Last restaurant visit there was a mandatory 20% tip tacked on. Waiter said we can add more. That one dinner blew our budget for six months. Tonight I made canned sardines and pasta. Sardines in a can in Louisiana hot sauce from Poland. Those Polish guys know how to make Louisiana hot sauce… and all for $1.60 a can! C’est tout un sucre!
There was a sandwich shop I used to go to where they had a bell and a tip jar at the cash register. If you put money in the tip jar, the cashier would ring the bell, and all the employees would shout “grazie!” After the first couple of times, before leaving a tip in the jar, I would ask the cashier not to ring that bell. I just imagined having to shout out a response myself every time I heard a bell. Very Pavlovian.
I’m not rich, but I do well enough. I don’t mind spreading some of my wealth around for people who are willing to do jobs you can’t pay me enough to do. It is a lot easier to dispense with cash than it is to spread around some of the other blessings I’ve been given.
I recently was at a restaurant where the options were “no tip”, “20%”, “22%”, and “25%”. There was no option for “Custom”, so 15% was not even a possibility unless you used cash.
What annoys me is that the tip is based on a %. It takes no more effort to pour a house wine than a glass of the best. No more effort to bring out a toasted cheese than a steak sandwich. At $30/hr you make ~ 50 cents a minute, waiter spends.. perhaps ~ 5 minutes with you. $2.50 is a decent tip.
Not only would that not stop me, I’d sustain eye contact while deliberately pressing the “no tip” button. ESPECIALLY if it’s one of these places that STARTS the tip options at 18%.
I hit “No Tip” fairly often since I tip in cash whenever possible. It’s been very hard for local businesses in my area to find good help so I like to show my appreciation to those workers.
mddshubby2005 6 months ago
Hold your ears…
Concretionist 6 months ago
Would YOU buy your snacks there?
Jayalexander 6 months ago
Makes a sound like a baby chick “CHEAP”
Zykoic 6 months ago
Last restaurant visit there was a mandatory 20% tip tacked on. Waiter said we can add more. That one dinner blew our budget for six months. Tonight I made canned sardines and pasta. Sardines in a can in Louisiana hot sauce from Poland. Those Polish guys know how to make Louisiana hot sauce… and all for $1.60 a can! C’est tout un sucre!
Kaputnik 6 months ago
There was a sandwich shop I used to go to where they had a bell and a tip jar at the cash register. If you put money in the tip jar, the cashier would ring the bell, and all the employees would shout “grazie!” After the first couple of times, before leaving a tip in the jar, I would ask the cashier not to ring that bell. I just imagined having to shout out a response myself every time I heard a bell. Very Pavlovian.
westcarleton 6 months ago
TBH, that wouldn’t surprise me to see.
Doug K 6 months ago
If you don’t see me as a customer here again in the future, this will be the main reason why.
dflak 6 months ago
I’m not rich, but I do well enough. I don’t mind spreading some of my wealth around for people who are willing to do jobs you can’t pay me enough to do. It is a lot easier to dispense with cash than it is to spread around some of the other blessings I’ve been given.
DM2860 6 months ago
I recently was at a restaurant where the options were “no tip”, “20%”, “22%”, and “25%”. There was no option for “Custom”, so 15% was not even a possibility unless you used cash.
uniquename 6 months ago
It shall be music to my ears.
gluetrap 6 months ago
If you don’t leave a tip,you get an electric shock.
Zebrastripes 6 months ago
Oy
AtariDragon 6 months ago
No problem. I’ll be tapping “no sale”.
Zen-of-Zinfandel 6 months ago
Tips help to insure unreliable service.
Alberta Oil Premium Member 6 months ago
What annoys me is that the tip is based on a %. It takes no more effort to pour a house wine than a glass of the best. No more effort to bring out a toasted cheese than a steak sandwich. At $30/hr you make ~ 50 cents a minute, waiter spends.. perhaps ~ 5 minutes with you. $2.50 is a decent tip.
jmorris9999 Premium Member 6 months ago
I’d be punching that button so many times…..
Darth Stevious 6 months ago
We had a bell one place where the exiting customers were to ring if they had a good experience and we all had to respond. I stole the clapper.
Frank Burns Eats Worms 6 months ago
They’ve got gratuity down to a “T”.
Cozmik Cowboy 6 months ago
The reason they’re putting a tip option on those is so the owner can claim the employees are tipped workers, and thus avoid paying minimum wage.
wildlandwaters 6 months ago
and it bellows out CHEAPSKATE!!! CHEAPSKATE!!!"
dpatrickryan Premium Member 6 months ago
Not only would that not stop me, I’d sustain eye contact while deliberately pressing the “no tip” button. ESPECIALLY if it’s one of these places that STARTS the tip options at 18%.
gammaguy 6 months ago
Be careful. If you tip too much, you’ll fall over.
EMGULS79 6 months ago
httPs://www.reDdit.com/r/EndTipping/
catwood55 6 months ago
I tapped ‘no tip’ the other day. There were no sirens.
Cactus-Pete 6 months ago
I hit “No Tip” fairly often since I tip in cash whenever possible. It’s been very hard for local businesses in my area to find good help so I like to show my appreciation to those workers.
Stephen Gilberg 6 months ago
This is why anti-tip sentiment is on the rise. Some stores ask for a tip when you haven’t even dealt with a human being.