There’s a small farmer’s market near me that has a tip jar aka “college fund” as per the label on said jar at their checkout. Then there’s a list of all of their summer employees along with the schools they go to right next to it. I know I’m being dramatic, but I find it to be exploitative and maybe instead of charging $25 for a pie they can pay their workers a bit more.
Yes, you referenced America in your comment so I assumed you were talking about America. The OP is pretty obviously talking about America, as well. Were you referring to another country when you said “in America?”
Out of hand? This is clearly a sit down restaurant lmao it's not like this was starbucks
Regardless of how you feel about tipping, you're in a foreign country. You need to understand and respect the customs of the country you're in unless you want to be seen as an asshole.
Explain to me why should I tip more if I order a $100 bottle of wine vs a $10 burger? At least with the burger the chef needs to make it from scratch but a waiter pouring me a glass deserves $20 tips? Which the tip itself is more expensive than my fucking burger?
Another example, a plate of pasta costs $10. The chef shreds some expensive truffle and suddenly it’s $50. Why should I tip based on the final price? The chef definitely didn’t put an extra $40 effort in serving me the same dish.
Can you see that the whole tipping system is a scam?
My point is that it's always been this way here. It's not "getting out of hand". Whether you agree with it or not, you can't expect to not look like an ass if you're blatantly going against the local culture of the country you're in.
"Oh shit I don't have any other talking points... quick bring up school shootings! Using dead children to claim moral high ground will really show them!"
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u/TheMizuMustFlow Aug 28 '24
The facepalm is that tipping in America has gotten out of hand and shouldn't be normalised?