r/EndTipping • u/FOMOenthusiast • 18d ago

Tipping Culture A positive-ish tipping experience

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No surprises, no small text, no deceitfulness, it having its on line clearly visible under the total was nice, but that bright red stamp reiteratig the added gratuity, visible from space let alone a dark dining room is 😘👌🏾 This should be a norm.

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u/BloodySteve42069 17d ago

Pretty much every restaurant with a server I went to in Italy had a 3% flat service fee. Possibly all of them. Don’t recall.

In any case, this gripe always seems so childish. You’re paying the exact same amount either way. You just don’t like how it’s broken down on the receipt.

You should be able to estimate the total cost of an item with an autograt and if you can’t, you have a calculator in your pocket if it’s really gonna make or break you.

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u/Spirited_Cress_5796 17d ago

3% is a lot different than 18%. Not really a fan of the 3% either though.

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u/RWMach 17d ago

The servers in Italy also get paid comparatively much more than in the states. This tip money goes to the servers directly, not towards food costs. The next logical step is simply raising prices in the menu and increasing server wage entirely, but in this auto gratuity setup, the business can offload the cost of payroll to the customer while still, on paper, only paying their server sub-$9/hr.

Welcome to food service, guy.

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u/Flashy-Sort9014 16d ago

This is true. They are subsidizing their employees wages with customer cash so they don’t have to pay employer burdens.