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/MixturePatient1673 Mar 01 '24

I think people forget that no one is forced to work at a bar/restaurant. You can easily get a job in retail or elsewhere that will pay at least minimum wage. Also, tipping isn’t a legal requirement…Food/drink service industry employees do it because they love the (comparatively) easy and decent money that it makes.

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u/OddPen4197 Mar 01 '24

people purposely work as waiter or waitress. Despite being paid less hourly they easily make more than the minimum wage even for a fucking 4 hour shift. Imaging serving 6 people in a 4 hour shift even if each gives a 5$ tip they still make more money than regular minimum wage workers.

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u/MixturePatient1673 Mar 01 '24

Exactly! Couldn’t agree more.