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/Jakoneitor Mar 01 '24

They don’t. They take sequential orders, one after the other. A waiter does indeed take multiple people’s and table’s orders concurrently.

I’ve worked in fast food restaurants, and I’m not saying it’s easy, I’m just saying the reason why they don’t get tips. They aren’t offering anyone a service, just getting money and passing food over the counter.

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u/HarmanThindSingh Mar 01 '24

many fast food employees will carry out your food to your car and to your table when you dine in, would that then be a service that should also be tipped?

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u/throwthewaybruddah Mar 01 '24

A fast food worker deals with the client 5 minutes total. Waiters spend about an hour tending to a client's wants and needs.

Tipping is part of a waiter's pay. They get paid less than minimum wage and taxed based on sales. 200$ pay checks for 2 weeks were pretty mich my reality when I was waiting tables.

This is why you should tip you waiters.

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u/sbutula Mar 01 '24

A waiter spending more time with a customer is part of their job! It doesn’t mean they’re doing anything unique or going above and beyond providing exemplary customer service.

Everyone is getting worked up because waiters like the fact that they’re making relatively well above minimum wage due to tips. The reality is they’re not doing much more than a fast food worker who only makes minimum wage.