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>I would love to see the cultural expectation for tipping disappear As a former bartender with lots of friends and family still in the industry, I respectfully

>I would love to see the cultural expectation for tipping disappear As a former bartender with lots of friends and family still in the industry, I respectfully disagree. Tipping creates patronage. In the right bar/restaurant, you can create regulars who specifically tip you inordinate amounts based on your ability to provide them with reliable, high quality service. My significant other recently visited their home country in Europe where tipping does not exist, and was (to put it a bit colorfully) disgusted with the poor quality of service from each and every bar/cafe/restaurant that they went to. Tipping creates an incentive if done right.

tarotuser 4y ago
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/18/i-dare-you-to-read-this-and-still-feel-ok-about-tipping-in-the-united-states/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/18/i-dar... > Studies have shown that tipping is not an effective incentive for performance in servers. It also creates an environment in which people of color, young people, old people, women, and foreigners tend to get worse service than white males. In a tip-based system, nonwhite servers make less than their white peers for equal work. Consider also the power imbalance between tippers, who are typically male, and servers, 70 percent of whom are female, and consider that the restaurant industry generates five times the average number of sexual harassment claims per worker. And that in many instances employers have allegedly misused tip credits, which let owners pay servers less than minimum wage if tipping makes up the difference.
- korroziya 4y ago
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tastyfreeze 4y ago
There are times when I tip to say thank you, particularly if I am a regular. The problem I have is with the cultural expectation that you must tip 15%. If you dont you are shamed as a cheapskate or someone that doesn't care for the plight of the "under paid" server. I don't think that removing the expectation to tip removes people's generosity.
dfxm12 4y ago
I was just in a country where tipping doesn't exist and it was amazing. People just did their job and gave the same great service to everyone, not just their regulars.

tarotuser 4y ago

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/18/i-dare-you-to-read-this-and-still-feel-ok-about-tipping-in-the-united-states/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/18/i-dar... > Studies have shown that tipping is not an effective incentive for performance in servers. It also creates an environment in which people of color, young people, old people, women, and foreigners tend to get worse service than white males. In a tip-based system, nonwhite servers make less than their white peers for equal work. Consider also the power imbalance between tippers, who are typically male, and servers, 70 percent of whom are female, and consider that the restaurant industry generates five times the average number of sexual harassment claims per worker. And that in many instances employers have allegedly misused tip credits, which let owners pay servers less than minimum wage if tipping makes up the difference.

korroziya 4y ago
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tastyfreeze 4y ago

There are times when I tip to say thank you, particularly if I am a regular. The problem I have is with the cultural expectation that you must tip 15%. If you dont you are shamed as a cheapskate or someone that doesn't care for the plight of the "under paid" server. I don't think that removing the expectation to tip removes people's generosity.

dfxm12 4y ago

I was just in a country where tipping doesn't exist and it was amazing. People just did their job and gave the same great service to everyone, not just their regulars.