I think it's weird to print out an reddit post and then post the picture again on reddit or anywhere else online.
Well, I don't pay you to think. Matter of fact, I don't pay you at all, therefore, you don't get any tips.
The cheap ******* could have just asked that his tip be distributed equally across the service chain. 15% for a group, 20% on a date, 33% if you're single.
IMO, this makes a lot more sense than tipping as a percentage of the bill. It's no more work to bring me the deluxe $20 burger than the plain $8 one.
I have no idea what he's babbling about in the first half. However he is spot on with the last two sentences. Getting pan handled by employees every time you make a purchase somewhere is getting annoying.
I've wondered this too. These restaurants/cafes that are a step above fast food but you still order at the counter and pick your food up when they call your number or your buzzer goes off. There's no waiter. But I pay with my card and there's a space for a tip. I've never tipped in that situation, but because they're kind of asking for a tip and I'm refusing, it always make me feel like I'm being cheap.
A tipping thread... May as well have started a thread about abortion, organized religion, Jeremy Lin or Obama...
This is a windbag cop out. The more appropriate protest against what this person feels as unfair wage practices is to not eat out at restaurants at all, boycotting the entire establishment. In this person's scenario, they have chosen to still pay the establishment for their product (food/drinks) but not pay the person they are trying to "protect" (Service). Additionally, they are not truly protesting anything, as they are still utilizing the service, then choosing to not pay the social norm wage (tip)...they are in fact a cheapskate.
I agree with part of it. I think the tipping culture is out of control and that servers should be paid decent wages with optional 10-15% tips on top of that, instead of awful wages at 20%+ tips practically required. That said, this guy is a jerkoff only making it hard on the server he's claiming is being screwed.
Went to watch the Miami vs Indiana game and have drinks last night @ Prospect Park (pretty nice sports bar btw). My ticket was $40 and I would've left a mice tip except the waitress added in gratuity when it was only four of us. To bad for her, my tip would've been more than the $5 and change they took in gratuity.
I agree with his argument but placing your decree down as a tip will not change the way things work...and I dare say I wouldn't feel comfortable as a return customer if I put one down previously.
