The UGLY TRUTH About Tipping & Why You Shouldn't!

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  • @hiroshima9120
    @hiroshima9120 Před 4 lety +2430

    I always tip my hitman, love that guy.

    • @roserevancroix2308
      @roserevancroix2308 Před 4 lety +41

      You mean in the video-game Hitman, son? that's nice^^

    • @ethanbrown2900
      @ethanbrown2900 Před 3 lety +87

      Mine only gets a tip when he can actually kill me.

    • @tayloryork8185
      @tayloryork8185 Před 3 lety +66

      Do you use Jimmy on ninth street. I love that guy.

    • @louiswinters2265
      @louiswinters2265 Před 3 lety +57

      @@tayloryork8185 you use Jimmy too! Damn I haven't seen him in such a long time how is he?

    • @tayloryork8185
      @tayloryork8185 Před 3 lety +48

      @@louiswinters2265 I'm not legally allowed to talk about

  • @IthliniEllyanSenah
    @IthliniEllyanSenah Před 4 lety +1976

    Meanwhile in Japan: Giving a tip is concidered rude and an assumption that your boss isn't paying you well enough

    • @hotrodbod1
      @hotrodbod1 Před 4 lety +42

      in Japan

    • @Fak3Cake
      @Fak3Cake Před 4 lety +117

      @@gyroscope8244 unfortunately, Japan also has its issues :'( namely stagnating birth rates, workaholism and suicide rates

    • @skunkk414
      @skunkk414 Před 4 lety +56

      @@Fak3Cake Not to mention the police have absolute power, pretty scary. Still a wonderful place though :)

    • @edwardjohannes360
      @edwardjohannes360 Před 4 lety +48

      US businesses have no qualms about not paying workers a living wage. They are very proud if they can get away with doing it, especially with the help of lawmakers in Washington DC to keep the working masses down.

    • @drakez4560
      @drakez4560 Před 4 lety +17

      it's the same here in Denmark.

  • @accellex2845
    @accellex2845 Před rokem +74

    *Hires Hitman*
    *Pays minimum wage*
    *Expects the victim to cover the rest of the salary via tips*

    • @totalsavagepunk1240
      @totalsavagepunk1240 Před 11 měsíci

      Don't go out to eat. Food cost margins at restaurants are slim. Sure they could pay their waitresses or waiters more but you would still pay. They are just gonna hike food costs. The fact that you want to be waited on hand a foot but not tip is cheat and selfish. Do really think a someone getting 15 dollars an hour only is gonna give you consistent effort. A some maybe. Tipping helps to keep them attentive as well.

    • @tylerdurden3722
      @tylerdurden3722 Před 9 měsíci

      Ultimately, customers pay for everything in any businesses venture. It's where the money comes from.
      E.g. If you hire 1 server, you can't just decide to pay him 1 million a month. That money has to come from somewhere...it'll come from the customer.
      There's two ways it'll come from the customer. Either the food worth $50 is priced at $999 950, or a tip of $999 950 needs to be given.
      Either way, the customer is the only source of income for every single business that has ever existed since the begining of time.
      It's not exactly rocketscience.
      If you remove the customers, then there is no pay for anyone...becauae all pay ultimately comes out the pocket of customers.
      Everything you have ever bought, indirectly helped compensate workers.

    • @user-bf1xd8lh2w
      @user-bf1xd8lh2w Před měsícem

      @@totalsavagepunk1240 I tip at restaurants because I'm "supposed" to because the cheap owners refuse to pay their staff a reasonable wage. What's the difference in paying more for the meal and tipping, which means paying more for the meal? I've never tipped a cashier at a grocery store. Why should restaurant staff be any different?

  • @Evagealia
    @Evagealia Před 2 lety +291

    As an Australian, I've always found America's tipping culture baffling and downright insane. It's exactly like the video said - why should the customer be responsible to pay the wait staffs' wages? Like he said, it should be the employer's responsibility. Tipping should be for service that goes above and beyond and not a social obligation.

    • @eugenesanchez5114
      @eugenesanchez5114 Před 2 lety +10

      Cook at home dont go out n eat

    • @Alex-dr6or
      @Alex-dr6or Před 2 lety +2

      @@eugenesanchez5114 shut up American, you're the odd one out

    • @vivienneduong6541
      @vivienneduong6541 Před 2 lety +2

      Nobody said it was an obligation. Waitresses make minimum wage here. I can’t agree with one damn thing about this video nor your statements. It’s a cultural different, and why should we oblige to yours? Each to its own.

    • @eugenesanchez5114
      @eugenesanchez5114 Před 2 lety +3

      @@vivienneduong6541 nobody said you had too just stay home and cook.You won't have too that's plain and simple common sense.

    • @taliesinllanfair4338
      @taliesinllanfair4338 Před 2 lety +16

      I agree Eva. I have worked as a bartender in both Australia and the UK. Any tip I received was for my performance in my role. When I worked in an establishment with a kitchen, tips were shared with kitchen, serving and bar staff. Tips should be there to encourage you to do a better job not pay for your job. One downfall not mentioned in the video is that some people tip barstaff and expect better pours of highshelf spirits or preferential service. I have even had customers ask for their tip to be returned because they gave more than they sensibly should have, I complied with the request. At the end of the day, I earned a decent wage tending bar and any tips I gained were a welcome bonus and not a right.

  • @ChairLord90
    @ChairLord90 Před 4 lety +536

    I'm so glad I'm not living in a country with this custom. We do sometimes say "keep the change" but only as a gratitude for a remarkable service, not as a mandatory thing.

    • @draculakickyourass
      @draculakickyourass Před 4 lety +29

      Just like most conturies of Europe.

    • @Crave4More
      @Crave4More Před 4 lety +28

      Pretty much all of europe

    • @dub2536
      @dub2536 Před 4 lety +25

      I live in the Washington DC area and my father is German. I have worked as a cook, waiter, bartender bouncer, and more in both Germany and the US. I know that many co-workers in the US have said that Germans are the worst tippers. I explain that they don't always know that they should tip. I know that the staff in Georgetown at many bars and restaurants intentionally provide poor service during the meals of Germans prior to presenting the bill because they already have an attitude towards them for not always tipping well. Therefore it causes problems as it is not like the Germans never tip. on some occasions they over-tip. It is a thing causing problems IMO. I wish tipping was banned as it causes problems, tension, and usually, the people who lose out are both the customer and the servers lose out since the awkwardness and math involved make life far more complicated. It should be the same non-tipping rule worldwide to stop these problems. It would improve life IMO.

    • @loki.hav0k
      @loki.hav0k Před 4 lety +4

      Im american your not obligated to tip but remembrr most servers make$ $2.13 a hour si they live off tips

    • @musicman9434
      @musicman9434 Před 4 lety +8

      @@ChanaElisheva What in the hell are you talking about?? Maybe non Americans feel this pressure because they are not used to it... I'm a server, here in the USA, have been for years. Most Americans understand that servers don't make shit per hour and are more than happy to tip!
      And seriously what a pompous and insensitive thing to say! That we OUGHT to be pressuring our employers? Is that what you did since your so quick to shame someone for following the rules and laws? Right, so you go ahead and try and see what happens. You be fired immediately! It's the waiters fault that there is "pressure" to tip....? Wow! So all the servers in all of America need to rise up right? Do you realize how utterly unrealistic and dumb that sounds?? The tipping laws have nothing to do with waiters and everything to do with politicians and I don't see a server revolution happening anytime soon. So until that happens do us a favor if your in America and tip your wait staff!

  • @knives564
    @knives564 Před 3 lety +403

    Im a cook, never been tipped BUT after preparing food for many people my favorite thing to do is to go to the restroom and just see everyone barely talking at all while scarfing down there meal and that feels way better than receiving a tip :3

    • @billhillyer334
      @billhillyer334 Před 3 lety +7

      I've tiped cooks before left em nice I was happy I've given to a kid that got me catsup packets outside a fast-food franchise oh no you don't have too he sead, so I sead take it or it going on the ground

    • @knives564
      @knives564 Před 3 lety +3

      @@billhillyer334 lol the forceful way ayy lol, and as for me now that ive had time to think on it and remembering one the one time I did get tipped though I was a casheer at the time im just glad I had been told about what happens if we accept tips sometime after I had accepted one rather than just dished out the punishment which is being fired or suspended untill further notice lol at the time i thought my boss was being nice and had caught this on cam and was giving a warning to me while explaining this to a small group of employees in a casual way now I see it was just random as my boss dosent really watch the cams mostly just blanks out while pretending to watch carefully XD though he is a great/nice guy saved my ass a few times even

    • @seasidescott
      @seasidescott Před 3 lety

      That's what studies show about good waitstaff as well, not for the money in the moment while serving tables. I've been long on both sides and it feels the same while I do it. But on the other hand I'm a very good waiter and a very good cook and while the best, fastest cooks usually make say 10% more than other cooks, as a waiter you can make double the tips by being skillful and able to handle larger sections, turn tables quicker, etc. That was gratifying and I was the only one tipping cooks (part of why I could move faster as they cooperated with me perfectly and gave my orders precedence). Still, knowing the realities for so many others in the business I am willing to forgo the extra pay from tips because I have seen so many bad situations. At one place the women knew that unbuttoning an extra shirt button would raise their tips and if short toward the end of the month and rent due they would compromise their principles. That's in fancy places. In diners, etc, they have to take lots of abuse, unwanted sexual crap, and management that only plays the customer is right game.

    • @ananda5502
      @ananda5502 Před 3 lety

      Thats discrimination

    • @seasidescott
      @seasidescott Před 3 lety

      @@ananda5502 yes, to say the least. That's the point of moving away from the system of wages based on tipping, because we can't handle it and reward sexual ego stroking more than table service. Why is that? Another discussion of our messed up system, about personal repression and lack of cultural evolution.

  • @jobee1
    @jobee1 Před 2 lety +79

    I’ve had this exact conversation with friends only to get the eye roll. Tipping sucks so I rarely go out to eat because it’s offensive that I not only have to pay for my meal but also for the employee as well while the restaurant laugh its ass off.

    • @chrismcconkey3793
      @chrismcconkey3793 Před 2 lety +10

      This is the way , simply don’t go . You don’t enjoy the experience , other people do. Period . the end.

    • @inpiecesa1956
      @inpiecesa1956 Před 2 lety

      I understand tipping Is stupid but that doesn't change the fact that they are still getting paid a lot less then they should be. You not tipping doesn't do anything except make the wait staff hate you and not want you back there. That's their living, again, Ik it's stupid but that's how it is unless laws get changed. Food for thought.

    • @greenyoshi119
      @greenyoshi119 Před 2 lety +4

      @@inpiecesa1956 maybe read their comment again?

    • @inpiecesa1956
      @inpiecesa1956 Před 2 lety

      @@greenyoshi119 Maybe read mine again. I'm not starting anything just giving some thought on the situation.

    • @alkezar9542
      @alkezar9542 Před 2 lety

      @@inpiecesa1956 tipping allows mega corporations to continue underpaying workers

  • @Brandon-ps3lh
    @Brandon-ps3lh Před 3 lety +40

    Been working in the restaurant industry for about 8-9 years in America, as a cook. I do appreciate you bringing up the disparity in wages between cooks/chefs and waiters its actually such a frustrating thing being in this industry. I can work for 8-10 hours and make about 80 dollars in some jobs after tax. Meanwhile a brand new waitress with no experience ive seen walk out with almost 400 dollars cash. Happens a lot and we never see an ounce of that money. I get that some people can be frustrating to wait on but for the most part people are very agreeable and easy to talk to. Walk back and forth with food and drinks with a smile - $400 dollars. Juggle 10 dishes at the same time in a 100 degree kitchen after prepping all day - Mehhhh 10-15 bucks an hour.

    • @heraprince
      @heraprince Před rokem +3

      Well cooks don't get the same verbal abuse or physically grabbed by customers. The sexual abuse on the server side is common.

    • @miram2703
      @miram2703 Před rokem +10

      @@heraprincelol waiter spotted 😂,

    • @sebastianmosqueda5959
      @sebastianmosqueda5959 Před rokem +4

      I talked to an ex chef about this very subject. He told me that in recent times most restaurants will put all the tips in a pot and split the tip earnings evenly throughout all the employees, but its not mandatory with all restaurants.

    • @mtamech535
      @mtamech535 Před rokem +1

      Here's a 'tip'...become a server if you want more money. Why is this so hard?

    • @nicolepadilla866
      @nicolepadilla866 Před 11 měsíci +4

      I use to share my tips with the cooks. 🤷‍♀️
      I know how to… grease the wheel to make everything run smoothly

  • @alexandergriffith1825
    @alexandergriffith1825 Před 4 lety +346

    So this is almost quite literally a "damned if you do, dammed if you don't" type of situation.

  • @joshua17111
    @joshua17111 Před 5 lety +2452

    Tipping should be voluntary and not seen as a social obligation.

    • @George4943
      @George4943 Před 5 lety +22

      Hey, Joshua Chandra, I heard a different history of tipping. Back when each upper class Brit had a staff: butler, cook, gardener, upstairs maid, downstairs maid, footman and carriage driver other noblemen staying overnight would leave a gratuity for personal service by someone else's staff. A social obligation.
      This altered to personal service by someone else's employees. The employees of the beauty parlor or barber or restaurant are tipped, but not the owner doing exactly the same thing.
      The middle class, wanting to be like the upper class adopted it too.
      And so it goes.

    • @victoriawhite3594
      @victoriawhite3594 Před 5 lety +63

      Joshua Chandra I'm a waitress. I only make $2.14 an hour. That's why tipping is a thing because I don't make anything otherwise.

    • @ye-xf5mw
      @ye-xf5mw Před 5 lety +127

      SFX Gore and More In the US? Where are you getting paid that much at? That is a new type of minimum wage. That’s not the customers problem, that’s the problem of your employers.

    • @nicolekraft175
      @nicolekraft175 Před 5 lety +14

      @@victoriawhite3594 That can't be in the US.. that or you work for someone under the table.

    • @sutekhseth
      @sutekhseth Před 5 lety +29

      @@nicolekraft175 Under federal law, employers can take a tip credit by paying tipped workers, such as servers and bartenders, as low as $2.13 an hour if those workers earn at least the standard minimum wage of $7.25 an hour once their tips are added in.

  • @LukasHauf
    @LukasHauf Před 3 lety +149

    It’s insane that a minimum wage for tipping actually exist. Just insane…

    • @fathermischief8025
      @fathermischief8025 Před 2 lety +12

      It's called greed and it is even more insane that some people believe YOU are responsible for ensuring the server can pay their bills.

    • @justinoo777
      @justinoo777 Před 2 lety +2

      It'd be insane to tip street sweepers, refuse collectors or go into restaurant's kitchen and tip the actual hardworking, underpaid chefs that cook the meal you came for in the first place. Just insane...

    • @totalsavagepunk1240
      @totalsavagepunk1240 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@justinoo777cheap person here.

  • @topwriter1071
    @topwriter1071 Před 3 lety +82

    we confuse our local eatery with the strip club lol that just made my day

  • @galloviking4766
    @galloviking4766 Před 4 lety +104

    I live in France and tipping is mostly done as a reward for good service to the chef, waiters, and so on. Not as a social requirement or unspoken rule.

    • @Sarge92
      @Sarge92 Před 3 lety

      oddly enough never actually tipped a chef... you dont really get to see them and there was probably 5 of them who prepared your meal although i imagine they make more than the servers so i dont think there too fussed ...i hope
      i may have to buy a round of drinks for the kitchen next time i get a nice steak

    • @galloviking4766
      @galloviking4766 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Sarge92 This is true, but I find it unfair that only the waiters and waitresses get a bonus when all they do, really, is take your order, serve the food, and smile. The chef has the most important role in a restaurant...

    • @wojciechmuras553
      @wojciechmuras553 Před 3 lety +4

      Same in Poland. Tips are just a token of gratitude for outstanding service.

    • @veeveevivee
      @veeveevivee Před 3 lety +1

      Same in spain

    • @coreylong4855
      @coreylong4855 Před 3 lety +1

      I'm American and it's basically the same. We tip based on the service we recieve

  • @LtxTeis
    @LtxTeis Před 6 lety +3189

    When you said the part about cooks not getting the recognition they deserve i felt that lol. I make $9.00 an hour and i'm a cook. There was a server that walked out tonight with $300 in tips. After me working 8 hours i made $72 before taxes and she made that much (not including her $4.50 an hour wage) even though she worked 2 hours less than me. Makes sense she makes a shitload more than me for the food i cook right?

    • @YourBrain
      @YourBrain Před 6 lety +72

      zio420 that's certainly a bold claim, why is he a weak idiot?

    • @chadgreen8394
      @chadgreen8394 Před 6 lety +176

      Yes, I'm a server and I ask cooks all the time why they don't serve and they all promptly say that they don't want to deal with people.. Remember we make $2.23 and hour and we DO want to deal with people.

    • @jackschwartz1783
      @jackschwartz1783 Před 6 lety +62

      When did people stop tipping cooks for an excellent meal? My first 'time clock' job was at an eating establishment. The waitresses got the majority of the tips but many times the cook got tips and occasionally the bussers would get tips too. If someone does a good job but is in a low paying job, you tip them. No tipping is just Communistic.

    • @nihilisticpancakeface6553
      @nihilisticpancakeface6553 Před 6 lety +16

      *equality*

    • @theofox8114
      @theofox8114 Před 6 lety +21

      I feel you bro it isn't right.

  • @Krazyk007x2
    @Krazyk007x2 Před 3 lety +107

    Having worked tipped positions & hourly positions - I can make WAY more money on a tip based pay scale. Tip based pay tends to reward hard work, competency & consistency. I've also known several people with degrees who waited tables or tended bar because they could make more than they did in their chosen profession.
    That being said, the tipping system IS ridiculous when examined.

    • @adityaneer
      @adityaneer Před 2 lety +30

      Tip based pay dont reward hard work. U just get paid for how well u can guilt trip a customer for not tipping. And I understand why u don't want tipping to go away coz u would fleece the customer of their money so that u get more un-taxed money. After all, tipping started as a form of bribery.

    • @who2807
      @who2807 Před 2 lety

      @@adityaneer i hate taxes, you cia glow in the dark black fellow

    • @wailingwarlie
      @wailingwarlie Před 2 lety +1

      Couldn't agree more. Where I come from, you can earn a way better income from a tipped job. Also, I haven't been to the States, so I can't compare prices, but I'd say the customer still pays for the waiter's wages. Remember, everybody's wages are included in the price of the food and drinks. You just won't get to choose how much goes directly to the one serving you.

    • @charisseproffitt3653
      @charisseproffitt3653 Před 2 lety +4

      Indeed. Recently, I demoted myself from mgt. to server because I was making approx. $6/hr. less as a mgr. than I am now making being a server.

    • @feartheolivebread
      @feartheolivebread Před 2 lety +7

      People make more money off tips where I live as well...but that's because people don't pay taxes for their tips.
      Once covid hit, many restaurants closed down and many service workers lost their jobs and had to go on unemployment.
      The amount they got is based on how much their actual salary was, not how much they got under the table.
      This also becomes a problem when taking out a bank loan or during retirement. (either due to old age or sickness)
      Customers often hate this system as we are already paying extra for the food in a restaurant, or even more if we order in, as there is also a minimum order and delivery fee and we are also expected to tip our waiter a decent ammount, just for doing their jobs.
      So its bad for the employee, its bad for the customer, so who does this system help?
      The owner.
      Owners don't need to pay a decent salary, because "you will get more money out of tips". Customers are essentially paying the staff, while also paying premium prices for the food.

  • @reidveryan9414
    @reidveryan9414 Před 2 lety +5

    At the diner I worked at, we split the tip equally between ALL employees. Every time an employee(s) began or ended their shift, the tips were split.

  • @josephlacerra8433
    @josephlacerra8433 Před 5 lety +445

    A silly thing about tipping is that it is based on a percentage of the cost of the food. As if the waiter worked harder to bring a $25 steak to the table than a $7 burger.

    • @themgreenshoes2562
      @themgreenshoes2562 Před 5 lety +7

      It's more to reflect the amount of people at the table/numbers of items they need to deliver.

    • @jimmysgirl1029
      @jimmysgirl1029 Před 5 lety +46

      Agree. I hate when I’m at a more expensive restaurant where a server will make $10 for bringing out our food, whereas a diner waitress who is working twice as hard would likely be tipped $3-4 just because the food is cheaper.

    • @screaminlordbyron7767
      @screaminlordbyron7767 Před 5 lety +7

      Well actually maybe the waiter did work harder if you came in for a $7 burger but he upsold you to a $25 dollar steak. Just saying

    • @azizx2796
      @azizx2796 Před 5 lety +28

      SCREAMIN' LORD BYRON he worked harder for the restaurant not me. The restaurant should tip him for convincing me to buy something more expensive.

    • @ericrotermund1004
      @ericrotermund1004 Před 5 lety +8

      So if I sell tires and I am compensated based on commissions should I be payed if I sell nothing?
      It’s a simple concept.
      They don’t just bring you food. They are Independent sales people.
      Many many times the wait staff have influenced my dinner decisions.
      They do impact how much I spend but not always.
      This video totally ignores the facts
      Most people who visit the USA from the EU were tipping isn’t a thing Really
      Notice how much better the service is here in USA.

  • @catarinasanto8321
    @catarinasanto8321 Před 3 lety +611

    I'm Portuguese and tipping is not a thing here. When I first heard of it my thought was: "so it's the costumers duty to pay the employee? I thought the person who employ you was supposed to pay you. Who came up with this nonsense idea some deadbeat employer shrugging of his responsibilities?"

    • @Noor_Jacobs03
      @Noor_Jacobs03 Před 3 lety +34

      South African here, and I agree. We don't really do that here, it's not the customer's duty to pay the employees of a restaurant.

    • @valkyrie_arts
      @valkyrie_arts Před 3 lety +18

      Catarina here hit the nail on the head with a sledgehammer xD

    • @supernova11711
      @supernova11711 Před 3 lety +8

      EXACTLY!!!

    • @SkaHenBoi
      @SkaHenBoi Před 3 lety +7

      I'm Malaysian, its all the same

    • @christacooper140
      @christacooper140 Před 3 lety +5

      At the restaurant I work at or previously worked at starting wage for a cook is $11 an hour the servers or waitresses and waiters receive $3 an hour plus tips and it actually averages out over a year

  • @RedneckRepairs
    @RedneckRepairs Před 3 lety +12

    "To insure promptitude"...this reminds me of the people that pay amusement parks extra to cut in line..basically paying to cut in line because they're better than everyone else (in their own mind, at least)

    • @grishafilatof8309
      @grishafilatof8309 Před 2 lety +2

      Tf? Why not pay extra for fast pass tickets if you have the money? How does that make someone stuck up?

    • @jimklemens5018
      @jimklemens5018 Před 2 lety

      Tep?

  • @hideousruin
    @hideousruin Před 3 lety +51

    There was a waitress at one of the places I worked that made sometimes $800-$1k on a double shift. And we weren't even that fancy of a restaurant. Probably about 15 to $30 a plate. But we had a massive bar with hundreds of beers and excellent horderves.
    Granted she made that kind of cash on game days for the football team of a college renowned for it's football. And we were right outside the gates of the college. So we would be absolutely slammed from 10:00 a.m. to about 12:00 a.m.
    It didn't hurt that she looked like she should be carved into the front of a ship (I told her that) and she could remember everything everyone ordered at a table of eight or less.
    Ahhh Tiffany - you gorgeous and brilliant creature... I hope life has treated you well.

    • @cybzer0560
      @cybzer0560 Před 2 lety +1

      You're telling me you were there from 10 in the morning to 12 midnight? That's crazy.

    • @chuckhale1014
      @chuckhale1014 Před 2 lety +1

      Golden gophers suck. Jk. Don't Care pac12

    • @eddenoy321
      @eddenoy321 Před 2 lety +1

      The money is due to long hours , backbreaking work, and her youthful good looks ? Yeah, that's a lifetime plan.

    • @tylerpemberton3134
      @tylerpemberton3134 Před rokem

      This absurd ..your in the crazy house now

    • @noirekuroraigami2270
      @noirekuroraigami2270 Před rokem

      Lol it was only based of her appearance. When I’m drunk with my friends I also tip pretty girls well

  • @aurum3747
    @aurum3747 Před 3 lety +354

    One of the fears of going to america, that just sounds like extra anxiety fuel
    "Did I tip enough?"
    "Should I tip?"
    "Fuck, I forgot to tip"
    " *When* do I tip?"

    • @joesterling4299
      @joesterling4299 Před 3 lety +19

      20% is a good baseline. More for exceptional service, less or none for crap service. Bear in mind that if the restaurants had to pay their staff their full living wage, the food would be more expensive. They still have to make a profit. With tips, the difference is that you have some control over what the service costs you, and you can pay based on your own judgment of its quality.

    • @01_mikoru93
      @01_mikoru93 Před 3 lety +20

      @@joesterling4299 If I have to pay 50 cents more a burger so the game making it doesn't need to work 2 jobs just to make rent, why the fuck not?

    • @joesterling4299
      @joesterling4299 Před 3 lety +8

      @@01_mikoru93 But it wouldn't. Competent staff would still make about the same money at best. The only difference with a service charge replacing gratuities is that the staff would no longer have an incentive to provide good or pleasant service.

    • @NanosoftRussia
      @NanosoftRussia Před 3 lety +7

      @@joesterling4299 or just 0%

    • @mattiasvanoverbeke1831
      @mattiasvanoverbeke1831 Před 3 lety +12

      @@joesterling4299 I live in Europe and never tiped, when I go to the usa I’Il probably totally forget it and get an angry look from a random waiter/waitress without even realising why i get that look... I don’t want to deal with having to pay 2 times, once for food, once for the waiter/waitress, idc about there service, i care about the food and drinks

  • @GuardianDragon6
    @GuardianDragon6 Před 5 lety +524

    Japan has it right, giving money is a charity.
    I didn't sign a contract, I didn't hire the waiter, and I can't fire them.
    The restaurant should be liable for hiring and paying good workers.

    • @ronaldmharrison7137
      @ronaldmharrison7137 Před 5 lety +13

      Agreed.

    • @kickinrocks6055
      @kickinrocks6055 Před 5 lety +10

      And many people have a cheap attitude. They want good service, not to tip, and to be able to use groupon at the same time. Restaurant business can be tough. You want better wages for servers, but will you pay more for a meal?

    • @brickster0004
      @brickster0004 Před 5 lety +56

      @@kickinrocks6055 Isn't tipping just showing gratitude? Aren't servers hired to provide service? Its not a cheap attitude as it is not wasting money. I'm not going for a resturaunt for food, then giving extra money to people for doing the job they were hired to do. Tip as much as you would like, thats you, but personally perfer to not throw away money like that.

    • @asfaker01
      @asfaker01 Před 4 lety

      Name of the last beat 19:58 ?

    • @notquiteordinary
      @notquiteordinary Před 4 lety +7

      You are sitting down while a waitress or waiter serves you're every need. Tip the person or don't eat out

  • @MyReviews_karkan
    @MyReviews_karkan Před 2 lety +14

    Wow!!! I've always thought, deep in my mind, that serving is actually slavery. And now this video, knowing the story for the first time in my life, confirms my thinking. You're basically working for free (they made it legal by paying servers $3 an hour), and you get paid by the customer. Why can't the restaurant owner pay their employees? Why do I have to pay them for the owner? Wtf?

  • @zonumev
    @zonumev Před 2 lety +9

    So very right on, Thoughty2!!! I feel totally as you do, here in the US is a horrible practice and then people wonder why no one wants to work in the restaurant industry. Restaurant owners in general (not all) are a bunch of bunch of cheapskates who want to be make a handsome profit on the backs of their poor (literally) workers. Let's abolish tipping!!!!

    • @heraprince
      @heraprince Před rokem

      Fuck you. You must not work for tips

  • @eneco3965
    @eneco3965 Před 4 lety +442

    I'm glad I don't live in a place where tipping culture is a thing. Imagine your employer actually paying your wages. Crazy, isn't it?

    • @Atticblood
      @Atticblood Před 4 lety +5

      I get just over minimum wage. I make tips on top of that. I only make $30,000 a year. I went to school to do my job. In the USA we can't make enough unless we wither get tips, or your bill is way higher

    • @eneco3965
      @eneco3965 Před 4 lety +27

      @@Atticblood What does "enough" mean to you? If you apply for a job that pays minimum wage, do you expect to get paid more than minimum wage?

    • @Atticblood
      @Atticblood Před 4 lety +5

      @@eneco3965 if I went to college yes. $30,000 is not shit when you have adult bills, kids, gas, and such.

    • @eneco3965
      @eneco3965 Před 4 lety +56

      @@Atticblood Some would ask why you have kids if you can't afford to pay your bills, gas and such.

    • @Veladus
      @Veladus Před 4 lety +15

      I'm glad I don't live in a land of self-superior dipshits who are so sure of themselves they tell the rest of the world how to live and react with hate to any societal difference.
      I'm talking about western Europe, of course.

  • @johntracy72
    @johntracy72 Před 3 lety +169

    Tipping should be abolished and pay the wait staff an actual living wage. Plus tip theft by the owners is rampant.

    • @zelindahodgkins6917
      @zelindahodgkins6917 Před 2 lety +3

      There is that. And By other waitresses.

    • @toddfluhr4655
      @toddfluhr4655 Před 2 lety +4

      Nah, that would result in a severe drop in pay for most service industry workers.
      No one's gonna volunteer to clean up after your ass for the same money they can make working for Walmart or Amazon.

    • @someguynamedsteve203
      @someguynamedsteve203 Před 2 lety +1

      @@toddfluhr4655 that doesnt make any sense what's so ever 7 dollars is over 2 dollars

    • @toddfluhr4655
      @toddfluhr4655 Před 2 lety

      @@someguynamedsteve203 it makes sense because with tips the average tipped employees makes over $20/hr.
      Take away the tips, every decent server and bartender walks.

    • @someguynamedsteve203
      @someguynamedsteve203 Před 2 lety

      @@toddfluhr4655 and if that doesn't happen. What then?
      It's still a tipped position there just gonna go hungry

  • @pumpkingamebox
    @pumpkingamebox Před 3 lety +2

    I heard stories of staff running outside after the customer for the tip. Yikes.

    • @gazepskotzs4
      @gazepskotzs4 Před 3 lety

      Wooo, i would freak out and start running too!

  • @davidbyers2558
    @davidbyers2558 Před 2 lety +3

    Just moved from the US to Italy. It’s so liberating to not stress tipping as it’s already integrated into the bill.
    Always great and informative videos found here. Too bad learning in school wasn’t as enjoyable as this! Thanks for assisting with my continuing education!

  • @HypercatZ
    @HypercatZ Před 3 lety +74

    Here in italy tipping is optional. It's like a direct compliment to the servers themself rather than the whole company.
    Some servers are grumpy, other ones are just as cold as robots, and them there are the very friendly ones that threat you like an old pal even if it's their first time they see you. It's usually the latest one that gets tipped. And it usually happens behind their back because getting tipped in persons is really awkward for both side.
    Unfortunately this allows servers to steal tips that were not meant for them. And they get caught only if the same costumer meets the same server and the tip is mentioned.
    It happened once at my workplace and the thief got fired.

    • @mucho02
      @mucho02 Před 2 lety +2

      Same as the UK

    • @KCJones99
      @KCJones99 Před 2 lety

      I live in England and it's scary how accurate this is.

  • @oliverszegedi7575
    @oliverszegedi7575 Před 4 lety +134

    *Promotes patreon at the end*:
    Me: “Hold on this whole operation was your idea*

    • @markelollo70
      @markelollo70 Před 4 lety +3

      You have a point, but I don't think it's the same.

    • @WalrusWinking
      @WalrusWinking Před 4 lety +1

      You see CZcams will pay less than a penny per view so instead of 70 percent of his pay being through tipping it's 99% :D

    • @TomekFior12
      @TomekFior12 Před 4 lety +4

      Totally. How hypocritical. Don’t ask for people to support you on patreon if you don’t want tips. Why should anyone pay to listen to your stupid opinion. We all can listen to those for free.

    • @WalrusWinking
      @WalrusWinking Před 4 lety

      @Jason Strom So more like 100%?

    • @denxx56
      @denxx56 Před 4 lety +1

      Yall need to chill the fuck out, it's a damn joke

  • @benjamingamache6441
    @benjamingamache6441 Před 3 lety +1

    "You know what this is? It's the smallest violin in the world playing just for the waitresses."

    • @stormcloud-9369
      @stormcloud-9369 Před 3 lety +1

      “Ok since you payed for my breakfast I’ll leave a buck but I normally never do this.”

    • @benjamingamache6441
      @benjamingamache6441 Před 3 lety +1

      @@stormcloud-9369"Nevermind what you normally would do and throw in your buck like everyone else."

  • @lancelafonde5240
    @lancelafonde5240 Před 3 lety +1

    Here in Saskatchewan, the waitress “act” super nice , laugh at all your jokes and seem genuinely interested in anything you say, almost like they are your best friend, then as soon as you give a tip they completely change and seem like they have forgotten the last 30-60mins of interaction. I know it’s a bloody game and they can’t keep paying attention to you the whole time but it’s literally the moment they get paid , it’s off to the next customer . So I’m absolutely done with tipping. Thanks Thoughty2 for opening my eyes 👀 up or should I say validating what I was already thinking.

  • @brettandlaos5792
    @brettandlaos5792 Před 3 lety +38

    When I was working for the large pizza delivery franchise, I found that rich people, with gates more expensive than my car, didn't tip and even wanted their penny change back too. But it was the poorer people that tipped. I would tip as the wages are crap.

    • @gf1x119
      @gf1x119 Před 3 lety +15

      How do ypu think they got rich in the first place

    • @lilm6259
      @lilm6259 Před 3 lety +11

      This is still very true. I’m a general manager of one of the big 3 pizza places and the rich ppl still don’t tip or tip horribly.

    • @JuanRamirez-un1xn
      @JuanRamirez-un1xn Před 3 lety +1

      Lol...i noticed that too.

    • @sissywizard1764
      @sissywizard1764 Před 3 lety +2

      I had the opposite experience personally.
      *Rough town*: more crime and drugs, definitely less wealthy. Would get stiffed on deliveries constantly, paid in bags of coins that came short, biggest tipper was a legendary $20 every few months outside the allowed area but the manager let us take it anyways (cool👍) .
      *Woodsy/Suburb Area*: ordered only10 minutes down the road, apologizes for the long drive & tips generously. Just saw a $40 tip today 16 mile round trip + minimum wage :p Crazy people but gotta love em.

    • @-G-A-
      @-G-A- Před 3 lety

      It’s probably due to experience in the service industry that allows an understanding of how to actually tip.

  • @nickgov66
    @nickgov66 Před 3 lety +63

    In the UK it is illegal to include tips and overtime in the National Minimum Wage.

    • @saucybeast0453
      @saucybeast0453 Před 2 lety +7

      Unfortunately though, tips are a taxable income. Which is kind of ironic. They can't be used as wages because there's no guarantee you get them, but the Government are allowed to tax you on it? A tip is nothing more than like giving a friend a fiver or something, the Government shouldn't then be allowed to take that fiver and give £3.50 back because "income tax".

    • @gingerLad
      @gingerLad Před rokem

      Tips are often cash and I doubt anyone monitors this, however if deemed free from tax there'd be loop holes that the rich could exploit and money laundering becomes easy 'just the tip'

  • @nathansyupp1137
    @nathansyupp1137 Před 2 lety

    “Be sure to leave me a t.I.p on my Patreon”.! Man that made me laugh.

  • @benwubben9795
    @benwubben9795 Před 2 lety +1

    I have been saying all of this for years. Especially the "you pay more and they earn less part" Thank you for this psa

  • @TheGunmanChannel
    @TheGunmanChannel Před 6 lety +842

    We don't tip in Australia but we have really good wages and pay awards for overtime, public holidays and weekends. Some Americans are on very low wages and rely on tips to get by.

    • @yeetspageet5679
      @yeetspageet5679 Před 6 lety +12

      Please watch the entire video.

    • @TheGunmanChannel
      @TheGunmanChannel Před 6 lety +16

      charlie saville sorry but I got extremely bored after 15:00 😆😆

    • @TheGunmanChannel
      @TheGunmanChannel Před 6 lety +37

      charlie saville so I watched the rest and he gave a piss poor excuse as to why you shouldn't, then says in some cases you should, then asks for Patreon dollars 😆😆 this channel used to be good.

    • @zer0bre
      @zer0bre Před 6 lety +11

      And you used to be 14, now you're 16. Case closed, move on.

    • @Emokid4355
      @Emokid4355 Před 6 lety +16

      The Gunman wish the U.S. could adapt progressive wages. Instead we have a 7.25 and hour federal minimum wage. That’s a little over 14k a year ( 13k with taxes taken out)

  • @builderdex
    @builderdex Před 4 lety +140

    Started out as a bribe for expedited service, now makes up for sub poverty wages.

    • @lucilledelorme
      @lucilledelorme Před 4 lety +7

      As well as low paid workers in places like Mc Donald’s etc being expected to graft for tips they are also expected to claim tax benefits for receiving less than a living wage. Last year McDonald's made a profit of 37 billion dollars. Why are these companies allowed to screw the taxpayers over rather than pay a decent wage?It may not be brain surgery but it still must be tiring and boring and fulfilling a service.

    • @wizkid2000
      @wizkid2000 Před 4 lety +1

      Right? How can anyone live on $28 dollars per hour!?

    • @uno9331
      @uno9331 Před 4 lety +1

      Sub poverty wages ? Lmao tell that to homeless people who dont have jobs

    • @benjnse
      @benjnse Před 4 lety

      @@wizkid2000 Yeah what they showed at 14:58 utterly undermined the video's argument.

    • @SumDumGai5
      @SumDumGai5 Před 4 lety +3

      @@lucilledelorme What McDonald's have you been to where tips are acceptable?

  • @kerrileemancer1581
    @kerrileemancer1581 Před rokem +1

    As someone from Nz where we don't tip, I have been saying this for years.

  • @Lizardwizard2112
    @Lizardwizard2112 Před rokem +1

    I love how the job that literally fuels the entirety of mankind, (and I mean literally fuels) is so undervalued and is even looked at as a want more than a necessity. We don’t go out to eat anymore let’s be real, we go out to socialize, to flaunt, to DRINK, the food is like the dress or suite they’re wearing out. O! The irony!

  • @smithryansmith
    @smithryansmith Před 4 lety +235

    Tipping is also an insult in Iceland

    • @J.ROD_CLASSIFIED
      @J.ROD_CLASSIFIED Před 4 lety +12

      I don't normally tip in the Iceland shop

    • @SaberBenSalem
      @SaberBenSalem Před 4 lety +27

      That's because Iceland knows how to guarantee the dignity of its citizens. It doesn't leave them to the mercy of tipping. Great country and great people.

    • @joelt3944
      @joelt3944 Před 4 lety +1

      Idk I dont dare step in that chavvy supermarket

    • @ErikPT
      @ErikPT Před 4 lety +3

      And China to the waiters/waitress it is demeaning to the staff who think it's the wage of a 'bar girl.'

    • @clxwncrxwn
      @clxwncrxwn Před 4 lety +4

      Japan also has a stigma against tipping, good service is expected, but some places like a hotel or bar may add a gratuity fee to the bill.

  • @Sutherlinite
    @Sutherlinite Před 4 lety +122

    I remember when tip jars started showing up at Burger King counters. Yikes.

    • @GodSpeed1105
      @GodSpeed1105 Před 4 lety +6

      Ok that's too much they dont do crap but they're exact job😂

    • @jamesmusisca8442
      @jamesmusisca8442 Před 4 lety +7

      tipping in burger king not in this life time

    • @meticulousperversions9064
      @meticulousperversions9064 Před 4 lety +8

      What's a matter? You don't like tipping some runny nosed teenaged goth freak for taking your order and then serving you all without actually doing much of anything but getting your order wrong? Fucking prima donna right here, lol!

    • @tardeliesmagic
      @tardeliesmagic Před 4 lety

      I've never,ever tipped at mcd or bk.

    • @dylank8100
      @dylank8100 Před 4 lety +1

      I get tipped all the time I’m at the first window where everyone pays most of the time and I get on average about $7 a day in tips I know it’s not much but for a McDonald’s employee that’s something... and on Christmas this guy paid with a $100 bill and tipped me $40 for working on Christmas

  • @SergeySedlovsky
    @SergeySedlovsky Před 3 lety +3

    Funny story, I was chased out once (a fairly long time ago) for not leaving a tip in a burger restaurant. Though I did come late and I was the only one there (With a friend) so I guess they were expecting especially that I'll be giving a generous tip for the service, lol... yeah :-/

  • @BlaHosTGaming
    @BlaHosTGaming Před rokem +2

    For delivery drivers, tipping is essential.

  • @toga6905
    @toga6905 Před 5 lety +246

    Let get to the real issue and just get workers to pay better wages

    • @Icewind007
      @Icewind007 Před 5 lety +21

      The real issue is getting the government and corporations separate. The corporations have WAY too much political power so this is why all this is allowed. We are getting screwed over because of corrupt government whose pockets get lined by corporations and their corrupt lobbying.

    • @fuckjewtube69
      @fuckjewtube69 Před 5 lety +10

      You want workers to pay better wages? Lol. Anyway.
      You're a fucking commie, and I'm Eastern European. You don't have the fucking right to tell anyone how much they should pay someone else. That makes my blood boil. If you don't like the money don't do that job, simple as that. You need to watch his video about stupid people. That's you.

    • @t6amygdala
      @t6amygdala Před 5 lety

      Or just establish communism

    • @t6amygdala
      @t6amygdala Před 5 lety +2

      @@fuckjewtube69 We fought to use that word. You don't get to use it

    • @A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid
      @A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid Před 5 lety +2

      How about only going to those maverick restaurants who say "don't tip, we pay our employees well."
      Or socialism, and then you can spend your guaranteed annual income any way you want, earned from your country's resources and services which the elite mistakenly believe is theirs.
      You can keep the communism.

  • @simonrodgers8902
    @simonrodgers8902 Před 5 lety +148

    Elvis was just being kind to his limo driver because he had the money and he was a kind man. That was all there was to it.

    • @Aashishkebab
      @Aashishkebab Před 4 lety +4

      Elvis was not a kind man

    • @Coppertunes
      @Coppertunes Před 4 lety +1

      Thanks Simon.

    • @donnieolaughlin1758
      @donnieolaughlin1758 Před 4 lety +6

      @@Aashishkebab one of Elvis's later drummers told me that people say what they want about Elvis but he really was a kind man. His name is Larry London and his story about Elvis was inspirational.
      But I don't mean to argue with you there are different perceptions.

    • @RoastHardy
      @RoastHardy Před 4 lety

      Always someone complaining, nothing to worry!

    • @johnnyutah2071
      @johnnyutah2071 Před 3 lety

      I agree and all but what's the man gonna do with a limo?😂 I wouldn't know what the hell to do with it.

  • @Sadarsa
    @Sadarsa Před 3 lety +1

    I'm that jerk who never tips. Last time i tipped it was 1992, and i left a $1.00 tip.

  • @chrisandrew852
    @chrisandrew852 Před rokem +4

    As an Australian visiting the USA on a seven week tour I hated tipping. I remember signs here and there saying "gratuities not included" , even on a bus at one stage. When we departed the bus, the driver stood at the exit point to collect which made it an emotional blackmail on anyone that had ideas of getting away with it. When tipping becomes "compulsory" it stinks and feels more like legal robbery.

    • @bobs6129
      @bobs6129 Před rokem

      Just so know if you’re eating at restaurants here and not tipping then the people that are serving you are being paid close to nothing so if you’re OK with that that’s pretty sad

    • @chrisandrew852
      @chrisandrew852 Před rokem

      @@bobs6129 It is pretty sad Bob - sad that people are not paid a decent wage and have to rely on the charity of customers.

    • @bobs6129
      @bobs6129 Před rokem

      @@chrisandrew852 then you would pay more for food I don’t know how people don’t understand it. I wouldn’t go to Australia and expect them to change the way they do things but I guess that’s just how I am. I don’t know.

    • @chrisandrew852
      @chrisandrew852 Před rokem

      @@bobs6129 Seriously?.. the whole world understands it Bob.. its actually very simple. You pay more for your food which the business owner then uses to pay the wait staff a living wage. Then you don't have to give a tip unless you really want to.
      I bet you dont have to tip MacDonalds staff right?... or the guy/lady who helps you in a clothing store. Why?,, because they are paid a wage for what they do.

    • @bobs6129
      @bobs6129 Před rokem

      @@chrisandrew852 yeah like I said, if you don’t like it don’t eat out or maybe stick to the other countries I don’t know what to tell you. You have some ego thinking a country should change for You I’ll tell you one thing if you come here and you don’t tip, don’t eat at the same place more than once

  • @WavePotter
    @WavePotter Před 3 lety +231

    This is so fascinating. Having grown up in Wisconsin (USA) with a minimum wage of $2.33 for tipped employees, I never thought about any of this. That said, not tipping your server when you know they’re making $2/hour is a pretty cold thing to do just out of principal. Definitely a change that needs to happen from a governmental level to make employers just pay what employees deserve and copy Japan’s system.

    • @baneverything5580
      @baneverything5580 Před 3 lety +7

      I thought this was about cow tipping.

    • @dewmontain123
      @dewmontain123 Před 2 lety +40

      Dude. Im not tipping you unless you go out of your way for some reason. Even then. I dont want you to. Just walk to the kitchen and get my food its not that hard. Ill do it myself. I dont even need you to bring me my food. Ill tip the chef if the food is in my opinion good.

    • @xtraplayer7281
      @xtraplayer7281 Před 2 lety +9

      Here in Canada waiters/waitresses now get $15 an hour. And prices on the menu have gone up because owners now pay waiters more. But they still expect the tip. Actually they expect 15% now. And if you walk into some restaurants as a group of 6+, they will add 18% tip to your bill automatically !

    • @esquiredan2702
      @esquiredan2702 Před 2 lety +22

      @@dewmontain123 So in an industry where people deal with some of the worst of humanity and don't make a living wage, you think being a cheapskate helps the situation?

    • @Dirminxiia
      @Dirminxiia Před 2 lety +20

      If they don't get tips, they get full minimum wage. Tipping is literally theft committed by businesses.

  • @marc639
    @marc639 Před 6 lety +74

    I simply don’t go out to eat anymore. By the time you add tip and tax it adds 30% to your bill. I like the European system. Price includes tax and tips not expected. Round up tipping is fine

    • @eventhisidistaken
      @eventhisidistaken Před 6 lety +3

      ,...and income taxes, federal + SS+ medicare+ state...often also add up to 30% or more. Does that mean you stop working too? If you want to save money, then sure, don't eat out. But you can also do what the rest of us do, and just multiply the price on the menu by 1.3 to figure out what eating out really costs.

    • @overlordshiina
      @overlordshiina Před 5 lety +3

      @Jyoeru Zaberu if in the end your going to pay the same price why bother?

    • @CassidyStarke
      @CassidyStarke Před 5 lety

      Jyoeru Zaberu
      That burger better be made out of gold.

    • @moskit76
      @moskit76 Před 5 lety +1

      @Jyoeru Zaberu no one pays 30 bucks for burger in Europe,from 5 to 10£ everything included!

    • @overlordshiina
      @overlordshiina Před 5 lety +3

      @Jyoeru Zaberu This is one of the reason why other system are better because everything you pay for is directly shown witch then prevent this kind of "if it's not on the bill then i don't have to pay for it" mentality.
      And yeah in the end if you have the chose between paying 30$ straight or 15$ and have 15$ of tips it's the same price. It's basically the whole 15$+shipping vs 30+no shipping thing.

  • @fantochedollmaker7030
    @fantochedollmaker7030 Před rokem +1

    The saddest part is how they use "tipping" as a perk now. It's even written on my local Starbucks' door. They'll post like 25 cents above average PLUS TIPS in capital letters. Yeah no wonder the minimum tip is 20% and goes to 45% and the baristas look pissed when you select "No tip", they're sold to the fact that they'll make 2-4$ for every overpriced coffee sold.
    The only time I ever consider tipping is at a sit down restaurant and get regular visits from the waitress.

  • @Itsamugsgam3
    @Itsamugsgam3 Před 3 lety +11

    As a former server and cook I can say that both jobs have their struggles the cook has to slave in the kitchen while the server is juggling literally dozens of requests during the rushes and either falling behind causes the entire thing to fall apart

    • @alkezar9542
      @alkezar9542 Před 2 lety +1

      Your point being?

    • @fahimaih
      @fahimaih Před rokem +1

      That’s not the customers’ fault at all, and so it shouldn’t be their problem either.

  • @PizzaDude-sc2jo
    @PizzaDude-sc2jo Před 5 lety +300

    In Australia you don’t tip
    You just let them keep the change

  • @phile5437
    @phile5437 Před 5 lety +276

    I wouldn't want the majority of my wages determined by the generosity of humanity.

    • @GarlicGrinder9
      @GarlicGrinder9 Před 5 lety +7

      Well then its a gokd thing most people do it because they feel morally obligated to because of your rediculously low pay.

    • @deadinside8542
      @deadinside8542 Před 4 lety +6

      People are selfish shit. They sooner watch you drown than throw you a rope. Humans are parasites

    • @ryleyt3752
      @ryleyt3752 Před 4 lety +10

      I prefer it, I can't hardly find a job that pays me half of what I make as a server.

    • @Ugh718
      @Ugh718 Před 4 lety +3

      @@deadinside8542 Yeah,and not just to other humans,but also the world,aka planet earth.And later on,the moon,mars...

    • @phoenixnoire2435
      @phoenixnoire2435 Před 4 lety +1

      Exactly! Have you MET people?

  • @UrResidentGhost
    @UrResidentGhost Před rokem +1

    Yeah if the waiters in here were paid properly, I wouldn’t mind paying only 2 pennies lol

  • @pumpkingamebox
    @pumpkingamebox Před 3 lety

    The US: Leaves enough tips for 40 billion dollars.
    The US Government: Are we taxing that already? If not, ho ho ho.

  • @matthewharrington420
    @matthewharrington420 Před 4 lety +53

    papa johns is sending out "how to tip" papers if you tip under $5 on a $27 order

  • @TeeTee-bz3pv
    @TeeTee-bz3pv Před 6 lety +62

    As a former waiter and bartender, I completely agree that it’s unfair that restaurant owners pay their employees less than minimal wage. The restaurant industry is full of unfair practices from lacks of breaks to lack of leave (a lot of restaurants pay employees under the table to avoid taxes also workers rights)....I am so happy to be out....

    • @circusboy90210
      @circusboy90210 Před 6 lety

      server often make more than the restaurants management team. your wrong, and it's all in the tips/

    • @Yellowdigigod
      @Yellowdigigod Před 6 lety +3

      circusboy90210 Where is your credibility to challenge a former service worker?

    • @hgpitt5912
      @hgpitt5912 Před 6 lety +1

      True! I live in Florida and a huge amount of restaurant will ONLY pay under the table. I've worked at four restaurants that tried me with that under the table crap and quit all of them in less than a week. Where have all the real jobs gone?

  • @dylanbeard7350
    @dylanbeard7350 Před 3 lety +1

    I’m a line cook and can confirm the front of house staff earns way more than any of the cooks, even the head cook who’s on salary.

    • @Jeshklv
      @Jeshklv Před 3 lety

      in my country waiters always take care of cooks and bartenders leaving reasonable % of their daily tips. and the salary for waiters are so shit that they have to rely only on tips. salary are only for rent, bills and most of the time not enough.

  • @spamuel98
    @spamuel98 Před 3 lety +2

    I deliver pizza for a living, and tips easily make up two thirds of my wages, but even that is only around $15 an hour. We don't really categorize tips by the customers, seeing as we don't know anything about who we're delivering to, but by the area of town.

    • @zerospacer
      @zerospacer Před 2 lety

      What are your total weekly wages like: hourly + tips?
      Do you get reimbursed for your vehicle miles?

    • @alkezar9542
      @alkezar9542 Před 2 lety

      Make your employers pay more to you

  • @francoislacombe9071
    @francoislacombe9071 Před 6 lety +34

    I now expect to hear about a sudden epidemic of patrons being slapped in the face with ripe salmons.

  • @KOBUN40
    @KOBUN40 Před 4 lety +82

    I enjoyed not tipping in Japan. The maids even waived my entry fee for posting a picture of cake on Twitter.

    • @Sarge92
      @Sarge92 Před 3 lety +7

      the irony of the japanese system is I WANT TO TIP THEM SO BAD they give fucking phenominal service and im just like please let me show you how great full i am

    • @yasashii89
      @yasashii89 Před 3 lety +4

      @@Sarge92 You're just not used to living in japan, that's why. If you are used to it then it's the standard that you expect. Japanese customers can be really horrible and petty over the smallest things, then there is a one hour meeting over time without pay just because one customer complained. There is a lot of consequence for staff.

  • @ms.blackcat
    @ms.blackcat Před 2 lety

    Play this video simultaneously in every restaurant. They all have 📺. Educate the masses.

  • @miker9930
    @miker9930 Před 3 lety

    I worked my first job at a barbecue joint when I was 16 for minimum wage (7.25/hr) and one of my high school teachers left me a tip. My boss walked over, picketed it up, and pocketed it. Quit a couple days later and never want to work in hospitality again.

  • @RCRDC_handlesarepoopoo
    @RCRDC_handlesarepoopoo Před 5 lety +253

    It's not the customers responsibility to provide for the waitress, thats the employers job.
    Id much rather pay a bit more for a meal than having to "pay" 2 times. Inconvenient useless habit that should die out.

    • @GarlicGrinder9
      @GarlicGrinder9 Před 5 lety +10

      Thays already how it works. Tipping isnt mandatory and its only 10-15% on top. Unless you eat out often and with parties of a few people each time its really not that big a proce to pay. While I agree its an awful and archiac system, I am more than happy to pay into it because at the end of the day people have bills to pay. If you dont like it dont eat at restaurants. Go to McDonald's or something, or better yet buy ingredients and learn to cook at home for 10x less.

    • @climatechangedoesntbargain9140
      @climatechangedoesntbargain9140 Před 5 lety +16

      ​@@GarlicGrinder9no - if you don't like it, just don't tip. Else this custom will stay forever. If you tip you encourage the low wages of staff in the back (who worked their ass off to get there - in contrary to the servers).

    • @808perp2
      @808perp2 Před 5 lety +9

      RCRDC X why can't people understand this. Tipping is dumb af.

    • @808perp2
      @808perp2 Před 5 lety +9

      Including tips as someone's salary is just an excuse to pay them less

    • @ryleyt3752
      @ryleyt3752 Před 4 lety +3

      @@GarlicGrinder9 20% is customary.

  • @joheishan6589
    @joheishan6589 Před 4 lety +89

    Tipped minimum wage is EXACTLY why I keep tipping in the US. My first time there in '99, I was at a diner with 5 friends, and all the servers were Barbie dolls with fake smiles who steered clear of us. Maybe because we were a group, maybe because we were all big, bearded men, speaking a harsh, guttural language (Dutch). But this one lady was like 40-something, and gave us the best service I we ever had. Turned out she was a single mom with 2 boys in High school and a daughter in college. So we just pooled ALL of our money on the table (Maybe $900, IDK) for school supplies. We had planned to go out later, but just stayed in the hotel and watched reruns on TV instead...

    • @TheCalmPsycho
      @TheCalmPsycho Před 4 lety +7

      That was incredibly nice of you! From the sound of it, she seems like the kind of person that would share the wealth as well.

    • @joheishan6589
      @joheishan6589 Před 4 lety +19

      @@TheCalmPsycho It was a group decision. We figured that if that daughter could make it through college, she could get a good career, and not have to bust her ass for peanuts like her poor mum.

    • @speedzero7478
      @speedzero7478 Před 4 lety +3

      Good guys

    • @Janellabelle
      @Janellabelle Před 3 lety +4

      Wow. Thanks man that's a lot of money for a tip

    • @mwbgaming28
      @mwbgaming28 Před 3 lety +5

      And the tipped minimum wage exists BECAUSE people like you keep tipping

  • @lymer2158
    @lymer2158 Před 2 lety +2

    As a bar tender, tips are always appreciated, be it for pouring a "perfect pint" or a swift cocktail, but I get tipped less than £2 every 3 months, its not an issue but as a student, I appreciate the extra cash

  • @andrewdunbar828
    @andrewdunbar828 Před 2 lety +1

    Here in Australia we don't have automatic tipping and most people don't tip most of the time. But most cafes and restaurants have a tip jar on the counter and we do like to tip places where we're regulars or when things are better than expected. The tip jar is basically always split between the staff from what I've heard.

  • @brianwalendy3735
    @brianwalendy3735 Před 5 lety +73

    I've been a server. I've been a cook. I've been a dish washer. I made 3x as much money while only making $4/hr as a server, compared to as a cook/dish washer at minimum wage.

    • @socairnone5550
      @socairnone5550 Před 5 lety +3

      then if you want to get tips you know should be a server, then it will be down to your personality and looks as well as your ability and effort

    • @davidvondoom2853
      @davidvondoom2853 Před 5 lety +2

      Thank you for your honesty.

    • @SuperMitchellness
      @SuperMitchellness Před 5 lety +1

      Shut your fat ass up

    • @SuperMitchellness
      @SuperMitchellness Před 5 lety

      No tip for you fat ass

    • @hyperhektor7733
      @hyperhektor7733 Před 5 lety

      Its the same in the IT-Industry a Server can make more money that a clientPC ;D

  • @Dara-gz5ku
    @Dara-gz5ku Před 4 lety +364

    All the dislikes are from people who live on tips

    • @mattysouth1640
      @mattysouth1640 Před 4 lety +2

      True

    • @lightningonlycommentsonce5824
      @lightningonlycommentsonce5824 Před 3 lety +12

      @marcus24000 Its literally slavery just with extra benefits and you actually get to go home at the end of the day.

    • @biscuit3587
      @biscuit3587 Před 3 lety +33

      And all the likes are people who have never worked in the tipping industry in their life. So what’s your point?

    • @jensdroessler3575
      @jensdroessler3575 Před 3 lety +12

      Yeah, be mad at the symptom instead of doing something about the problem.

    • @RickNuthman
      @RickNuthman Před 3 lety +31

      And they miss the point. Their boss is the ass, not the customer.

  • @hideousruin
    @hideousruin Před 3 lety +3

    When I have received a meal that was particularly delicious and a particular part of it was the standout, I will sometimes ask whoever made it to come to the table and I'll then personally hand them a tip. On average I'll give them $20 on top of the 15 to 20% I give the wait staff. Admittedly that's a rare occasion, and it's typically only at a steakhouse or fancy restaurant where the chef or cook can really shine.

  • @OkitaKai
    @OkitaKai Před 3 lety

    In Australia the involuntary tipping system is called GST. Extra money charged for zero service to begin with.

  • @leboiofbois1005
    @leboiofbois1005 Před 3 lety +497

    Hitman: That’s 400,000 dollars for the target.
    Me: slips him an extra 20 dollars on top of the 400,000
    Hitman: [Crying] Thank you.

    • @valeriavalencia9529
      @valeriavalencia9529 Před 3 lety +1

      Basically lol

    • @leboiofbois1005
      @leboiofbois1005 Před 3 lety +2

      UniverseNerd It’s a joke

    • @universenerdd
      @universenerdd Před 3 lety

      @@leboiofbois1005 yeah, i realize, that's probably why i deleted it

    • @maxpayne4107
      @maxpayne4107 Před 3 lety +2

      UniverseNerd it’s a f-ing joke

    • @universenerdd
      @universenerdd Před 3 lety +1

      @@maxpayne4107 why are you mad at me, you didn't even see my original comment, i didn't get the joke yet, until i saw the hitman part of the video

  • @gokthetaxman6622
    @gokthetaxman6622 Před 4 lety +28

    When I was still not born, my mom had to take a part time job while in highschool as waitress, she got paid only 200 ARS (2 dollars), and she could only get money from the tips, which would usually be like 10 ARS, it wasn't even the minimum wage, instead way lower than that, yet still the restaurant stays like that up until the present because "tips should be enough", 2 of the workers tried to sue them but since the restaurant was friends with the mayor even after closing down the restaurant, it opened again.

    • @feritmoumin5575
      @feritmoumin5575 Před 4 lety

      Interesting to hear.
      ARS is which countries currency?

    • @facundogonzalez2259
      @facundogonzalez2259 Před 3 lety

      argentine pesos. What GoK said is true, the salaries of waiters suck here and many owners take advantage of tips to just pay less that they should

  • @Silvercrypto-xk4zy
    @Silvercrypto-xk4zy Před rokem +2

    i dont care what the server looks like or their skin color, i tip solely on service and personality. also i almost always leave a tip of some sort

  • @owennoad-watson2820
    @owennoad-watson2820 Před 3 lety +1

    When I was working in a pub, all tips went into a jar to be "shared" but in reality, each week it would be taken by the manager and put into the tills so we wouldn't see a penny unless we risked our jobs by pocketing it

  • @john-b3886
    @john-b3886 Před 5 lety +107

    I've lived in Korea where there is no tipping and it is a far superior system:
    1. Tipping means that wait staff are rewarded (or denied rewards) based on things they have no control over. For example, if the kitchen is backed up and the food is late it is the wait staff that takes the blame. If the owner decides to cut corners by buying lower quality food, it is the wait staff that gets shafted by no tips.
    2. It is the role of management to reward superior performance and punish those who perform poorly. Passing it off to the customer is just cowardly.
    3. It destroys any sense of professionalism that staff may have. They feel they must put up with any degrading comment or question from a rude customer because the all important tip depends on it.
    4. Minimum wage for wait staff is well below the wage for other workers. So establishments keep their menu prices artifically low but you end up paying anyway with the tips. It is a hidden cost to any meal and cheats the staff out of basic living wage.
    Just a few observations.

    • @lukewarmwater6412
      @lukewarmwater6412 Před 5 lety +5

      passing it off to the customer is just cowardly.
      this I do agree with.

    • @Sweet_T4u
      @Sweet_T4u Před 5 lety +2

      John - B
      Great observations, and I see the same things in France! Waiters go to school there and have a salary. It’s a respectable occupation and they’re very good. They tend to not screw up orders and have their timing on point... on the other hand they can be rude and arrogant 😓 depends how touristy the area is 😂
      More downsides to the American system include:
      You can be fired at any time and for any reason.
      You can lose your job over small mistakes.
      If there are no customers you make no money.
      No salary (2.13 an hour, which covers ur taxes, if your lucky.. bc sometimes u owe taxes still)
      Sometimes having to work for free (delay clocking in to avoid overtime so u can work an extra shift per week)
      No health insurance
      No benefits
      Destroying your feet and back from being forced to wear certain shoes (like chucks) on hard floors and having to bend and lift constantly.
      But a couple nice things about waiting tables in America is you can work your way up to making six figures. You can obtain high high levels of professionalism in the right establishment.
      For example: At Bern’s Steakhouse in Tampa, FL, it takes 7 YEARS to become a captain (lead server). 2 years in the kitchen, 1.5 as a food runner, 3 years as a back wait and the whole time you’re constantly being evaluated and having to take intense and lengthy written and oral exams. In the end tho, the captains make well into the six figures. And guess what.. executive chefs make bank too... often getting a cut of the restaurants profits.
      Point is... these kind of arguments, for me, alway seem boil down to the same basic point. A point that is, i believe, one of the core principles of American culture. You GET what you PAY for.
      A line cook or prep cook doesn’t offer a lot a value to an owner. It’s an entry level position that can be filled easily with a recent culinary school grad that’s dying to find a job. A waiter however, on their first night, is making the owner money. That’s also an easy position to fill. A monkey could do it right.
      But see, a Great line cook or a Great waiter is a diff story. An owner would keep a great cook over a mediocre server. why? Bc a Great cook keeps the kitchen on track. And that cook gets promoted and can start to work their way up. Same thing the other way.
      I’ve noticed something about chefs and cooks over the years. They take much greater pride in their work than the servers do, and I’ve always admired them for their ability to create with their hands. I always thought it was ironic that I almost always made more money as a server. However, I would stand at the pass, watching in awe as the chefs made what they do look easy. So what is more valuable, money or pride. You could argue both. The way I see it though, I get what I choose to pay for. If I don’t care about service or quality, I pay 10$ for a buffet. If I want to be served like a king, I work hard and save money to be able to spend 100$ on dinner. And every level in between.
      I like that I have those options. I completely understand other countries will have more consistent and often better service and mid and lower end ... and not having to tip is nice but I like having the choice.

    • @octoNinja
      @octoNinja Před 5 lety +1

      WAIT STAFF NEVER MAKE LESS THAN FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE. No hourly employee in the US can have an income less than minimum wage, But what about that $2.13 you ask? If you take that $2.13/hr and add tips, it is required by law that the total income MUST be equal to or above minimum wage, and the employer must always pay a minimum of $2.13/hr regardless of how much they make in tips. But what happens when the tips don't make it above minimum wage?The restaurant pays the difference. Wait staff never make less than federal minimum wage.
      So your point 4 is only sort of correct, since the only effect it does have is that restaurants put lower prices on the menu, but tipping is about as "hidden" as a sales tax. It is a known factor when stepping into a food establishment.

    • @lukewarmwater6412
      @lukewarmwater6412 Před 5 lety +4

      @@octoNinja when you have an adult with adult bills doing a job you need to be paying adult wages, not the highschool wage minimum bullshit. I have no sympathy for business owners these days. that 2.13 an hour is crap! it shouldnt be allowed.

    • @miningcamper
      @miningcamper Před 5 lety +2

      @@lukewarmwater6412 - I (usually) have no sympathy for owners either. The best that can be said for tipping is that it's an incentive to treat customers well.
      Tip jars for counter service, like Dairy Queens or Dunkin Donuts? That I don't like.

  • @gregwolf1
    @gregwolf1 Před 6 lety +80

    I like to tip anyone who offers me a service which I enjoyed. But in america, (florida specifically) after a visit in a national park we had to pay off the little paddle boat we rented at the office. It was self service with touch screens, and you HAD to leave a tip you couldn't just pay the price. There were options leaving a tip between10%-50% of the cost of the rent, but no 0%. The whole experience was really bad and then you can't even pay without selecting a tip. That is just rude and disgusting. I want to decide if I want to leave a tip or not thank you.

    • @twicepast7
      @twicepast7 Před 6 lety

      Wtf what park? I live in Fl too

    • @echo4599
      @echo4599 Před 6 lety +13

      That.s the problem. You should tip ONLY if you want to.

    • @gregwolf1
      @gregwolf1 Před 6 lety

      twicepast7 I dont remember the name it was like 4 years ago but at some park of the everglades where you could paddle on your own trough the swamps. To rent it for an hour you paid like 40 bucks + the mandatory tip at the end.

    • @kenlee5015
      @kenlee5015 Před 6 lety +4

      If using a touchscreen, I assume you also used a card for payment. Call your card company, complain and shut that shit down. Problem solved for everyone else in the future as there is no way this can be allowed by the CC companies.

    • @gregwolf1
      @gregwolf1 Před 6 lety

      Ken Lee It is probably too late for that sadly. It was around 4 years ago and I dont have the energy to dig it up.

  • @samuelbell
    @samuelbell Před 3 měsíci

    I was listening to a reddit reading video and during a story about tipping the narrator guilted you into always tipping saying you're heartless if you don't because some people live off tips entirely.

  • @chronicy2k75
    @chronicy2k75 Před rokem +2

    People act like I'm Satan when I express that I refuse to tip because I don't believe its my responsibility to pay some companies employees... not that I go out often shit I struggle to pay my bills

  • @clitcommander6946
    @clitcommander6946 Před 3 lety +73

    Integrating tips into wages, literally defies the definition, of a tip.
    The older I get the less I know

    • @johnnyutah2071
      @johnnyutah2071 Před 3 lety +3

      Fucking hell I read your comment and then saw Clit Commander69😂😂😂 Even though you're getting older you are very much apart of this time friend.

    • @GeoMusic99
      @GeoMusic99 Před 3 lety +2

      Well the tips are actually a way to reward the staff for a task exceptionally done. But in the US, you have to tip at least 20% no matter what the service was like just because the boss don't wanna pay their employees. So tipping in that sense is being part of the problem and enabling the owner's greed.

  • @sandipbiswas766
    @sandipbiswas766 Před 6 lety +77

    I miss how in your old videos you would finish by saying, "thanks for the view, subscribe for more, thoughty2. *wink*"

  • @phillipreed6599
    @phillipreed6599 Před 3 lety +2

    2.13 an hour. Tipping is such an American institution they get away with paying that

    • @sickstuff7624
      @sickstuff7624 Před 3 lety

      I wouldn’t worry your little head too bad about it. A good sever can flip 4-6 tables an hour. At an low average $5 tip at each table, that’s nearly $30 an hour made on those tips. Unless you are a shitty server, you will make good money. The restaurant owners know this and so does the government. That’s why servers only make $2.13 an hour. What do you want them to make? $100k a year for waiting tables?

  • @rebeccamartell3413
    @rebeccamartell3413 Před rokem +1

    I grew up in Montana, where there is no tipped wage. Then I moved to Arkansas for a few months, where my wage was $2.68 an hour. I can tell you that was the grossest restaurant I've ever worked. No one cleaned. For $2.68 an hour, I show up. That's it, I'm not doing any thing else.

  • @kaikrist
    @kaikrist Před 3 lety +165

    I totally agree that automatic/compulsory tipping should be abolished.

    • @kyletucker3811
      @kyletucker3811 Před 3 lety +9

      For real. I remember when I was in highschool, I was on a history trip to the East Coast. I'd planned for a specific budget based on the money I managed to earn and my family could give me, and near the end of the trip when my funds were dwindling for food, I happened to sit at a table with some other people from the trip, and when the check game there was an extra charge on there for gratuity because we were a "group" that was FAR larger than I'd give for my single meal. It pissed me off a lot because it basically took out half the budget for my lunch the next day.

    • @australium7374
      @australium7374 Před 3 lety +1

      I was a kid and thought tipping was a nice optional gesture. boy was I wrong

    • @BiggieBig_
      @BiggieBig_ Před 2 lety +2

      @@kyletucker3811 should’ve said no, I’m not tipping.

    • @LostLagrange
      @LostLagrange Před 2 lety +1

      Rather then that I feel like the law around tipping should be changed. Like, your wage shouldn’t be affected by the fact that grandma thought you looked like her grandson and wanted to give you a little extra.

    • @kaikrist
      @kaikrist Před 2 lety

      @@LostLagrange We don't have to tip in Sweden, but there will be a group pressure to tip if you are out with a gang of friends. I still only tip if the service was exceptional.

  • @hardlyparty3240
    @hardlyparty3240 Před 4 lety +35

    As a cook it can be infuriating when a server walks away with $200 in a single night

    • @cookie-sn5ex
      @cookie-sn5ex Před 3 lety +5

      Try being a server then

    • @wabash1581
      @wabash1581 Před 3 lety +1

      I worked both sides of the restaurant. Started in back of house as a cook. Went to another and served. It would take a lot for me to go back to BOH. FOH is sooooooooo much easier and it pays much more.

    • @raymonddanner2224
      @raymonddanner2224 Před 3 lety

      @@wabash1581 The fundamental problem here in the States is the way the wage laws are written. Tips are supposed to be above and beyond your wage, not an essential part of how you get paid. I, too, have worked BoH, and it sucks, but wait staff are getting (legally) ripped off. I'm not a liberal, but it's clear the wage laws need serious revision.

    • @MissDebra
      @MissDebra Před 3 lety +2

      @@cookie-sn5ex, your boss owes you both decent wages. The customer should not have to pay your wages.

    • @LemonGoofball
      @LemonGoofball Před 3 lety +2

      I’m done tipping. It’s not my job to pay the server. The job is to serve me. I’m not being rude , and I don’t care what people think anymore

  • @alchemiaofficial1464
    @alchemiaofficial1464 Před 2 lety

    Regardless of the history it is a very kind thing to do for people who work hard to serve you

  • @rebeccaliebregts
    @rebeccaliebregts Před 3 lety +2

    I used to work in a restaurant where the tips were shared with EVERYONE. Waiters, cooks, dish workers, managers. Everyone. And that was across ALL restaurants too. If one restaurant got more tips than another, it was balanced out. Tips were also added on top of the wage. (Unfortunately, it was still a minimum wage job.)

    • @karlhans6678
      @karlhans6678 Před 2 lety

      I worked as a dishwasher at a fancy restaurant and the waiters were happy that they were getting big tips, one was even buying a house. They were often just chilling meanwhile i was working my ass off. I quit!

  • @CharlesTheClumsy
    @CharlesTheClumsy Před 6 lety +71

    Holy wow! You changed the background to black! I love it! So much more proffessional and more easy to watch late at night.

    • @Timetravel1111
      @Timetravel1111 Před 6 lety +1

      Charlie Clumsy I can’t see him as much but either is fine.

  • @mermaidsupreme3873
    @mermaidsupreme3873 Před 4 lety +185

    I’ve seen so many people say “you should always tip regardless of service”. Hell no. Just no. Not happening. Instead of people being berated into tipping, why don’t the workers strike until they get better wages? Esp when pizza places charge a delivery fee, but it isn’t given to the driver. Why? Y’all don’t pay for their gas, insurance, or car payment. So, why should we have to tip twice? 🤔

    • @reyolivo3835
      @reyolivo3835 Před 4 lety +13

      As an employee of a top pizza chain, the delivery fee goes towards the insurance payment the owners have to pay. Also, this may vary between stores but the store I work for gives drivers $1.25 towards gas. Most times drivers take upwards of 30 deliveries, which is in most cases a full tank of gas. Per day mind you

    • @patrickwolfe8786
      @patrickwolfe8786 Před 4 lety +7

      If the service is bad,, obviously tip accordingly.
      If it's late or takes to long it may be the kitchens fault. It may be that the restaurant is packed, and it may be that the hosting staff doesn't know how to time the seating properly.

    • @patrickwolfe8786
      @patrickwolfe8786 Před 4 lety +7

      Oh yeah,,if the food comes out crappy,, it's the kitchens fault. If it comes out wrong it may be the kitchen's fault, it may be the the waiter/waitress,, because they wrote it down wrong.

    • @bigbrisk8423
      @bigbrisk8423 Před 4 lety +7

      Them ppl making tips are too cheap and greedy to protest it why would they wanna get rid of tips when some ppl pull in 2 to 300 untaxed dollars a day?? Ontop of their paycheque. Key word is some thats why i refuse to tip ever anyways i only tip my bartender and my cabbie they get a toonie

    • @bigbrisk8423
      @bigbrisk8423 Před 4 lety +1

      @@reyolivo3835 must be an american thing they dont do that here in ontario lol u buy ur own gas cause u get tips

  • @BostonJon420
    @BostonJon420 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for recognizing cooks in this. We're always forgotten. Sure it generally pays a bit more then minimum but no tips.

  • @crewrangergaming9582
    @crewrangergaming9582 Před rokem

    I went to a McDonalds and ordered my food. The cashier gave me such a look for not tipping him as if punching a screen and taking cash is a very difficult work.

  • @oramusic963
    @oramusic963 Před 4 lety +205

    "America leaves an astonishing 40 billions in tips"
    Me: Ohh that's all because of Mr Beast

    • @Eternalkanji
      @Eternalkanji Před 4 lety +2

      Haha

    • @oramusic963
      @oramusic963 Před 3 lety

      @Eric Flaquer ohh that's a lot xD

    • @THATGUY-ir4ie
      @THATGUY-ir4ie Před 3 lety

      @Kyle O'Connor What does the Freemason thing have anyting to do with this issue?

    • @yahnservices1978
      @yahnservices1978 Před 3 lety +3

      @Eric Flaquer You need to remove huge donations made by politicians / big companies to further their own career + laundry money. The USA is well know for for big n°1 in this field. No hate just pointing this out.

    • @yahnservices1978
      @yahnservices1978 Před 3 lety +3

      @Eric Flaquer Yes, I'd remove it from other countries too, this is not charity but corruption, the large majority of funds don't go to people in need but the people at the top of said corrupt organization.I forgot to add rich people use charities to dodge taxes too and sometimes fund violent/disrupting groups to divide or hurt people (ex : Wall Street paying off SJWs to divide people while pretending to be good).
      US people's charity comes from expandable wealth, the more you have the more likely you are to give (for instance, I got some work recently and I immediatlely gave back, it's a universal trait).
      Again, I'm not throwing shade on the average Joe but the number you gave doesn't take into account the many variables I mentioned. Also, the actual amount spent by the richest is peanuts compared to benefit they'll make. Most of them are not doing from the goodness of their heart.

  • @Taikamuna
    @Taikamuna Před 6 lety +635

    What happened to your thumbnails and background?

    • @Lost_Pikachu
      @Lost_Pikachu Před 6 lety +122

      Taikamuna
      He hired a guy, or found a new hobby.
      I don’t consider it poor click bait. He has high quality content, might as well draw in more eyes

    • @masturch33f5
      @masturch33f5 Před 6 lety +73

      It's called click bait

    • @MASViper
      @MASViper Před 6 lety +128

      And the suit. Please bring back the suit.

    • @Lainad27
      @Lainad27 Před 6 lety +83

      yeah, I am a long time viewer (2 years) and I don't really like the changes. I remember the old video every week schedule (now it is a fortnight) with the nice thumbnail.

    • @peterlegg7531
      @peterlegg7531 Před 6 lety +1

      Literally the same...

  • @potatosniper5340
    @potatosniper5340 Před 3 lety +1

    I worked at a certain red roofed pizza kingdom for about 2 years. Worked all shifts available at a dine in or carryout only location with a buffet. I'd almost always come in 2 hours early to start prep before i was supposed to clock in just to have the time to do the prep for the day. That involved cutting all the onions and tomatoes, making pastas, proofing pizzas, preparing pizzas for the buffet, food temp checks, food date checks, etc.
    I got tipped maybe 3 times.

  • @OpticalSparkz
    @OpticalSparkz Před 2 lety +2

    just stumbled upon this while scrolling through the channel,
    i’m from germany, i feel like tipping is slowly dying out over here too.
    Only people i know who, almost, always get tipped are the pizza delivery boys.
    Stoned people like to give away stuff i guess.
    Also, thank you for thinking about the chefs…. or culinary gargoyles lmao.
    I set myself ablaze once or twice during my apprenticeship just to get the dish out in time.
    Never got tipped, all i got was yelled at.
    Seeing how that didn’t change in the last few years, i‘d say being a Chef truly is a thankless job lol.

  • @keenbean8428
    @keenbean8428 Před 5 lety +72

    The truth is most waiters and waitresses dont want to be paid min wage with no tips because they wouldn't make as much money

    • @sabin97
      @sabin97 Před 5 lety +22

      tough.
      i still wont tip.
      when they make ME money, i will pay them.
      but they dont work for me. they work for their employer. it's their employers responsibility to pay them. not mine.

    • @Bill_Woo
      @Bill_Woo Před 5 lety +4

      @@sabin97 You're psychotic. It's a competitive system, and you're pussying out on your voluntary part.
      So if there are two waiters, and one receives a normal person as a patron, and the other receives you, the one that gets you gets fucked. THAT makes you psychotic. I figured you wanted to understand that :)

    • @PychoticOfficial
      @PychoticOfficial Před 5 lety

      @Andy Gadd I have headache that is so rich it gives tips even to bus driver,in every shop i go by and to the nice lady that is comming next to me..

    • @lalaloveyou5186
      @lalaloveyou5186 Před 5 lety +8

      Yeah that is the truth it’s a tiring job to bring people their food and listen to their shitty complaints and be treated like garbage by the customers and the cooks during a 10 hour shift. You’re basically the asshole who has to take complaints from both ends. I think the tipping should be outlawed and servers should be paid more than minimum wage because most restaurants make enough to pay them more than minimum wage.

    • @richardwhite231
      @richardwhite231 Před 5 lety +8

      Well I think it's fine not to tip it's your right but as soon as you sit down you should tell your waitress at waitstaff that your not tipping don't make them go out of their way to help you enjoy your meal. You get treated like two bucks an hour

  • @madisonl.4157
    @madisonl.4157 Před 3 lety +64

    I'm surprised. I guess Im the only one who truly decides to tip based off service, and never feel socially obligated to tip.

    • @EileenTheCr0w
      @EileenTheCr0w Před 3 lety +11

      I don't know how that study reached their conclusion. I won't tip if the service was bad, if it was fine or decent they get a typical 15%, and if the service was just great and the food wasn't really expensive they'll get much more, maybe even 50% +

    • @-G-A-
      @-G-A- Před 3 lety +4

      Some people believe that it’s whether they want to or not, which is true since it is your money, but ultimately their wages still depend on you.

    • @sickstuff7624
      @sickstuff7624 Před 3 lety

      I usually baseline it at 10% no matter the service. A server can earn up to 20% from me based on the quality of their service.

    • @tripmcjeezy413
      @tripmcjeezy413 Před 2 lety +2

      I only tip if the service was exceptional. I don't get tips to do my basic job but I get bonuses if I work really hard and put in the extra effort.

    • @AndyOddman
      @AndyOddman Před 2 lety

      @@-G-A- Their wages depend on their willingness to do a job. They get paid an hourly regardless of tipping

  • @carlovincetti4538
    @carlovincetti4538 Před 2 lety +1

    Only in America can we screw something up like paying wait staff in restaurants their wages.

  • @Tim_the_Enchanter
    @Tim_the_Enchanter Před 2 lety +2

    Years ago, my wife and I stopped at a popular breakfast franchise while travelling and met the worst waiter I've ever encountered in my life. He was a nice enough young man, who was obviously new at his job and very nervous. In a different setting, I might have become annoyed (as Americans often do) ... but we were on vacation, and I actually came to find his bumbling oddly charming and entertaining. I tipped him extravagantly, while suggesting that he might be better suited to different work.
    This might sound strange, but more professional, prompt service would have actually lessened his tip.