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More tipping insanity

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  • KlausK Offline
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    Klaus
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    #2

    I don't get why mandatory tipping is legal. Isn't that merely a form of lying about the price?

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    • jon-nycJ Online
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      jon-nyc
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      #3

      Yes. Hotels are doing it more and more with a daily ‘resort fee’.

      Only non-witches get due process.

      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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      • AxtremusA Offline
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        Axtremus
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        #4

        Washington DC area, right?
        Last time I was there, one restaurant added an automatic 20% tip to the check.
        I asked a staff member when and why that become a practice, and was told it's added during the pandemic and it helped them survive the pandemic. (No, I have no way to independently verify whether that's true.)

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        • jon-nycJ Online
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          jon-nyc
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          #5

          Yes DC

          Only non-witches get due process.

          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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          • 89th8 Offline
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            89th
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            #6

            Yeah that is BS. It's like they forgot the whole point a tip.... an extra way to say thanks for good service, not just another operating cost.

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            • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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              Doctor Phibes
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              #7

              It's also like they forgot that the best way to stay in business is not to royally piss your customers off.

              I was only joking

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              • George KG Offline
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                George K
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                #8

                I'll see your restaurant outrage and raise you a rent portal.

                image.jpeg

                "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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                • MikM Away
                  MikM Away
                  Mik
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                  #9

                  Someone purchased the wrong software.

                  “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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                  • LuFins DadL Offline
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                    LuFins Dad
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                    #10

                    That is hilarious.

                    The Brad

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                    • LuFins DadL Offline
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                      LuFins Dad
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                      #11

                      One of the things that pisses me off is that you have to actively choose not to tip on this shit. You have to select custom tip and put in $0. At a fast casual restaurant it’s awkward as hell (bad customer service) and in a completely non-tipping situation like above, you are going to have people that will mistakenly add tips…

                      The Brad

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                      • 89th8 Offline
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                        89th
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                        #12

                        Yeah it's awkward but I've become used to it. As someone said (maybe in this thread?) "if there is a counter involved, a tip will not be". Overall I only tip for food delivery (like pizza), haircuts, waiters, and bartenders.

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                        • MikM Away
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                          Mik
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                          I tip for to go if it is a place I’d tip for table service. But otherwise I agree with the counter approach.

                          “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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                          • AxtremusA Offline
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                            #14

                            Some places put a lot of thought/work into the packaging of their "to go" orders. Sometimes to the point where it seems to me it takes them more work to put the food into the well-thought-out packaging than to simply put the food on a plate and serve. When I see that, I tip more.

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                            • MikM Mik

                              I tip for to go if it is a place I’d tip for table service. But otherwise I agree with the counter approach.

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                              George K
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                              @Mik said in More tipping insanity:

                              I tip for to go if it is a place I’d tip for table service. But otherwise I agree with the counter approach.

                              447029058_8013669271976754_284890621102697375_n.jpg

                              "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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                              • AxtremusA Axtremus

                                Some places put a lot of thought/work into the packaging of their "to go" orders. Sometimes to the point where it seems to me it takes them more work to put the food into the well-thought-out packaging than to simply put the food on a plate and serve. When I see that, I tip more.

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                                George K
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                                @Axtremus said in More tipping insanity:

                                Some places put a lot of thought/work into the packaging of their "to go" orders.

                                That's possible. I've never seen anything more complicated than wrapping up a Burger King Whopper, putting fries in a cardboard container and everything going into a sack.

                                "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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                                  Axtremus
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                                  Example: a diner serves a fairly complicated menu item that comes as a meal combo with bread & butter, one entree, two sides, and dessert. Depends on which “entree” you choose, it may involves a fried or grilled item that you want to keep dry and sauce/curry/mashed potato that you want to keep separate from the fried/grilled item so they don’t mix together and become a soggy mess after you take them home. An order like this can easily turn into a six container affair. In my estimate it would probably take the kitchen staff more time/effort to package such a combo meal into a “to go” ensemble package than to serve them on plates.

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                                  • MikM Mik

                                    I tip for to go if it is a place I’d tip for table service. But otherwise I agree with the counter approach.

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                                    @Mik said in More tipping insanity:

                                    I tip for to go if it is a place I’d tip for table service. But otherwise I agree with the counter approach.

                                    That’s fair. Our family sometimes gets Olive Garden or Applebees or Chinese food to go, I’ll tip like 5-10% there since I know someone’s involved with package/review of the order.

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                                    • AxtremusA Axtremus

                                      Example: a diner serves a fairly complicated menu item that comes as a meal combo with bread & butter, one entree, two sides, and dessert. Depends on which “entree” you choose, it may involves a fried or grilled item that you want to keep dry and sauce/curry/mashed potato that you want to keep separate from the fried/grilled item so they don’t mix together and become a soggy mess after you take them home. An order like this can easily turn into a six container affair. In my estimate it would probably take the kitchen staff more time/effort to package such a combo meal into a “to go” ensemble package than to serve them on plates.

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                                      George K
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                                      #19

                                      @Axtremus good points.

                                      My understanding of a "tip" is that it includes a gratuity for those whom you never see - cooks, busboys, Maitre'd, etc.

                                      When I go downstairs to get a pizza, I usually tip about $5 just for that service.

                                      But, at a "fast food place," such as Mickey D's or BK, should I tip if I go to the counter rather than the drive-thru?

                                      (I haven't been to a counter at Mickey's in over a decade, so I don't know if tipping is even an option)

                                      "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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                                        Doctor Phibes
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                                        #20

                                        I tried to tip an Amazon driver the other day, as he'd offered to help us bring a very heavy box into the house. He wouldn't take it, said he was just doing his job.

                                        I was only joking

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                                        • AxtremusA Offline
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                                          #21

                                          Things has changed. Last time I bought something big and heavy from Amazon.com, and admittedly it was more than ten years ago, the delivery guy could only deliver as far as the porch. I asked if he could help bring it a few steps further into the house but was told they were restricted by policy to never enter a customer’s house. :man-shrugging:

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