I supported myself on tips throughout my twenties. People who are stingy with tipping suffer from a lack of empathy and common sense, along with generosity. Just as it’s not their fault food service compensation is structured as it is, it also isn’t the “fault” of the server/bartender.

There’s a special place in hell for bad tippers.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anybody ever visited “End Tipping” on Reddit? Anybody ever eaten out with one of these cheapskates?

I agree that tipping is out of control, but a lot on this subreddit claim that all restaurant servers only require a $5 tip- no matter the bill and no matter how many are in the party. Worse, some don’t even tip at all when eating out.

I’m not the world’s biggest tipper, but I generally do 25% for good service. I don’t tip counter service, unless I’m getting a to go order from a sit down restaurant. Panera, Starbucks, sandwich shop…no tip. I do tip hotel housekeeping and hair salons.

Thankfully, I have never eaten out with non-tippers. Their mantra is always if restaurants can’t pay staff, they should close up. I don’t see how they don’t comprehend that if they “paid their staff,” a $20 plate of food would now cost $25!

You are such an idiot, it already costs $25 if you're paying $20+25% for tips! It just isn't written on the menu and you have to...do the math in your head instead.

I realize that It's the non-tippers that don't comprehend this

Anonymous wrote:25% is insane, OP.

It's the tell in that post that it's a troll...

Anonymous wrote:Anybody ever visited “End Tipping” on Reddit? Anybody ever eaten out with one of these cheapskates?

I agree that tipping is out of control, but a lot on this subreddit claim that all restaurant servers only require a $5 tip- no matter the bill and no matter how many are in the party. Worse, some don’t even tip at all when eating out.

I’m not the world’s biggest tipper, but I generally do 25% for good service. I don’t tip counter service, unless I’m getting a to go order from a sit down restaurant. Panera, Starbucks, sandwich shop…no tip. I do tip hotel housekeeping and hair salons.

Thankfully, I have never eaten out with non-tippers. Their mantra is always if restaurants can’t pay staff, they should close up. I don’t see how they don’t comprehend that if they “paid their staff,” a $20 plate of food would now cost $25!

You are such an idiot, it already costs $25 if you're paying $20+25% for tips! It just isn't written on the menu and you have to...do the math in your head instead.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:25% is insane, OP.

OP, here. 25% is for good service. Often it’s 20%. I don’t mind tipping, but that’s because we don’t eat out too often. I’m a good cook- not great, but it’s not too hard to cook a good meal at home for a fraction of what it costs to eat out.

So 25% for good service at a sit-down restaurant, and 0% at a place you order at the counter?

Yes. End tipping. Make restaurant prices include the cost.

Anonymous wrote:25% is insane, OP.

OP, here. 25% is for good service. Often it’s 20%. I don’t mind tipping, but that’s because we don’t eat out too often. I’m a good cook- not great, but it’s not too hard to cook a good meal at home for a fraction of what it costs to eat out.

Anonymous wrote:Their mantra is always if restaurants can’t pay staff, they should close up. I don’t see how they don’t comprehend that if they “paid their staff,” a $20 plate of food would now cost $25!

If you truly read posts on that site, you'd know that they don't only comprehend this, they prefer it. All they want is for restaurants to post the actual price of food, including whatever the restaurant feels is necessary in order to pay staff better. So a $25 plate of food would be fine.

I love that subreddit and read it all the time, though I'm not brave enough to take action. They're right about what they espouse. I'd tip less if I didn't routinely go to the same places, and I'd prefer to have food that's not been messed around with.

I've begun hitting "no tip" at countertops when the person ringing me up swings the card reader around. It's getting easier. (And yes, I used to work in food service. Minimum wage is higher, and employers should pay for what their employees require,)

My daughter was a waitress in a popular trendy restaurant. She would easily make $60+ an hour during dinner shifts. More in the weekends.

They aren’t wrong, especially in areas where minimum wage is high. $17/hr. 2 tables at $100 each. 20% tip. Waiter making $57/hr.

I tip 15% or $20. Whichever is less. Every restaurant owner I know is wealthy and requires to ensure each waiter earns the minimum.

I believe in ending tipping but I still tip 20%.

Both my kids have pt food industry jobs and aren't into the idea of overtipping as a blanket rule. Depending on where you work, tips might be pooled in such a way some staff get almost nothing. And other places (like where dd works right now) have a great hourly wage so she really does not care if you tip or not. And yes, the food is much more expensive as a result of workers being paid well, but people still pay. Then some places, like the steakhouse where my ds used to work, workers do very well thanks to large tips.

25% is insane, OP.

Anybody ever visited “End Tipping” on Reddit? Anybody ever eaten out with one of these cheapskates?

I agree that tipping is out of control, but a lot on this subreddit claim that all restaurant servers only require a $5 tip- no matter the bill and no matter how many are in the party. Worse, some don’t even tip at all when eating out.

I’m not the world’s biggest tipper, but I generally do 25% for good service. I don’t tip counter service, unless I’m getting a to go order from a sit down restaurant. Panera, Starbucks, sandwich shop…no tip. I do tip hotel housekeeping and hair salons.

Thankfully, I have never eaten out with non-tippers. Their mantra is always if restaurants can’t pay staff, they should close up. I don’t see how they don’t comprehend that if they “paid their staff,” a $20 plate of food would now cost $25!