We have reached a tipping point in the country over tipping.

Perhaps you’ve noticed. We have reached a tipping point in the country over tipping.

To tip or not to tip has led to Shakespearean soliloquies by customers explaining why they refuse to tip for certain things.

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, customers were grateful for those who seemingly risked their safety so we could get groceries, order dinner or anything that made our lives feel normal. A nice tip was the least we could do to show gratitude.

But now that we are out about and back to normal, the custom of tipping for just about everything has somehow remained; and customers are upset.

A new study from Pew Research shows most American adults say tipping is expected in more places than it was five years ago, and there’s no real consensus about how tipping should work.

  • @SCB
    -2•1 year ago

    I have not, do people who work in restaurants use some fancy alternate reality where the facts are different?

    They understand how costs work in restaurants, and that servers do not generally work 8 hour days, among other things.

    For instance, you’d need to double your labor costs for FOH because any server that makes $100 in 8 hours is fucking starving to death because that is terrible. That’s a double, if not slightly more than a double, and giving up an entire day for $100 makes no financial sense.

    By the way, based on the averages from the federal DoL, there are tipped workers who make $12/hr take home or less

    You thinking servers claim 100% of tips is another reason you really shouldnt try to argue about something you have no experience with.