đ€Ż INCRĂVEL: 45 Infuriating Stories For People Whoâve Had About Enough Of Tipping Culture đČ
I stopped by this coffee shop I frequentâoften enough that they know my nameâand ordered a drink. I didnât tip on the card but left a dollar in the jar. The barista saw it, and I guess noticed the other cash in my purse, and said loudly, âOh wow! A whole dollar⊠thatâs SO generous! Thank you SO much.â
I have never been that dumbstruck before. The sarcasm was so unreal I was convinced she was going to spit in my drink or something. But really, why should she be entitled to more than a dollar for my $5.00 coffee? Why should she even get an extra cent, for that matter?
Sheâs performing her job, which is to make a drink. Thereâs clearly no good service there. If we are going to tip at coffee shops, it should be customary that they receive the tip after we get the drink, not before. Service is so bad right now.
Iâm a barista at a small local family-owned coffee shop. We get paid just above minimum wageânot a tipped wageâbut we operate with a Square tablet that we have to turn around for tips. I already HATE having to turn it around every single transaction, but the other day my coworker did something awful and I hope theyâre fired for it.
We have this regular who comes in every single morning. Heâs an elderly man and he usually just gets a small latte and sits and chats with his friends for a couple hours. Heâs always incredibly kind to us and makes sure he sees everyone whoâs on shift so he can say Good morning to them.
Well, some of my coworkers really donât like him because he never tips when the tip screen is turned around. Last week, I noticed that he hadnât been coming in in the morning despite his friends being there. Honestly, I got really concerned because I thought he had run into some medical issues, but then I saw him outside of work and asked him where heâd been. He told me that one of my coworkers rudely told him he was âforgetting somethingâ when he walked away after paying to sit with his friends. Then they yelled at him about how rude it was he never tipped and told him that none of the people who work there actually like him. I was absolutely floored. He told me he planned to never come back because he no longer feels comfortable. Needless to say⊠I will be talking to my boss about it and Iâm mortified that this has happened.
Tipping culture is often described as more intense in the US and Canada compared to many other countries. In North America, tipping is not just a bonus for good service anymore â itâs often expected in restaurants, cafes, hotels, and even newer settings like digital checkout screens.
The modern tipping culture in the US is often traced back to a pretty uncomfortable history, and several historians point out that it became widespread after the Civil War era.
After slavery was abolished, many formerly enslaved Black workers were pushed into service jobs like waiting tables, rail car services, and hotel work. Employers often didnât pay them a proper wage, and instead allowed or expected them to rely on tips from customers. In some cases, tipping was even used as a way for businesses to avoid paying wages altogether.
Over time, this system stuck. Even when minimum wage laws started to develop, tipping had already become normal in the hospitality sector.
Last year, I went skydiving with some friends in Virginia. We called ahead and were told it was $300 per person. When we got there, they said photos and video were another $100, which we agreed toâso $400 total.
Then, right when we were about to pay, before anything had even happened, they asked if we wanted to leave a tip. That honestly felt weird. Iâve never heard of tipping for skydiving, especially when youâre already paying that much and havenât even done the jump yet. Nothing about tipping was mentioned on the phone either.
We said no, politely. After that, the vibe completely changed. The instructors and pilot were clearly annoyed, talked to us in a rude, almost scolding way, and the whole experience felt tense. What shouldâve been exciting ended up feeling uncomfortable.
This is why tipping culture is getting out of hand. When youâre treated worse for not tipping, it stops being optional and starts feeling like a hidden requirement. Iâd much rather just pay a clear, upfront price and be treated the same either way.
I went out for dinner with a couple of friends last weekend and was pleasantly surprised to see our food being brought out by those funny little robot servers.
At the end of the meal, the robot brought us the plastic tray with the bill and a big laminated sign that said, âElectronic waiters work hard, donât forget to tip us đ.â Iâm sorry, but what the hell. I was actually a little taken aback at the audacity of the restaurant to pull that.
No, electronic waiters do not deserve a tip. They deserve a tip even less than regular waiters do, which they also do not deserve, to be clear. I was so legitimately angry that I didnât even take a pic. And no, when I paid my bill at the front, I absolutely did not tip.
In the US especially, tipped workers in some sectors can legally be paid a lower minimum wage than other jobs, under the assumption that tips will make up the difference.
This tipping culture also stuck around because it benefits businesses â menu prices can stay lower than they otherwise would be, since part of the labor cost is pushed onto customers through tipping.
In a way, many workers in hospitality and delivery jobs rely solely on tips as a meaningful part of their income.
My wife and I were out with a friend and his wife this past weekend. After a long day out, we decided to grab pizza and found a nearby pizzeria on Google. The listing said they were open until 10 PM, so we called around 8:30 to check, since a lot of places in that neighborhood close early. The lady on the phone said the kitchen was open until 9:30, and after that it would just be counter pizzas, if available, until 10.
We got there around 9 and ordered two pizzas and a side of garlic knots. The pizza was good, the knots were nice and cheesyâso far, so good. We finished up by 9:45, and the check came out to around $51 and change after taxes. We left $60.
As we were leaving, the waitress said something in Italian to the guy at the counter. Once we got to the car, my friendâs wifeâwho understands a bit of Italianâsaid the waitress had said something along the lines of, âbastards only tipped 9.â
Safe to say we wonât be going back. Even percentage-wise, we tipped around 16â17%. I get that we were there close to closing, but there were a few other tables occupied too. Itâs not like we held the place up after closing.
Had dinner at a decent restaurant last night and the server was a little odd but friendly enough. I asked him how the evening was going as I was paying on the tablet.
He said everything was going good and the table inside was a lot of fun and great until they werenât. I replied by asking if they had too much to drink or what happened.
He says âno they just got real stingy and light with the tip at the end which ruins the entire experienceâ
What a crazy thing to say to another customer and made me feel real awkward. Definitely didnât leave a tip after that!
So the wife and I have decided to stop going to sit down restaurants 98% of the time. Sometimes its just unavoidable. Mostly Because of the tipping but also the lack of quality. We have noticed that restaurants in my area raised all their prices and lowered the quality. The last restaurant we went to said it would add an automatic 22% if the tip line was left empty. Like WTF. I think that’s theft personally. I never leave tips for any kind of walk up service either but the stuff is getting ridiculous. So we have just decided to not patronize any food service establishment and make everything at home. Guess what, its cheaper and better than any restaurant we’ve been to in years.
But more and more Americans are getting sick of todayâs tipping culture.
In a recent survey, about 81% of them said tipping has gotten out of control. More than two in five Americans said they think the US should ban tips.
âTips have gone far beyond traditional establishments, which had been places like sit-down restaurants, bars and hair salons. Now, it’s everywhere you look. Thatâs part of the frustration, because people are at a point where they don’t know who to tip and how much to tip,â says Chip Lupo, an analyst at WalletHub which did the survey.
Years back, I had a sit-down restaurant. When I first started, I tried to pool the tips so everyone in the storeâfrom the dishwashers and cooks to the serversâwould get a piece of the tipping pie. I also introduced business profit participation, meaning we would all make the same, including myself. The idea was that weâd all share fairly and keep things balanced. Sounds fair, right? Nope. The âpro serversâ were livid. It was a spectacular failure.
So I gave in âfor the good of the store.â Imagine making so much in tips that youâre earning more than the owner on any given day, while I was working 60 to 80 hours a week. That was the expectation from most of the professional serving staff. And when it came to helping train younger, less experienced staff? Forget it. The attitude was basically, âYour problem, not mine.â On top of that, you never knew when theyâd show up, if theyâd show up, or who would show up. Meanwhile, they were making a lot more money than anyone else in the business.
I had a serious dilemma on my hands. My solution? I fired every server and turned the place into âorder at the counter.â Honestly, it was probably the best decision I made for my own well-being. The business stayed about the same at first, though I genuinely thought I might go under. But over time, things actually improved.
Why? Because customers didnât feel obligated to deal with bad service and still tip 20% or more. My reviews got a lot better too. Almost all my one-star reviews before had been about the service, never the food. Removing that element solved a major issue.
I still have a tipping option when people pay, but itâs not percentage-basedâjust fixed amounts like no tip, $1, $3, $5. If someone places a huge order, they donât feel pressured to tip $20 or more. And if people do tip, it gets shared among the staff. If they donât, thatâs fine tooâno pressure, no attitudeâbecause I already pay my employees well above industry standard.
In the end, tipping culture sucks. I really believe that. But itâs part of the system, and some customers still want to tip, so you canât make everyone happy. What you can do is minimize the downsides as much as possible.
I donât know how this take will land, especially coming from an owner, but after being here a while and hearing peopleâs complaints, I wanted to share that at least one owner agrees. If I get downvoted into oblivion, it is what it is. I just wanted to put it out there. Thanks for reading.
I went to a pizza place last night. Order at the counter, they bring you your food when it is ready. When you finish up, you bus your own plates and go to the counter to pay.
The guy tells me my bill amount. You have to use their kiosk to check out. I hit 0 tip and tap my card.
The guy keeps saying, your card isn’t processing….your card is wrong…I keep saying, I don’t understand, what is wrong? He finally says that my card is only authorizing for the amount of the bill. He was highly agitated. So I was like, so what is the problem? He finished checking me out. I took the receipt and….
It finally happened to me, I checked my credit card this morning. The restaurant added a tip to my card without my permission.
I did message my credit card to ask them what they do in this situation…but man, the audacity.
I just discovered this sub, and I knew this was the perfect place to say this. If you order food on DoorDash, donât tipâand I say this as a delivery carrier (or âDasher,â as they call us).
You might ask why Iâd say that. When we accept a delivery order on DoorDash, the information we get is how long it will take and how much DoorDash guarantees weâre going to be paid. Thatâs where the issue comes in. Their âguarantee systemâ combines the tip and the delivery fee, but they donât tell us how much of each makes up the total.
Here in the SF Bay Area, orders usually have a guaranteed pay of around $7. If, after completing the order, the customer tips $5, DoorDash breaks it down like this: delivery fee $2, tip $5. But if the customer doesnât tip, DoorDash pays it like this: delivery fee $7, tip $0.
So tips are only actually worth it to the driver if you tip more than $7, which usually isnât the case. If you tip $7 or less, youâre effectively tipping the company, not the driver. People fall for the â100% of your tip goes to the Dasherâ line. And yes, technically thatâs trueâbut DoorDash reduces their base payment accordingly.
So please, donât tip on DoorDash. In California, thanks to Prop 22, we already make enough (and thatâs coming from someone in a high cost-of-living area).
TL;DR: If you tip less than about $7 on DoorDash, donât tipâthe company just pays less, and the tip effectively replaces part of the delivery fee.
Tipping is often described as a way to show appreciation for a service. If you regularly go to a café or a restaurant, tipping can build a kind of relationship with staff, and in some cases, it encourages better service over time.
So in that sense, tipping is seen as a way for customers to directly support workers.
But a lot of research has also pointed out why the system can be problematic too, especially in countries like the US, where tipping is deeply built into wages rather than being purely optional.
Studies show it is not a reliable measure of performance, and better service doesnât always lead to better tips, and vice versa.
My wife called me on Friday afternoon while I was at work and said she and my son wanted to try a new pizza place that opened near us about two months ago. No problemâI like pizza. She mentioned they only had 12-inch pizzas, which was fine, and I told her to get me a pepperoni and a Caesar salad.
I left work a bit later and stopped to pick up the food on my way home. When I walked in, the guy at the counter was as nice as could be. I told him my wife had called in an order and gave her name. He checked the system and said, âHere it isâtwo pepperoni pizzas and two Caesar salads.â Then he rang it up and said, âThat will be $70.50.â
I was in shock, but itâs the neighborhood we live in. I took out my card and tapped it, and the screen showed options for 20%, 25%, 30%, and no tip. I hit âno tip.â The guyâs face dropped instantly, and his whole demeanor changed. I said thank you and told him to have a good evening, but he just walked away without saying a word.
Iâm not giving you $15+ for absolutely nothing. I got home and told my wife this is the first and last time weâre ordering from there. Iâm done with this nonsense.
Walked up to a pizza counter with my son and we each ordered a slice. Took the person behind the counter literally 10 seconds to slap them on paper plates, and ring us up. $14 for two slices, no drinks. This place also has a sign that they automatically add 5% to every ticketâŠ
Tip options were 18%, 20%, and 25%.
I thought about for a second and selected no tip, She looked down at the screen, looked up at me and did an exaggerated eye roll and a very audible exasperated sighâŠ
AYFKM? You did literally 10 seconds of work, which is your job, and you expect me to personally give you an extra $3 for it on top of the exorbitant price of the pizza and the 5% upcharge? Get bent.
Went to a new restaurant yesterday, a new to me place that seemed quiet, and I felt I’d give them a shot. At the end, I check my bill and thereâs an extra 20% pre-tip charge labelled âQuiet Time Surcharge.â
I ask the server what it is, thinking itâs a mistake. They look a bit sheepish and say something along the lines of:
âmanagement says when itâs not busy, youâre basically getting the place to yourself. Itâs kind of like flying private instead of commercialâ
I had to laugh, but also⊠are you kidding me? Iâm not âchartering a restaurant,â I just wanted dinner. If anything, itâs less service work when the place is empty.
So now weâre at the point where restaurants tack on fees not because theyâre busy, but because they arenât. Thatâs wild.
Tips can be influenced by bias, including factors like gender, age, race, and appearance, rather than just service quality. That means two workers doing the same job may not earn the same amount.
Research has found that workers of color often earn less in tips than white workers doing the same job, even when the level of service is similar.
Studies show that even female servers are held to a very high standard. And if this standard is not met, they are treated unfavorably in comparison to male servers who produce the same level of service quality.
âBecause of the two-tiered system, because of the racial segregation, the people who are most impacted and impoverished by the current tipping system are people of color, and in particular women of color,â says Saru Jayaraman, director of the Food Labor Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley.
I just ordered a grande coffee through their drive thru, nothing special. Total is usually $3.45. I don’t have the Starbucks app so I always just tap my card and I do usually tip, just the fifty or so cents to round up to $4. Today I get to the window and my coffee is ready, the girl had the POS device laying flat on the counter and motioned for me to just tap my card on it. Well little did she know my chip isn’t working to tap so I had to insert it, and I see the total is $5.45. So they preset a $2 tip thinking I’d just tap and drive off. Not today…I told them that’s the wrong amount, she cleared it and I paid the $3.45, no tip. ALWAYS check the totals before paying!!! And I’ll also be finding a new coffee shop
I drove to the local Dominos to pick up my dinner the other day. Since I did the driving, I didn’t see a reason to leave a tip. The employee at the window clearly didn’t agree.
Instead of handing me my food, he looked at the receipt, walked away, and spent about a minute aimlessly shifting things around the register area. He was obviously making me wait for no reason, as my boxes were sitting right there the whole time. Eventually, he walked back over, picked up the same boxes that had been sitting there, and handed them out.
It’s wild that even when you do 100% of the logistics, there’s an expectation of a tipâand “punishment” if you don’t.
I walked into a café, ordered a plain drip coffee, and the guy at the counter tapped the iPad one time before spinning it toward me without saying anything.
The screen shows 20%, 25%, 30%and a tiny âno tipâ hiding in the corner like itâs ashamed to exist.
I hit no tip.
The barista let out this dramatic sigh, like I had just canceled his birthday, and muttered loud enough for me to hear, âSome people really canât be bothered.â
My friend, you pressed one button. That is all that has happened so far. I havenât even seen the coffee yet.
At this rate I fully expect the grocery store self checkout to ask if I want to tip for scanning my own items. Next week Iâll walk into a building and a screen will pop up asking if Iâd like to tip 18 percent for entering.
I just wanted caffeine, not a moral evaluation.
Even as criticism of the system grows, we canât ignore the fact that tips remain a direct source of income for millions of workers. And all the stories here are not reasons to cheap out or avoid tipping altogether.
The broader debate is often about shifting responsibility.
Experts believe that wages should be transparent and included in menu prices, so workers are paid fairly without depending on customer discretion.
Policymakers and labor groups have also pushed for changes like eliminating the lower âtipped minimum wageâ and making employers pay full base wages regardless of tips.
Some US states, like California and Washington, already require higher or equal minimum wages for tipped workers, moving away from the traditional two-tier system.
Iâm so tired of these fast food type places asking for tips, especially when itâs through the app. Yesterday I ordered Starbucks through the app, I hit no tip. I pull up to the speaker and give my name then pull up to the window. Cue angry looking employee, doesnât say a word just hands drinks through the window. I said âhave a nice 4th of Julyâ. She responds with âhave a dayâ which we all know means FU, and closes the window. Now Iâm pissed, sheâs obviously mad because I didnât tip, did she tamper with my drink? It should be illegal to let employees see the tip amount before service, have it pop up after, or better, remove it completely from the app. Starbucks employees make a decent wage for putting coffee in cups, they shouldnât demand a tip, especially since itâs expensive as hell anyway.
The restaurant we went to had an automatic 10% âservice chargeâ on the receipt, one of those âthis is not a tip, this is to keep up with rising costs etc etcâ. On the tip line he put $0.00 and drew an arrow from the tip line to the service charge line and called it a day. Simple yet makes complete sense. If you tack a service charge on the receipt, sorry but your waiters get a $0 tip.
So I ordered Paisanos pizza tonight, itâs mid size chain in the mid Atlantic. I ordered online and was going to have it delivered, but at checkout it said I could save $8.50 buy selecting pickup, that plus not tipping the driver would save me over $15, so sure Iâll pick up.
Checking out with Apple Pay and prompted for a tip, I select nothing because Iâm picking it up. I get there and give my name, they print out a receipt and ask me to sign it. On this receipt is a place for a tip. So obviously since I already paid and didnât include a tip now theyâre trying a second time for a tip, for carry out. What the f are we doing. So glad I decided this year Iâm done with standardized tipping. Iâll tip when warranted, this ainât that.
For now, though, nothing about the tipping system is fully fair. That leaves customers in a grey zone.
Experts suggest people should recognize that the system has real flaws, but also know that tips still directly affect someoneâs take-home pay.
For example, in restaurants or cafés where tipping is clearly part of the setup, leaving a standard tip is still seen as the safest way to avoid hurting service staff financially.
At the same time, people are encouraged to pay attention to when tipping feels genuinely expected versus when itâs just an optional prompt on a screen â like at self-checkouts or automated kiosks where there is little or no service involved.
âWhen they turn that device around, itâs this glaring thing, and people feel shamed into tipping, but you donât have to,â says Elaine Swann, a lifestyle and etiquette expert and founder of the Swann School of Protocol.
Seattle drive-thru cafĂ©. Iâd been going there for about three years, once or twice a month. Keep in mind, this is Seattleâthe land of a $20+ minimum wage. I ordered two drinks, hit âno tip,â and then the barista said out loud, âNo tipâokay, thatâs nice.â She then handed over the drinks angrily without any acknowledgment. What is that? I wonât be going back.
Edit #1: I removed the business name. I didnât expect this to lead to multiple negative reviews being posted because of my experience. I left my own review and came here to rant and start a discussion. I donât agree with the business getting flooded with artificial reviews based on a Reddit post.
Edit #2: The owner, Taylor, reached out to me directly after seeing this post. We talked for about 10 minutes, and she apologized profusely for the experience. Sheâs even sending us a gift card. So please stop posting fake reviewsâthe owner addressed it and went above and beyond after the negative experience.
We ate at a âmidrangeâ steakhouse with a $100 gift card. Bill was a little over $60. I handed the card to the waitress and asked if I could leave the tip with the gift card (I still tip wait staff up to 20% based on experience, donât hate me, no tips in other eateries though). She said yes, but only if using the remainder of the gift card. I said ââŠitâs a $100 gift cardâ. She just looks at me for a few seconds and I said âI do want some of it back.â She took the card and said she will âtry to find a wayâ, and miraculously the card came back with a receipt and a tip line. She really thought Iâd just let her keep the rest since it was a gift card.
At the end of the day (or service), tipping shouldnât feel like a performance review. It is meant to reflect appreciation, a small extra way of saying thank you when someone has made the experience better than expected.
And if someone provides genuinely poor or rude service, you are not obligated to reward that behavior.
I went to a restaurant in the Chinatown district of a major US city for lunch. The âserviceâ consisted of scanning a QR code to order and then getting up to go to the back of the restaurant to pay. They did bring our food to the table, but didnât check on us or offer water refills.
After I paid, the receipt had boxes for 15%, 18%, and 20%, along with a custom tip option. Not feeling that the minimal service warranted a tip, I left the boxes blank and signed the receipt. I also took a picture of it, just in case the restaurant tried to add a tip later.
The lady saw the receipt and said, âExcuse me, the tip is not included,â and handed it back to me. I already wasnât going to tip, but that comment sealed it. It felt like she was trying to pressure me. I wrote â0â and handed it back.
Shame, because the food was goodâbut I wonât be going back.
I go to a pizza place for lunch most days. It’s a bit of a walk from work, but their pizza is delicious and they have good seating. I usually only get 1 slice at the counter, sometimes 2. The staff know me by sight and one guy knows me by name — this guy happens to be working today. My usual order is about $5 and they have a “Tip $1 / $2 / $3 / No Tip” kiosk. As a rule, I don’t tip for counter service. Today, the guy hangs around as I’m tapping the screen and say “Is there anything I can do to make this a great experience?”. I tell him “No, it’s already a great experience.” He looks me in the eye and says “Okay, well I thought I’d at least get a dollar.”
Made me feel gross. On the one hand, I like this guy and if he needed a dollar, I would totally give him one. On the other hand, whining about a tip like that is icky.
It’s a shame – I liked going there. Going to find a new place tomorrow.
I was at WWWY festival in Vegas this past weekend. I was brutally hungover and thought a steak wrap sounded great. I walk over to the stand. Order what turns out to be the saddest,coldest, smallest, most pathetic steak wrap in existence for $23.00! The guy hands me a premade wrap (I thought they would be made fresh. I would not have bought if I knew it was premade) and I tap my card against the payment machine. He then sheepishly says here and I asked did the transaction go through? He then says yes but I need to do this and clicks 20% for me and goes to click done. I said absolutely not and clicked no tip. The lion, the witch, the audacity of this jerk! His face when I clicked no tip was like I ended a newborn and he called me a jerk as I walked away.
Literally my first time not tipping. Iâm at this restaurant, sitting at the bar solo. Bartenderâs friendly enough to start, nothing special, but Iâm cool with that. Then these two blonde women walk in, clearly 30+, and suddenly itâs like I donât exist.
Heâs fawning over them, asking for their IDs because they âlook 22â (lol, okay), mixing up special off-menu drinks for them on the house, laughing way too loud at their jokesâŠjust full court press flirting.
Meanwhile, I get tossed a menu and nothing more. No attention. No engagement. No effort.
So yeah, f*ck him. I paid my bill and didnât leave a tip. If my presence doesnât matter when it comes to service, then my money doesnât either.
Too bad.
My girlfriend and I went out to a restaurant. I’ve been on a kick where all I tip is $5 no matter what unless I’m super complicated and annoying to the server. The server took our order refilled our drinks once and handed us the check. So I left $5
Checked my credit card statement today and saw the charge go up $15 dollars instead of the $5 that I tipped. Called the restaurant and asked them to look into it. Sure enough she put The tip is $15 when she rang it in the register. He said he saw my $5 tip on the receipt.
Make sure you’re checking your charges!
A restaurant I used to frequent had a lunch specialâ$10.99 for a slider plate, wings, or a Philly cheesesteak with a drink. You get the idea. They werenât exactly fast, though. So with a 20% tip, that $10.99 meal came out to about $14.37.
A few months later, they dropped the âincludes drinkâ part. Now, after tax and tip, the total was around $18.30. Thatâs when I stopped going.
The owner asked me why, and I explained all of that. He said, âIâd rather you come in and eat and not tip a dime than not come in at all.â Fair enough. So I started going again and tipping a dollar.
Then I got a nasty Facebook message from a server who was upset she wasnât getting a 20â30% tip for walking a plate 15 feet. Again, they were slow, and refills were rare. So I stopped going again.
It seems like a lot of other people did too. The cook, the barback, the surly waitressâall out of a job. Not sure what the owner is doing now, but it canât be going well.
Went to a restaraunt the other day. No host but sat at the bar next to a couple. Bartender comes over looking kinda stretched thin as they were busy. However, he takes my order and asks if I want to pay now. I said I guess. Proceeds to take my card, preses some numbers and hands it back.
I asked if I need to sign he said no. I asked for a receipt and he was hesitant. Proceeded to ask 3 more times for it. He brings back a generic receipt. Asked him for one with my card on it. He added his own tip. 22%. Absolutely ridiculous.
Uber to airport? App asks for a tip
Coffee at airport? Terminal asks for a tip
Uber from airport to hotel? Another tip
Bellman? Tip!
Dinner? Tip server
Drinks after? Tip bartender
Book a tour? Tip your guide and bus driver
What else am I missing?
It’s all gotten so ridiculous. You could spend hundreds of dollars in tips on vacation.
A friend had drinks with another friend. They split the bill. Clicked 20% on the terminal and went home.
When reviewing the credit card a couple of days later – it was 40% tip! turns out the terminal added tip of 20% of the whole amount to each transaction.
Calling the place they claimed that the software is new / weird / faulty. They agreed to refund the tip, but if they won’t my friend plans to report fraud to the CC company.
Where I live the hair washers get a tip. Prices are already sky high, but I usually give a tip of varying amounts to my hairdresser.
I have noticed that folks have been tipping the hair washer. I donât (nobody tips me for wiping their a$$ thatâs my job I am a nurse). Admittedly I will give a cash to her at Christmas.
What are your thoughts?
Left a 20% tip for average service on the weekend. Wasn’t a particularly expensive dinner, around $100 and we were there for around an hour. When leaving the waitress approached asking “Were you unhappy with the service?” This was a direct slight to her being unhappy with the tip.
Seriously WTF. Tipping used to be 18% and slowly creeped up. A $20 tip for an hours time to just take our order (someone else brought the food, and yes they forgot to bring a side and had to flag someone different down for it).
Waitstaff are becoming entitled and getting mad when you don’t tip that 25-30% tip. A culture shift needs to happen. Otherwise I don’t plan to keep going to restaurants at this rate.
My wife and I were dining at a restaurant in the city. The place was pretty over priced and the service was just alright. Total came to $70 and I paid with a $100 then walked to the bathroom. The area where the bathroom was is very close to where the waiters/waitresses congregate. While I’m walking back I hear our waitress say to someone “I need change for a $100 bill but make sure it’s a $20 and a $10 so he has to leave the $20”.
Jokes on her, I had a $5 in my wallet.
I took my wife to a 3 Michelin star restaurant to celebrate my birthday last week. The experience was wonderful, and I paid the $30 valet with the check. My wife was driving, and when we got outside the valet driver, while holding onto her car keys, verbally demanded a cash tip. She was pretty intimidated and put off, I had to turn to him from the passenger side and tell him we already paid $30 for his service and are not carrying cash. I reported this to the restaurant and they refunded the parking charge, but it was a bad and harsh end to an incredible evening. Really pissed me off.
so I ordered online for pick up. got there and got my food and didn’t tip. the lady looked at me and asked “no tip? where’s the tip?” I said “no services were rendered. you don’t go to a resteraunt to tip the chef. you tip a server based on the service. not the total. no one here helped me? I ordered my own food, picked it up on my own. so why would I tip the chef? he did his job. you did yours by charging me.” and I walked out.
In my city, thereâs an all-you-can-eat hot pot restaurant that I genuinely love. The food is amazing, and the service is good tooâuntil itâs time to pay the bill. They use an iPad at the table, then turn it to you âfor a question,â but they watch as you enter the tip. The only options are 20%, 22%, and 25%. Iâve dealt with the awkwardness because the food is great, but I always dread that moment.
Then a new place opened in town with the same concept and similar prices. The difference is that it clearly states at the table that tips arenât expected. A lot of places say that, but here, when you pay and get the check, there isnât even an option to add a tip.
With similar quality and satisfying the same craving, we havenât gone back to the first place since trying the new oneâpurely because it removes that uncomfortable tipping moment at the end of the meal. I hope to see more places like this. They say competition drives change, and in this case, itâs definitely for the better.
So, I go get a sandwich at this place for the first time. Total is 9.20$. I pay cash with a ten. He seems unhappy. He gives me back 35 cents only. I say he made an error, and still owes me money. He doesn’t answer to that, and say loudly ” For here or to go?” I repeat myself. He finally manages to give my change. Almost told him I would have given him all, which I do habitually (don’t judge me please), if he had not try to stiff me, or may I say, litterally steal from me. This place lost a customer. I live nearby but will never go back. All that for 45 cents. And if it’s a mistake, how strange it’s always the customer who gets disadvantaged by their “mistake”…
Recently I was at the Dairy Queen drive through and ordered four Dilly Bars.
Total after tax was $15.90. I handed the young lady at the window a $20 bill. When I didn’t start driving away right away, she asked if I wanted change, and looked annoyed/inconvenienced when I said “yes.”
I didn’t realize employees at a place like Dairy Queen expected tips when they are already paid above minimum wage and the job requires low effort.
Went to a local pastry shop. Spent around $26 for 2 cookies, a cinnamon roll, and an iced latte. The cashier greeted me very friendly, but as soon as the tip screen came on she started watching. She saw I put 0 tip then didnât even bother looking at me or saying anything else when she handed me the receipt. I told her thank you have a great day and left.
The expectations that these people have are crazy!! Iâm glad Iâve gotten more comfortable giving no tip when literally thereâs no reason to. I hope more and more people start doing the same.
Went to a local Mexican spot for my aunts birthday, about 15 people. They brought the little card reader and for my family our food was $82, plus an automatic 22% tip included since we were a big group($107 total) It wouldnât let me back out or alter it, stuck my card in the machine and a tip screen pops upđđ» Asking for a tip on top of a tip, just like Iâve seen people share here. So I was aware enough to skip the second tip. After we left I told my husband and he was baffled, said it was a good thing I handled the payment, because he knows he would have totally tipped again and not noticed! We know they are counting on a lot of people not to notice this. So shady, wonât be going back
*edit to clarify our bill was for my family of 4, but we were part of a group of 15 people
I recently ordered some barbecue in the bustling metropolis of Louisa, Virginia. A little backstoryâI used to date a waitress, so Iâve seen how hard they work and have no issue tipping, especially when someone goes above and beyond.
Fast forward to yesterday. I phoned in a pickup order for a work function the next day: four pounds of barbecue at $20 a pound, plus two 12-ounce bottles of sauce at $12 each. After taxes, the total was pushing $120.
I showed up the next day on time, and they had forgotten my order. I ended up waiting 30 minutes while they prepared it, and I was the only person in the restaurant. Then, after all that, I was asked how much gratuity I wanted to add.
Seriously? Iâm driving there, picking up the food at the counterâlateâand carrying it back to my truck. The only interaction is someone handing me an aluminum pan of barbecue and two small bottles of sauce. I didnât leave any tip.
Got a haircut last week. Just a trim. I was planning to tip $5.
Then I looked at the receipt. There was a $3 “wellness fee” added. I asked what that was for.
The receptionist just smiled and said nothing.
Then the tablet asked for a tip. Options started at 18%.
So let me do the math. $25 haircut. Plus $3 wellness fee. Plus 18% tip on the $28 total. That’s about $5 more. So now I’m paying $33 for a $25 haircut.
I tipped 15% on the original $25 before the fee. So $3.75. And I left.
I’m not mad at the hairstylist. She did a good job. I’m mad that places keep adding random fees and then still asking for a full tip like nothing happened.
Went to lunch with my son. It is a local sit down burger place with servers. Burgers were $12 for a plain, ordinary burger. I ordered a plain burger and my son ordered a Swiss mushroom burger for $16. We also had drinks and fries. Total bill before tip was around $45.
I found the bun too big so wanted to just eat the meat. No silverware so I asked the server for a fork. He jokingly said forks were $50 and laughed. Then I had to ask for Ketchup. Drinks werenât refilled without our asking. When we were ready for the bill, he brought over the handheld and I watched him touch the 25% tip button. Options were 20%, 22%, and 25%. I looked at him as he smiled, seeming proud of his boldness. I selected âotherâ and changed the tip to $3.00. I tipped based on his low level of effort. I wonder how many people donât notice his trick and just go with the 25%.
Went to pick up a couple pizzas at Dominos. Ordered and paid online using Apple Pay. The previous few locations I have been to just handed me my order and that was it. This time i got the âjust need you to sign somethingâ comment. She hands me the receipt paper with lines for a tip. I commented that I never had to sign when using Apple Pay before and she didnât say a word. She watched as i wrote 0 on the tip line and then I took a picture of the copy in case of any discrepancy down the road. She sulked back to work and gave me a pathetic sounding âhave a good nightâ Since I was the delivery driver I gave myself a tip.
In my recent trip to the MGM. A bartender followed us onto the casino floor and demanded to know why I didnt tip.
In Nevada bartenders get a full minimum wage, so any expecations for tips have zero justification. The bartender said they still expect tips but could not proivde an underlying reason why besides his status as a bartender.
I shared this unpleasant expereince with the manager upon checkout. Today I received an email apology from the casino, they refunded the entire transaction!
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