Now you should tip at least 20% on all counter service orders.

What? Why? According to whom?

Why would I tip for this? And why 20%? And shouldn't the tip (if any) be dependent upon the quality of the service being provided?

Before covid, it was not disrespectful and actually pretty common to throw your change into the tip jar. (Keep in mind that 50 cents is a 10% tip on a $5 coffee.)

After covid, it seems that it is indeed disrespectful. Now you should tip at least 20% on all counter service orders. Well, except at McDonald's -- we don't tip those employees, for some reason. Or at the Wegman's sandwich counter -- we don't tip them either. But the teenagers at the cash register at Sweet Frog? Yep, they most certainly deserve 20%!

Why wouldn’t you tip is the better question?

Because tipping is not customary in the US for counter service, except perhaps for a very large or complicated order or to recognize exceptional service. Ordinary service of an ordinary order does not justify tipping.

As for why anyone would use cash: many of us prefer not to have our purchases tracked in some company database, and many of us also prefer not to have to deal with lots of small charges on our credit-card bills. Furthermore, the consumer protections that normally apply to credit-card purchases (e.g. easier returns and/or merchant disputes) do not really apply to consumable items like bakery goods.

So when they set up that glass jar on the counter with a handwritten sign that says tip jar, they're thinking, I hope no one puts loose coins in here. Bills only!

??

Anonymous wrote:Who is using paper cash? This isn't the 1990s or Europe pre-2014. Weird.

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Anonymous wrote:That's not a proper tip. So what you're doing is an insult because you're implying it is.

WE DON'T TIP CASHIERS. THAT IS NOT A TIPPED JOB.

Are you really this ignorant? You aren't tipping the cashier individually for working a register.

My local coffee shop generally has 3-4 people working. They take turns on register, barista duties, general operational duties. They pool the tips and split them at the end of shift. I am tipping for the overall service including the person physically making my coffee.

Cool for you. Tips were meant for waitstaff who got substantially below minimum wage. Not for coffee shop baristas who make at a minimum the minimum wage. You're contributing to inflation affecting everyone, so by being "kind" you're actually being selfish and creating a problem for others.

I don’t notice a difference in their disposition if you don’t tip, tip fifty cents, or tip a $10 bill. Total apathy.

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Anonymous wrote:That's not a proper tip. So what you're doing is an insult because you're implying it is.

WE DON'T TIP CASHIERS. THAT IS NOT A TIPPED JOB.

Are you really this ignorant? You aren't tipping the cashier individually for working a register.

My local coffee shop generally has 3-4 people working. They take turns on register, barista duties, general operational duties. They pool the tips and split them at the end of shift. I am tipping for the overall service including the person physically making my coffee.

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Anonymous wrote:ex. a coffee order is $4.60 and you give them a $5 and tell them to keep the change. Or this morning I picked up a few croissants for my family and the order was like $19.20. I swear the tone of the bakery gal helping me turned sour when I dumped the 80 cents or whatever it was into her tip jar.

I rarely have cash on me, but when I do, and when the tally is right near the bill I'm using, it feels awkward to tip the coins. In an era of 15%, 20%, and 25% digital tip screens, is a handful of coins seen as a slap in the face to service workers?

Who is silly enough to tip at a bakery or coffee shop?

Why wouldn’t you tip is the better question?

I don't tip cashiers. Why should I? Do you tip the cashiers at the supermarket? No. What's the difference with a bake shop cashier?

No tips for takeout. So sorry.

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Anonymous wrote:That's not a proper tip. So what you're doing is an insult because you're implying it is.

This

Guess I'll stop putting anything in the tip jar. Don't want to insult anyone.

Who is using paper cash? This isn't the 1990s or Europe pre-2014. Weird.

No coffee is worth a side of judgement.

Anonymous wrote:I feel like service workers are pissed off even after I tap 20%. They are all pretty angry and probably a little humiliated if they’re not teenagers. Can’t really blame them. Service industry is a crummy dead-end job.

They should have made better choices in life, worked harder in school, etc.

Did you know in California fast food workers minimum wage is now $20/hour. Hell no, I don't tip cashiers.

Anonymous wrote:That's not a proper tip. So what you're doing is an insult because you're implying it is.

WE DON'T TIP CASHIERS. THAT IS NOT A TIPPED JOB.