Do You Tip The Same As Before Inflation?

[Tommy]

yes but you shouldn't be paying twice. I don't buy the shoes, which pays for the person who made them, then the drivers who transported them, then the salesman who sold them....AND then also pay a tip to these people on top of that.. because they get a LIVING wage!

Respectfully, and setting aside the question of what you feel constitutes a "living wage", it's a system that seems to work well here. YMMV. There are other compensation schemes here designed to incentivize people that seem to work well also. For instance, there are salespeople who work on a commission basis. The more they sell, the more they earn. If they don't sell much, they don't earn much.

Do you have reason to believe that restaurant servers somehow feel that they are compelled to work in those jobs rather than switching to a job with a higher hourly wage and no tips? There are plenty of other options available to them.

 

[hollydolly]

Respectfully, and setting aside the question of what you feel constitutes a "living wage", it's a system that seems to work well here. YMMV. There are other compensation schemes here designed to incentivize people that seem to work well also. For instance, there are salespeople who work on a commission basis. The more they sell, the more they earn. If they don't sell much, they don't earn much.

Do you have reason to believe that restaurant servers somehow feel that they are compelled to work in those jobs rather than switching to a job with a higher hourly wage and no tips? There are plenty of other options available to them.

well clearly they know someone is paying their wages..and that's joe public rather than their employers, so they'll go wherever they earn a wage however they come by it.. but it's very wrong that a businessman of any type expects someone else to pay the salary of his staff... on top of the commodity they're already paying for...

 

[Teacher Terry]

I tip 20% but don’t eat out as much because the price has gone up so much.

 

[Moon Rat]

I thought most US restaurant waiter expected a tip on top of the Bill ?

Tips are optional, but I would imagine most everyone leaves something. I have gotten checks from waiters/waitresses that show on the check how much 10%. 15%, 18% or 20% would amount to. All you do is check the box you are leaving and when they bring you your card and bill back to you at the table, it’s all added in. If the check doesn’t include the options, I generally leave 20%, unless the service was bad, but I can’t remember ever leaving nothing.

 

[Jules]

I was reading a discussion of tips. Lots of bad stories. Some good ones too.

It seemed to be that an option for a tip was there; you could put in any amount. Now it comes up with a % and it’s hard to go past if you don’t want any.

Tips in stores. Why. You rang something in the till.

Automatic adding of tips are happening in some places.

Cupcakes are popular and pricey. A lady paid $6 each for two dozen. She wasn’t paying attention and when she got home she saw they’d added a 20% tip. WTH? She called to ask about this and was told this is how they do things. Even worse, one dozen were stale.

Does your server get the tip? Quite commonly it seems they don’t. That’s another WTH? I hate to have this question.

One restaurant owner collects all tips and at the end of the week divides them up to all staff based on their job. It seems a little more fair.

 

[Lilac]

I struggle to understand this, as I generally get the sense that food in the UK is cheaper than in the US. If that’s so, why can supermarkets here make a profit whilst paying a living wage, but in the US, it seems, they can’t?

I don’t know how accurate this comparison is:

Food prices are up due to the economy everywhere, but food prices do differ all over the country depending on where you're at. Some areas are just more expensive than others in this respect & New Jersey is one of them. The prices he listed isn't what I see in the stores in my area. I don't know anything about the markets he listed, but I also don't shop at "high end" stores for the same products I can find at Aldi, Walmart & local IGA (independent grocery assoc. franchise) at better prices.

He said he was going off of his experience, but to do an accurate account he would've had to compare stores from all areas in the 50 states. Too much of a headache for me to think of doing .

 

[timoc]

Do You Tip The Same As Before Inflation?​

I do what I've always done..... I push a tea-bag into their hands and say, "Have a drink on me."