r/facepalm 'MURICA Aug 28 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ i'm speechless

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u/branded Aug 28 '24

Mate... Tipping for anything is fucken stupid.

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u/HairyArthur Aug 28 '24

Mandatory tipping is stupid.

Voluntary tipping is fine.

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u/Conscious-Fix1715 Aug 28 '24

Actually, yes.

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u/Doctor__Hammer Aug 28 '24

There’s no such thing as mandatory tipping. If it’s mandatory they have to display it as part of the price.

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u/Luwuci-SP Aug 28 '24

"Compulsory tipping" work better for you?

Tip:_________

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u/Luwuci-SP Aug 29 '24

Can you believe it? They stiffed me...

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u/Doctor__Hammer Aug 29 '24

(just the tip)

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u/Final-Zebra-6370 Aug 28 '24

I can’t accept tips, because it’s a bribe.

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u/HairyArthur Aug 28 '24

How? If you tip a waiter after they've done their job, all wrapped up and finished, how do you benefit? It's not like they're going to remember you the next time you come in. They see hundreds of faces a day.

I've no idea if you're a waiter, but that's the example.

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u/Live_Worker_8056 Aug 28 '24 edited Aug 28 '24

It's not a bribe, but the benefit is recieving better, more prompt service if a tip is on the line. Waitstaff often does remember patrons. I'm not condoning it, just explaining

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u/Top-Camera9387 Aug 28 '24

One leads to the other, so no.

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u/RJ_MacreadysBeard Aug 28 '24

Even though its demeaning.

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u/HairyArthur Aug 28 '24

If you want to voluntarily give me money for doing my job, be my guest.

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u/NinjaBr0din Aug 28 '24

Do t worry, here in the US we are doing it right. We are getting basked to leave tips when we use self serve kiosks and pay our fucking rent. Everyone expects a tip these days here. Pretty sure within the next few years the god damn emergen services will be expecting tips.

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u/Jimbodoomface Aug 28 '24 edited Aug 28 '24

That self serve kiosk might have a family of little calculators to feed.

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u/angusshangus Aug 28 '24

Underrated comment

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u/RJ_MacreadysBeard Aug 28 '24

I want you to tip my Buy Me a Coffee account for reading your post and thinking about upvoting it which depends on the tip.

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '24

What happens if you decline?

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u/Royal-Organization16 Aug 28 '24

I went bowling a few months ago and the guy literally just rang me up and got me shoes. When I paid at the end, it had a section for tip and the lowest suggested was 18%. F that! I'm not tipping you for handing me a pair of shoes. It's so out of control here

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u/NinjaBr0din Aug 28 '24

Right? I've had it pop up on the square readers you have to use at conventions, like no I already paid you $10 for the stupid 3d printed axolotl that cost you 12¢ to print, I am not tipping you an extra 20%.

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u/CollegeMiddle6841 Aug 28 '24

That is due to greed of the employers. Instead of paying employees a fair wage they pass the responsibility on to the customer, sickening.

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u/Torontogamer Aug 28 '24

Just wait a little longer for the supreme court's decision that 'gratuites' after the fact are not bribes, and then EVERYONE can start putting their hands out!

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u/RobsHondas Aug 28 '24

100%. What's the point of having prices?

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u/RJ_MacreadysBeard Aug 28 '24

Because they’re poor and we need to reinforce that by throwing a little money at them. /s

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '24

Idk, I used to be a loader for orders for contractors and after hauling 20+ 80lbs of cement mix into trucks for one customer it always made it feel a little better when they’d slip you a 20 or something. I was paid well so it’s not like we ever expected tips, but just sayin. It shouldn’t be compulsory it should be something reserved for when someone has done above and beyond work imho

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u/PhaseNegative1252 Aug 28 '24

Excuse you , I always tip my tattoo artist. I don't need to, I want to.

That's how it should be. It shouldn't be needed by the employee, but be an optional offer from the customer

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u/da_impaler Aug 28 '24

Why would you want to tip someone who is their own boss? They set prices already to factor in their costs of doing business and the profit they seek. You say you want to but why? Because that’s what everyone does?

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u/PhaseNegative1252 Aug 28 '24

Because they did a damn good job and provided excellent service during my appointment?

You might a well ask why people tip anyone.

You say you want to but why?

Because I want to. Because I think the employee who helped or served me had earned it through their work. I don't give a shit if other people tip or not. If I think someone deserves it, I'm tipping them. End of.

It's a gratuity, not an obligation. If the service was poor, you get nothing. It's not my job to pay employee wages. My tip is supposed to be a bonus on top of the regular wages.

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u/da_impaler Aug 28 '24

Dude, you literally sit there or lay back while they do their job. What excellent service is involved? Do they hold your hand while you cry? A happy ending?

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u/PhaseNegative1252 Aug 28 '24

You've clearly never had a bad or new artist. I don't think you've even set foot inside a parlor.

I had a tattoo artist do exactly the design I gave, with no input, no artistic suggestions, just slap it on, needle up, "pay me." He got a small tip, since it is still something I cannot do myself, and the service was provided professionally, if not exceptionally.

My most recent artist talked design and placement with me, listened to what I wanted, and tattooed the design in stages so I could get a look and feel for it and I ultimately took one of his suggestions and couldn't be happier for it. The dude put incredible work in and over 2 years removed it still has incredibly fine detail with no need for touch-up. He got a good tip. I will go out of my way to book with him again, and I can practicality guarantee he'll get another great tip from me.

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u/sweetehman Aug 28 '24

see this is the crux of the vocally anti-tipping people: they’re generally rude assholes.

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u/GreysonsNani Aug 28 '24

In the US, that’s how most earn their living. Companies unfortunately don’t want to pay us a living wage.

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '24

Unionize and get rid of that shit.

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u/Live_Worker_8056 Aug 28 '24

Servers by and large want tipping, the opposition isn't coming from them

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u/Escher702 Aug 28 '24

It's better than saying "thank you."