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milestogo

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11. There is restaurant tipping, and there is all the other kinds of tipping.

Reply to Unladen Swallow (Original post)

Fri Jan 3, 2025, 01:55 PM

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If you spend 90 minutes in a restaurant and they serve a table full of people, that is worth a 15-20% tip.

BUT, now we are supposed to tip because somebody filled up a coffee cup and handed it to us? Or brought a grocery order to the door? If I get $200 worth of groceries delivered, the default tip is 20% or $40. To which I say, no that is too much for something that takes a few minutes. Uber wants 20%, the hairdresser expects 20%, the dog groomer expects it... It just gets to be too much.

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Tipping Is Racist and Harms Us All -- It's Past Time to Eliminate It [View all] Unladen Swallow Friday OP

The only way I'll stop tipping is if I stop going out... Trueblue Texan Friday #1

this makes no sense. tightwads want tipping to be the norm so prices are cheap, then they save by undertipping. unblock Friday #4

I have been to dinner with people who don't tip the poorly paid staff... Trueblue Texan Friday #7

Ok those are tightwads! unblock Friday #8

sexist too /nt bucolic_frolic Friday #2

tipping needs to end yesterday. You cant make people depend on the the kindness of strangers for their salary. Blues Heron Friday #3

Denmark, Belgium, Australia, Germany, Norway, Austria, and The Netherlands... chouchou Friday #5

I think the ones in the job should make the decision jimfields33 Friday #6

Many of the countries you mention also give free gov't-backed healthcare FakeNoose Friday #10

well, I will tip until they raise the base pay for servers LymphocyteLover Friday #9

There is restaurant tipping, and there is all the other kinds of tipping. milestogo Friday #11

all work is valuable mike_c Friday #13

any discussion about ending tipping... mike_c Friday #12

I'll also tip well until that happens but fully aware we're essentially subsidizing payroll for private enterprise. Alice B. Friday #14