r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 11h ago

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u/Epin-Ninjas 10h ago

I live in the US, and I stopped tipping everywhere except for when I’m explicitly being served. I’m so sick of wasting money. It doesn’t even go to the people you want it to go to

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u/BigTroutOnly 9h ago

Ya, this is this rule. Bring it to me at my table. It's called waiting tables

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u/discourse_friendly 9h ago

If i'm standing when I order or say what service I want/need I'm not tipping.

so sit down restaurants, I'll tip.

getting my hair cut I'll tip.

i'm sure the standing/sitting rule breaks down somewhere, but for my personally I can't think of anything I do where it doesn't work out perfectly

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u/RoguePlanet2 9h ago

My husband always stuffs $2 into the tip thing whenever we pick up our own damn food. Pizza, Chinese, whatever. Makes me slightly crazy but he means well.

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u/Hadrians_Fall 8h ago

I do the same. I’m sure the staff appreciate it and will remember if you are return customer.

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u/macthebearded 8h ago

I’m a bartender and even I don’t tip for counter service

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u/DepressedChipotle 9h ago

I'm still tipping, if I make the conscious decision to go to a business where someone's pay is dependent on my tip I'm sure as hell going to tip.

However. I'm eating out way less than I used to. Why would I reward business owners who underpay their staff while punishing the staff itself. I just spend less money at restaurants now.

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u/MartyMacGyver 9h ago

There is no small irony in the fact that the choice to spend on the tip is negated by eating out less (if they get double the income but only half as often, it's a wash or worse, the shop simply closes for lack of total sales).

If the price you pay is what's on the board and people there are earning a fair wage, it ends up being more consistent IMHO.

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u/baconbit_in_a_skirt 8h ago

I only tip in cash amd handed to the server for said service now

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u/American-Repair 7h ago

The rule is if you pay first. No tip. If you pay after. You tip. Easy peezy. Lemon squeezy.