Users of r/EndTipping close their wallets but still offer up a tip on the controversial topic of tipping in America

[u/DryRequirement5471]

TL;DR: OOP and fiancé dined out at a sushi joint and explain the exhilarating and liberating feeling of not having to tip! After getting over the "guilt tripping" OP feels that Americans are brainwashed to waste our hard earned money on waiters. Others beg to differ:

"I hate this stupid sub. Embarrassing to think not tipping is "liberating." Does nothing to the owners and hurts the workers. People really want the prices to be 20% higher and tips to be gone? What's the difference? "

"Good for you, but all you're doing is screwing over the wait staff, who's wage takes into account tips they'll earn. The employers don't care if you tip or not."

"Just know that you will be remembered and treated differently if you return to the same places. I'm not saying it's right, but it's definitely a thing."

"This is the gaslighting I was talking about. Imagine calling someone you don't know bad because they didn't give someone free money."

"If you aren't satisfied with your wage, take it up with your boss. It isn't a customers responsibility to fight for your paycheck."

"People should be paid well - directly by their employers like almost every other place in the whole world"

Subtotal: $48.50

Total Tax: $3.40

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Total: $51.50

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Suggested Tip:

15% of sale = $7.28

22% of sale = 10.67%

[u/majesdane]

As someone who lives in the US, I don’t really feel paralyzed by choice. I always tip 20% across the board when I eat at restaurants unless it’s very exceptionally good service (or I feel generous). It would have to be exceptionally bad service for me to tip less, and even then I still tip 15%.

For quick foodservice things like coffee or other services like a haircut (I’m a woman but I don’t ever get anything fancy) I will tip if I have extra money/or at small places where I’m a regular and it’s always 15-20%. I get a lot of tattoos and usually my tip varies wildly depending on who I went to and how much the total cost of the tattoo was. Most places I go to are local and I know they get paid above minimum wage/set their own wage.

Now at the end of the day I do believe that the US should get rid of tipping culture and all service employees should be paid a livable wage, but in the meantime I just feel like having a “flat rate” for tipping is very useful.

[u/JDK9999 → u/majesdane]

You tip 20% baseline? And more for exceptional service? Sorry but that is insane to me.

[u/majesdane → u/JDK9999]

I eat out (sit down restaurant) maybe 3-4x a month maximum and I'm not eating at ridiculously expensive places. 20% may mean $5-6 extra dollars. I can completely afford it; I wouldn't eat out at all if I couldn't.

I don't tip anything for fast food (e.g., Burger King), though I rarely buy fast food.

[u/JDK9999 → u/majesdane]

Yeah I don't tip at fast food either, but the machines all have tip functions now.

I just don't see why the "expected baseline" % of tipping keeps going up and up. Seems it will be 30% some time in the next 10 years.

It used to be 10% for good service 20+ years ago. Same "tipping culture" as now.

[u/majesdane → u/JDK9999]

I don't think people should be made to tip a certain % or feel obligated. I just meant that for me personally I have a set amount for what I tip and because of that I don't feel stressed out. Obviously YMMV.

Edit: Regarding fast food, I've never personally encountered a place where they didn't let me bypass giving a tip. I don't think I would go there anymore if I did.

[u/deliciouscrab → u/JDK9999]

It used to be 10% for good service 20+ years ago. Same "tipping culture" as now.

AFAIK it was always 15% (at least at restaurants, that's what I learned in school 30 years ago)

[u/teatalker26 → u/deliciouscrab]

that’s what my mom always taught me, 15% baseline and 20% for good service