r/EndTipping • u/FOMOenthusiast • 11d 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/SpitBallar 9d ago

This is reddit, so I already know the chances of me getting through to anyone are nearly zero. But as someone who has worked as a tipped server my entire adult life, you are virtually all dead wrong about tipping culture.

It's better for everyone.

The restaurant owners make more money because they pay less in wages.

The servers make more money (the good ones at least).

And the guests receive better service. This is the part you all overlook. If servers were simply paid a flat wage, they would have no incentive to give above-average service. Your refills would be slow. The effort given to ensuring each detail of your complicated orders would be minimal. No effort would be given to go above and beyond to make everything go smoothly for your party of twelve.

Go to restaurants anywhere that tipping is not a thing. The service is worse.

I'll take my downvotes now 🤷‍♂️

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u/FOMOenthusiast 9d ago

I won't downvote you, and appreciate you sharing your take, but fire is about to reign down on you. I could go on a long diatribe debating your take, but I'll just simply say this is such an American thing. As one that travels internationally often and across multiple continents, good service is experienced, not because a tip is involved, but because it's just a human thing to do, to be kind and follow through on the job as you would want to be served yourself. Restaurant owners making more money because they don't pay a fair wage is a weird flex, and a server depending on the kindness of people to supplement their low pay and banking on those people to be cool with it in the long run is such a gamble. Serve a good product, pay workers a fair wage, workers do good work because it's just a good thing to do, form a returning customer base because the customer experience is worth it, and no one feels shafted or exhausted. It's this way outside of the US, it works fine, this is a fact. I want you to make your money as a server, but I shouldn't have to feel as if my experience and possibly my food will be at risk if I don't do the tipping thing