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[–] [email protected] 42 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Places that used to not ask for tip now asking for tip(when I'm just picking up my order) and I know that shit isn't going to the workers.

[–] Spiralvortexisalie 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I will ask workers what the tip-out policy is at questionable places (i.e. Fast Food Service), most of the places that put in these tip screens do not actually tip-out or have some insane policy to make sure workers never claim the money and/or only a small percentage. Like if a tip jar would seem out of place and/or wasn’t there before a store’s POS upgrade I generally assume the management is pocketing the tip (i.e. Five Guys Burgers, cash goes to employees but I’ve been told by a few cashiers that credit card tips seem to vanish into thin air)

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[–] ExfilBravo 37 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Here's a tip. Pay your employees better.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If you continually buy product from a place that doesn't pay their staff better, all you're doing is rewarding the business owner and telling them to keep doing what they're doing. It solves nothing and doesn't get rid of tipping culture to keep giving these shitty businesses your money.

[–] QuaternionsRock 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

If you continually [work for] a place that doesn't pay their staff better, all you're doing is rewarding the business owner and telling them to keep doing what they're doing. It solves nothing and doesn't get rid of tipping culture to keep giving these shitty businesses your [time].

I obviously don’t agree with this opinion; I don’t think either of them makes sense. Boycotting a business from the consumer side leads to fewer tips and layoffs, while boycotting a business from the employee side results in… unemployment. Both scenarios objectively harm workers. Change either needs to come from the top down via legislation, or from the bottom-up via unionization.

[–] PilferJynx 5 points 8 months ago

Profit trumps wages. Always has.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You think the cashier is the owner?

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (2 children)

My tipping habits are purely chaotic whim or lack of attention in the moment. I accidentally tipped $70 to the guy who tinted my windows the other day.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (2 children)

My tipping habits are ask you boss for a raise. I'm already paying for the service through predicated prices.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Greasing palms can accumulate good faith benefits. But I mean, tipping for a fast food burger, yeah... probably no tat for that tit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Shitty brutal take that punishes unorganized young workers and rewards the person making their life harder.

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[–] Got_Bent 3 points 8 months ago

About a year ago I accidentally tipped a blackjack dealer thirty dollars.

I meant to tip ten (two red chips)

But my colorblind ass tipped thirty (one red chip one green chip)

I wasn't even mad when I realized what I'd done. Figured my mistake made that dealer's day just a tiny smidge better.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A local ice cream shop asked me to tip on the very first screen when I swiped my credit card. You scooped ice cream a couple of times and put it into a bowl. Ridiculous.

[–] friend_of_satan 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

In Cupertino there was a self serve yogurt shop (I think it was called Yogurtland) where the cashier only rang you up by weight, and their checkout system asked for a tip, but they never offered to tip customers for doing the majority of the work.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I never tip if I’m picking up takeout food, but I will always tip if I’m eating in or if I’m getting it delivered to me.

I wish tipping was not a thing in the States, I’d rather pay more upfront and not have to tip :V

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There are legitimate reasons to not tip someone. Being a cashier typically does not necessarily obligate someone to tip you. Lots of times people will say "keep the change" at a fast food restaurant and the workers take home maybe $10 each on a busy shift, but that isn't really tipping.

If you hate legitimate "tipping culture" so much, stop making it the minimum wage earner's problem that they work for a shitty employer and start boycotting places that refuse to pay their workers a living wage.

[–] Figureinplastic 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Fucking everywhere does this now. Are we boycotting everywhere?

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[–] Anticorp 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I've started carrying cash again for the first time in like 30 years, just so I don't have to deal with this shit anymore. Fuck off, beggars!

[–] vampire 4 points 8 months ago

I only use cash cause fuck the bank and credit card company tracking every purchase I make and selling my data to anyone. Not getting extorted for bribes by these fuckheads is just a bonus.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

You should never be afraid to not tip. It is optional.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Lemmy:

It's all about class solidarity!

Also Lemmy: Unless the minimum wage exploited employee is a cashier, in which case fuck'em.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's good to remember that no social media platform is a monolith of opinion.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Context is king: that cashier sees none of those tips because you used your debit card and the 'tip' goes directly into the corporations bank account.

Loblaws already has a fat enough margin with the gouging, they don't need any extra boosts from my just-about-broke ass.

[–] SPRUNT 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What does Bob Loblaws Law Blog have to say about it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Tune in next week on the rural juror to find out!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Well, that's what cash is for, and also that is usually not how it works. I'm sure it is how it works somewhere but by and large (like 99%) the servers/cashiers/drivers get paid out for those tips, sometimes having to split them, sometimes with taxes taken out already, but they do get it.

Not saying you have to tip, if you feel they don't deserve any kindness then by all means fuck em, but they do usually get the tips despite what you may think.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

When the cashier has a union and strikes, I won't cross the line. Otherwise, get over it! Spit in my food if you have too.

I'm dealing with my own workers rights problems, I can't take on everyone else's at the same time.

[–] KombatWombat 5 points 8 months ago

Servers have an established expectation of relying on tips to get a living wage, and often earn less than the minimum wage otherwise. The same is not true for cashiers. Maybe they should be paid more, but that should not be done by creating more reliance on tips to subsidize low wages.

[–] littlebluespark 4 points 8 months ago

Sounds like you're all "tip", actually. 🤌🏼

[–] TheControlled 3 points 8 months ago

Tips are usually pooled with the others that did the "work" you approve of.

You seem really cool anyway.

[–] TragicNotCute 3 points 8 months ago

When did he transition to a man? I’ve only ever seen him with huge jugs. Good for him.

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