Hey, MF'er where's my tip?

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My wife and I attended an International equine event in Maryland this past week/weekend. The booths that sold drinks had a note on the machines that took credit cards saying there was a 15 percent gratuity added to bill . Basically a forced tip. Total bs considering what drinks cost and you can't bring in your own booze. The tipping thing is out of control, everyone wanting a tip.
 
This is the problem with being nice to folks.
You tip them a few times when they give you excellent service or because you feel charitable and next thing you know they demand it as a "right" and start attacking you when you don't give them a "free gift".

That being said it's also a problem because a lot of greedy restaurants and such places get away with paying their staff next to nothing (not even anywhere close to the minimum wage) and then expect the staff to essentially "guilt" and "pressure" the customers into paying their salaries in "tips".

I think as times get worse and greedflation starts really grinding the gears of the lower end of the working folks, there is going to start being a huge backlash against tipping and all this B.S.
 
In Athens, Greece they had tip jars on the retail store counters. Fucking pathetic.
I could almost see this if someone was personally walking around helping you pick shit out and holding it for you while you try it on. Boutique bs, but no, these were just kids ringing up your clothes 🤣
 
We were invited out to dinner aa few years back. It was a Chinese buffet restaurant. The gook waitress brought refills maybe once and that was after asking for them. Nobody left a tip. She actually followed our party of 3 out into the parking lot asking where her tip was.
 
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“The research also found that two in three Americans often 'guilt tip' — whereby they felt forced into adding gratuity by prompts at check-out machines.”

Not me
 
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I like that in other countries waitstaff, bartender, and the like just get paid normal wages so there's none of the scramble to tip and societal pressure added in. Also, every credit card POS machine that demands tips for everything is also rather garbage.
 
Fuck that. Have a family member who makes $400-$600 a shift in tips. I'll tip at a few small shops, but its out of hand

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My mother was a waitress after my parents divorced. My older sisters would count tip money to see if the electric bill could be paid.

She was the first to tell you that tips aren't entitlements, they were for good service. I watched her a few times dress down sucky waiters for sucky service and tell them exactly why they weren't getting a tip.