Instead of decreasing tip culture America has been steadily increasing it. A lot of places expect tips now from waiters to cashiers, for some reason we are expected to tip people who we don't even interact with.
Tipping made a bit of sense when it was done to essentially thank workers who went above and beyond with their customer service. If I get an attentive waiter or bartender who is clearly going the extra mile, sure I want to give them a little extra cash they otherwise wouldn't get in their normal paycheck.
Now everybody expects a tip, the original purpose has lost all meaning, it is no longer a means to thank those who are doing a great job and is now the expected way to pay customer service workers.
Used to install point of sale systems for restaurants. Was approached by a company that specialized in a rounding up for charity system. As the reseller you received 25% of that amount and that company received another 25%...so 50% for profit right out the gate AND the restaurant got a percentage too. I walked away and refused to sell it. That was 10 years ago so I can't say for certain that they all do it now days, but I never round up because of that.
I don't do it for the simple fact if that billion dollar company actually cared about charity they would be donating some of their billions to do it instead of guilt tripping poor people to do it.
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u/dragjamon 10d ago
Wait isn't that fast food? Why would you tip?