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Tip? (yall.theatl.social)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 4 months ago (6 children)

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Went to Greece last year and they're pushing this shit. Shoving a card machine in your face begging for a tip

In Europe. Fuck you, Stavros

Press "no tip" while making direct eye contact, and sit in their fucking seat while posting a 1 star review on Maps for spoiling my evening with harassment

It's your civic duty as a European

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[+] [email protected] -29 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I know this isn't the point of the comic, but the barista isn't just handing you a cup of coffee. They're brewing it and making specialty drinks too.

The not-tipping argument really only works if you're ordering a black coffee, but if you're getting black coffee from Starbucks, you're already paying way more than you should, so just tip.

Coffee makers are hella cheap if black coffee is all you want.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (2 children)

By your argument, every job should get a tip then, why pay the salaries?

US corporation should start paying their employees living wages instead of them asking their employees to beg for tips to get living standards wage.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

You hit it right on with the second paragraph. I wouldn't hold my breath though. It's just one of many lobbying efforts to keep that going in the US.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 months ago (4 children)

The not-tipping argument really only works if you’re ordering a black coffee

Why? It's their job to make coffee. The company should pay them enough to not have to beg for additional money on top of the compensation they already receive. This is the way it works in other parts of the world.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't see how taking it out on the staff is going to make anything better.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Agree. In the US the tipping culture has gotten out of hand. Tipping is meant to cover situations where it’s legal to pay your staff under minimum wage and thus tipping evens that out (I still hate it but that’s the current law). I only tip in those industries, or industries where the person providing the service is self-employed/subcontracting in most situations (salons, spas, etc), or where the service is above and beyond or very specialized. Otherwise, it only encourages a culture where it’s expected that the consumer subsidize wages.

I do understand that tipping gives more $ in the pocket of lower wage workers, but I feel too strongly that it will lead to an eventual shift of tipping for ANY service I the long run and I cannot encourage that. I own a small business and I pay my employees very well. It is the responsibility of the employer to do this not the consumer/customer/client.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I'm in general an over-tipper but I have finally found my personal limit at being asked to tip in the drive through.

I just skip the places that have implemented it it just seems ludicrous

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh, you mean doing the job they agreed to do for an hourly rate? Why am i subsidizing the corporation not paying them fairly?

[–] [email protected] 103 points 4 months ago (13 children)

The craziest thing to me are the places that have steadily raised the percentages for the default buttons. It's a percentage, it already accounts for inflation automatically 😑

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago

Yeah but the wages of these employees haven't. Don't go making the employer raise their hourly rate!

So inconsiderate of you.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Preach!

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why is this a gif???

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Why not gif? It's basically a universal format. The file size is reasonable. And gif is lossless if you stay within a limited color palette, which this comic does.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

For one, I can't zoom in on my phone.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nor can I but I think that’s the fault of the app I’m using rather than it being a GIF.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I can on thunder

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 4 months ago

And that is why they have it. Because people are too ashamed to say no to corporate beggars.

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