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It's not about a few extra bucks, that's not the big issue with tipping. I would be completely fine if a service costed 30%-50% more if that meant the employees
by askafriend 9y ago
It's not about a few extra bucks, that's not the big issue with tipping. I would be completely fine if a service costed 30%-50% more if that meant the employees would get paid a decent wage.
The onus should be on the employers -- not on the employees and the customer to figure it out.
I hate tipping. The whole experience of it just sucks in every way. It doesn't bring joy to anyone. Both parties lose. The service provider constantly has to worry about tips and have no consistency in income. If they were paid a normal livable wage, then they wouldn't have to worry about this. For the customer, the whole process of purchasing a product is made more painful and more complicated - unnecessarily.
- snowwrestler 9y agoIt's literally tapping one extra button in the app UI. I'm really surprised at how hard this seems to people.
- ck425 9y agoHow do I know what to tip? How do I estimate before getting an uber how much it's going to cost? Tipping is the worst part of visiting the US. You go to restaurant and the menu for your meal says $x, but it's not $x, it's $x plus taxes plus tips. As a consumer I just want to know up front how much something is going to cost. No other country in the world makes this as ridiculously hard. And if you screw it up your "cheapskate".
- snowwrestler 9y agoThis thread is full of people who work in technology, who think of themselves as smart capable people, complaining bitterly about choosing between 15%, 20%, or 25% in an app. Just tap the middle option. You can't go wrong, and your driver will have a slightly better life than otherwise.
- askafriend 9y agoWhy not just increase prices by 30% and pay the driver more? That was it’s a better exper for everyone involved.