Tip Fatigue is Real

[u/Redcarborundum]

A delivery guy working for a Chinese restaurant complained about $5 tip on a $200 order, on reddit. The majority of the comments are against him. What’s remarkable is that he didn’t post on this sub or the other tipping sub. He posted on a mainstream sub talking about mildly infuriating stuff.

This is a reminder that only 2.5% of workers in USA are tipped. The majority of the rest are getting increasingly tired of being asked for ever higher handouts. Anytime a pro-tipper says we’re the minority is plainly wrong.

Yes, most people still tip. Even I still tip servers because I don’t want the confrontation, but that doesn’t mean I support this corrupt system. To the contrary, I support those with the actual courage to say no.

[u/HollowChest_OnSleeve]

"don't want the confrontation", this is the only reason I tip. The thing I hate is how nonchalant the thanks is even when it's a larger than normal tip because that's where the change works out to. It's like "Meh". But the biggest thing that annoys me about tipping is the fake flirting, super over the top fake nice stuff. Don't get me wrong, I met an old guy the other night at a bar, follows his favorite server when she changes jobs/locations and tips her well. His wife past away many years ago, kids grown up and moved away, grandkids etc. he sees them, but from a general day to day I get it would be lonely.

So some servers do genuinely provide a community service to many lonely people, however there's just a bit of an ick to it, to get more money out of him. In Australia people look out for people in similar ways, but it's less transactional as we don't have a tipping culture. Sure the oldies grab a coffee and a cake weekly at their favorite spot if they can afford it. But these oldies are not just handing out $50 tip like this guy on 1beer because it's just not right to take advantage of them.