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Went to a restaurant in LA today and when I got the check I noticed that it was a bit higher than it should be. Then I noticed this 18% service charge. So... We, as customers, need to help pay for their servers instead of the owners paying their servers a living wage. And on top of that they have suggested tip. I called bs on this. I will bet you that the servers do not see a dime of this 18% service charge. [deleted a word so it wasn't a grammatical horror to read]

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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 325 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (68 children)

So it's a mandatory tip, and it's also suggested you voluntarily leave a secondary tip.

Tip culture in America is so aggressive.

[–] Skyline969@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

It’s getting stupid in Canada too despite our laws being different (as in, you cannot make less than minimum wage if you work in a place that allows tips).

I got my oil changed a few months ago and the machine prompted me for a tip. For what? The mechanic did their job, I paid for said job. Transaction concluded.

I tried Crumbl cookies for the first (and last, holy crap overpriced) time. Got asked for a tip. For what? I got six cookies in a box and then had to leave the store because there’s no seating to eat them there. The person who helped me took my order. That’s it. Another employee put six cookies in a box and put them on a counter and said my number. Not a lot of wiggle room to go “above and beyond.”

What’s next? A tip at the grocery store for the cashier scanning my groceries? A tip at the drive-thru?

Here’s a tip. Don’t work for an employer who doesn’t pay you what you’re worth.

EDIT: Actually, the tip at the drive-thru is already a thing. Starbucks prompts for a tip at the drive-thru. For what? The barista took my order and made my coffee. I drove up to a window, took it, and fucked off.

[–] Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I booked a hotel online the other day and was asked if I want to leave a tip... A tip for what? I didn't even interact with a human. Just clicked a few buttons on a website. Am I tipping the web developer?? Lol

[–] Skyline969@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

As a developer, I never get tips. Even on my open-source stuff, I have a “tip jar” PayPal link on the very bottom of my readme files. Never asked, never required. Know how much I’ve made in tips over the years? Exactly $0.

Have you tried walking into your software's users' homes to clear away empty plates and refill their water?

[–] gamer@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I know it feels gross, but asking is how you get people to do things. This is true for pretty much everything. That’s why mobile apps have a popup asking people to leave a rating, and Apple even has a standardized API for showing that popup since it’s so common.

So you should try something similar for you projects. Come up with an (ideally non-intrusive) ask that feels like a personal request rather than just a link dumped somewhere in a readme.

And if you feel bad about it, just remember that getting people to pay for OSS is a win for the whole ecosystem!

[–] tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 3 points 1 year ago

I've definitely tipped developers (through the 'buy me a coffee' site, or occasionally patreon). But I'm unusual I think..

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I got prompted for a tip from an online pharmacy last week. So we're apparently tipping on medicine now.

[–] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Starbucks barista doesn't even "make" the coffee. They use superautomatic espresso machines. Starbucks coffee sucks ass.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does it suck because of or despite the machines?

[–] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Superautomatic machines make inferior espresso shots objectively. For various mechanical reasons they will never make espresso as well as non-automatic machine.

That being said, I own one at my house. It's very convenient and it's passable espresso (when using decent beans, Starbucks burns their espresso beans and that's the main reason it sucks). However, if I'm paying $5+ for a couple shots of espresso in whatever form I'm expecting it to be made right. Not worse than my mid range home machine makes with a couple button taps.

[–] nan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the US you generally cannot make less than minimum wage, the employer can directly pay you less as long as your full compensation (pay + tips) are at least minimum wage, if not they are supposed to pay more.

I think the explosion of tip questions is due to the card processors figuring out there was an untapped area where they could pressure people to tip and skim off a percentage of that.

[–] Skyline969@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s the thing here - the employer must pay you the same regardless of tips. Tips are always a bonus, not part of your wage.

[–] Enigma@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you misunderstood. In some states, you will be paid below minimum wage if you make enough in tips. IIRC there was a story a number of years ago about servers in Tennessee (?) only making $2.15/hr. It was legal because they made enough in tips to cover the other $5.10/hr that the restaurant is supposed to pay. So instead of the tips being extra cash on top of pay, the restaurants were literally having the customers subsidize the majority of their pay.

[–] Skyline969@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I understand that, but I’m talking about Canada. In Canada if you’re paid $13, $18, hell $50 an hour, it doesn’t matter whether or not you make tips. Your employer must pay you your full hourly wage no matter what.

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