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Anonymous wrote:I agree.. it's just a way for employers to pass on the burden of fair wages to the customer while keeping menu prices low. I would love for business owners to raise prices , and suggest only optional minimum tips.

Would help control the inflation, as more people stop dining out due to sticker shock and servers start finding more lucrative jobs.

Good in the long run, kind of same as airlines being forced to include all taxes in the final displayed fare

Nope. A business will charge as much as they can get away with regardless of other factors. Don't kid yourself. Restaurant owners WILL raise prices regardless of how much you tip. They are in it to make maximum profit. Period. The rest of it - employee satisfaction, community engagement, hiring locals, etc. - is just BS. A major reason for the inflation is business owners' greed. They want to maximize profit. I love that as an investor, but let's understand the reality.

Anonymous wrote:I’m 50 and I remember when 15% was standard, 18% for really good service. 20% was basically unheard of unless the service was crazy good. That was in the 80s. So these things do creep up. I’m trying to stick at 20% but I guess I’ll end up like one of those old ladies of my youth that thought a 10% tip was generally.

Anonymous wrote:Do you know why I tip so well? Because every time I see a minimally paid service worker in this area I wonder where they live, how far they had to commute, and how they can afford nutritious food for themselves, much less a family if that is their situation. I have so much .... makes me feel good. The landlords soaking people for every dime make me sick, not the restaurants pushing for tips for their employees.

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Anonymous wrote:What I hate the most is this strategy of shaming you or making it so awkward and uncomfortable that you are "forced" to tip higher amount. I can deal with it now but it took some getting used to.

No one is shaming you to tip more other than posters on an anonymous forum, though. A screen is asking you to tip after a POS transaction at a coffee shop or whatever. No human is going to say anything to you in the moment about your lack of tip. So click "no tip" and move on! The awkwardness and shame is in your head!

Anonymous wrote:What I hate the most is this strategy of shaming you or making it so awkward and uncomfortable that you are "forced" to tip higher amount. I can deal with it now but it took some getting used to.

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Anonymous wrote:Amazing. A bunch of rich white professional and allegedly liberal women who purport to care complaining about leaving a few extra pennies as a tip.

The hypocrisy of DCUM is over the top.

It's not hypocritical in the slightest. It's demanding that employers pay their people well and do their jobs. Why is the restaurant industry exempt from every basic business practice that the rest of the corporate world employs? I bet you demand that Amazon pay living wages. What would you say if Amazon required a 20% tip for all delivery people? You'd think that was crazy, right? Same thing. Stop being daft.

Oh, I see, you’re putting the squeeze on the workers to get at their employers. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.

DP. I'm glad you see it! This is the right time too. There's still a shortage of employees, which gives them the opportunity to 'put the squeeze' on their employer. If not, they can quit and find another job, can't they?

"If you don't like it, leave" is absolutely A+ friend-of-the-worker talk.

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Anonymous wrote:Amazing. A bunch of rich white professional and allegedly liberal women who purport to care complaining about leaving a few extra pennies as a tip.

The hypocrisy of DCUM is over the top.

It's not hypocritical in the slightest. It's demanding that employers pay their people well and do their jobs. Why is the restaurant industry exempt from every basic business practice that the rest of the corporate world employs? I bet you demand that Amazon pay living wages. What would you say if Amazon required a 20% tip for all delivery people? You'd think that was crazy, right? Same thing. Stop being daft.

Oh, I see, you’re putting the squeeze on the workers to get at their employers. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.

DP. I'm glad you see it! This is the right time too. There's still a shortage of employees, which gives them the opportunity to 'put the squeeze' on their employer. If not, they can quit and find another job, can't they?

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Anonymous wrote:just do 15 and be done with it. 0 for carry outs. i refuse to buy into this crazy tip-sh*t culture we are in

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Ridiculous! When I'm prompted I hit no tip. I still consider 15% decent and 20% good. If they want more then that, they need a better job. Once the employers have a hard time with staffing they will raise wages. It's called capitalism.

No, no. You stay home and have the place close. We don't need as many restaurants as we have.
I'd rather have few with good food and good pay, than so many with shitty food, service and workers. Because you keep going and keeping them alive, the workers suffer.