I don't like the rather pushy assumption that "I should be tipped just because I'm here at my job" any more than the next person does, but . . . I stopped donating to charities when I became convinced that nearly all of them are frauds (with much or most of the money going to those who RUN the "charity") and some of them (Red Cross for a one example; the Clinton Foundation for another) are involved in child trafficking and other horrors -- or at least to harmful "progressive" BS.
A local church's food bank is one thing, but national charities are another.
Until that point, I had a hard and fast rule of not giving cash to the homeless, and I rarely tipped more than 15%.
Both of those things changed, partly because I didn't have any reason to send money to "charities" anymore and partly because the economy was tanking, and for the first time I was seeing people who had obviously just fallen from the middle class camping out in their vehicles or living on the street. Also, I knew that earning a living was harder than ever; prices of nearly everything are outpacing paychecks and that's if you can find a job -- not everyone can, given the zillions of small-business bankruptcies and layoffs at big corporations.
So I sometimes hand out money to people on the street (most of whom, in the small-town area near where I live, are not drug addicts pooping on the sidewalk -- something I've NEVER seen, btw, other than in photos) and I tip well -- extravagantly sometimes -- because I remember how hard it was for ME when I was young and working at crappy jobs -- despite the economy being MUCH better than it is now.
I don't expect this to last, but for now I'm fairly well off, and as long as I can afford to do this, I will.
I think you may have missed the point of the meme as have several other posters, IMO only.
Do you tip the cashier at your grocery store? Do you tip the gal behind the glass who sells you a movie ticket?
When I go to a fast food joint, which is rare, I don't expect to have to decline tipping them by having them hand me a screen after they run my card whereby I'm forced to do just that OR coerced into giving them a 20% tip for simply filling my order and handing me my sandwich.
That's the point behind the meme. They aren't talking about not tipping a waitress or bartender. I tip generously, but I do so to folks who are serving me. This whole tipping nonsense has gotten out of hand.
I don't like the rather pushy assumption that "I should be tipped just because I'm here at my job" any more than the next person does
and I thought that was clear, but to expand on it: the various ways the businesses and workers are pushing the assumption that NOT tipping is a faux pas is incredibly irritating to me. And no, I don't tip grocery (or other) clerks.
A different perspective:
I don't like the rather pushy assumption that "I should be tipped just because I'm here at my job" any more than the next person does, but . . . I stopped donating to charities when I became convinced that nearly all of them are frauds (with much or most of the money going to those who RUN the "charity") and some of them (Red Cross for a one example; the Clinton Foundation for another) are involved in child trafficking and other horrors -- or at least to harmful "progressive" BS.
A local church's food bank is one thing, but national charities are another.
Until that point, I had a hard and fast rule of not giving cash to the homeless, and I rarely tipped more than 15%.
Both of those things changed, partly because I didn't have any reason to send money to "charities" anymore and partly because the economy was tanking, and for the first time I was seeing people who had obviously just fallen from the middle class camping out in their vehicles or living on the street. Also, I knew that earning a living was harder than ever; prices of nearly everything are outpacing paychecks and that's if you can find a job -- not everyone can, given the zillions of small-business bankruptcies and layoffs at big corporations.
So I sometimes hand out money to people on the street (most of whom, in the small-town area near where I live, are not drug addicts pooping on the sidewalk -- something I've NEVER seen, btw, other than in photos) and I tip well -- extravagantly sometimes -- because I remember how hard it was for ME when I was young and working at crappy jobs -- despite the economy being MUCH better than it is now.
I don't expect this to last, but for now I'm fairly well off, and as long as I can afford to do this, I will.
I think you may have missed the point of the meme as have several other posters, IMO only. Do you tip the cashier at your grocery store? Do you tip the gal behind the glass who sells you a movie ticket? When I go to a fast food joint, which is rare, I don't expect to have to decline tipping them by having them hand me a screen after they run my card whereby I'm forced to do just that OR coerced into giving them a 20% tip for simply filling my order and handing me my sandwich. That's the point behind the meme. They aren't talking about not tipping a waitress or bartender. I tip generously, but I do so to folks who are serving me. This whole tipping nonsense has gotten out of hand.
I started my comment with:
and I thought that was clear, but to expand on it: the various ways the businesses and workers are pushing the assumption that NOT tipping is a faux pas is incredibly irritating to me. And no, I don't tip grocery (or other) clerks.