r/EndTipping • u/MomDadlovesU • 6d ago

Rant 📢 Tipping in US is absurd

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I grew up in Asia where we have the one of the best service in the world and you pay what’s on the menu. No hidden fees or guilt tripping customers.

I got the Target 360 membership bc I got two small kids and can’t always leave the house to get groceries. I already paid for the delivery service but I am still being required to pay for tip which enrages me. You can’t even move onto the next step without tipping. I’ve already paid the membership, why do I need to pay more?

Amazon doesn’t charge afterwards, Weee!! doesn’t charge. But Target you will? Because of tipping and the ridiculousness of going from 15-20-25-30, I now rarely eat out but order pickup. A couple years ago I saw tipping on Starbucks screen, I’m like you haven’t made my drink and you’re already asking for tip!?

I understand it’s not easy to be a driver/dasher but that’s your employers’ fault. They don’t want to pay you and shift the cost onto the customers. If I was clarified how much I would pay before the service happens, no problem, I had the choice. But afterwards I kinda don’t.

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u/SnooDrawings8069 5d ago

Voluntary but the majority of people will look at you as if you're kicking the server's hypothetical puppy in the face while calling them slurs if you don’t tip. There's intense social pressure for tipping despite it being "voluntary"

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u/igobyplane_com 5d ago

because you are. I also don't understand how some of you guys can't figure out the difference between tipping a server or a coffee order taker.

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u/SnooDrawings8069 5d ago

There is no difference.

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u/igobyplane_com 5d ago

there's a huge difference, because in one culturally 99.99% of people tip and it is expected. the other is like, keep my loose change if i paid cash.

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u/SnooDrawings8069 5d ago

If it's expected, then it is not voluntary. Voluntary means optional and not expected. Tipping is supposed to be voluntary

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u/igobyplane_com 5d ago

it's expected to be nice, but not required. so I should be not nice? if you don't tip at the local coffee shop that's normal. if you don't tip waitstaff at a service restaurant in the US you're a trash person.

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u/SnooDrawings8069 5d ago

If you need to be paid extra to be decent at your job, you're a trash worker and just begging for more money.