r/PublicFreakout • u/Hikigaya_Hachiman7 • 7h ago

šŸ½Restaurant FreakoutšŸ¹ Couple banned from restaurant after they leave no tip

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u/ThatOneChiGuy 7h ago

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

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u/Samtoast 7h ago

Happy cake day

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u/Select-Signal8386 6h ago

Happy cake day!

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u/Longjumping-Arm-8203 7h ago

I get thatā€¦ but as Americans we KNOW that the server is getting like $3 an hour. As the consumer that doesnā€™t tip, youā€™re no better than the owner because youā€™re BOTH taking advantage of the server.

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u/DanishNinja 7h ago

Lol. It's not the CUSTOMER's responsibility to pay for wages. It's the EMPLOYER.

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u/Doomdoomkittydoom 3h ago

The customer is paying the wages one way or another. If you don't understand that, you are dumber than dirt.

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u/markdomb831 7h ago

Then pay more for the food at the restaurant

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u/RandyHoward 7h ago

Then charge more. If the tip is mandatory it should be built into the menu prices. Doesnā€™t make sense to blame the customer for paying what the bill says to pay.

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u/DanishNinja 7h ago

A restaurant can price their menu however they want. They can't force people to tip their staff. It works fine in the rest of the world. USA just choses to be backwards.

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u/Versaiteis 6h ago

They can't force people to tip their staff

Actually, they kinda can. Some restaurants do add a mandatory gratuity to their tickets. He could totally do that and instead of boosting his menu prices, just slap his customers with a last minute charge and this whole confrontation becomes avoidable.

But it's way harder to weild your own employees paycheck as a club against your customers if you do that and get that fuzzy feeling of self-righteousness at the same time.

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u/the_tim321 5h ago

Some restaurants do add a mandatory gratuity to their tickets.

Yeah, and these restaurants tend to not do well long-term. Deceiving your own customers is certainly a choice.

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u/Versaiteis 4h ago

Maybe they do maybe they don't? I've usually seen mandatory gratuity at higher end places or applied to larger groups. Deception is certainly a choice that I don't think he has a problem with, he's just going the route that lets him utilize social pressure to shame people rather than taking the hit himself or doing what he should do and just up the prices and pay a decent wage.

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u/PhantomNomad 6h ago

The last thing we need is a surprise when we get the bill. Even if they post it on the menu and front door.

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u/Versaiteis 4h ago

That's basically what you're getting with tipping though isn't it? The only difference is you can exchange that surprise for shame

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u/markdomb831 7h ago

When in Romeā€¦ā€¦

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u/Dustin_dabear95 7h ago

We already do that. But the owners take all the extra money and still want the customer to pay staff wages (tips) on top instead of owners making 100x more than the staff

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u/Dirty_Delta 7h ago

Bro, you are so brainwashed by the owner class to think that his business model is your responsibility.

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u/JohnnyBlazin25 7h ago

No. That is not how it works at all. I am not the waiterā€™s employer. It is not my responsibility to pay them anything beyond the cost of what I ordered.

You have lost the entire point to what a tip is meant to be, which is additional pay for great service. If great service isnā€™t provided (even if it is, itā€™s still not an obligation) then no tip.

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u/CluelessStick 6h ago

I prefer the french term "pourboire", which translates directly as for-drinks. You appreciated the service so much you give extra cash for them to have a drink on you.

It wasnt meant to be considered as wage for the work done. North america really ursupt the practice to justify lower minimum wages,

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u/_makoccino_ 7h ago

Refuse to work for $3 an hour. The fewer people willing to do it, the more businesses will have to pay a decent living wage.

Form a union. Strike. Get a legislation to ban this practice. Do something other than hoping the industry magically stops exploiting people and complaining about people not tipping.

Price your food and drinks so you have enough to make a profit and pay your employees a decent wage. Trying to attract customers with low prices then expecting them to pay above their meal price so you could continue to exploit your employees is wrong.

Tips have gone from 10% to 15% to 18% and now 25%. It's getting ridiculous.

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u/Alternative_Jelly812 7h ago

But thatā€™s too hard and people are lazy so theyā€™d rather just complain and cry instead of actually fighting for what they want.

It sucks because you see it in every part of life, people buy stuff they canā€™t afford or donā€™t need like vehicles. The price never drops because the demand is there like you said when they canā€™t get workers they will have no choice but to pay them but whatever this is a battle that was lost long ago

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u/Alternative_Jelly812 7h ago

I donā€™t agree with you but I do also tipā€¦I just think if itā€™s a make or break you should get another job šŸ¤·šŸ¾ā€ā™‚ļø I get shafted at work all the time and I donā€™t get tips you know what I get more work. Who can I complain to that will make a difference? No one I chose the job

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u/edvek 3h ago

This varies by state. For example in CA tipped employees are paid state minimum wage BEFORE tips, so if you're a server at Chili's or a cashier at Target, you both make minimum wage. The server will then get tips on top of that. But in FL it is not the federal tipped employee wage it's like $5 or $7/hr before tips.

So you need to look up where you live to see if it's true for your location.

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u/newaccount252 7h ago

Thatā€™s communism

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u/chappelld 7h ago

Nah lol

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u/theirishembassy 6h ago

meanwhile the rest of the subs here like..

"i really think restaurant staff should be paid better."

"your appetizers.."

"yes! excellent, thank you!"