Customers are fed up with "tipflation"
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- A business in Seattle is doing away with tipping as "tipflation" is pressuring consumers to tip more. CBS News' Carter Evans has the story.
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Bravo to the business owner for taking care of her employees!
That’s a big big change and expensive what ever she is doing is brilliant
They would need to sell a ton if ice cream to do all that
@@TheBagOfHoldingMolly Moon’s Ice Cream is wildly popular in Seattle. I dunno why either.
@ATRTAP maybe it tastes good and is worth it. Does it make a profit or is she married to someone that wants to keep her busy?
Glad there’s even one person out there doing this.
If she put a sign on her door saying "no tipping" her business would go through the roof, that's how fed up most of us are. It's ridiculous, at drive through and self serve places, who tf are we tipping? I should be getting a tip for doing something I'm not paid to do.
The IRS taxes service workers for assumed tips. How would you like to be taxed for income that you didn’t receive?
@@boataxe4605 not how it works. If you didn't receive a tip, you don't pay taxes on some imaginary amount.
@@yordanpopov That is exactly how it works. Research the tax laws before disputing a factual comment. And certain states DO have minimum wage laws that pay service workers less,with the assumption that they are receiving tips.
@@boataxe4605 the IRS taxes you on reported income and nobody will report income that was not received. That is common sense. And I am saying this as someone who used to get tips.
@@yordanpopov If you are working as an independent contractor as many delivery drivers do,then no,you’re probably not going to report your cash tips (though you’re supposed to), but if you are an official employee as a service worker such as a bartender,waiter,or delivery driver and receive a W2 the IRS DOES assume that you received a certain amount in tips and they DO tax you on them received or not.
I’m sorry this may be off topic but she’s paying her employees $21 a hour plus benefits at an ice cream shop is crazy & must be commended
Must be some spendy ice cream.
It's not 1994 anymore.
21 a hour in seattle is trash. That being said with all the inflation we are all dealing with her shop will probably go out of business as people get their icecream from safeway to save money instead.
It might be a money laundering biz. Seattle is certainly not an 'ice cream' hot spot city.
Depends on area/neighborhood. Can’t go by a whole city
Agreed. I'm not tipping someone whose only interaction with my entire order, beginning to end, was LITERALLY handing me a bag.
That's someone who knows how to run a business - she keeps her employees happy & doesn't make the customer feel cheated.
She definitely did take care of her employees and I do commend that. However she raised the prices and claims in the interview that the customers are paying the same amount, it’s just allocated differently. That is a lie and is cheating the customers that did not tip in the first place.
@@dledge2689 the best part about that tho is theres other options as a consumer. If you don’t like their prices, theres 2 other ice cream shops next to molly moons- and theyre just as expensive before tip. -from someone who lives here.
Dick’s drive in here in Seattle also has the same benefits and u can get a cheese burger for $3. It all evens out. $21 an hour here is livable but not the ideal wage to be able to enjoy living in the area.
@@dledge2689 she's not cheating the customer if they can see the price up front and make a decision. They quickly flashed a shot of a Sunday ~ $12.25, yeah, that seems like a lot but on the other hand our local Ritas charges ~$7 for flavored ice and some frozen custard so...
@@dledge2689 It’s not a lie when the price is in full transparency! If you don’t like the price of the goods, then don’t buy it! It’s that simple.
@@dledge2689this is all perspective. If you feel cheated while paying a little extra for a couple scoops of ice cream with toppings on it that are nothing but candy- that you’d probably pay 10$+ for but no one ever supports the Mexican guy selling a ice cream for 2$ max
The fact that I’ve seen some counter iPads default to 20 25 and 30 tip rates is just insane.
I've seen that too, and I don't like it. But, I think it's gonna continue and even get worse.
in those cases i pull out cash and skip the tip altogether
I agree, one restaurant I went to recently did not have a skip button and the freaking tip was ridiculous. The smallest tip was$20 and the highest was $60. Wtf
@@reginachang1679 in that case pay cash and say you forgot your credit card at home. Enough.
@@reginachang1679They would have to put the food back and I would walk out because I don't carry cash.
Yes! When I select “no tip” on the screen; I can feel the employees energy shift negatively.
Just wait until they raise them prices anyways and give their employees a raise so that they can too live like everyone else. How small minded are you?!
@J D I'm with JF. I feel the pressure especially those standing right behind me too see if im.gonna tip or not don't even know if the person behind me tipped or not but them to watch me like a hawk along side with cashier. I judge you bases on the performance your attitude
I can feel the shift AND see it in their body language.
@user-kd3tb6wf9i what if you get a black coffee? They just pour it. That's not worth a dollar.
@@mrsindianmonroethe cashier at the grocery store asks if we want to donate to something before we pay. I say he'll no I hate crippled kids they creep me out.
That lady handled it the right way for her business. Every other business should take note.
I never tip and im 65 now. I have lost some friends over the years over this issue but I don't give a damn. it's my money. I have heard some horror stories about what a server may do the next time I visit a merchant. But the chances of me visiting the same merchants in 90 day is very rare. And If i do it usually employee turnover. I would prefer the Merchants raise the price of their goods and service than tip.
She should show small business because from what I see it’s almost impossible to copy what she is doing if you have under 24 workers matching 401k is wow
She probably couldn't have done that when she started her business. Every business can't do that.
yeah and go out of business.
Most businesses have lower profit margins and are not premium stores selling to upper middle class and up.
This is out of control. I purchased a pretzel and lemonade the other day at an Auntie Anne’s and it was almost ten dollars and then when I declined to give a tip the girl behind the counter gave me a nasty look. She didn’t do anything to deserve a tip on a bill that high for a stupid pretzel and lemonade.
Haha
Absolutely! I don't tip at places that don't have traditional wait staff. You want me to tip you for standing at a counter and pressing some buttons on a register?? Hard pass.
I got a slap in the face 20 years ago when I went to England and I sat down at a bar and tried to tip the bartender for my beer, and he looked at me with a very awkward look. A friend of mine then told me, “We don’t tip here. It’s considered an insult. The bartenders get paid well enough.“ Bottom line: “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”
We're not in Rome 😂
sir, get your facts straight; were you in england, or rome...
@@z-z-z-z Think you're missing the point, but most of these beggars on here are missing the point 😂
Pretty soon the vending machines are going to be asking for a tip.
and grocery stores, movie theaters, mailman and garbageman...
Five years ago, a mail carrier could earn up to $70,000 per year. I’m sure it’s more now. And we wonder why they’re in the red!!!!!
No kidding
😂
😂
21 dollars an hour, full health care, 401K match and childcare assistance?? This employer is amazing. Very cutting edge. She obviously CARES about her employees! Best news I've heard in a long time. Thank you!
If you need chid care assistance while working at an ice cream shop, you have ALREADY FAILED as a parent.
@@crli4353no you’re providing as a parent too many damn kids in the foster/adoption centers. I’m proud of the Child care assistance, only a non traveling American sees a problem here.
@@librarianrose4472 a responsible person PREPARES for being a parent B E F O R E having a child so they dont require CHARITY to help raise their burdens to society.
@@crli4353100% right on that. I’m 32 and I sadly know people my age who are single with 3 kids and just sucks up as much government assistance that they can and it pisses me off when i struggle trying to live a simple life while making 22 an hour full time and holding down a second job making 18 part time. Also note I never lost my job nor got assistance from my state during the pandemic, I was a “essential worker” in retail and they didn’t give me $41T
@crli4353 the world would be far nicer if creatives like that ice cream shop owner and her employees could live a satisfying enjoying life doing what they do and it be sustainable. Like she is doing...
No one else is the failure except the judge like you and your baseless advice.
I have zero guilt but my wife does and I’m always having to tell her not to tip somebody simply for doing their job. I don’t get a tip for doing my job.
Does the IRS tax you for assumed tips? They do for service workers. That’s the difference. Also the minimum wage is lower for such jobs because tips are assumed.
@@boataxe4605 not in Seattle or most of the west coast. Minimum wage is the same for tipped and non-tipped workers.
@@yordanpopov But the IRS law is nationwide.
Just quit eating out and only eat at home. Not only does it save money, but the food is better.😊
Okay then don’t come complaining when your drink is now $10 to even out by just doing my job. 😊 good luck bucko because you’ll be the first one bitching at the prices when you can’t even tip someone a dollar for servicing you.
The worst is when you pay a tip at a counter to the cashier and a completely different employee brings out the food. Who even gets the tip?
They make a pool with the tips and that is shared among the employees.
If the state doesn't require the tips to go to the employees the business owner is likely taking them.
We just need to pay everyone a livable wage and get rid of tips altogether. Kudos to that business owner for doing the right thing. It will pay off for her in the long run with employee retention. As well as employees willing to go the extra mile as opposed to those who are just "acting their wage".
Ice Cream server is not considered a career oriented job and as such would not condone a livable wage pay scale. I would imagine a automated mechanical arm could complete the same task for no health insurance and no 401k match.
@@pirate9154 Everyone who works any job deserves a bare minimum of a livable wage. The fact that you said, "If you want tips..." When clearly the first thing I said was to get rid of all tips helps me understand why everything is difficult for you to comprehend.
I dont think that'll work in the delivery food service. Reason being is that say for like doors or uber eats, the customer has option to tip. If you get rid of the tipping there, that'll be bad for drivers. Unless they (doordash and uber eats) can include a tip already in the price of food. Everything would go up in price though.
If you want a livable wage, then educate yourself so you can get a job that pays well and provides good benefits. Why should people get paid $20 an hour just because they want to get a livable wage when they have not done anything for themselves to earn it?
@@snotbubbles3276 Who are you to decide what is and is not a career? You sound like a snob.
Not every service deserves a tip.
Most services these days don’t deserve a tip.
Are they really services?
Starbucks coffee is not a service, it's a product
And so are you. I wont give you a tip.
@@impulsiveurge5837 Sit down.
I went to a restaurant recently that included a mandatory "gratuity" on the check. It's not a gratuity at that point, its a service charge.
The worst is when you have a service charge on your receipt. And a tip option for 20%
2 separate ways to get you on your receipt.
I don't even see the point of some of these menu prices anymore. A pizza hut pizza that costs $14.99 on the menu is $24.99 for local delivery. Before the tip on arrival!
Don’t let businesses guilt you to tipping. They are just passing the wages on to the customers. Also, if you pay tips digitally (via Credit Card) all that tip isn’t going to the employee. The business nickels and dime part of those tips.
'part' of those tips? Honey, try most or ALL of that money. Its not the customers responsibility to pay wages owed by employers
Yeah but who uses cash anymore since Covid? I wish i could tip them in cash but it’s such a hassle to withdraw cash occasionally.
I never tip and im 65 now. I have lost some friends over the years over this issue but I don't give a damn. it's my money. I have heard some horror stories about what a server may do the next time I visit a merchant. But the chances of me visiting the same merchants in 90 day is very rare. And If i do it usually employee turnover. I would prefer the Merchants raise the price of their goods and service than tip.
I used to work at Dominos in MD. Drivers would make 4.50 an hour on the road and $15 while in the store. One thing Dominos is popular for is cheap pizza. 7.99 for a large for example. If we were to pay the delivery drivers $15 an hour while on the road our labor would shoot up to 50% atleast. On Fridays we'd have around 15 drivers. We would have to raise prices alot and i mean ALOT to bring down labor to 23%. Maybe for pizza deliveries tipping is a necessary evil.
@@thebootieloveryes, I am tired of tipping too,. what kind of stores have you heard?
When me and my wife go out to eat, it is always $80 to $100 now with tips. They skyrocketed the prices, lowered the quality of food, and increased their tip chart to start at 15% (trying to make you feel bad).
Anything less than 15% for good service is insulting. I would give it back to you.
Yeah, I'm definitely tired of seeing those tip messages on every single purchase. I've started saying no to all of them. If I go out to a sit-down restaurant and receive good service, I will absolutely leave a generous tip. But these smaller food establishments are using the tip prompt to essentially crowd-source higher wagers for the employees. Business owners need to pay their employees reasonable wages, not expect the public to do it for them.
Next time you tip just realize, American society only guilts us into tipping because million and billion dollar corporations dont want to pay a fair wage to their employees. No other country in the rest of the world does this but the USA. In other words a person making 60k a year should tip so a company making billions a year shouldnt have to. Ask yourself if that makes sense. In France, South Korea, Australia and everywhere else businesses pay their employees right so they dont get taken advantage of like they do here. This is America.
Yup. In Japan, tipping is frowned upon. They will chase after you to return the tip you left them.
Well. Until you want to pay 250 for your hair service! Think twice.
@@yungwun619 In Europe if you give them 50 cent euro coin that is considered reasonable, but they don't do it because they don't want their society to turn like ours where you are guilted into doing something that you shouldn't have to, especially if the business is making an excess of millions to billions more a year. Whoever has the higher W2 numbers should tip. If I make more than starbucks then I'll tip 99% of my order and that goes to any business I go to. This broken system that we have in America is ridiculous when you travel outside and see how functionally well things work outside the US. Tipping is just the tipping point.
I never tip and im 65 now. I have lost some friends over the years over this issue but I don't give a damn. it's my money. I have heard some horror stories about what a server may do the next time I visit a merchant. But the chances of me visiting the same merchants in 90 day is very rare. And If i do it usually employee turnover. I would prefer the Merchants raise the price of their goods and service than tip.
The more the companies pay their employees, the more they charge. You should have seen that in the last couple years. Your experiment has played out and everything cost more.
Even at the grocery store, you can't complete your transaction without first saying no to a donation to something, too. And every CZcamsr is begging with several different options to give them money LOL. It's everywhere! I love this story. Great employer. Smart. I bet she keeps good employees, too.
Those donations are tax deductible for the company and a percentage of it makes it to the benefactor. There is operating costs.
When grocery stores and supermarkets ask for donations upon check out, it's feels like a form of graft. I seriously doubt that all or even portions of those "donations" make to what ever organization they're supposed to go to.
Target grocery doesn’t though and that’s one of the reasons it does well
@@jntj3007 bet no one knows where those donations is actually going to, and if they are legitimate, or just goes straight into the grocery executives pocket. If people really want to contribute to some cause, they would have donated straight to the charities themselves.
No wonder theres so much jobs available! No one wants to work they want money for free. CZcamsrs askin for money while they ‘react’ to a video wth!?!
It's not just tipping, it's being gouged everywhere we turn, everything is just so expensive its out of control
Exactly.
This lady running the ice cream shop should probably run part of the country, or all of it
It's about time. I always made sure to tip extra during the pandemic, but this tipping for people just doing their job is just ridiculous now.
One of the reasons I started carrying cash more often.
Me too
Good point
Except more places are becoming card only
Bravo! The tipping thing has gone out of control. I only tip in sit down restaurants, where there is a server staff.
EXACTLY....THANK YOU!!
…and not if it’s a Q code order that wants tipping before you get the food!
Man I have no shame when I am at a counter buying something and a tip thing shows up. I put 0 and go about paying for what I ordered. My tip is for restaurants waiter/waitress and delivery (depending on the delivery).
Why do you pay for a delivery but not just handing it over? Deliveries are usually charged an extra delivery fee at restaurants.
@@boataxe4605 I think you misunderstood the comment. They said they reserve their tips for servers. I have worked in food service all my life and the only time my income depended on tips was when I was a waitress. When I worked a counter, I was paid a working wage where my income was NOT dependent on tips. As waitress I made $2.13 per hour.
I hope you tip your hair dresser...
@@jenniferhiemstra5228 what if they are bald and don’t see a hairdresser? Y’all just WANT to be offended and mad
@@frenchlavendertarot8860 Way to willfully miss my point.
I avoid eating out entirely because I'm sick of the tipping. Paying $21 an hour for a server is INSANE. I bet those cones are EXPENSIVE. You can bet I also would avoid such a place. I can buy ice cream and cones at the grocery store.
Wow she offers more benefits than some of the global companies I’ve worked for!😂
Tipping was created to allow the company to pay employees less by making the customer feel guilty if they don't tip. I needs to end NOW!
My sister and I went to a local family restaurant and i felt so robbed by the tipping. When it comes to tipping we’re generous tipper, but the restaurant demanded a tip for the services. There was no skip button at all and the lowest tip was $20 and the highest was $80. I was going to tip anyway, but when they demanded it. I really felt robbed.
Pay cash. Ask for the total with no tip.
I had the same experience at a deli, when I went to Washington DC on vacation last year with my family. The sandwiches were outrageously expensive & when I attempted to pay with my debit card there was no option for the tip, so I asked the young lady behind the counter how to bypass not paying a tip. I am from NY , and didn’t like being forced & guilted to pay a high gratuity , for doing her job & the paying for overpriced sandwiches! I deal with enough of this BS in New York. She had to do something on the machine to bypass the tip 🤦🏽♀️. The owner of that business is a crook! Pay your staff what they deserve and they shouldn’t rely on guilting customers for tips. Their greedy bosses must bargain with their low pay when hired by telling them the tips will compensate for the low wages 🙄. So the misinformed employees get an attitude when no tip is paid . It’s disgusting how greedy people are getting & expecting to be tipped for picking up food at a counter! I refuse to be ambushed by greedy crooks!
The worst tip asker is subway. You just made me a sandwich the way I asked,the way you're supposed to. You didn't go out of your way, you didn't bring it to me. There was nothing special about it. Its like tipping an McDonald's employee.
Well the fact they made it correctly is rare
Yeah. but Subway is subject to minimum wage, as it's not a tipped position such as sit down restaurant. I tend to leave a little extra in the cash tip jar if I have it, and believe you me, making those sandwiches isn't as easy as you think. It still more than putting a cookie in bag or pouring black coffee.
Why bother going to Subway? Just make sandwiches at home. You can make better sandwiches with all the toppings you want at home. You can pack them for your lunch if you go to work.
Aye. That's what I have started doing, even when traveling. Pack a sandwich and some fruit from home to eat at the airport, buy a bottle of water going through security, avoid the overpriced airport coffee shops. Maybe I'm just cheap.
Convenience
Dudes aren’t walking around with tomatoes and bread. Guy gets hungry and wants to eat real quick.
New Zealand doesn’t do tipping unless the service is way above and beyond, because they pay their staff a decent wage. We learned that on our honeymoon when the BnB owners asked us not to tip while in their country. “Don’t bring that here, please” were the words they used.
This is the best journalism I have seen by CBS in a long time! Thank you. This tipping has gotten way out of control. Order from a sandwich counter, pay up, about 1000% margin on a ham and cheese; and then the guy spins the laptop around and you have 3 choices, 20, 25, 30 percent tip.
Now this is a business I can support!! 💕
@@gayelorde2577 LOL!
It’s like $6
A local restaurant I liked, one where you order at the counter, take a number, and then bus your own table asks for tips. But not only that, the amounts offered are 18%, 20%, and 25%! I used to tip about 10% at places like that, but 15% would be extremely generous, yet they set their floor to 18%. They put a note that the tips are "shared with the kitchen," but come on, if you bus your own table, they shouldn't be asking for a 20% tip!
Agreed! Businesses need to start paying employees honorable wages so we don't have to. You've raised your prices, the customer pays that plus an overage (tip), ridiculous in these times.
Biden did that!!
@@dfb8854 what legislation did he pass that allowed this?
@@floridaviolets9601 This entire economy!!! Inflation, higher interest rates, egg & food prices, gas prices, not to mention how he and this administration has so cheapened our White House that once Held the dignity and respect of other Nations!!
@@floridaviolets9601 Not legislation, it's regulation. He has increased burdensome regulations on businesses. And if you voted for him, I CURSE YOU.
@@dfb8854
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I feel you all. It’s become out of control. I’ve resorted to having cash on hand when picking up carry out food etc. The price of the food is already insane and then I’m going to tip 15%+ for simply putting it in a bag.🙄
Yes, it’s becoming ridiculous! Tipping like this was never even a thing in the last 20 - 30 years
It’s getting out of hand. This is why more people are not going out to eat. I went to Subway and they had a tip option. Went to a food truck and they had a tip option. It’s wild out here
I went to a 7eleven store and bought two small items that cost around $7.00, and asked the cashier for a bag. He asked me for a tip after putting my stuff in the paper bag! 🙄 I told him no! 🤷🏾♀️ That’s his damn job to bag my food!
As someone who paid 20% for everything. No matter where I was. That all changed when I was checking out at a Square and they asked me to tip for pouring my black coffee.
I refuse to tip when all I'm handed is an empty paper cup. I should get the tip for making my own coffee.
@@molliemoxie5276 Just stop going then.
Good for that business owner. She knows how to take care of her workers.
We're already paying ridiculously high prices.
Tipping for anything other than sit-down service is just employers FURTHER raising prices by getting us to pay basic wages.
Pay cash, then you can decide to tip or not.
We need more people like Molly, those that do the right thing. Too many companies are getting greedy with tips and I'm done with it. Many restaurants that accept online orders even ask for tips. I don't tip at all unless someone is actually serving me. It's not okay to pressure customers into giving tips that many places don't even deserve, as most of the time, the employee doesn't get the tip anyway!
Ironically, the small business ice cream shop like Molly Moon's is a place I would have no issue tipping. Any small/ locally owned restaurant I like to tip because I want them to stick around and for their employees to get a little extra so they will be inclined to stick around. It's big corporation franchises where I get mad about the tip option. Subway, Papa John's, Burger King etc. didn't used to have a tip option and it annoys me because as much money as they make they SHOULD be giving their employees a living wage. I just picture some CEO deciding that pay should come out of customer tips rather than the billions their restaurants bring in from what the customers already spend.
Most of those big chains, like subway, are independently owned by people like Molly. She could raise pricesm but not everybody thinks like you. If prices are too high, customers will come less frequently imo
A lot of those businesses you listed are small businesses because they are just franchises.
This business lady owner has the right mindset! All owners should be following her lead. As a customer we should not be subjected to this crisis. We are unfortunately suffering in some way or form
I might be mistaken, but at the end of the video the owner says that she raised her prices to automatically incorporate tip costs into the overall price product itself. To me, that just sounds like a forced tip-you are no longer being given an option, you just pay a higher amount now.
So, as a customer, aren’t you still being subjected to tipping-it’s just a hidden cost now?
That’s what you asked for and still have problems with it
@@ytpr9420 No. She raised her prices to start paying decent *wages*, instead of keeping her servers at $3 an hour which then has to be subsidised with tips by the customer.
That's like when i had a pizza delivery guy deliver to my house and he demanded that I fill out the receipt for tipping. I was in the process of grabbing cash, but then he said "you need to fill this out AND put a tip" I was like NEVER MIND!
@@trildi A $3 wage would only be the case if an ice cream shop worker qualifies as a “tipped wage.” HOWEVER, that low of a wage would be illegal in Seattle, Washington because tipped wages must pay at least $14.49 across the entire state. And, in the city of Seattle (where the ice cream shop is located), the minimum wage is even higher at $18.69 (which is the same for both “tipped wages” and “non-tipped wages”).
On top of that, speaking generally (i.e., not specific to Seattle, Washington) it would be highly unusual for an ice cream shop worker to be considered a “tipped wage” in the first instance such that the position wouldn’t be eligible for the higher federally mandatory minimum wage for a “non-tipped” position. Just because a position is eligible for tips, doesnt mean it’s a “tipped wage.” Classic examples of jobs which are tipped wages are being a restaurant server or a bartender.
Does this extra information change your thoughts on the matter?
Tipping used to be at the kindness of your heart it being genuine now its pressure put on us.
Any business person small or big need take notes like Molly has done for her business. Even Barbara Corcoran said the same thing treat your employees right and youll have a good business running.
TIP is an acronym for "To insure promptness"
Ummm, I'm sorry but it was NEVER a kindness. Tipped positions have always been subject to the legal minimum for tipped employees...which is still 2.13 for almost 30 years. It was merely a way for employers to legally get out of paying the living wage themselves, by passing it on directly to the consumer, rather than the consumer paying the business and the business then pays the employee a living wage.
I went to a sea food restaurant one time and we didn’t notice the little sign by the check in where it said that a 60$ dollar tip was included in your receipt to your waiter, and the service was horrible. It’s outrageous the price of our food almost came out to being the same cost as the tip.
I would have pushed back.
That's insane!
I bet that place gets a lot of repeat business. 🙄
Name the business please.
During the pandemic, our family had cases of bottled water delivered to us monthly through a service. In addition to the prices we paid for bottled water essentially being double what we would pay in a grocery store, the bottled water service would regularly encourage us to include a tip for the delivery driver. We never understood why we should tip the delivery driver for delivering water when the company is already charging us a delivery service fee.
The worst part is how the company itself integrated the "tipping" into the receipt even if the entire service is automated.
Not only does everywhere ask for a tip, they ask before you get your food/drink therefore making it like more like a bribe to NOT get your order messed with
I agree 100%. A tip is supposed to be at the end of the meal (or lodging, et al), based upon the quality of the food and/or service. There was a fast food place where one could ring a bell as one left after eating, to let the employees know that they had done an excellent job. You could see their expressions brighten when the bell rang. And everyone could do it regardless of their economic situation.
@@leev4206 Yeah its a genuine compliment when it comes after
Where I live the restaurants are raising prices significantly AND still expecting you to tip! It’s not one or the other! We don’t all have endless amount of money to blow.
Eating out is a luxury.
Exactly, I never go to restaurants anymore, it's not a good use of money. That's the only answer.
I don't tip unless I'm sitting down at a restaurant... and I have no guilt about it if I'm already paying a fee for whatever services
Fun fact: In Japan, tipping is actually frowned upon, even if you leave a tip the store owner will chase you down to give your money back
Tipping Guide
0% - basic service, “do your job”
$1 - bartender per drink, coat check, petty tasks,
5-10% Buffets, order at the cashier, bus your own trays, get your own drinks. Drivers, delivery people, personal care (haircuts), specialty cocktails
15% - Standard service, no frills, take order and refill water
18% - Good service, personal connection, complicated orders
20% - Exceptional service, white tablecloth, pairing suggestions, multiple courses
I tip myself by not tipping others. Self preservation comes first 🤗
Expecting tip adds ANOTHER 20-30% inflation. It's usually for products no one needs anyway, so how much money would I save by not buying those items at all? 🤔 I frequently skip the purchase AND the tip!
One of the best comments I've read, boycott these greedy a holes
It's outrageous even food trucks want tips for just making your food that you are already paying for. It's discouraging us from going out.
And the food is generally more expensive.
@@kgilliagorilla2761exactly 300% mark up on food
@@Amor09876 Yeah….ok…whatever. Exaggerate much?
@@mmadchef808 well take that up with google not me
If these greedy companies pay their employees, they will not need tips SMH 😒🤔🤔😒The CEO's need to take a pay cut but that won't happen.
My electrician did some electrical work that totaled about $1500, which was a huge bill for me. When I paid, they handed me the iPad to sign and not only was I shocked to see a tip section, but the lowest % was 10%. THATS $150!!! WHAT?!?!?!
I've started carrying cash and paying for everything in cash because I'm so sick of the tip request.
It’s bad enough that you go to a bakery and 2 items plus a drink costs $20. But now they expect you tip 20%+ on top of it! When the heck did this just become become expected?? How hard is it to place an overpriced cookie in a bag!?! At a restaurant I understand, they’re providing a service to you for an hour or more. Tips should be proportional to the amount of time and effort expended. I miss the days when people were just nice to other people. Now they’re only nice if you’re paying them. It’s a depressing era to be alive.
Who would pay $20 for ,2 cookies and drinks? Not me, ever. Have you heard of freezer cookies? You make the cookie dough, roll it in a log and freeze. Slice off when you want cookies and put in toaster oven. No need to thaw. So easy!
What 2 items and a drink costs 20 dollars at the bakery? 😮
@@tanya4534 These days a sandwich alone can cost like $10. Throw in a muffin and some drink. That’s $20 right there easily
The rate of depression is actually up.... so yes it is LITERALLY a depressing era.
@@whatwhat9004 True about the cost. However this is why I make my own sandwich, bake my own muffin, and pack a drink. Let's say you waste $20 once a month. That's $240 per year. In 10 years you spent $2400. What a waste. Sandwiches and muffins are easy to make at home so why waste your cash? Calculate the cost of every "treat" on a lifetime basis. You will soon see that most Americans squander their potential wealth $10 here, $20 there. I used to spend frivolously too. The key is to change your mindset about what a treat is and where the treat happens. Is a homemade muffin less of a treat? No, it actually tastes much better!
The fact that people“purposely” tip black workers less than others is disgusting but not surprising in this country. I commend the owner for having the courage to raise the issue and create action to change it. I’m sure it’s happening all over and it’s pathetic. Kudos to this owner. I used to feel like if I didn’t tip well as a minority, then I would be judged and stereotyped, but not anymore. We are judged regardless! So there are instances where I simply don’t tip for basic services anymore. I do it based on how i’m treated now. You pouring me coffee or ringing my items at check out does not warrant a tip.
An extremely liberal city not tipping black employees is no surprise. It’s called Rules of the Radical: Accuse your opponents of what you’re guilty of.
They accuse republicans of being racist when in fact, they are the racist.
You didn't address the other side of what black people are willing to tip white employees.
Ikr!
@@gayelorde2577 it's ok no one cares about u so it all evens out.
@@dexterwestin3747 so true. They normally don’t tip at all.
Sweet Frog actually asked me for a tip once…I was like “what for? All you did was press ‘weigh’ and tell me how much to pay.” It’s ridiculous at this point.
omg this whole tipping thing really waxes my buns. It really irritates me because we're being coerced to pay for employee's wages instead of that being paid by the employer. It's not our job to pay your damn employees! I've never liked tipping and the negative stigma for somebody who doesn't tip is just wrong.
I bought a radio controlled car off a website in China (WPL). At checkout they even ask for a tip. Crazy. I do tip at restaurants and my barber, but the handout frenzy has gone too far.
As others have said, I think wages need to be adjusted.
I don't understand even tipping a barber in some instances...especially a self-employed one. Tipping is getting ridiculous
@@MikeJones__Whounless you're getting a buzz cut, I totally understand tipping a barber. Unlike cooking my own food, cutting my own hair is something I know I'd do far worse than someone who does it for a living.
in texas i made 2.15$ an hour, they spected me to clean everything for 2.15$ after the store was closed so no tips. and even with tips, if you get 3 to 5 dollars and only serve 1 customers you made even less than minimum wage. the only winner is the restaurant that is keeping operating cost low and making a larger profit. in reality they are paying under minimum and stilling the money you made from your hard work. investing is more important that actual work.
Shooooooot I'd show up at 5am leave at whenever you need me too..
If I'm making $21 an hour full benefits and healthcare to scoop ice cream?
Forget those tips, y'all hiring??
Molly isn’t eliminating the tip, she’s making the tip mandatory by “baking it in.”
That's how it should be. If that's he true cost, then be honest about it.
It is absolute insanity, went to the airport bookstore to buy a bottle of water costed me $6.50 (u would pay $1.50 outside) and then they is a section for tips? Why what service are they providing me to give my 💰 away. It’s a day time robbery
At this point, it’s no longer “tipping”, it’s panhandling for extra money.
I stopped going out for coffee as much as I used to because of the tip screen. At the end of the day, it just hurts the business. I don’t want to tip 20% or add $1-2 on every coffee and snack that gets dropped into a bag. 🤷🏻♀️
I order way ahead, so I can just pick it up. Or in the case of panera, I use their self checkout and I DONT tip.
Pay cash.
It's surprising at this point that vending machines don't request tips.
Of course you payed more...that a ridiculous statement. Paying an employee $20 hr for scooping ice cream IS ridiculous.
I don't tip the FedEx, UPS, USPS or Amazon driver when they bring me my deliveries. Why should any other driver be any different? Their employer(s) should pay them better.
But you're going to complain when the price of everything goes up aren't you ? Don't expect the business owner to eat the added cost.
@@danven1256 Better them than the consumer. It's bad business to blatantly pass on business costs to the consumer this way. That literally the cost of doing business. If you don't wanna do that, then don't go into business. Don't wanna pay your employees a livable wage? Don't do business.
I never tip and im 65 now. I have lost some friends over the years over this issue but I don't give a damn. it's my money. I have heard some horror stories about what a server may do the next time I visit a merchant. But the chances of me visiting the same merchants in 90 day is very rare. And If i do it usually employee turnover. I would prefer the Merchants raise the price of their goods and service than tip.
@@danven1256 Supporting corporate greed is not the answer either. Fair pay can come out of the wage gap. 😎
@@thebootielover Cool, you’re ok with screwing over others out of what makes up most of their income. Ex-Most restaurant workers make only 2.13 an hour. And it’s been that way for almost 30 years. Maybe instead of screwing over others, you can help call for change to the system we all hate? Just a thought.
I've STOPPED ordering my groceries from Walmart because now they want us to tip 20% and up on our delivery. Now I shop at our other stores instead.
I was fine tipping $20.00 for my home delivery up to a $600.00 order that I always helped the delivery person remove from their car. Now Walmart makes ZERO DOLLARS on me. Not a great business model Walmart.
Costco does this but charging higher prices for on-line orders, then they add delivery charge on top.
Last time I had gone to starbucks for a coffee and the “teenager” said something about leaving a tip as I was paying and when I didn’t leave a tip then her attitude changed towards me and just gave me an attitude. Moral of story- don’t go back to that starbucks, at least until they fire her.
Better yet, just make your own coffee at home and take it with you.😊
And she WILL get fired. Eventually.
I'll take "things that only happened in Cindy's imagination" for $500, alex.
I put zero tip on orders that aren’t offering any additional service beyond counter service. It’s disgusting to even ask. Employers need to pay their employees. The other part is, it’s damaging the tips service people get because we all feel overtaxed with this crazy tipping culture in America. People are getting sour on tipping because it’s on so many things now, that many stopped all together.
Starbucks makes their poor employees basically beg credit card users for tips. It’s ridiculous. The store I go to the poor employees are always running the store with 3 people when there used to be 6-8. Corporate is screwing employees and demanding that customers pay their wages via tips!
Solved it by not going out to eat at all, not even ice cream cone. Not until all employers are doing what that shop did.
Buy ice cream from the store and take it home
@@marysaade4343 Even for take outs most checkouts now still display tips as default. The "no tip" options is usually the smallest, some don't even have it.
@@mintheman7 people can’t even show up for work and they want to raise🤬 and most of them are rude
@@marysaade4343give me some money
"black employees were making a lot less in tips than white employees". A wide spread issue. Thanks for shedding light on this.
BS!
She could have just divided up the tips, problem solved imo
Maybe they just were rude. Ninja turtle lady might not have had the same work ethic.
@@nancypelosi2627 so all her black employees are rude bfrr
@@commonsenseisntcommon1776 what do you mean bs? It’s a fact
Loving that ice cream owner's business model.
The owner is a beautiful soul. Thank you.
I literally went to donate clothes and the lady at the cashier asked if I wanted to leave a tip. WTF. I just gave you all a ton of clothes.
You should have asked her for a tip first.
I'll never tip where I get my own food or service. Ever. No guilt from me.
Enjoy that spit
I went to a Cinemark movie theater, AND NOT TO WATCH A MOVIE believe it or not, I went just to buy a collectable cup and popcorn tin-and even for that, the screen was turned towards me and was stared at directly in the eyes, meaning THEY EXPECTED A TIP.
How do you know they expected it? They didn't program the kiosk themselves.
What theater was this (city)? That is not Cinemark's policy and tips should only apply if you are ordering at a full service restaurant or bar in a Cinemark. No tips are asked for at concessions or when buying a ticket etc. Did you order this or pay in the restaurant/bar area?
@@nancypelosi2627 …you couldn’t follow what I said before??
@@Summerdee223 This was in Houston TX, the memorial (richy) area. I bought the items at concessions, didn’t special order or anything, just showed up.
@@SimpleWorld08 Thank you. Truly appreciate it.
This is a fantastic story. Wish I lived near Molly Moon to support. Thats awesome they start wages at 21 an hour with benefits
That's a completely ridiculous wage for scooping ice cream 😂
@lesleykuramoto3943 that's $3 more than minimum wage, for scooping ice cream lol.
@lesleykuramoto3943 beautiful city? Its full of bums and junkies 🤣 cmon.
I’ve never asked for a tip. I get huge satisfaction when people feel grateful for the way I gave my services.
No tipping in Spain. Here in USA it is out of control. My tax preparer who owns the business had a tip option. No freaking way!
I never tip and im 65 now. I have lost some friends over the years over this issue but I don't give a damn. it's my money. I have heard some horror stories about what a server may do the next time I visit a merchant. But the chances of me visiting the same merchants in 90 day is very rare. And If i do it usually employee turnover. I would prefer the Merchants raise the price of their goods and service than tip.
That’s funny that your Accountant has a tip option.
When being asked for a transaction tip on a service like a drive through, I usually solve this problem by tipping but not returning to that business and instead frequenting other similar businesses. Works well for me, not sure how that works for the business though. I imagine I am not the only one who does this.
Yeah the tip thing is nuts. I'm tipping you to do what you are being paid to do anyway. A waiter/waitress or a Instacart deliverer is a lot different than someone pouring juice into a cup. 😅
A livable wage is a wage that allows teens who are entering the work field to LIVE not having $500 sneakers, $10,000 necklace, a $45,000 car as your FIRST car. Live within your budget and then grow from there.
The worst offender are the systems that do not show the ‘No Tip’ option.
It's gotten intrusive when you're at the counter, they turn around the screen, and you see an option for a $2 tip on a $3 cup of coffee. What? Just pay your employees a bit more. Some employees might think it's better to get tips since it's kind of under the table (they're not including all those tips in their income taxes), but there are advantages to having a higher income in your paycheck. You're able to contribute more to your retirement, a larger pension (if you're employer offers one) and a higher reportable income means higher Social Security payments when the time comes. A higher income documented in your pay helps when applying for a mortgage or other loan. I think it's Texas where the tipped minimum wage is something like $2.13 an hour, because the tips should get employees above the federal minimum wage. This is basically employees working for free at restaurants that do this, because $2.13 per hour is nothing.
And then the businesses have taught the employees to blame wages on the customer, like they effing work for us. My draw was Starbucks where they actually make a living wage handing me a card reader through the drive thru window... I'm no I'm not touching that
“When we have to replace tips with high menu prices” I’m sorry I thought the tip wasn’t for you it was for the person who SERVED me.
Because they pay servers at $3 an hour which then has to be subsidised with tips by the customer, so if they start paying decent wages, their prices naturally need to go up.
@@trildi and whose fault is that? Corporate greed. If you go to a Japanese chain restaurant in the US. They don’t do tips because they don’t tip in Japan. It can be done but too many of these places just chose exploitation first.
@@galaxy_kicks7911 You're arguing with yourself. The point is that her price increase was for better wages, not because she incorporated tips into it. Something the whole of the US should do. We all know how it is in the rest of the world.
@@trildi I’m stating a fact. If you incorporated tips into your business practice, you just subjugated yourself to normalized exploitative business practices in the US. You purposely didn’t choose a business plan that would have been beneficial for everyone involved. Other countries outside the US don’t do tipping. There was plenty of research available and businesses in the US that have never done tips. If raising your prices causes no one to come and untimely shut down, that’s on you as a business owner.
I am among the people who don’t like to tip for everything. Sometimes I just don’t have it.
What really needs to happen is we need to make it clear where tipping has been eliminated. Just a quick disclaimer like "we have eliminated tipping at this establishment, so you may see higher menu prices but in reality you're paying the same" would really ease the transition
Did this man just ask me to tip the electrician for several hundred dollars for 3 hours of work?
We are ABSOLUTELY fed up with just about Everything our society has decided to put into practice since 2019/20
It is outrageous! All these stupid tips computer screens. I hate that. After getting guilted into tipping at these places that don’t deserve a tip, I don’t go back. In fact, I’ve stopped going to any place that asks for a tip… restaurant or any place. I hate tipping!
I hope and believe most people are doing the same thing as you. That way the backlash can be severe. I hate tipping nowadays as well. I used to do it and feel ok doing it, now I feel like I am being blackmailed into tipping.