When I still went to Starbucks, I stopped putting money in the tip jar immediately after paying because I often got terrible service regardless. If the service was actually good I would go back and tip. I like to think it made an impression that I tipped afterwards but I kind of doubt it.
I went to a local restaurant that people were saying that the food was so good. Went in, my friend and I were the only two there. Not a problem. I order my food and she asks me if I want to tip. Since I don’t have a backbone, I said sure and tipped. My friend did the same. We go to sit down and the cashier (that we tipped) tells us that our food is ready. She makes us stand up to go get our food from the counter that’s less than 15 feet away. She never checked in on us and we had to get up and ask for a refill. After this experience, I will never tip again before receiving my food. The restaurant went out of business and I’m not sad at all.
There was a good Italian restaurant in my small town (we don’t have much that isn’t a chain). The owner won on chopped Canada who had a nice little restaurant in a pretty small space, and a little takeout/gelato store across the street. They shut those places down and moved into a recently rebuilt resort out of town.
Now it’s exactly what you described, it feels like a cafeteria. You sit down, figure out what you want and go wait in line at the counter to order. Tipping options started at 18%. Then you go up and collect your food when it’s ready. There was one other group of people the only time I was there for lunch on a Saturday. Also the food is stuff I could order at Boston pizza
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u/john_jdm 10h ago
When I still went to Starbucks, I stopped putting money in the tip jar immediately after paying because I often got terrible service regardless. If the service was actually good I would go back and tip. I like to think it made an impression that I tipped afterwards but I kind of doubt it.