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On tipping: Try giving a tip to people not regularly receiving one e.g the “Dönnerperson”. Since tips are non obligatory these people usually are extremely happ
by niemandhier 2y ago
On tipping:
Try giving a tip to people not regularly receiving one e.g the “Dönnerperson”. Since tips are non obligatory these people usually are extremely happy about it.
In tested the hypothesis that Dönner is larger when visiting a place where I tipped before and measured 10%-15% increase in weight ( 5 places, 3 Döner each, weight difference between fist and third).
- onetoo 2y agoNot from Berlin, but I imagine it is similar: It is usually the case that the more shady your "kebab pusher" is, the more delicious the kebab is. If the sign says one price, the cashier says a second, and the cash register says a third? You've found the best kebab in town.
- anal_reactor 2y ago> Try giving a tip No. Tipping is bullshit and you won't convince me otherwise. When I go a restaurant I want to have a nice experience, not deal with a pushy waiter begging me for a tip like a Syrian refugee begging for a coin because he hasn't eaten in days. "But if I tip I get a bigger kebab" yes, and you ruin the experience for everyone else because you teach service providers that displaying one price but actually charging another is a good business practice. If you want a bigger kebab, why don't you just pick it from the menu?
- mrmlz 2y agoThey should give me a discount for being well behaved in their restaurant. Tipping culture is horrible.
- anal_reactor 2y agoExactly! "The customer didn't smear shit on the wall - 10% discount"
- LargoLasskhyfv 2y agoNosedive into the Black Mirror! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive_(Black_Mirror) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive_(Black_Mirror)
- kwanbix 2y agoA Döner costs betwen 5 and 10. If you tip between 1 or 2 euros, you are paying about 20% more. So 10%~15% increase seems about expected at least mathematically. But still, do not promote tiping culture. It sucks.
- niemandhier 2y agoI can buy bigger, but it’s hard to buy better. Tipping people that don’t expect it makes them happy and well inclined. There is so many ways the quality of what you get can be modified: Is the meat fresh from the spit or is it already cut off at the plate below or even in the little box at the side ? Do you get the tomato slices from the from or the back? Hot sauce from the shelf or from the side stash? The funny thing is, it really only works if the tip makes you stand out positively. So, yes please don’t tip, so my little hack keeps working. Disclosure: I had the displeasure of being forced to work at a kebab Imbiss.
- kwanbix 2y agoI couldn’t disagree more. Tipping was originally meant as a nice gesture for exceptional service. But nowadays, specially in the US, it’s become a ‘tip because my boss is too cheap to pay me a fair wage’ situation. Don’t get me wrong—I love a lot about the US and have visited over 16 times, but tipping culture isn’t one of them. I remember one visit back around 1990. We went for burgers, which arrived late, dry, and poorly made. We decided not to tip, but the owner or manager actually came outside to chase us down and ask for a tip for the server. Seriously, what?
- concerndc1tizen 2y agoThat's not a tip, that's a bribe.
- Ekaros 2y agoSo bribes work. I wonder if same would work with police in USA, slip them some money. Or maybe judge, in early hearing hand them envelope as tip for their services. Would that change the later outcomes of cases?
- ngalaiko 2y agoit’s called lobbying