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Hey USians, fuck tipping ‘culture’, keep it the fuck away from the rest of the world (looking at you DoorDash or whatever, I don’t use it, but I see default software obviously from the US because basically everywhere else just pays servers etc.) That’s what you get for killing unions.
Rest of the world, stay strong, never tip via app especially, never tip. Perhaps have a bit of cash on hand for truly exceptional cases, but know you’re doing the right thing not tipping long term. Fuck tipping.
Ok then why do waiters always make it SO FUCKING HARD TO LEAVE?! Most of the time, I wind up waiting for the check to show up, often I have to flag someone down to get it.
And then, the most ridiculous part of the whole ritual; they drop off the check and then leave! Imagine if that happened anywhere else. Go through the grocery aisle, get all your stuff scanned, and then the person working the checkout just walks away for 5+ minutes.
And then, when they finally show up and take the check with your card, they leave for another 5+ minutes. What is taking so long?! It is 2026, how do you not have a functional POS system??
Places that let you pay with your phone and leave when you’re ready are the best. Even ones that have the waiter come to the table with a pad you can pay on are good. I just hate the black booklets, such a horrible, inefficient way to pay.
To add to this, I gave my card in one of those black books and paid as normal. We don’t go out to eat much, or use this card much. But a couple days later someone had that credit card number and was making purchases. Of course it COULD have been some other usage weeks earlier, but the timing makes it suspicious. I believe there was either a skimmer placed on the restaurant’s machine, or someone in the back was just stealing credit card info.
It’s now much preferred by me if they either let me go pay at the front, or bring one of those scanners to the table like in Europe.
I’ve always found this very weird in the US. In Europe they come to the table, we tap the scanner and if it’s over a certain threshold, you need to enter your PIN. Most larger transactions require your PIN these days.
I don’t understand people’s disdain for the pay through your phone model. It’s so nice
I just don’t like yet another closed-source proprietary app on my phone that I need to interact with society.
In my experience, this is all done through the browser
It is not the fault of the customer that the management refuses to pay the wait staff a living wage. It is not the responsibility of the customer to subsidize the management’s failure to make a profit if they cannot afford to pay a living wage. If they cannot afford to pay the employee and still make a profit, it’s not a business. It’s a scam.
The customer is one of the beneficiaries of this alleged scam, which makes me dubious about the placement of responsibilities. It sounds like the customer is high on capitalistic copium.
The customer is not a beneficiary of tipping culture.
“I chose a job where I work a 6 hour shift and expect to get 20% or more of whatever you’re arbitrarily paying because I carried over three plates and a couple drinks. For some reason, I get paid more if you ordered the $60 Steak and Lobster instead of the $18 hamburger and fries. I will actively fight against the removal of tips in exchange for a normal hourly wage, because I make way more from tips than what I’d make as a person who walks across a room carrying a plate”.
I chose a job
You mean that was the only job they could find? Ignoring everything else that’s wrong with your comment you gave the ignorance away with your second word
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High end restaurants have great food. What you’re really paying for though is the privilege of staying for the entire evening. You’re paying for three meals.
No, this seems to be a mostly north american problem… i’ve never been rushed to GTFO in europe or asia, no matter high or low end
