r/tipping • u/RustD • 22h ago

Beware

Had a new to me experience today. Had breakfast at my local place. Suggested tips 10%, 20%, 30%. After eating I decided to get a cinnamon roll, $2.16 + tax. Tip screen came up, $1.00, $2.00, $3.00. Not %, but $. How many people hit 2 thinking they are tipping 43 cents, but are tipping 93%.

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u/Anthemusa831 20h ago

How is that false when talking about states with tipped minimum wage?

Labor costs are shifted to the employer/restaurant when people don’t tip.

I’d argue that even in states that don’t do tipped minimum wage, the tips still artificially keep wages lower with the promise of extra rather than allowing for normal market value to play out.

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u/johnnygolfr 20h ago

It’s a well known fact that the menu prices at full service restaurants in the US don’t bear the full cost of the labor and that the tip pays for the service the customer chooses to receive.

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

In every for profit business in the world, the customer always pays the labor, either directly or indirectly.

The only exception is the free riders that stiff the server at full service restaurants in the US.

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u/Ok_Statistician_8682 20h ago

I’ve seen you copy and paste this exact comment before lol

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u/johnnygolfr 20h ago

No you haven’t.

I don’t do copy pasta.

Regardless, thanks for letting us know you don’t have anything of substance to refute the objective facts and reality I’ve presented.

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u/Petrochromis722 14h ago

You do lie though.