For sure, but “my culture” might not understand not tipping, yet if I go to Japan it is an insult to tip, and it is me who needs to adjust to their culture, even though it makes me feel like a bad person for not tipping. Same for those who come here, either get with the goddamn program or you’re the asshole, regardless of their supposed ideological superiority to the workers nice enough to serve them for literally free due to the visitors’ abject lack of decorum. It’s just the opposite.
You’re not wrong service has gotten worse (after covid shut down many of the good ones, and customers’ entitlement keeps pushing the workers’ breaking point. Can you tell I used to work foodservice? Lol). Real chicken or the egg on this one IME, the customers being absolute dogshit is literally why I left.
Though, “machines?” Honestly, and I stand by all that shit I just said, if they have “machines” you probably don’t need to tip there. Tip at sit down restaurants with servers not machines, delivery drivers, or clearly family run spots you like enough (my taco truck is a prime example). The only people with machines that may need it are baristas at your coffee spot (and the machines almost always have a “custom” slot for you to type in, if not avoid the place), but a counter service spot with a machine that isn’t coffee or alcohol? Don’t tip. Seriously don’t, it’ll support changing those jobs to tipped-primarily (and they currently AREN’T, DO NOT!)
Yeah tbh at most of those you don’t need to tip, they actually make a livable (debatable, but they make at least $7.25/hr instead of $2.13/hr like servers) wage (depends on state, and that $7.25 is honestly probably low and out of date, but still, back in my day…)
Honestly don’t tip at most of those unless they’re a local place you want to appreciate above and beyond, or are coffee. If you have doubts you totally can ask how much the job pays, pretend you’re looking for one, and then act accordingly based on that info (whatever that’d mean in context).
You’re good dude, you already seem to be going above and beyond tbh.
For sure, but “my culture” might not understand not tipping, yet if I go to Japan it is an insult to tip, and it is me who needs to adjust to their culture, even though it makes me feel like a bad person for not tipping. Same for those who come here, either get with the goddamn program or you’re the asshole, regardless of their supposed ideological superiority to the workers nice enough to serve them for literally free due to the visitors’ abject lack of decorum. It’s just the opposite.
You’re not wrong service has gotten worse (after covid shut down many of the good ones, and customers’ entitlement keeps pushing the workers’ breaking point. Can you tell I used to work foodservice? Lol). Real chicken or the egg on this one IME, the customers being absolute dogshit is literally why I left.
Though, “machines?” Honestly, and I stand by all that shit I just said, if they have “machines” you probably don’t need to tip there. Tip at sit down restaurants with servers not machines, delivery drivers, or clearly family run spots you like enough (my taco truck is a prime example). The only people with machines that may need it are baristas at your coffee spot (and the machines almost always have a “custom” slot for you to type in, if not avoid the place), but a counter service spot with a machine that isn’t coffee or alcohol? Don’t tip. Seriously don’t, it’ll support changing those jobs to tipped-primarily (and they currently AREN’T, DO NOT!)
When i say “machines” i mean the debit/credit machines that they hand you when you pay.
Yeah tbh at most of those you don’t need to tip, they actually make a livable (debatable, but they make at least $7.25/hr instead of $2.13/hr like servers) wage (depends on state, and that $7.25 is honestly probably low and out of date, but still, back in my day…)
Honestly don’t tip at most of those unless they’re a local place you want to appreciate above and beyond, or are coffee. If you have doubts you totally can ask how much the job pays, pretend you’re looking for one, and then act accordingly based on that info (whatever that’d mean in context).
You’re good dude, you already seem to be going above and beyond tbh.