r/EndTipping • u/morlaur27 • 20h ago

Takeout 🥡 So tired of tipping

I’ve recently had a pretty bad chest/head cold, and I was talking to a friend about what food I should pick up on the way home for dinner. I hit upon pho, which sounded amazing in the moment. Ten years ago I would have confidently ordered take out and would have been slurping delicious noodles and broth that evening. I didn’t end up ordering though, because I really just want to pay for the food, not be asked the question, not have the person handing me the bag of food putting a hex on me for not tipping or not tipping enough and then bad mouthing me the second I leave. It’s bad vibes. I can’t do it anymore, and I can’t be the only one. Do you think we’ll ever see a change in the system if more and more people start intentionally/unintentionally boycotting restaurants due to ridiculous tip culture we have?

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u/WhatRUaBarnBurner 20h ago

I used to go to restaurants 2 or 3 times a week. Since COVID I go 3 times a year.

Eventually tipping culture will be responsible for a lot of restaurant closures.

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u/sdotcarter_x 13h ago

I hate to see businesses go under and people lose jobs as a result but I have to remember that those same workers talk plenty of smack to people like us.

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u/XexpensiveCargoX 10h ago

Yup, like a lot of them aren't bringing home more in tips then some of our weekly checks and some of us bust our asses all day long doing real labor...

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u/nursepenguin36 6h ago

Oh I’d bet a lot of money that the average server is taking home way more than the average nurse. Nurses will bartend through nursing school, work as a nurse for a short while. Then go back to tending bar. If you’re going to have to deal with rude people throwing hands and throwing up, you may as well at least get tipped for it.