Tipping has become crazy since the pandemic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was in Europe for summer, no one expected or asked for tip. We as a society need to solve this issue.

European countries also have government healthcare for everyone. Besides Poland and a few small countries Europe government pays for abortion. Europe has incredible public transportation unlike the US.

And you think that tipping is our biggest societal issue?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If workers don't want to be dependent on tips, then they should go apply for a non-tipped position. Employers are desperate - working at a restaurant is not the only option right now.

Servers want the tips, it’s cheap f#cks like people here that don’t want to tip. Luckily you all are in the minority. High end restaurant servers make six figures a year. Lower end restaurant servers can still make a decent living.

As far as coffee places, keep some dollar bills in your pocket and put one in the cup. Don’t be small.

Do you tip at the grocery store when the cashier checks you out?

The shoe store?

The tire shop?

The hardware store?

If not, I guess you are cheap, PP.

Why am I expected to hand over $2 for someone handing me a donut or a coffee over a counter?

[Anonymous]

I just got a drive-through coffee for the first time since Covid and when I handed the employee my card she stuck the POS pad out the window. With the short cord it didn’t reach very far, the sun was glaring on the screen, and I didn’t have my reading glasses on. I could barely see what I was doing. It was so cumbersome and awkward and time-consuming. Just ridiculous, all so I could be pressured to tip. That’s it for me; never going back there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just got a drive-through coffee for the first time since Covid and when I handed the employee my card she stuck the POS pad out the window. With the short cord it didn’t reach very far, the sun was glaring on the screen, and I didn’t have my reading glasses on. I could barely see what I was doing. It was so cumbersome and awkward and time-consuming. Just ridiculous, all so I could be pressured to tip. That’s it for me; never going back there.

You haven’t gotten coffee in nearly 4 years?

[Anonymous]

I don’t purchase anything where tipping would be required. I am loaded but I hate tipping.

So I never tip and I make lots of purchases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in Europe for summer, no one expected or asked for tip. We as a society need to solve this issue.

European countries also have government healthcare for everyone. Besides Poland and a few small countries Europe government pays for abortion. Europe has incredible public transportation unlike the US.

And you think that tipping is our biggest societal issue?

Lol, I guess we can never discuss anything at all because we don’t have free healthcare!

[Anonymous]

Going out to restaurants used to be a joy but it’s lost its magic. The tipping is part of it, and so are the QR codes, random fees, decline in service, and charging for things they used to be included like bread. I hope we get out of this rut soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Going out to restaurants used to be a joy but it’s lost its magic. The tipping is part of it, and so are the QR codes, random fees, decline in service, and charging for things they used to be included like bread. I hope we get out of this rut soon.

I’m not gonna lie-I love the QR code plus mobile ordering combo because it’s much quicker and I can give a lower tip. It’s not appropriate everywhere but for somewhere casual, it works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Going out to restaurants used to be a joy but it’s lost its magic. The tipping is part of it, and so are the QR codes, random fees, decline in service, and charging for things they used to be included like bread. I hope we get out of this rut soon.

It was a low wages job before where $100 for 10-12 hour shift was a good day. I'm glad it has changed, and time for some of the restaurants to go under. Can't find workers, but the one who stay, could make live on their income.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Going out to restaurants used to be a joy but it’s lost its magic. The tipping is part of it, and so are the QR codes, random fees, decline in service, and charging for things they used to be included like bread. I hope we get out of this rut soon.

+1 I hate the QR codes - just give me a menu! DH and I went out with another couple. We were all sitting on our phones trying to click through the menu. Then 3 of us missed a section and were jealous when we saw what one person ordered Another time the waiter made a big deal out of my friend and I requesting a physical menu. Just bring it without the attitude.

The rest of your post is spot on too. We rarely eat out as a family anymore. It's just not fun when it's so expensive, they sneak in extra fees, and service isn't great. I waited tables in undergrad so I have little patience with bad service.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in Europe for summer, no one expected or asked for tip. We as a society need to solve this issue.

European countries also have government healthcare for everyone. Besides Poland and a few small countries Europe government pays for abortion. Europe has incredible public transportation unlike the US.

And you think that tipping is our biggest societal issue?

Lol, I guess we can never discuss anything at all because we don’t have free healthcare!

+1 I'm all for socialized healthcare, but let's not circle the drain on everything else while we wait for it indefinitely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in Europe for summer, no one expected or asked for tip. We as a society need to solve this issue.

European countries also have government healthcare for everyone. Besides Poland and a few small countries Europe government pays for abortion. Europe has incredible public transportation unlike the US.

And you think that tipping is our biggest societal issue?

Lol, I guess we can never discuss anything at all because we don’t have free healthcare!

+1 I'm all for socialized healthcare, but let's not circle the drain on everything else while we wait for it indefinitely.

Try it before you want it. We have military insurance. I wait months for basic appointments like a physical or even to the doctor on a routine issue. They refuse bloodwork regularly and just say stay on medication regardless of if you need it or not. We regularly get denied specialist appointments or sent off base to the worst doctors, often an hour or two away and no good doctor take tricare. And, we cannot get same day refills at the military base and have to wait up to a week for refills and then if they don't have it in stock, to bad and you have to go without or wait weeks for a doctor appointment to get a new prescription written. MRI can take months to schedule. Need to be seen now, go to the ER or tuff luck. It's near impossible to see your doctor within a few weeks. And, the doctors change regularly so there is no consistency in care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in Europe for summer, no one expected or asked for tip. We as a society need to solve this issue.

European countries also have government healthcare for everyone. Besides Poland and a few small countries Europe government pays for abortion. Europe has incredible public transportation unlike the US.

And you think that tipping is our biggest societal issue?

Lol, I guess we can never discuss anything at all because we don’t have free healthcare!

+1 I'm all for socialized healthcare, but let's not circle the drain on everything else while we wait for it indefinitely.

Try it before you want it. We have military insurance. I wait months for basic appointments like a physical or even to the doctor on a routine issue. They refuse bloodwork regularly and just say stay on medication regardless of if you need it or not. We regularly get denied specialist appointments or sent off base to the worst doctors, often an hour or two away and no good doctor take tricare. And, we cannot get same day refills at the military base and have to wait up to a week for refills and then if they don't have it in stock, to bad and you have to go without or wait weeks for a doctor appointment to get a new prescription written. MRI can take months to schedule. Need to be seen now, go to the ER or tuff luck. It's near impossible to see your doctor within a few weeks. And, the doctors change regularly so there is no consistency in care.

I am jobless right now and would take this or socialized medicine anyday over having to pay 20k premiums, 3k deductible, 10% percent of additional costs until OOP max is hit, separate deductible for meds and just as long wait times to schedule appointments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If workers don't want to be dependent on tips, then they should go apply for a non-tipped position. Employers are desperate - working at a restaurant is not the only option right now.

Servers want the tips, it’s cheap f#cks like people here that don’t want to tip. Luckily you all are in the minority. High end restaurant servers make six figures a year. Lower end restaurant servers can still make a decent living.

As far as coffee places, keep some dollar bills in your pocket and put one in the cup. Don’t be small.

Do you tip at the grocery store when the cashier checks you out?

The shoe store?

The tire shop?

The hardware store?

If not, I guess you are cheap, PP.

Why am I expected to hand over $2 for someone handing me a donut or a coffee over a counter?

You don’t have to. I’m talking about actual servers who wait on you.

[Anonymous]

I only tip people who provide me a service: restaurant servers, hotel maids, bellhops, hair dresser/aesthetician, and people who wash my car. If they do it well, I tip generously.

I never tip otherwise and I feel no obligation to.