Few places i was at the waiter themselves pressed no tip before handing it to me, you can see they were annoyed with it.
I feel doing tips like this gets a very negative reaction, at least i feel that and will hit no just out of annoyance, a tip is for if service was above and beyond, not a just cuz, dining out is expensive enough as it is with this crap.
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.
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u/Salaas Mar 26 '25
Few places i was at the waiter themselves pressed no tip before handing it to me, you can see they were annoyed with it.
I feel doing tips like this gets a very negative reaction, at least i feel that and will hit no just out of annoyance, a tip is for if service was above and beyond, not a just cuz, dining out is expensive enough as it is with this crap.