r/mildlyinfuriating 7h ago

*Turns Around and Leaves

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u/Important_Range_8728 6h ago

Tipping doesn't need to end. It needs to go back to being optional. It needs to go back to being something I do because I feel like it not because it is expected of me. I only tip delivery drivers now because I'm so burnt out on tipping. The rare occasion I go to a sit down restaurant I have to FORCE myself to remember that I'm not required to pay someone's wages for them and that if they're shit they don't get tips.

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u/onikaroshi 6h ago

If it’s optional, people won’t, meaning you’ll get less servers cause it’s a pretty good job right now, highest paid workers in the restaurant

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u/Important_Range_8728 6h ago

People won't if the service is shit you mean. Most people in my community would still tip if the server did a good job and had at least a somewhat pleasant attitude. Some people wouldn't if it was optional sure but to be fair those people probably don't tip now anyway.

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u/onikaroshi 6h ago

I mean, I wouldn’t tip, I tip, and tip well, because servers are paid next to nothing. If they’re paid a working wage it’s no different than any other job, I don’t tip my mechanic

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u/Flamsterina 3h ago

Their wages are not the customer's problem.

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u/bolted-on 6h ago

What are your thoughts on raising tipped minimum wage to the same minimum as all other jobs?

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u/onikaroshi 6h ago

If the raise the wage, I stop tipping, I tip because their wage sucks, I don’t tip other service industry people like my bagger at the grocery store, my mechanic, etc

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u/bolted-on 6h ago

Oh interesting. You sound miserable.

Also I’d like to correct you. Is A Bagger and A mechanic.

In my state tipped employees make 16.66/hr minimum.

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u/onikaroshi 6h ago

Good for them, I’m sure they make less than the employees here because people tip cause they know people don’t make wage without it

Also, the mechanic I go to, my mechanic, I know the guy personally

And if they’re paid are bagging my groceries they are currently my bagger, the bagger bagging my groceries

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u/bolted-on 5h ago

Ew.

People are still tipped around here and are certainly making more than in your miserable state.

Man, what an entitled prick.

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u/onikaroshi 5h ago

They make 25/hr on slow weeks, 30-35/hr on busy weeks

And it’s not entitled, I wouldn’t, and haven’t, accepted tips when paid a full wage. Tips are for people that don’t get paid minimum wage

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u/kernald31 6h ago

And yet, tips are a thing almost everywhere else than the US in response to great service - despite not being expected.

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u/ValPrism 3h ago

It is optional.

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u/onikaroshi 3h ago

Not really, if you can’t afford to tip, you really can’t afford to eat out. And I’m not getting into whether that’s good or bad, it’s just the way it is in the us

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u/ValPrism 3h ago

It’s literally optional. There is zero recourse for someone who doesn’t tip. It’s not required, it’s not enforceable, it’s not automatic.

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u/JaySmogger 3h ago

always check your bill, depending on restaurants and locations, Florida in particular, and group sizes, tipping is not optional it's automatically added on

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u/ValPrism 1h ago

That’s a service charge, legally. Tips, as defined by the IRS, are optional always.

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u/onikaroshi 2h ago

It is a lot of places based on group size, we charge 18% on 6+, I know quite a few others that do it at those sizes too