rickair7777 |
01-18-2020 10:33 AM |
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Originally Posted by 80emb145
(Post 2959380)
I just learned our dog groomer expects a tip. I didn’t realize that was a thing. We have become a tipping culture where everyone has their hand out because they did the job they’re getting paid by their employer to do.
While I always give $1 to the hotel van driver and $5 to take me an off hotel location, tipping has become ridiculous.
Tip a barber because they gave a good cut; a masseuse because they gave a good massage. It’s not a minimum wage thing cause my barber drives a nicer car than I do. My job is get you to your destination safely and on time. To give a barber a tip (which I do) for cutting my hair should yield me a tip for a smooth landing; even more of a tip
if I got you there early. Yet I’ll never expect one.
Giving wait staff a reduced wage so that they have to work for their tips only hurts the restaurant. The food still has to be good for me to visit that restaurant. And I still tip 20% almost every time regardless of service.
I tip cause I feel bad if I don’t. F’n service industry.
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I like the tipping culture. I think it encourages service workers to do a good job. Because I sure don't tip much (or at all) if they don't.
It can even influence factors beyond the worker's control... if workers get poor tips because the employer sets them up to fail, they'll either complain to the boss or quit. Boss should get the hint.
Also the free market should cause base wages to adjust accordingly, so you're really not going to pay the workers more than you would have anyway... it just places some of their inevitable compensation hostage to good service. I like that.
Workers who aren't naturally good at customer service will either learn to be, or get a job where I the customer don't have to deal with them.
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