Tipping

[dmpi]

Enough is enough. The 'problem' isn't people shamelessly asking for a tip, the problem is people is people feel guilt or an obligation, then they give and then they're mad about being conned into giving. I'm sometimes guilty of this myself. I should also add that this is a self-perpetuating problem, the more tips we hand out the more that will ask for tips.

 

[audreyh1]

I just carry a wad of $5 bills and hand them out like free candy as tips. Everybody loves me.

There you go! What we do at the hairdressers.

I pretty much order via the app and pay ahead these days for parking lot pickup. So one advantage I get to tip in private, ha ha. And I do tip as we don’t eat inside restaurants anymore.

 

[aja8888]

"For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more." Luke 12:48 (KJV)

Or, from our friends in France, "noblesse oblige."

LOL!

 

[Teacher Terry]

In the rare event that I get a coffee or ice cream while out I give them a buck if they have a tip jar.

 

[Midpack]

what gives me fatigue is tipping threads...

AMEN

Do as you see fit, and quit whining. No one is forcing you to tip anyone. If you're intimidated into acting when confronted with a tip jar or touchscreen prompt - that's your issue, not the worker!

While there are some people who are well paid without tips, there are plenty who need all the help they can get, and many others who are highly reliant on the tips they receive. I don't find it difficult to discern, and I choose to tip when in doubt. There are millions of people who live paycheck to paycheck, not all due to the choices they've made. Although the $15/hr living wage gets a lot of discussion, millions of people are making less...

 

[audreyh1]

In the rare event that I get a coffee or ice cream while out I give them a buck if they have a tip jar.

The Starbucks app makes it easy. When I go by the window or walk in for the pickup everything is already paid for and I can add a tip after the fact in the app.

 

[CRLLS]

I will not drop a tip in a jar at a counter. I find it very crass. The only place I do that is when I am an open bar event. I'll drop a bill or two there each time I'm getting a fresh one. The drinks are free to me, so WTH. OTOH, for table service, I most definitely do. However, I often think about how many tables they served in the couple of hours we were there and calculate in my mind the hourly amount he/she collected.

 

[ShokWaveRider]

IMHO All tips and taxes should be included in the posted prices of an item. Like VAT is in the UK. And, like it is in Mexico. You can take it or leave it. It is actually illegal in Mexico to add any type of tip or extra taxes to a bill, taxes are all included in the posted price. One of course can (and should) tip appropriately on a voluntary basis especially in restaurants and bars etc. But again, they should not be prompted in an app or POS system. One can blame the software providers to a degree.

 

[Teacher Terry]

Audrey, I pay cash for small items and probably go to Starbucks once a year. Yesterday I had a free drink coupon from a fancy coffee shop that was a moving in gift. The coupon was almost a year old.

 

[Teacher Terry]

I leave the tip on my pillow every morning when I leave the room.

 

[pacergal]

I don't mind tipping when I want too.
What I don't like is the constant ask on those squares or iPads. But that's on me how I deal with it.

 

[jollystomper]

No fatigue here. I choose to tip or not to tip, and go on my merry way.

If someone comments about me not tipping, I just give them the Jollystomper Armageddon Death Star (or JADS for short) stare for a few seconds. Then, like the movie, slowly SMILE. And pleasantly say "Have a nice day".

 

[Amethyst]

There hasn't been a notepad or pencil in any hotel I've stayed in recently, and I was just in a 5-star hotel this weekend.

Yes, $5 on the nightstand with THANKS written on the notepad.

 

[Sunset]

Enough is enough. The 'problem' isn't people shamelessly asking for a tip, the problem is people is people feel guilt or an obligation, then they give and then they're mad about being conned into giving. I'm sometimes guilty of this myself. I should also add that this is a self-perpetuating problem, the more tips we hand out the more that will ask for tips.

+1

 

[RetiredAt49]

Do you tip the hotel maid?

Well thank you to all who tips hotel maids… you make me feel like a loser cuz I seldom tip them.

Seems like everyone wants a tip now include fast food drive thru places and it kinda annoys me. Even food truck and quick self serve/purchase places ask for a tip.

 

[jollystomper]

“Tipping is about making sure the people who are performing that service for you are getting paid what they’re owed,” said Schenker, who’s been working in the service industry for roughly 18 years."

Is it just me, or does this relate to the "I'm a victim so you have to fix it" attitude?

 

[ShokWaveRider]

Is it just me, or does this relate to the "I'm a victim so you have to fix it" attitude?

Yup, and it is not my problem. They took the job in the first place of their own accord. Personally, we tip what we see fit NOT what is expected or prompted simply because employers are too cheap to pay a living wage.

Kinda like giving money to the homeless who beg in the streets. It just condones or exacerbates the problem. Better to give money to the shelters (as we do) than to people begging in the streets.

 

[Dash man]

I just remember when I was struggling working my way through college at a minimum wage job. I think it was around $2.10/hr then. I would have appreciated a little extra help. Now I’m very comfortable with my finances, so I don’t mind giving a little more if the service is good and they’re friendly. I don’t always tip, but frequently do. No big deal either way.

 

[Alan]

But again, they should not be prompted in an app or POS system. One can blame the software providers to a degree.

Or perhaps it is an option that the owner selects. We frequent various coffee shops many times a week and always pay by a contactless card but there is never a prompt to tip. I may be wrong but I wouldn’t think software providers would not write different versions of the software for tipping and not tipping but have it configurable as an option.

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

AMEN

While there are some people who are well paid without tips, there are plenty who need all the help they can get, and many others who are highly reliant on the tips they receive. I don't find it difficult to discern, and I choose to tip when in doubt. There are millions of people who live paycheck to paycheck, not all due to the choices they've made. Although the $15/hr living wage gets a lot of discussion, millions of people are making less...

... And $15/hr (basically $30K/yr) is hardly a bonanza these days. Assuming the job is full-time, which is probably the exception rather than the rule at that wage scale.

 

[Philliefan33]

Or perhaps it is an option that the owner selects. We frequent various coffee shops many times a week and always pay by a contactless card but there is never a prompt to tip. I may be wrong but I wouldn’t think software providers would not write different versions of the software for tipping and not tipping but have it configurable as an option.

I'm pretty sure that for Square, tipping is an option that defaults to "on". I helped my photographer friend sell photos at an event last November, and she used Square to accept credit cards at the tent. It prompted for a tip during the sale but I always swiped "no" before giving the iPad to the customer for signature.

I didn't have the credentials to get into the setup to change the setting, and my friend is not very good with tech, so I have to assume that she just rolled with the default setting. If I help out again next year, I'll ask her to log in to the settings so we can turn off the tipping function.

 

[Alan]

I'm pretty sure that for Square, tipping is an option that defaults to "on". I helped my photographer friend sell photos at an event last November, and she used Square to accept credit cards at the tent. It prompted for a tip during the sale but I always swiped "no" before giving the iPad to the customer for signature.

I didn't have the credentials to get into the setup to change the setting, and my friend is not very good with tech, so I have to assume that she just rolled with the default setting. If I help out again next year, I'll ask her to log in to the settings so we can turn off the tipping function.

Thanks for that confirmation. We retired software developers have our standards to keep up.

 

[braumeister]

Some just take it to extremes.
I made a purchase this morning at a local shop for an item that cost about $55. It took the guy less than a minute to grab the box and input the sale. When he handed me the machine to sign, I was faced with tip options of 20%, 30%, or 40%.

I tapped "Custom Tip", entered $2.00 and signed.

 

[ShokWaveRider]

Some just take it to extremes.
I made a purchase this morning at a local shop for an item that cost about $55. It took the guy less than a minute to grab the box and input the sale. When he handed me the machine to sign, I was faced with tip options of 20%, 30%, or 40%.

I tapped "Custom Tip", entered $2.00 and signed.

That was $2 too much in that case. AND, I would never give them my business again.

 

[ivinsfan]

No fatigue here. I choose to tip or not to tip, and go on my merry way.

If someone comments about me not tipping, I just give them the Jollystomper Armageddon Death Star (or JADS for short) stare for a few seconds. Then, like the movie, slowly SMILE. And pleasantly say "Have a nice day".

Has this actually ever happened?