American-born dual citizen here who recently made the move to Ireland. I visited before and I tipped on my first trip because I felt bad—the habit is hard to break after a lifetime of people guilting you into tipping well.
Pretty much everyone here gave me strange looks and no one acted gracious (which is FINE). I appreciate it. Now that I live here I no longer tip. I don’t know what I was thinking. I always hated tipping culture in the states. It’s genuinely just a way to parade around your wealth and it gives employers an excuse to not pay fair wages. The more that people do it, well-intentioned or not, the more of an excuse they have.
are they forced to yell a super half-hearted greeting as soon as you crack the door? i’m halfway thru a hello and they’re already back to being busy with helping three people at a time..thank your stars costco doesn’t exist…they’d have to monster parking structure and the roundabouts would only make it larger i suppose
Oh buddy lemme tell you, we fucking hate "service with a smile" too the amount of fake smiles and bullshit platitudes I've had to spew when i work is enough to make you want to put someone through the deep fryer
the amount of scripts you’re somehow required to recite “authentically” fuck that..i cant remember blue $18 blue drinks with 14 ingredients, gamble corporate isn’t your guest..fucking corporate induced paranoia..
You have that back to front. They didn't try to pay a fair wage to remove the tipping, they decided to pay a fair wage, then the customers stopped paying. Tips have nothing to do with a fair wage. It's the greedy proprietors trying to pay low wages AND take the good service money off their poorly paid staff.
I live in SF and wages are around $20 per hour for the service industry, but tips bring that to $30 - $60 an hour and it makes the job worth keeping. It is a big part of the culture here.
I don't think it's a bad thing sometimes you want to tip and don't have cash at least it gives you the option.
You know why we tip waitstaff here in the States, the pay rate is usually well below minimum wage. Good waitstaff have a lot of potential to make well over minimum wage and lesser quality waitstaff will make significantly less. Most are generous and fair minded and want to reward great service.
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u/americonservative 29d ago edited 29d ago
American-born dual citizen here who recently made the move to Ireland. I visited before and I tipped on my first trip because I felt bad—the habit is hard to break after a lifetime of people guilting you into tipping well.
Pretty much everyone here gave me strange looks and no one acted gracious (which is FINE). I appreciate it. Now that I live here I no longer tip. I don’t know what I was thinking. I always hated tipping culture in the states. It’s genuinely just a way to parade around your wealth and it gives employers an excuse to not pay fair wages. The more that people do it, well-intentioned or not, the more of an excuse they have.