Took us 30 minutes to seat us when the restaurant was half empty, 15 minutes to come and take our orders, and almost a whole hour to bring out 1 side + 2 burgers. Didn't refill our empty water glasses, or in fact check in on us at all throughout the entire meal. What confuses me is that the place was not busy at all. Tip is not a right. If you don't deserve tip, you don't deserve it.
Isn’t that the restaurant’s job? Wtf
This would 100% make me tip 0% no matter what.
Saw on a server page.
This place was terrible. Slow service, overcooked food, and a server that didn’t remember my drink until I had to remind her twice for it. She also couldn’t get anyone’s orders straight and had to redo the checks twice.
Then we had to tip an extra 20% per person because it was included on the bill and it wasn’t disclosed until after the checks came.
I don't use rideshare much so maybe this is more normal than I know of. We had about a 25 minute drive from the airport to a hotel last night. The ride was silent until about 2 minutes before we arrived. The driver then asked me out of the blue, "how much did this ride cost you?" and I told him it was 35.00. He then opened his app and showed me he was only getting paid 16.00. He then started griping about how lyft rips it's drivers off and is a horrible company. I wanted to respond with, "you need to preach to them, not me". Being pissed off I said well, 16.00 for a 25 minute drive is almost 40.00 per hour which is a great pay rate. I know there is more to it than that, he has gas etc. but the fact he is complaining to me about the fact he works for a horrible company and was tying to guilt me into a bigger tip was frustrating.
Ordered a pizza to pick up from Pizza Hut. Since no one was waiting on me I didn’t see a reason to tip when I paid online.
Got to the store to pick up and she slides me a keypad. “Since you didn’t tip when you ordered, you get another chance.”
I asked “For what? I didn’t have a table or waiter or any cleanup. I did it all myself”
She replied, “yeah, you can choose no tip”
Ya think?!
Can someone explain to me (a non-US citizen) why a tip is a percentage of the total bill? Is bringing me my 75 USD steak more work than bringing me an 11.50 USD sandwich and should therefore be rewarded with more dollars?
18% operation charge at the JW Marriott in Miami
Not that I would have a huge problem hitting zero if the service was bad.. But- they also angle it and sometimes it is visible to the whole table! lets say you are out at dinner with some clients , friends, a date, people who you don't want to let see you tip zero or less than "what is standard". and you kind of are stuck at that point. (Lets not get into, why do you care what others think, I don't but just the way everyone is brainwashed to tip you will definitely be judged).
Any solutions to this? Has anyone requested a traditional receipt with pen if they encounter this? Do they accomodate that? What reason can one give?
I guess paying cash is one option but I do like to maximize my CC points plus I typically do not carry much cash.
Any ideas?
I scheduled a ride for tomorrow morning and this just popped up. Why on earth would I tip before the service?!
Went to a coffee chain mid afternoon bc my daughter wanted it (not my preference). No line. But I watched NINE employees ignore us at the counter for several minutes (not even a hi, I’ll be with you shortly). Eventually took our order, never asked for my name, never made it clear when the order was ready.
I pay in cash and sometimes leave some change in the tip jar. But 9 employees ignoring the customer? No. Just no tip.
So there’s 2 Chinese buffets I go to close to where I live and I’ve had experiences with both of them. The first one I’ve considered not going to anymore because they single me out for putting an automatic gratuity on my bill (this happens randomly and not every time I go) because I don’t tip and when I ask they lie and say they do it to everyone when I know they don’t. And they don’t have any signage advising guests that they might do that. The second place is not as egregious except whenever I pay with a card they always emphasize the tip and total space above the receipt signature. One time they did it and I responded by saying “so for no tip I just sign right” and the lady grudgingly said yes.
I’m glad I found this thread!
The other day, I went to a self-serve frozen yogurt shop. The only thing the cashier had to do was weigh my bowl and offer me a spoon. Their POS asks for a tip immediately as the cashier stares at you with puppy dog eyes.
I’m not going to be rude to service workers but I clicked zero. I also thought, the cashier is doing exactly what her employer is already paying her for: to cashier. In our one minute interaction, she didn’t do anything special to deserve a tip.
It’s 👏🏻 a 👏🏻 self 👏🏻 serve 👏🏻 shop! If anything I SHOULD be the one getting the tip. 😡
Just returning from a 2 week trip to Portugal and it was so pleasant not to worry about tipping. The service at every restaurant was great and there was no expectation of a tip. When closing the tab they don’t even give you an option to leave a tip. Just tap and go.
Wish we had that in the US. I cannot t understand why we continue to subsidize businesses thru tipping when that should be part of the bill. I would not mind restaurants raising prices but this tipping has to end as it has gotten out of control in very the past 5-10 years.
Hi all,
I've been enlightened by this subreddit and am inching towards the #EndTipping movement. This weekend I was playing a local golf course. For those that are unaware, after your round of golf, the carts are often wet, grassy, and muddy, so you drop them off in a spot where they get hosed down once you are done playing.
I was pulling up to the cart drop-off, and there was a big poster sign "Tips Greatly Appreciated" or some variation thereof. I understand golf is an expensive sport but considering I paid $18 PER PERSON in cart fees ($36 for 1 cart), I would expect the employees to not try to guilt me into tipping even more. What should I tip you for cleaning a cart I already used, and it takes 30 seconds with a hose? This is getting a bit ridiculous. Don't even get me started on the people that wipe down your clubs for 10 seconds and expect a tip.
Anyways, small rant over, wanted to get thoughts on this as I was waiting to post here since I left the course.
I admittedly feel guilty not tipping at a sit down restaurant but I don’t agree with the pre set 18%. Went to tip 10% and accidentally hit 0.1%. I think this proved there’s nothing to fear and I’m not tipping going forward…
Went to the opening weekend of the Vegas shows. Friday I stopped by the pop-up shop to get a sweatshirt and The cashier tried to get a tip from me. For what? Ringing my overpriced mdse?
She literally said, “if you want to show me some love…” and then the 20% preset tip screen showed up.
F that. No thank you.