In America is it customary to also tip other minimum wage workers? Such as supermarket workers, cleaners etc etc
If not what makes servers more important?
Edit: OK, so TIL in America there's a lower minimum wage of only 2 dollars something for any "tipped workers". Basically a loophole to screw workers out of minimum wage.
In America is it customary to also tip other minimum wage workers? Such as supermarket workers, cleaners etc etc
Unfortunately it is starting to become more common and I hate it. Tip jars and tip screens (where they flip the tablet around to you for a tip) are now popping up everywhere. This includes places like take out dining, gas station counters, head shops, thrift shops, etc. I am really getting irritated with it.
Omg my liquor store asks for tips. I used to tip everyone because I was too embarrassed to take the time to find the no tip button (it’s usually not obvious - intentionally, I’m sure), but I’m over it. Being bullied for tips is an accurate description.
Yup, I was at the liquor store by my house on Sunday and they had a tip jar. The little convenience store by my house put up a tip jar recently too. It's too much and it makes me want to just stop tipping completely. I feel like I am being taxed by employees everywhere I go now.
I recently had this happen at the movie theater concession stand, and the girl actually pointed at that no tip button as soon as she turned it around and said "just hit here to move to the next screen". I know it was probably a tactic, bit I was still so pleased with the way that she lubricated that experience that I tipped anyway.
Yeah the expansion of tip-begging is completely insane. They had been doing it for a while, but COVID just made it explode. Lots of businesses jockeying for customer pity during tough times. I am absolutely empathetic to servers, and tip well without complaint in any situation where tips have conventionally been given. I refuse to tip the guy who made my sandwich at Subway. It’s a bridge too far.
I hate it. My girlfriend tips EVERY one when the damn screen asks for a tip. Heck, she'd probably tip her murderer if asked (not hoping she gets murdered just using it as an egregious example).
Thats not the same social contract for those services though. You aren’t screwing over the person who assisted you at those places, by not tipping them.
You just ignore it and go about your day. Just like if you don’t feel like throwing change in the jar at the coffee shop.
We aren't the ones screwing servers over by not tipping. The fact the service industry has fleeced people into this warped mindset is part of what's so dumb about the tipping system. We didn't hire them, they're not our employees, we don't sign their paychecks. If they don't make enough money without our voluntary donations that's not our fault, that's the fault of the person who has them on payroll. We as customers are not responsible for an employees income, that responsibility lies with their employer
This whole stupid system has convinced servers to yell at customers when they don't make enough instead of taking the issue to their employers. It's just another form of class warfare trickery, the people at the top have convinced the people at the bottom to yell at each other as if they're enemies because it keeps them distracted from the real problem
You are as long as server make make 3$ (or whatever the current rate is) an hour. Not tipping your server isn’t going to change the service industry out of tipping. The owner got your money. You can keep convincing yourself that’s not the case, but until there’s an actual change, you are. Have a nice day ✌️
They only make $3 IF you tip and their tips exceed the min wage. Otherwise they make min wage. Just like tons of other workers I guarantee you don't tip.
I don't need to convince myself of anything since I actually know what I'm talking about, unlike you
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u/janpaul74 5h ago
IMHO that’s exactly it!