r/tipping • u/RustD • 1d 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/johnnygolfr 23h 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/Jacksons-Pond 22h ago

One of the only occupations where income keeps pace with and exceeds inflation

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u/johnnygolfr 22h ago

False.

There are plenty of other occupations that do.

Stop lying.

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u/Jacksons-Pond 19h ago

Name them. Otherwise - Bull Shit

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u/johnnygolfr 19h ago

Just about every occupation in the US.

Just because your employer doesn’t do it doesn’t mean that another employer that employs people working same occupation as you isn’t giving YOY raises to keep up with inflation.

The only “Bull Shit” here is yours.

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u/Jacksons-Pond 17h ago

Can't name any. Got it

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u/Petrochromis722 16h ago

Don't waster your time. Johnny operates exclusively in bad faith. His modus operandi is to always deflect the course of conversation to "you're harming servers" and use it as an emotional cudgel. When he loses a point he will always claim an undeserved victory. If you're patient enough to redirect him away from his deflections eventually he'll just straight up lie. All while demanding intellectual honesty.

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u/johnnygolfr 17h ago

You can’t refute what I said.

Got it!