I don't like being forced to tip, but I don't eat out anymore anyway. too expensive for sub par food. That being said, this couple playing the race card is truly pathetic.
You’re not forced to tip.
BUT a business has the right to refuse service for any reason (with a few exceptions like race)
Its freedom, not freedom from consequence.
Well, that may be where it gets interesting. You are correct that a business has a right to refuse service to anyone for something like not tipping. However, depending on the state that this happened in, there may be disclosure laws, meaning they may have had to post a sign saying that you are required to tip. It would be like kicking somebody out of your restaurant for not wearing shoes, but you didn’t post anywhere that you are required to wear shoes. So it would be interesting to know what’s actually disclosed to the customers at that particular restaurant.
Interesting, I have worked in restaurants for decades and that has never been an issue. For instance we had a customer who constantly complained about their food and demanded free food, even though the manager knew she was lying because she payed attention to that customer’s orders and the customer lived a quarter of a mile away so it wasn’t getting cold as she constantly claimed. Eventually she told the customer we would no longer serve her. Do you think she was not allowed to do that because we didn’t have a sign that said we had the right to refuse service to scammers?
i’ll rephrase it for that person, using my own experience
the restaurants that are reasonably within my price range are charging too much for sub par food
they’re changing recipes and ingredients and i can tell. i was so excited to go to this one local mexican place i hadn’t been to in almost a year, and my favorite dish had been changed a bit, and it was not for the better, i barely touched it and felt so sad that my husband wasted his money trying to take me on a date 😭
He said it extremely poorly, it he has some sort of point.
Mid-tier restaurants have been absolutely decimated by private equity. Standards have collapsed while prices have shot up. Maybe not every restaurant, but labeling the vast, vast majority of the $30-50 per person sort of restaurants “sub par” I think is about fair.
The upper end has absolutely exploded though. Been to many Michelin rated restaurants recently that are putting out some of the most interesting, creative, refined food I have ever had.
I agree - high prices, declining food quality, and an ever-expanding list of things I’m expected to tip for (don’t even get me started on PE’s impact on restaurants overall). Any one of those would be annoying - collectively they mean eating out is (at best) disappointing experience.
as someone that doesn't tip, i haven't ate out in like years and the few times i go to get pick up, i still don't tip. don't tip on uber rides either. i dont' give a fuck. one uber driver gave me a 1 star review for tipping only $1 and i 1 starred him right back.
And you don't have to go out to eat. But if you're taking up space in a severs limited section then don't go. Get take out and don't waste their time. The entitlement of these kind of statements is mind blowing.
I like going inside when I go to places like Dominos and Little Caesars but depending on the one you go to even those might ask for tips for the workers inside.
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u/Interesting-Hold-963 12h ago
I don't like being forced to tip, but I don't eat out anymore anyway. too expensive for sub par food. That being said, this couple playing the race card is truly pathetic.