Lunch spots in Manhattan are cashless now. I walked into one the very first day and they gave me my meal free after sharing it at the hot food bar.. yea.
Two tipping pet peeves: 1. Places like Crumbl Cookies, that have an automatic computer checkout where tip options pop up starting at a minimum of 15%. I am sorry, but that is ridiculous. I walked up to the counter, ordered cookies, they were put in a box and given to me. At what point is this just part of your job? I refuse to tip at places like this. Hard to say if my reaction would be as negative if the suggested amounts were much lower, like 5% or 10% tops. 2. Any place like Panera Bread or Panda Express that asks if I want to round up and donate the difference to an organization like Change for Children. If the corporation wants to be generous and donate, great. Don't put this responsibility on the backs of your customers so you can claim to be generous. That reeks and it is cheap
American tipping is ridiculous. Just pay your employees a fair wage and add something to my cost. Also, crazy to order online, walk to pickup my pizza from the shop and they expect a tip. Also, Panera puts a pastry in a bag and they want a tip.
I'm sure most servers are fine with how things are , and receiving minimum wage and paying taxes on that wage would leave them with far less income. Verses tax-free tip income which adds up to much more than a state minimum pre-taxed hourly wage.
Love that this topic is being discussed. I’m bothered at how many places have started asking for tips. And yes they are very rude and in your face about it. They literally put you on the spot which is very rude. Asking me for a tip or shoving a screen in my face asking for a tip that you are looking at is so damn rude and just for that I say no tip. I have refused to give in to this nonsense.
@@blitzofchaosgaming6737 you're clearly trying to get tips at the register lol. These guys aren't in your face about it. I'm still not sure why we we need to tip at the register if service hasn't even been rendered yet, that's totally absurd.
I agree. I've seen a couple of videos talking about this and this is a good thing. I try not to think about it too much when I tap on "NO" for tip nowadays. Only when they deserved the tip and there was actual service from them, e.g. waiter/waitress.
Subway and Panera Bread want me to tip their employees now. I went to Panera Bread yesterday and paid nearly $30 for two sandwiches and soups and now I'm expected to pay their employees too. Also the employees got the order wrong. Packing my own lunch and eating at home is looking better all the time.
I saw a meme before that said "Panera sells overpriced hospital food and everyone just seems to be ok with that" and totally agreed with that statement so I stopped going there.
I can tell you they pat their employees well and they don't need tips. Its a workaraunt where they don't do anything to deserve it...I used to work there. Stupid!
I think all tipping should be abolished. It's gone too far and I don't enjoy tipping people anymore. I only do it out of guilt now and it pisses me off.
I tip my server based on their attitude and work ethic. I have tipped as little as 10% and up to 50%. Keep my drink full and be polite to me and you'll be very pleased with my tip. But if I never see you and can't get any service from my server, you're getting very little. Do your job and I'll pay you.
The guy who came to install our satellite dish asked for a tip when he was done. I was like no sorry. And even though I said no and didn’t believe it was a service that needed a tip I still felt awkward.
I would call the company. I’ve heard of people tipping (basically bribing) cable installers, who then give them more access than they’re paying for. It’s a bribe because it has to be given before the job is finished.
I know when I used to work at Outback, the takeaway employees were paid the same as servers: $2.83/hour. They had to do the same work as a server in the kitchen, but no dining area (obvy). They worked their buns off
I have found that with the new trend of tipping at the counter or drive through that if they ask about tipping or turn that iPad around, I might tip, but I rarely go back. And if the iPad starts at 20% and goes up, I will select other and do 18% and not go back. But the other day a gentleman waiter made a point of showing me that the tip was included (large party) and I added $10. (Unlike some of our awful touristy restaurants that won’t tell people at all)
I feel that feeling pressured to tip takes all the joy out of tipping when you have good service. There's been times that I've had a terrible haircut and still left a tip because I didn't want the awkwardness of leaving a low or no tip with the person standing right in front of me while I pay. I'd rather pay for tips in the price of the product or service.
not really. a tip is meant to be a bribe to get "better" service, not a reward for good service. rich people tip because they was a better experience so they are bribing to get that (as they do for everything else) poor people should not be expected to tip to get a burger from the drive through.
I think tipping inflated during the pandemic. I felt the need to be very generous during the height of it because their risk in working felt like life and death. We need to come back from that now.
I’m just now starting to listen to the podcast. And going back and listening to the old ones. I went to McAlisters recently and at the time to pay and asking for a tip, one of the associates said “just so you know, if you tip, thank you, but it goes to the company not us.” My mind was blown!!! I no longer tip at places unless it is a sit down restaurant where you order at the table and you have an actually server waiting on you from start to finish.
I don't like the idea of forced tipping. I used to work in a buffet. And I did a lot of work, standing the whole day. I've never asked my customers to tip me because I did my job. I chose the job to wait the table and I knew what I signed up for. If we HAVE TO tip a worker to do their job, why don't we tip a teacher, a grocery worker, a nurse, an electrician, and all other jobs out there.
Were you paid above minimum wage and paid a wage that didn’t depend on being tipped? That’s where I think the need to tip comes. If someone’s wage is dependent on tips then I do think there’s some obligation to tip. If someone is paid and tips are simply a bonus then no obligation. Exaggerating to other professions isn’t accurate - those professions are paid in a way that tips aren’t needed. But tipping has gone overboard from the pandemic where everybody tipped for everything for the times.
I'm with George on this one. YOU HAVE TO EARN MY (TIPPING) LOVE!!! I work too hard for my money to just give it to underserving people. You gotta earn my duckettes!
Went through the drive-thru at Starbucks last week. I was asked for a tip at payment. Which I grudgingly obliged. Then they proceeded to hand me the wrong drink.
I grew up learning from not just my family but others that I knew at church etc that fair tipping was 15% for eating out. 10 for bad service 20 or more for exceptional. I never even heard anyone suggest that 20% was standard until this year. I tip. Bare minimum 15% so I’m not being cheap when I go out. 20% probably is what I usually do. But all this talk about tipping more and more every year is nuts to me. Stuff costs more. Therefore your tip is more every year. Why does tipping need to increase percentage wise and on account of inflation?
Vegas is out of control. Those thieves try to rip off tourists and customers. They sell you a pretzel or ice cream and flip the ipad for 18%, 20% tip lol. I tipped the dude 15% for buying oysters in a hotel and that dude gave me tiny oysters lmao. Truly greedy people. If they are servers in the restaurants then yes. Those people just hand you food and there you go, they don't even serve you but expect tip and good tips. Totally gross tipping culture that we have beside for servers.
I’ve always felt 20% is the standard and 15% is where I go for poor service. To each their own. But the after church crowd are notorious for being low tippers by stereotype.
If the wage is increased, so is the price of goods. You pay the same. Nothing is free. You can’t get free service. I’m fine with doing away with tipping. Are you all fine with paying more for your cost of goods? If no, then you are just looking for a free ride. If that’s the case, we’ll then you are the problem, not tipping culture.
@@disguyhere972 Right. If the employees are paid fairly the prices go up. The money going to tips then goes to pay for the products I purchase. We all know what we're paying ahead of time, the employees are paid well, and the awkward pressure of tipping is gone. Just like when I buy stuff at a grocery store.
What about “service charge” on bills now. Had a restaurant tack on a freaking 20% service fee at a sit down restaurant. Asked about it and it’s NOT a tip! WTF! I only noticed it because my brother in law pointed in out. I look for it every time now and never go to that restaurant again. I wrote down my thoughts on the ticket. Just crazy! 20 % just to show up and order food. Get off your high horse.
Thank you for addressing this… I’ve been swivelled an iPad around and asked to tip for absurd services where I don’t see a need to tip. Like renting shoes at a bowling alley. And buying trainers at a running shop. Seriously? I’m all for tipping service workers and always tip generously when it’s appropriate. I used to be a bartender and waitress so I know how important it is. I’m not tipping someone who helped me choose a pair of running shoes 🤷🏼♀️ I feel weird about pick up orders but always lean on the side of tipping when it’s food industry because I know how hard they work!
I don't mind those people with tip jars, at least you pretend to avoid and not see it. Give tip or no tip is no big deal in those situations. The ones who are watching you to give tip on the ipad by selling you a pretzel, shirt or whatever is totally ripped off and ridiculous.
There’s a restaurant near me who put up a sign that said a 20% tip is automatically added to every bill regardless of party size. I feel this takes away the incentive for server to bother giving good service. I was a waitress for my whole young adult life and knew I had to give great service to get good tips but now they go in j no wing they are automatically getting 20% no matter how well they do
Smart Money Happy Hour is my favourite Ramsey production your team needs a raise, all topics have been interesting to me, however this topic on tipping is very informative and interesting, keep up the great work
I'm a good tipper for servers at the restaurants and I tip at cafes or coffee shops as well, because they just have a tip jar and either you leave it or not, no big deal. I hate the places that sell you a pretzel or ice cream, then shove the screen in your face and watch you so you can tip them. I find it extremely rude, god darn it. What am I tipping for? For buying a pretzel or ice cream? Those people are not servers and provide no damn service. The only service they provide is to hand you a pretzel or ice cream. They make over minimum wage.
I like to drive through :D. Not all drive-thru food are bad like I don't really like fries so I skip it and order something else. I tip Starbucks' barista for being polite and making my coffee. I also start to cook at home more since I notice restaurants' food are not always healthier than fast food.
First off... Bartending tip: You should change the recipe for the Manhattan. Never shake a Manhattan. Stir the Manhattan ingredients before you strain. You'll get a better drink. I can appreciate that you're bringing up this topic. The volume of jobs that I see where the employees have a tip jar (container) set out has become absurd. To me, it feels like an attempt by business owners to offset their labor hours budget/finances and shift that responsibility to their customers and patrons so they can put more money in their pockets and pay their employees less. And additionally, you're making your employees look like beggars. At least let them save a little face and don't make it so obvious that you're not paying them well. Many jobs and careers (as well as transactions) don't even warrant a need for a tip. Many of the jobs and job tasks out there don't even have a place in them where giving a tip makes any sense. Employers should just pay people well for jobs and careers where a tip makes no sense, instead of breeding this newfound culture of making every working person think that every job function out there deserves to get a tip for their work. It's furthering the psychology that everyone needs some extra tangible reward for their work and will proceed to turn the workers of the world into a bunch of people who don't appreciate their work and don't appreciate the employee-customer transaction because they'll think that they had better get a tip for every transaction that takes place. It will just make your employees dislike your customers for not giving them money and probably make your customers dislike your employees for thinking that they need to help pay their wages every time they show up to buy something from you.
I’ve heard the “if you can’t afford to tip, you can’t afford to eat out” but it can also be “if you can’t afford to pay your employees a living wage, you can’t afford to be in business”. I wish places would just included a living wage in the cost of doing business and mark prices accordingly. Good wages , you know the cost, no being uncomfortable or angry.
I wish tipping wasn’t mandatory for some things. Any time a person’s base pay is under minimum wage, as most restaurants and delivery people’s pay is, they rely on tips to make the job worth their time. I drive Doordash sometimes, and I don’t take 75-80% of the offers I get, because people don’t tip or they tip stingily. When I waitresses, I got barely over half of minimum wage, and I relied on tips to make up the difference. I wish Doordash charged customers a realistic wage, so that they could tip for great service instead of to make sure they get the order. But then more people would realize that they couldn’t afford the service. I now am growing a sewing business (with cash!!!), and sometimes people tip. The other day, I charged a guy $25 to hem a pair of pants (including a rush charge, since he needed them right away), and he paid me $100! That’s not common. What’s more common is when I charged $145 and they gave me $150 and told me to keep the change. I always appreciate tips in my sewing business, but I charge enough that if they don’t tip, I’m fine. And I wish that was how the culture was. That we were charged realistic costs for the goods and services we consume, and that if we want to and are able to show extra appreciation in the form of a tip, we could. Just my 2¢ (pun totally intended!).
I drive for Doordash and other food delivery apps. If Doordash charged higher fees and paid drivers more they would lose customers to Uber or other competitors. I don't see a real fix to the problem.
Tipping is definitely out of control. Do we tip trades? Tour AC guy? The plumber who works around your shit? Come on, these services are above the drive thru. Entitlement will be the ruin of society.
Trade guys get paid 45-60 dollars an hour. More if they own their own business. My dad makes 100k a year as a plumber. Restaurant servers make below the legal minimum wage. Plus I’ve never had to tip drive thru workers.
Yes, well only if you want better than average service. trades are services you tip anything that is a service someone does any service for you; the hotel staff, any repair person( plumber electricition car machanic) , delivery driver, service worker(dog walker dog groomer landscaper maid septic tank pump guy) and when there no way to tip your doctor, dentist or vet bring them a gift card or gift. Thats how you ensure your treated like family- not like the avarage Joe. Youll notice the difference. Most folks cant get appts anywhere for weeks or months- generous people seem to not have that problem so much....hmmmhm
@@joshuaevans6065 you should research minimum wage for severs in different states. California, Oregon and other states pay their server minimum wage. In CA it’s at least $15/hr. At a boba shop I went to, they posted a hiring sign that said $18/hr for a cashier position. You can argue that wage isn’t living wage and not enough. I agree. Retails worker don’t get tips but they provide way better customer service than many dine-in restaurants I’ve been to, should we start tipping them then?
I'm with George... I feel I go out to eat (which is very rare) I want the food I'm paying for to be Hot and the way I odred it. Definitely will ask for things to be replaced. I don't tip at fast food places. Nope..!
I have a friend who brags about leaving a 100% tip and has the waitresses fighting over him when he comes in at waffle house! He orders breakfast but always drinks water, so his meal is $10 and he tips $10. It sounds cheap but I just make my own breakfast for $1. It annoys me that subway ask for tips. I never even sit down. Occasionally, the people who are making the sandwiches are rude. They act annoyed that they have to make my sandwich. I like it toasted a few extra seconds. I usually get meatball and i like it spicy. So, i want all the peppers plus onions. Plus spinach and tomato to be healthy. They often act like this is too much trouble. Me and my daughter have started asking for what we want. We are paying for it. They barely put spinach or bell peppers and we have to ask for extra. They often breathe loudly because they have to build a sandwich the way we want it. Then the register ask me for a tip.
I tip well, but I really don’t like tipping. It’s not my job to performance review your employees and determine what their compensation should be. I had great service in Australia and guess what, no tipping. Stop offloading your HR work to your customers.
“If the service is terrible I’ll tip 15%. 15% is an absolute minimum.” Are you high? If the service is terrible I won’t hesitate to hit the no tip button in front of their face. I’m paying for the food/drinks, and I tip for the service. You need to earn the tip, not expect it. I consider that basically theft if you expect me to tip for your horrible service.
I think it should be like it started out: it is reflective of the service received. I like to tip good when they are giving good service. But I don’t feel as pressured when they are not doing a good job. Even if they are having a bad day, they can at least be nice. It’s part of the job. I agree that we are allowed to have certain expectations when we are paying for services.
@@Alpinewild444100000% agree… Your tip as a server is based off your performance, it’s really as simple as that. Just like you expect me to be reasonable when you are busy, or have had a bad day you should be reasonable and understand if you don’t get a good tip or a tip at all for bad service. It really does go both ways. It is sad to see how entitled and manipulative people are. And sadly all the behavior of the woman on this podcast does is enable that behavior:/. Generosity like respect is given to those that give it back in life
COVID affected tips heavily. A lot of restaurants are struggling ever since and have found that instead of asking for “donations” to keep their business afloat, they’ve named it a tip everywhere. Definitely insane how it’s everywhere now
15-25% depending on service. Last week it took 25 minutes to receive our appetizer. Only one other table in the restaurant. Waitress never checked on us either. She was lucky to get 15%. Should’ve been 10%.
I’m so thankful that we don’t have a strong tipping culture here in Australia. Though it is becoming a little more common. Personally, the only time I tip is my Uber Eats drivers. That’s because they’re paid next to nothing (I don’t think they’re covered by our minimum wage rules) and my place is a little far out, so I give them a small tip.
The getting paid $2/hr thing depends on where you are. Out west here, you make minimum wage plus your tips. In the case of Seattle, it’s at least $15/hr. Wish they would have addressed tipping in places like that
Why don't cooks get tips?? We're the ones receiving the orders, storing, rotating, labeling, , prepping, cooking all different entree, , salads, soups, desserts, washing kitchen utensils, dishes,pots, pans, freezer, floors, taking out trash, etc, meanwhile the front of the house is barely doing anything except playing on their phone , and giving us orders. And yes I did quit and found a different job.
Simple, include all taxes, fees and tips on the final displayed prices$ like in Europe and Asia 👍. Tipflation calculated on after- tax bill, screw that STICKER SHOCK 🤯💰💰💥 👎‼️
I wish every employee was payed what they were worth and we could stop all this required tipping! If someone wants to tip after that, then it would just be out of generosity, not because the person actually needs the money. I worked in the food industry when I was young and I would have much rather been payed a descent wage than depending on and worrying about whether someone was going to tip or not!
I've been a server, I loved my time and learned a lot about a lot. My husband and I go off of the service with the cost of the ticket in mind. We also communicate with our kids how to treat people that serve us because the ones that really care will remember how you treated them. I also agree with papa Dave with the food temperature. Story: I worked at Johnny Carinos in 2004 for a couple of years. Fast forward to present day: I'm a Kindergarten teacher and one of the managers from Carinos has a child and I got to be their kinder teacher❤️❤️❤️ My old manager told my principal if they were to open a restaurant, they would ask if I would go on staff. Definitely a GOD thing
I live in Budapest in Europe and sit-down restaurants recently add a 12-14% service fee by default to your bill. You can add additional top but usually they play fair and remind you 12% service fee has already been added. Previously tipping was not mandatory and was like rounding up the bill to the closest round amount or 10% if you liked the service.
I'm 'put off' by the level of expected tipping that has become the trend. I love to tip for quality service, quality food or just a wonderful evening. I rarely experience that in the restaurants I've gone to. If it's expected in a drive through or take out food place, I think that's over the top. When I'm out of baby step 2, I'm looking forward to being an excellent tipper. But now, in baby step 2, I don't go out to eat and I don't go places where tipping is expected.
The tipping culture in America is absurd. Business owners should pay their staff well, and not transfer the burden of salaries to customers who just want to have a meal in peace. Only in America. I get excellent service in Europe and Africa without the expectation of tips from waiters.
But the workers don't want more pay and no tips...they make way less that way. They all like it how the system is now...they won't say it though usually.
Your not alone George. I was a waitress once and left penny's too once. You don't forget that. It's so insulting. The people I waited on were drunk, messy and obnoxious so were just be a-holes as I did a good job.
I don't agree with tipping for services where person sets their own price...massage therapists, tattoo artists, hair stylists, etc. If they are working for a company that sets prices then I am ok tipping, but if they work for themself and set their own price, then I disagree with that...
I'm in Canada too and I find it used to be 15% but now it's usually 20%. On machines it seems 15% is no longer there most times as a choice, forcing the higher choice because 10% is too low especially when you don't have the option of choosing your own amount. The places now asking for tips is starting to give me anxiety lol!
So your server does well and has to share the tip so the solution is to lessen the tip that is being shared that punishes your server for the behavior they have no control over? Seems odd but you do you.
@@Matt-cr4vv The server still gets tipped I just cut back from 25 % to. 15% But since you asked, In the past have literally left only a nickel because the waiter ain't worth a dime.
This KILLS me. I've been asked for tips at a clothing retail shop, a drive thru, and other small businesses. Please, for the love of all things holy, include paying your employees in your menu/retail prices. 🤦 (To be clear, I tip at least 50% of the bill whenever I get a sit down meal, a massage, or my hair done.) But I can't stand businesses trying to make additional dollars by inducing situational anxiety. Please have the dignity to not ask for tips when the only service provided is the job description. *Rant over.*
Exactly. I went to get a pizza at a stand and the employee forced a tablet and stood there to see me tip. I pressed 15% and that person was not happy lol. American dining businesses are getting greedy than ever. I don't mind to top 25% for sitting in restaurants. Quiet disgusting.
I had a waiter write what he wanted for a tip on top of the bill and point out that’s what he wanted for a tip. It was around 30%. I told him I’d figure my own tip. He then asked if I wasn’t happy with the service to which I answered not really. It took you 15 minutes before you acknowledged we were even there.
This is mostly an American custom. I've been living in italy for 2 years and tipping is appreciated but not expected. Even on a large bill 1 or 2 euros is acceptable if anything. Only exception is tourist areas. They will expect it because they know americans always tip. In Japan tipping is frowned upon because they take great pride in their work and it insults them to imply they need extra money for an incentive to do a good job. U.S. Needs to get with the rest of the world when it comes to tipping.
In europe we mainly tip to simplify the transition since we pay mostly with cash. The compensation of the employee is the responsibility of the employer
Dude, you do know what the laws apply to other country but not always to US? The US servers get paid $2.50 an hour, and if you don't tip them and use their table and services supposed for tipped customers. You rip them off. Yes, use to-go method if you are unwilling to tip. Until the law has changed to minimum wage, we can't just cut servers' commission because they are the victims too.
I don't tip on anything where people are already getting paid a full hourly wage. That's literally what tipping is supposed to be for: to make up for the fact that restaurant workers are paid sub-minimum wage. After that, it was for people who provide extra service. Tipping for counter service, to-go orders, and other positions where people are already getting paid for their jobs- and the only thing they're doing is their jobs, nothing more, is stupid. What NEEDS to happen is for people to put pressure on companies to pay their employees more. It's not our job to pay their workers for them. And if the service at a restaurant is bad, I don't tip at all.
the fast casual places that now ask for tips is just a way for management to be more greedy, because its highly likely that they are paying staff less if they have them asking for tips. Combined with charging more for products to combat inflation, the customers and staff are carrying the burden while management is relatively unaffected! I think twice about patronizing those businesses if they ask for tips. Not to be cheap myself, but to not fuel a system that is against my values
Amazon and Whole foods delivery are packed by 1 person and driven by a different person. the tip goes to driver only. 5% tip is more than enough for them to just drive a car with 8 loads of groceries at a time. think about it. $800 in groceries delivered every 2 hours at 5% tip they make $40 just in tips. 20/hour
George is 💯 % right on his approach to tipping! Rachel, don’t enable bad service 😂. Tipping is out of control in America… why are there tip jars at a bubble tea joint??
I hate when the tip is automatically added to my bill. Food money is their money, tip money is my money. They don’t get to take my money without my permission. I make them take it off, then I tip appropriately. I decide how much to tip, not the restaurant.
A cut and a highlite for me costs 120 dollars and takes about 2 hours. Thats 60 dollars an hour which is almost double what I make. I dont understand why you have to tip when people set their prices? Completely understand for sit down meals as we all know tips are their main source of income.
I try to tip service workers well because I also receive tips at my job. But I was really taken a back last time I was at subway and they asked for a tip.
My question is why is the sandwich maker worth 12$ a hour and the server get 3$ per hour has 3 tables a hour for 10 hours so 30 tables and wants 10$ per tables ao sandwich lady makes 120$ in her shift and the server gets 330$ foe the same shift i tip 5$ no matter the bill example the cheap mexican joint server should not get 1$ tip and the over priced seafood joint next door gets 8$ per person
@@jasonleatherwood2172 Its the restaurant industries fault. They need to pay their servers a living wage. But if they do that, we will pay even more for dining out. The best option for those waiters/waitresses is to go get a job at a coffee shop, or sandwich shop where they make a much higher hourly rate plus tips.
@@jasonleatherwood2172 I also leave tips larger than 20 percent at cheap Mexican restaurants. They’re working hard and it’s not their fault the prices are low.
My husband works in hospitality full time for 10+ years. We HATE none dine in tipping. Like why am I tipping to pick up a sandwich I ordered online? We don’t do it anymore unless there is exceptional service or a family owned business
We used to go to a Buffalo Wild Wings when I was in college, and we had one person in our group who would only order bleu cheese and celery, which was free at the time. He'd also never tip. And he was kind of a jerk about how much he'd eat, as in, he would keep asking for more bleu cheese and celery. After doing that several times, they started charging for it (or maybe they were just 'charging' him, but I supported the decision either way). I don't totally blame him considering he was in college, but I didn't have much money at the time either. He was definitely stepping over the line with how much celery he'd ask for, less in terms of the cost of celery and more in terms of taking up the server's time.
I reuse gift bags. It was my daughters bday and i picked out my best saved gift bags. She opened her gift, looked at the tag and said...thank you Sharon... My friend Sharon had given me a bday gift in January and i reused the bag for my daughter's bday in march. My daughter reused that bag to give her friend Olivia a bday gift in August. I guess we are slowly putting gift bag companies out of business.
There's a small local fastfood place that has a tipping jar in the drive through. I like their food, but their service is not worth a tip. If it was then literally every time an employee processes a customer's order the employee would get a tip. I understand tipping if it's a set down restaurant where the waiter brings you things and cleanes after you but now it feels like every type of business wants you to tip.
Tipping for me personally is an opportunity to mirror the unearned, unmerited love and mercy of God. Tip generously always is my perspective. Great service means I go abaove and beyond the 20 percent. Tipping is a fun way to touch people's lives. I was a server when I was young so that makes me biased though. I don't tip on unexpected situations like going through the drive thru so I agree with others about not tipping in situations where tips are not customary.
I was just in Nashville Monday visiting the Ramsey studios. Later that night we had dinner at show with a couple on vacation from England. They were upset with all the tipping that they had to do. They said it doesn't happen in England and it was hard to wrap their heads around . They couldn't understand gun ownership and deer hunting either.
When visiting another country, you should be respectful of their customs and traditions. If you don't like them, vacation somewhere else that is more like what you're used to.
My friend was personal assistant to some young Saudi women who stayed in Beverly Hills. They had a lot of luggage, did a lot of shopping, and even changed hotel rooms. They never tipped the bellmen. My friend said something and they claimed they didn’t have any cash. My friend was so mortified she tipped them herself. The girls are 18 and 20, and my friend helped with them when they were kids and their dad brought them on visits to the U.S. I told her they’re young enough and they know her, so she should just tell them when they’re in the U.S., they need to be prepared with cash and tip.
If they deliver to my table, they get tipped. I occasionally tip at a counter. Something that happened yesterday and I tipped. I will not tip at a counter now.
Idk yall are better people than I am if its terrible service and its the attitude changes the way I tip. If they just don't care then they will get a low tip like 5% but if their trying and have a great attitude ill tip 15-20%.
Hard truth: you cant get a white collar job because you have no education. Your employer doesn't feel like your work is worth more than 10$ an hour. But you still feel entitled to more income? Get education, live below your means and improve your life with out relying on outrageous tips.
I HAVE a Bachelor's Degree, life experience, work experience, and I'm in my mid 60s. I'm FINALLY earning almost $20/hr and work at home. Age discrimination is real.
Have you ever waited on tables? That is hard work and worth a lot more than people get paid for it. Don't tell me that getting an education is worth more I sit behind a desk now. I have done banquet serving where I was standing on my feet for 10 hours. I have done factory work where I ran my butt off for 8 hours. I have even done landscape work for a friend who paid me $100 to trim back everyone of her hostas one year. Oh my goodness that was hard work. That was about a dollar or less per hosta. I was unemployed and I needed the money. And yes this was in my '50s, like during the recession that we had. It was not fun but I learned valuable lessons.
We general tip pretty good. If the service is kinda bad, we'll only leave the customary 15%. But sometimes the service is so bad, we don't want to tip at all, but still give 1-2% out of guilt. We once had a server forget to bring us forks so we could eat. We asked her at least 4 times for forks and our food was cold by the time we could eat it. Yes, we gave a low tip. It's a hint that maybe waiting tables isn't for you.
What about tipping in CA? Minimum wage is the same as tipping minimum wage, which is $15/hr. If I'm tipping 20% on my $80 bill and had 45 minute dinner, they made $31/hr just on me. Which is $64,480 a year.
FYI. The people who delivers your groceries aren't the people who shops and packs your bag. And those individuals doesn't receive any tips in most case.
Commenting late in the game here, because I just started listening to y'all. Loving the show so much. I agree with Rachel that people deserve good tips, especially the servers at sit down restaurants. Nobody wants to work anymore, so I tip generously to the wait staff because they are actually working! Pretty much do 20% or more, depending on the service. I will not tip good if the waitress is rude or mean, but honestly haven't really experienced that here in Texas, since moving from California. I will put a dollar in the tip jar at a local, family run coffee shop, but usually don't tip at Starbucks, or I'll throw my coin change in the cup. I don't tip at fast food restaurants at all. No way! I don't even tip at order at the counter, pick up your food places like Panera. I definitely tip my hairstylist, but that's about it. In a way, I do feel obligated when it's listed, but I don't always do it. I like what George said about them having to earn a good tip. I like that.
If you say the employer should pay a better wage, you need to realize that this price is going to just get dumped into the price of the goods. You can’t get service and not pay for it.
What is the deal with tipping before product has been given to you or the service has been done? They're asking up to 20% or more extra over the cost of the product/service right after meeting the server. Completely absurd!! We're no longer tipping based on the quality of the service but based on what the server looks like? What if the server ruined the product or service. It's like they're begging for more money. Just raise the bloody price of your product/service and stop the begging!!
I don't tip unless I sit down and someone takes my order and serves me some food, then brings me a bill. I always tip the minimum regardless of the service, more if its above average. Only other service I tip is my hairdresser.. if and ONLY if I am blown away with the service. I am not tipping someone for pushing a product across the counter at me!!! So many food places nowadays have you come in and order and pickup your food at the counter, and sorry but that is not tip worthy!!!
I believe that tipping is an opportunity for generosity. How much you tip says more about you than the receiver. If you give a good tip regardless of service it shows that you are unconditionally generous. It says "I care about you even if you are having a bad day. I want to bless you even if you stuck at your job." It's not my job to incentivize good performance. It's up to their employer to correct their bad performance.
I choose 'no tip' and not only don't feel guilty, I feel quite pleased. 🥳🎉
One of the hidden benefit ive noticed after switching to cash, no tablet asking me "a couple of quick questions"
Lunch spots in Manhattan are cashless now. I walked into one the very first day and they gave me my meal free after sharing it at the hot food bar.. yea.
Two tipping pet peeves:
1. Places like Crumbl Cookies, that have an automatic computer checkout where tip options pop up starting at a minimum of 15%. I am sorry, but that is ridiculous. I walked up to the counter, ordered cookies, they were put in a box and given to me. At what point is this just part of your job? I refuse to tip at places like this. Hard to say if my reaction would be as negative if the suggested amounts were much lower, like 5% or 10% tops.
2. Any place like Panera Bread or Panda Express that asks if I want to round up and donate the difference to an organization like Change for Children. If the corporation wants to be generous and donate, great. Don't put this responsibility on the backs of your customers so you can claim to be generous. That reeks and it is cheap
American tipping is ridiculous. Just pay your employees a fair wage and add something to my cost. Also, crazy to order online, walk to pickup my pizza from the shop and they expect a tip. Also, Panera puts a pastry in a bag and they want a tip.
That's on them to put the pastry in a bag. I don't tip when I physically drive and pick up. If they deliver, yes.
@@LittleMopeHead Isnt it literally the drivers job to deliver your food?
I'm sure most servers are fine with how things are , and receiving minimum wage and paying taxes on that wage would leave them with far less income.
Verses tax-free tip income which adds up to much more than a state minimum pre-taxed hourly wage.
Love that this topic is being discussed. I’m bothered at how many places have started asking for tips. And yes they are very rude and in your face about it. They literally put you on the spot which is very rude. Asking me for a tip or shoving a screen in my face asking for a tip that you are looking at is so damn rude and just for that I say no tip. I have refused to give in to this nonsense.
You mean like this channel that asks for monetary thanks to do their job and make videos.
@@blitzofchaosgaming6737 you're clearly trying to get tips at the register lol. These guys aren't in your face about it. I'm still not sure why we we need to tip at the register if service hasn't even been rendered yet, that's totally absurd.
I agree. I've seen a couple of videos talking about this and this is a good thing. I try not to think about it too much when I tap on "NO" for tip nowadays. Only when they deserved the tip and there was actual service from them, e.g. waiter/waitress.
Subway and Panera Bread want me to tip their employees now. I went to Panera Bread yesterday and paid nearly $30 for two sandwiches and soups and now I'm expected to pay their employees too. Also the employees got the order wrong. Packing my own lunch and eating at home is looking better all the time.
I saw a meme before that said "Panera sells overpriced hospital food and everyone just seems to be ok with that" and totally agreed with that statement so I stopped going there.
Tipping is for table service. I don’t think the fast casual format of ordering and paying at the counter is table service.
Meanwhile, youtube wants you to tip their creators because they don't pay them what they bring in.
I can tell you they pat their employees well and they don't need tips. Its a workaraunt where they don't do anything to deserve it...I used to work there. Stupid!
@@christinemaio probably bc they buy food from the same food wholesaler, distributor potato salad, is potatoes salad. Chicken pattie is chicken pattie
I think all tipping should be abolished. It's gone too far and I don't enjoy tipping people anymore. I only do it out of guilt now and it pisses me off.
To start, you must stop.
I tip my server based on their attitude and work ethic. I have tipped as little as 10% and up to 50%. Keep my drink full and be polite to me and you'll be very pleased with my tip. But if I never see you and can't get any service from my server, you're getting very little. Do your job and I'll pay you.
Completely agree!
Tipping for ONLINE service? Seriously?? Hard pass!
The guy who came to install our satellite dish asked for a tip when he was done. I was like no sorry. And even though I said no and didn’t believe it was a service that needed a tip I still felt awkward.
I would call the company. I’ve heard of people tipping (basically bribing) cable installers, who then give them more access than they’re paying for. It’s a bribe because it has to be given before the job is finished.
Rachel and George you a great team ... great topic, I hate tipping to the point I won't eat out because of it.
What about how they want tips on to-go orders now. Thats what scares me. All they did was hand me my bag, with probably the wrong food. 🤔
Especially when the customer places the order & drives down to restaurant.. Makes zero sense!
I know when I used to work at Outback, the takeaway employees were paid the same as servers: $2.83/hour. They had to do the same work as a server in the kitchen, but no dining area (obvy). They worked their buns off
I have found that with the new trend of tipping at the counter or drive through that if they ask about tipping or turn that iPad around, I might tip, but I rarely go back. And if the iPad starts at 20% and goes up, I will select other and do 18% and not go back. But the other day a gentleman waiter made a point of showing me that the tip was included (large party) and I added $10. (Unlike some of our awful touristy restaurants that won’t tell people at all)
Exactly, this tip thing turns people off and now they get less business
Agreed, if you flip that iPad around and ask for a tip (without saying it) and after they did their service: hard no! No tip for you! 🧐
I feel that feeling pressured to tip takes all the joy out of tipping when you have good service. There's been times that I've had a terrible haircut and still left a tip because I didn't want the awkwardness of leaving a low or no tip with the person standing right in front of me while I pay. I'd rather pay for tips in the price of the product or service.
When there is signs at all the fast food places say they pay $15 and up then NO I'm not tipping!
A tip is a reward for good service, just remember that.
not really. a tip is meant to be a bribe to get "better" service, not a reward for good service. rich people tip because they was a better experience so they are bribing to get that (as they do for everything else) poor people should not be expected to tip to get a burger from the drive through.
I think tipping inflated during the pandemic. I felt the need to be very generous during the height of it because their risk in working felt like life and death. We need to come back from that now.
Yup, I have stopped tipping on take out or food carts. If I get serviced, I will still tip. Also the tip is calculated after tax which is nonsense
I’m just now starting to listen to the podcast. And going back and listening to the old ones. I went to McAlisters recently and at the time to pay and asking for a tip, one of the associates said “just so you know, if you tip, thank you, but it goes to the company not us.” My mind was blown!!! I no longer tip at places unless it is a sit down restaurant where you order at the table and you have an actually server waiting on you from start to finish.
I don't like the idea of forced tipping. I used to work in a buffet. And I did a lot of work, standing the whole day. I've never asked my customers to tip me because I did my job. I chose the job to wait the table and I knew what I signed up for. If we HAVE TO tip a worker to do their job, why don't we tip a teacher, a grocery worker, a nurse, an electrician, and all other jobs out there.
Were you paid above minimum wage and paid a wage that didn’t depend on being tipped? That’s where I think the need to tip comes. If someone’s wage is dependent on tips then I do think there’s some obligation to tip. If someone is paid and tips are simply a bonus then no obligation. Exaggerating to other professions isn’t accurate - those professions are paid in a way that tips aren’t needed. But tipping has gone overboard from the pandemic where everybody tipped for everything for the times.
I'm with George on this one. YOU HAVE TO EARN MY (TIPPING) LOVE!!! I work too hard for my money to just give it to underserving people. You gotta earn my duckettes!
Went through the drive-thru at Starbucks last week. I was asked for a tip at payment. Which I grudgingly obliged. Then they proceeded to hand me the wrong drink.
Tipping should NEVER be before the service. The whole point is to tip for good service after it has been given.
Always always tip the barista
@@RoamingwithRover so do you expect a tip at the drive through window bc you are a barista?
I grew up learning from not just my family but others that I knew at church etc that fair tipping was 15% for eating out. 10 for bad service 20 or more for exceptional.
I never even heard anyone suggest that 20% was standard until this year.
I tip. Bare minimum 15% so I’m not being cheap when I go out. 20% probably is what I usually do.
But all this talk about tipping more and more every year is nuts to me. Stuff costs more. Therefore your tip is more every year. Why does tipping need to increase percentage wise and on account of inflation?
Vegas is out of control. Those thieves try to rip off tourists and customers. They sell you a pretzel or ice cream and flip the ipad for 18%, 20% tip lol. I tipped the dude 15% for buying oysters in a hotel and that dude gave me tiny oysters lmao. Truly greedy people. If they are servers in the restaurants then yes. Those people just hand you food and there you go, they don't even serve you but expect tip and good tips. Totally gross tipping culture that we have beside for servers.
I’ve always felt 20% is the standard and 15% is where I go for poor service. To each their own. But the after church crowd are notorious for being low tippers by stereotype.
I tip if they spin the iPad around and ask me how much I want to tip but then I never go back there again.
I'm glad to see this discussed. I really wish we'd pay a wage to everyone and eliminate the tipping culture completely.
If the wage is increased, so is the price of goods. You pay the same. Nothing is free. You can’t get free service. I’m fine with doing away with tipping. Are you all fine with paying more for your cost of goods? If no, then you are just looking for a free ride. If that’s the case, we’ll then you are the problem, not tipping culture.
@@disguyhere972 Right. If the employees are paid fairly the prices go up. The money going to tips then goes to pay for the products I purchase. We all know what we're paying ahead of time, the employees are paid well, and the awkward pressure of tipping is gone. Just like when I buy stuff at a grocery store.
What about “service charge” on bills now. Had a restaurant tack on a freaking 20% service fee at a sit down restaurant. Asked about it and it’s NOT a tip! WTF! I only noticed it because my brother in law pointed in out. I look for it every time now and never go to that restaurant again. I wrote down my thoughts on the ticket. Just crazy! 20 % just to show up and order food. Get off your high horse.
Thank you for addressing this… I’ve been swivelled an iPad around and asked to tip for absurd services where I don’t see a need to tip. Like renting shoes at a bowling alley. And buying trainers at a running shop. Seriously? I’m all for tipping service workers and always tip generously when it’s appropriate. I used to be a bartender and waitress so I know how important it is. I’m not tipping someone who helped me choose a pair of running shoes 🤷🏼♀️ I feel weird about pick up orders but always lean on the side of tipping when it’s food industry because I know how hard they work!
We went to Mackinac Island, MI..we went in some t-shirt shops, they had tip jars that said "College fund". Seriously, you rang up my 2 t-shirts!
I don't mind those people with tip jars, at least you pretend to avoid and not see it. Give tip or no tip is no big deal in those situations. The ones who are watching you to give tip on the ipad by selling you a pretzel, shirt or whatever is totally ripped off and ridiculous.
There’s a restaurant near me who put up a sign that said a 20% tip is automatically added to every bill regardless of party size. I feel this takes away the incentive for server to bother giving good service. I was a waitress for my whole young adult life and knew I had to give great service to get good tips but now they go in j no wing they are automatically getting 20% no matter how well they do
I hope you don't eat there
Smart Money Happy Hour is my favourite Ramsey production your team needs a raise, all topics have been interesting to me, however this topic on tipping is very informative and interesting, keep up the great work
Hi y’all thanks for another podcast. Can we please have the video of them talking for the UA-cam?
I'm a good tipper for servers at the restaurants and I tip at cafes or coffee shops as well, because they just have a tip jar and either you leave it or not, no big deal. I hate the places that sell you a pretzel or ice cream, then shove the screen in your face and watch you so you can tip them. I find it extremely rude, god darn it. What am I tipping for? For buying a pretzel or ice cream? Those people are not servers and provide no damn service. The only service they provide is to hand you a pretzel or ice cream. They make over minimum wage.
Regardless of whether you can afford it, going out to eat is a waste of time.
Why is that ? That's funny ..
I like to drive through :D. Not all drive-thru food are bad like I don't really like fries so I skip it and order something else. I tip Starbucks' barista for being polite and making my coffee. I also start to cook at home more since I notice restaurants' food are not always healthier than fast food.
First off...
Bartending tip:
You should change the recipe for the Manhattan.
Never shake a Manhattan.
Stir the Manhattan ingredients before you strain.
You'll get a better drink.
I can appreciate that you're bringing up this topic. The volume of jobs that I see where the employees have a tip jar (container) set out has become absurd.
To me, it feels like an attempt by business owners to offset their labor hours budget/finances and shift that responsibility to their customers and patrons so they can put more money in their pockets and pay their employees less. And additionally, you're making your employees look like beggars. At least let them save a little face and don't make it so obvious that you're not paying them well.
Many jobs and careers (as well as transactions) don't even warrant a need for a tip.
Many of the jobs and job tasks out there don't even have a place in them where giving a tip makes any sense.
Employers should just pay people well for jobs and careers where a tip makes no sense, instead of breeding this newfound culture of making every working person think that every job function out there deserves to get a tip for their work. It's furthering the psychology that everyone needs some extra tangible reward for their work and will proceed to turn the workers of the world into a bunch of people who don't appreciate their work and don't appreciate the employee-customer transaction because they'll think that they had better get a tip for every transaction that takes place. It will just make your employees dislike your customers for not giving them money and probably make your customers dislike your employees for thinking that they need to help pay their wages every time they show up to buy something from you.
Thank you George! As a server it’s nice to be told when something’s wrong! If we don’t know we can’t fix it!!
I’ve heard the “if you can’t afford to tip, you can’t afford to eat out” but it can also be “if you can’t afford to pay your employees a living wage, you can’t afford to be in business”. I wish places would just included a living wage in the cost of doing business and mark prices accordingly. Good wages , you know the cost, no being uncomfortable or angry.
I wish tipping wasn’t mandatory for some things. Any time a person’s base pay is under minimum wage, as most restaurants and delivery people’s pay is, they rely on tips to make the job worth their time. I drive Doordash sometimes, and I don’t take 75-80% of the offers I get, because people don’t tip or they tip stingily. When I waitresses, I got barely over half of minimum wage, and I relied on tips to make up the difference.
I wish Doordash charged customers a realistic wage, so that they could tip for great service instead of to make sure they get the order. But then more people would realize that they couldn’t afford the service. I now am growing a sewing business (with cash!!!), and sometimes people tip. The other day, I charged a guy $25 to hem a pair of pants (including a rush charge, since he needed them right away), and he paid me $100! That’s not common. What’s more common is when I charged $145 and they gave me $150 and told me to keep the change. I always appreciate tips in my sewing business, but I charge enough that if they don’t tip, I’m fine. And I wish that was how the culture was. That we were charged realistic costs for the goods and services we consume, and that if we want to and are able to show extra appreciation in the form of a tip, we could.
Just my 2¢ (pun totally intended!).
I drive for Doordash and other food delivery apps. If Doordash charged higher fees and paid drivers more they would lose customers to Uber or other competitors. I don't see a real fix to the problem.
Tipping is definitely out of control. Do we tip trades? Tour AC guy? The plumber who works around your shit? Come on, these services are above the drive thru. Entitlement will be the ruin of society.
Trade guys get paid 45-60 dollars an hour. More if they own their own business. My dad makes 100k a year as a plumber. Restaurant servers make below the legal minimum wage. Plus I’ve never had to tip drive thru workers.
Yes, well only if you want better than average service. trades are services you tip anything that is a service someone does any service for you; the hotel staff, any repair person( plumber electricition car machanic) , delivery driver, service worker(dog walker dog groomer landscaper maid septic tank pump guy) and when there no way to tip your doctor, dentist or vet bring them a gift card or gift. Thats how you ensure your treated like family- not like the avarage Joe. Youll notice the difference. Most folks cant get appts anywhere for weeks or months- generous people seem to not have that problem so much....hmmmhm
@@joshuaevans6065 you should research minimum wage for severs in different states. California, Oregon and other states pay their server minimum wage. In CA it’s at least $15/hr. At a boba shop I went to, they posted a hiring sign that said $18/hr for a cashier position. You can argue that wage isn’t living wage and not enough. I agree. Retails worker don’t get tips but they provide way better customer service than many dine-in restaurants I’ve been to, should we start tipping them then?
I do
I tip wait staff very well. I have a very difficult time tipping fast food staff that make $15/hr making subs.
I'm with George... I feel I go out to eat (which is very rare) I want the food I'm paying for to be Hot and the way I odred it. Definitely will ask for things to be replaced.
I don't tip at fast food places. Nope..!
Especially fries. If I’m going to eat something that bad for me, it has to be GOOD.
Soon McDonald's will start asking for tips when this all gets even more normalized.
I have a friend who brags about leaving a 100% tip and has the waitresses fighting over him when he comes in at waffle house! He orders breakfast but always drinks water, so his meal is $10 and he tips $10. It sounds cheap but I just make my own breakfast for $1.
It annoys me that subway ask for tips. I never even sit down. Occasionally, the people who are making the sandwiches are rude. They act annoyed that they have to make my sandwich. I like it toasted a few extra seconds. I usually get meatball and i like it spicy. So, i want all the peppers plus onions. Plus spinach and tomato to be healthy. They often act like this is too much trouble. Me and my daughter have started asking for what we want. We are paying for it. They barely put spinach or bell peppers and we have to ask for extra. They often breathe loudly because they have to build a sandwich the way we want it. Then the register ask me for a tip.
I tip well, but I really don’t like tipping. It’s not my job to performance review your employees and determine what their compensation should be. I had great service in Australia and guess what, no tipping. Stop offloading your HR work to your customers.
“If the service is terrible I’ll tip 15%. 15% is an absolute minimum.”
Are you high? If the service is terrible I won’t hesitate to hit the no tip button in front of their face. I’m paying for the food/drinks, and I tip for the service. You need to earn the tip, not expect it. I consider that basically theft if you expect me to tip for your horrible service.
I think it should be like it started out: it is reflective of the service received. I like to tip good when they are giving good service. But I don’t feel as pressured when they are not doing a good job. Even if they are having a bad day, they can at least be nice. It’s part of the job. I agree that we are allowed to have certain expectations when we are paying for services.
completely agree, the way there is an expectation regardless of service is sad to me. seems to go along with the entitlement many feel these days.
@@Alpinewild444100000% agree… Your tip as a server is based off your performance, it’s really as simple as that. Just like you expect me to be reasonable when you are busy, or have had a bad day you should be reasonable and understand if you don’t get a good tip or a tip at all for bad service. It really does go both ways.
It is sad to see how entitled and manipulative people are. And sadly all the behavior of the woman on this podcast does is enable that behavior:/. Generosity like respect is given to those that give it back in life
We just stopped eating out!
COVID affected tips heavily. A lot of restaurants are struggling ever since and have found that instead of asking for “donations” to keep their business afloat, they’ve named it a tip everywhere. Definitely insane how it’s everywhere now
15-25% depending on service. Last week it took 25 minutes to receive our appetizer. Only one other table in the restaurant. Waitress never checked on us either. She was lucky to get 15%. Should’ve been 10%.
Shout have been zero and a conversation with the manager.
I’m so thankful that we don’t have a strong tipping culture here in Australia. Though it is becoming a little more common. Personally, the only time I tip is my Uber Eats drivers. That’s because they’re paid next to nothing (I don’t think they’re covered by our minimum wage rules) and my place is a little far out, so I give them a small tip.
The getting paid $2/hr thing depends on where you are. Out west here, you make minimum wage plus your tips. In the case of Seattle, it’s at least $15/hr. Wish they would have addressed tipping in places like that
Why don't cooks get tips?? We're the ones receiving the orders, storing, rotating, labeling, , prepping, cooking all different entree, , salads, soups, desserts, washing kitchen utensils, dishes,pots, pans, freezer, floors, taking out trash, etc, meanwhile the front of the house is barely doing anything except playing on their phone , and giving us orders. And yes I did quit and found a different job.
Because you are paid as a non-tipped employee unlike the server.
Simple, include all taxes, fees and tips on the final displayed prices$ like in Europe and Asia 👍. Tipflation calculated on after- tax bill, screw that STICKER SHOCK 🤯💰💰💥 👎‼️
As a waitress in the 80s, tips were acceptable at 15%. 18% was a delight. 20% was RARE.
in Canada 15 % is standard at a restaurant. but the servers usually get $15 a hour on top of those tips, so servers can make decent money.
I wish every employee was payed what they were worth and we could stop all this required tipping! If someone wants to tip after that, then it would just be out of generosity, not because the person actually needs the money. I worked in the food industry when I was young and I would have much rather been payed a descent wage than depending on and worrying about whether someone was going to tip or not!
Sounds like you worked a terrible tip based job. Most people that work for tips and know what they're doing make 2-3 times or more minimum wage
I've been a server, I loved my time and learned a lot about a lot. My husband and I go off of the service with the cost of the ticket in mind. We also communicate with our kids how to treat people that serve us because the ones that really care will remember how you treated them. I also agree with papa Dave with the food temperature. Story: I worked at Johnny Carinos in 2004 for a couple of years. Fast forward to present day: I'm a Kindergarten teacher and one of the managers from Carinos has a child and I got to be their kinder teacher❤️❤️❤️ My old manager told my principal if they were to open a restaurant, they would ask if I would go on staff. Definitely a GOD thing
I live in Budapest in Europe and sit-down restaurants recently add a 12-14% service fee by default to your bill. You can add additional top but usually they play fair and remind you 12% service fee has already been added. Previously tipping was not mandatory and was like rounding up the bill to the closest round amount or 10% if you liked the service.
I'm 'put off' by the level of expected tipping that has become the trend. I love to tip for quality service, quality food or just a wonderful evening. I rarely experience that in the restaurants I've gone to. If it's expected in a drive through or take out food place, I think that's over the top. When I'm out of baby step 2, I'm looking forward to being an excellent tipper. But now, in baby step 2, I don't go out to eat and I don't go places where tipping is expected.
The tipping culture in America is absurd. Business owners should pay their staff well, and not transfer the burden of salaries to customers who just want to have a meal in peace. Only in America. I get excellent service in Europe and Africa without the expectation of tips from waiters.
But the workers don't want more pay and no tips...they make way less that way. They all like it how the system is now...they won't say it though usually.
@@tristan2332 yeah so it should be “you should tip because I get paid more” not because “I’m paid less than minimum wage so you should tip”
Your not alone George. I was a waitress once and left penny's too once. You don't forget that. It's so insulting. The people I waited on were drunk, messy and obnoxious so were just be a-holes as I did a good job.
I don't agree with tipping for services where person sets their own price...massage therapists, tattoo artists, hair stylists, etc. If they are working for a company that sets prices then I am ok tipping, but if they work for themself and set their own price, then I disagree with that...
In Canada, the norm for tipping at sit-down restaurants seems to be 15-20% with more people generally tipping 15% for good service.
I'm in Canada too and I find it used to be 15% but now it's usually 20%. On machines it seems 15% is no longer there most times as a choice, forcing the higher choice because 10% is too low especially when you don't have the option of choosing your own amount. The places now asking for tips is starting to give me anxiety lol!
I actually pulled back to 15% because of so many waiters now days share , combine tips ,And you see 2or 3not pulling their part.
So your server does well and has to share the tip so the solution is to lessen the tip that is being shared that punishes your server for the behavior they have no control over? Seems odd but you do you.
@@Matt-cr4vv The server still gets tipped I just cut back from 25 % to. 15% But since you asked, In the past have literally left only a nickel because the waiter ain't worth a dime.
@@Matt-cr4vv yep
I'm from Mobile and I love that he always talks about his throwback days here. I totally get it!
This KILLS me. I've been asked for tips at a clothing retail shop, a drive thru, and other small businesses. Please, for the love of all things holy, include paying your employees in your menu/retail prices. 🤦
(To be clear, I tip at least 50% of the bill whenever I get a sit down meal, a massage, or my hair done.) But I can't stand businesses trying to make additional dollars by inducing situational anxiety. Please have the dignity to not ask for tips when the only service provided is the job description. *Rant over.*
Exactly. I went to get a pizza at a stand and the employee forced a tablet and stood there to see me tip. I pressed 15% and that person was not happy lol. American dining businesses are getting greedy than ever. I don't mind to top 25% for sitting in restaurants. Quiet disgusting.
50%? You're part of the problem lol.
I usually tip 15% when i eat out.
If the service is exceptional, or they bring water for my dog, or i am in very good mood then 20%
I had a waiter write what he wanted for a tip on top of the bill and point out that’s what he wanted for a tip. It was around 30%. I told him I’d figure my own tip. He then asked if I wasn’t happy with the service to which I answered not really. It took you 15 minutes before you acknowledged we were even there.
This is mostly an American custom. I've been living in italy for 2 years and tipping is appreciated but not expected. Even on a large bill 1 or 2 euros is acceptable if anything. Only exception is tourist areas. They will expect it because they know americans always tip. In Japan tipping is frowned upon because they take great pride in their work and it insults them to imply they need extra money for an incentive to do a good job. U.S. Needs to get with the rest of the world when it comes to tipping.
In europe we mainly tip to simplify the transition since we pay mostly with cash. The compensation of the employee is the responsibility of the employer
I don't care what the hell the rest of the world does. We have own our customs. Stop worshipping everyone else, it's pathetic
@@janelleg597 typical American response
@@janelleg597 and why is that?
Dude, you do know what the laws apply to other country but not always to US? The US servers get paid $2.50 an hour, and if you don't tip them and use their table and services supposed for tipped customers. You rip them off. Yes, use to-go method if you are unwilling to tip. Until the law has changed to minimum wage, we can't just cut servers' commission because they are the victims too.
If fast food workers ask me to tip i don’t tip lol
I don't tip on anything where people are already getting paid a full hourly wage. That's literally what tipping is supposed to be for: to make up for the fact that restaurant workers are paid sub-minimum wage. After that, it was for people who provide extra service. Tipping for counter service, to-go orders, and other positions where people are already getting paid for their jobs- and the only thing they're doing is their jobs, nothing more, is stupid. What NEEDS to happen is for people to put pressure on companies to pay their employees more. It's not our job to pay their workers for them. And if the service at a restaurant is bad, I don't tip at all.
the fast casual places that now ask for tips is just a way for management to be more greedy, because its highly likely that they are paying staff less if they have them asking for tips. Combined with charging more for products to combat inflation, the customers and staff are carrying the burden while management is relatively unaffected! I think twice about patronizing those businesses if they ask for tips. Not to be cheap myself, but to not fuel a system that is against my values
Amazon and Whole foods delivery are packed by 1 person and driven by a different person. the tip goes to driver only. 5% tip is more than enough for them to just drive a car with 8 loads of groceries at a time. think about it. $800 in groceries delivered every 2 hours at 5% tip they make $40 just in tips. 20/hour
George is 💯 % right on his approach to tipping! Rachel, don’t enable bad service 😂.
Tipping is out of control in America… why are there tip jars at a bubble tea joint??
I hate when the tip is automatically added to my bill. Food money is their money, tip money is my money. They don’t get to take my money without my permission. I make them take it off, then I tip appropriately. I decide how much to tip, not the restaurant.
I never tip with take out and not planning on it.
A cut and a highlite for me costs 120 dollars and takes about 2 hours. Thats 60 dollars an hour which is almost double what I make. I dont understand why you have to tip when people set their prices? Completely understand for sit down meals as we all know tips are their main source of income.
if they ask me that at a drive through "just give me my card back i dont need it anymore."
I try to tip service workers well because I also receive tips at my job. But I was really taken a back last time I was at subway and they asked for a tip.
My question is why is the sandwich maker worth 12$ a hour and the server get 3$ per hour has 3 tables a hour for 10 hours so 30 tables and wants 10$ per tables ao sandwich lady makes 120$ in her shift and the server gets 330$ foe the same shift i tip 5$ no matter the bill example the cheap mexican joint server should not get 1$ tip and the over priced seafood joint next door gets 8$ per person
@@jasonleatherwood2172 Its the restaurant industries fault. They need to pay their servers a living wage. But if they do that, we will pay even more for dining out. The best option for those waiters/waitresses is to go get a job at a coffee shop, or sandwich shop where they make a much higher hourly rate plus tips.
@@jasonleatherwood2172 I also leave tips larger than 20 percent at cheap Mexican restaurants. They’re working hard and it’s not their fault the prices are low.
15:31-15:46 I definitely gotta bear this in mind. Didn’t think about what Rachel said until now.
Also, don't support regulations much, but I would support one that forced these apps to ALWAYS have a big fat $0 option for tip.
I will no longer be tipping at all, anywhere. If I have to order pizza, I'll pick it up myself, since I will feel bad not tipping them.
My husband works in hospitality full time for 10+ years. We HATE none dine in tipping. Like why am I tipping to pick up a sandwich I ordered online? We don’t do it anymore unless there is exceptional service or a family owned business
We used to go to a Buffalo Wild Wings when I was in college, and we had one person in our group who would only order bleu cheese and celery, which was free at the time. He'd also never tip. And he was kind of a jerk about how much he'd eat, as in, he would keep asking for more bleu cheese and celery. After doing that several times, they started charging for it (or maybe they were just 'charging' him, but I supported the decision either way).
I don't totally blame him considering he was in college, but I didn't have much money at the time either. He was definitely stepping over the line with how much celery he'd ask for, less in terms of the cost of celery and more in terms of taking up the server's time.
I reuse gift bags. It was my daughters bday and i picked out my best saved gift bags. She opened her gift, looked at the tag and said...thank you Sharon... My friend Sharon had given me a bday gift in January and i reused the bag for my daughter's bday in march. My daughter reused that bag to give her friend Olivia a bday gift in August. I guess we are slowly putting gift bag companies out of business.
There's a small local fastfood place that has a tipping jar in the drive through. I like their food, but their service is not worth a tip. If it was then literally every time an employee processes a customer's order the employee would get a tip. I understand tipping if it's a set down restaurant where the waiter brings you things and cleanes after you but now it feels like every type of business wants you to tip.
Tipping for me personally is an opportunity to mirror the unearned, unmerited love and mercy of God. Tip generously always is my perspective. Great service means I go abaove and beyond the 20 percent. Tipping is a fun way to touch people's lives. I was a server when I was young so that makes me biased though. I don't tip on unexpected situations like going through the drive thru so I agree with others about not tipping in situations where tips are not customary.
I was just in Nashville Monday visiting the Ramsey studios. Later that night we had dinner at show with a couple on vacation from England. They were upset with all the tipping that they had to do. They said it doesn't happen in England and it was hard to wrap their heads around . They couldn't understand gun ownership and deer hunting either.
Did they even bother trying
When visiting another country, you should be respectful of their customs and traditions. If you don't like them, vacation somewhere else that is more like what you're used to.
Or good dental hygiene
@@janelleg597 Yes they did. They were very worried they would offend someone.
My friend was personal assistant to some young Saudi women who stayed in Beverly Hills. They had a lot of luggage, did a lot of shopping, and even changed hotel rooms. They never tipped the bellmen. My friend said something and they claimed they didn’t have any cash. My friend was so mortified she tipped them herself. The girls are 18 and 20, and my friend helped with them when they were kids and their dad brought them on visits to the U.S. I told her they’re young enough and they know her, so she should just tell them when they’re in the U.S., they need to be prepared with cash and tip.
This was a great episode! Thank you for discussing this topic 😊
If they deliver to my table, they get tipped. I occasionally tip at a counter. Something that happened yesterday and I tipped. I will not tip at a counter now.
Idk yall are better people than I am if its terrible service and its the attitude changes the way I tip. If they just don't care then they will get a low tip like 5% but if their trying and have a great attitude ill tip 15-20%.
agreed, tipping is supposed to be about service, now it’s just expected.
Hard truth: you cant get a white collar job because you have no education. Your employer doesn't feel like your work is worth more than 10$ an hour. But you still feel entitled to more income? Get education, live below your means and improve your life with out relying on outrageous tips.
This is the best comment I've read and I agree with you 100%. Entitlement is so outta control now
I HAVE a Bachelor's Degree, life experience, work experience, and I'm in my mid 60s. I'm FINALLY earning almost $20/hr and work at home. Age discrimination is real.
Have you ever waited on tables? That is hard work and worth a lot more than people get paid for it. Don't tell me that getting an education is worth more I sit behind a desk now. I have done banquet serving where I was standing on my feet for 10 hours. I have done factory work where I ran my butt off for 8 hours. I have even done landscape work for a friend who paid me $100 to trim back everyone of her hostas one year. Oh my goodness that was hard work. That was about a dollar or less per hosta. I was unemployed and I needed the money. And yes this was in my '50s, like during the recession that we had. It was not fun but I learned valuable lessons.
We general tip pretty good. If the service is kinda bad, we'll only leave the customary 15%. But sometimes the service is so bad, we don't want to tip at all, but still give 1-2% out of guilt. We once had a server forget to bring us forks so we could eat. We asked her at least 4 times for forks and our food was cold by the time we could eat it. Yes, we gave a low tip. It's a hint that maybe waiting tables isn't for you.
TIP = To Insure Prompt Service.
Great new show! Love the content . Looking forward to the next one.
What about tipping in CA?
Minimum wage is the same as tipping minimum wage, which is $15/hr.
If I'm tipping 20% on my $80 bill and had 45 minute dinner, they made $31/hr just on me. Which is $64,480 a year.
FYI. The people who delivers your groceries aren't the people who shops and packs your bag. And those individuals doesn't receive any tips in most case.
Sometimes at least for Doordash they do go shop and then deliver!
I think that may depend on how busy they are and the business format.
With instacart they are ones who shop the order
Commenting late in the game here, because I just started listening to y'all. Loving the show so much. I agree with Rachel that people deserve good tips, especially the servers at sit down restaurants. Nobody wants to work anymore, so I tip generously to the wait staff because they are actually working! Pretty much do 20% or more, depending on the service. I will not tip good if the waitress is rude or mean, but honestly haven't really experienced that here in Texas, since moving from California. I will put a dollar in the tip jar at a local, family run coffee shop, but usually don't tip at Starbucks, or I'll throw my coin change in the cup. I don't tip at fast food restaurants at all. No way! I don't even tip at order at the counter, pick up your food places like Panera. I definitely tip my hairstylist, but that's about it. In a way, I do feel obligated when it's listed, but I don't always do it. I like what George said about them having to earn a good tip. I like that.
I was at subway the other day and the bill came up and said you want to tip 😒
Jeez
If you say the employer should pay a better wage, you need to realize that this price is going to just get dumped into the price of the goods. You can’t get service and not pay for it.
Love lovely love Rachel and George
What is the deal with tipping before product has been given to you or the service has been done? They're asking up to 20% or more extra over the cost of the product/service right after meeting the server. Completely absurd!! We're no longer tipping based on the quality of the service but based on what the server looks like? What if the server ruined the product or service. It's like they're begging for more money. Just raise the bloody price of your product/service and stop the begging!!
I don't tip unless I sit down and someone takes my order and serves me some food, then brings me a bill. I always tip the minimum regardless of the service, more if its above average. Only other service I tip is my hairdresser.. if and ONLY if I am blown away with the service. I am not tipping someone for pushing a product across the counter at me!!! So many food places nowadays have you come in and order and pickup your food at the counter, and sorry but that is not tip worthy!!!
I believe that tipping is an opportunity for generosity. How much you tip says more about you than the receiver. If you give a good tip regardless of service it shows that you are unconditionally generous. It says "I care about you even if you are having a bad day. I want to bless you even if you stuck at your job."
It's not my job to incentivize good performance. It's up to their employer to correct their bad performance.
I love this! Yes! People need money, especially people who work at restaurants and cafes.