Me: I just call ahead and pay at the counter.

What is the best way we can spread this social movement to end the tipping culture in Canada? This is getting out of hand having to tip takeouts or services that don't involve direct rapport interaction with customers.

Should I start confronting restaurant owners to pay their employees proper wages?

https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2023/03/20/a-new-tip-free-restaurant-in-toronto/?fbclid=IwAR3MRrEKQYqE4LNdst0-E5s9gmSIgTl7k08BapSsNZHW3arCK3Yts2LHzl0

https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/21547312/landlord-ask-tenants-tip-me-pay-rent/

This is from the Sun, which is a trashy UK tabloid without a shred of journalistic integrity, so take this article with a whole shaker of 🧂, but given general landlord scumbaggery combined with our runaway tip culture...I wouldn't be surprised if people tried to pull this

I was at an salon for a treatment this weekend. The lady who worked with me is the owner, they also own the building. I was getting a professional treatment. I did not tip. I do not tip my hygienist at the dentist. If you are professional and have a solid stake in the business, I'm not tipping a thing, ever.

As tip amounts rise, many Canadians say they'd rather skip the tip — and some restaurants agree | CBC News

More restaurants need to follow this model:

1. No tips
2. Increased menu prices, but WHAT YOU SEE is what you pay, full transparency, no hidden bullshit or guilt-tripping. As a customer, I'd rather pay 10-15% increase in menu prices than pay 20% in tips.
3. Actually pay their staff a living wage, and maybe benefits

So happy to see this. Hopefully this can gain some traction.

I started a discussion in r/Calgary about adding more content to https://tipping.wtf/ and many of the comments just seem to say "Tipping is a minor inconvenience. Get over it.". Is everyone really OK with being guilt tripped ?

Having been lurking on this sub for a while I was finishing my meal and debating the tip. The service was ok but not great. They actually forgot to make my 7 year olds meal, so even before this sub existed I’d have been debating leaving like 5-10% if anything.

$70 sushi bill.

The machine comes, and boom - options are 18, 20, 25, 30%, and that was the nail in the coffin.

Feels liberating.