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Why does tipping suck?
by slater 10y ago
Why does tipping suck?
- whistlerbrk 10y agoPeople shouldn't need to beg for money in order to have a stable income when they are already working regular hours. The cash flow problems it creates for individuals and the awkward social dance it makes is problematic for everyone. No one likes two prices, they want to know what they are paying ahead of time everything included, any extras/feeds/charges/gratuities make for a bad customer experience
- syntheticnature 10y agoWhile this the restaurant case, not the taxi case, it does give some useful overview aspects: http://jayporter.com/dispatches/observations-from-a-tipless-restaurant-part-1-overview/ http://jayporter.com/dispatches/observations-from-a-tipless-...
- Spooky23 10y agoIt makes people feel awkward. Plus some economic mumbo jumbo. Don't pay much mind, it's the HN hive mind trying to rationalize sympathy for underpaid drivers against the libertarian-ish notion that everyone is in a job like a full stack software engineer who can just walk off the job at will.
- dorfsmay 10y agoWhat job do you do? Would you be OK to have a shitty salary but the possibility to get a tip, for which you don't know the criteria and cannot participate in the negotiation?
- fernandotakai 10y agobecause people need to get fair wages instead of relying on tips. the only country i've visited that has tipping is the us. outside the us, people get paid fair salaries and tipping is done when the service is outstanding.
- ehmish 10y agoI prefer the cost of service to be up-front and clearly labeled, tipping obscures the cost