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Do you say that as a consumer, or an employee, or an employer? I am curious about which perspectives support tipping and which don't.

c0nducktr 11y ago
Consumer: Dislikes tipping Employer: Likes tipping Employee: Likes tipping
- zajd 11y ago
  Ask an employee who works in the kitchen
  - c0nducktr 11y ago
    I can definitely do that. One of my good friends used to work in the kitchen at Applebee's. What are you expecting me to hear from him?
    - rodgerd 11y ago
      An angry rant about how the front of house staff claim all the tips, or share them, at best, only grudgingly.
- InclinedPlane 11y ago
  Personally, as a consumer I like tipping. But only because it gives me a chance to pay a higher price than I normally would, and to preferentially support small businesses that I like. I could do that by buying more stuff, but tipping is somewhat easier and more direct. However, overall I think I'd prefer to see the end of tipping culture in America. There are too many downsides to it to justify the upside (which is effectively a kind of market segmentation / consumer surplus capture). For one, a lot of places allow different minimum wages for tipped positions, which is a very bad practice in my opinion and defeats the purpose of tipping. For another, tipping makes harassment (especially sexual harassment) of waitstaff by patrons a lot harder to combat. It also skews the income distribution between the waitstaff and the back of house staff. All of these things are bad verging on extremely bad. And they could be substantially improved by eliminating tipping. So even though I'll miss being able to be generous with a tip when I feel like it, I think it's time for the practice to be put out to pasture.
  - rwjwjuwjudf 11y ago
    I don't like tipping for those situations where it's unclear how much is appropriate, for instance grocery delivery at the supermarket says their employees won't take tips but then you talk to the delivery person and they say that it's bullshit, people tip anywhere from $1 to $50 at Christmas. What am I supposed to do? Tip a percentage of my groceries? That's ridiculous. Nobody on the receiving end will honestly tell you how much to tip, because they want you to overestimate it. But when it's clear what to do, like in restaurants and cabs, I'm happy to tip a percentage.
- Tideflat 11y ago
  Some employers dislike tipping because they can't control what percentage of the price of food goes towards paying the wait staff.

c0nducktr 11y ago

Consumer: Dislikes tipping Employer: Likes tipping Employee: Likes tipping

zajd 11y ago
Ask an employee who works in the kitchen
- c0nducktr 11y ago
  I can definitely do that. One of my good friends used to work in the kitchen at Applebee's. What are you expecting me to hear from him?
  - rodgerd 11y ago
    An angry rant about how the front of house staff claim all the tips, or share them, at best, only grudgingly.
InclinedPlane 11y ago
Personally, as a consumer I like tipping. But only because it gives me a chance to pay a higher price than I normally would, and to preferentially support small businesses that I like. I could do that by buying more stuff, but tipping is somewhat easier and more direct. However, overall I think I'd prefer to see the end of tipping culture in America. There are too many downsides to it to justify the upside (which is effectively a kind of market segmentation / consumer surplus capture). For one, a lot of places allow different minimum wages for tipped positions, which is a very bad practice in my opinion and defeats the purpose of tipping. For another, tipping makes harassment (especially sexual harassment) of waitstaff by patrons a lot harder to combat. It also skews the income distribution between the waitstaff and the back of house staff. All of these things are bad verging on extremely bad. And they could be substantially improved by eliminating tipping. So even though I'll miss being able to be generous with a tip when I feel like it, I think it's time for the practice to be put out to pasture.
- rwjwjuwjudf 11y ago
  I don't like tipping for those situations where it's unclear how much is appropriate, for instance grocery delivery at the supermarket says their employees won't take tips but then you talk to the delivery person and they say that it's bullshit, people tip anywhere from $1 to $50 at Christmas. What am I supposed to do? Tip a percentage of my groceries? That's ridiculous. Nobody on the receiving end will honestly tell you how much to tip, because they want you to overestimate it. But when it's clear what to do, like in restaurants and cabs, I'm happy to tip a percentage.
Tideflat 11y ago
Some employers dislike tipping because they can't control what percentage of the price of food goes towards paying the wait staff.