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Tipping should be a small gift, not a way for employers to guilt you into paying their staff.
Unfortunately, my wage is below minimum wage and tipping for delivery is the onlg way to fill the minimum wage gap.
Welcome to America lmao
It's not a charity, it's a business. Relying on "gifts" is a lousy way to make extra money. Also, gifts are usually outlawed in businesses between client and worker.
Tippi g is not a gift. And i want the employers to rely on o
It. So if i get bad service i only have to pay for the food and not the bad service. Good service - good pay. Bad service- bad pay
Axel- Agree!! Agree!! Agree!!
Ah yes, tipping. An excellent way for a business to pay its staff terrible wages and then blame the customers for it. It creates inefficiency and uncertainty. In any reasonable economic system, it would've been abolished without question.
I deliver Chinese food and make much more than I would an hourly wage alone, even if my employer paid me $15 an hour that would be the minimum of what I make with tips and hourly already. Therefore if I made a decent $15 with no tips, decent for what I'm doing of course, it would still be a terrible wage.
BerzerkFilms I mean you’d still get tips from some people. It’d just be rly nice if tipping wasn’t necessary and was instead once again just a nice gift
NOPE!!!
What I don't like about tipping is that it is a way for businesses to hide the true cost of the services being offered. If I go to a restaurant and order a meal listed as $12 then I have to pay an additional 7% for taxes and an additional 20% 4 tip more than a quarter of the cost is hidden and not listed upfront. What it really is is a way of making the service feel cheaper then it actually will be, untill you pay.
You cannot fault the restaurant for the taxes, that's mandated by the government and is in no way the restaurants fault. That being said, the restaurant could advertise the cost of the good with taxes included, but the industry is so competitive that even appearing to be more expensive can drive customers away, even if you aren't.
In the EU, the law requires sellers to always state the price inclusive of taxes.
@@bassmasterbill just visit Europe, there you can see how we could do it. Businesses are obligated to put the final price on their goods and services, including taxes. Tips are optional and often not expected at all. So if you went to a small fast food stand, a 7/11 or anything you directly see what you have to pay. It's really nice compared to the mess we have here..
@@artuselias the US isn't the EU, obviously.
@@erebostd I've been to Europe, I understand that that's how it works there. It's the same in Australia. You can't fault the business for the nation is located in, and adhering to it's customs.
15-25% for AVERAGE services?????
I know, right? It's utterly unjustifiable.
It is 10-20 percent, it can be 25 percent but 10-20 percent is still reasonable in most places
I get less than 10%. Sometimes, poor people will not tip at all
Average 15%
Great 20%
Amazing 25%
Max Do yes. It’s a real thing. Your massage therapist or hairstylist went to school and they don’t even make a living wage. Tip them and tip them well.
As a Brit I found the tipping culture in the US absolutely maddening (and I was only there for two weeks).
JUST PAY YOUR STAFF MORE. It really is that simple.
Restaurant profit margins are tiny (5-10%). In some cities that mandated $15/hr minimum wage, lots of restaurants closed because it no longer was profitable.
@potato psoas , the problem is if just one restaurant does this, they'll violate the social norm and suffer, even against shit restaurants that conform to the social norm. Joe's Crab Shack tried no tipping and went back to tips because they lost customers over the practice. money.cnn.com/2016/05/12/pf/joes-crab-shack-ends-no-tipping-policy/index.html?sr=twmoney051316joes-crab-shack-ends-no-tipping-policy0803AMVODtopLink&linkId=24464458
While I cannot find the source, one study said that tipping makes people feel good (even though it may not be financially better than a no-tipping policy). It seems pretty clear a cultural change needs to happen and expecting individual restaurants to lead the way may put them at a disadvantage. Increasing (or abolishing) the separate 'works for tips' minimum wage might be a more direct answer, but would likely face opposition while the US culture still prefers to tip.
Some additional reading: www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/05/15/478096516/why-restaurants-are-ditching-the-switch-to-no-tipping
and charge people more, it really doesn't change much.
@potato psoas YES!! Welcome to capitalism and free markets. If your business NEEDS government policy reforms in the form of reduced minimum wages in order to survive as your life line, that's the market telling you your product/service is not competitive enough; big emphasis on competition.
@@jtooker why did no tipping not work out if so many people don't like tipping?
Dear restaurant owners, it's your job to evaluate your employees. By shirking your responsibility and making me tip, you are making me do your job even though I'm paying you...
Exactly!
they need to pay more,people should tip or stay home or get items themselves,no delivery!!!
@Ja Ja DingDong people who don't tip should go to fast food restaurants or stay home,tipping is for people doing everything for you,giving you service,people who don't tip,don't appreciate service!!!
@Ja Ja DingDong all I'm saying is TIP AT FULL SERVICE RESTAURANTS OR DON'T GO THERE!!!!
people,when you go to full service restaurants,you need to tip,don't you understand tipping for service?, come on,if you can't do that,go to a fast food restaurant or stay home,you people are so ignorant,those countries that put it on the bill are totally wrong then cooks should get paid more and only the rich could afford to go to full service restaurants because the owners would have to raise their prices sky high,besides going to a full service restaurant is a luxury unless you are rich!!!
I come from Europe and for us, tipping is just showing the person you liked the service and is not something that is automatically expected. A waiter makes enough money without your tip, but we still often leave it to aditionally thank them.
Welcome to corporate America. We pay workers half and let the customers pick up the rest.
I cook at home so I don’t have to tip.
Sun hat exactly. In California and other states you get paid the state’s minimum wage (could match or be higher than US gov’s minimum wage), plus tips.
You do get taxed on your tips, which sucks. Unless it is in cash then you can hide the tips from the employer much easier than tips on cards.
@@baconfly11 YOUR TIPS GET TAXED?! Oh Jesus, are you sure you're not living in Hell?
@@baconfly11 You know I actually went and asked my friend who works as a waitress to verify and she literally said "Damn, that would have been fucked up"
I don't understand why tipping became in a way mandatory, tips should be given when you liked their service & were in a good mood not because you feel socially pressured to do so, companies should pay their workers, not us.
don't do those places then!!!!
Then the price will just increase by that much or more..:
Tipping should be made completely optional with no social stigma attached. Tipping is frustrating and creates awkwardness. People should be paid what they're worth and not have to rely on Joe Shmoe being up on his tipping etiquette. It should be a genuine way to say, "You did a great job. Thanks"
Despite everyone agreeing on this they decided to post this negative political correctness propaganda to make stigma about tipping people which keeps them poor
I don't get the negative stigma regarding tipping. Are you afraid of the stink eye the server will give you if you don't tip? I'm not, so I don't tip if I don't want to. If they just did the basics of their job, why do they deserve a tip? Should I tip the postman, the bank teller, and the hotel receptionist for doing their jobs too?
@@lkjkhfggd didn't you watch the video? Waiters depend on your tips to make a decent wage
Totally agree.
I got to poor area while doing delivery job. The ladies ordered $60 of food tipped nothing. Also that placed was 3 - 4 miles away from my restaurant.
I hate tipping. Pay your workers decent wages, America!
There's no point in advertising "cheap" prices and then forcing customers to do the additional math on top.
can't add!!!
I only tip at sit down restaraunts due to social stigma, tipping should be banned and only made a nice gesture, not a requirement becuase by being a requirement it isnt a tip then. Ive seen fast food places ask for tips, same with self checkout kiosks. Those need to f off
I wish we didn't tip at all. It doesn't make sense. I lived in Germany and loved the culture there.
we tip in germany
@@lorissupportguides but it's not expected or anywhere near the amount you tip in the US. Most of the time you just round up to avoid a bunch of coins in your wallet ^^ But agreed, in a sit down restaurant 5-10% are kind of common. But nobody would be insulted if you don't tip at all (I've been a waitress for 7 years and during that time sometimes people tipped, sometimes they didn't)
@@lorissupportguides no we don't
@@kurtvonnegut8950 w.h.a.t.
I agree that there needs to be a better solution, but the thing that I’m afraid of is that if tipping is stopped, these waiters and waitresses are gonna be making minimum wage (which is only $7.25 in the majority of the US). Waiters and waitresses can actually make way more than that on tips if they are good at their jobs (and if people actually tip them, obviously), so I don’t want them getting stuck getting paid so little. :(
In Australia, there is no tipping at all. Minimum wage is fairly high, so I guess there's no point. I feel awkward when I go overseas and have to figure out the local tipping etiquette.
As a Kiwi, I have exactly the same experience and we also have a reasonable minimum wage.
by overseas, you meant US.
Here in the Netherlands there is no expectation to tip, I work in a bar and for me a tip is a nice bonus, but by no means an obligation on the part of the customer
As an American, I hate tipping. The server should just be paid a fair wage as well as taxes shuold just be included in the price.
Tipping should be banned. If you can't afford a living wage, you can't afford a business.
I wish I could like more then once
Why? I worked as a waiter and I made way above minimum wage. I made $200+ per day. I love tips. Majority of the people that work for tips love it.
@@Tom-xy9gb And the majority of people who are expected to pay your wage on behalf of the company they are already patronizing don't like tips. Don't be selfish.
Andrew Rakos All im saying is that every time videos talk about tipping they think waiters and waitresses are slaves and are under paid. That we couldn’t pay bills with what we earned in tipping, but we could.
@@Tom-xy9gb Right. Many states don't even allow tips to count against your wage.
I keep saying, American businesses should pay their workers a LIVING wage, so that way they don’t have to rely on the not-so-consistent tip from customers. There’s always the argument of “Well, if we take away the incentive to give good service, my employees won’t work as hard” 😑 Let me tell you, I’ve worked in food service and retail, and the amount of stress that was taken off my shoulders working in retail for a GUARANTEED pay amount, made me work EVEN HARDER to make sure I did a good job so I could keep my position. I think overall it’s a much healthier work environment.
Aaand, customers might be willing to come back and try the service provided to them again, since the service itself was great because the employees of said business are happy and feeling accomplished for their work.
It is such an easy resolution to the whole tipping thing.
PrimeMujica *My thoughts EXACTLY* 💁🏽♀️
As Adam from Adam ruins everything stated, the quality of service given by a waiter only accounted for 1% of tips given by costumers.
But there is a guaranteed amount that you can be paid, minimum wage. Your employer must pay the difference if you dropped below that amount.
Business should not be required to provide anything it should be up to the worker to only work for those who give their time proper value.
10 percent at a buffet?! Jesus America...
John Doe I don’t do that.
I assume they are talking about one of the buffets where they bring you drink refills and clear your empty plates while you're eating?
Yeh that was nonsense. Buffets get no tip, except for the person who cleans the mess at my table, who will get a buck or two if it's especially bad.
Nah screw that. I agree with just about everything in this video EXCEPT that.
Ah this is a mind field
I own several Sonic Drive In restaurants, people often ask me if they should tip our carhops. We pay our carhops at least minimum wage, so it is not necessary to tip. But if the guest would like to tip, we recommend letting the carhop keep the change, or perhaps a dollar or two "if" the carhop is fast and courteous! Most of our carhops make great tips!
In the UK, we don't have a tipped minimum wage, just a standard one. Tips are an extra on top, not something that counts towards your basic rate of pay.
There are a lot of states that work like this as well. They just completely ignored the different state laws around tipped work.
@@funtechu And that's just federally. Most states have a higher "cash wage" and a higher minimum wage, both of which override the federal wages. Many states guarantee wage before tips.
@AstoundingPilot -SW- That's illegal. Legally, they can't include tips in their wage. They have to pay at least £8.21 an hour regardless of how much a person gets tipped.
@AstoundingPilot -SW- I'm telling you the law. It's not legal to include tips in the minimum wage.
@AstoundingPilot -SW- working for yourself is different. Those people deserve tips even less because they don't do anything "above and beyond"
Coming from the UK, I think the confusion from tipping stems from when it is necessary and what amount is socially acceptable. Personally, I rather know how much something will cost upfront with all costs bundled in rather than having to worry if and how much I need to tip. It frustrates my when I pay for delivery, then it asks how much to tip the delivery driver.
Tipping went from being a kind gesture for a job well done to an expectation which defeats the whole purpose of it in the first place.
"Tipping is literally rooted in racism, so be sure to tip well." What? Why is this the message of the video? Why is this video not advocating for ending the tipping system?
Same tipping is rooted in racism is a lie. I like this channel but I wish they'd leave their liberal politics out.
Tipping predates America.
Hatred of tipping has helped me prepare more meals at home cheaply. I hardly ever go to restaurants anymore! Like maybe once a month.
Good for you! In Europe even once a month is considered somewhat frequent
@@antimatter_nvf Wow, where in Europe are you? Thanks for the insight. I definitely want to get even better about not going out to restaurants to eat! Food cooked at home is the best food.
@@AutumnDay122 Oh, I live in Cyprus! An island country in the Eastern Mediterranean. Here locals do go to restaurants occasionally, but quite often to Cafés for a cup of coffee.
I think it's even rarer on the continent, sincere for example in Brussels a dinner would be 30 to 50€ in a good restaurant. So unless it's for a cup of cappuccino going out is considered a luxury, most people just cook at home.
Just get take out. No need to tip there.
@@antimatter_nvf Wow, Cyprus, amazing. That's so inspiring, thank you for sharing!
Your employer should NOT push their responsibility on me when I’m already spending my money with them. It’s their job to pay you a livable wage, not mine!
Louis Rossmann has stated that the reason you pay someone for a service is so you don't have to do the work yourself. If you need to know how to best cook a steak at a steakhouse and need to call upon that information to get food at a restaurant that defats the point of ordering at a restarting. Might as well cook the steak yourself at home if that's the case. The entire reason of paying for a service is so you dont have to do the work
I must say I like the idea of no tips service much more
I can be cheap but people shouldn't live on unreliable wages and should be payed a living wage regardless of if it's a mediocre or an excellent service, and then if someone wants to give more then it's always possible to give the personna little treat, but predatory tipping is awful and makes the customer dissatisfied in the end
I love establishments that are "tip free". Feels so much better!
If I ever ran a business like this I would say that the standard gratuity is factored into the cost of the service and there is no need to tip. It’s similar to taxes how they could include it in their pricing, but don’t to make it look cheaper. That’s exactly what they do with tipping. They make it look like “wow a night at Olive Garden is like $40 for my wife and me” and then when you add taxes and then the stupid tip it’s like $60. I’d much rather be told up front how much it’ll be, and then I just won’t go or will only go when I have the money. It’s misleading at best and hurts everybody.
Make no sense. If service bad I won't go there again
As someone who is a waitress, the absolute worst part for me is the unreliable income. I hate not knowing if I’ll walk away from a shift with 20$ or 200$. It’s really hard to budget and plan out, and there have been months (sometimes around things like tax month) where people just don’t tip or don’t go out, and those months you’re scrambling to make enough money to scrape by.
@@TwoCentsPBS If you felt that way, you wouldn't have done a video with such grossed up tipping amounts!
I live in Spain and we don't have tips. You can leave 1-2 euros for lunch/dinner if you really liked the food and your server but it's not 10-20%.
Tipping should be banned. Making me feel bad for not tipping ugh. Charge it to the service if you want the money. And the customer should be pre-informed.
Yes!! if im going to pay that amount anyways just include in my bill
clarkevander it’s pretty simple math. Give 20 percent. If your bill is $10, give them $2....
@@joemarks8417 no. That is not how it should work.
@@joemarks8417 dont forget about the sales tax in addition to paying a tip, the only difference is one is optional
@@joemarks8417 why do we demonize someone saving money and call them cheap..Its almost like society wants me to spend more money for no reason
I used to work at a bank. If I had been tipped every time I had to help someone in balancing their checkbook, I would I be mega rich now!
Tipping is the epitome of ambiguous economics - It seems tipping is a way for the employer to shirk financial responsibility by putting blame on the customer for underpaid employees. That's bunk.
You guys should've done your research more thoroughly. According to the federal law, if a waiter's received tip doesn't add up to the minimum wage of the federal or state minimum wage, whichever is higher ($7.25 to $15/hour), the restaurant has to pay that amount to the worker. So if everyone stops paying tips, the waiters will just receive minimum wage like other minimum wage workers do. Except most people don't know this and thought they were obliged to compensate waiters.
Thank goodness there's somebody else with a brain. I seriously don't understand what is so difficult about this very simple and basic concept for people to understand.... It's a minimum wage level of labor and should be paid a minimum wage level of pay. Basic economics. Nobody forced them to take that job. Invest in yourself to raise your own worth... THANK YOU Celeste for noting this...
@@SGVirtusMysteriesOfFate You both are very ignorant and unsympathetic. Yes this is true, the restuarant would have to pay out the minimum wage, but the MW is not a living wage, its not enough to survive on. It's not basic economics and it's not a minimum level of labour, servers will spend 12 hours of running on their feet, carrying heavy loads, and most importantly taking alot of shit from nasty people. To say "no one forced them to work here" is such a childish cop out, these jobs need to be filled, and they're filled because tipping culture CAN earn them far more than the MW. Basic economics is tipping culture: better service, better pay. You wanna talk about investing in yourself, that's what many are doing, many college students take serving jobs because its flexible with their schedule and allows them to pay for expensive degrees that will earn them higher paying positions in the future. Its teaches great work ethic and customer service which many companies value. The only argument against tipping culture comes from cheapskates and people who feel "uncomfortable" about tipping. Grow up and cook at home if you have such a problem with it. "No one told them to work that job" well no one told you to come dine in either.
@@danteparreno5242 Minimum wage was never intended to be a "living wage". It boils not down to ignorance nor a lack of sympathy, but instead down to a purely factual basis. To say that "a job needs to be filled" as well is cute to say the least. Jobs are taken on a "need"/want basis. There's nothing more to it. I could post a terrible job offering for something and pay very little, but that doesn't mean it "needs to be filled". However, if somebody comes along and takes it then great for me. If not, then I have to offer a higher amount in order to find the market value of what the job is worth in order for somebody to take it. That's "Basic Economics" But alas, you're clearly very heavily invested emotionally - seems like you must work in the industry and think that a job that requires no skill demands $30/hr+. That's alright though - you are very entitled to your opinion. I sincerely wish you good luck in life.
@@SGVirtusMysteriesOfFate $30+? No way, but enough to pay for basic necessities and an education for a better job? Yeah absolutely, that seems common sense. Yeah I work in the industry for now, so of course I'm "emotionally invested", which just means that I understand both sides. But yeah you're right about offering more money for a job to match market value, I was never disputing against that. Serving let's people make more than MW so they take it, but I guarantee that if tipping goes away then either:
1) Wages increase to keep up with lost tips, prices rise, which pass to consumers (You)
2) Wages increase, to MW, prices still increase, still pass to consumers (You)
In scenario 2, people either quit these jobs and/or service quality plummets. Either way consumers still pay more because companies wont cut into their profits.
Again those who argue against tipping are cheap and ignorant, maybe ignorant is a harsh word, but most people who argue against havent been on the other side. my personal opinion, you should tip based of service, do a good job get good tip, seems fair enough it's the same concept for salesmen.
Also, just because the fact that MW wasnt meant to live off, doesnt make it right.
Anyways ways I'm tired goodnight
@@danteparreno5242 is it possible to tip the chef instead of the waiters
I hate them tablets on coffee shops and other places where you have to choose %15 to %25 tip!! This is pure evil.
That's America for you.
Yeah they try to guilt you into tipping 😂
I went to a brewery and picked up some canned beer, got it out of the fridge myself and when they rang it up, it did that tip thing! It's annoying and makes you seem cheap when you decline... I usually throw in at least a buck.
If this goes far enough, even vending machines will start asking for tips.
I just pay for my order and walk away.
Those tip tablets should be outlawed.
I deserve a tip for watching this video.....I will be content with 10%
To be perfectly honest, this is one reason I'm happy I don't live in the USA. Paying your staff next to nothing, and forcing them to effectively beg for their living just strikes me as horrible. For this situation to be the nation's standard strikes me as terrifying.
I save people's lives every day. No one tips me at all. People judged you for how much you tips. So why should you tips? You need your hard earned money more than any body. And for those who complain about tips, they're in a wrong trade.
What they don't tell you is if they don't make enough tips to meet minimum wage, then the employer must supplement enough to meet it. So really, you don't have to tip anything if you don't want to, and the waiter will still get just as much as the guy working at Mcdonalds or the grocery store.
lkjkhfggd The problem with that is when a tipped worker reports to their supervisors that they did not earn enough to match the non-tipped minimum wage, they face disciplinary action as an unspoken standard whether their performance on the job warrants it or not. Usually after the second or third time such occurs, the employee in question is fired - leading to many hiding the fact that they are taking home less.
@@lkjkhfggd That's not at all how things worked in restaurants I've actually worked in. And if this secret was really true, it would be posted all throughout Reddit and UA-cam for everyone to see, just like all the other "secret" food industry nonsense.
@@binga3285 How selfish can you possibly be?
If I'm going to a place where it has a tip already on the bill I automatically refuse to tip
You wouldn't tip if there was no tip line, don't lie.
@@braceyourselvesfortruth2492 if the service is really good I usually tip
@@braceyourselvesfortruth2492 Exactly how it's supposed to be. We're not here to spoil you by tipping you with our hard earned money. If you want a better legal pay, ask your employer.
@@justanotherview3243 LOL, I'm not a tipped worker. It's not spoiling if it's an accepted practice.
Tipping should be phased out, they should pay waiters a reasonable wage so I don't have to pay 15% more for a meal I didn't like that much.
Not to burst your bubble, but if they phase out tipping and restaurants start paying servers more, then they will have to raise the menu prices to make up the difference. So you'll still be paying more for your mediocre meal. :-(
@@ozzy032 hmm, didn't think of that, makes sense.
As long as tipping stays optional I'll be fine.
@@ozzy032 no problem with that. I'll just naturally dine out less with the increased price. At least they are paying thier workers more fairly.
Kevin if minimum wage increases by 2 dollars, all the food prices do not increase by 2 dollars. It’s the same situation
@@ozzy032 If you normally tip 20% and food increases by 20% what's the difference
FYI, ALL tipped workers receive at least the standard state/federal minimum wage. If the servers hourly rate + tips is less than the state/federal minimum wage, then the company has to cover the difference.
Why does nobody know this?
most servers are afraid to ask employer and employer assumes server is getting well tipped.
wrong about india...it is completely optional here...some of the places strictly disallow you to tip...most of places they don't expect you to tip, but if you do,they will start treating you as a special guest...
I think it's the same in most E Asian countries
They were NOT wrong about India at all. Most good restaurants in India charge 10% service charge which is included in the bill. Any tips on top of that is on the discretion of the customer. And that is exactly what they said.
@@arunima29 Not MOST restaurants. Majority of the restaurants doesnt charge service charge. Majority of the restaurants i ate had 0 service charge and no tips as well.
There is a difference between service charge and tip. Service charge is paid to restaurant and not to waiters...
@@Mahesh-jf8zf I don't know where you live in India and where you ate. I live in Delhi and the most middle to upscale restaurants I have been to charge a service fee. Of course low scale restaurants don't. FYI, I was at a restaurant only yesterday and paid a 10% service charge.
I’m starting to think not to tip at all, places have been getting ridiculous about who should get tipped. For example, saying you should tip even on a pickup order, no😂.
Only time I’ll tip, and that’s maybe because it’s optional, is when I dine in & the service is great. Not just good or the bare minimum.
@6:47 spending $1,295 on Girl Scout cookies seems to be about right 😂
Lolzzz. Been there.
In Germany the word for tip is "Trinkgeld". A direct translation would be drinkmoney. I think tips have a completely different history there.
Once again the U.S. is far behind the rest of the world(smh) Let's think about this that means that you as the customer has to further support a chosen business than the price that they have decided that they need to make a profit. And eating out a couple times a month, getting a haircut and grabbing a cab during that same month not great luxury could cost in tips an additional 20% which would be more than any of those services individually. I believe in tipping usually 10%, 5% for bad service 15% for good service. I'm not being cheap just realistic. When I was younger the suggested tip rates were much lower and while everything has increased, my salary not so much which is the case for many Americans. So should all of those who can't tip "properly" just stop eating out, taking cabs, getting our hair and nails done, etc. Because if that happens what would it do to the economy?
I'm so glad as a UK and France resident that I don't have to worry about tipping at all.
Same...
As an American, I’m glad you’re a UK and France resident.
@Magnum Stud My reply was to the original poster-Armand D-not to you, Blue Grasser.
stay there then!!
In my experience, working in fast food is much more demanding than serving in a sit-down restaurant. I never got tipped in fast food. I still don't get why this double standard is ok.
I hate the fact that restaurant waiters make more simply bringing the food than the people cooking your meal.
In alot of American restaurants they are just throwing something in a oven or in a grilled/broiler conveyer belt
way more to it than that,memorize menu,abuse from customers,pressure from restaurant to sell,time limits,people asking for extra items sometimes or putting pressure on servers!!!
For one, in many states tipped employees earn $2.13 an hour. And we have to pay taxes on 8%-15% of our sales.
Cooks starting pay is $10.00.
Good servers tip busers, bartenders & even cooks.
Servers do more than just bring your food out & if you don't want to tip order for pickup.
I stopped going out because of the tips....really annoying.
Those tip lines on takeout receipts and the phone app or credit card kiosk that asks me for a tip make me uncomfortable. I know they are there to guilt me into paying more than I morally or legally should.
Rebecca Weinstein I just don’t do it. I order to go and don’t trip. I cook at home a lot of the time.
If anything gives me a tip option when I pay electronically I will automatically refuse to tip. I won't be guilted into tipping! Though I mostly pay cash so that isn't an issue.
Where is the fill in your own amount line? Why does it start at $10 tip for ICE CREAM?????? Ice cream is only $5? lol!
you can ignore them,alot of people do,just stay home or don't expect delivery!!!
Thats why I get my take out myself.
Tip - "is a sum of money customarily given by a client or customer to a service worker in addition to the basic price." You never HAVE TO leave a tip, no matter what country.
It's considered a dick move not to tip in the US and rightfully so
Tipping is supporting businesses to keep paying super low slavery salaries to employees 😂 if nobody would ever tip then if businesses wats to hire people they HAVE to pay proper wage!
you dont pay taxes on tips so tipping is always better
Yes and then the cost is put on the consumer, so less business and overall less hours.
Loris Support Guides not true, you‘re actually supposed to pay taxes on tips as well
@@b1world not in germany
Loris Support Guides are you sure? I heard of a situation in germany or so that even someone bagging for money on the street that makes more then a certain amount has to pay taxes. May be someone that makes over 20k a year or so
Why do we (Americans) tip taxi drivers but not bus drivers? It's similar work but we treat them differently
Because cabbies are taking you to a specific destination instead of driving a predetermined route with a schedule.
@LUIOFFICIAL I guess I have to explain it better. Cabbies can give you better service based on how fast they get to you and how fast they get you to your destination. Bus routes are regulated and you get consistent service. Also, you're more likely to have a conversation with a cabbie that might be pleasant than say a word to the bus driver who is operating a larger vehicle and out of earshot. Does that illustrate my point sufficiently? Or do I need to use more of my halfass American logic?
You're absolutely not expected to round your bill up in France. If you're paying with a card I don't even know how that would work
In Sweden you can actually leave tip with your card. Some restaurants tells the customer the sum and then let's the customer type the sum themselves. So if you want to tip you would enter the sum + more as a tip. But I guess our tipping culture is like most of Northern Europe, i
e none existent.
@Code Voltage right but that doesn't exist in France, there's no mechanism by which the bill amount can change after the card is processed
This is the first time I've heard that a 10% tip should still be given even for bad service. Wow. The whole tipping thing gets a bit tricky at times. Movers weren't mentioned here, but I recently had a 4-hour move turn into an 8-hour move. Not only did I have to pay over $100 an hour for each extra hour, the owner pulled me to the side to make sure I was going to tip the workers. Some of these scenarios feel like a shake-down. But back to tipping for bad service, I can't imagine someone giving you bad service and it becoming the expectation that you would use time to talk to a manager AND STILL give a 10% tip. Geez. Since good service gets a minimum 15%, the tip difference could be less than a few dollars, leaving no real incentive to provide good service.
I really don't like the American way of tipping. Over in Europe you aren't expected to tip at all, it's just to give something extra if a job is done well. If I had to pay $19 there, I mostly did 20 out of convenience. But if I had a nice evening with good service (and it's common there to stay after the meal, get a coffee or so and chill a bit) I left 15-25 dollars as tip, which always got me a 'thank you' - I like that a lot more as the obligatory tips here. Just raise the damn income of the staff, than we can use a tip for what it's intended. A sign of appreciation.
"If you can't afford to tip then you can't afford to eat out." - Dave Ramsay.
Don't forget to tip the pilot of your airplane (20% of the ticket price for domestic flights, 25% for international flights). The door will be locked, so just slip the money under the door.
I worked as a barista and server in Washington state, we got paid minimum wage 13.50 now and tips were extra. Even a dollar was better than nothing, and 5 dollars regaurdless of the bill, was appreciated. But all in all, tipping a barista is completely unnecessary unless you have a large order, complicated order, or have gotten to know them.
This is all fine, but I live in a state where tipped staff must still be paid at least the minimum wage, so I dont feel its obligatory to give 15-25%, but more like 10-15%. I make sure to tip the normal amount when I'm out of state however. Tipping should honestly just be done away with though.
It's weird (as an outsider) that bad service still gets tipped. Bad is bad. It should not be tolerated by giving tips.
I once heard that tipping is more of a reflection of you--how generous you choose to be. I know it makes me feel better to be generous 👍
So you hear something somewhere and you take it as fact? ( I tip 20% every time since my brothers were waiters)
I never said I took it as a fact? I said I feel better when I'm generous.
How many homeless people did you pass without giving them a few bucks..How much money have you donated to charity..I think these are better choices to be generous with your cash
I dont feel better when im generous. Its just something i do. You funding waiters what the restaurant owner should be paying is dumb. I do it too so i guess im also dumb. Something to keep in mind.
Coding Grunt you think there are better choices for his cash? Lol...get real.
According to Dwight Schrute: only tip for a servixe you couldnt do yourself.
Tip for restaurant service: no
Tip for urologist: yes
a service,a restaurant is taking the place of,so TIP!!!
In Latin America there's little tip culture but alot of U.S.A. companies have brought it with them it tends to annoy people who have never had exposure to this but younger people see it as a trade in culture personally I think you should not tip the paycheck of your Waiter should be part of the cost of the meal
If you don't want it to spread to Latin America you guys should all refuse to tip, please don't let our stupidity spread.
Latin America is vast enough, so expectations change even within countries. In any case, where I live 10% tips are included in restaurant bills, but they are not part of the staff's wages or somehow mandatory. Hairdressers, drivers and other professionals don't expect tips at all.
Wish we could get rid of tipping, but until the law changes, businesses won't care.
Also lol at the $1295 girl scout tab
America is so mressed up they don't even know it. 100 dollar price? Add a unknown % VAT depending on state and service. Then add a not defined amount that always makes you feel uncomfortable. Make sure to keep a dollar bill for the guy pressing the elevator button for you...
There is no VAT in America.
@@RandDickson I do think you are incorrect. I buy the 6$ burger at Carl's Junior / Hardies and they end up charging me 6 dollar plus something. Tip not included (should I tip?😅)
Oneofakind no.
@@Oneofakind123 Rand is just being annoying. They call it sales tax in the US and yes they have it
It is just sales tax here. Taxes from trade with other countries are built into the price.
I'm in the UK and I'm happy to give tips for good service. What annoys me is when they add on 10 to 15% automatically to the bill. I just think it's rude to treat it as an expectation. What's worse is it's usually the priciest restaurants and bars that do this. I can decide the tip amount for myself and asking for it makes me feel pressured. I never want to be pressured into how I should spend my money.
Tipping is very interesting and when you think about kinda weird practice. I didn't even know about its history and why we do it! This video was so interesting and it explains something that I have always wondered about.
Tipping, as a poor person, has always been the bane of my existence.
Wow... What a great country. Waiters begging for money. Restaurant owners pay 0 salaries.
Sure. They should pay them minimum wage as the base while tipping is appericiated
not how it works but sure
NOPE,just serving you,putting up with you,getting your food fast,giving you extra napkins slob!!!!
@@t-squared6406
Address your comment to your fellow Americans. I don't live there. Waiters here are given SALARIES.
@@ehaitem Nope,not begging for anything,just polite to do it,must be nice they can pay alot or their servers are getting a raw deal
Tip when you felt the service was special, your in a good mood and/or you just wanna round up the bill to the nearest note.
I’m from Colombia and we almost never tip here. 🇨🇴 In my opinion, it should be the owner’s responsibility to pay their employees enough for them to not to rely on tips. It avoids awkward encounters with the clients. Also, if there is a “tip” it should be included in the final price of the product. Great video and clear explanation of how tips work in the U.S!
$5 if the service is really good, $2-$3 normally, and $0 if it was bad.
I'd prefer we end "compelled" or "automatic" tipping all-together. I've lived in Africa and Asia. For the most part, people aren't pressured to tip, they pay the exact price, and the service staff such as waiters have a fixed and decent salary. *edit* I don't see why it's our responsibility as customers to make sure you're paid well enough.
Waiters in cities usually need the tips more since living cost but I still agree with you
If a person decides not to tip you, it's their choice and money
Why do people act as if not tipping means $2/hr is all they make? How many customers an hour do they have? Even if half of them tipped, while the other half stiffed them, they would still probably make more than your average retail employee. And if business is so slow, that they make under the $7.25 federal minimum, guess what, your boss has to pay you that same $7.25, not the $2.
But that brings up another thing, why is it ok for someone in retail to make far less in wages, when they are helping you find things, suggesting things, lifting and loading, checking the stock room, other stores, placing holds, ordering stuff for delivery... ..while you're expected to tip someone for a coke, when you could have walked 2 feet to the same soda fountain for, but instead had to wait half an hour for?
Exactly UK tipping culture is more optional than the US but when I worked retail I felt jealous of people working in the service industry because we where both getting minimum wage but they were getting tips.
This episode had some nice surprises! Evelyn's guest appearance, Adam Ruins Everything reference.... Love it 😁❤️❤️❤️
Awww yay! We're big fans of both of them. ; )
I worked as a waitress in Cape Town to pay my way through university and it was honestly the most horrible job I have ever had to do. There is so much abuse and harassment associated with this job. I always tip no matter the grade of service given because I know how tough it can be but I always tip exactly 10%. I was quite satisfied with a 10% tip when I was a waitress. This tip culture of 20-25% in the US is blowing my mind. It is honestly too much.
I just bough some stuff from amazon, how much should I tip amazon for my purchase?
Also Im usually not present when costumers pay at my work, should I just send them a venmo
request or show up at their house to get my tip payment?
From the Department of Labor FAQ; If an employee's tips combined with the employer's direct wages of at least $2.13 an hour do not equal the federal minimum hourly wage, the employer must make up the difference.
Why does nobody know this?
Tipping is very cultural. I'm Indian and I generally never tip unless I am eating out in a very amazing place
same
When it comes to food, if you brought food or drinks to my table, that's a tipping thing. If I had to pick it up from the counter, you're only doing the basics of your job, not a tipping thing.
laughs in European
Baldur Elí Traustason cries in US. And people here pretend everything is cheap too.
I hate the culture of tipping. Just pay your workers a livable wage and include it in the price.
Coming from my social work class material, tipping might be a push factor for retirees who're deciding to spend their retirement abroad. I just came back from Taiwan, and with no tip and tax included in every price (so what you see is what you pay) I can see why now. Everything is made to be complicated here. 😂😭
Edit: I think in Nashville there's a restuarant that refuses tips and pays their workers fairly. Wonder if it's still around.
Neither Switzerland nor Norway have a minimum wage. We don't need one, it's bad for workers and the economy
@@onorebakasama
The average salary in Norway is higher than that in the US
@@onorebakasama
There's this thing called Google. Just look it up mate
@@onorebakasama
I don't remember the exact number, but I recall it's higher
This seems like a clusterfuck. add in that you guys sometimes don't include tax in your price's and it's even more messed up.
How do so many Americans suck at basic math if you have to do multiple calculations every time you buy something?
It's because they suck at basic math that they can get away with this :-)
Because we got BIG GUNS and BIG BOMBS for anyone who is even talking shit
Thank you so much! American enslavement has affected every ounce of this Country's outcome and every single person in it. Thank you for this history.
End the tipping culture and stop tipping waiters. employers are forced to pay the min wage if noone tips
I'm a waiter in Cali, we make minimum plus tips. I know it's different in other states, but in states like Cali, waiting tables provides a livable wage
@John But the blame is actually put on the waiter because he accepted the job on the bases earning tips, which is an optional service to begin with......My statement will cause waiters to realize they are underpaid and its a shitty system
But by not paying im refusing to take part and supporting a messed up tipping culture..Another example if you dont support puppy mills dont buy from them
@@johnnytamale8676 Nice for the workers at a slight inconvienance of the employer and the customers
@John To you it may seem that way but I care about long term. How far is his tipped wage going to go if every service he uses requires a tip. by ending the tiping culture and employers paying their workers more, they can have a better lifestyle with more money in their pocket....
you keep feeding the problem and ill keep starving it out
I hate the culture of tipping. It's extremely insulting, and it makes me mad that people don't recieve appropriate wages instead.
Never tip! That's all.
As a customer you have paid for the food it ends there.
As far as the staff is concerned the employer is responsible for their salaries.
As a European in the US the biggest problem with tipping culture I'm having is the gray areas where you're not sure if you're expected to tip. I.e. do I tip a furniture delivery guy even though I paid the company a delivery fee? It gets really awkward sometimes and I'd really prefer tips to just be baked into the price. The only advantage to tipping I'm seeing is that waiting staff on average is much more friendly and attentive in the US compared to Europe.
Thank god we only tip in exceptional circumstances here in the UK
For my family and I, tipping percentages depend on what meal you got. 10% for breakfast, 15% for lunch, and 20-25% for dinner.
It's funny that even though wait people make the lowest hourly wage, but they usually make high hourly income 😂
Because of generous people like you supporting a low skill job with a high wage
Chris Invests - Personal Finance Videos not consistent or enough hours :/
Making $40 an hour for one hour of a 7 hour shift is not a "high hourly income".
Michael Wade compare it to hourly fast food workers and its high pay. Get off your mighty high horse.
@@jasonsanders8623 The fact that back of house also survives on subsistence wages does not mean that the servers make less, it means the back of house should also make more.
There are two main costs in food service: food and labor. Customers already pay 3 to 4 times the cost of food in their bill: a $5-$10 steak is sold for $20-$40. Then businesses make the customer pay for the company's LABOR as well. This is asinine, and we as customers deserve better from the businesses which we support. The examples in this video were well explained, but I believe that it failed to have A CALL TO ACTION.
Stand up, and make a controversial opinion!! Tipping makes no sense, and it is a vestigial organ in our current culture. RISE UP! STOP TIPPING! When employees quit because they are not making enough to live off of FROM THEIR EMPLOYER, THEN businesses will take action, but not until we refuse to supplement their labor costs! MONEY talks in 2019, not your mouth or your social media opinions (which this very comment is).
SPEAK WITH YOUR MONEY, MAKE A POINT OF ASKING RESTAURANTS WHY THEY DON'T PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES. ASK THEM WHY THEY CHOSE THIS POLICY! THE ANSWER: THEY JUST CHOSE IT BECAUSE IT IS THE CHEAPEST FOR THEM, NOT BECAUSE IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF EMPLOYEES OR CUSTOMERS. In an ideal world for restaurant owners, they would have no labor cost, you pay the employee AND ALL OF THE MONEY goes to the business, FOR PROFIT.
/end rant
Our local independent movie theater has an app that they use for payments. When the 'tip' page shows up, the employee usually just tells us to skip that page and write our signature. It's on there automatically, but they feel really awkward about it.
USA is the only developed country that doesn't pay their workers enough salary. Your salary should be enough for the your job. Tipping should be considered bonus, not part of the salary itself.
This nonsense is part of the reason I don't eat at nice restaurants and why I pick up my own pizza
I agree and you also don't run the risk of the driver messing with your food. When I was a pizza driver there where some of the other drivers that we suspected messed with peoples food. They would deny it but we had a hard time beliving them and as there was never any proof the management could not do anything to them.
The fact that I have to tip at a restaurant just makes me eat at home more often, or just buy take out. Sorry, there's enough tax on my food when going out and im definitely not going to tip on tax.
Wrong. In Mexico is optional, and if you decide to tip, you would not tip more than 10%.
So, tip is wrong but let's keep doing it because... lets help the restaurant's owner to promote slavery.
Finally, I did not know that here in America the Emily Post Institute enacted tipping law. I thought that only the Senate can enact law according to Article 2 of the US Constitution, or the president according to the Article 3.
Anyways, here's my tip: don't promote tipping!
Gerardo Nava See, but you’re not hurting the restaurant if you don’t tip- they loose nothing at all. You’re only hurting the server who did work to serve you and they will simply not make money and no one will do anything to help them. Managers and owners don’t usually care what servers make on tips. They just care that they have people working there. And those servers are just trying to make money to live with, they can’t afford to just quit, and an industry with over 3 million people can’t just all go find another job.
Honestly, with how much opportunity there is here, don't tip. Eventually, no one will want to work in the service industry and this obscure customer obligation of pretending you have an employee on your payroll will disappear. It's not illegal to not tip. Save your money. Some will say it's unethical, but I doubt strengthening corporate America's grasp on underpaid and overworked college kids is arguably better.
It's funny, people who make tips actually like them! I made more per hour as a waiter via tips than I do as a scientist with a college degree.
Instead of 0% tip, pull a Karen :)
*When you feel like tipping or receive a good service*
To all the people saying that restaurants should just pay their workers more, that would simply cause the food to be more expensive. Restaurants aren't raking in money by paying their servers a low wage. You're paying the server's wage one way or another.
I don't get this either. One way or another you pay.
I absolutely hate tipping 🙄🙃 just a broke kid
go to sorry micky d's,get a crappy non beef mystery meat
@Ja Ja DingDong income doesn't matter,people should tip at full service restaurants instead of being cheapskates!!!
USA: Price: $50 Taxes: $10 Tip: $10 Total: $70
Europe: Price: €63 Total: €63(70$)