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AllaN01Bear

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20. i was in a local department store and the box u slide the card into wanted to know how much tip

Sun Apr 21, 2024, 09:06 PM

Apr 2024

.a department store? a week ago the box was now asking if u wanted to round up your purchase . a tip in my mind is for above board service . example my worker and i were at a restraunt and how clean it was as he ran a cleaning service b4 the great depression 2.0 of 2009 when his biz tanked . we both felt that the owners took pride in their establisment and we both gave a tip and we told the waitress so.

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Tipping Is Out of Control. It's Also a Serious Labor Issue [View all] Jilly_in_VA Apr 2024 OP

Card readers default to tips. When my husband was in the hospital, the cafeteria employees were constantly turning LeftInTX Apr 2024 #1

i was in a local department store and the box u slide the card into wanted to know how much tip AllaN01Bear Apr 2024 #20

I made more at $2.13/hr and taking tips than all but two of my other jobs. I averaged $25+/hr with tips twenty ... marble falls Apr 2024 #2

Should just put on a mandatory 18% service fee madville Apr 2024 #3

If you are going to add a 18% service charge, why not just raise menu prices 18% and eliminate all tipping ? MichMan Apr 2024 #7

Making it a separate fee madville Apr 2024 #10

Because tipping enables tax evasion. meadowlander Apr 2024 #13

Those damn minimum wage Tickle Apr 2024 #27

Nope. That makes the problem worse. Ms. Toad Apr 2024 #14

The customer pays all the wages either way madville Apr 2024 #17

The customer buys a good or service. Ms. Toad Apr 2024 #19

Why not just pay them $20+/hr. and raise the cost of the service? ... aggiesal Apr 2024 #22

I agree JustAnotherGen Apr 2024 #31

until service workers are paid a living wage they must be tipped... mike_c Apr 2024 #4

Depending on where you are servers EllieBC Apr 2024 #8

+ : Herman Cain, Natl Restaurant Assn (the other NRA) lobbied for $2.13 in 1996: appalachiablue Apr 2024 #29

Time to sunset the Inkey Apr 2024 #41

I thought Herman Cain won his greatest award in July, 2020. Wednesdays Apr 2024 #53

I hear you, Cain was a real character. I knew he died of Covid appalachiablue Apr 2024 #59

What bothers me most is tips for counter service, performed by people who make minimum or better Silent3 Apr 2024 #5

I give generously at restaurants. jimfields33 Apr 2024 #6

No matter where I eat, 20% tip in cash. ProudMNDemocrat Apr 2024 #9

I hate when I do take out and they ask for a tip. kimbutgar Apr 2024 #11

if i get take out from a sit down restaurant, i tip 10% on the assumption mopinko Apr 2024 #15

This! AKwannabe Apr 2024 #56

we did the room service. it took away from our customers. mopinko Apr 2024 #57

Yeah, if they reach into a warmer or onto a rack and then place the food on the counter Xavier Breath Apr 2024 #18

I absolutely agree! ShazzieB Apr 2024 #26

Yes exactly ! kimbutgar Apr 2024 #33

Agreed Bayard Apr 2024 #34

Yeah that's the worst. You did the ordering EllieBC Apr 2024 #46

The tipping system is patently unfair. MichMan Apr 2024 #12

pretty much how it works. mopinko Apr 2024 #16

You're referencing male customers only, whathehell Apr 2024 #32

no, but i bet they still tip cute, flirty guys more. mopinko Apr 2024 #39

The few Americans I know who worked as 'bussers' all got quite healthy tip-outs from each server they were assigned to Celerity Apr 2024 #37

I got $1. Once... MichMan Apr 2024 #52

Sounds like you picked the wrong resto to toil in m8 Celerity Apr 2024 #61

Am I given the same latitude to tell servers that don't earn much in tips the same message? MichMan Apr 2024 #63

Fine by me. I am sure there are thousands of horrid restos to work in. Plus they should not be reliant on tips, they Celerity Apr 2024 #64

I consider myself a pretty generous tipper, rsdsharp Apr 2024 #38

I got tipped out as a busboy every restaurant I worked at Johnny2X2X Apr 2024 #43

I got $1; once MichMan Apr 2024 #49

We tipped our busboys out Jilly_in_VA Apr 2024 #65

Agree. Mosby Apr 2024 #45

Some of his customers gave $100 tip, some gave $0 IronLionZion Apr 2024 #48

How happy would he be if he was paid $25 per hour with no tipping? MichMan Apr 2024 #50

I always made sure my busboys Lifeafter70 Apr 2024 #58

Sub-minimum wage plus tips is also racist Tansy_Gold Apr 2024 #21

Then people conflate that with the ipad prompts for shops that pay much higher wages IronLionZion Apr 2024 #23

Employers use tips NOT to increase wages because tippers do it for them. live love laugh Apr 2024 #24

ever since credit cards became a thing, more tips go through the company. mopinko Apr 2024 #40

bunch of cheapskates edisdead Apr 2024 #25

I used to ForgedCrank Apr 2024 #28

Texas isn't paying servers that much TexasDem69 Apr 2024 #36

The tipped wage is much lower than minimum wage IronLionZion Apr 2024 #42

That depends on where you are. EllieBC Apr 2024 #44

Very good for those states. It needs to be standard everywhere IronLionZion Apr 2024 #47

The only people who truly benefit from this custom are those at the top. elleng Apr 2024 #30

See post #45 MichMan Apr 2024 #51

We always try to tip about 25% of the bill when we eat out TexasDem69 Apr 2024 #35

It is a serious problem. California has a solution and so do unions. peacebuzzard Apr 2024 #54

This is horseshit! AKwannabe Apr 2024 #55

The sub-minimum wage is out of control. There's nothing wrong with tipping. Iggo Apr 2024 #60

I always tip using cash. I don't want the employer Emile Apr 2024 #62

"It's so small businesses can survive!" Oneironaut Apr 2024 #66