Has “Tipping” Culture Gone Too Far?
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Tip fatigue, yeah, it’s in fact in the country. Here’s the story, Americans are tipping less than they have in years. They say frustration with rising menu prices and ubiquitous tip prompts lead to a six year low. average tip at full service restaurants dropped to 19.3 % for three months. Okay, I hate to say it but.
You did it to yourselves. You did it to yourselves. Yeah, I’m someone that spent a long time, many, many, many years working in the service industry, bartending, waiting tables, and I consider myself a pretty good tipper. But stop insulting us, would you please? I’m minding all my own business, sir. I need to go get myself a bottle of water. I’m at the University of North.
Carolina, my son’s lacrosse game, then I go to get myself a bottle of water by myself, pull it out of the cooler. College kid just sitting there, really doing nothing, you know, on the phone. I go to pay for this, no cash involved, and it prompted me for a tip.
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Are you kidding me? I’m gonna tip this kid that’s sitting there? Another example, and again, this is new to me. I went to a very good restaurant, had two lines for tips. I had a line for tips for the wait staff and also tips for the kitchen staff. What? What did I do? I knew what I was gonna tip and I divvied it up.
I divvied it up. I’m supposed to go to restaurant and I’m supposed to, what am I supposed to, what is that 40 %? What?
Yeah, another thing is, is that when they automatically include the gratuity or they reserve the right to have a tip when as a party of X or more, let me tell what I used to do. We used to have that at the restaurant. was a party or six or more time. We rape, we could put 18 % on the check. I never did that. Never. I always bet on myself.
I always say, hey, I’m not going to add a tip on here. The service that I give is going to be so damn good. They’re going to want to tip me. And this is obviously decades ago, a lot more than 18%. And quite frankly, that’s just how I did it. Choices you have to make. And yeah, people are getting sick and tired of crap. Nonsensical fees that you’re putting on the bill for health services, whatever it may be. What did you think was going to happen?
You know, at some point in time, you got to make some semblance out of this. One more thing. OK, so tip to you people at the restaurant business. Your tips are down when you hand somebody the little, you know, toast thing. That’s what the point of sale companies, you come to the table with a little computer and you hand it over to them and you turn your back. This is the new thing because a person signing for it right there. The default setting for a tip.
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Shouldn’t be 30%, shouldn’t be 25%, shouldn’t be said anywhere.
shouldn’t be set anywhere. You should have let us decide based upon your service. Little tip fatigue, little tip tips. Watchdogonwallstreet.com.
