Here in WA state, the minimum wage per hour is $15.74 (higher in some areas). Tipping culture says 20%, but that’s generally to support lower paid waitstaff in areas that can pay less than minimum wage by employers. Where/What are you tipping and what kind of service would you expect for a 20% tip?
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I live in the UK so tipping thankfully isn’t a thing here as we have minimum wage. I will tip if I’m at a restaurant with a group of people but otherwise I won’t tip at all. Hospitality workers deserve to be paid more but it’s not up to the customers to supplement a dodgy business. I am in a union and will always vote for parties who advocate for employment rights though.
Tipping is very much a cultural thing and I think it’s not wise to treat it like it’s the same everywhere. In the US it sounds like it’s a necessary evil and if I were to visit I would comply, but it’s not the same as in other countries.
I don’t tip because I live in a country that doesn’t tip and I’m very against it ever taking root here.
Those things about controlling the service, and choosing who “deserves” what, are anathema to me.
The person is doing a job however they and their employer see fit. If they want to run a business like Basil Fawlty that’s on them.
My input into what they get paid is to vote for strong labour laws, min wage rises, and workers’ rights. If a tipping culture emerged it would most likely weaken those things and make wages more capricious and less fair. We must resist it.
I don’t tip. If they exploit their workers in any way, then I just don’t support that business. I vote for better labour laws instead.
Unfortunately, until laws like that pass, it doesn’t put money in my bank account. I opt to do both until then. No need to punish workers for something they can’t always help.
It’s really not helpful to accuse non-tippers of punishing staff. When that happens, the real exploiter gets away.
Shall I get you a stool so you can get off your horse?
That is exactly what you are doing, punishing staff. They may not have the choice to have their job and all you do by not tipping them is punish them for your high ideals. Don’t like tipping? Sure, that’s fine. Want to vote for laws that get rid of it? Hell yeah the more people voting the better. But not tipping just so you can justify your your ideals and only hurt the real victim here? Asshole. Want to really hurt the real perpetrator? Don’t fucking go to a place that has tipping in the first place.
chill out a bit, man
