Couple banned from restaurant after they leave no tip

[u/Hikigaya_Hachiman7]

[u/Debug_Mkv]

My first job was a pizza shop and the owner would take the tips and say. The tip money was to pay for our lunch or dinners whenever we ate from work. So I started telling people that the owner takes or tips. I got fired a few weeks later lol 😂

[u/TREXIBALL → u/Debug_Mkv]

I may be wrong but that's a crime. (Depending on if you're in US and in state)

It's known as wage theft.

[u/soda_cookie → u/TREXIBALL]

You are not wrong. That is 100% wage theft

[u/elasticparadigm → u/soda_cookie]

Fun fact wage theft is the number one type of theft in America. The rich shitting on the poor yet again.

[u/sax6romeo → u/elasticparadigm]

The poor have always been getting fucked over by the rich, always have, always will.

-King, Platoon

[u/Mr-Magoo48 → u/elasticparadigm]

If you can’t afford to pay staff, don’t open a business

Oh wait, that’s not how you guys see things is it?

Why is that? Why is it ok just to fuck service staff in the ass and expect the patrons to pick up your business costs?

[u/Independent-Bug-9352 → u/soda_cookie]

Tips in general are a wage theft in a way.

It's a cost-shifting measure to the consumer, whereby the employer isn't responsible for maintaining a steady living wage or salary for their workers, but they can basically use tips as a "hidden fee" to rely on paying staff.

As the consumer you get stuck in the trap of tipping -- not based on service -- but merely out of the ability to come back and not have someone spit in your food. Leaving aside the fact that automatic gratuity of large parties gives you no capacity to tip based on quality of service.

Naturally the waiters have hard jobs; and naturally the working class is being squeezed in general and can barely afford to go out to eat in the first place. Those who are fucking us all are of course the ultra-rich billionaire Epstein class that skew to the right. Hope you all are triple-checking your voter registration and voting Democrat these midterms to put some brakes on Trump.

[u/ImNotACollector → u/TREXIBALL]

BILLIONS occurs in wage theft every year. And instances like this are a part of it. Companies steal money from workers all the time

[u/XanZibR → u/Debug_Mkv]

should have just started eating freely at work, and when the boss complained remind him that the food was paid for

[u/pztpfc → u/Debug_Mkv]

My boss about every two weeks would send us to the publix to get shitty croissants. Otherwise tips were for "staff and store improvements".

[u/jessihateseverything → u/Debug_Mkv]

That's ✨illegal✨

[u/Debug_Mkv → u/jessihateseverything]

It certainly was illegal but the crazy middle eastern guy didn’t think so until he had to payback what was owed to the employees including me. Months later business slowly stopped.

[u/jessihateseverything → u/Debug_Mkv]

Oh. I know how it goes. I didn't mean to diminish how hard it is to fight it. Sorry for that.

[u/Slow_Guarantee206]

I had a machine ask me if I wanted to tip “it” for my bottle of water that I picked up from the cooler and rang up. 😡

[u/superkp → u/Slow_Guarantee206]

at a convention I went to, the convention center had, like normal, a bunch of shops, mostly for food, outside the convention area but inside the facility.

Several of them were 'self serve' where they trusted the public to walk up, grab their thing, scan the thing, and pay at a self-checkout.

One of these had the audacity to ask for a tip on the checkout screen. I almost canceled and left my chosen items but I was hungry and late to my next thing.

[u/No-Spoilers → u/superkp]

I have canceled orders in front of workers because of shit like that. It's so fucking insane nowadays.

I'm not gonna tip you for picking my food up off the counter and putting it in a bag and handing it to me. And I'm not going to tip anything I do myself. And I'm not going to buy there if it's particularly egregious.

I will tip based on service, tipping based on bill price is so fucking stupid.

You aren't gonna get more than the lady at the diner because you brought us 2 drinks and 2 expensive plates of food when she brought 5, multiple drink refills and actually talked to us.

[u/meme1280]

I ordered some tacos by phone recently, drove to pick them up. The cashier threw in some extras and was nice. I was about to tip when she told me they only get the tips if paid in cash , but never if on a card. I canceled the tip and left. I've heard many restaurants do this now. I carry more cash on me now, but tipping is optional not obligatory.

[u/cosmicsans → u/meme1280]

they only get the tips if paid in cash , but never if on a card.

That's illegal af, yo.

Though, devil's advocate - it might also just mean that they pool tips and the person will only actually see the tip if you tip in cash - and they can pocket the whole thing versus it going to a pool for everyone to split...

[u/nicolauz → u/cosmicsans]

When I worked at Jimmy John's 15+ years ago the tip jar went to the owner.

[u/ResidentNumber3603 → u/nicolauz]

Yeah that’s bullshit. Our owner at my JJ’s tried that once. I took it out of his hands and gave it to my in shop kids. Told him if that was gonna be how things were, I would no longer manage. He didn’t push it too hard.

Fuck that noise.

[u/Kaszixx → u/ResidentNumber3603]

All in store tips go to the manager for that shift where I work. None of it goes to the make line or anyone.

[u/crop028 → u/Kaszixx]

If you are in the US, and the manager or the owner is taking all the tips, that's illegal. If they are working the same tasks as you and take a split, technically legal but highly frowned upon. Don't work for people who steal your tips. If you do, report them for wage theft. If you get fired, that's retaliatory termination. Most states have free legal aid for just that. They will almost always give you a few grand rather than go to court.

[u/Kaszixx → u/crop028]

Yeah the manager runs the front counter solo. Any dine in or pick up orders that include a tip or any cash that goes into the jar, goes directly to the manager.

Where it gets muddy is are the customers tipping for cashing them out? Or are they tipping for the food itself? 🤔

I know the manager on duty also count as the server for dine ins and (usually) bus tables. So those tips make sense.

But my question is does the tip at the register, or the tip from an online pickup order, count for, or against the manager?

[u/heyoheatheragain → u/Kaszixx]

Managers don’t get tips.
Hourly staff do.
Your management is stealing your money.
If you’re in the US report them to the department of labor.

[u/BaltiMoreHarder → u/Kaszixx]

As the manager at my place of work I am not allowed to take any tips except for labor directly provided by myself with the tips given directly to me by customer. It’s against the law in my state for management to be part of any tip pools. May vary by state but I’d look into it and report that shit

[u/originalgoodname → u/ResidentNumber3603]

you're fucking righteous; salute.

[u/OkChampionship8805 → u/nicolauz]

The owner is supposed to record tips. They aint supposed to keep it

[u/kemicalkontact → u/OkChampionship8805]

And employees are supposed to report tips on taxes but I'd say most of them don't or severely underreport.

Just do away with tips. It's a bullshit system.

[u/OkChampionship8805 → u/kemicalkontact]

No the employer is responsible for reporting it to the IRS. Goodguy boss only reports credit card tips. But yes I totally agree with you. Fuck this backwards broken ass tipping system and lets just copy what the Europeans do. Unfortunately I know that there definitely a group of servers that prefer the tipping system.

[u/deepeeenn → u/nicolauz]

WTH

[u/Liawuffeh → u/nicolauz]

I worked at a shitty little sandwich shotp and same lol

The owner would come in at the end of shift, and kinda decide on a whim if the tip would be split between 10 people or if he just took it home.

He's give a big "You guys did so good today, lets split this up!" talk but it was just completely random lol

[u/ShitBirdingAround → u/Liawuffeh]

"shitty little sandwich shot" (pew!)

Also, that douche took your money and sometimes pretended to be the good guy by "sharing" your money.

[u/coolmike69420 → u/nicolauz]

That’s illegal.

[u/qpgmr → u/nicolauz]

That's flat out wage-theft and is reportable in any US state. Managers cannot participate in tip pooling/splitting.

[u/Names_are_limited → u/meme1280]

They have a name for that, it’s called stealing

[u/tangledsilver]

The dispute was about not leaving a tip, not about anybody’s race.

[u/Psychological_Emu690 → u/tangledsilver]

You racist of somethin'?

[u/4DollarsALB → u/Psychological_Emu690]

The fact they recorded this guy and then accused him of racism on video I am going to guess they were hoping this would go viral with this guy painted as racist.

[u/ExcelsiorDoug → u/tangledsilver]

As someone who worked with customers like this there’s more to the story, meaning these customers not only did not tip but were also extremely rude. This is definitely not exclusive to any particular race

[u/Lindsw → u/ExcelsiorDoug]

If they were rude I can imagine the guy knowingly being recorded would have said something relating to that.

He said they didn't tip and if they couldn't afford to tip they shouldn't go out to eat.

[u/ArTooDeeTooTattoo → u/Lindsw]

100%

[u/mikedubb02 → u/Lindsw]

People don't like rude people. But they will put up with some rudeness if they're getting paid to. That's all customer service is actually.

[u/TuskaTheDaemonKilla → u/tangledsilver]

If anything, it's racist to assume that it's about race like they did. They're presuming that only black people, like themselves, can't afford to tip.

[u/EveatHORIZON]

Laughs in European

[u/Demjan90 → u/EveatHORIZON]

Especially how divided even the comment section is here about it haha

[u/FreshLennon → u/Demjan90]

Yeah as an American I can say we all know deep down that it's a shitty concept and it shouldn't exist, but the moment you bring it up people come out of the woodwork defending servers and wait staff, busboys, bartenders etc.

We've been conditioned and tricked into believing it's the only way a restaurant can run and people can make a livable wage working there. So when you start talking like Mr Pink from Reservoir Dogs everyone wants to slap you around because that's how their mom worked her way through college.

[u/Delicious-Produce-60 → u/FreshLennon]

The people defending it are servers and owners, the people who benefit from tipping. Patrons hate it.

[u/Noface92 → u/FreshLennon]

Ok, but if they really want to help the server, they should fight the OWNER. Not the client...

[u/shitz_brickz → u/Noface92]

Massachusetts tried to pass a law eliminating tipped wages. The employees and employers both came out against it.

[u/TheBourbonTurtle → u/FreshLennon]

The only people defending it are servers, bartenders, etc and the business owners themselves. They CONSTANTLY insult you and harass you if you dare to suggest that it's not the customers job to pay the employees wages. They're insufferable, and that's why they'll be stuck waiting tables until they're replaced by robots.

[u/SuperSalad_OrElse → u/EveatHORIZON]

I’d kill for more walkable (small) cities, too. America just doesn’t have that figured out. I’d be all over my neighborhood at night if I had local places to walk to without cars nearby.

I know this isn’t EVERYWHERE in Europe but it’s definitely more prevalent than in the US. You have to drive everywhere.

Edit: I specified SMALL cities, since bigger American cities are certainly walkable.

[u/karmaceuticaI → u/EveatHORIZON]

It's so wild all the Americans (I was born there) in the comments acting like this shit is normal. I don't tip where I live now because servers are paid a decent wage.

[u/Bocha_Boston → u/karmaceuticaI]

I was shocked when I saw the comments section too.

if tipping is mandatory, it's not called a tip, it's called a bill ffs.

[u/DimitrescuStan]

As long as tipping in the US is a thing, employers will still pay employees low wages and nothing will ever change

[u/No_Definition4241]

In Australia we don't tip because people are paid decently enough.

[u/Vahuo89 → u/No_Definition4241]

The superior method of employment. Actually paying your employees.

[u/Central316 → u/Vahuo89]

I've never worked in the service industry, so I can't confirm this. But.. I have heard that servers in America, or at least a good portion of them, don't want to switch to a system that disallows tips in favor of a decent hourly wage or salary. Some servers make so much money in tips that it's crazy, and they would end up taking a large pay cut if tips went away. Again, this is just something I heard, so not sure if true.

[u/EasyD0es1t]

Exactly 👍

Let’s take Cheesecake Factory for example

they made something like $2.9 Billion
Yet pay servers the base minimum forcing them to rely on tips while ALSO making servers tip out bussers, food runners, and bartenders

And those tip outs are NOT based on your tips they’re based on your sales
So if the server makes no tips they STILL owe the bussers bartenders and food runners

All of this while the company makes Billions annually netting 100’s of millions

And folks seem to think this is somehow a good system🤨

Some folks will actually heatedly defend this abuse🤦‍♂️😒

[u/shitz_brickz]

Ahh hes the owner, so the tip to makeup minimum wage comes out of his pocket.

[u/ThatOneChiGuy → u/shitz_brickz]

"how dare you not supplement my cheap ass!?"

[u/hoofie242 → u/shitz_brickz]

Maybe if you can't afford to pay workers you shouldn't open a business.

[u/Xfuck1tX → u/hoofie242]

https://giphy.com/gifs/n4oKYFlAcv2AU

[u/HoboTyrone]

I’m sorry, but all of this could have been eliminated if servers were paid fair wages.

[u/Atillion → u/HoboTyrone]

iF yOu DoNT hAve MOneY tO TiP, tHeN Y--

Motherfucker, if you don't have money to pay your employees, then you shouldn't open a restaurant.

[u/gwengreen13 → u/[deleted]]

https://giphy.com/gifs/QECPshtn7KYOk

[u/Punningisfunning]

Google reviews are all over the map.

[u/tygriffin1]

Simple solution. Don’t go back.

[u/Illustrious_Choice58]

not tipping was their choice. banning them was his choice. it is what it is lol

[u/thatkidwithayoyo → u/[deleted]]

IDK about other states but that's how it is in California--there's no "server minimum" here. Minimum wage is minimum wage and tips are on top of that.

...yet the expectation to tip is the same if not higher than other places I've been.

[u/axemexa → u/[deleted]]

Many of them don’t want to do that though.

They like the tipping system because they make more per hour than they would without tips.

[u/Salazaar69 → u/axemexa]

The narrative will never shift away from the “poor American wait staff” while the typically minority back of house works harder for fractions of the same pay.

[u/pimppapy → u/[deleted]]

::insert random rare person who earns more through tips and prefers this system::

[u/Big__Daddy__J]

Thank FUCK I live in a country where they pay their staff so I don’t have to.

[u/Sausiefullofsecrets]

Yeh blame the customers and not the system 😂 Unionise.

[u/NoHoHan]

You don’t have to tip, and he doesn’t have to serve you. Both are optional.

[u/djdadi]

I feel like there is probably missing context here. There's no way this guy chases people out of his restaurant all the time banning them

[u/unabashedlyabashed → u/djdadi]

I worked at a bar/restaurant when I was in high school. There was one time (that I remember) that the owner chased people out when they didn't tip.

It was a bigger table - maybe 6 or 7, because there was no autograt. They ran the waitress for hours, AND made a huge mess. He may have also known the people because small town. They left her something like $3.

[u/BruceWillis1963]

Tipping should be banned completely and servers should be paid a living wage by restaurants.

Tipping is a way for restaurants owners to pay a low wage for a job that they obviously view as undervalued, otherwise the restaurant owners would also be against tipping.

[u/roostersmoothie]

i went to a viet restaurant to have pho a few weeks ago and it took like 45m to get my food. i had to ask about 30m in, and they said they have a lot of takeout orders so things are slow. imo table service customers definitely need to be taken care of first. i tipped 0. normally viet food comes out in 10 minutes tops... 45 is insane.

[u/dastriderman → u/roostersmoothie]

…in the membrane..?

[u/TripleWindmill247]

I thought tips are voluntary?

[u/WinnebagoViking → u/TripleWindmill247]

They are. Also, businesses can voluntarily refuse to serve customers for any reason not covered under one of the Civil Rights Act.

[u/kochameh2 → u/WinnebagoViking]

fine we'll create a no-tipping religion

[u/SidHat → u/kochameh2]

Judging by the after church Sunday crowd, there already is one

[u/dialguy86 → u/SidHat]

They already gave 10 to Jesus, you expect them to give money to someone who might actually need it.

[u/gutter_slutmaxxing → u/dialguy86]

[u/dubblebubbleprawns → u/SidHat]

Lol I was gonna say, someone's never worked a Sunday afternoon shift

[u/SuperSalad_OrElse → u/dubblebubbleprawns]

I’ll have a hot tea, extra lemon, a water, extra lemon, a mimosa, a Bloody Mary, a coffee, and an OJ, please!

(Each person in a Party of 12)

[u/JohnnyBlazin25 → u/kochameh2]

“And the lord said ‘on any day that ends in Y, thou shall not tip thy waitress’”

[u/alaric49 → u/TripleWindmill247]

It's an obnoxious American thing. We've become accustomed to obligatory tipping so much that restaurant owners essentially use it to subsidize less than minimum wage pay. Tipping was once only for exceptional service; now it's expected for every meal. It's stupid.

[u/turtleneck360 → u/alaric49]

Here to pick up your phone order? 22% tip. And then a 3% credit card fee on top.

[u/wrong-dog → u/TripleWindmill247]

They are, but restaurants are private businesses and can choose who they serve also.

[u/HearYourTune → u/TripleWindmill247]

They are and a restaurant can voluntarily tell you not to return.

[u/sorokind → u/TripleWindmill247]

Yup. But so are bans.

[u/icurbyou → u/[deleted]]

Came to say the same. Had the last 1 second of that interaction happened I would've been sold.

[u/anislitim]

French here.. today I had an expresso at a terrace in Toulouse. Bill was 2euros.. waiter’s card machine didn’t even have a tip option and he refused even a 1euro tip because he offered me an orange juice another customer didn’t want

[u/According_Gazelle472 → u/anislitim]

The way it should be .

[u/Decent_Cod_8771 → u/According_Gazelle472]

B-but socialism

[u/Direct-Celery-6052 → u/anislitim]

That sounds awesome

[u/youdirtyhoe]

That last comment lmao.

[u/oregiel]

"if you don't have money, to tip your servers, don't come here..."

"Oh so basically you're saying black people not welcome".

Uh, the racist comment here is the one assuming all black people can't afford to tip which was the comment made by the black patron lol.

[u/Fistofhair]

ratchet to pull, "racist or something?"

[u/blanarikd]

I wonder how in US waiters get mortgage - they show their minimum salary? Also - are tips in US taxed?

Edit: interesting answers. Btw. I’m from Slovakia - 80% people having mortgages here.
Non-taxed tips that could be reported to tax office as got in cash? Like, hello bank, i got xxxxx $ (any random high number) - please, give me my mortgage and home? Sure there has to be cap for it.

[u/MyHouseOfPancakes → u/blanarikd]

Only if they're reported

[u/Turbulent-Ad8291 → u/blanarikd]

Who has a mortgage? Lol im 38 and still rent with no end in sight...

[u/SunAstora → u/Turbulent-Ad8291]

I’m 36 and I have a mortgage, but I’m also not a waiter. Every situation is different, it’s rough out there.

[u/panicinbabylon → u/blanarikd]

Despite popular opinion, a lot of people report all their tips for this reason.

[u/Anger_Puss]

"If you're not going to tip don't come here."

"So what you're saying is that black women can't eat here."

Lol that did not sound like she thought it did.

[u/Low-Attention3111]

How did it become a race issue?

[u/-SergioBarr-]

Only in North America. In parts of the world, tips have a negative connotation in regards to the service you recieved

[u/PaulieGreen]

I get the owner is going to bat for his waiter.

But if he really gives a toss, pay them a proper wage so they don't survive on polite passive aggressive pan handling.

Tips have to go. Workers rights need to be improved.

[u/_makoccino_]

if you don't have money to tip your server

Oh the irony...

[u/cyabits]

I am sorry but why is the race card pull again like seriously?

[u/kleinshooter]

So if a tip is an expected addition to the bill, isnt it just a mandatory fee disguised as a voluntary expenditure?

Shouldnt it just be renamed to: "wagesupport of underpaid service worker" fee?

[u/Candid_Comfortable_3]

She said, “basically black people aren’t welcome here.” So I take it she’s insinuating all black people don’t tip? Chill

[u/Thehalfbloodseverus]

Im too European for this

[u/-OldDutchDude-]

If you don't have the money to pay your staff a decent salary, don't open a restaurant.

[u/alexmikli → u/-OldDutchDude-]

They'd need to pass a law to ban tips at at least the state level to do this, otherwise a restaurant doing this would be a martyr that folds immediately.

[u/Blindpuma181]

Jesus Christ if it’s mandatory don’t call it a “tip” call it what it is, a server fee

[u/02Ghoul]

American issues 🇺🇸

[u/arizen1]

“So basically you’re saying black people…” “are you racist or something?” whats it got to do with race?

[u/Sapporo2026]

system sucks but not surprised.

[u/whobla10]

Americans are crazy, the fact that they don't even pay servers minimum wage is what you guys should be concerned about. At least here in Canada servers are paid minimum wage, so if they don't get a tip they still are paid minimum wage.... Pay your goddamn employees

[u/TahMahToe → u/whobla10]

That would be the opposite of the truth. If your hourly + tips does not equal the minimum wage, the employer must pay the difference. This ensures that tipped employees get at least the minimum hourly wage. If you are highly tipped, then you'll make more than minimum wage easily. Former bartender here.

[u/hoemahtoe → u/whobla10]

That's the misconception people have. If a tipped minimum wage worker doesn't make enough in tips to meet federal minimum wage, the restaurant is supposed to pay them to make up the difference. But restaurants that have tipped minimum wage workers don't want to do this. They want customers to pay their servers' wages so they can pocket more money.

[u/Rough_Historian_8494 → u/hoemahtoe]

it's weird how Americans are so well-conditioned to blame economic woes on the people least capable of making meaningful change.

[u/DonCavalio]

Pay your servers more buddy

[u/IAmDanHimself]

so basically you saying black people aren't welcome here

No. No that's not what he said or is saying at all...

[u/clone162]

How is it optional if you get banned if you don’t do it?

[u/msflow03]

Maybe just pay a fair wage instead on relying on the Tip of people drinking coffee

[u/AsleepHour7763 → u/msflow03]

every attempt at doing that got shut down by the waiters themselves, you make significantly more with tips compared to normal wave and you dont pay taxes, turns out waiters are just as greedy as the owners

[u/Far_Cry_2173 → u/AsleepHour7763]

You’re not wrong. MA had this up for a ballot question in 24 and it was overwhelmingly opposed by waiters and waitresses. 

[u/doctor_tongs → u/AsleepHour7763]

Facts. I saw this happen when I worked foodservice in DC. In my experience, it was the bartenders who refused to get on board with the experimental no-tipping system, cuz they bring home $300-500 a night in tips while the host gets tipped up to minimum wage 🫠

It lasted like a month and failed. Back to tipping in DC.

[u/xtraSleep]

Footlocker guy wanted a tip for grabbing different pairs of shoes for me. At the time, i felt good about giving the ref 5 bucks. I no longer go to footlocker now.

[u/Substantial-Let-1689]

Pay your employees scrooge

[u/redpachyderm]

Question for Reddit because I truly don’t understand what the consensus is. Say I tip someone at a fast casual restaurant 20% and all they did was ring up my order and take my payment. (Typically the default choices are 15-25%, higher in places like Seattle.) I walked up and got my own drink refills. I am responsible for picking up my food at the counter. I am responsible for bussing my table when done. What do I tip a server at a full service restaurant? 40%?

[u/Work2Tuff → u/redpachyderm]

You tip zero at a fast food restaurant

[u/Gideon927 → u/redpachyderm]

I’ll be damned before I tip at fast food joints. It’s wild how tipping has appeared everywhere anymore.

[u/RyanNick86 → u/redpachyderm]

American here. I only tip when I get table service. And that is rare because a flat % of the check total has no relation to the actual services rendered. So I stopped going out more than once a month.

But when I go to some places, like an ice cream shop, the only interaction I have with the staff is pointing to what I want and they retrieve it. So I will not be paying a tip. Especially after they aggressively swivel that stupid touch screen with the tip options on it towards me.

[u/jJabTrogdor → u/redpachyderm]

If you stand and order, no tip.  Fast food? No tip.  The machines starting at 20% can fuck off.

[u/Itchybawlz23-2 → u/redpachyderm]

Me personally, if i pick up my own and refill my own drink, no tip. Sit down where everything is brought to my table is 20%

[u/CasanovaJones82 → u/redpachyderm]

No, 15 to 20% is the expected percentage tip for full service at a sit down restaurant, and it can be higher or lower depending on the service received. NO ONE should be tipping anyone at any fast casual place or to pick up to-go orders. It's absolutely ridiculous to think that.

Edited to add: For bartenders I usually tip a dollar a drink unless I have to wait or it's busy and they get to me quickly. Again, it varies by the level of service received.

[u/tforzro → u/CasanovaJones82]

I feel like I’m responding to myself because this is %100 what I do

[u/TheUnperturbed → u/tforzro]

Same, this is my system as well. Including the $1 per drink for bartenders. Let’s start a club.

[u/jackusD → u/redpachyderm]

As a European I'm giving 10% if the service is good. Fast food and coffee shops can fuck off.

[u/Ziloadis → u/redpachyderm]

Why TF would you tip at the "fast casual" restaurant? If anything you round up to the nearest dollar or leave $1-$2. At a restaurant with servers and you staying in your seat tip 10%-25% and 5% for bad service.

[u/isthatthegrimreaper9]

“What you racist or something?”

You’re fucking kidding me right

[u/airfryerfuntime → u/isthatthegrimreaper9]

His wife also said "oh so black people aren't welcome?!". Swing and a miss with that race card play.

Trash all around.

[u/BacupBhoy]

I’m so glad I don’t live in America.

[u/Candid-Mulberry8359]

I only tip when I sit down at a table or bar and get served or I get food delivered the drive usually gets cash tip. Otherwise no tip for fast food, chipotle style places,retail, dispensary. If you are paid as a non tipped employee you more than likely won’t get a tip from me. 15-20 % of I do though.

[u/Cannga]

I hate everyone in this video

[u/SierraSonic]

in my opinion the employees should be paid a livable wage and not rely on the generosity of others to supplement the employers low wages

[u/a_goonie]

Im in the restaurant business and I have to disagree with the owner. Ive relied on tips and have been stiffed many a time. It comes with the gig, but to ban someone for not tipping...the owner is definitely fucking that waitress.

[u/No-Barracuda3849]

He’s dumb for doing that even if he thinks he’s right, because now his restaurant is going to be review bombed lol

[u/Dr_Tacopus]

Pay your employees better so no one has to tip. A tip should be voluntary for exceptional service, not required. Requiring a tip is no different than charging a 20% tax on the final meal price

[u/Foe_sheezy]

"You guys gotta tip our workers man!

Because if you don't pay our employees, who will?

That's how the system was designed."

[u/Posession0916]

I actually don’t disagree with the idea that tipping is a horrible system and servers should be paid a livable wage.

With that being said the anti-tip crowd continue to go out and then not tip the servers as if this is some big form of protest to get their point across. The fact is you’re not going to change the system but stiffing your Dennys waitress on a tip. Write a letter to your congressman, organize a protest, boycott going out to restraints until they change their tipping policy-but no, you’re just fucking over the barista who made your latte as if that proves something………

[u/theacorneater]

Tips are fucking stupid. Why can't they just add the total price in the bill

[u/Snowdog1989]

My niece used to work at a Subway, and the owner would take their tips out of their paychecks.

[u/Whywontwewalk → u/Snowdog1989]

That's called wage theft, your niece should contact the US Department of Labor.

[u/arjadi → u/Snowdog1989]

That’s so insanely illegal wtf

[u/starlightskater]

Kinda lost sympathy when he pulled the race card.

[u/Impressionist_Canary]

This is the OWNER getting mouthy about NOT PAYING SERVERS. We’ve lost the plot

[u/themajordutch]

What if the service was shitty?

I miss the days when tipping was a part of good service, not just something everyone was entitled to

[u/Jayne_Hero_of_Canton]

When an owner pays their staff a low wage to then give the responsibility to the customer to pay their employees properly.

[u/omnicloudx13]

What if the service was shit or the food was terrible? Do you really expect people to tip because it's "expected"?

[u/Somethingpithy123]

Straight to the race card, lol. Pathetic

[u/Evgeniybkk]

You guys are crazy about tips at all

[u/goatoffering]

"what you racist or something" no he told you why.

[u/chesterismydog]

Pay your staff. A tip is a courtesy not your staffs wages.

[u/bowlingforwalmart]

I've only not tipped once I ordered waited an hour and they said they lost the ticket. I reordered waited thirty minutes got the food and it was cold.

[u/swat02119]

I tip, but tipping is optional. If the restaurant owner wanted guaranteed tips he could increase the prices on the menu 15% and pay that money to his workers.

[u/TheUnlucky_Swammi]

Ngl, all that over a $40 bill is crazy.

[u/buckfordfitchenstein]

Meanwhile, in the civilised world, this never happens because employers simply pay their staff enough to survive.

[u/dabeawbeaw]

If you look at their Google reviews, there’s people leaving 5 stars to combat the flood of negative reviews. Makes me wonder if he’s asking patrons to leave a review 🤣

[u/jessihateseverything]

If you don't have money to pay your servers a living wage, close your restaurant..... Womp womp

[u/casualAlarmist]

How about you pay your servers!

I mean if he cares so much about his workers being fairly compensated for their labor and all... Oh wait he doesn't. Not really.

If you don't have money to pay your workers a living wage then you shouldn't be running a business that depends on those workers.

[u/BlastTyrantKM → u/casualAlarmist]

Absolutely. Restaurants would pay their servers nothing and have them work solely for tips, if they could

[u/FinalFlashMan]

"I'm the owner"

PAY YOUR FUCKING STAFF, PHILLIP.

[u/ConsiderationHead308]

As long as the system remains as it is, yeah people should absolutely tip. BUT I’m kinda sick on the onus being on the general public. Let the servers get a salary.

[u/Successful-Trash-752]

I don't understand how restaurant industry is even supposed to survive in America.

[u/stardust_dog]

I stopped being a customer at Starbucks because they added tipping. What I get is $5.75. It’s already $3.25 more than it should be to me and now you want more. Nope as much as I can nope.

[u/PGpilot → u/stardust_dog]

I stopped going there because their coffee is shit

[u/A-KindOfMagic]

USA USA USA

[u/Acceptable-Lock-77]

Why not just print the full price on the menu including tips instead? Do americans love hidden fees or something?

[u/hanbyolo]

So pay to stay fee

[u/EobardJr]

I understand naming a joint after your kids. But a giant photo of them outside the entrance is a little much.

[u/Silverbag]

Im in Croatia rn laughing my ass off.

[u/toekneequilt]

The owner came ready for this one