@Professor42
Professor Z
@Professor42 · 3:17

Tipping In America

Different and I may have a different opinion from most simply because of friends that I have and have had that have worked in the service industry as either drivers that rely on tips or waitresses that rely on tips. My thoughts are that you should tip in other countries. They don't have tipping. It is essentially you pay for your meal and they are paid the waitress or the driver or the service person, if you want to use that title is paid from their job, you do not get tips

What are your thoughts on tipping?

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@finnave
Finley Ave
@finnave · 2:23
Yes, they might have had a shady day and I also would feel bad if that was the case, but maybe they're just rude to their customers all around and that's going to be their queue to either start trying to connect a little more and be kinder or to look for another job that does pay them a living wage. And I do pay the servers that I can see that effort and attentiveness and just the kindness like they want to be there
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@Taylor
Taylor J
@Taylor · 2:59
And of course, you go to places like Europe where you don't tip. As professor 42 said, these are places that tend to just take care of each other in a bit more efficient and meaningful ways. And so the employers are able to pay an appropriate amount of money because they have all of these other services available to them, services that we don't necessarily have. Health care is a big one
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@Phil
phil spade
@Phil · 3:10

Origins? @Professor42 Also the tip % is not logical

And that's not always the case. I waited tables, and the couple that's celebrating an anniversary that buys a very nice bottle of wine but wants to be left alone, it's a lot different than that table at six that is just ordering waters and sending all their food back three times into the kitchen. It's just but the tipping culture will say no. The couple that you barely even acknowledged and waited on, they owe you much more money than the people that put you through
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@Professor42
Professor Z
@Professor42 · 1:48

@Phil

Hey there Phil. Thank you for your response. I did want to respond to your response and I think you make up you have some very good points and these are some of the things that I think about myself. Typically, I don't really follow exactly 20% all the time. I would say that that is 99% of the time. But if I do get a waitress or a person that is just extremely rude, the service is terrible
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@barbarakb
Barbara KB
@barbarakb · 3:25

so many tipping questions!!

And in particular, sort of answer Phil's thing of when you're in a lower expense restaurant, then I really make sure I tip 20%. But even in the higher end restaurant, that's a professor to me, those guys get 20%. So there's that. So I don't have a problem with it. In a restaurant. That's just part of the culture where I'm struggling is with carry out and with people bringing food to my home delivery
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@barbarakb
Barbara KB
@barbarakb · 1:23

🇺🇸

So because we are annoying Americans often when we travel, let me tell you, the tipping thing takes the edge off of the service industry in Europe. So this sort of Europe doesn't do tipping is not true for us Americans. So just putting that out there, the rest of Europeans themselves may not tip each other. And I completely understand that the infrastructure is better for employees and whatnot. But as Americans, yeah, we're expected to tip
@Professor42
Professor Z
@Professor42 · 4:08

@barbarakb Thank you for your response. Here's an idea for you

I don't look at people such as servants. It is their job to serve you per se if they are in fact a server or a waitress. However, there's for the most part an understanding of how these jobs work and they do rely on tips. So I think the best way of doing it would probably be to just tip based on how you felt the service was. And obviously that tipping percentage is going to change
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@Professor42
Professor Z
@Professor42 · 1:09

@barbarakb follow up to tipping in Europe

But she has advised that, hey, if you are visiting Europe, tip anyway because your service the people that when you do tip in Europe because it's not expected your service goes from average to exceptional, they will go out of their way to make sure that you're happy because you have tipped know there's a possibility that you're going to tip more. So I did want to add that you Ave absolutely right. And again, thank you for your response
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@barbarakb
Barbara KB
@barbarakb · 4:33

@Professor42

If it was so awful, then they spilled stuff all over you and didn't apologize or they told you to go f*** yourself or something. Okay, maybe then you give them 15% but you have to tip. You just do. And if you can't afford to tip yeah, I am one of those if you can't afford to tip then you've picked too expensive restaurant go to burger King go through the drive through there that's why burger King exists
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@barbarakb
Barbara KB
@barbarakb · 2:19

@Professor42 🇷🇺!!

It's the French and it's just service industry in the Europe and other parts of the world, but in particular in Europe, seeing their service industry as a profession and as a trade. And it's something that you are trained for and a part of. And it's a whole class system. It's a whole trade system. I get it. I completely get it. I understand. It doesn't mean the service is any better, though. Let's make one thing very clear
@Professor42
Professor Z
@Professor42 · 3:14

@barbarakb

Thank you for your response once more. Yeah, that is in regards to the tipping, the way I came up with that suggestion is because I typically did that. I was the person that have tried to refuse tips multiple times and customers would actually get upset. Customers would be like you're insulting me now because I'm trying to pay you for the service you provide. And so I've had some interactions where people were like take this tip, I'm not asking, I'm telling you
@bowie
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 4:49

Tipping systems allow abuse of power & inequity to thrive

But servers are often the ones who have to deal with the social repercussions and behavior often negative behavior from customers who are unhappy. And it also directly impacts their pay, even when they're not responsible for what's happening. And I think because of that, I feel kind of a moral obligation to always take 20% or more
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@Phil
phil spade
@Phil · 3:15

So many unknowns! Do apps deliver the tips to the drivers/workers?

The person that gave me outstanding service, I'm tipping them. I don't want to tip everybody else. I have no idea if they are actually good or not or they're living off the kindness of the server that I have just a lot of questions to be asking about every single different facet of the tipping industry. But the big one I have for myself is when I'm ordering through an app. Either an Uber or a food delivery service
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@bowie
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 4:53

@Phil Collaboration & rising costs

So if you got really unlucky and had a really difficult table that just left a total mess, we're incredibly needy and particular and you couldn't do anything to make them happy, and then they left you like less than a 10% tip that wasn't going to ruin your entire day. And the other servers were more willing to help you out because your success is their success. And I think that that says a lot
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Swell Team
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@carissa
Carissa Pike
@carissa · 1:48

My experience with tipping

And sometimes these people would tip minimally, which was definitely a problem for me because I was only being paid by the restaurant, like three or $4 an hour, which is not sustainable. So I was definitely relying on these tips to earn my income. So I definitely think that tipping is very important, and you should treat people with respect in that aspect. And I really pike the point you spade about Janitors and other people doing jobs that most people wouldn't want to do
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