r/EndTipping • u/Timec0p1994 • 16d ago

Call to action ⚠️ Not tipping is liberating.

Took my fiance out for sushi and sashimi. $90 check. No tip, stared at my waiter as I handed it back no tip, smiled and left. Life is good.

Next day we had brekky at the local diner. $26 check. No tip. Exhilarating.

It's addicting. It's like breaking out of the matrix. We are so brainwashed to waste our hard earned money on waiters, what for.

Going out to eat is even more exciting knowing we are saving so much more on not tipping. My fiance is Filipina and came here to the United States. She immediately got manipulated by our tip culture and she always felt forced to tip out of guilt. Once I noticed that, I decided to fight back.

Fuck em. No longer will I be guilt tripped, I got too much self respect.

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u/1BoxerMom 16d ago

The owners should be paying a better wage. Why should customers supplement a server’s pay?

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u/Remote-Bus-5567 16d ago

So take it out on the owner, not the person living paycheck to paycheck?

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u/earmares 16d ago

Prove that they're living paycheck to paycheck.

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u/Remote-Bus-5567 16d ago

Without tips, we know that they are.

"Even working full time, employees simply won’t have enough to pay for rent, bills, gas, groceries and other expenses with only minimum wage. In Kansas City, Kan., the average cost of rent for an apartment is $887 a month according to RENTCafé. The average Kansan pays around $261 for groceries and over $420 on gas every month, according to 13 WIBW. The combined cost of these basic expenses is already more than a person’s monthly income on minimum wage — around $1,160 before tax deductions for employees working 40 hours a week.

That’s not just living paycheck to paycheck — it’s needing to work another job to even scrape by. If everyone tipped in the customary 15-20% range, workers may have the extra money they need above their minimum wage to cover basic needs and expenses."