago the local grocery store cause of the month was breast cancer. The clerk parroting the company line asked me if I wanted to contribute $10 for breast cancer. The look on her face was priceless when I said I was against breast cancer so I wouldn't be contributing for it.
Honestly, I think the US tipping culture is insane. I was at a wedding meal in New York, it's was a small wedding of 20 people or so, the food was nice, the service was OK (didn't blow me away as spectacular or anything) the couple who got married tipped $1000... the restaurant complained it wasn't enough.
Usually they add auto gratuity to that type of party so that’s unusual. Seeing as there were 20 people maybe the restaurant had to give a dedicated space to the party. I’ve worked where 15 people needed to spend a minimum of 5000$ to get a private dining room table, there was 20% gratuity on that so 1000$ and that was for only 15 people.
Who's tipping Nurses, Firefighters, Teachers, Mailman, police, Housekeepers, Maintenance, Machine operators, Construction crew, Service men, caregivers, flight stewardess, Nurse etc...... why only Tip a specific industry????? 😅😅😅
@C White this was back in 2012 so they may not have added gratuity automatically back then. I think the place was called "Quality Meats" it definitely wasn't a private dining space, but it was a space off to one side.
When I tip, it has to be a service. Then I just do around 10%. Make it easy to calculate in the head by moving the decimal point and rounding up to the dollar.
@@LittleMopeHead If you received good or very good service at a full service restaurant, a 10% tip is an insult to the waiter. 15% is the absolute minimum and 20% has been the standard for good service for many years now.
I went to a Major League Baseball game yesterday. $15 for a piece of pizza and a drink and then asked me for a tip for just doing their job. The problem I have is the company (or ballpark) charging that amount of money for those things should pay their employees enough so I don’t need to tip.
Absolutely! We have a AA baseball team and at the concessions, we have a screen for a tip, too. I haven't ever tipped because paying $6 for a pretzel and $4 for a coke is insane. Also, the person would still be standing there regardless of tippinp.
They literally asked you for a tip?! I would say, “here’s a tip, don’t take any wooden nickels.” If they have a tip cup, just don’t leave a tip. You’re not obligated to leave a tip for takeout at all. When I see people leaving tips for takeout, I cannot help but think those people are suckers that like to waste money. They’re the same people that are crying poor.
Right. So when you really think about it, you are not a cheap basstard, you are just the rosa parks of the movement to make employers pay more. So noble.
I moved to Spain-where most people who work in the food industry can survive without tips. I left a tip once and the woman almost felt insulted. Not sure how to fix America’s situation, but it’s getting out of hand.
I’ve lived and traveled throughout Europe, and found service while dining out to be as good or better than the U.S., not to mention higher quality at a more affordable price. It’s a much less rushed experience-in countries like Spain and France, the table is yours for the evening. I’ve been not even halfway done with my meal, and had American waiters drop the bill on my table and say “no rush.”
A burger place I went to forced you to use the touchscreen to order your food. There was no option to have a human take your order. At checkout, it asked if I wanted to add a tip. 😂
I'm a new ramsey fan, this clip is my favorite. I wonder how much for years been guilted me putting into that cashier tip screen when my gut said i didn't want to. Legit tipping feels good and the more you do it the more you want to do it. Same goes for voluntary contributions for Yoga etc. and lavishly taking care of postal employees and any other regular workers at the holidays. If they ever tell you the brand of booze they like to drink you buy them a bottle of that at the holidays, that's how i was raised. Hope he gets more questions about tipping
Those companies asking for donations turn around and donate that money and take the credit for it like they donated out of the kindness of their heart.
Agree, but just politely decline instead of complaining (or chewing-out) the employees because they are being forced to ask the customers to donate. I often prefer it if a customer says no politely because the transaction goes faster and we can serve more customers rather than stopping to explain what "the charity" is supposed to be doing.
I agree! Everyone thinks they deserve a tip even when no service is offered. Im a great tipper and use to be a bartender. But the spin move just drives me up a wall. Thanks for this
How about those of us who have jobs that don't involve tipping? My job would never even consider it, and I work my behind off -- a LOT more than putting forks and napkins into a takeout bag. I could use a few extra bucks. The whole system needs to go.
Actually I don't give a Flying Fuc* they can spin that monitor or whatever it's called until it breaks I will never add anything on that ever!! I usually pay for everything with Cash anyway
Are you just making this up to make yourself feel better? Because what you are describing is certainly not how restaurants actually work. The server who packs your to go order at a restaurant is usually allocated 18% of the amount of your check in income that she must pay taxes on to uncle sam. So when you stiff your waiter, you are actually accepting charity from your server. Nobody is allocated tips at MacDonalds.
@@christopherblaisdel bs The fanciest steak house I’ve picked up food from is Texas Roadhouse, and they most definitely do not allocate 18% servers to handle carry out orders. I feel no more obliged to tip there for a carry out than I do at White Castle or Culver’s. I may still give a tip, but it would not come close to what I leave a server at a restaurant.
I’ve no problem tipping at a sit down restaurant. You pay and tip AFTER your meal, meaning you have the chance to evaluate the service and food. If you go through a drive thru or order on line, you’re asked to tip BEFORE you receive service or food/drink. In this case, you may find an issue when you get home and there’s always the chance that without a tip your order might get “messed up” by a disgruntled worker. I’m sure that these places tout the tip as an added benefit when recruiting.
Sorry, that's not how tipping works. You tip the person who served you your food, or the person who cleaned your room because they served you your food or cleaned your room. You still make an ass of yourself if you stiff your waiter, even if you were mad about something with the service. Whether you do that or not of course is up to you.
Tipping only if you feel compelled based on service (AND FOOD that the server didn't even cook?!?! lmao) is not how tipping works in our culture. You're just stiffing people.
How do you figure? I don't think that's correct. If a business gives their own money, it's deducted from their profits, but passing along money a customer gave them wasn't profit in the first place, so it should have no tax impact.
I don’t donate at the stores because I don’t know if it is going to the starving children, pets or whatever they are collecting for. It could go to the CEO of the store for all I know.
We went to eat at a bbq place/hotpot and the gratuity was automatically added to our bill. But the bill still asks for an extra tip. Seriously? I happily added $0 tip. That's why I try not to go out to restaurants as much. Tipping has completely gone out of hand
@@Drak976 I know a restaurant near the college I went to had 18% gratuity added to the bill, even 15 years ago. My guess is because college students were really bad about tipping the waitresses, not because of poor service, but because they hadn't learned that social grace yet.
I don't tip at Starbucks but at this one Starbucks there is this girl that makes my coffee always perfect, she knows what I order and if she is not extremely busy she will start making it as soon as I come to the register. I really appreciate her and would like to tip her only.
I once saw a tip jar at a self serve frozen yogurt store. I almost wanted to reach in and grab a dollar or 2 because I made myself a really nice sundae.
Yup we had this at ours too, self serve, put your own toppings, place your cup on the scale, the amount automatically comes up on the screen and I used my card to pay. What am I tipping for at this point?
The other thing about the donation at checkout (besides no tax deduction) is that the store will collect that money and present it as a donation from them.
That's illegal in Canada, and I suspect the same goes for the US. At Costco, if you donate to their Children's Miracle Network fundraiser of $20, they'll give you a tax receipt.
I don't know what you mean by "present is as", but no, it is certainly not legal to deduct a charitable contribution made by another on your corporate or individual income tax return.
Safeway just added a tip box for grocery delivery. I almost didn’t notice it. First off, the driver does not shop for your food. Second, they charge a delivery fee. Third, just because I buy a lot groceries doesn’t mean I have to tip more. The tip options went up to 25%, yeah, I’m going to tip $50 on a $200 grocery delivery. The default was 5%, but I did a custom tip.
I just got our windows tinted on our suv and it was $350. It was a small business. Super nice people. The owner wanted to teach a new employee how to clean headlights and offered to buff ours for free when they got the windows done which he said normally they charge $100. When they were done I paid and the guy handed me the IPad and said if I thought they did a good job I could leave them a tip…It started at 30%! I couldn’t believe it! So I did leave a $10 tip for them doing the headlights but 30% and up for the other options!!! Come on!!!
If Chili's is doing this aren't they screwing over their own staff? They know that server will make less that day should he be working tables. If that is the case why don't they just add a 10% to go charge? Why should the customer have to think about all this stuff and figure it out? Thing is, Chili's in on the decline. Less people would go there if they knew about a 10% to go order.
The owner is a Billionaire!! I refuse to donate to that Company.. I donate all my thing's & friends things to a neighborhood charity Center I feel good about it because they literally let people come in to pick anything they need & do not charge them Anything... Plus they give me paperwork to fill out for my Taxes.. I do this several times a Year
My favorite sub place is Jersey Mikes. I have been picking up from them for years. And NEVER ONCE have I tipped them. They are just glad they have my business.
Tipping at sub store is just embarrassing. You're literally standing in line and waiting and telling them to assemble your sub. I think they know it's insane.
I never went there much to begin with, but after a couple of times of going there after they started implementing the asking for a tip at the card reader, I just stopped going there all together. I am a pizza delivery driver and make half of my living off of tips. I hate being stiffed and I am super grateful for tips. Any time I am in a situation where I use a service from a traditionally tipped worker I'd like to think I tip very handsomely, but all of this new tipping everything that seems to have arisen from Covid is ridiculous
Traditional employees that deserve tips are waiters at sit-down restaurants, bartenders, valet, hotel employees, and especially food/grocery delivery drivers (so they don't spit on your food) ;)
if there's a single chance for you to believe that somone's got the opportunity to spit in your food and you keep accepting this path of things going, it;s all on you. You took a wrong turn at a certain point.
If you call the manager of a company and complain about being asked to give money, that is the best way to stop it. If enough customers complain that is when it will change.
Our family is sick of tipping. On the rare occasion we're out and about and need to grab something to eat we started going to our local grocery store and ordering a sub or sushi, grab a fruit bowl, and a drink and we're good to go. No tip required!
@@kj7653 That's a big NO from me. I already use self check out when possible because most stores only have one cashier anymore. I'm not tipping anyone except myself.
@@christopherblaisdel I can afford to tip when it's deemed a tippable service. Don't throw a sandwich in a bag and expect a tip. If you serve me at a sit down establishment then I don't mind tipping.
Please personally tip housekeeping if you choose to tip. Don’t leave the money in the room. I was a housekeeper and often times maintenance and management would “inspect” (pocketed tips) the rooms prior to housekeeping cleaning the room. Housekeepers make very little vs upper management. Also upper management had lunches paid for by the company and housekeepers struggled to bring packed lunch in everyday.
I personally find the housekeeper who is usually cleaning near my room & ask if she's the one cleaning our room.. Then I personally give her the Money They're always extremely grateful.. Shame on the maintenance workers for stealing the $$ from those back breaking hard working housekeepers!! They should call them out on it,I know I definitely would
I think tipping for every little thing enables the companies that hires the servers to pay them less with the promise of tips making up the difference. These companies make money hand over fist, pay the employees more, stop tipping for picking up food at Chipotle, Starbucks, etc, and tip generously for table service at actual sit down restaurants.
I just recently talked to a young fella that said where he worked would use tip money to actually " offset" what he had to pay out of his pocket to employees!
This is very true but the best way to deal is to then NOT buy from these companies - it is called cancel culture. Simple double the wages or we won't buy coffee from Starbucks. Meanwhile I am not going to punish the gracious barista who is dong a job that I would not last one day doing. The public is nasty!!! you can have 100 good ones but in works ken/karen and many are passive aggressive nasty entitled people that would never, ever talk to their boss the way they talk to a cashier. Didnt COVID reveal this!!!!!! The real heros ie front line workers were the cashiers and no one rang a bell or clapped for them. Unsung heroes. They are my favourite people to tip!!!
@@agustino42491 First we need to change the laws that allow employers to pay a below minimum wage, because the job is considered a "tipping" job. Instead of punishing the employees, required employers to pay a minimum wage, then tipping will be unnecessary.
The thing I don’t understand about the companies asking for donations is that they’ll add it all up and then go do a PR event about how they are donating X Million dollars to this charity. They didn’t donate it, their customers did.
Those donations at big stores are to be avoided. They take your donation and use it as a tax write off. Make your donation directly to the org of your choice. Walmart, petsmart, etc can easily afford to donate.
Many places the kitchen workers (who are paid a higher rate than servers) are the ones that pack your order to go. Some places the cashier or hostess will assist. If the hostess or Cashier packed my order I feel inclined to tip, except...... My problem is when I tip them I often get home to find they neglected condoments or something I requested then I regeret tipping for very poor service.
This whole tipping for takeout, fast food, etc started during the so called pandemic and it doesn’t want to go away. I’ve begun using cash more and more instead of my debit card just to give me more control
The server who packs your to go order at a restaurant is usually allocated 18% of the amount of your check in income that she must pay taxes on to uncle sam. So when you stiff your waiter, you are actually accepting charity from your server. This has always been this case and has absolutely nothing to do with COVID-19.
@@christopherblaisdel Since you chose to reply to my comment you should read it again with a dictionary so you are able to first understand what I said. This will allow you to comment intelligently. Right now you come across as lacking reading comprehension. Good luck to you.
@@providencebreaker1558 Yes. Someone spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in Cloud Compute to train an AI model to identify and mock ignorance with respect to tipping etiquette, total lack of understanding of IRS law, and the complete absence of logic surrounding the fact that opting not to tip in cash, and opting not to tip with a card is literally exactly the same amount of "control" @Spanglish-KC. 🙄
I used to tip 15%-25% and I stopped tipping once I started to see extra hidden service fees without any justification. I only tip if I receive extra service. There are too many entitled individuals who think they deserve 20% or more tip for barely doing their job.
About a year ago, a seafood restaurant opened in my neighborhood, so we decided to give it a try. Decor was beautiful, service was a bit ‘wobbly’, as the business had been open about 2 weeks at that point, and the food was fairly good, but not spectacular. The bill arrived. We were overcharged for the drinks; charged for ‘dinner’ portions when we were clearly there at 2pm on a Saturday; and there was an extra 4% fee, noted as SGS. We had the bill adjusted to correct the errors, and that mysterious SGS fee remained. We had to ask the waiter, then the ‘staff leader’, and finally the manager what the ‘SGS’ fee was for. We were told it was for “Shucking Good Service” (obviously, a take on shucking oysters - which we did not order). But isn’t this covered by the usual tip we provide the wait person? Nope. We typically tip anywhere from 20% to 25%, so we considered this extra service fee out of the ordinary. Oh, no, we were told - this SGS fee (they weren’t allowed to call it a ‘tip’, as tips are optional) was to help cover the ‘services’ provided by the back of the house staff - the chef, the prep cooks, the dishwashers. What? Isn’t the cost of employing the staff included in the price of our meal?! We lowered the wait person’s tip to cover the 4% that was squeezed out of us to “help cover the costs” of the back house staff. We haven’t returned to this overpriced restaurant. We did notice that after several online reviews noting the high prices and the extra charges, the SGS charge seems to have disappeared. How did they get away with this? They actually had the ‘4% SGS fee’ (although they didn’t describe what it was for) listed in very fine print at the bottom of the menu, as one line following the usual notification necessary when serving raw foods, such as oysters on the half shell, or customer-specified extremely rare cooked steaks.
@@probablynot1368: How do they get away with this? By people paying them - willingly, reluctantly, guiltily, ignorantly, being coaxed, manipulated, naivete, or just overly-nice, etc.
I've been in the restaurant field for 31 years, let me tell you my perspective: Fast food: drive-through or online ordering, don't tip... The employees are making above minimum wage and aren't doing anything extra for this service. If you order takeout from a sitdown restaurant, In most cases the servers who make less than minimum wage are the ones packing your food, gathering your condiments and drinks together for your order... and most importantly taking their time away from their tipping tables within the restaurant to get your order ready, they deserve no less than a 10% tip. The pandemic drove to-go orders up significantly, restaurants were the 2nd hardest hit after manufacturing for employees, and 4 years later, they still have major issues finding qualified employees. During peak periods of the day, you can see to-go orders exceed in-house orders... these restaurants weren't built for this type of business, they are making do with what little space they do have.
Yep. The server who packs your to go order at a restaurant is usually allocated 18% of the amount of your check in income that she must pay taxes on to uncle sam. So when you stiff your waiter, you are actually accepting charity from your server.
Exactly...Bennigans would never have change . So you would be made to feel guilty while they got change. Don't bully me ! Also I want the person who helped me receive the tip, not split with everyone else... especially the management !
I once had a person decide that she didn't need to give me back the .36 change I had coming at a McDonalds drive thru. Seemed super put out when I wouldn't move my car until she gave it to me
Valet parkers why? They are paid to do this exact one duty job! Waiters and bell hops the same. Furniture movers only do a really hard job from the above mentioned and need a reward.
I've decided to tip for takeout etc not for what it does for them but what it does for me. I think it makes me more generous. It's like worship, God doesn't need it, it changes us. I think being generous in every situation changes me more than anything. Thanks to you, Dave, I have the ability to be generous. Extreme generosity, that's what I'm aiming for.
Fun fact: In Mexico the old people that bag your stuff in Mexico don’t actually get paid. The only money they get paid is what they make from tips. My parents always tip them generously.
In California we find a lot of restaurants adding automatic gratuity and STILL giving an option to add tip. They hope that we don’t see it’s automatically added. Always check the bill before paying!
The server who packs your to go order at a restaurant is usually allocated 18% of the amount of your check in income that she must pay taxes on to uncle sam. So when you stiff your waiter, you are actually accepting charity from your server. But yeah, I guess taking charity from an IHOP server doesn't make some people feel any guilt.
@@christopherblaisdel While my comment was ambiguous in that it left room to interpret which occasions I referenced, let me assure you it was NOT directed at servers, restaurants, or even instances of true service (i.e., salon). I'm of the opinion that if you go to a sitdown restaurant, even IHOP as in your example, then the expectation is that there is a tip involved. The server is providing a service to you. What I think is over done are times when tipping "opporunities" are presented for something that is part of the job (i.e., packing an online order). By definition, a tip is "a sum of money given to someone as a REWARD for their services." If the platform is solely online and the product is not a result of your own creativity, I will not be guilted into tipping. A different example is when I order custom baked goods - I tip then because it's custom, their creative execution, AND delivered to me at no additional. That is above and and beyond and, to me, deserving of a tip.
The worst is when you tip for takeout and when you get home you realize your order is all wrong!
so true!!
so true!!
You ain't lying!
Just pay the servers ONE hourly wage.
So true
This tipping thing should go both ways. I want to get 15% off my groceries when I have to go through self-checkout.
i'd pay extra to use self checkout. it's fantastic.
Knock your self out.@@tommyfu9271
Seriously!!!!!
How about we get tips for our jobs too. I think I will put a tip jar outside my office.
Absolutely!
I had an employee at a restaurant tell me that the owner gets the tips and that I shouldn't tip.
I appreciated the honesty.
By your username, I assume you are in Texas. In Texas that is illegal and the employee should go after the boss for theft.
That’s extremely illegal and definitely not common practice. I’ve
I should clarify (if it makes a difference). It was at the register and not for a sit down service. Not sure if that changes things, but that's what the girl told me.
@@TexasBeekeeper Nope. Pretty scummy of the owner to be doing that. I don't believe in the tipping system at all, but if a place is going to do it, they shouldn't be stealing from their employees.
Hence, leave cash.
I'm a massage therapist and I recently did away with tips on my cc machine. I've never ever been so busy. People love it. Also, they demand I keep their cash tips. I don't argue.
I’ve always tipped my massage therapist. Much love for the field.
That's how it's supposed to work. Generosity isn't mandatory.
@@robertfox4524 agreed
@@ipodgolfer13 the prices have gone up so much it's hard for people to afford going and tipping. I'm sure they appreciate you for it. Thank you for the comment.
That's awesome ‼🧡
I just click “no tip” shamelessly and unabashedly, and carry on with my day.
Same. But it’s annoying to constantly be suggested to tip for simple over the counter transactions.
I do it with a smile too 🤣
@@myyt3824 I make eye contact when I do it
What about before they make your food? U pay and it asks for a tip
same i don't get why people get mad at the option, if the employees can make an extra 10$ that's fine but im not going to tip, i tip waiters well though
I bought a $50 tee shirt at a concert last fall. The worker tapped the iPad a few times, turned around and walked a few feet, picked up the t shirt, came back and handed it to me and spun the iPad around and it asked me to tip. The options were 18%, 20%, and 22%. They made it so difficult to find a no tip option. Why are we being asked to tip for SIMPLE services? Waiters/Waitresses, Valet, etc absolutely deserves a tip. Simple tasks like the one listed above DO NOT warrant a tip
I guess he figured if you were silly enough to buy a $50 tee shirt, you'd be silly enough to tip for it. 😜
@@frankdank7507 Well, at a concert, you are buying a memento/souvenir that happens to be a tee shirt.
@@MarekGamer76 $50 memento. A CD would be cheaper. LOL!
It's literally their job, they aren't going above and beyond. I agree that that's ridiculous
I think the cooks and dishwashers deserve the tips more than the waiter. The waiter has the easiest job.
If I'm not mistaken, back when I was a kid a tip was a private thing between the customer and the waiter/waitress that says "I am grateful (hence the word "gratuity") that you did an extra fine job".
Somewhere along the line it became, "Give me money no matter what kind of service I give even if it's average or below average, and if you don't give it to me, you're a jerk".
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We rarely go out to eat, like "maybe" 2x a year. Our last time out, our waitress was horrible. Never came over to see how things were until it was time for the check. Needless to say, that was the first time I gave a low tip. Usually over 20%
They are trying to guilt trip us.😢
If I get lousy service, then they get a lousy tip 🤷♀️
"If I'm not mistaken, back when I was a kid a tip was a private thing between the customer and the waiter/waitress that says "I am grateful (hence the word "gratuity") that you did an extra fine job"."--@BeingRomans829ed
So you grew up in Medieval France?
@ Domino’s I was shocked when a 20, 25 & 30% tip option popped up when I was picking up a pizza. As a server, the base pay has been $2.13 since around 1994. So, tips are literally my pay. - But expecting me to tip 20% for handing me a pizza & processing a credit transaction while that person also gets a regular pay rate as well, that is really really ridiculous IMO.
A requested tip is not a tip, it's panhandling.
I work at Dennys. We don't request tips. We ask people if they want to tip. There's a difference.
If the option isn't there, the customer can't tip.
@@johnclaybaugh9536 Denny's as a server? If so you are getting server pay, therefore you are entitled to tips. However, I've never had a server ask me if I want to tip. I simply leave it at the table or fill in the tip slot on the receipt.
The option is ALWAYS there if a customer wants to tip. @@johnclaybaugh9536
@@johnclaybaugh9536that's OK...
But I feel even to ask for a tip is a embarrassment.
A Sign saying "Tips are appreciated " is enough...
@WOWayne325 so if someone doesn't carry cash they can't tip? This isn't 1987 anymore.
The Chinese takeout restaurant near me changed to making you pay in advance (card only) before they cook the order, and the credit card machine definitely asks for a tip (20, 25, or 30%). So, they know how much you tipped before they cook your food! The first time they did that was the LAST time I went there.
That’s extortion and i ahold be illegal .. the problem is everyone did during Covid
@@tdadp Truth 💞
The people making your food in the kitchen cannot see the monetary aspects of your order, they are busy cooking your food 😂😂
@@EASTSIDESEE Maybe yes, maybe no. Not chancing it. Would YOU?
On to go orders I do not tip unless they deliver to me.
Man, I hate how subway has tip, cold stone, Starbucks, and donations at store, . I tip when I dine in only, so I started making my own sandwiches , buying ice cream at supermarket, and making my own coffee. To put an end to it.
Same, a wise move in my opinion.
Plus you can save more money that way.
DO consider tipping a barista if you order an elaborate drink. If you order just a coffee, an iced coffee, something premade, etc, no need to tip. But if you order a latte or something that requires a little time and skill to make, consider tossing a couple quarters or a dollar on it. If you walked into a bar and ordered a beer or a cocktail you’d tip a buck, the time to make a latte is similar.
@@adamseidel9780 This is why I make my own at home. Who cares what my coffee looks like?! 😁
I stopped going to subway for the same reason 😂
Someone said "if I ordered while standing I'm not tipping" and I think that's great
"I think that's great" @matthewishunting
Right. Not tipping for your food is "great".
@@christopherblaisdelso I have to tip you for doing your job? No thanks.
@@pubmeatman "so I have to tip you for doing your job? No thanks."
Certainly not. You are completely free to stiff your waiter, fart in the elevator, take all the coins from the find a penny leave a penny jar and generally make as big of an ass of yourself as you like.
@@christopherblaisdel Correct. It is great. You are paying for the food. You pay, you move on.
I love that you people think I invented how tipping works. 🤣
I feel Walmart should tip the CUSTOMER for having to check himself out!
Walmart just stands there watching while you're checking out.
Oh lord, one of those. I worked retail for years-- and the self-checkout is there for your convenience to get yourself out the door, they take less space and they're quicker. Just because someone didn't bag your cereal and dog food doesn't mean you're entitled to a tip. You didn't tip your cashier, so...
Yeah if they are really doing this its like they are trolling you.
I put it on my resume, "experienced checker at Wal-Mart"
@@John3.36 well it is the truth if you use the self checkout. No lies told there.
My 1st job was as a maid in a hotel. It was very physically demanding, while the wages were terrible. The filth that we would come across was unbelievable. I remember the only time a guest left me a tip. It was just $5, but it really meant a lot to me! I still remember that tip 37 years later. To this day, I always leave the maid a little something. I'm glad that Dave Ramsey does too because I guarantee you that if you can afford it, it will really mean a lot to the person receiving it.
I do the same and I don't leave behind a giant mess.
I won’t be leaving tips at hotels, but I will try to make my room look good before leaving.
Until maids start expecting it and feel entitled. People should always tip for exceptional service but standard service leave it to their judgement
I was a maid. That tip was gas money and very much needed. I tip daily due to the housekeepers changing.
I tip every day when I stay in a hotel. Usually $3-$5 each day because you don't if the person who cleans the room works everyday.
I love that people are universally against tipping Starbucks!
I WON'T SIT FOOT IN THAT PLACE
@@rufust.firefly4890I'm sure their multi billion dollar profit year after year suffers every time you don't "sit foot" inside.
I keep cash in my wallet specifically for Starbucks. I wish the app allowed for tipping, I despise cash.
@@mattypants lol. Typo
They think they own the world. By me they put two mom and pop places out of business.People are brainwashed by their marketing baloney. @@mattypants
A few months back, my wife ordered a pizza to go at a pizzeria that was recommended to us. After she got home, I looked at the bill and was shocked that a 20% tip charge was automatically added to the bill. No choice it is added whether you want to or not. I pay tips based on service I receive when sitting down to dinner at a restaurant, NOT to be handed a box. Needless to say, I will never go there again.
It's not a tip if it is mandatory.
@@JasonTaylor-po5xc A new pizza place opened near me and I wanted to try it. I ordered a small pizza to be delivered and between the delivery fee and the tip, it cost about the same as my pizza.
@@AKHWJ3ST Yes, that is the cost of delivery. Sometimes it is worth it, sometimes it isn't. I don't mind being my own delivery person - especially on smaller orders where all the extra fees make little sense.
Dude, you should have denied the bill...
@@JasonTaylor-po5xc I probably will use this pizza place because it's so close, but I will get it myself and there won't be a tip unless it is deserved.
I went into a cake shop the other day and while I was there I ordered 3 cupcakes and then asked to place a cake order. The girl looked at me and said I don't take cake orders, you do that online.
She then looked at me and wanted a tip for handing me the 3 cupcakes that i just paid 14.00 for. Needless to say you can't be bothered to take my cake order, I can't be bothered to tip you.
Does your local supermarket have a bakery? Where I live, the market has a bakery, and a person can order a cake there.
@@karendiane9154 The quality of cakes in our supermarket....terrible... :(
Costco. Order a cake.
@@thomasmorrison3279not everyone has a Costco. 🙄
Huh? This response seems weird. Is that not the cake shop's policy for ordering cakes? What should the cashier have done? Created an order slip? Unless she's the owner I don't know that she can deviate from that.
This all started with Covid, during the shutdowns. People felt bad for businesses and waitstaff that weren't making money. So we tipped generously on take out. But like most things, once they're in place, they're not going away. I feel resentful when I am expected to tip on take out because someone put the food in bag for me. and I waited tables all through college. I tip generously at a restaurant, but this, no.
The masks, covid restrictions, and extra finanical assistance benefits/stimulus went away tho lol
@@stvnsnton OP clearly understands this.
This started way before COVID, I blame Starbucks and Chipotle.
I just went to a pizza place and only bought a bottle of water that I got out of the refrigerator myself. I took it to the counter and went to pay and the guy asked me if I was going to tip on the bottle of water.??????? He seemed disappointed when I said no.
@@greneellen8 It's ridiculous. Go to a sporting event or a concert and wait in line for an overpriced bottle of water then get asked to give a 25 percent tip. Say no.
I love it when the cashier answers the tip question for me with a “no tip” without asking me. I’ve ran into a couple of those. Those people make me want to tip them because I guess they feel bad to even ask 🙌🏻
No they hit the 20%
I agree! I’ve had the same experience!
I used to always hit 0% when taking takeout orders at the restaurant I worked at. My manager found out and I got in trouble because takeout tips go to the owner.
@@neyra7you're the second person who mentioned that in the comments. Is that the case at every restaurant, tips go to the owner?
@@KP99 It varies from restaurant to restaurant. It really depends on how the owner decides to structure the tip-out.
Best I saw was a YT 'short' of a guy who walks into a fully-automated store, buys a few items by scanning them himself, then as his credit card is being processed the screen asks if he'd like to leave a tip (for who? and why?).
It's for the business. I am surprise that the person who posted that video couldn't figure that out.
Ridiculous!
This tipping for a take-out order is something us Gen Xers aren't used to. I'm 52 years old. This was unheard of in our day.
Just Greed playing out on the Gullible
I usually throw them a buck or two if they're halfway competent, they're not getting 18% for walking the bag over to me.
My first job was as a hostess who made $2.13/he plus tips. I did Togo orders and without tip then I made like nothing.
@@randomperson0120 A hostess I would tip, but not someone just standing at a cash register and asking me if I want my receipt.
Napkin really? I’m Gen X and always tip
I worked in the service industry years ago. I am tipping ZERO dollars for a takeout order. That's ridiculous.
And we see a few people behaving like you every day.
@@christopherblaisdelwhy do you think you should be tipped for a take-out order?
@@christopherblaisdelWhy should we be tipping for takeout orders? They hand you a bag.
@@matrepharaoh8260 yes, a bag magically appears with the items from your order in it, ketchup in it if you order french fries with your chicken sandwich, chopsticks and soy sauce in it, if you orderd noodles, and a person appears in front of you and "hands you a bag".
That's how takeout works. 🙄
@@christopherblaisdel You have to be kidding me? Were you alive prior to COVID? Tipping for takeout was not a thing. You pick up your pizza or Chinese food and keep it moving. You sound like someone greedy who wants something for nothing and works in a takeout restaurant 😐
If you’re asked to “tip” BEFORE service (as in the flip tablet coffee shop). That’s NOT a tip; it’s a BRIBE. The inherent message is “I will work as hard as you tip”
My Whole Foods order had a service fees for the "free" delivery AND they wanted me to include a tip for the driver. The tip begging has turned into a scam.
You do realize the service fee is for the Grocery Store and the tip is for the driver right?
You need to tip the driver for a the delivery. He doesn't get the service fee.
You should tip the driver because that is a value added service, just like when the driver a delivers a pizza, or you order a uber/lyft, or you get door dash.
@@dondean517especially for DoorDash and other apps. I drive for DoorDash and we don't get a wage. Most orders pay the minimum pay of $2, plus tip. Without tips we operate at a severe loss.
@@dondean517 But you already paid them?
This isn't a tipping problem, The problem is people feel very uncomfortable saying no. Folks need to learn how to say no. If you can't do it to a perfect stranger at a restaurant I feel sorry for you when you try to do it in your personal life.
It's true. I'm weak. Ask me to my face and I'd give you the shirt off my back. I'm canadian
@@talandelana6873 good news my friend, it's a skill that you can acquire. I know this because years ago I was just like you. Try your best and good luck.
The more we fail to push back by saying “no”, the more schemes they’ll devise.
@@genxx2724 a lot of corporations have figured out a way to monetize guilt and fear and they prey on people who are weak minded. It's a disgrace.
I agree. I was that weak guy too. A stranger (older woman) at a gas station asked me for money to pump gas for her van because she didn't have any. She had her husband at the wheels and a child in the back, and they were 500 miles to Texas. It was hard for me to say no, so I filled up the gas $60. Looking back, I believe I did a moral thing, but was in a free gas/money scheme.
Glad a lot of people are catching on to what these crooked businesses are doing
Dementia don't be cheap if they did a good job reward them what would Jesus do what would you do if you were in their shoe's
@Boog300 I have no idea what you're talking about. Never said I'm against tipping but tipping for everything is ridiculous
@@Lovelyinspo businesses used to give the expired food away to charities - now they expect their customers to buy it from them so they can "donate" - it helps their bottom line because you purchase their expired food and they get a tax write-off as well
@@googie300 if you don't eat in the restaurant 10% is a generous tip for takeout.
Speaking of crooked-it appears Dave is right up there.
I just have a problem when you’re expected to tip BEFORE actually receiving any service!
Sometimes, it really pays to tip!
During one vacation I was wandering around the swanky hotel shops in the lobby. In one shop I found the large bars of the fantastic soap we got, in the 1/4 sized version, in our room. It was priced at $60!
I surely wasn’t going to pay that for a bar of soap no matter how good!
I always tip housekeeping staff, and really wanted to take some of that soap home so I left a note for the housekeeper asking if she could leave a couple extra bars for us. I left the note, my standard tip, and an extra $20 on the note.
When we returned to the room later that day I was shocked!
Not only did she leave a thank-you note on my note and extra towels she literally filled the entire bathroom sink with those very expensive soaps! Wow, there was easily over 100 bars in that sink!
Wonderful!
I'm sure the hotel appreciated her giving away their money. She probably won't be there next time you check in.
@@vorazi08
Or, they might have taken the glowing comments I left with the manager upon checkout and promoted her to vice-president of customer service!
Either way, I didn’t ask for tons of the soap and she was more than appreciative for the extra gift I left her.
Her note said that most guests just demand extra services and didn’t tip and never over-tipped! All in all I think she, I and the hotel were all happy with the transaction so I’m pretty sure she didn’t get fired…
You solicited a bribe, that’s not tipping.
@@elunamista455
No, it was a tip. She could have taken the money and left nothing.
That’s different
The moment staff feels they're entitled to a tip regardless of service, it's rendered absolutely useless.
It doesn't seem like you understand how tipping has worked for decades if not centuries.
It's customary to tip 15 to 20 percent of the cost of your meal to your server whether you feel charitable that day or not.
@@christopherblaisdel Rest assured, I am not the one confused on why tipping was "invented". The word "TIP", literally stands for, "To Insure Promptness". A service worker was REQUIRED to perform well to EXPECT a TIP. Crappy service = NO TIP.
Why not just pay more and fire bad employees??? Because it meant a restaurant might have to pay unemployment wages to every unskilled POS that walked through their door. With the tip system, the servers would leave on their own because they didn't make enough without TIPs.
Fast forward to our woke society, and employees feel entitled to TIPs without cause. The tipping system was quite ingenious but was taken advantage of by employers and employees. This ain't the customers fault.
"The word "TIP", literally stands for, "To Insure Promptness". A service worker was REQUIRED to perform well to EXPECT a TIP. Crappy service = NO TIP."-@@joes2514
Please provide evidence for this claim you just made.
"Rest assured...The word "TIP", literally stands for, "To Insure Promptness". A service worker was REQUIRED to perform well to EXPECT a TIP. Crappy service = NO TIP."--@@joes2514
1.) Please provide evidence of this claim.
2.) Why don't you know how to spell the word ensure? Or are you suggesting we literally need to purchase insurance?
@@christopherblaisdel It's hilarious so many pick tipping as the hill to die on, because you would never ever win if push ever came to shove. You have absolutely zero leverage besides resorting to literal extortion, which is against the law.
The key is the customer should control the tipping not the other way around.
Absolutely, they're not Doctors entitled to a tip at all.. That's just flat out greediness..No way do I ever tip at the Ballpark for someone simply twisting off the cap of a beer bottle??!! They're seriously crazy
Sure, let's just make up how we wish tipping worked, then pretend that's how it is! That should save us some money!
Tipping is NOT for service... it is for EXCEPTIONAL service. That's how it originated, and that's what I tip for. It's meant to be a reward or incentive... not a payroll subsidy.
Yes
Well that's what tipping should be, but by acting like that, you're not helping it becoming that, you're just letting an underpaid worker be underpaid. Of course here I speak about legitimate tipping, especially waiters that make most of their income on tips
@@adrienrenaux6211 I expressed an opinion - nowhere did I say I refuse to tip. I do, and usually well over any requested percentage. That doesn't mean I agree with it.
HOWEVER - and this is at the crux of what the gimme-gimme Marxists ignore: No one is "letting an underpaid worker be underpaid." If the worker chooses to remain in that position, that's on them. EVERYONE is underpaid at one point or another. Learn, grow, improve and move on.
None of the jobs I've ever held - in retail, hardware, picture-framing, bussing tables, washing dishes, painting houses, car mechanic, data entry or a dozen others - ever magically prevented me [or anyone] from learning new skills, taking risks and moving on.
@@adrienrenaux6211 That's not the customer's problem. It's up to the workers to fight for their salaries instead of ripping customers. People like you encourage this out of control tipping culture.
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Scary part on "To Go" is they ask for Tip with the payment before they even start preparing your order. Best thing to do is cook more at home!
The server who packs your to go order at a restaurant is usually allocated 18% of the amount of your check in income that she must pay taxes on to uncle sam.
So when you stiff your waiter, you are actually accepting charity from your server.
So yeah, I guess it's "scary" for you not to get handouts.
The absolute funniest to me is when I go get froyo which I'm dispensing myself, putting toppings on myself, and I go to pay and they have an option for tip. Like WHY, you literally did nothing for me
They unlocked the front door, that is it!😂
They make sure the shit is stocked. That it is contaminant free. That it’s available in the first place. The whole thing runs off their back. Without them, no froyo for you.
You can get a terrible experience or a great experience and it is 💯 up to them
@@cantgetright742 Agreed
Sure but then if you are rude to the cashier they are allowed to charge you an additional fee for putting up with you.
Ok and? Just don't tip and go on with your day.
When I’m checking out at our local Goodwill store, they ask me if I’d like to “round up” to support their charity. NO!!! I JUST SUPPORTED YOUR CHARITY BY BUYING SOME OF YOUR “DONATED” GOODS!!! (Some of which I donated!)
Never shop at Goodwill. All profits go to the CEO and not to programs as they would like you to believe. 100% of every dollar spent at the salvation army thrift store goes towards programs.
You need to look unto charitable giving. Goodwill ain't it 😂
Goodwill is a money making business disguised as a charity. Everything they sell has been given to this business for FREE, they turn around and sell it for a profit.
When I have things to donate, I either give them to Teen Challenge (they will come pick it up from you), or I give it to a local Humane Society that has a thrift shop. The money they make from their thrift shop goes back into taking care of abandoned or rescued pets at their facility.
@@10com40cal not to mention that now they are marking up items after they find out how much it actually costs. I remember my husband and I were broke and I needed shoes. And I went to goodwill and I saw a nearly brand new pair of Adidas shoes. I was so stinkin excited. And I knew they would be about $10 right? Wrong. $45. Like how does that help families? Plus they got that stuff for free from other people. It didn’t cost them a dime. I was so mad. After that I stopped shopping there. I rarely will go there anymore.
@@10com40cal I can't defend Goodwill because I haven't researched their financial statements or executive pay, but thrift shops don't just receive an item and put it on a shelf for sale. They receive truckloads of items which require sorting, some cleaning, pricing, and putting out on the shelves. Then the crap junk they have to pay to dump the stuff at municipal centers or salvage companies. Watch a documentary called "fast fashion". And there is overhead of rent and utilities, salaries, maintenance etc. I don't resent them for asking for money to run the business. Not all thrift shops are the same so to bash one of them is unfair.
A forced "service charge" at restaurants is the equivalent of "resort fee" for hotels
I always fight those. They are common in Miami Beach, so I won’t vacation there again.
Picked up an order from a restaurant and they automatically added a 10% service charge, for a take out order…
Or hotels charging a parking fee.
The worst is how some Minneapolis restaurants charge a fee for employee healthcare. Why isn't that the employer's responsibility?
@@ZavHustles I would have walked out and left the food. We don't need to accept this otherwise we condoning them adding the charge.
I was the general manager at a cookie shop couple years ago. Our employees were pretty much all college students who got paid between 17 and $20 an hour. A lot of the stores around us were starting to implement those cash registers with the tip screen on the other side and we did not have it But We did have a tip jar. almost had a mutiny at my store because of it. It’s just amazing to me the entitlement of some of these people when they’re getting paid $20 an hour and feel like they also deserve getting all these tips as well.
You know when you hit zero on those stupid screens For tip you almost feel like they’re gonna not put as much care in preparing your stuff. It’s truly sad.
We should all wear t-shirts writting "Free stuff is endearly accepted at your kind discretion" and when showed the screen we point at the t-shirt. And then let;s see what happens.
I only tip while dining in, and according to service, cleanliness, and food. While overseas I loved tipping for shoe polishing and meager, yet satisfying jobs. Japan was an eye opening country when I tried to tip for outstanding everything and the waitress got the manager (who spoke a little English) to explain that she would not work there if they didn’t pay enough and she was not low enough beg for handouts.
Japan does about a million things right that the west crashes and burns at. I should have been born in Japan...
HAHA!! American's *LOVE, LOVE, LOVE* to beg for handouts!!
Do you tip if you order food and have it delivered?
@@Fighter4Street I WOULD tip a delivery driver. I haven't had a pizza delivered in over 20 years. I prefer to get it myself. I call anyone who has to tip $5,$10 or more for a sack of fast food to be delivered either ultra-rich or ultra-foolish. _THAT'S_ how poor people stay poor.
@@josealexi5141 Agreed, I would personally pick up the food myself. I think it is such a waste of money tipping a driver.
When my father orders food for the family, I have to fight to keep the tip lower. I tell him, tipping $5-10 dollars when the guy has to only drive 5 blocks is downright crazy. I try to keep it around $4 dollars.
I even asked the place are the cooks getting the tip or the driver. Some of my family fights for closer to $10 tip which is crazy for only like 4 blocks.
Meanwhile janitors, bricklayers and garbage collectors NEVER get tips. Americans, you need to stop rewarding people with easier jobs. And you need to start rewarding people who do something truly exceptional. That’s what tips are meant for.
Where I live in Tx, especially in the hot months many people give cool drinks to our garbage pick up crews and anyone doing outside work. Plus Christmas gift cards.
My mom gives her garbage guys tips on Xmas.
@forza azzurri I wouldn't say working at hospitality is a easy job. You have to deal with toxic people daily
If tipping was calculated on physical labor janitors, bricklayers, and garbage collectors would make about $500 an hour in tips.
Exactly, worked for banks and financial institutions for over 10 years, if I take a tip then I’m going to jail
I tipped like I would dining in during Covid because I knew the people in that industry were hurting and the work was high risk. Now, tipping has gotten out of hand.
I agree and then they never took it away after COVID.
Tipping in a restaurant is normal, your server makes less than the minimum hourly wage. The tipping at retail stores is STUPID!! What's next tipping at a self-service register?
The server who packs your to go order at a restaurant is usually allocated 18% of the amount of your check in income that she must pay taxes on to uncle sam.
So when you stiff your waiter, you are actually accepting charity from your server.
None of that has a single thing to do with covid.
The to-go people make minimum wage, not the $2/hr that servers make
"Now, tipping has gotten out of hand."-@eedre4864
If you are talking about tips other people are electing to give, why would you have an opinion about what they do being "out of hand"?
If you are talking about the tips you give being "out of hand", then why are you giving them?
“You don’t work in the service industry if you work in fast food.” 🤣🤣🤣 Love ya Dave
Especially when workers at fast food restaurants now make $20/hr in California!
@@Resist4meanwhile I work at a non profit hospital for the same
I started paying cash for to go orders, which helps to eliminate this problem!
Great idea
Same here. Cash is king.
@@jevs402 Dave Ramsey principle! Hope mention it in video! 😮
EXACTLY!! I have started paying cash at restaurants after a restaurant where I ordered a TAKE OUT order did the “spin tip” thing and there were 3 options for tips (none of which was 0% and the lowest “suggestion” was 18%). NEVER AGAIN!
@@Gyalog44 Oh my the sainted dave can tip outrageously how wonderful lololol
This might be the new norm for some people, but not me. If they didnt deliver the food to my house and I didnt eat the food in their restaurant, then I do not owe anyone a tip. In fact, im cheap so thats why I usually pick up my own pizzas. Because I dont wanna pay the ever increasing delivery fees and then a 20% tip on top of that. What was supposed to be a 14 dollar pizza somehow turns into nearly a 30 dollar pizza when its all said and done. Its ridiculous..
Exactly!!!!! Spot on. I am the same way. It's not being cheap it's called being financially wise. All these 'add ons' makes the cost of things ridiculous. We don't have money to throw around. I ALWAYS tip well for delivery and restaurants, but I rarely get delivery anymore because of the 'delivery fees' that get added on in addition to the tip.
I’m done tipping at counters. And also done tipping for takeout.
If you order takeout from a sitdown restaurant, In most cases the servers who make less than minimum wage are the ones packing your food, gathering your condiments and drinks together for your order... and most importantly taking their time away from their tipping tables within the restaurant to get your order ready, they deserve no less than a 10% tip.
The server who packs your to go order at a restaurant is usually allocated 18% of the amount of your check in income that she must pay taxes on to uncle sam.
So when you stiff your waiter, you are actually accepting charity from your server.
@@christopherblaisdelif a server works at a restaurant where they are receiving 18% of the total takeout order check, then good for them and all the more reason to feel absolutely fine about not tipping for it.
You should never have started. These are shameless beggars. It’s not my responsibility to make up the difference for your perceived delusion
@@christopherblaisdel So if you tip 18% on top of that, what does that mean???? The server gets 36% tip on each customer???
My niece works at Crumbl Cookie. When they hired her, they gave her a low wage but then told her how much she'd really be making with tips. They literally used potential tips as part of her job offer.
My husband and I went into one of those last week to check it out. We looked at the price of the cookies and walked out. I'm not paying that! LOL. I'll make them at home and have them be homemade.
@@sarahlockridge7879 I did the same thing. $4 or therebouts for a cookie? no thanks
and then all she has to decide is "am I willing to work at a place where any reward I get for giving good service is essentially stolen from me? "
There are no "RULES" for tipping. It's a gratitude for good service. You decide.
Just because you pretend there are not decades if not centuries of rules in our culture defining when, whom, and how much to tip, doesn't mean these rules don't exist.
Stiff whomever you like, just don't expect anyone to buy your "there are no rules" excuse.
That's why servers need to get the full federal or state minimum whichever is higher and "tipouts" to the team should be banned. Tipping out to hosts, food runners and others who are NOT responsible for cash handling, sales or customer service is wrong.
"Tipping out to hosts, food runners and others who are NOT responsible for cash handling, sales or customer service is wrong."--@@audradietz
1.) I have never seen a host get tipped out, that IS wrong, that's not how tipping works
2.) Who told you that food runners are not "responsible for customer service"?
3.) Tipping out has always been a part of the tipping gcu
Well said
For service …. But just taking your order and money and handing u the food that is what your employer pays you to do. My daughter gets paid $12 an hour to take ur order and hand the food . As a former waitress I got paid $2 per hour and had to bring ur food to the table along with additional items throughout your meal. That is a server and deserves a tip. Even then sometimes the small tip would barely get me to minimum wage. That’s the difference. You get at least minimum to hand me my food which takes all of 3 min versus me serving you for 30 min to an hour.
Dave's grocery story comment made me think of a company called Bombas Socks. They claim to be such good people that they will donate a pair of socks for every pair bought. A pair of their socks costs $25. So, they want you to overpay for socks so they can look like the caring corporate citizen who donates a pair of socks with your money.
They do have good socks though for a splurge
I totally concur. They do have nice socks, but in reality you are paying $25 for a $12.50 pair of socks - they give the other $12.50 pair of socks away unseen. It's a nice idea, but I would rather give to someone and see their expression or know that they are getting it. For me, that new pair of socks would be replacing a used pair of socks that I more than likely will never use many more times or end up throwing away eventually.
@@dk302948 I have gotten them numerous times donations to foster care agencies her in nyc. Same quality as the ones we buy.
No different than when Costco and Smart and Final has their Children's Hospital and Hunger charity month. You make the donation and they get all the credit. I started saying NO the last several years at the register.
Exactly !!!
I've been craving buttery pancakes lately and went to iHop on two separate days and paid $6.57 for 3 pancakes each time. On the third day, I went and ordered the same thing, but my total was nearly $8.00. I assumed that the waitress who rang me up the third time charged me extra for the condiments since I like lots of butter, but no. She originally responded by saying that she charged me for 3 pancakes. I then informed her that I'd been there the past two days and was only charged $6.57. It was only then that she informed me that she added a 90 cent gratuity even though I drove to pick up the order. She was so surprised that I caught on to what she did and was sweating profusely even though there was only one table in the entire restaurant. Ugh, I felt so violated.
Bruh why are you paying money for somethjng you can make at home super easily.
@@steftrandobecause they’re good! 😂
@@Kirstie72then you better tip, they are still serving your fata**
I went to a location where they have car hops i ordered off of their limited menu. The car hop brought out my drink. And then turned around I gave her let's say $10 bill in the bill I owed was only three something And she turned around and left I thought it was because she didn't have changing her pocket or that She needed to go get change because they weren't carrying denominations in their pocket anymore. So I waited a good several minutes time enough for her to go in make the change and bring it back out two times before I pushed the buzzer thing again An indicated that I wanted my change she wasn't getting a seven or eight dollar tip on a two or $3 order She came out nearly through it at me But again I choose how much I tip and when and where
I was a waitress in college ($2.18 an hour) and when you’re being audited you’re taxed on the food that you sold and the tips you were supposed to get.
This whole tipping culture in the US is absolute madness. We barely tip 10% in EU for good service, nothing for takeaway or fast food either. They get living wages, we don't lose money. It is a fair business.
I went to a restaurant where I stood in line in front of a cash register to order my food. I then had to search for a table putting a stand with a number on it so an employee could find us. We ate and left a 10% tip on our table. Arriving home I checked my credit card as I had never received a receipt. Low and behold I was charged 20% for service but actually paid 30%. I went back to the restaurant and said I was unaware of the charge. The hostess pointed to a small sign in front of the register I had not seen stating the 20% automatic tip as it pays the salaries of the employees. I have never returned.
that is why I pay cash when picking up food
@@oregonxyzcash is king
Similar thing happened to me, except mine was takeout order; was charged 20% tip for something I had to drive to pickup and return. Never came back
The employer should pay the salaries of the employees not the customers
@@oregonxyz great idea; next time I'll pay cash when ordering takeout
The only time I got tipped for being a cashier was when I worked at an electronics store and helped load a guys 65” TV into his car. He was very grateful for the service and I was very grateful for his show of appreciation because I did an extra service for him
That was very thoughtful of you to help him out I myself would've given you something as well You truly deserved it
That is deserving of a tip! That is the definition of a tip.
What does tipping a cashier have to do with tipping the waiter serving you your to go order at a full service restaurant?
@@jcbulldog533 @jcbulldog533 Thanks :)
@@christopherblaisdel I think that’s the point that was being made here. Cashiers don’t normally do an extra service outside of their normal hourly pay so there shouldn’t be an expectation to tip cashiers, but you can if they go the extra mile, and you feel you want to and can give an extra little tip, then consider doing so :)
In High School, I worked at Olive Garden and grew a sense of responsibility to tip, as I saw the impact it had on the people I worked with. Today, I still tip, but I'm definitely fatigued of being asked to tip everywhere for everything. It is certainly diminishing my desire to tip as generously as before...
Don't tip unless it's for a service... like waiting on your table, delivering food, cutting your hair, et cetera -- there's even drive through restaurants around here that try to manipulate you into tipping (ridiculous). If someone is just passing you a drink, over the counter, that's not a service.
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 what's this mantra of tipping for service? Almost any job has some "service" part in it. Employers should pay more to employees that are providing better service, this would lead to both employee and customer retention. Win-win-win
@@privettoli - it makes a bit of difference at tax time but not in the day-to-day for most employees in the restaurant industry as most don't receive a paycheck due to the very low hourly wage... I bartended when making $2.13 and at $4.26 per hour in the same place--all paychecks were ZERO dollars and ZERO cents. Again, it helped when filing taxes but not significantly unless a homeowner or having other big deductions which aren't very common for people working in that industry.
The reward employers can, and do, give are better shifts and better sections... it's a raise based on merit but it doesn't come out of the employer's pocket. Still a win-win-win.
Got so annoyed at Starbuck's counter, I now just skip their coffee altogether. I'll tip when I see good service provided to begin with.
I once received a bill where separate 20%, 25% and 30% tips were already conveniently calculated so you didn’t have to bother figuring out the tip yourself. You could just choose one and write it in. I noticed something was off and found that all three printed amounts were actually significantly higher than the percentages stated.
I'll always manually calculate. Then I'll probably round to the nearest dollar or something.
probably because they base the percentage on the amount that includes sales tax.
@@joegrahe3958 No, it wasn’t based on the sales tax either. It was higher than the percentages stated even with sales tax included. It was just a deliberate attempt at deception designed to trick the customer.
Yup they always are.
@@joegrahe3958and they shouldn’t. I’m starting to not feel sorry for restaurants that have basically closed their doors
Here in California, some restaurants add a "health fee" to the bill automatically. So in addition to tipping, you're also responsible for subsidizing their employees' healthcare. It totally sucks.
what the actual fuck?!
What you are really subsidizing is the owner’s or manager’s vacation/sports car/mansion etc… not the employee’s healthcare.
I’m in California too and I’ve been noticing that too. It’s ridiculous!
Just another reason I’m happy to have left that hellhole.
California does suck
Tipping did not become an issue until the pandemic arrived. During those 2 years I tipped like crazy to help businesses stay afloat. But after the pandemic, those businesses got used to that extra income that customers provided for their employees. Most businesses still don't have competitive pay to keep up with inflation caused by the pandemic.
Adding a tip option to a carry out order has been very common for the last few years. It was never this popular and is honestly bullshit.
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No businesses have been able to give raises to keep up with inflation, including the feds.
Exactly!! I tipped big time in the pandemic and now it’s everywhere for nothing
Viruses don't cause inflation.
every time i go to McDonalds and they say "want to round up for the children" i always say no to that with a big smile on my face then go on with my day.
They do that at Panda Express. I alwats say No.
Why the company doesn't do it when they are making billions?
Many years ago the local grocery store cause of the month was breast cancer. The clerk parroting the company line asked me if I wanted to contribute $10 for breast cancer. The look on her face was priceless when I said I was against breast cancer so I wouldn't be contributing for it.
Lol!! Best comment ever!!!!!
lmao
LOL! I agree, I am against it too!
I had breast cancer and even I find this hilarious!!
Astra Zeneca pulled a scam some years ago for Breast Cancer donations that went back to the company !
Honestly, I think the US tipping culture is insane.
I was at a wedding meal in New York, it's was a small wedding of 20 people or so, the food was nice, the service was OK (didn't blow me away as spectacular or anything) the couple who got married tipped $1000... the restaurant complained it wasn't enough.
Usually they add auto gratuity to that type of party so that’s unusual. Seeing as there were 20 people maybe the restaurant had to give a dedicated space to the party. I’ve worked where 15 people needed to spend a minimum of 5000$ to get a private dining room table, there was 20% gratuity on that so 1000$ and that was for only 15 people.
When you add the label of "wedding" on to anything the price automatically doubles or triples as well.
I want it to stop, just pay them more. Yeah, food will allegedly cost more, but who cares.
Who's tipping Nurses, Firefighters, Teachers, Mailman, police, Housekeepers, Maintenance, Machine operators, Construction crew, Service men, caregivers, flight stewardess, Nurse etc...... why only Tip a specific industry????? 😅😅😅
@C White this was back in 2012 so they may not have added gratuity automatically back then. I think the place was called "Quality Meats" it definitely wasn't a private dining space, but it was a space off to one side.
What I can't stand is being asked to tip on the bill + tax instead of the bill alone. When I tip I calculate based on the bill not the bill and tax.
When I tip I calculate on level of service provided
When I tip, it has to be a service. Then I just do around 10%. Make it easy to calculate in the head by moving the decimal point and rounding up to the dollar.
@@LittleMopeHead If you received good or very good service at a full service restaurant, a 10% tip is an insult to the waiter. 15% is the absolute minimum and 20% has been the standard for good service for many years now.
@@minminr3763 When I was a teenager, 12% was the minimum and 15% was the standard. They keep raising the prices and the tip percentage.
@LittleMopHead if you really can't figure out 20% just double the amount you figured out for 10%. And round it UP.
Maybe grocery stores should start tipping me for cashiering and bagging my own groceries!😮
I went to a Major League Baseball game yesterday. $15 for a piece of pizza and a drink and then asked me for a tip for just doing their job. The problem I have is the company (or ballpark) charging that amount of money for those things should pay their employees enough so I don’t need to tip.
Absolutely! We have a AA baseball team and at the concessions, we have a screen for a tip, too. I haven't ever tipped because paying $6 for a pretzel and $4 for a coke is insane. Also, the person would still be standing there regardless of tippinp.
I rarely go out nowadays because of this crazy tipping culture since Covid
They literally asked you for a tip?! I would say, “here’s a tip, don’t take any wooden nickels.”
If they have a tip cup, just don’t leave a tip. You’re not obligated to leave a tip for takeout at all. When I see people leaving tips for takeout, I cannot help but think those people are suckers that like to waste money. They’re the same people that are crying poor.
The same thing happened to me at an Astros game. The lady poured one $16 beer and asked for a tip........ I mean cmon.
Right. So when you really think about it, you are not a cheap basstard, you are just the rosa parks of the movement to make employers pay more. So noble.
I moved to Spain-where most people who work in the food industry can survive without tips.
I left a tip once and the woman almost felt insulted.
Not sure how to fix America’s situation, but it’s getting out of hand.
My prayer is to return to Spain one day. I studied in Oviedo as an undergrad and in Madrid as a grad student. No better place in the world!
It is an insult to tip in Europe in many cases, you're implying that their employer can't pay them enough to do their job.
Main difference is in other countries, these workers are paid a living wage so they dont need to rely on tips.
And that is why service in Europe is shitty.
I’ve lived and traveled throughout Europe, and found service while dining out to be as good or better than the U.S., not to mention higher quality at a more affordable price. It’s a much less rushed experience-in countries like Spain and France, the table is yours for the evening. I’ve been not even halfway done with my meal, and had American waiters drop the bill on my table and say “no rush.”
A burger place I went to forced you to use the touchscreen to order your food. There was no option to have a human take your order. At checkout, it asked if I wanted to add a tip. 😂
It doesn't hurt to walk out and go somewhere else,
I hope you didn't tip!
Would be nice if you could make the tip amount a negative number…
@@necroslair 🤣🤣🤣
I'm a new ramsey fan, this clip is my favorite. I wonder how much for years been guilted me putting into that cashier tip screen when my gut said i didn't want to. Legit tipping feels good and the more you do it the more you want to do it. Same goes for voluntary contributions for Yoga etc. and lavishly taking care of postal employees and any other regular workers at the holidays. If they ever tell you the brand of booze they like to drink you buy them a bottle of that at the holidays, that's how i was raised. Hope he gets more questions about tipping
Those companies asking for donations turn around and donate that money and take the credit for it like they donated out of the kindness of their heart.
Agree, but just politely decline instead of complaining (or chewing-out) the employees because they are being forced to ask the customers to donate. I often prefer it if a customer says no politely because the transaction goes faster and we can serve more customers rather than stopping to explain what "the charity" is supposed to be doing.
We started tipping 15% after inflation doubled and tripled prices for entertainment.
Never do those donations, its a tax write off for companies. Do the Donation yourself and get the tax write off. Thanks
@@adammorra3813 Exactly!
They are also able to write it off
Tipping your bellman, your valet, your driver... Yeah, I think David and I are living in two different worlds. 😅
we are
David got well
He has to keep reminding his impoverished listeners that he's rich so they respect him. HAHA.
I never once had my hands outstretched.
@@KrisHughesthat's funny,I ran out of activan to stop from laughing.
I agree! Everyone thinks they deserve a tip even when no service is offered. Im a great tipper and use to be a bartender. But the spin move just drives me up a wall. Thanks for this
How about those of us who have jobs that don't involve tipping? My job would never even consider it, and I work my behind off -- a LOT more than putting forks and napkins into a takeout bag. I could use a few extra bucks. The whole system needs to go.
*As soon as you step in that door they think they deserve a tip.*
Actually I don't give a Flying Fuc* they can spin that monitor or whatever it's called until it breaks I will never add anything on that ever!! I usually pay for everything with Cash anyway
@@radicalrick9587Deserve a tip but for what??
@@jcbulldog533 *Exactly, probably for getting up in the morning and showing up at work. I think they feel we should tip them for that.*
No, absolutely no tip is required on any carry out food. It does not matter one bit whether it’s a McDonald’s or a fancy steakhouse.
Are you just making this up to make yourself feel better? Because what you are describing is certainly not how restaurants actually work.
The server who packs your to go order at a restaurant is usually allocated 18% of the amount of your check in income that she must pay taxes on to uncle sam.
So when you stiff your waiter, you are actually accepting charity from your server.
Nobody is allocated tips at MacDonalds.
@@christopherblaisdel bs
The fanciest steak house I’ve picked up food from is Texas Roadhouse, and they most definitely do not allocate 18% servers to handle carry out orders. I feel no more obliged to tip there for a carry out than I do at White Castle or Culver’s. I may still give a tip, but it would not come close to what I leave a server at a restaurant.
I’ve no problem tipping at a sit down restaurant. You pay and tip AFTER your meal, meaning you have the chance to evaluate the service and food. If you go through a drive thru or order on line, you’re asked to tip BEFORE you receive service or food/drink. In this case, you may find an issue when you get home and there’s always the chance that without a tip your order might get “messed up” by a disgruntled worker. I’m sure that these places tout the tip as an added benefit when recruiting.
Sorry, that's not how tipping works. You tip the person who served you your food, or the person who cleaned your room because they served you your food or cleaned your room.
You still make an ass of yourself if you stiff your waiter, even if you were mad about something with the service. Whether you do that or not of course is up to you.
Tipping only if you feel compelled based on service (AND FOOD that the server didn't even cook?!?! lmao) is not how tipping works in our culture.
You're just stiffing people.
Any time you donate at a store the store gets the tax break. I stopped doing it just because of this. If they lowers the prices I might
Who knew about tax breaks for corporations when you donate at the register.
Plus they get the kudos.
How do you figure? I don't think that's correct. If a business gives their own money, it's deducted from their profits, but passing along money a customer gave them wasn't profit in the first place, so it should have no tax impact.
Wrong. I donate at petsmart and they send me a tax receipt.
I don’t donate at the stores because I don’t know if it is going to the starving children, pets or whatever they are collecting for. It could go to the CEO of the store for all I know.
We went to eat at a bbq place/hotpot and the gratuity was automatically added to our bill. But the bill still asks for an extra tip. Seriously? I happily added $0 tip. That's why I try not to go out to restaurants as much. Tipping has completely gone out of hand
I'm going to have to look out for this I can't even believe that's legal but I'm sure it is.
@@Drak976- caveat emptor- let the buyer beware.
I'd also put a $0 if they already forcefully added a tip coz what do you need extra tips for geez?
@@Drak976 I know a restaurant near the college I went to had 18% gratuity added to the bill, even 15 years ago. My guess is because college students were really bad about tipping the waitresses, not because of poor service, but because they hadn't learned that social grace yet.
I seen servers do this also. The gratuity is already added, but they’ll put an extra line to be tipped twice.
I don't tip at Starbucks but at this one Starbucks there is this girl that makes my coffee always perfect, she knows what I order and if she is not extremely busy she will start making it as soon as I come to the register. I really appreciate her and would like to tip her only.
I once saw a tip jar at a self serve frozen yogurt store. I almost wanted to reach in and grab a dollar or 2 because I made myself a really nice sundae.
That's hysterical
Yup we had this at ours too, self serve, put your own toppings, place your cup on the scale, the amount automatically comes up on the screen and I used my card to pay. What am I tipping for at this point?
I would!
I don't drive any more, and I pretty much stay at home. When I order home delivery of my meals I'm very generous to tip the drivers! 👍
The other thing about the donation at checkout (besides no tax deduction) is that the store will collect that money and present it as a donation from them.
That's illegal in Canada, and I suspect the same goes for the US.
At Costco, if you donate to their Children's Miracle Network fundraiser of $20, they'll give you a tax receipt.
You can still claim it as a deduction, but it won’t make a lick of difference in your taxes.
I don't know what you mean by "present is as", but no, it is certainly not legal to deduct a charitable contribution made by another on your corporate or individual income tax return.
Safeway just added a tip box for grocery delivery. I almost didn’t notice it. First off, the driver does not shop for your food. Second, they charge a delivery fee. Third, just because I buy a lot groceries doesn’t mean I have to tip more. The tip options went up to 25%, yeah, I’m going to tip $50 on a $200 grocery delivery. The default was 5%, but I did a custom tip.
I just got our windows tinted on our suv and it was $350. It was a small business. Super nice people. The owner wanted to teach a new employee how to clean headlights and offered to buff ours for free when they got the windows done which he said normally they charge $100. When they were done I paid and the guy handed me the IPad and said if I thought they did a good job I could leave them a tip…It started at 30%! I couldn’t believe it! So I did leave a $10 tip for them doing the headlights but 30% and up for the other options!!! Come on!!!
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If Chili's is doing this aren't they screwing over their own staff? They know that server will make less that day should he be working tables. If that is the case why don't they just add a 10% to go charge? Why should the customer have to think about all this stuff and figure it out? Thing is, Chili's in on the decline. Less people would go there if they knew about a 10% to go order.
And technically, owners of a business have never been someone that should be tipped. In the past, now everyone wants a tip. 🙄
LOL! 😂 The Goodwill always asks to donate and I'm like, "get it from your CEO!"
Yup!
The owner is a Billionaire!! I refuse to donate to that Company.. I donate all my thing's & friends things to a neighborhood charity Center I feel good about it because they literally let people come in to pick anything they need & do not charge them Anything... Plus they give me paperwork to fill out for my Taxes.. I do this several times a Year
Yeah, not donating to charity is so great and funny. Wait.
My favorite sub place is Jersey Mikes. I have been picking up from them for years. And NEVER ONCE have I tipped them. They are just glad they have my business.
Tipping at sub store is just embarrassing. You're literally standing in line and waiting and telling them to assemble your sub. I think they know it's insane.
I never went there much to begin with, but after a couple of times of going there after they started implementing the asking for a tip at the card reader, I just stopped going there all together. I am a pizza delivery driver and make half of my living off of tips. I hate being stiffed and I am super grateful for tips. Any time I am in a situation where I use a service from a traditionally tipped worker I'd like to think I tip very handsomely, but all of this new tipping everything that seems to have arisen from Covid is ridiculous
Jersey mikes expects tips 🙄
@@Sunnydreamer1470 They love me there.
@@Sunnydreamer1470 The franchise owner has never said a word to me and always addresses me by name with a friendly greeting.
Traditional employees that deserve tips are waiters at sit-down restaurants, bartenders, valet, hotel employees, and especially food/grocery delivery drivers (so they don't spit on your food) ;)
if there's a single chance for you to believe that somone's got the opportunity to spit in your food and you keep accepting this path of things going, it;s all on you. You took a wrong turn at a certain point.
If you call the manager of a company and complain about being asked to give money, that is the best way to stop it. If enough customers complain that is when it will change.
If providing a tip line is "being asked to give money", I suppose every Restaurant check in the world is "asking you to give money".
Our family is sick of tipping. On the rare occasion we're out and about and need to grab something to eat we started going to our local grocery store and ordering a sub or sushi, grab a fruit bowl, and a drink and we're good to go. No tip required!
Apparently we are now required to tip our baggers and cart boys.
@@kj7653 That's a big NO from me. I already use self check out when possible because most stores only have one cashier anymore. I'm not tipping anyone except myself.
I agree. A big NO. I am just confused as to who we are suppose to be tipping.
Exactly, if you can't afford tipping, or otherwise don't want to pay for it, stop accepting the service.
@@christopherblaisdel I can afford to tip when it's deemed a tippable service. Don't throw a sandwich in a bag and expect a tip. If you serve me at a sit down establishment then I don't mind tipping.
Please personally tip housekeeping if you choose to tip. Don’t leave the money in the room. I was a housekeeper and often times maintenance and management would “inspect” (pocketed tips) the rooms prior to housekeeping cleaning the room. Housekeepers make very little vs upper management. Also upper management had lunches paid for by the company and housekeepers struggled to bring packed lunch in everyday.
they're bringing up the rediculous tip request for non service purchases
Where do you leave the money if you can’t leave it in the room?
I personally find the housekeeper who is usually cleaning near my room & ask if she's the one cleaning our room.. Then I personally give her the Money They're always extremely grateful.. Shame on the maintenance workers for stealing the $$ from those back breaking hard working housekeepers!! They should call them out on it,I know I definitely would
Thanks for the info
@@jcbulldog533great idea
I used to tip very well for everything everywhere. Now i usually give $5 at a regular restaurant. If the bill is over $100 I'll give $10.
Service is in the toilet. No one cares. People are a holes.
I think tipping for every little thing enables the companies that hires the servers to pay them less with the promise of tips making up the difference. These companies make money hand over fist, pay the employees more, stop tipping for picking up food at Chipotle, Starbucks, etc, and tip generously for table service at actual sit down restaurants.
I just recently talked to a young fella that said where he worked would use tip money to actually " offset" what he had to pay out of his pocket to employees!
This is very true but the best way to deal is to then NOT buy from these companies - it is called cancel culture. Simple double the wages or we won't buy coffee from Starbucks. Meanwhile I am not going to punish the gracious barista who is dong a job that I would not last one day doing. The public is nasty!!! you can have 100 good ones but in works ken/karen and many are passive aggressive nasty entitled people that would never, ever talk to their boss the way they talk to a cashier. Didnt COVID reveal this!!!!!! The real heros ie front line workers were the cashiers and no one rang a bell or clapped for them. Unsung heroes. They are my favourite people to tip!!!
@@jrizzle7926 It's wage theft!!
Why can’t wait staff be paid an actual salary by the employer so that they do not need to be tipped either?
@@agustino42491 First we need to change the laws that allow employers to pay a below minimum wage, because the job is considered a "tipping" job. Instead of punishing the employees, required employers to pay a minimum wage, then tipping will be unnecessary.
The thing I don’t understand about the companies asking for donations is that they’ll add it all up and then go do a PR event about how they are donating X Million dollars to this charity. They didn’t donate it, their customers did.
AND they got the tax write off for it too.
@@phillipsouthard8285 Bombas socks. $25 for a pair of socks then they donate a pair.
I think you are confusing RAISED X Million dollars versus DONATED X Million dollars.
@@phillipsouthard8285 you most certainly cannot deduct a charitable contribution made by someone else on your taxes 🙄
@@cfoskeeter what effing dicks!!! ... wait. 🙄
Those donations at big stores are to be avoided. They take your donation and use it as a tax write off. Make your donation directly to the org of your choice. Walmart, petsmart, etc can easily afford to donate.
100%. DO NOT DO IT!
Anytime, I get guilted into donating to a cause, I just tell them that I give at church where I know it’s actually going to the person in need.
Anytime I’m asked I tell them”next time not today”
I simply just say No!! No one needs an explanation at all & I don't ever feel bad,it's my money & my choice That simple
Then they stand there with the big cheque outside the charity for a photo op to look like they generously donated the money. LOL!
Many places the kitchen workers (who are paid a higher rate than servers) are the ones that pack your order to go. Some places the cashier or hostess will assist. If the hostess or Cashier packed my order I feel inclined to tip, except...... My problem is when I tip them I often get home to find they neglected condoments or something I requested then I regeret tipping for very poor service.
Do the give the tip back after you drive back because the order is wrong??
Do you stiff your waiter if any of your order went wrong?
This whole tipping for takeout, fast food, etc started during the so called pandemic and it doesn’t want to go away. I’ve begun using cash more and more instead of my debit card just to give me more control
I agree
The server who packs your to go order at a restaurant is usually allocated 18% of the amount of your check in income that she must pay taxes on to uncle sam.
So when you stiff your waiter, you are actually accepting charity from your server.
This has always been this case and has absolutely nothing to do with COVID-19.
@@christopherblaisdel Since you chose to reply to my comment you should read it again with a dictionary so you are able to first understand what I said. This will allow you to comment intelligently. Right now you come across as lacking reading comprehension. Good luck to you.
@@christopherblaisdel Are you an AI bot?
@@providencebreaker1558 Yes. Someone spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in Cloud Compute to train an AI model to identify and mock ignorance with respect to tipping etiquette, total lack of understanding of IRS law, and the complete absence of logic surrounding the fact that opting not to tip in cash, and opting not to tip with a card is literally exactly the same amount of "control" @Spanglish-KC. 🙄
I used to tip 15%-25% and I stopped tipping once I started to see extra hidden service fees without any justification. I only tip if I receive extra service. There are too many entitled individuals who think they deserve 20% or more tip for barely doing their job.
About a year ago, a seafood restaurant opened in my neighborhood, so we decided to give it a try. Decor was beautiful, service was a bit ‘wobbly’, as the business had been open about 2 weeks at that point, and the food was fairly good, but not spectacular. The bill arrived. We were overcharged for the drinks; charged for ‘dinner’ portions when we were clearly there at 2pm on a Saturday; and there was an extra 4% fee, noted as SGS. We had the bill adjusted to correct the errors, and that mysterious SGS fee remained. We had to ask the waiter, then the ‘staff leader’, and finally the manager what the ‘SGS’ fee was for. We were told it was for “Shucking Good Service” (obviously, a take on shucking oysters - which we did not order). But isn’t this covered by the usual tip we provide the wait person? Nope. We typically tip anywhere from 20% to 25%, so we considered this extra service fee out of the ordinary. Oh, no, we were told - this SGS fee (they weren’t allowed to call it a ‘tip’, as tips are optional) was to help cover the ‘services’ provided by the back of the house staff - the chef, the prep cooks, the dishwashers. What? Isn’t the cost of employing the staff included in the price of our meal?! We lowered the wait person’s tip to cover the 4% that was squeezed out of us to “help cover the costs” of the back house staff. We haven’t returned to this overpriced restaurant. We did notice that after several online reviews noting the high prices and the extra charges, the SGS charge seems to have disappeared.
How did they get away with this? They actually had the ‘4% SGS fee’ (although they didn’t describe what it was for) listed in very fine print at the bottom of the menu, as one line following the usual notification necessary when serving raw foods, such as oysters on the half shell, or customer-specified extremely rare cooked steaks.
@@probablynot1368: How do they get away with this? By people paying them - willingly, reluctantly, guiltily, ignorantly, being coaxed, manipulated, naivete, or just overly-nice, etc.
@@SouLoveReal nah by "Tipping them" 😉
I've been in the restaurant field for 31 years, let me tell you my perspective: Fast food: drive-through or online ordering, don't tip... The employees are making above minimum wage and aren't doing anything extra for this service. If you order takeout from a sitdown restaurant, In most cases the servers who make less than minimum wage are the ones packing your food, gathering your condiments and drinks together for your order... and most importantly taking their time away from their tipping tables within the restaurant to get your order ready, they deserve no less than a 10% tip. The pandemic drove to-go orders up significantly, restaurants were the 2nd hardest hit after manufacturing for employees, and 4 years later, they still have major issues finding qualified employees. During peak periods of the day, you can see to-go orders exceed in-house orders... these restaurants weren't built for this type of business, they are making do with what little space they do have.
Yep. The server who packs your to go order at a restaurant is usually allocated 18% of the amount of your check in income that she must pay taxes on to uncle sam.
So when you stiff your waiter, you are actually accepting charity from your server.
I hate when a server asks me if I need change. I don’t care how much my change is, give it to me and I will tip you separately. Don’t bully me.
Exactly...Bennigans would never have change . So you would be made to feel guilty while they got change.
Don't bully me !
Also I want the person who helped me receive the tip, not split with everyone else... especially the management !
I've gotten used to that, but you're right. It should not be asked.
I once had a person decide that she didn't need to give me back the .36 change I had coming at a McDonalds drive thru. Seemed super put out when I wouldn't move my car until she gave it to me
I hate it! That happens a lot at Asian restaurants.
I just say "yes!"
It's just made me a better cook at home.
Born in 1983. I was taught a tip is 15%. You only tip: waitors, bell hops, furniture movers, valet parkers and a few other people.
Valet parkers why? They are paid to do this exact one duty job! Waiters and bell hops the same. Furniture movers only do a really hard job from the above mentioned and need a reward.
I've decided to tip for takeout etc not for what it does for them but what it does for me. I think it makes me more generous. It's like worship, God doesn't need it, it changes us. I think being generous in every situation changes me more than anything. Thanks to you, Dave, I have the ability to be generous. Extreme generosity, that's what I'm aiming for.
Fun fact: In Mexico the old people that bag your stuff in Mexico don’t actually get paid. The only money they get paid is what they make from tips. My parents always tip them generously.
so what - tell the old people not to be slaves then
@@PeaceToAll-sl1db and do what?? Some economies don't support with regular wages.
@@eetoved1758 then those economies need to stop having children if they can't feed them
@@PeaceToAll-sl1db 😄😄😄 oops looks like I fed the trolls.
@@PeaceToAll-sl1db I was just sharing a fact most of them are retired. No need to get butt hurt 😂
Crazy that people don’t just charge what’s expected. You do a great job, get referrals and repeat business. Why can’t it be that simple?
In California we find a lot of restaurants adding automatic gratuity and STILL giving an option to add tip. They hope that we don’t see it’s automatically added. Always check the bill before paying!
SoCal. Haven't seen this at all.
Yes I experienced that at a restaurant. I live in California.
Your complaint is that there is a line on your check that gives you the option of tipping more than the 15 or 18 percent automatically added? Huh?
Is this thing even legal to put an automatic charge???
The "not being guilted into it" is freeing for me. I've only regretted tipping/giving a few times, and guilt was involved.
The server who packs your to go order at a restaurant is usually allocated 18% of the amount of your check in income that she must pay taxes on to uncle sam.
So when you stiff your waiter, you are actually accepting charity from your server.
But yeah, I guess taking charity from an IHOP server doesn't make some people feel any guilt.
@@christopherblaisdel While my comment was ambiguous in that it left room to interpret which occasions I referenced, let me assure you it was NOT directed at servers, restaurants, or even instances of true service (i.e., salon). I'm of the opinion that if you go to a sitdown restaurant, even IHOP as in your example, then the expectation is that there is a tip involved. The server is providing a service to you. What I think is over done are times when tipping "opporunities" are presented for something that is part of the job (i.e., packing an online order). By definition, a tip is "a sum of money given to someone as a REWARD for their services." If the platform is solely online and the product is not a result of your own creativity, I will not be guilted into tipping. A different example is when I order custom baked goods - I tip then because it's custom, their creative execution, AND delivered to me at no additional. That is above and and beyond and, to me, deserving of a tip.