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US tipping culture is just awful. For anyone that comes with „yeah but you can show appreciation towards the servers“. When was the last time you tipped your pl

by emsy 5y ago

US tipping culture is just awful. For anyone that comes with „yeah but you can show appreciation towards the servers“. When was the last time you tipped your plumber, mechanic, cashier, programmer, nurse or lawyer?

1_player 5y ago
I live in Europe and I remember all the people I've tipped, which isn't many, because they went above and beyond to serve a customer. US-style peer pressured tipping is ridiculous and worse is people defending the practice. Just pay your damn employees better.
- vmception 5y ago
  Oh man, wait till you hear the rationale from workers that are recipients of tips! You almost want to sympathize and be convinced (or maybe you want to be intimate with the server that you're on a date with, which incentivizes being supportive) And then you realize they aren't educated enough to really have an objective opinion about the economics behind their predicament I've heard people saying to tip as high as 40% and not to go out to eat if you can't do that! haha, what a rip off, but then it illuminates how any percentage is just as arbitrary. Broken system that should be fixed. Also, many states do pay their wait staff a real wage but the consumer doesn't get to tell the difference, and is peer pressured into an amorphous American tipping culture.
bityard 5y ago
All the time? I don't tip every person I hire for every job, but if they go above and beyond somehow, I thank them for it in the form of a little extra cash or a gift card. Just recently, I hired a young man to rebuild my front porch, he did a great job and got it done fast, so I padded out his check out by 10%. When my father was dying of alzheimer's, we made a point of giving $100 gift cards during the holiday to the 3 or 4 nurses who treated him like a person instead of a job.
ivanche 5y ago
This is definitely cultural but also personal issue. I regularly tip cashiers, nurses (usually in the form of chocolate or some small gift), car mechanic, hair dresser, programmers (as in monthly donations to FLOSS) etc.

by emsy 5y ago

1_player 5y ago

I live in Europe and I remember all the people I've tipped, which isn't many, because they went above and beyond to serve a customer. US-style peer pressured tipping is ridiculous and worse is people defending the practice. Just pay your damn employees better.

vmception 5y ago
Oh man, wait till you hear the rationale from workers that are recipients of tips! You almost want to sympathize and be convinced (or maybe you want to be intimate with the server that you're on a date with, which incentivizes being supportive) And then you realize they aren't educated enough to really have an objective opinion about the economics behind their predicament I've heard people saying to tip as high as 40% and not to go out to eat if you can't do that! haha, what a rip off, but then it illuminates how any percentage is just as arbitrary. Broken system that should be fixed. Also, many states do pay their wait staff a real wage but the consumer doesn't get to tell the difference, and is peer pressured into an amorphous American tipping culture.

bityard 5y ago

All the time? I don't tip every person I hire for every job, but if they go above and beyond somehow, I thank them for it in the form of a little extra cash or a gift card. Just recently, I hired a young man to rebuild my front porch, he did a great job and got it done fast, so I padded out his check out by 10%. When my father was dying of alzheimer's, we made a point of giving $100 gift cards during the holiday to the 3 or 4 nurses who treated him like a person instead of a job.

ivanche 5y ago

This is definitely cultural but also personal issue. I regularly tip cashiers, nurses (usually in the form of chocolate or some small gift), car mechanic, hair dresser, programmers (as in monthly donations to FLOSS) etc.