You didn't tip for X in 2003 or 2013 -- should you tip for X in 2023? (1 Viewer)

[buzd]

It needs to be completely done away along with $2 dollar wages.

Service industry is something Europe has done leagues better than US (and there are a lot of reasons for that that I won't get into, but it makes the whole transaction so much more pleasant).

 

[texasjefe]

I'm reading posts here and correlating whether the poster donates to SR.com or not.

Open your hearts and wallets people.

 

[Merl]

I've seen a couple machines where there was no option for "no tip", and a few more where 20% was the lowest option

I doubt I would ever go there again.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Based on this cartoon from the Funny Memes thread:

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

If employees need more money to survive, ask for a raise, or get a new career.

 

[Doug B]

At least with coffee ... the tip should be cheap-ish. Seemed it wasn't that long ago you'd pay $2-something for an ordinary coffee and everyone was fine with you dropping the change into a jar. Even at Starbucks, PJs, etc.

I bet in 2023 ... baristas look dimly at coin-change tips. Of course, the floor for regular 'ol drip coffee is probably what these days? $4.00? I mean at places where they call staff 'baristas' (so not IHOP, Shoney's, Denny's, etc.).

 

[Icon]

Who remembers Brees getting roasted by some for tipping 3 bucks on a to-go order 10 years ago? i.e....very much in a pre-COVID world......plus when the dollar had a bit more value...

While some of us were probably looking around at the time like..."well damn, have i EVER tipped on a to-go order?" Not gonna say I *never* did prior to COVID, but on the rare times it happened, it would be something like the cost of everything was 18 and change......hand them a 20....and drop the buck and change into their tip jar near the cash register.

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

I am more likely to tip on a non-traditional transaction (take-out, etc) if I am in New Orleans. Keep the dollars circulating in the local economy.

Once I'm across the Parish line you'll get nothing and like it.

 

[Optimus Prime]

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

At least with coffee ... the tip should be cheap-ish. Seemed it wasn't that long ago you'd pay $2-something for an ordinary coffee and everyone was fine with you dropping the change into a jar. Even at Starbucks, PJs, etc.

we STRONGLY ENCOURAGED service industry to go to work during a global pandemic- huge paradigm shift

 

[Doug B]

we STRONGLY ENCOURAGED service industry to go to work during a global pandemic- huge paradigm shift

Who's "we"? And what's an air-tight definition of "service industry"?

 

[staphory]

I assume plumbers, electricians, painters, service technicians, etc fall under "transactional services". There was 1 that got me when I went to pay for a new water heater, the total was $3300 and there was a tip line with 10% recommended. A $330 tip? I gave the 2 guys $20 each.

We also tip the lady that cuts our hair.

$3300 for a water heater? Wow!

 

[Optimus Prime]

we STRONGLY ENCOURAGED service industry to go to work during a global pandemic- huge paradigm shift

I will say that I did increase my tip amount during the pandemic

 

[Doug B]

Additionally: The "tip-line on the iPad" thing precedes the pandemic. Not by a lot -- earliest adopters were around 2017-18 and there wasn't enough critical mass to make it into comics and memes.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Who's "we"? And what's an air-tight definition of "service industry"?

*waves hands generally*
*continues general waving*