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Tipping Question…

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  • Doctor PhibesD 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.

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    Aqua Letifer
    wrote on last edited by
    #22

    @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.)

    Please love yourself.

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    • Aqua LetiferA 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.)

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      jon-nyc
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      #23

      @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.

      You were warned.

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      • jon-nycJ 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.

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        Aqua Letifer
        wrote on last edited by
        #24

        @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.

        Please love yourself.

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        • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad referenced this topic on
        • Aqua LetiferA 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.

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          jon-nyc
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          #25

          @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.

          You were warned.

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          • LuFins DadL Offline
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            LuFins Dad
            wrote on last edited by
            #26

            And thus a foot fetish was born…

            The Brad

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            • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

              And thus a foot fetish was born…

              MikM Away
              MikM Away
              Mik
              wrote on last edited by
              #27

              @LuFins-Dad is soleless

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              • MikM Mik

                @LuFins-Dad is soleless

                LuFins DadL Offline
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                LuFins Dad
                wrote on last edited by
                #28

                @Mik said in Tipping Question…:

                @LuFins-Dad is soleless

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

                The Brad

                Doctor PhibesD 1 Reply Last reply
                • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                  @Mik said in Tipping Question…:

                  @LuFins-Dad is soleless

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

                  Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                  Doctor Phibes
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #29

                  @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 was only joking

                  LuFins DadL 1 Reply Last reply
                  • Doctor PhibesD 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 DadL Offline
                    LuFins DadL Offline
                    LuFins Dad
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #30

                    @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.

                    The Brad

                    Doctor PhibesD George KG 2 Replies Last reply
                    • LuFins DadL 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 PhibesD Offline
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                      Doctor Phibes
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #31

                      @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

                      I was only joking

                      LuFins DadL 1 Reply Last reply
                      • LuFins DadL 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.

                        George KG Offline
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                        George K
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #32

                        @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.

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        • George KG 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 DadL Offline
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                          LuFins Dad
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #33

                          @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!

                          The Brad

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                          • Doctor PhibesD 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

                            LuFins DadL Offline
                            LuFins DadL Offline
                            LuFins Dad
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #34

                            @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?

                            The Brad

                            George KG 1 Reply Last reply
                            • LuFins DadL 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 KG Offline
                              George KG Offline
                              George K
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #35

                              @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.

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

                              LuFins DadL 1 Reply Last reply
                              • George KG 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 DadL Offline
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                                LuFins Dad
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #36

                                @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.

                                The Brad

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                                  Copper
                                  wrote on last edited by Copper
                                  #37

                                  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.

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