Why Tipping Is An American Custom
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- Tipping is a quintessential American custom. In the U.S. consumers tip for services ranging from baggage handlers at the airport to housekeepers at hotels.
But according to some analysts, tipping has created an environment where restaurant servers are subjected to sexual harassment and low pay. About 70% of tipped workers in the restaurant industry are women and about 45% are people of color.
In a recent study by One Fair Wage and UC Berkeley's Food Labor Research Center over 78% of restaurant workers reported witnessing hostile behavior from customers who were asked to follow Covid-19 safety protocols, more than 40% noticed a change in the frequency of unwanted sexual comments from customers and 83% said their tips had declined during the pandemic.
With Covid-19 leaving millions to do essential work for low pay there have been renewed calls for a $15 minimum wage and the elimination of the tipped minimum wage - the base salary for many restaurant workers.
Forty three states, including Georgia, North Carolina and Texas, have a tipped minimum wage for workers who in some cases are paid as little as $2.13 an hour by their employer.
But many in the full-service restaurant industry oppose the proposed changes, saying they would lead to higher menu prices and fewer hours for workers. According to the National Restaurant Association, the pandemic has already enacted a devastating toll on the industry, wiping out 2.5 million restaurant jobs and more than 110,000 eating and drinking establishments in 2020 alone.
Watch the above video to find out what the $15 minimum wage and the elimination of the tipped minimum wage would mean for restaurants and their employees.
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Why Tipping Is An American Custom
Tipping is honestly the dumbest practice in America. It went from giving someone a buck for going above and beyond to literally being that person’s livelihood. Working peoples’ ability to put food on the table should not be reliant on the kindness of their patrons. Go to any other country outside the US and you’ll realize that restaurants can manage to survive without tipping.
Well said indeed!
@Eduard Medrea wth are you talking about
@@afrozaakhter893 the sit down restaurants that pay a server a normal wage is rare. Most restaurants even go so far as to automatically add a 20% tip to your bill for a party of ten or more. I've never Not had to pay a tip, unless I wanted to be an ass.
@@afrozaakhter893 You probably don't dine in at restaurants then. Or you're just cheap and waiters hate you. As dumb as the practice is, servers rely on them so you should be tipping. If you don't want to tip, then get carry out and eat at home. Virtually every dine in restaurant I've been expected tips except for maybe one in California that specifically did away with that practice.
@Eduard Medrea You are guaranteed income no matter what so it's not slavery. Are you seriously trying to compare slavery to not getting a consistent tip at a job?
I've traveled in many countries in Asia and Europe, but this tipping culture in the USA is horrendous. It's like mandatory, and makes us feel guilty for not tipping.
Who is making you visit the US?
@Michael Bootlegger Ah yes his mother. She is such a nice travel agent. I heard she got your mother a free trip to Bangkok. Did your mother ever return?
I’ve been to a restaurant that includes 20% tip on the receipt. First and last time going there
@@LAalien1 Isn't that illegal? All I got were stares and a middle finger.
It's not mandatory. Don't like it. Make your own food.
Don't blame customers you ain't getting enough money, blame your employers for not paying you enough. I'm australian and I work in fastfood and I get paid double the amount of people in the US. It is kind of rude to expect money from people that came to enjoy their meals.
It’s not standard etiquette in Australia and it’a done in the United States to “encourage” better performance from workers such as waiter to bag handlers. And all restaurants in the United States do this. So yeah
I agree!
I only owe you the price of a meal that i have ordered.
Bringing my food and treating me as a normal human being(if i was also nice to you of course) is the PART of your job. Not an extra effort.
people (quite obviously) do not owe you free stuff!
I actually love to tip when i can but if someone tries to force it out of me it is only going to discourage me to eat at that place again.
Tipping just helps restaurants pay their workers less.
I’m from Texas and the law states that a tippable employee gets paid a minimum of $2.13 and the rest comes from tips. If the tips do not get their hourly rate past the $7.25 minimum wage, then the restaurant has to pay the remainder.
So in other words, restaurants get away with paying their employees $2.13 and in the worst case scenario, the restaurant has to actually pay their workers. Restaurants are literally making customers pay their employees wages FOR them.
And restaurants will NEVER get rid of tipping and raise their prices as this makes their employees not count as tippable employees anymore, which means they can’t get away with paying them $2.13. Why would any restaurant want to pay their workers $7.25 when tipping allows them to get away with $2.13.
Sorry for the long rant I am just frustrated with all the stupid arguments in favor of tipping
@@harrys1729 I was of the assumption that doing your job well and not getting fired is enough encouragement to do your job, not tipping
@@wheres_bears1378 it’s different in terms of making livable wages look up the American hourly wage as a waiter. It’s not just for performance 🤦♂️
Why Americans Tip: Because employers don't want to pay their employees more.
Because it always empowers the employee to not be taxed. Sure...one should reports tips. But that is the power of tax.
that's not how it works.
@@chasingsunsets87 You obviously do not know what you are talking about! The IRS has an idea of what you are tipped on a daily/hourly bases and uses that to figure out how much you 'really' make and taxes you accordingly!
In 2020/2021 literally 97% of a waiter or bartender's tips are put on credit card. Credit card tips are automatically claimed by the computer system. Very few people tip in cash any more. The tips are on their debit or credit card because that is how people have been paying increasingly over the last 15 years. Now, a waiter might only see a cash tip once or twice a week. Also, most restaurants require the server to "tip out" some of their tips to bussers, the bartender, sometimes the host. The Standard is 3% to 4% of sales. So if a waiter does $1,000 in sales, and earned let's say $160 in tips on that, they are paying $30 to $40 as a tip out, and actually earning $120 to $130. Most waiters don't hit $1,000 in sales...even on the busy nights.
Thats false
"No tips and higher wage means higher menu prices" Well yeah because the menu would actually include what's now tipping. It's like including taxes in prices, it's not a bad thing to know how much you're paying for something before you buy it.
Típ could be just an option , and some restaurants menus are already high enough in a way that tip or not tip won’t affect the prices
food prices in many cities in the usa are already outrageous. im looking at las vegas, nyc, etc.
does this change make the employees care less for customers as their pay is not dependant on their performance.
@@a.yashwanth No because they'll still want to stay employed, just like with any other job. lol.
Honesty though, I don't want to do the math of taxes and tips when I'm looking at the menu.
In most of Europe, tipping is a sign of you being extremely satisfied with service, but it certainly isn't a part of someone's wage. That is ridiculous
Well in Germany you normally always tip in restaurants, just not a percentage as high as in the USA.
Yeah, well let's not pretend there's no sexism or racism in Europe! ;)
@@tatita9 but really not at the US’s level!
Indeed. I gave big tips when the service and food was formidable.
Rounding up the bill to a whole Euro is convenient. But in America, servers are often taught to shame and compel customers to shell out an extra 15~25% when it should be coming out of the company payroll (especially at chain restaurants). I've begun patronizing pay-first fast-casual restaurants in response, and it seems many other Millennials are doing the same.
Tipping is a business owner's way of trying to make their customers pay their employee's wages.
And, many restaurant managers/owners illegally steal tips and use them to pay their other workers.
I agree with the note of its also an incentive for better service
Have you ever worked for tips? People tip for great service to provide a product/service they've already paid for. Don't be cheap....We remember you people 💯!
@@RP-tz6jv Yes, I have. I hated it and would have much preferred a regular wage.
It's not a matter of being cheap. If I purchase an item or service most anywhere, I expect to only pay for what I buy. But in some professions, like the restaurant industry, those owners decide to pay less than a living wage and expect me, the customer, to supplement the rest.
That's why this "custom" is disregarded by the rest of the world. It's a scam perpetrated by greedy entrepreneurs who want maximum profit.
I have several excellent people who work for me. They get paid $46 per hour because I don't expect the people we serve to supplement their wages.
BTW, I also remember the people who give poor service and still expect to be tipped. 100%.
Well, the customer pays all the staff wages, eventually. But tipping means I am like directly employing someone. I am employing as I am paying to a person for service. Short and simple.
The tipping culture in America allows the restaurant owners to underpay their serving staff with the expectation that the customers would compensate through tipping.
I think it will always depend at times, I think over time a business will inevitably close due to poor practices. I look at some retail places (like my local Kmart thats closing) that make the same minimum wage as me ( i work with tipping industry), are the most, to put it bluntly, nowadays are lazy and worthless workers; it takes close to 10-20 minutes to get through check out half the time with close to no items in hand. It could be their crappy tech (they never put self check out) but I think if they made some sort of tip they might not be as worthless to us as patrons for wasting our god dam time. Giving them more money may or may not bring them up to pace but business don't care to waste time giving more or hiring a better worker sadly.
Canada has minimum wage but they require you to tip, i really don't understand
@@mayitbe6606 In some provinces, there is a pay gap between regular workers and restaurant floor staff. It is expected that the floor staff get the "balance" and more from tips.
thus, the rich keep getting richer while many think it's "kindness" it's actually killing everyone and influencing greed
@@mayitbe6606 I live in Alberta and tips are not required
I live in Norway, and we just pay people a decent salary and nobody tips anyone anywhere. It's a ridiculous culture.
🙌🏼👏🏼American food workers are forced to morph into hyper annoying WWE entertainers and performers to make bottom of the barrel $!
Remove all tips, you should expect good/great service without providing a bonus which in today's US service oriented business is now expected.
Yeah and everyone just sits at home because it’s too expensive to go out in Norway. Sounds like you’ve really got it worked out!
Not just Norway. The whole World.
Only America tip.
🤮🤮🤮
@@DpsRagerTM unfortunately the UK tips too (service is added to the bill)
We visited South Korea years ago, and I learned that restaurants don’t want customers to leave tips. It’s considered rude and makes them feel looked-down upon.
100%
I lived there for a year.
During my first trips to Seoul, I remember leaving a 25% tip at a restaurant.
A few minutes after I left, someone was chasing me down the mall.
I thought I was in trouble.
But it was the waitress chasing me down to return my money.
Wow....I felt so bad.
Lesson learned.
@@Dangic23 😀
I found that Italians are the same. The locals hate you doing it because it puts pressure in them.
I can't agree for your reason, but it is indeed 99% true that you don't need to leave tips in South Korea.
Same in Spain! Don't tip them. Most of the time they will not even take the tip
I've been a waiter and tipping is the worst thing you can do. It lets bosses get away with paying a lower wage.
There is always factory jobs.
@@jcfra420 nah, I'd rather force employers pay livable wages
@@ah2522 Oh, I would also like to say, those tipped employees, that you think aren't making living wages, probably make more than you. Generally, tipped employees make around 18-20 and hour in a semi busy restaurant.
People are so comfortable in their misery. They would rather let their employers keep stiffing them and pouring all their frustration onto the customers who end up paying for the cost either way. Very bizarre country US is.
I only tip when it is deserved. For an example: out standing service, ect.
That sounds horrible. A tip should NEVER affect your actual wage. :(
I've lived in the USA for over a year now and tipping is such a ridiculous concept in a modern country like the USA. Just include the cost of wages in the up front cost of the service like every other developed country in the world. Either way the customer still pays it...
Exactly.
Even in most developing countries, tipping is not the norm. Its something specific to the US where an industry expects the customers to pay the employees. Its absurd.
Agree
And the customer isn’t lied to about the price and doesn’t feel guilty for just simply paying the bill
As absurd as you may think it is, it’s a part of American culture and has been LONGER than anyone has been alive. Deal with it.
In Japan we don't tip simply because "you're expected to provide good service"
Who's we?
@@animock3051 are you slow?
The service in Japan is second the none. Friendly, clean, orderly and respectful.
tipping is unncessary in Japan because they will just tell you that they are just doing their job.
Exactly.
Because restaurants shift the responsibility of paying their workers on the customers
Yes and in doing so the staff get to keep 100% of their tips and pay zero taxes on them
I mean technically of customers don't come in and eat there won't be any money to pay workers lol
@@jakel8627 you’re supposed to pay taxes on tips.
Fortunately I don't eat out anymore. It costs too much. Much cheaper to eat the groceries we all buy anyway.
@@stewietinktink8441 Jake gonna start reporting them when that Audit comes
An industry that cant afford to pay their employees, typically doesn't survive. The restaurant industry is the only one we try to prop up even when it cant afford labor somehow.
They can't afford labor due to cheap ass, demanding customers that want the cheapest price they can get. You might want to check out Richard Bulles comment above he has it on the nose. You want to pay $20 for a hamburger, fries and a coke? No, cheap asses like you would never do that, they just like to soap box about unfair wages without having the slightest idea of the cost of business.
@@jcfra420 in japan its about $13.00 and people dont complain about it😄
@@carlosa7598 in Hong Kong the minimum wage is only $4.8, we don't pay tips and most people can't afford to buy a flat.
@@mayitbe6606 yeah, ive been to HK few times when i was active Navy. You can blame the main land China for ruining HKs Standards of Living. Sad that our port visits cancelled more then several times. Especially during their riots. Soo sad😢
Carlos A I saw some American tip in Hong Kong restaurant, actually it is unnecessary. Unlike America and Canada, eating out is affordable for most people here, nothing luxurious about.
One time I went to a restaurant and paid a decent tip, about $25. The waiter came running out, grabbing me and saying how I didn't enough tip. This is ridiculous
I would've took the receipt and said okay ill change it my mistake.... and changed the tip to 0
Uh huh, and what was the ticket price? $25 sounds like a big tip unless it is for a $400 8 party.
@@jcfra420 around $200 for 3 people. The guy literally ran out, grabbing me and saying that I need to pay another $20 for the tip.
You didn’t even tip 15%
That’s disgusting
If food was 5% more expensive and no tips required, that is easily better than having to worry about what is good enough to tip.
Unfortunately, menu prices would actually increase by about 20% to 25% in most restaurants. Then you will also be paying much higher SALES TAX every time you go out as well. Imagine paying $4.49 for a soda or iced tea, and $16.99 for a Bacon Cheese Burger with Fries. A Double Crab Cake Dinner runs around $31.99 in my area. That would easily be $39.99 or higher. Employer's payroll taxes also increase a lot as well with a $15 minimum wage. We could only dream of prices increasing only 5% to cover the additional labor costs. Menu prices have already gotten pretty expensive over the last decade. Restaurants use to be pretty cheap prior to 2010.
@@djrickyb I live in a country that doesnt tip. That is a bit OTT in prices that you describe. We pay $20 per hour for our wait staff and chefs and workers in the kitchen get paid more.
Here in NYC the minumum tip is 18%
@@djrickyb i also dont understand the whole you pay the price fo the item but then also pay tax on top of said item. just put the whole price on the item ? not this item is $20.00 then $25.00 when you add VAT that is stupid.
blakes channel yeah in australia the displayed price of items in inclusive of tax. it was a huge shock to me going to japan and they didnt include tax in the price. me being an introvert, i got out the exact money before paying and it ended up being the wrong amount
I’ve always questioned this tradition and people react like I’m crazy
Same and I’m European that moved to USA they looked at me like I was crazy for not tipping all I said was “it’s my damn money” like honestly
@@PeakFilmClipz well it is your money and no one is forcing you to tip- that's part of the point of tipping, but it does say a lot about how stingy you are if a person provides you good service, why not give them a bonus for the good work they've done for you?
@@___Truth___ well I really couldn’t care less on how stingy I look I’m not giving someone extra money just because they job doesn’t pay them enough it’s not my job to. And I’m not giving tips to someone that just brings me my damn food....
@@PeakFilmClipz That just goes to show you're not respectful of our traditions, our culture, or the people working for you. They're not making "extra money". They are paid the minimum $3 an hour to keep the cost of the restaurants and overhead down so people like you can enjoy going to a new restaurant every night of the week without paying an exorbitant amount and being served with a smile. Those waiters and waitresses depend on those tips and no, it's not changing anytime soon. Everything in America is done to be cost effective. For you to come to our country and feel that you don't need to acclimate to the culture and respect our traditions just because it's different than your own country just shows you how arrogant and disrespectful you truly are and you don't belong here.
@@___Truth___ are you mad. Your employer should pay your wage and you should give good service or get fired. Its that simple in Europe
when my parents visited america they got shamed for onjly tipping 10% which is custom in germany. i find it ridculous that the restaurant workers depend on the customer for payment and not the restaurant itself
worst part is you pay for someone to be rude and ruin your entire day all because someone didn't get extra money
the irony is some Americans don't tip even when they see the tip option. Tip amount varies depending on ethnicity.
@@weareorigin that is true. my neighbor owned a restaurant and he would get upset because a certain racial group never tipped his wait staff
It makes me nervous as in my country there is no such moral policing for tips
So it's also common to not tip
I will be shamed a lot in the US
Where I live in Germany it is not even 10% here the tip is just the change
I remember when I was around 14 or 15, telling my dad that he forgot to take the change from the table and that was when I even come to know about the practice called tipping, because as a middle class family in India eating out at a restaurant was that rare, not to mention in a restaurant with great service worth enough to leave a tip. American tipping culture is not just detrimental to workers, it's also a disservice to the customers. Not to mention, when the food is substandard it will directly affect the server's wage when it's not their fault at all. When a person tips, their decision is influenced by the full experience at the place which means any one incompetent person working in that place could do something wrong and the servers will end up as the one who suffers because of it.
Tipping in US: *We don't want to pay our servers a livable wage, so please tip to make up for it.*
>Americans will unironically defend this system
@@scarletcrusade77 Right wingers will shoot you if you try and update this oppresive system.
Not sure if it is the same in US but in Canada we don't tip for take out. Now with CoVID is tip maybe 10% for take out. There are no service needed for take out other than packing my food in a box.
also US: "We shouldn't increase the minimum wage, because it would increase the prices of our menu!"
And somehow tips don't indirectly do that already?
@@GameFuMaster Because minimum wage hike won't result in reduction of expected tips.
I find this so bizarre whenever I talk to my friends in the US. In India you could be in best of the hotels or restaurants and not leave a single buck as tip and the person will still see you off with a big smile.
They do request you for a tip. Everyone expect a tip if it's a decent establishment. They expect some tip-even if it's 10 or 20 rupees.
@@cs-mi8ur Of course people expect and hope for that little extra. But only times I am ‘asked’ for a tip is by the security staff in my apartment complex on festivals or very recently by the non medical staff in the hospital where my nephew was born. Other than that, from Hard rock cafe to Shamiana at the Taj to Shiv Sagar, no one has ever asked or even nudged for a tip.
havent been to India lately..but i remember there used to be a 'service fee' in the restaurants and the general understanding was if there is a service fee then you are not supposed to tip .. you can even bargain on that service fee if you are not satisfied with your service. do they still have that around? i think that is much better option.
also, now that you have compared the situation in the US with that of India, be ready for aaallllll the hateful comments from all those who would totally miss the point of the discussion in the comments and would try to drift it towards India and life in India in general :D
@@24306529 After GST came along multiple court rulings made it difficult for restaurants to levy service charge and those who still do, display it on the menu and sometimes even on entrance doors but most of the establishments have gotten rid of it to avoid the hassle. The point being its unambiguous and no one gives you a guilt trip if you aren’t tipping.
@@24306529 yes last I checked service fee was just a way of including tip into your bill. It is a TIP. Its no other tax or any other legal fee. I remember my friend from restaurant industry saying it was just done to ensure everybody tipped. Which is just wrong I dont want to tip because you don't pay em living wages and at the end of the day servers have to split this amount to make up.
Another fraud indian restaurants pulled was saying after gst we will reduce previous item prices since they included taxes and now will tax on top of items. They never did it! Pocketed the amount of previous tax fees. Charged us gsts separately! Plus the god damn service fee. Vat tax etc.
People expect to be tipped for everything. If I’m paying $100-$300 to have my hair done please do not expect a tip... I’m just saying. I do always tip at restaurants. I don’t expect to be tipped at my job 🙄
Tipping in America is seriously so stupid there's no way I'd pay a extra £5 - £50 for a freaking tip! That's ridiculous... £2 is fair enough if it was good service x
They should be paying people properly not relying on customer to pay there wages
@@alison2984 yup people here expect to be tipped for EVERYTHING. It’s ridiculous. Everywhere now people try to guilt trip you into tips also. My friend went to a drive thru place and they tried demanding a tip.
And in all honestly most of the people who get the best tips are young attractive girls. I knew girls who went into the service industry because they knew they can flirt their way into good tips.
In Singapore, we will be automatically charged with an additional of 10% in our total bill for service charge and we will leave additional tips to the service person if we find the service is remarkable.
Oh how nice of you to force the customers to pay a service charge even if you'd only think of the service/food etc. as mediocre or even bad. That's horrible. Tipping should be seen as a bonus for getting quality meals and service in the form of taste, portion size, being asked if you need anything etc. and not mandatory. It removes the whole purpose with the principle.
@@Speer788 well this is how the economy works. This ensures that jobs such as providing F&B services will be taken and a minimum wage are met to protect the employees from getting underpaid. And if you’re found guilty for underpaying your staff you will be heavily fined by the government. Mediocre is really acceptable and it’s far from being bad. Of course everyone wants to receive a good service. The responsibility of ensuring a good customer service should come from the employer itself for hiring and training the right person with the right attitude for the job. Employers have every right to fire their employees for having poor attitude because their restaurant’s name is at stake. The chef and owner of the restaurant are responsible for the taste and portion size of a meal and not the waiters or waitresses who didn’t prepare your meal. We do still tip the service person who made an extra mile out of their jobs scope to provide quality service. If it’s efficient to earn wages through solely on tips, why are F&B service workers in the US still underpaid regardless their effort to provide good services?
Same thing in Indonesia, we customers pay 10% service charge and 10% added value tax in restaurants and hotels.
@@Speer788 hey, at least they are being upfront about it. How about the oh so great america? Underpaying the server & guilttripping their costumer to pay the worker's salary. imagine their salary is so bad that they are depending on an act glorified begging lmao
& tbh tipping is just glorified tax evasion lol
Same in the Philippines. But the service charge is around 5-8% and it all goes to all the waiters/waitresses proportionately, tax-free. But this is only true for average to high-end restaurants, so not all restaurants or food stores.
As a tourist traveling to US, tipping someone makes me uncomfortable.
Oh yes. On of the most annoying things about travel to US is the tipping. I feel constantly at loss about whom to tip and how much. And constantly being very careful to have all the time enough "small money" - the paper money in small nominations for tips! Gets very annoying. Like traveling in a very poor third world country (where you need cash in small nominations as exchange is often in short supply). In Northern Europe, no need for tipping - unless you have experienced a truly excellent service. And you pay with credit card - no playing around with dirty money.
Oh, almost forgot: at restaurant server has a portable device for credit card payments; the card is on your hand all the time. Hello America, are you listening?
It's the opposite for me (an American) when I travel to Europe. The guilt for not tipping is so ingrained in me that I cannot walk away from a table without leaving a tip. So I leave 10% and only feel slightly guilty.
@@MrEqtube you definitely don’t need to tip cash. I haven’t been to a restaurant in my life that doesn’t take credit cards and then you just add the tip on your receipt.
Tipping is pretty easy. 15% minimum and 20%+ if you had great service.
Compared to my travels in Europe wait staff in the United States is generally much quicker and responsive. Tips are definitely a part of that but there are also many cultural differences that contribute to that as well.
I will say that the credit card machines in Europe are much better. It never dawned on me how strange it was that we just gave our credit cards to servers.
Overall as someone who has been a waiter, I loved tips. It was an entry level job that would probably pay $12-$13 an hour where I lived. Instead I’d often make closer to $25 an hour. On top of that a good amount of the tips were in cash so I wasn’t taxed on them.
Most servers I know want tips to stay as well. A lot of the people demanding tips go away are people who have never worked a job for tips. There’s obviously exceptions but it’s something to note. If tips go away servers will make much less money than they do today on average but they will have a more consistent paycheck. Service quality at restaurants will decrease and the numbers of people employed as servers will also greatly decrease.
I’m not really sure who this helps?
@@perkowsky5 At your restaurant how much did food typically cost? And are there penalties for not tipping? I heard someone say a restaurant put an automatic tip on the receipt.
@@perkowsky5 I have been in US on five times, first time was in mid 90's. As this conversation already shows, an average American does not even see the problems tipping allows: hiring someone to work with very little or even with no salary, gray economy (yes, tips should be taxable and taxed income) and so on.
When I wrote that is very difficult for outsider to understand when to to tip, let me give you an example: police stop you and tells you that your left brake light does not work. Do you tip him/her - as you GOT SERVICED?! I guess not, as it would be bribery. Do you tip pilots after your flight? If no, why not? Please tell me, as I do not get it - not in either way. Either you are to tip each and every person ever that provides you some sort of service - or make up an exhaustive list who to tip and who not. I attended an international conference, one evening there was general get together, drinks and snacks provided gratis by organizer. To my utter astonishment, people left tip on the desk when they got their free drink!! As if the organizer did have the funds to arrange the event and not to pay for staff? For European, that would be VERY much out of question, I found it downright rude and demeaning. At the very least, you Americans, do know when NOT to tip, as in Japan - by tipping you are indicating that staff is not paid salary and that is an insult.
They say it would increase menu prices, but then wouldn't the menu price reflect the true cost that consumers pay including tips?
Moreover, employee compensation would no longer be arbitrary and unreliable.
Too many idiots can't do basic maths.
@Hai Voai Sorry, English subtitles aren't available for that video. What was I supposed to get from that video?
And service would be awful just like in Europe.
@@johnp139 yeah, because service is amazing in America right?
To those of us from non-confrontational cultures, we tip in the US mostly out of fear. It’s one more reason not to eat out to be honest. It’s a lot easier to just add a service charge as is the standard in most of the planet. It makes the whole service industry less stressful and fair for all of us.
Can we get a video about those ipad registers, where they ask for tips before the service such as in coffee shops
Another American’s culture : “mandatory” tips.
I don’t mind the concept of tipping. But in today’s society it has become expected without the provision of exceptional service.
So true and frustrating!
TO INSURE PROPER SERVICE. if they didn't give you proper service then don't tip. simple
10% for bad service...
Everyone wants a tip now too... since when was tipping sandwich makers custom?
@@SeamHead33 Yah right, and you're the same entitled ones who hound customers and come to moan online when they choose not to tip 🙄
Hate when I buy a sandwich and there is the screen for tip why? Everywhere I go now there is a tip jar or tip screen, pay ur employees. Soon grocery stores will ask for tips
In Washington weed shops ask for tips lmaooo like a tip for what???? Doing your literal job……
The first time I arrived in the US, I took a cab from the airport to the city. The cab was dirty, and the driver drove the wrong way several times and had to stop for directions. And then he begged for tips and basically shamed me when I paid him the agreed price, and I felt really guilty. It was the weirdest culture shock I have experienced, and I've been to 50+ different countries. In Sweden, tipping a cab driver - let alone one who did a bad job - would just be ridiculous.
Lived in South Korea for a year.
During my first trips to Seoul, I remember leaving a 25% tip at a restaurant.
A few minutes after I left, someone was chasing me down the mall.
I thought I was in trouble.
But it was the waitress chasing me down to return my money.
Wow....I felt so bad.
Lesson learned.
In America, they'd be chasing you down demanding tips
@@clarencetse
Lol....so true.
@@clarencetse some would even be Mad at you if the tip was not what they expected.Thats crazy
One of the perks of being in Seoul.
I’ve been to Korea and the service in casual restaurants is nonexistent and also the upscale restaurants expect tip
It’s funny how the US is expecting tips for “Good Service” when they don’t know what “Good Service” looks like compare to Asian standards.
Did you not watch the video? They expect tips because that's their only form of payment.
Agreed...on the flipside though, while in Asia, it's not customary and they can give great service without tips, the only time I've ever heard of people being cursed at for not tipping is from our Asian brethren. I've personally only ever experienced tipping shame and tipping entitlement from my Asian family. But, in many parts of Asia, I've experienced exceptional service with pride.
@@PardonMyPresence understood, but let's call tipping a tax because you're giving additional money, many times unearned, to supplement exploitatively low wages. Tips are rewards, bonuses for a job well done. I don't know about you, but I've gotten a bonus once a year, not everytime I give a stellar performance. You can only hope that it's remembered.
I've lived in Japan for most of my life, and on average, the service is much much better in Japan than the US, but you're not supposed to tip there. It's so messed up that you're expected to tip in the US and you're guaranteed to get bad food and mediocre service.
@@MichelMawon4982 I hear you. Personally I only consider it a tax if the tip doesn't go directly to the server and they have to share it. Outside of that it's not a great living. There's different types of bonuses but if it's attached to performance then every effort is accounted for. That's a beautiful picture of you Johanne 🙂
Tip is just socializing the cost for employees onto customers. This is why I hardly ever stop by restaurants to eat.
Why is that Americans have this nasty habit of making customers feel like they have to tip everyone who is already getting paid for their job. The workers cry for and got their $15 minimum wages yet they still expect to get a 20% tip, it's ridiculous. Some even ask if you want to tip before even getting the food or service (talking to you Panera Bread) Port C. Florida
Minimum wage won't hit $15/hr until 2025 here.
in some states minimum wage is like at $7.50 an hour. a lot of waitors/waitresses in the US can't get by without tips, and majority of Americans know that. It isn't a nasty habit to give 20% tip, it's just good people being good people
@@seeeth3563 Most of the time it’s people who make less than the waiters being asked to fork over even more of their money in the form of tip.
Someone isn’t bad just because they make $15/hr and don’t want to inflate the wage of their server to $30+
@@007SuperSoldier Dude if you're making less than the waiters you shouldn't be going out to eat than. You should be eating at home and making your own lunch for work. Don't ask for a service if you can't afford it. Also, if waiters and waitresses got paid a livable wage than you wouldn't need to tip anymore. That's why they don't tip in other countries in Europe. They don't have to cause the staff of the restaurant makes a livable wage from their employer. If you have a problem with having to tip than take it up with owners who won't pay a fair wage.
@@whiskybooze That argument translates to “why don’t you go somewhere where it’s acceptable to not tip the workers, like a grocery store or a fast food restaurant”
I once went in to get change for the bus. The lady at the bar said I have to buy something. Bought an over priced lemonade and on my way out to catch my bus. She had the audacity to say “you’re not going to leave a tip?”
I believe it. My Doordash driver complained I didn’t leave him a big enough tip when he dropped off my food 🙄
@@jalmanza08 that’s horrible. I just keep it to myself if that occurred. But on one end it depends on how far he drove to get the food to you. Doordash has a base pay of $3 for every order, so the drivers have to rely on tips to pay for gas, maintenance, etc. Hence why the service fee tend to be low for consumers.
@@Johnnyy832 that's not his problem, he tipped what he tipped
@@jalmanza08 You did nothing wrong, he's lucky to have gotten any tip.
Yikez
In Romania and I think most of Europe (from what I've visited), tipping is something you leave because you want and were very satisfied by the service.
As it should be, but in America if you don't tip you're considered a bad person
Thats how it is all over the world, I believe.
I live in Germany I get paid 10 euros an hour, a bonus of 500 euros a month for not skipping any day at work, and tips (10% around 500 a month) i love Germany ❤️
I don’t really like the tip culture. I would rather pay more for meals than think about how much I should tip.
Can we please get rid of this tipping fiasco. It's just a way for restaurants to keep more money for themselves. Overseas they don't have tipping you just eat and go.
Indeed here in Portugal I remember a funny situation where some american tourists the next table over were saying to the waiter they wanted to tip 15%. The guy was looking at them dubmfounded trying to figure out 15% of what exacly and if they were posing him some kind of math challenge
What I hate is feeling obligated to leave a tip when I receive poor service.
thats between your ears. don't tell us about your feelings. The rule for tipping in America is absurdly simple: if you are sitting down (a bar, restaurant) it's 15% for average service, 10% for below average, 18-20% for great service and nothing for awful service. If it's a counter a dollar in the tip jar is fine and for delivery 10% is fine.
In Europe, I had nothing but bad service from people who knew they were getting paid regardless. The service in Europe is so bad. thats why in USA we have tips TO INSURE PROPER SERVICE
@@SeamHead33 Do I have to tip If i get a takeout from a restaurant myself?
@@jimmylives no
@@jimmylives you never have to. Its only if you want to and if you feel they deserve it. The potential to receive a tip insures proper service from a waitress
@@SeamHead33 that's a relief
Someone a few years ago told me otherwise
Tipping is based on customs, not on law. It's just a tradition, not an obligation. Blame the restaurants for not paying their staff well, not the customers who simply pay exactly what's on the bill.
It’s not a custom. It’s just a hidden fee. Tipping makes service industry workers vulnerable financially
and yet, the servers are the HIGHEST paid position in the restaurant. usually 2x more then the chef who prepare your food.
@@jackli8088 Which is WRONG, neither cooks should make abysmal wages nor should waiters rely on tips.
@@jackli8088 And is every restaurant like that? Clearly it's mostly in high-end establishments that waiters can make that much in tips.
Only reason tipping exist because its dominated by non white majority if it was white majority then it would have been prestigious job with all benefits .
@@jackli8088 thats just top servers , not everyone .
As a person who has had to work for tips, I find it absolutely shameful to have to rely on customers to pay my bills. It is the responsibility of the restaurants to pay their employees a livable wage. I'd gladly pay more for food at restaurant in order to not have to tip.
What's worse, is when you have a three table section and your customers stay for hours. They literally take up 1/3 of your income and there is nothing you can do about it. It's not their fault either, it's the restaurants fault.
"Cough cough...there's a fire in the kitchen. Better leave."
Then, after they leave...
"We can serve the next customers..."
Great publicity too. This place is on fire!
Their a way to get to move can i get anything else they say no they got the bill their is nothing wrong saying it again can I get you something else if not we need the table .
Only they earn much more because of tips.
As a customer, I always feel that I'm expected to subsidize the business payroll by tipping. Businesses are obligated to pay their workers a living wage not customers.
I remember the first time I went to a restaurant here in the US I didnt really know that you should tip and the waitress was offended and asked what she did wrong. I felt bad for both of us.
Lmao damn i totally feel u
I get tips where I work, but I don't expect to be tipped nor do I get offended. I'm just there to do my job.
It happens to me all the time in South Africa, and I do tip... but they insist on the 10% tip. I find that behavior to be rude. Never confront a customer, especially if the restaurant has not made tips mandatory.
tips NEED to be optional goddamn it, that's the whole point of it. not giving tips at all should not be frowned upon, because the servants aren't working for you, they are working for the restaurant, therefore the restaurant needs to pay them not the customer, in most of the world that's how it works, tips are extremely rare and always optional.
This. And until that happens, I base my tip on whether my server is human. If they're not a robot, they get 25% regardless.
i realize a lot of people are like you, dont understand how wages work, you are actually believe the owner is paying the the worker? NO, it never is in any industry. its ALWAYS the customers. the only difference is most industry the customer pay the owner, then owner pay the worker. in restaurant its the customers paying the worker directly. if tipping is stopped, then the food will increase 15-20% to added to the hourly pay, there is NO WAY the owner will pay out of his own pocket. period
@@jackli8088 You are completely right, the consumer pay the business and the business pay the worker their share. USA have some strange habbit with these tipping wages and i was honestly a bit shocked about when i first heard about them. But from a business perspective rolling in a set manimume wage will affect how many workers a business will hire. This is basic economic and there is no way you can have it both ways. But honestly i believe higer menu prices and less resturant workers is better than many resturant workers with below minimume wage, as it will actually help some instead of none.
Matthew Stinar you mean human as in nonA-robotic behavior and communication? Just treating you like a regular customer ?
@@nerad1994 Nope, I just mean they have human DNA and weren't built in a factory. As long as they are technically a human being, they get paid in full on that basis alone.
Could just pay decent wages instead of playing bs games with the livelyhoods of people.
capitalism at its best
Preach.!!🙌🏻
Americans have been programmed into shaming themselves by saying *"if you can't afford to tip, don't go out to begin with"* 🤦🏻♂️🤣🤣
I haven't met many servers that would want tipping to go away but hey it would make it simpler so I'm all for it.
@@davidp2981 hey! It screws someone else's life, but WTF!!
Going out to eat is expensive enough. Just cook at home as much as possible. It's barely worth eating out anymore.
Many people go out to eat cause they don't feel like cooking.
@@Sound_Spark then they can go die of diabetes i guess
@@Sound_Spark Some of us go out because we can't cook 🤣
As someone who grew up in asia. this was one of my culture shock when I went to the US as an exchange student. tipping is like mandatory in the US.
In Indonesia, it's welcome to leave some tips. But, it's very rare and no one ever expect it in the first place.
Plus, you gotta give it directly to the person served you, if you just leave it in the table, people gonna assume that you accidentally left your money behind, they will chase you and give it back to you.
@@KevinR3i such great honesty! I hope to come there someday
_"if you just leave it in the table, people gonna assume that you accidentally left your money behind, they will chase you and give it back to you."_
Sure thing bud, sure thing.
@@SMGJohn have you ever been to Indonesia?
@@SMGJohn it's true dude
@@annasatrianabird3559
Your experience does not equate a norm.
Tipping used to be something you’d do to get special service. Now it’s something that a lot of service oriented employees have come to expect for just doing their job. The shift to the consumer to subsidize these employees’ wages was not the original intention of tipping.
yep.. people act like its mandatory now jsut for doing their normal job.. it's BS
But in the US, it literally was the intention. Did you not watch the video?
Healthcare workers never get tips. Where is the justice in that? Clearly, they deserve to be tipped.
Tipping used to be something you’d do to get special service.
True.
And that is why I said to another person. We need to fix the mindset of people in the industry. People need to go back to looking at the "job" as their profession and their livelihood.
Tipping is idiotic, why do I have to pay 20-30% of my meal cost to someone just because they dont get paid enough. I dont blame restaurant owners thought thats like one of the most sh** type of businesses to open
If they do not pay their employees on PURPOSE/because of greed then it IS their fault!
To be honest if you can not pay your employees the bare minimum for whole shifts then you should not open a restaurant in the first place!
''tip 25%''
How about no? I tip 15%, take it or leave it.
I tip 0%.
I would rather have the restaurant tell me upfront how much a meal is with tip and tax prior to going in. This way, both the customers and the waiters win. If people want to tip more, that’s fine, but I would rather be told what the upfront cost is going to be rather than worry through my meal what I should tip and whether the waiter would be okay or happy about it. This is one of the reasons I only go to a free birds, subway, chipotle or a fast food place or get something to go and rarely ever go to a sit down restaurant any longer.
Key words in your first sentence: TIP and TAX. Where I am, sales tax is calculated on the meal cost, not on the tip. When the tip (say currently 20%) becomes part of the meal cost, then the state/county/city will collect 20% more tax. You gonna vote for a 20% tax increase? That's HUGE! Who gets stuck with that tax bill? The customer, the server, the restaurant owner? Government is already laughing all the way to the bank. Everybody else loses.
I used to work as a receptionist in a hotel in Australia when I was young. My base salary was enough to live on, but I still got tips and we had opportunities to sell tours to guests and get commission for every tour we sold.
That’s what the tips were for. My base salary afforded me room I could rent in a house full of other young people and tips and commissions paid for my travels. And other luxury stuff.
Honestly people shouldn’t be relying on tips for their living. It’s honestly kind of embarrassing and makes your restaurant experience uncomfortable
Your story was cool and i agree with you!
Fact that people in America expect a tip is a problem
As a black person I get horrible service in restaurants because of preconceived notions that I won't tip even though I plan to tip 20%. Tipping culture was created by wealthy whites to separate themselves from the poor blacks minorities and the new women workforce. I really hope it gets abolished. I don't mind paying automatic gratuity on my food if it means workers get paid fair wages.
Have a better minimum wage, tipping shouldn't be mandatory, if someone is going the extra mile for customer satisfaction then and only then tipping makes sense.
I wish the video would have talked about it more but the main problem with tipping is the employers don't have to pay minimum wage.
Exactly!
I lived in Japan for several years and traveled to different Asia countries. If those restaurants can survive on comparable food prices at the restaurants then why can't American restaurants do it. Not to mention some restaurants force a 20-25% charge. Employers just aren't paying their workers the right amount.
I've always refused to tip in the US, it's got me into trouble once or twice but I've always held my ground. PAY YOUR STAFF DECENT WAGES, PEOPLE..!!
How about employers actually pay their employees salary? Ffs, no-tip shaming is a US-only problem, and a dumb one tbh.
Why on EARTH would I tip 10% if I got a bad service? Like, and actual bad service, not me disagreeing with the restaurant's mask policy.
Tipping is a reward, a show of appreciation to the restaurant's workers. It should not be us paying a big chunk of wages that employers don't want to pay themselves.
This is not fair to customers neither. Sometimes people judge you because you don't look like you are going to tip a lot, and you won't get a good service. Not to mention if you leave a small tip they might even curse you.
Minimum wage causes the menu prices go up, however I believe people will still expect you to tip...
Right, American-style tips were invented to basically deflect the animosity of low pay away from the management and towards the customer.
Add 15% to the price and ban tipping...Then take all the money you add to the menu and divided among your employees... Is still tipping, BUT will resolve the problem of customer not knowing what to tip, and being yelled up by angry servers when you do not leave any tip due to their rudeness.
That is a good point. I'm a simple guy and most often wear basic shoes, jeans and a hoodie. I go to restaurant often because I love to experience new places. I have often felt this stigma.
I'm already paying 20 dollers for friggin pasta, it's really not much for your employer to pay you a actual living wage.
Run a restaurant, you will know
@adum50 I think servers in the usa tend to earn more thanks to the tips. We can get rid of it I think it's better for the customer to know the full costs before hand.
@adum50 out countries spend higher percentages of their income on things like food and other consumer goods
It will probably also be the end of free refill and the beginning of expensive drinks. That's the most profitable menu items in europe.
@@jsplit9716 Drinks are already expensive. This will just make me go out to restaurants less. I'm already trying to cut back as is.
I hate tipping for several reasons. A growing fear of mine recently is are the waiters and cooks getting the tips? Are the tips being split? Is the business taking a cut? I would 100% rather tip the chef than a waiter any day of the week.
You are not my employee so don't expect me to pay your salary.
Restaurant owners say you get to choose how much you tip. A lot of times I wish I could choose how much I pay for the food as well.
Today, America is the most outdated country. I was in Tokyo a few years ago. Everything was far advanced. Everything this so clean, people are kind and friendly, yet no tip. It's amazing how they can be so nice without tip.
it's cultural difference. In America a good service need to be paid extra. In Japan, good service is expected in every work irrespective of pay.
@@khairulhelmihashim2510 Yes, but do Americans even get paid?
I go out to eat to, & pay for my meal, I’m not paying extra on top of my bill. How much someone makes isn’t really my problem or concern. It’s your bosses job to pay you, not the customers.
"I want these people to work for me, but i dont want to pay them. I should guilttrip the customers."
As a European, i always felt anxious about going out eating in the USA because of the tipping culture. In EU i am tipping if i am getting some extra things like if someone brings a blanket to my gf, assists me with dietary requirements, or holds a table for me or other things like that. I definitely won't tip if you annoy me coming to my table every 5 minutes and asking "is everything alright sir?". Feels very fake. And good service should be a standard because it's kind your job as default. Also most of the time i don't really care about service, because i just came to eat and don't expect me to pay 5$ tip for 15$ burrito lol. Another thing i did not understand was tipping in airports, where the guy literally do 2 steps, takes the product, gives it to me, types in an amount in the tablet, and turns it to me where the tablet shamelessly says "chose a tipping amount", yeah man u can forget about it. :D Also i come from quite poor country where the minimum wage is like 3$/hour and 15 for buritto is already expensive for me.
I'm an American and the service I had at restaurants in Europe was TERRIBLE! I felt like I had to light a flair to get someone's attention.In Belgium I literally had to get up after ten minutes of sitting there and tell the server that my food was cold and he scoffed and asked what he expected me to do about it!
The rule for tipping in America is absurdly simple: if you are sitting down (a bar, restaurant) it's 15% for average service, 10% for below average, 18-20% for great service and nothing for awful service. If it's a counter a dollar in the tip jar is fine and for delivery 10% is fine.
In Europe, I had nothing but bad service from people who knew they were getting paid regardless. The service in Europe is so bad, they should owe the guest a tip!
@@rumrunner8019 I get the point about the friendly service in the US. If you actually need something it is really helpful. Like my dad had some dietary restrictions due to medical reasons and getting waiters in the US to follow them was way easier than in europe.
But as the OP said. To us europeans the constant asking if everything is alright doesnt feel like good service to us. It interrupts our conversations at the table and we came here to talk to our friends, not the wait staff.
Also why did you let your food get cold and then went to the guy to complain? ;)
@@rumrunner8019 I don't like that, a plate and a drink is two trips to the table, if my plate costs $15 or $50 the server is not working more then two trips to the table. What is even worse are when bars and restaurants do tip out where the server has to pay a percentage of each sale to the bar out of their tip.
what country in europe?
@@rumrunner8019 exactly. there's nothing annoying about saying, "everything is great thanks". however when you want a refill, or a clean fork, or to send back bad food and there is no waitress to be found because they make the same no matter what, THAT IS EXTREMELY ANNOYING. thats why tips are TO INSURE PROPER SERVICE
Tipping started a luxury to a necessity... Customers already pay a lot high price on food and 20% more for service.. It’s robbing
Servers deserved a nice pay , Tipping can’t be an escape for pay.
You really think leaving an extra 5$ to help someone and their dependents is that hard to justify???
@@Dehydratedfer 5$ I get an extra meal for that. And I am not saying you don’t have to tip if you have enough money ...
I am saying about people who don’t want to tip the little money they save
@@Aa-ieoe then don’t go to restaurants then if u cannot afford tipping when you know for a fact they barely earn any money (2.13$/hr) why would u go to a restaurant when you know that people there rely heavily on tips to make ends meet???
@@Dehydratedfer that's why ur system's a joke.
@@Dehydratedfer I am not against tipping .. I want to say they work hard and they need to earn a minimum wage of 10 to 15$ /hr.
I will tip when I feel comfortable, I was saying servers need to get the money they work for they don’t have to depend on the Tip .
It used to be making servers happy for the service but now it’s what they depend on. This shows the system is broken ...
In some countries, tipping is seen as an INSULT.
But in America, it is demanded or the waitress herself can't eat or pay rent.
America, A wealthy third-world country.
I hate being forced to tip. In America they expected to be tipped for everything. Its disgusting
As an Australian, the lady at the end saying "never tip nothing, that's like making someone serve you for $2/hr" well why is it my problem they aren't being paid fairly? Blame the restaurant not me.
Yeah that comment rankled me as well. As a former server myself years and many moons ago, I knew it was important to provide super service in order to have the best chance at a tip. I knew that if I provided crap service, I wasn't gonna see a tip, or it would be a garbage tip. That's 100% on me in 99% of the cases. That 1% is reserved for those special few jackholes that take up most of your time, rack up a nice sized bill, and enjoyed your super service but still go out of their way to leave a joke of a tip (if they leave one at all). Yes, those people do exist. Doesn't matter what you do - they were never intending to leave you a nice tip from the moment they decided to patronize your establishment.
ETA - almost forgot - there are cases where a zero tip is warranted. In fact, there are several cases where a zero tip is warranted. If you look at me like a chore, no tip. If you are dowdy and frowny/unexpressive, no tip. If I have to chase after you for service despite the fact the business is pretty much barren at the time, no tip. If I ask you a simple question and you give me snark, no tip. If you otherwise act as though you'd rather be anywhere else than at work doing your job and getting paid for it, no tip.
I've been told I'm a bad person for not tipping. I'm like, dude, we need to pay people more. He was a small business owner, so of course he's a die hard Republican.
@@BigDaddyJinx No one OWES you a tip. Tips are optional everywhere except the super high end joints that rip off their customers by automatically adding 30% to the total. Sorry.
Being paid $26 aud an hour and $34 on weekends for just making coffee really makes me glad to be in Australia.
@@visceratrocar u are a bad person for not tipping, if you think tipping isn't part of ur meal then go countries that dont have tips, they just add a 15% flat service fee to your bill. So yes you are FORCED to tip regardless of the services you recieve, maybe that's what you deserve, jerk
They just need to put a ban on tipping. Restaurants are fleecing customers and basically getting free labor at the same time. If they can't make it by paying a living wage, then they can go out of business. Simple as that.
And if servers are to make more based on business volume, let it be by way of profit sharing.
They just need to put a ban on tipping.
I attempted to tip at a Taco Bell drive thru. I was met with "Im sorry sir but I can't accept tips."
@Hai Voai
Dude, label your link. Naked links are suspicious.
@@MatthewStinar
Traditional Japanese businesses have semi annual bonuses based on profits. It's a perk.
I have to dosage with you somewhat yea they should be paid better wages but tipping is a sign of thanks .
United States is horrible with service. People are not working for tips because they expect it to be there no matter what.
Tipping are like taxes That wont really get you in trouble but will give you -100000 social credits
Tipping is crazy...once had a waiter follow me outside, then proceed to yell and throw my tip (paper and coin currency) at me because he thought it was too low...
Be honest, it was.
You should have picked up a rock and chucked it at their head or the restaurant window.
@@lastmanstanding2622 1c coins are too low
@@lastmanstanding2622 even if it was he should be grateful tips are optional.
I’ve heard so many stories like that! One of my best friends had an incident just like that; it was her first time in the US and the waitress followed her outside the restaurant. My friend thought she forgot something (like her coat or wallet) but she was so surprised/upset/scared to know that it was all because of the lack of tipping 😅
I used to by my food In large quantities from restaurant suppliers and the price was so low, that I save a lot of money compared to buying from a regular store. Restaurants pay little for food, so they can pay their employees.
The cost is not in the food. The cost is in leasing and overhead. Most chains have universal pricing so you're paying for their location there and for them to rent out a shop in time's square.
US citizens should ask themselves why in a country that has 300 + million people living there and a workers union has barely 14 million members.
Time to do something for your workers.
Don't blame Europeans for paying their workers properly.
You can't force me to tip you. I'll tip of I want to
Take it away it’s become such a problem customers getting harassed.
You get harassed because you don’t know how to tip. And probably don’t tip at all
@@jonathanvilleneuve2088 Why should someone be harassed for not tipping?
@@jonathanvilleneuve2088 if I like the service I tip ; if I get horrible food but great service I tip lower; if I get great food but horrible service I tip lower. In my country 50% of the customers don't tip and when they do tip it is peanuts. So when I tip I get treated like royalty.
@@jonathanvilleneuve2088 why do i need to tip them for doing their job?
@@jayyzee5708 technically without tips you would have to pay more for the food or service.
Can’t wait to read the comments 🍿
America got everything wrong except capitalistic slavery!
@Open Ranks that's only in the south mate not the whole u.s is the civil war not enough for you to forget slaverys issue and move on
“If you can’t provide your employees a living wage you shouldn’t be in business”
Stop tipping, demand your government to raise minimum wage, dont be complicit with business underpaying their workers.
U guys live in the US, u got all the rights that I dont, take advantage of them.
I wish they had covered the practice of "tipping out", which is where the server then redistributes their tips to the other workers so the restaurant can scrimp even more on labor costs.
That isn't why they "tip out" -- they tip out because some staff get REALLY good tips and some get NO tips even though they are supposedly tipped. (Hostess' in particular get shafted unless they also wait tables on the side) Bartenders make FAR more than waitstaff. Pretty staff get higher tips, its just a fact.
@@redwolfexr Hostesses are getting shafted by the restaurant, not the customers who aren't aware of where their tips are going. I'm for ending tipped work, especially because beauty standards skew towards whiteness. It would also reduce incidents of sexual harassment since your pay isn't dependent on the whim of the customers.
@@mariawesley7583 Two separate issues. they are shafted by the owners by having to depend on tips... and then they are graded on appearance for how good the tips are.
So smart crews put the pretty and charismatic staff where they get the most tips for the whole crew.
And I agree... the more white you are and the more you flirt.. the better your tips. Some of us tip generally the same regardless, but I know a LOT of people who don't.
@@mariawesley7583 the only men who hate non white women are black men
Tipping is not an American custom, It's forced upon customers of the service industry because Restaurants don't want to pay their employees a living wage like the rest of the world. They claim that if they had to pay their employees a living wage they would have to raise the prices in their menus, last time I check those items in the menu aren't exactly cheap to begin with. Servers and Maids shouldn't have to rely on hand outs to make a decent living.
Did you not notice almost all mom and pop restaurants that have been around decades not survive the shutdown even with ppp loans? Corporate restaurants would love to get of tipping and makings seem like they are empowering employees....
in brazil theres an addition of 10% to any bill that you pay in a restaurant. you are free to ask to remove it if you want but most people just pay it. you are free to tip extra directly to the waiter but thats not expected at all.
1. Tipping is not mandatory. It is not an obligation.
2. Tipping is not an entitlement.
3. The law states tipping is voluntary, and therefore we are within our legal rights to not tip if we don't want to.
Those are the facts in the eyes of the law. You can call me names all you want, but the facts don't care about your feelings.
I don't have to tip (or can tip as little as I want), and that, by law, is fine.
Deal with it.
No other industries' workers get extra paid (i.e. tipping) for simply doing their supposed-to-do job.
I WILL NEVER TIP , they should be paying them more ! It's not MY responsibility !
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It’s your responsibility as you know how your fellow human is being abused in their workplace. I used to think like you do & I do, but we have to have class solidarity.
@@JasonPopcornzWorld It's like telling your cousin they're in a abusive relationship and they should leave...
@@JasonPopcornzWorld ya u do that by PAYING THEM MORE in the 1st place FOOL
@@Q3hero I dont speak gen z
I started out as a bus boy, and climbed my way up to a restaurant manager until where I am now owning a couple pizza franchises. Tips were a big part of my income....I wish tips were eliminated, and just raise wages instead. Tipping is wrong.
Well if you own some franchises then sound like you are the person who can stop it and pay your employees enough. Great!
Exactly! Lead by example
How is Tipping.. wrong?
@@ClarkS963 I actually pay my employees $16/hr/avg after 6 months on the job, starting at $9.50/hr without experience.
@@ClarkS963 Look at Australia, a McDonald's employee makes no less than $19/hr there. Yes their burgers are more expensive too, but overall, higher wages benefits EVERYONE, and NO TIPS...
This is disgusting. Forced tip isn't tip
Tipping being mandatory is a ridiculous concept, tipping is meant to be as a reward for an exceptional service not the norm. American business owners should pay their staff properly and factor that into the price
"Oh no! Menu prices are gonna increase because we won't have to tip anymore! It's like they just moved the tip as a part of the price! I am being FORCED to tip now... I can't belittle these minimum wage workers anymore... OH NO! SUCH TRAGEDY!"
I base my tip on whether my server is human. If they're not a robot, I treat them like a human and leave 25%.
@@MatthewStinar Good on you. But, regardless if the server is human or a robot... Places would still increase prices and leave the human worker (wherever they are in the chain) paid less. Best to just outright pay them good that way you don't have think about trivial things since human or robot server... There's still a human involved in the operation of a business, not just the server.
@@zeighy I think we agree even though it sounds like you completer completely misunderstood me. I was merely making a point about employers and subjective tippers dehumanizing staff.
@@MatthewStinar I believe we do. Point stands though that tipping is just bad and gives people who dehumanize other people more ways to express themselves.
Covid really exposed how broken the tipping system is with how you pay your workers. I don't think it'll go away unfortunately... might actually be worse because of the gig economy now.
Some states have a tipped wage of $2.63. The Federal government assumes that tipped workers receive 15 percent in tips. You do the math.
Sounds like they should get a new job.
I hate people who say you have to tip when I'm struggling to even buy the food.