Tipping in the United States has gotten out of control

[VCheng]

I looked the driver dead in the eye and walked off.

Good for you. Tipping is a personal choice. Please exercise it as you like.

 

[KAL-EL]

OMG! Does this mean the dollar is dying?! What is we gonna do?!

(Or may be it is something trivial that US consumers will take care of as they decide.)

The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

 

[大汉奸柳传志]

Oh now tipping is bad too

it‘s been hurting businesses already, lots of people choose not to dine out just to avoid this 'mandatory tipping' nonsense.

The amount is a choice, be it 0 or 30 per cent.

I'd admire those who always choose 0 and never feel bad about it.

Tipping is communism.

you mean as a way of re-distributing wealth??

Pickup takeout and don’t use Uber

Problem solved

also DoorDash.

 

[Foinikas]

it‘s been hurting businesses already, lots of people choose not to dine out just to avoid this 'mandatory tipping' nonsense.

Here you tip if you want,as much as you want. Nobody tells you how much to tip and it's not considered bad if you don't. It's considered good if you do,but nobody expects you to tip.

The Americans though,see it as an obligation for some reason.

 

[大汉奸柳传志]

Here you tip if you want,as much as you want. Nobody tells you how much to tip and it's not considered bad if you don't. It's considered good if you do,but nobody expects you to tip.

The Americans though,see it as an obligation for some reason.

It's a psychological burden.

Many people will feel like an ill-mannered stingy motherfucker about themselves if they just walk away without tipping.

 

[Trango Towers]

The amount is a choice, be it 0 or 30 per cent.

Sure but look at the thread .... its now expected/demanded

 

[VCheng]

The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

Of course it is!

I'd admire those who always choose 0 and never feel bad about it.

Personal choice. No problem. It is not like anyone is denied any service or product based to the amount of a tip.

Sure but look at the thread .... its now expected/demanded

Please see above.

 

[Trango Towers]

Here you tip if you want,as much as you want. Nobody tells you how much to tip and it's not considered bad if you don't. It's considered good if you do,but nobody expects you to tip.

The Americans though,see it as an obligation for some reason.

I think many waitresses don't get paid a salary in the US and rely on tips.

 

[K_Bin_W]

When was the last time you purchased something and you weren’t asked for a tip?

Not only are requests to tip on purchased goods and services increasingly common, but the amount of the traditional tip also has been on the rise for decades.


During the 1950s, people commonly tipped 10% of the bill. By the 1970s and 1980s, that percentage had jumped to 15%.

In 2023, people typically tip anywhere from 15% to 25%. Consumers on average said they tipped more than 21%, according to a Creditcards.com survey in May 2022.

“What we’re seeing now nationwide is something that is known as ‘tipflation’ … at every opportunity we’re being presented with a tablet that’s asking us how much we’d like to tip,” said etiquette expert Thomas Farley, also known as “Mister Manners.”

The coronavirus pandemic put more upward pressure on tipping. During the height of those days, consumers started tipping for things they never had before to service industry workers.

In some places tipping is mandatory - They automatically include it in the bill.

 

[Zsari]

Here you tip if you want,as much as you want. Nobody tells you how much to tip and it's not considered bad if you don't. It's considered good if you do,but nobody expects you to tip.

The Americans though,see it as an obligation for some reason.

Because the workers aren’t getting paid the minimum wage as their employer counts tips as part of their wages.

 

[Foinikas]

Because the workers aren’t getting paid the minimum wage as their employer counts tips as part of their wages.

That system is stupid :S

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

also DoorDash.

Tesla Optimus robot in a self driving car.

 

[KAL-EL]

Uber Eats

 

[VCheng]

Uber Eats

Yeah, instead of just tipping, adding a delivery charge and then tipping the delivery driver is so much better.

 

[Communism]

The "Tipping System" is one of the main reasons why the U.S. is lagging so far behind in terms of automated service.


Given that waiters and delivery drivers make absolutely insane amounts of money, but having that rely largely on tips, it makes it so that progress on service automation has stalled.


Waste of expensive labor on pointless jobs like easily automated menial service jobs is one of the main reasons for the current pre-hyperinflation.