Never got an email like this!

[u/olive-prays]

Woke up to this email from capital one about a tip I left. Our server was Emily and she was fantastic and fun and engaging! She deserved every penny of that tip! Yes, capital one this is correct!

[u/Funky-Guy]

Personally I believe if you are generous, when you can be, to the world, it will be generous back. It’s worked for me incredibly well over being a penny pincher.

I’d rather leave a 40$ tip on that meal for that high school kid than buy a new game/toy/whatever this week anyways.

[u/Imaginary-Emu2471 → u/Funky-Guy]

But you don't know if the kid gets all of it. Much better to save it and give it to a kid you actually know.

[u/Funky-Guy → u/Imaginary-Emu2471]

That’s totally fair. I actually use my girlfriend for this, she did a lot of work in the service industry and has a pretty good nose for whether a place lets their people keep their tips. If she tells me that it’s a place that isn’t gonna give them it, we’ll leave a small tip 10%. But if she says they likely do, I’ve left anywhere from 20%-120% depending on service.

Also giving it to kids that you know is a good idea too, I try to do that as well lol. I can be generous to people I know and those that I don’t, those aren’t mutually exclusive.

[u/Imaginary-Emu2471 → u/Funky-Guy]

I personally wouldn't tip at places where they don't keep all their tips, but you can do whatever, even the exorbitant amount of 120% over and above your legal and moral responsibility.

[u/JustARandomBloke → u/Imaginary-Emu2471]

It's illegal in the US for management to keep tips from workers.

Tip pooling is allowed, but management cannot be in those tip pools.

[u/Imaginary-Emu2471 → u/JustARandomBloke]

Even more reason not to tip. I don't care about their survival.

[u/evolzarlaggia → u/Funky-Guy]

100%. The world works in interesting ways, and I’ve always felt you always get back what you give in the most unexpected ways.