At a COSTCO-type store in the Philippines. The workers will help you carry your purchases to your car and help you load. To all other businesses out there demanding tips; take the hint. Take pride in providing a service and stop begging.
Went to a restaurant in NYC. Ordered via QR code. 20% gratuity added by default and then these aunts with a “c” have the nerve for addutional
tips!!
I went to lunch with my son at this buffet style restaurant where you pay by the pound. I didn’t take my receipt (dumb of me), but I remembered my total was $21. I went outside, sat down, and started eating. Then I checked my bank account and saw a $27 charge.
I went back inside and asked them, “Why did you charge me $27 when my order was $21?” He said, “Do you have your receipt?” I said, “No, you have it.” He then asked, “How much do I owe you back?” I said, “$7.” he handed me the money straight out the register with no questions asked.
I took my money and told them, “It’s not cool to steal from people,” and left.
Stop tipping and I promise you that if a restaurant wants to stay in business that owner will raise the menu prices and pay a decent wage to keep the good servers. 🙂
Okay, I need to rant about this because the irony is absolutely ridiculous.
While it may come across as cute and obviously meant to be funny, it is also kind of the perfect example of how tipping has gotten so normalized that we'll literally put a joke about money being evil on a tip jar...and expect people to put money in it.
Which is it? Is money evil, or am I supposed to cleanse myself by putting some in a jar? I know it's a joke and I'm not offended by the sign itself, but makes me stop and think how out of control tipping culture has gone from tipping for exceptional service, to being expected to tip almost everywhere you go. This time, with a clever little guilt trip attached to it.
If money is the root of all evil, maybe the tip jar is the first thing that needs cleansing 🙄
This is insane
I order a late-night treat, while my husband was sleeping. Dasher texted asking for additional tips, I didn’t see the message, and he decided to call at 1am
It went into spam lol I just noticed it about a month later. They quoted me a price and I paid. I would have never expected a tip request lol
Percentage-based ripping is ridiculous and I hate that it’s the norm. It’s for exceptional service. Every time I order a meal on Uber Eats or DoorDash, whatever delivery service, I always tip the same amount, and only when it’s delivered on time. (This is for single meals, not groceries.) no matter what I spend, there is the only one bag to grab. No matter if it is from a steakhouse in the city and a $200 plus order or a single taco from the local hole in the wall, that is five dollars. I of course will consider if there is a longer wait than expected for the Driver while food is prepared or delivery distance, etc.. but for the majority of orders, if it’s a routine pick up within a few miles, and only the one bag, I don’t see a need to tip on total check, especially when there is no actual restaurant service.
Today I am in a pinch, so I’m trying out Walmart+ and their delivery service today and they’re asking for a tip! This is a 900 BILLION dollar company. They can tip their own contractors and employees and almost not even notice a difference in their profits. Asking for a tip before service is complete is pure insanity too.
Edit: They brought the completely wrong item. I’m glad I didn’t tip.
Mine was when they started introducing tips everywhere for almost everything, subway, little ceasers pizza. A weed shop, vape shop, just a few examples and not only that but the % it often starts at 15% on the low or higher and goes up from there. To me that’s when tipping started to become out of control. Not only that but now many expect it instead of it being a little bonus for good service.
As the title says, I was reading a BuzzFeed article, “You ARE Being Ripped Off: 34 Mind-Blowing Industry Secrets That Employees Wish More People Knew About.”
And there it was at #8. I know that nobody here will be shocked. I prefer to make my own drinks at home.
“8. "Bartender here. We ALWAYS know which regulars don’t tip. There is a minimum and a maximum amount of alcohol we can put in your drink, so if you don’t tip, you definitely get the minimum! US laws basically say that it is the customer who is to pay us for the work we do for them. If you don’t pay me for the work I just did for you, I’m shaking your next margarita for about 2 seconds, if I shake it at all, and it will be mostly mixer with just enough tequila for you to taste it. If you do pay me, you’re going to get the best margarita you’ve ever had! So basically, always tip your bartenders and servers, especially if you go to the same place on a somewhat regular basis."
—Anonymous, 36, Kansas City”
Excerpt From
“"You ARE Being Ripped Off": 34 Mind-Blowing Industry Secrets That Employees Wish More People Knew About”
Abby Zinman
BuzzFeed
https://apple.news/AmlEziVhZQhqlcUsE\_BGSgw
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I wanted to share a story that frustrates me and my wife.
We both work 40+ hours a week and have a toddler. Needless to say, we don't have a lot of time to spare, so we signed up for Walmart+ to have groceries delivered. Once a week we put in an order for delivery and grab it from the porch when it arrives. This is why we are spending $90/year - to have groceries delivered.
Well, our orders started getting later and later. Like, days later. We even had a few where we had to cancel the order and put it in again because it timed out or whatever.
The support department told us that this service is a third party, but it looked like the drivers weren't picking our order because we did not include a tip on the delivery. We did some experimenting, and somehow if we tipped more than 10% our orders magically arrived on time. For 15% they even sometimes arrived early.
In the end, we realized we aren't getting any additional service that warrants a tip. Now we put in our orders for pickup and drive out of our way once a week to do the pickup. It's frustrating to me because the whole reason we paid for the service in the first place was to avoid driving into town, but we can't use our paid service because the delivery drivers want tips to do the very job which they're paid to do.
We went to tons of bars.
They don't take tips. Even when I offered the said no.
Only one bar (in Belfast) took a tip and didn't say thanks or anything, just took the money and went on his way.
Most of the time you just tap your credit card, there's no extra money in the transaction. I think we saved a couple hundred in tips over the course of the 8 days, lol.
Every 3 weeks I go out and buy a bag of coffee beans at the local coffee shop. I walk in, grab a bag of beans from the back wall and walk up to the counter; no employee contact at this point, I walk in thru the back door so no one even sees me until I walk up to the counter.
Drop the bag on the counter, cashier says “will that be all”? That’s it, just a bag of beans. She types in the amount and swings the screen over. Doesn’t say the dreaded “it’s going to ask you a question” but it still irritates the crap out of me. $22.50 and the lowest suggested tip is 15%…$3.37 to ring up a purchase? The signature isn’t even required, I paid with my phone. Grrr.
The employee was pleasant and didn’t give me a look, but that damn screen is so annoying. I have no issues with the no tip option, but having to play this game every time is unnecessary.
Rant over.
Be the change you want to see. Tip 0 every time.
Force the conversation between the employee and the employer.
You are the customer.
I just paid a few hundred dollars for prescription glasses at Lens Crafters. When I go to swipe my card, I'm shown a picture of a child in need of glasses or some medical care. It's prompting me to add money to some charitable organization. The sales person at least seems embarrassed and tells me to just skip the screen.
Then, I splurge on a pair of much needed walking shoes because my pair have holes in them. The only decent pair I can find for exercising are over $80 New Balance. After tax they are almost $100, and the screen pops up with some blurb about more children in need. The cashier starts badgering me to donate to help children in need of school shoes. She is pushy and rude. When I firmly tell her no, she acts like I want children to suffer. I figure it must somehow affect her paycheck or maybe she gets a bonus for x amount of donations.
Goodwill knows me by now, and they quit asking me to round up to the nearest dollar amount for the charity of the week.
I like to read articles on Substack, and they are always asking me to donate so they can continue to provide content. Go ahead and quit providing content, I dare you.
These corporations think customers are too stupid to realize they are getting tax refunds from our charity dollars.
Edit: I forgot to add the cars with cash app or venmo user id written on the windows to get money for birthday, graduation or just married. I see those about once a month.
I could not believe it. I’ve always felt tipping culture is getting out of hand but this was absolutely mind blowing to me. It wasn’t even a high end bridal store, it was a “budget” wedding dress shop and I bought my dress “as is” off the rack. The dress was $1864 and the lowest tip option they gave was 10% which is almost $200!! This can not be considered normal
Picture of the dress just to show it off🥰
Edit to add: I did NOT tip. Sorry if that wasn’t clear by my wording. I just made this post because I couldnt believe the audacity they had to even ask
I don’t usually donate on GFM unless I know the person so I’m not sure if this has been a thing but I noticed it automatically put a tip and I was like ???
Had an AC company come out to service a unit at the house i rent. ( cheap rent from family so I pay for "small" fixes) while inside we have conversation about jobs, he mentions how well they get paid due to lack of people in trades. At the end of the service which they couldnt even complete properly due to the unit not being installed correctly, but still had to pay full price. The guy hands me a tablet says I need to sign. I of course think its just to sign a receipt. Nope he does the usual its just going to ask you a quick question. Fucking tablet suggest a minimum of 20% on the $1,200 service they couldn't even finish. So shocked I actually laughed and clicked no tip. Guy gave me a look, like MOFO was bragging about how well hes paid and gets mad i wont tip him $240. Since when do blue collar workers ask for tips?
I was in Vegas eating a restaurant off the strip and having a couple of drinks. Of course I had to take a leak and upon entering I see a bathroom attendant with a sign saying “YOUR TIPS IS MY SALARY”. I was flabbergasted, why do I need to tip l for pissing and washing my hands? I left without tipping and got the dirtiest look as if I was some heartless monster. Why the hell is this ok? This is comparable to when someone starts cleaning your windshield without your consent and expects you to pay.