Tipping at Restaurants...

[Pbpb]

Tipping is such a garbage americanized thing.

I would rather pay more for food than have to deal with tipping and workers being paid 3 dollars an hour.

 

[Beachlover2]

First, they have the option of leaving and going to a job that allows tipping, but I'll bet it doesn't offer as good a base wage.

Second, who cares? Most places spin the tablet around and your choices are 20/25/30+ percent.

I was in Wyoming recently and shocked to see at a few restaurants the option was 10/15/20......

 

[Taco-Zero]

Tipping is such a garbage americanized thing.

I would rather pay more for food than have to deal with tipping and workers being paid 3 dollars an hour.

Tipping IS an American thing ( which probably wouldn’t be necessary if all companies paid a living wage ). People from non tipping countries visit with full knowledge of the way our society works and still don’t tip. When I worked in casinos, we made sure that people from the non-tipping countries ran out of money first... so we could make room for clients that tipped. Unfortunately there are tons of companies that 1099 their staff and don’t offer any kind of benefits ( medical or otherwise ) so they can pay the least amount of money to the people that are helping to make their dreams come true. I guess that’s the American way too? That’s just how this country works. He who has the gold rules.
The so called minions are only here to put on a fake persona and please the guests and then drink the day off after being someone that is not allowed to be themselves. Then it’s Groundhog Day all over again! Without any reason or chance to earn a respectable living, life seems even shorter.

 

[PoppaJ]

Tipping IS an American thing ( which probably wouldn’t be necessary if all companies paid a living wage ). People from non tipping countries visit with full knowledge of the way our society works and still don’t tip. When I worked in casinos, we made sure that people from the non-tipping countries ran out of money first... so we could make room for clients that tipped. Unfortunately there are tons of companies that 1099 their staff and don’t offer any kind of benefits ( medical or otherwise ) so they can pay the least amount of money to the people that are helping to make their dreams come true. I guess that’s the American way too? That’s just how this country works. He who has the gold rules.
The so called minions are only here to put on a fake persona and please the guests and then drink the day off after being someone that is not allowed to be themselves. Then it’s Groundhog Day all over again! Without any reason or chance to earn a respectable living, life seems even shorter.

Whoa hold on there, are you saying trickle down doesn’t work?

 

[Taco-Zero]

Whoa hold on there, are you saying trickle down doesn’t work?

I really am not sure what to believe? I do know that I wouldn’t have work if it wasn’t for people with means that choose me to represent them. However, my thread was about tipping

 

[PoppaJ]

I really am not sure what to believe? I do know that I wouldn’t have work if it wasn’t for people with means that choose me to represent them. However, my thread was about tipping

Yea, but then you sort of veered off the subject on that last post. It’s all good.

 

[Bob Wells]

Tipping IS an American thing ( which probably wouldn’t be necessary if all companies paid a living wage ). People from non tipping countries visit with full knowledge of the way our society works and still don’t tip. When I worked in casinos, we made sure that people from the non-tipping countries ran out of money first... so we could make room for clients that tipped. Unfortunately there are tons of companies that 1099 their staff and don’t offer any kind of benefits ( medical or otherwise ) so they can pay the least amount of money to the people that are helping to make their dreams come true. I guess that’s the American way too? That’s just how this country works. He who has the gold rules.
The so called minions are only here to put on a fake persona and please the guests and then drink the day off after being someone that is not allowed to be themselves. Then it’s Groundhog Day all over again! Without any reason or chance to earn a respectable living, life seems even shorter.

It wasn't always that way. I think the narrative changed. We have people who attack others for fighting for better wages because they feel as though they should be making more. My feeling is if you feel you are underpaid, then fight for an increase but don't complain about someone else and their fight for a better wage. We have businesses today advertising jobs for 13 an hour when before the pandemic hit it was 11. Wonder if unemployment benefits being reduced and people return to work, if wages will go down?

 

[Taco-Zero]

It wasn't always that way. I think the narrative changed. We have people who attack others for fighting for better wages because they feel as though they should be making more. My feeling is if you feel you are underpaid, then fight for an increase but don't complain about someone else and their fight for a better wage. We have businesses today advertising jobs for 13 an hour when before the pandemic hit it was 11. Wonder if unemployment benefits being reduced and people return to work, if wages will go down?

I have heard that it’s been difficult for employers to find people that are actually willing to work. I have a strong work ethnic and find that hard to understand but employers keep telling me that it’s true ( about finding people to work )...

In my opinion, even $15 per hour isn’t enough to pay for the average 2Bdrm apartment in this town which is $2,000 and above for a tiny 1,100 sqft place that you can hear your neighbors sneeze.

Living in this tourist town that has more traffic jams than I’ve ever seen... low waged employees most likely live an hours drive from here. I personally wouldn’t do that trek for anything. I just feel for people that make other’s dreams come true and have no chance at keeping their heads up without faking it.

 

[PoppaJ]

I have heard that it’s been difficult for employers to find people that are actually willing to work. I have a strong work ethnic and find that hard to understand but employers keep telling me that it’s true ( about finding people to work )...

In my opinion, even $15 per hour isn’t enough to pay for the average 2Bdrm apartment in this town which is $2,000 and above for a tiny 1,100 sqft place that you can hear your neighbors sneeze.

Living in this tourist town that has more traffic jams than I’ve ever seen... low waged employees most likely live an hours drive from here. I personally wouldn’t do that trek for anything. I just feel for people that make other’s dreams come true and have no chance at keeping their heads up without faking it.

You’re on the right track. They should be honest and say can’t find people willing to work for wages offered. The CEO of Gravity Payments cut his own compensation to raise his employees salaries and has tripled his company’s growth and people line up to apply for positions with his company. It may be an extreme example, but when he first did this everyone said he would go broke. People say paying a McDonalds worker $15 an hour will raise prices, but you never hear them say the CEO of that company making $5,000 plus per hour will raise prices.
The shortage of service workers is easing now that H2B visa workers are returning. You know them they are the ones the job creators hire because they will work cheap and live packed like sardines in a single room.

 

[Pbpb]

My Buddys rent for a 2bdr is 1200 here. its not the money its that people are lazy everyone wants the social media dream life and thinks they are worth more than there low level job. but put no effort into working hard to get a better one.