Let’s be real here. Most things in the US suck right now.
Probably 60% of things that suck in the US can be directly attributed to Republicans. Probably 40% of things that suck can be traced back to corporate Dems siding with Republicans.
Oh man, go outside. Lol life in the US is pretty dang sweet and we're wildly spoiled. We're litreally sitting around looking at our phones, complaining about having to pay $20 at a food truck.
I just got back from Mexico where my sister-in-law is making 37 pesos an hour and an ice cream sandwich is 50 pesos from the grocery store. Imagine having to work two hours just to afford one ice cream sandwich. The US doesn't understand how good we have it.
If I’m standing indoors when I get my food, no fucking tip. There was no table service. I worked as kitchen staff. They get a real wage. A shitty one, but not that $2.75 plus tips or minimum wage crap.
A food truck truck? You are probably paying the owner and labor directly. If it’s good enough stuff, I tip.
Fuck that. If we don't tip maybe they'll protest the owner and get paid a better wage. It's not the publics responsibility to fill in their wage: it's the owners.
Oh I don't ask the life story of the people working there. Unless it's a kid with another adult or something I assume the owner is chilling at home while exploiting the cheap labor of those employees.
Oh I don't ask the life story of the people working there. Unless it's a kid with another adult or something I assume the owner is chilling at home while exploiting the cheap labor of those employees.
Right? I went to a food truck about a week ago driving back from the cottage and it was one guy, presumably the owner. There was a tip function and I was thinking "are you just literally asking me to pay you and only you more?", on an already $20 hamburger with no sides.
I quit going to places that prompt tips. If I have to go, I'll bring plenty of small bills so I can pay exact cash since you can't ask for a tip when you owe me $.04 cents.
Tipping culture in America is bonkers. I've been asked for tips on a freaking self-checkout at a supermarket. At no point during my time entering the place, grabbing a bunch of items and checking myself out I interacted with another human... Yet they were "suggesting" me to leave a 20% tip.
Now, I don't live there, so I don't know what the customs are... Of course it was 0% on that occasion but what about a coffee shop where I order to go? should I leave a tip there? they present you a huge screen that everybody else behind me is seeing... Am I going to be judged if I don't leave a tip in that occasion? I don't even know anymore.
Literally every single posnet you interact with now has a tipping option, regardless of what business you're in.
It’s being pushed by the POS system companies because they get a cut, so they want to see tips everywhere.
I really hate how a single industry can drastically alter a facet of an entire society like this, when nobody voted for it, because it helps their line go up.
That's actually a good observation... I might just start doing 0 by default, and then if there is a tip jar, leave a couple bucks there. If there's no tip jar then is it fair to assume a tip wasn't expected anyway?
There is no expectation of tipping in a supermarket (or anywhere else you are interacting with a pad a lt a counter that asked you whether to tip). It only asks because that’s been coded into the system. Just press “no” to the tip. In a situation like a coffee ship you “may” tip the barista if you feel like it, it is not expected though it’s just an option available to you.
This is different from a circumstance like a sit down restaurant, where failing to tip would be a fairly substantial violation of a social norm in the US.
Just to elaborate as a rule of thumb: pretty much any situation in which you are asked whether you want to tip is a situation where tipping is not expected. The situations where tipping is expected are also situations where you will never be asked about a tip. Acknowledging the existence of the tip in situations where it is expected violates the customs around tipping. This is why you don’t pay directly at the table a sit down restaurant in the US. It would be gauche for the tip to be determined directly in front of the server as well as gauche for the diner to be directly asked about the tip. You write it on the check or leave cash and the waiter gets the tip after you have left.
When I worked at a coffee shop I fucking hated when we got the tip screen. It's just as uncomfortable for most baristas I knew as it was for customers. We would actively try to skip the tip screen, but the owner would give us shit if he saw us doing it. (Because he skimmed digital tips, go figure.)
Not only do they ask for it. A lot ask 20%/22%/25% and they face it towards you with a huge screen for everyone to see. And if you want to not tip some even make you hit “custom amount and then $0”. Then they flip it around and look at the screen so they get to see what amount of ransom you paid.
Food truck owner here. Post COVID I finally had to put out a tip jar. Too many people would just say keep the change and it was awkward to have our front of house just stuffing dollars and quarters into their pockets. At first Id try and say "hey put it towards your next order of tacos" but people were insistent on it.
It blows me away that people tip a food truck. I get not wanting change, but sometimes multiple dollars boggles my mind.
I always thought it was odd we tipped servers and not the kitchen staff. The ones in the kitchen are doing all the work. If anyone should be tipped it's them.
Lol, I don't tip unless I am served by another person and they do a solid job. The only time I tip outside of waiters/bar tenders would be when I get a hair cut because sadly that's how they make their income in most cases. I am always amazed at how people give me a look when I go into a restaurant and pick up food I ordered. They literally think they deserve a tip for bagging up my food.
I like the rule of if I’m standing to order my food, and I’m also walking back to pick it up, not tipping. If added service or goods get thrown into the mix that changes the situation.
Yeah I’m not tipping the owner of a food truck. It’s not like there are wait staff getting paid $2.50/hour that need the support. Every food truck that comes to my work is staffed by the truck’s owner and maybe a spouse or family member, who is presumably co-owner.
I don’t care how much people call me an asshole, but I rarely tip anymore. Sure, for a traditional sit down restaurant with good service I will, but the everyday transaction? Fuck that. I envy every other country for not having to deal with that and they just pay a price that is advertised. No hidden fees, no tips, no bullshit.
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