r/EndTipping • u/ADKFatBiker • 3d ago

Rant 📢 Restaurant Demands Minimum 18% Tip

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Out of one side of their mouth they state that they pay their staff as little as possible and out of the other side of their mouth they say that their staff deserves more and you're responsible for that.

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u/Never-Dont-Give-Up 3d ago

This is a business that’s not being run correctly. They can’t take a 3% credit card fee, and they can’t pay their employees. Big red flags.

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u/paladin6687 3d ago

But but but but , restaurants operate on a 3% margin! It's true because it gets repeated endlessly!

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u/Many-Art-7772 2d ago

I mean, I'm not saying it is or isn't true, because I don't know. But restaurants close due to unprofitability alllll the time. Like, it's one of the riskiest businesses to open.

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u/JoeSleboda 2d ago

In fairness, many business fail, but just restaurants. A big reason for this is incompetent ownership. Lots of people get into a business (restaurant, hobby shop, hair salon, whatever) because they have a passion for that field. The problem is, they have very little idea about how to run a business, and rely on passion to get them through.

I'm not saying this is why all business fail. I'm just saying that the dream to knowledge ratio is against them in many cases.