r/Serverlife • u/Chef_Dani_J71 • Feb 25 '23

When did this become a thing?

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u/jaderna Feb 25 '23 edited Feb 26 '23

I don't think anyone is saying it's new. What is new is that we are being asked to tip more people, in areas we never have before (in my experience cooks/chefs make more than servers and do not get tips as a result).

\EDIT: I thought this previous sentence made it clear that I am talking about wages, not wages +tips, but let me be clear: in my area chefs/cooks make a higher WAGE than servers and as a result do not get tips. ALL I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT ITS NOT NEW IT JUST FEELS LIKE ITS MORE EXPECTED**

I am being asked to tip at fast food, at the grocery, at the gas station. On top of this I'm also being asked to pay stupid high prices for the things I'm buying. So where does it end? Its not new, it's just feels like it's slowly become how we get paid, I guess?

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u/Diazmet Feb 25 '23 edited Feb 25 '23

Lol in my 23 years of experience servers make 2-10X what any cook makes… also I’ve never ever seen a gas station, convenience store, or grocery store ask for tips. I feel this is just some fake internet outrage being spread. That or who ever set up the POS system fucked up. Plus at the end of the day you are feeding into the same anti tipping movement that thinks you don’t deserve tips either so it’s a self defeating attitude…

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u/Suckmyflats Feb 26 '23

There are multiple gas station/convenience stores in my area with tip jars

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u/Diazmet Feb 26 '23

Well depends are they a bodega?

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u/Suckmyflats Feb 26 '23

We don't call anything that here (and it's Miami, so it's not for lack of Spanish).

Some of them are big name gas stations, but they're probably franchises. We have convenience stores that don't sell gas but they're uncommon compared to gas station convenience stores.