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I was totally fine with tipping for 30 years of my life until I recently encountered a gas station checkout with a tip prompt. I heard Captain Picard in my head
by jsz0 4y ago
I was totally fine with tipping for 30 years of my life until I recently encountered a gas station checkout with a tip prompt. I heard Captain Picard in my head telling me the line must be drawn here. Now I only tip at dine in restaurants where I eat often and generally the bare minimum because of the inflation of base menu prices. I am not paying anyone $25 to bring me food and drinks.
Incidentally I've known plenty of people over the years who have worked in food service who never seemed to be lacking in cash for drugs, big car payments, expensive clothes. If just one sucker is willing to tip you 15% once per hour you're doing fine. If you're going home with hundreds of easily tax evadible dollars in your pocket at the end of the day stop complaining to me.
- xboxnolifes 4y agoWhat tipped me over the edge on my acceptance of tipping culture, was seeing a tip screen pop up on a display after paying at what was essentially a local fast-food place. What service am I tipping here for? That I liked the 1 minute I talked to worker? When I was younger, It made sense to me to tip housekeeping if you make a small ask of them, or to tip a service worker if you make a request outside the norm; you're asking more of them than most people after all, and you want to add some grease. But what is with tipping for doing the standard of exchanging money for goods and services?