fighting back doubling down on near slavery conditions when confronted with their bullshit

FTFY

Fuck everything about tipping, tipping must be prohibited by law

“European restaurants pay staff like any other profession and workers don’t rely on tips, so customers assume they’ve already paid for service”.

Europeans are right on this one. The more years go by, the more I find tipping to be ridiculous. Tell me upfront what you expect, then I’ll choose where to eat. Managers must adapt to customers, not us do their minimum wage employment practice.

Greetings from Europe, we’re not baffled. We just don’t play your game. Start paying your workers properly.

We come from nations where staff get paid at least the minimum wage and don’t rely on tips to make it up to that.

Everyone who gives their life to a job deserves a living wage.

lmao NY Post getting pissy over what they call barbarians not leaving tips.

Ignoring the reality the unwritten rule of tipping for exceptional service was taken over by the restaurants and turned the gesture into a formality serving the owners, and the waiters now get gypped below minimum wage.

There is a no tipping culture in Europe.

Yea, because tipping is intended to be optional.

The mere fact of trying to pressure or force the tipping will make sure I regard the service as not tip worthy.

“Tipflation” is the worst part. It’s annoying as hell when staff tell you the terminal or kiosk is going to “ask you a question” and the fucking thing asks for a tip while they’re staring right at you. It’s gaslighting people into questioning whether to tip for something that typically wouldn’t require a tip, and whether you should tip to avoid having your food spat on, etc. Then the suggested tip percentages are often inflated and if you want to tip lower, you have to fumble around with the “other” button while they continue to stare. I’d say vote with your wallet, but every place does this now.

I’ve lived here all my life, and I’m not always sure when I’m supposed to tip or not, so not sure how anyone visiting from a country with a more rational system is expected to understand our broken system here.

Maybe if the US paid a decent minimum wage…

The way to vote with your wallet on this is to not go to the restaurant, not to still go and then be an asshole to the underpaid staff. Not leaving a tip doesn’t hurt the exploitative restaurateur or the system you “disagree with” but are still willfully participating in as far as it suits you. Also, fuck the Post.

Way too many people in here speaking for “Europe”. I live in Europe as well, and here tipping at a restaurant or a delivery driver is 100% expected. It isn’t usually as much as the US, but tipping exists here as well.

Also, when in Rome… plenty of people here get upset at Americans for not following cultural norms, seems fair to get upset at people visiting America for not doing the same.

Imagine the price being… You know… The price…

What’s a world cup? America failing; land of poverty and circuses.

#PAY YOUR FUCKING STAFF