Tipping Question…

[89th]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Tipping Question…:

Isn't the point of tipping to allow the people who work in the place to get a reasonable wage rather than to reward wonderful service?

Pre pandemic? No.

During pandemic? Yes.

Post pandemic? Yes and no.

[Doctor Phibes]

@89th said in Tipping Question…:

Pre pandemic? No.
During pandemic? Yes.
Post pandemic? Yes and no.

You should have seen the tip I gave the guy who brought the booze round to the house mid-2020.

[Horace]

I just ordered online from a chinese fast food place, for pickup, and their system makes you jump through some hoops to not tip. They offer you four tip choices, starting at 15%, through 25%, and a 'custom' button, where you have to enter 0, if you want not to tip. There is no bypassing that piece of the order process. I thought that was pretty aggressive for a pickup order.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Horace said in Tipping Question…:

I just ordered online from a chinese fast food place, for pickup, and their system makes you jump through some hoops to not tip. They offer you four tip choices, starting at 15%, through 25%, and a 'custom' button, where you have to enter 0, if you want not to tip. There is no bypassing that piece of the order process. I thought that was pretty aggressive for a pickup order.

There seems to be more and more of this happening. My daughter just started a job at a fast food place, and they're paying her less than other jobs were offering based on tips she's been told to expect. We shall see.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Tipping Question…:
That's standard. When I worked in restaurants, my hourly was $1.80 an hour. I made a relative assload in tips. (Also, this was the 90s, so most of it was cash. Which, nice.)

[jon-nyc]

@Aqua-Letifer

Right, but you worked at a place where tips were expected and largely given. His daughter is working at a fast food joint. Probably lots of people paging through various screens looking for the zero.

[Aqua Letifer]

@jon-nyc said in Tipping Question…:

@Aqua-Letifer

Right, but you worked at a place where tips were expected and largely given. His daughter is working at a fast food joint. Probably lots of people paging through various screens looking for the zero.

Yeah I know, I'm just saying that FOH positions typically pay well beneath minimum wage, and this kind of flimsy bullshit is nothing new. Before Square paystations, the tip jar was used to get away with it.

I will say, though, that tablet paystation ≠ shitty tips all the time. At my local coffee shop, they have that setup but tipping is the norm. But I think it has to do with how they run their business:

There are 2-3 people behind the counter. When someone takes your order, that's your person. They make your order, talk to you while doing so, ring you up at the end once you're done. So it's not exactly McDonald's.

[jon-nyc]

@Aqua-Letifer

My first job was at the now-defunct Kinney Shoes. I made $3.15 and hour when the minimum wage was $3.35, since I got a 1% commission on sales.

[LuFins Dad]

And thus a foot fetish was born…

[Mik]

@LuFins-Dad is soleless

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in Tipping Question…:

@LuFins-Dad is soleless

Nah, it’s just that Jon is my archenemy…

[Doctor Phibes]

@LuFins-Dad said in Tipping Question…:

@Mik said in Tipping Question…:

@LuFins-Dad is soleless

Nah, it’s just that Jon is my archenemy…

You’re a heel

[LuFins Dad]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Tipping Question…:

@LuFins-Dad said in Tipping Question…:

@Mik said in Tipping Question…:

@LuFins-Dad is soleless

Nah, it’s just that Jon is my archenemy…

You’re a heel

I’d stick my tongue out at you, but you’re too straight-laced to appreciate it.

[Doctor Phibes]

@LuFins-Dad said in Tipping Question…:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Tipping Question…:

@LuFins-Dad said in Tipping Question…:

@Mik said in Tipping Question…:

@LuFins-Dad is soleless

Nah, it’s just that Jon is my archenemy…

You’re a heel

I’d stick my tongue out at you, but you’re too strait-laced to appreciate it.

Toe-cap it all, your puns are awful

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in Tipping Question…:

I’d stick my tongue out at you, but you’re too straight-laced to appreciate it.

I was going to comment, but thought it would be better if eyelet it go.

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in Tipping Question…:

@LuFins-Dad said in Tipping Question…:

I’d stick my tongue out at you, but you’re too straight-laced to appreciate it.

I was going to comment, but thought it would be better if eyelet it go.

You sneaker!

[LuFins Dad]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Tipping Question…:

@LuFins-Dad said in Tipping Question…:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Tipping Question…:

@LuFins-Dad said in Tipping Question…:

@Mik said in Tipping Question…:

@LuFins-Dad is soleless

Nah, it’s just that Jon is my archenemy…

You’re a heel

I’d stick my tongue out at you, but you’re too strait-laced to appreciate it.

Toe-cap it all, your puns are awful

Do you want to boot me off the forum?

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in Tipping Question…:

Do you want to boot me off the forum?

There might be many reasons to do that, but your habit, in which you mock a sin, is not one of them.

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in Tipping Question…:

@LuFins-Dad said in Tipping Question…:

Do you want to boot me off the forum?

There might be many reasons to do that, but your habit, in which you mock a sin, is not one of them.

That’s a Croc.

[Copper]

I worked at Fenway Park as a vendor for 8 years - 1969-1976.

I received one tip for the entire time, one.
A guy gave me a dollar. He must have been a Rockefeller, maybe he was drunk.

The pay was all commission - 10%.
If you were selling ice cream in April you might run up and down stairs for 3-4 hours and make $3.00 for the game.
If you were selling beer in August you might make $20 or $25 for 3 or 4 hours.

I think these vendors make very good money in tips now. Times change.