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I'm sorry, but the US tipping culture as a whole is nuts. (I'm Russian who lurks in the English-speaking segment of the internet way too much)

genocidicbunny 3y ago
Some of us are starting to wake up and open our eyes though. I've personally stopped tipping in most places I go to. I might leave 10% at a high-end restaurant with really good service, but in general I leave a very minimal tip at sit-down restaurants, and pretty much never leave any tip for any sort of takeout/counter service. I know the wait staff see that and think I'm an asshole, and I don't care. I'm fine with being an asshole to avoid getting fleeced, and I've not yet had any issues with service, even on return visits.
- theoldlove 3y ago
  I think we all agree that tipping sucks, but it’s the world we live in (in the US at least). Wantonly refusing to tip waitstaff just means you’re Mr. Pink,[1] and I don’t think anyone wants to be Mr. Pink. [1]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4sTSIYzDIk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4sTSIYzDIk
  - osti 3y ago
    He's the only one that lived at the end of the movie if I recall correctly, so everyone would want to be mr Pink? His rant also convinced other people on that table because there was no flaw in his reasoning.
  - genocidicbunny 3y ago
    Where I live, waitstaff are paid the same minimum wage as every other worker, there's no tipped vs non-tipped dichotomy here. The way I see it, if all you did as waitstaff for me, was bring me glass of water, take my order using your tablet where you just tapped a few buttons, and then finally brought out the plate of food...I don't see how that deserves much consideration. Sure, if I go to a nice restaurant, and the waiter chats me up, figures out what I like, suggests some dishes, does some non-standard stuff to make my experience at the restaurant memorable -- I will tip that. But if all you're doing as a waiter in my locale is tapping a few buttons on your POS handheld and then later bringing over a couple of plates, I don't see that as being worth much of a tip.
inglor_cz 3y ago
Czechs think so, too. Rounding up to the closest convenient monetary value is fine (like 50 CZK from 47), but the US rules could as well be from another planet. Everybody I know who visited the US was bewildered.
- patall 3y ago
  Well, you forget that in the US an item with prize 47 actually costs 52 because tax is also not included.
- grishka 3y ago
  Some people in Russia insist on tipping. They usually do it by leaving a 50 or 100-ruble note in the bill folder thing even if they paid by card. There's never any provision to tip with card in one go like in the US, it's always an extra, strictly optional step. Some places where you pay at the counter would have a tip jar, or even a small electronic device you tap your card on to tip a fixed amount. These are ignored by most people.

genocidicbunny 3y ago

Some of us are starting to wake up and open our eyes though. I've personally stopped tipping in most places I go to. I might leave 10% at a high-end restaurant with really good service, but in general I leave a very minimal tip at sit-down restaurants, and pretty much never leave any tip for any sort of takeout/counter service. I know the wait staff see that and think I'm an asshole, and I don't care. I'm fine with being an asshole to avoid getting fleeced, and I've not yet had any issues with service, even on return visits.

theoldlove 3y ago
I think we all agree that tipping sucks, but it’s the world we live in (in the US at least). Wantonly refusing to tip waitstaff just means you’re Mr. Pink,[1] and I don’t think anyone wants to be Mr. Pink. [1]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4sTSIYzDIk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4sTSIYzDIk
- osti 3y ago
  He's the only one that lived at the end of the movie if I recall correctly, so everyone would want to be mr Pink? His rant also convinced other people on that table because there was no flaw in his reasoning.
- genocidicbunny 3y ago
  Where I live, waitstaff are paid the same minimum wage as every other worker, there's no tipped vs non-tipped dichotomy here. The way I see it, if all you did as waitstaff for me, was bring me glass of water, take my order using your tablet where you just tapped a few buttons, and then finally brought out the plate of food...I don't see how that deserves much consideration. Sure, if I go to a nice restaurant, and the waiter chats me up, figures out what I like, suggests some dishes, does some non-standard stuff to make my experience at the restaurant memorable -- I will tip that. But if all you're doing as a waiter in my locale is tapping a few buttons on your POS handheld and then later bringing over a couple of plates, I don't see that as being worth much of a tip.

inglor_cz 3y ago

Czechs think so, too. Rounding up to the closest convenient monetary value is fine (like 50 CZK from 47), but the US rules could as well be from another planet. Everybody I know who visited the US was bewildered.

patall 3y ago
Well, you forget that in the US an item with prize 47 actually costs 52 because tax is also not included.
grishka 3y ago
Some people in Russia insist on tipping. They usually do it by leaving a 50 or 100-ruble note in the bill folder thing even if they paid by card. There's never any provision to tip with card in one go like in the US, it's always an extra, strictly optional step. Some places where you pay at the counter would have a tip jar, or even a small electronic device you tap your card on to tip a fixed amount. These are ignored by most people.