People no longer know how much to tip
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#2Alright, let's make it zero then. Once a significant fraction of people stop tipping (10-15%), service staff will demand raises, which will reflect in the increased prices, causing more people to not tip, and the cycle will complete relatively quickly with only a small portion of people left tipping any significant amount. Some businesses may advertise as non-tipping as a form of marketing.
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#3I always tip cash even if I pay with a credit card. Taxation is theft!
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#4It's paywalled, but yeah I just do what I learned growing up: 15% is a solid tip, with more, e.g. up to 25% for excellent service or less - down to 0 - for bad service. $1 per drink at a bar. Or if I'm broke, I don't tip at all and feel bad about it. The young people who tip 25% and up and sneer at you if you don't can get right off my lawn and their sneers have no effect on me.
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#5I for one am getting sick of the constant request for tips, especially before services rendered. I feel obligated to tip because I'm worried if I don't I'll be getting "trouser food" as Roy says, and so whatever the price i think I'll be paying is actually $5-$10 more than expected.
Especially with delivery at this point or places that are self service.
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#6I think the word 'tip' should be replaced with the word 'subsidize' on these payment prompt machines.
Quite absurd practice that I really wish we can move away from as a society.
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#7Yesterday I had lunch at a Shake Shack. Humans don't take orders there any more; you place your order at a self-serve touchscreen kiosk. As I finished placing my order, I was prompted to leave a tip; 10% was the default and you had to press a button to change it.
Who am I tipping, exactly? The kiosk? Myself? No one had even made eye contact with me up to this point. I have ordered fast food from a computer. When I have eaten it, I'm expected to bus my own table.
And yet, I felt bad for removing the tip before placing my order, and kind of slunk away from the kiosk hoping the kitchen in the back doesn't know whether or not I tipped, so they can't spit on my burger.
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#8Pro tip: pay cash whenever you can. You can avoid a kiosk that asks you whether you want to tip 30%, 25%, or 20% for the $8 coffee you just bought and just throw some loose change in the jar.
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#9I would much rather pay more for items than be expected to tip. I consider tipping to be like all the other "hidden fees" we encounter. Just give me the total price for something.
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#10The right amount is 0%.
Tipping is stupid, if you can’t afford to pay your staff, your trading insolvent.