*edited post title to make it clear that this is a joke

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    17 hours ago

    POS: “Please tell the cashier.”

    Me to the cashier: “This place needs to pay you a living wage. Let me know if you and your coworkers need help setting up a union.”

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    15 hours ago

    I’m so used to telling homeless folks I have no money that I’m pretty sure I can look the barista or whoever straight in the eye and say “No tip.”

    Actually kind of fucked society pushes us to that point, huh?

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      13 hours ago

      I really almost never have cash on me anymore so my soul is unburdened. I sometimes do charitable acts but it rarely involves giving money to people on street corners. That’s just a 9 to 5 for a bunch of them.

    • The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOP
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      17 hours ago

      Sorry, I’ve posted lots of this guy’s stuff here and I assumed most are familiar with him, but I just had the afterthought to add that text to the post body since this one seems sort of plausible.

      I’ll tweak the title to be more clear.

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    14 hours ago

    Tipping culture is weird and I only ever hear people mention it in the context of hating it. Yet they seem to have the mindset that there are no other options.

  • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Bruh. Not EVERY interaction with a cash register or payment portal is meant to include a tip. The bill is for the goods or service for which I am doing business with you company, i.e. the only reason you are getting my money in the first place. The tip is for the individual that performed a service to me beyond simply providing the previously mentioned good or service. And ideally it is for service beyond the bare minimum (but due to shitty minimum wage laws for roles that expect tips making them dependent on them, there still exists an expectation to tip even for mid or bad service). I will happily tip a server, bartender, barista, barber (there are a weird number of service jobs that start with ‘bar’…), or someone that is interacting with customers, providing an experience of service, and will adapt to my shitty needs and requests as a customer, particularly if they are dependent on tips as a portion of their wage. But I am not tipping a cook for making my food in a restaurant. I am not tipping my mechanic for doing an oil change. I am not tipping a cashier for taking my money. I am not tipping MY FUCKING LANDLORD! You are already charging me for the things you are doing. I am not going to voluntarily inflate the price you are charging me for no damn reason. Fuck, sometimes it isn’t even clear who would be getting the tip. I’m surprised they don’t already ask for tips at the grocery store self-checkout. This shit is dumb.

  • Alpha71@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    I just love how on the Uber eats app. they have a “set your own tip amount” button that doesn’t work…

  • bunkyprewster@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    What if we only gave money to the people working in the front and the back of the house, and just don’t give any money to the owner?

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    18 hours ago

    Look them in the eye and say “no tip, thank you.” Smile. Be nice. Let them be mad. It doesn’t matter. They won’t remember after a few other customers. Ask anyone working a register in food service, there’s so many that it’s easy to forget who we are.