One of the few things I dislike about visiting USA. This tipping thing all the time. Very smart of the restaurant owners though they just export their payroll costs onto the customer.
Yeah, and then keep most of the tips for themselves.
It's worse in the UK, a lot of places put it on the bill automatically and you have to ask to have it removed - which is done in full view of everyone when you go to pay.
Most people are too ashamed to ask. I've done it before, and then I've given them a tip in cash afterwards - that way the management can't skim and hide it from the staff at least.
Right. I hate forced tipping, it feels almost the same as being shamed into giving money to a beggar. (Almost, OK servers? You deserve for the job to pay you a real wage from the outset like any other job, instead of the owner shaming customers into forking over money at the table like it's a mob debt being collected. Used to be 10%, then 15, then 18, now it's 20% or else the customer is a douche. So I tip generously, which buys me the right to kvetch and whinge about it a little here. :)
Why only in restaurants, and very few other places? Why not everywhere, or nowhere?
I despise automatic tipping anyhow. If you are a service worker, you can earn your tip. Chances are, without automatic tipping, you would get more than the restaurant automatically added anyhow. There is no reason for the waiter/waitress to do a good job, and go above and beyond for the guest if there's an automatic tip. For those that say "pay them a living wage", you do realize that will make the price of the food go up quite a bit, don't you?
I also hear waiters/waitresses have to share their tips with the rest of the staff. So they are puppets anyhow. Cooks and bussers are usually paid a better hourly wage, but the wait staff have to share with them. It's all just a mess anyhow. We tip based on service.
I do despise the hand out everywhere though. I went through the "Good Times" drive in once (will never do that again!) and the guy handed me the credit card thing, and told me to finish up the transaction. It was on a "tip" screen!! He was asking for a tip in the drive through!!! It's out of hand. Everyone wants free money handed to them.
I will also add, you went into the job knowing what you were getting paid, and agreed to it by taking the job.
As far as tipping the robot, I'm sure the answer would be "the tip goes to the cooks and everyone else!!!" Let robots take the jobs so waitstaff stop bitching about it.
Funny story, I was on a cruise in 2019 and the ship has one of those robotic bars (you know the cruise line) and I tried it as a novelty, it made my drink, served it to me, and I got a printout of the check, there was GRATUITY charged on it!! I complained, and they said, "oh, that money goes into the crew's sun shine fund and helps fund crew activities". I told them REMOVE IT! They did without argument.
One of the few things I dislike about visiting USA. This tipping thing all the time. Very smart of the restaurant owners though they just export their payroll costs onto the customer.
Yeah, and then keep most of the tips for themselves.
It's worse in the UK, a lot of places put it on the bill automatically and you have to ask to have it removed - which is done in full view of everyone when you go to pay.
Most people are too ashamed to ask. I've done it before, and then I've given them a tip in cash afterwards - that way the management can't skim and hide it from the staff at least.
Right. I hate forced tipping, it feels almost the same as being shamed into giving money to a beggar. (Almost, OK servers? You deserve for the job to pay you a real wage from the outset like any other job, instead of the owner shaming customers into forking over money at the table like it's a mob debt being collected. Used to be 10%, then 15, then 18, now it's 20% or else the customer is a douche. So I tip generously, which buys me the right to kvetch and whinge about it a little here. :)
Why only in restaurants, and very few other places? Why not everywhere, or nowhere?
Yea... And now fast food restaurants are starting to ask for tips.... I'll tip if a server has to actually "serve" me....
Lol, insert Buchemi's tipping rant in Reservoir Dogs🐸
Here's my tip: "Avoid water, because you run on electricity, and water makes you go fzzzzt"
I despise automatic tipping anyhow. If you are a service worker, you can earn your tip. Chances are, without automatic tipping, you would get more than the restaurant automatically added anyhow. There is no reason for the waiter/waitress to do a good job, and go above and beyond for the guest if there's an automatic tip. For those that say "pay them a living wage", you do realize that will make the price of the food go up quite a bit, don't you? I also hear waiters/waitresses have to share their tips with the rest of the staff. So they are puppets anyhow. Cooks and bussers are usually paid a better hourly wage, but the wait staff have to share with them. It's all just a mess anyhow. We tip based on service.
I do despise the hand out everywhere though. I went through the "Good Times" drive in once (will never do that again!) and the guy handed me the credit card thing, and told me to finish up the transaction. It was on a "tip" screen!! He was asking for a tip in the drive through!!! It's out of hand. Everyone wants free money handed to them. I will also add, you went into the job knowing what you were getting paid, and agreed to it by taking the job.
As far as tipping the robot, I'm sure the answer would be "the tip goes to the cooks and everyone else!!!" Let robots take the jobs so waitstaff stop bitching about it.
Yeah I'll never tip a robot
Funny story, I was on a cruise in 2019 and the ship has one of those robotic bars (you know the cruise line) and I tried it as a novelty, it made my drink, served it to me, and I got a printout of the check, there was GRATUITY charged on it!! I complained, and they said, "oh, that money goes into the crew's sun shine fund and helps fund crew activities". I told them REMOVE IT! They did without argument.
That was a cool episode in the newer X Files🐸