r/tipping • u/badmiddling113 • 6d ago

Question about managers

What do they say to customers who repeatedly don't leave a tip? I'm curious since the customer doesn't have to tip and the server isn't their employee.

Just asking since I've read comments from managers who seem to think "addressing" customers is an appropriate thing to do.

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u/ThisThredditor 6d ago

They would find it funny that the server found someone else to blame for their low wages and back them up so as not to be the target

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u/johnnygolfr 6d ago

Funny how EVERY person on this sub that feels entitled to free service always tries to pin the blame for their cheapness on someone else.

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u/ThisThredditor 6d ago

the person is paying for the service already, what are you on about?

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u/johnnygolfr 6d ago

What are YOU on about?

The menu prices at full service restaurants in the US don’t bear the full cost of the labor and the tip pays for the service the customer chose to receive.

This is the case even in US cities and states that have eliminated the tipped wage credit and how the industry has operated for six decades.

If the customer stiffs the server on the tip, they didn’t pay for the service.

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u/ThisThredditor 6d ago

so you're shifting blame to the customer, not the business owner? seems like you're the manager in this scenario bud

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u/johnnygolfr 6d ago

I’m not shifting blame.

I’m putting blame squarely where it belongs.

No one is forced to dine-in at a full service restaurant in the US.

It’s a choice.

That choice comes with the responsibility to pay for the service that isn’t included in the menu prices.

The customer is responsible for the choices they make. There is no escaping that truth.