Your poll question is weird; tipping is optional
The plates have been cleared, the credit cards swiped, and the black pens placed on the table.
1. "Tipping is optional."
Sure, tipping is optional just like most common courtesies are technically optional. But imagine slamming a door in somebody's face while yelling, "HOLDING THE DOOR FOR YOU IS OPTIONAL!" You're not wrong, but you are being a jerk.
2. "I can't afford to tip."
Then you can't afford to eat out, and there's no shame in that. Cook a nice meal at home instead.
3. "Tipping is a stupid system. Restaurants should just pay their servers a fair wage instead."
Good news! Lots of servers agree with you. Feel free to write your congressperson about this but in the meantime, keep tipping so your servers can pay their bills. And by the way, if restaurants ever DO get rid of tipping, they'll probably raise prices to cover their labor costs. So it won't actually save the customer much money.
4. "Our check was over $200! You really think they deserve 40 bucks just for waiting on us?"
Yup! And by the way, that $40 has to be shared with the host, bussers, food runners, bartenders...and then Uncle Sam gets his share. So it's actually a lot less than $40 by the time it reaches the server's pocket.
5. "Nobody tips ME at MY job."
That's because your employer pays you a livable wage. Servers, on the other hand, typically only make a few bucks per hour, and most of that goes to taxes. Tips are how waiters survive.
6. "My food came out wrong."
That's unfortunate, but your server isn't the one who cooked your meal. Bring the issue to their attention and give them a chance to make it right before you take away their pay.
>raise wages
>raise prices by ~15% to reflect the raise in wages
>tipping topics cease to exist
Best timeline
MuffinzwOrned posted...
Your poll question is weird; tipping is optional
Tipping is not optional. Try not tipping. You get a dirty look and the waiter only gets paid minimum wage instead of a living wage.
Oh look, it's this week's tipping topic
I just don't go to restaurants where there's tipping. /problemsolved
im not giving buzzfeed views
I believe in giving them a living wage.
Anisoptera posted...
If you are in America tipping it not optional. It's a cultural practice and social norm. It's not making eye contact or smiling. It's an American thing .
It's a hell of a lot more optional than the alternative way of servers making more money. Encourages good work behavior, too.
>raise wages
>raise prices by ~15% to reflect the raise in wages
>tipping topics cease to exist
Best timeline
Well the problem is that amounts received from tips isn't exactly fair. It's typically less down to hard work and more down to how attractive you are.
1337toothbrush posted...
Well the problem is that amounts received from tips isn't exactly fair. It's typically less down to hard work and more down to how attractive you are.
Hmm, not exactly, although it obviously doesnt hurt. God help ya if youre butt ugly and non attentive though.
1337toothbrush posted...
Well the problem is that amounts received from tips isn't exactly fair. It's typically less down to hard work and more down to how attractive you are.
Well I work hard. Really fucking hard. I train servers and they often quit during training saying "I have a new found respect for servers, I don't think I handle it" because I make them follow me around everywhere and see what it takes to be good. Why do people want to punish me for that hard work by disallowing customers to tip me?
MuffinzwOrned posted...
Your poll question is weird; tipping is optional
Tipping is not optional. Try not tipping. You get a dirty look and the waiter only gets paid minimum wage instead of a living wage.
MuffinzwOrned posted...
Your poll question is weird; tipping is optional
Tipping is not optional. Try not tipping. You get a dirty look and the waiter only gets paid minimum wage instead of a living wage.