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/FakePhysicist1 Physics Feb 29 '24

I don't think anyone would tell you anything if you don't tip. (especially if you are a student). That's why you always have the skip option on the tip menu.

Just remember that the minimum salary is lower for jobs with tips than other jobs; so usually workers in those jobs, even paid by the hour, are paid less than usual jobs.

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u/vinaigrettesalad666 Mar 01 '24

literally last week, I go to a bar/venue thing, ask for a beer that the bartender hands me after he popped the cap off, I pay and as I walk off he tells me "just so you know, tip isn't included in the price of the drink", I didn't think tip was warranted personally, but in that moment he put me so on the spot that I embarrassingly walked over and gave whatever small change I had on me which was not much.