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You wouldn't normally tip a street vendor, that would be like tipping at McDonald's, which nobody does. You tip servers at sit-down restaurants, pizza delivery
by frosted-flakes 4y ago
You wouldn't normally tip a street vendor, that would be like tipping at McDonald's, which nobody does. You tip servers at sit-down restaurants, pizza delivery drivers, and barbers, not fast food. In other words, tip only if a tip is an incentive for good service, or in situations where tipping is common.
Just because the POS machine suggests a tip doesn't mean you should.
- listenallyall 4y ago> tipping at McDonald's, which nobody does This is the real tragedy. McDonald's employees suffer from every malady that justifies tipping waitstaff, or delivery drivers -- low wages, hard work, annoying/demanding customers, little control over their schedule, no autonomy -- but because they earn a base wage, tipping them seems inconceivable.
- kossTKR 4y agoI thought tipping was because server / pay in general is so low they need something extra "to survive", at least in some places? Confusing to european no matter what - here we get the image that "many working class people work multiple jobs to even pay rent so we better give them something extra because there is no safety net and no unions looking out for them".
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- Ekaros 4y agoWhy tip barbers? Shouldn't the price include everything automatically? Or is it some sort of tax evasion scheme that everyone is forced to participate in?
- vehementi 4y agoIt seems to be common in some places. Uncommon in others. Depends on the shop type too. Don't take that poster's word as universal uncontested truth
- frosted-flakes 4y agoPresumably because they're performing a highly personalized service, just waiters at sit-down restaurants. Really, food delivery drivers seem like the odd ones out. Why should they be tipped?
- Ekaros 4y agoSo does your accountant, lawyer, doctor and so on? Why not tip them as well?
- frosted-flakes 4y agoI don't have an answer for that. I don't like tipping culture, I'm just trying to make sense of it.