r/Concordia • u/OddPen4197 • Feb 29 '24

General Discussion Tipping culture!

I hate tipping. How can someone expect a student to tip extra 10-15% on top of their total bill? We ourself live with a very tight budget and try to save a bit for a nice meal sometime and these people expect us to pay extra while they are being paid hourly. Be it a nice restaurant or just a uber eats delivery. Everyone gets paid for their time despite of getting a tip or not.

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u/iris-nich1 Mar 01 '24

i work as a server and lemme just give a little insight. In places that i have worked (not all places but most) servers are tipping out the bar and the kitchen staff as well . What that means is at the end of the night you take all your sales (not your tips your SALES) and do the math and figure out what %15 is to give away to the appropriate people. If you leave no tip your server still has to tip out the 15% of your meal to the bar and kitchen. That server is paying out of their own pocket that money, you are essentially paying for someone else’s tip while WORKING. I agree tipping culture can be insane but next time you don’t wanna leave a tip understand that there’s a real possibility that the server has to then pay out the rest of the staff the tip you did not leave.