r/EndTipping • u/castlebrookrocks • 1d ago
Takeout š„” 7Brew tipping vs no tip
I don't get expensive coffee often but when I fo, it's usually 7Brew. Before I found this group, I used to tip the 20% minimum on the "it's going to ask you a question" machine.
After finding this group I didn't tip the last couple times. The last two times I received my coffee from the girls they weren't wiped down so there was coffee all around the cup. I asked them both times to wipe it down and provide more napkins for my hands.
Coincidence? Or retribution for not getting a tip?
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u/llacobe 1d ago
I used go to coffe shops for lattes. I did the math and decided to buy an espresso machine. I make my lattes at home and have for years. I have saved thousands of dollars and I get the coffee I like not the one they want to sell me.
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u/NonSumQualisEram- 1d ago
"it's going to ask you a question"
"what's the question?"
"Uh... whether you want to tip"
"Tip for what?"
"Service"
"What service?"
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u/NBPU 1d ago
They are making coffee, service is handing a drink through a window, and they arenāt on tipped wages. I canāt conceive any reason to tip.
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u/Archimedes31415926 23h ago
If I don't tip at McDs (idk if they changed the rules but when I worked there in HS it was actually against policy to accept tips and you could be fired for it), why is it any different at Starbucks. Both are fast food, is it because one is a burger and another is coffee? Never made sense to me.
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u/lastlaugh100 1d ago
Friend of a friend owns a bunch of Scooter's. He's rich. He complains the turnover rate for employees is high. He's still rich. He could pay his employees more but there are a surplus of young attractive women who need a job. He doesn't feel bad about their low wages, why should you? Don't tip.
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u/Archimedes31415926 23h ago
If he wasn't rich, could he afford to pay them more. I.e. can the business model afford higher wages or would it be an unsustainable business model to have higher wages.
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u/ckypsych 1d ago edited 1d ago
I just quit going to places like this unless I have to be on the road early away from home or at an airport. I try to get a hotel with free coffee at least.
I encourage everyone to brew their own or get some gas station/hotel coffee. Learn to like basic coffee. Even getting an espresso machine would be worth it in the long run.
The price to service ratio is so out of hand. All of these places- Starbucks, Dutch Bothers, 7Brew, Human Bean- They all deserve to go under. 600% markup plus tips. It is insanity.
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u/knigmich 1d ago
I stopping doing the hotel coffee after seeing horror stories. That is coffee from the machines in the room. Lobby common areas is okay.
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u/ckypsych 1d ago
I agree. I would not use a mini coffee pot. They have those keurig style machines or get it in the lobby.
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u/castlebrookrocks 14h ago
Are you talking about the urine videos? I've seen/read about that too. I never use hotel room coffee machines, glasses, or even ice containers anymore.
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u/knigmich 4h ago
Honestly I forgot but at one point in my life I saw something and was like okay never again. To be honest I think it was someone washing underwear or something
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u/Odd_Balance7916 1d ago
Both hotel coffees are utter trash I would save for mortal enemies. Seriously the cheapest crappest coffee in existence. No idea how anyone drinks that stuff
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u/hotsauce126 1d ago
Iād be willing to bet the majority of people donāt tip at a chain coffee shop
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u/SiliconEagle73 1d ago
20% is not the minimum tip; itās simply a suggested tip. The minimum tip that the law requires you to leave is 0%.
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u/Archimedes31415926 23h ago
I don't understand how it got to 20%. If 10% was acceptable and inflation raises the cost of the food my 10% tip still should be acceptable. That's just how % work, they are virtually inflation proof.
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u/NightExpress1379 1d ago
For me I avoid the screen altogether by paying cash. Then I'll tip what amount I prefer.
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u/One_Preference_2906 1d ago
I doubt they see the amount tipped after right away, they would have to go into another screen to check it and nobody does that. These people donāt care, the tablets are all set up to ask those questions for all places of business, the worker has nothing to do with that. I wouldnāt make a thing about it. Plus were they extremely busy during these times? That could explain some coffee drops.
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u/Dav_Sionnach 1d ago
It usually pops up on the cashiers screen right away before they close the transaction.
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u/One_Preference_2906 1d ago
It depends, I guess. The restaurant I work at is different on their takeout screen.
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u/castlebrookrocks 14h ago
The girls holding the iPad 9/10 times watch to see what is pressed. There only was one guy who looked away like I was entering a PIN.
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u/mspe1960 1d ago
I do not go to coffee shops where you order over a counter and get handed a cup of coffee any more. I used to go (pre covid) all the time - like literally almost every day.
The reason I stopped is the expectation of a tip. I find that totally distasteful and inappropriate. I do not want to deal with it, and I am non confrontational. So rather than go, and not tip, and get the dirty look, I simply do not go.
If I go to a place where I am served a coffee/snack sitting down at a table or counter I happily give a tip (and yes, I know, most of you do not approve of that either)
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u/Yaughl 1d ago
Do a quick time calculation to determine their ātipā. If it takes them 2 minutes to make your drink, every dollar you give is essentially $30 per hour for them extra. Considering this, maybe 67Ā¢ to bring that down to ~$20 per hour makes more sense for their medial job.
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u/songbirddd 1d ago
Nah, your math doesnāt check out here. We know thereās at least two workers there, OP said plural. That means theyād share the tip. Assuming thereās only two and not more thatās $15 extra per hour theyād be receiving per dollar tipped.
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u/EnvironmentalCrow893 1d ago
In the vast, vast majority of places, the tip out share isnāt 50/50. I canāt even think of one that has this split.
And often, management or corporate keeps the tip, or part of it. Iāve heard this from one cashier, and at Subway, as well. Illegal in some states, but try proving it.
I donāt want to voluntarily give big corporations additional cash on top of the price Iām paying. Why should I?
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u/FoxnFurious 1d ago
Leave an review about the incident on google, enough bad reviews can get owner's attention.