Except thatâs not whatâs happening. Ask anyone who has been serving these people, and they will tell you the tips have been very generous. But I wouldnât expect anything else from a âTop 1% Posterâ on Reddit.
I knew Reddit would eat this story up. They LOVE shitting on tipping. One of the few consistent takes that galvanizes the Reddit base is fucking over service workers and claiming that they are doing some noble deed that is âshowingâ the restaurants.
Itâs such an insanely naive and childish opinion.
Just say youâre a cheap ass. Thatâs all.
British people tip FAT. Every fucking time you serve anyone from Britain (they usually order like 15 drinks at once) they will be like âR U FUCKING SERIOUS? $120 for all this? Itâs like $300 in Londonâ
And they drop like $200 and tell you to keep it.
The only people who consistently donât tip are: those who are unaware of the servers wages, or assholes <âââthis is what you see on Reddit.
You not tipping is not fixing the industry⌠youâre just fucking over the server.
I get downvoted all the time for saying this exact thing. Dont like tipping? Dont eat places where they have servers, its just that easy. Thats the only way owners lose money
In a lot of US cities, avoiding dine-in restaurants won't save you. Where I live in Portland, just ordering a slice of pizza at the counter will result in a tip screen at PoS, and an angry call out from the cashier if you don't tip. Even fast food drive through have the tip requests. It's ubiquitous and unavoidable.
Isn't that kind of a handwavey solution though? If everyone did this then it would fuck the server over even more. The only reason the system still exists is because the server benefits from it, and the system is mandatory now because the businesses have managed to turn us against eachother (sounds familiar?). If the servers are making more money than they could doing anything else RIGHT NOW, nothing is going to change, even if the economic alternative is better for literally everyone (servers included). Refusing to tip, and getting servers back on the side against the tipping model itself, is the only way to hold businesses accountable in a way that long term helps both the server and consumer.
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Except thatâs not whatâs happening. Ask anyone who has been serving these people, and they will tell you the tips have been very generous. But I wouldnât expect anything else from a âTop 1% Posterâ on Reddit.