US tipping culture

[Bubba T]

This is a spinoff of that thread with the waiter getting the slur on their receipt.

What's the opinion on tipping around here? In the US, tipping is practically mandatory in restaurants regardless of the level of service given. If you don't tip/tip well, you are viewed as an a$$hole.

Why is this accepted when you have other industries where people work just as if not harder but aren't allowed to get tips? Why are restaurants allowed to rely on their customers to directly pay their workers but other places aren't allowed to? The restaurant industry literally develops their business model around this.

What say you TLR?

 

[Marti]

The debates that are about to take place in this thread

 

[lowkey0z]

the exact reason i don't like eating in, i'm not paying you to bring my food/drinks, if anything i should be tipping the cooks

 

[Marti]

the exact reason i don't like eating in, i'm not paying you to bring my food/drinks, if anything i should be tipping the cooks

Leggo

 

[Larry Lobster]

One of those stupid things that only exists in USA.

 

[Cynical Thoughts]

 

[levitate]

I think it's utterly fukking ridiculous.

 

[NoGutsNoGLory]

 

[EndDomination]

Tip, you broke fukking b*stard.
Don't go out and eat if you can't follow basic social-cultural aspects of dining out in the Western world.
People who argue against tipping sound like Buschemi in Resevoir Dogs.

 

[mannyrs13]

Know your budget before you go out to eat. If you can't afford the meal, then don't go or get a cheaper option. You should know what you're getting into before you order your meal. Having $20 on you and ordering a meal and drink not expecting to pay tip or tax. Gotta know what the business is. It's much cheaper to cook at home or even go somewhere else. Nobody making anyone eat out and tip.

 

[EndDomination]

Beat me to it by a few seconds

 

[Cynical Thoughts]

Guess I'll get it started.

fukk tipping. Get a better job, make your boss pay better.




, pays exact change. Tip-

 

[EndDomination]

One of those stupid things that only exists in USA.

Never leave the country brehs.

 

[Cynical Thoughts]

Know your budget before you go out to eat. If you can't afford the meal, then don't go or get a cheaper option. You should know what you're getting into before you order your meal. Having $20 on you and ordering a meal and drink not expecting to pay tip or tax. Gotta know what the business is. It's much cheaper to cook at home or even go somewhere else. Nobody making anyone eat out and tip.

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[Freedman]

fukk I look like paying you to do your job.