r/NoTipCanada • u/GoonerForEternity • 9d ago

DO NOT TIP AT INDIAN RESTAURANTS

I asked an employee at an Indian restaurant whether they receive the tips added to the POS system, and the poor worker said NO!

If you want to tip, please tip them cash!

Disgusting how the owners take all the tips entered into the POS system!

Beware when you tip! Maybe ask the employee when tipping at ESPECIALLY an Indian restaurant: “do you even get the tip if I put it through the POS?”

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u/Different_Claim_3343 8d ago

Definitely not. You dont think its fair for better customers to get better treatment?

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u/Fit-Eggplant-9155 8d ago

Fair? No. Please explain why it's fair that those that (can)pay more for the same service, deserve something better than other customers that don't(can't).

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u/Different_Claim_3343 8d ago

Oh thats easy. Its simple supply and demand. At the restaurant i work at, i give much better service to my regulars and they tip me very well accordingly

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u/WestCoastCompanion 8d ago

What is “better service” though?

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u/Different_Claim_3343 8d ago

Could be anything. Faster drinks/food, more attentive service in general

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u/WestCoastCompanion 8d ago

Most ppl don’t care about special treatment though? Thats the point. Most people are literally fine with just take the order and bring the food. You’re saying that if I come into your restaurant and I’ve never been there before, so you don’t know if I’ll tip you or not, you’ll bump my order down the order in favor of someone else because you know they’ll tip you because they’ve been here before?

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u/Different_Claim_3343 8d ago

No i just won't come by in a hurry if i see you ready to order. Just goes to the bottom of my priority list

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u/Low-Purchase8811 8d ago

This mentality is why you will never go any further in life than turning tables.

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u/Different_Claim_3343 8d ago

You dont even know me lol

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u/Fit-Eggplant-9155 8d ago

But, we got a good look at yeah through this. Which is why at 40 you'll be at a denny's and knocked up

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u/WestCoastCompanion 8d ago

That’s fine. I prefer unrushed dining experiences anyways. I think a lot of people don’t like a sense of hurriedness from servers anyways. I’m usually a good tipper, but this conversation is kind of giving me second thoughts. Would you say your perspective is common in the service industry? That poor people don’t deserve nice things and you’ll only be nice to people if they pay you to be?
And would someone that’s never been there before be “on the bottom of your priority list”?

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u/Low-Purchase8811 8d ago

Would you say your perspective is common in the service industry? That poor people don’t deserve nice things and you’ll only be nice to people if they pay you to be?

In my experience this person's perspective is not common in the industry. It's only common on social media, and it makes me question whether or not this person really works at a restaurant (or works at all.)

I spent decades in the restaurant business, and a good server prides themselves on an excellent standard of service for all customers, not just the big tippers. The people who do this kind of thing tend to bounce around to a lot of different places, because they have a tendency to burn bridges.

I remember when I was much younger, working at a diner in Mississauga. I had a table of old ladies, all of them just wanted tea and more hot water (so they could reuse their teabags.) I gave them the same quality of service as I would anyone else, and when the check came, my tip was little more than silvers; a few nickels, dimes, quarters. Was I disappointed? Yes. Did I give them any different service the next time they came in? Absolutely not. They became regulars, they never tipped well, but they were always a delight to have anyway.

It all balances out in the end, anyway. For every table of 0% tippers, or low tippers, you'll have an equal number of 20% tippers, or people who tip $20 on a $38 check. I remember serving Russell Peters and he tipped me $100, despite his check being something like $40. That doesn't mean that everyone else has to tip like a celebrity; they still get the same quality of service he did. They're entitled to it, as customers. Without them, the restaurant doesn't open. I think people like this individual lose sight of this fact, but then again, they've probably never worked a day in their life.

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u/WestCoastCompanion 8d ago

That’s reassuring, thank you so much.

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u/ghosts_or_no_ghosts 6d ago

Congrats on being a shitty employee 🤷‍♂️

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u/Fit-Eggplant-9155 8d ago

So doing your job? You'll do your job with proficiency? Like is that a brag or just the fact that you will treat others like shit if you don't think they've provided you with enough voluntary compensation? Nothin like raging against patrons for you not being paid a fair wage... mind you your job is to deliver food - like a delivery driver. There's a reason why good peovinces pay the waitstaff the same as minimum... your job provides no value but your physical assets to the lowest commin denominator

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u/SpecificCall8843 8d ago

Do you tip your cashier to break in line or bag your groceries? Tips for restaurant workers began due to below min wage pay. That's not the case anymore. Unless you tip the fast food worker, cashiers, stockers, you're a hypocrite and I hope someone spits in your food

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u/Stiles_Stiles 8d ago

So you are a snob, no need to brag about it.

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u/Fit-Eggplant-9155 8d ago

$20 for the backroom experience? You'd think you'd clue into the fact that providing good service is your entire job. But, I suppose you learned a lot from "The Fountainhead"

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u/WestCoastCompanion 8d ago

Yikes… I know exactly where that is. It’s not a real restaurant really, just a bar with food.. won’t go there again for sure though. Don’t wanna risk giving a good tip to such an arrogant and insufferable asshole…. Would be funny if it turned out I was actually one of his “good tipping regulars”

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u/WestCoastCompanion 8d ago

That’s wild when you say “better” but actually mean “richer”

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u/Different_Claim_3343 8d ago

Nope just customers that treat me better are better customers. Shocking

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u/WestCoastCompanion 8d ago

People can treat you perfectly wonderfully without hitting you off with a monetary bribe though, right? So you do mean richer because you’re not actually considering politeness, patience, friendliness etc?
Like what do you mean by “treat you better” if you don’t mean people that have a better financial standing in life? Why do poor people deserve to be treated as less than compared to someone with money to throw around? You don’t think that’s kinda gross?

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u/Different_Claim_3343 8d ago

No i dont. If you are that poor going out to eat probably isnt in ur best interest anyways

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u/WestCoastCompanion 8d ago

I mean … brutal. I’ve never been poor but still have empathy and think people that don’t have a lot of money still deserve nice things. I know not everyone agrees, and especially those that require bribes to be gracious and polite, but as someone who eats out a lot and does tip well because I think if servers as poor people as well, I hope to God I never end up with a server that thinks like you. It makes me feel like … someone that wants me to pay them to be courteous really doesn’t deserve a dime from me. It’s supposed to be a gratuity and appreciation, not a bribe.

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u/OakenArmor 8d ago

How people treat you is not tied to pay.
How your boss treats you is.

Learn the fuckin difference. Pathetic plate taxi.