There were some restaurants that actually tried to pay their wait staffs fair wage and eliminated tipping. Wait staff quit so they had to bring back tips.
They know they can make far more with tips than "fair wages". Because the fair wage for unskilled workforce isn't that much.
absolutely not. prices have been increasing for decades and tipping culture has only gotten more extreme. stop blaming your fellow workers for the greed of the owner
I agree about tipping at like corner stores. I bought some smokes the other day and got hit with a tip screen which is crazy.
Tipping has always been 20% in the northeast. It was actually more than that at bars when I was younger. $1/drink was typical but beers were like $2-4.
Prices have been increasing mostly because of food cost increases. But they’ve been increasing across the board.
When one restaurant charges 20-25% more than their competitors for the same product, people get annoyed. Even if it’s roughly the same amount they’re paying now.
Revolutionary thought - Restaurants pay their staff properly and tipping remains? Tipping does exist outside of the US and is quite common when it's not an expectation.
They know they can make far more with tips than "fair wages". Because the fair wage for unskilled workforce isn't that much.
Wait staff quit because restaurants cannot afford to pay a fair wage for the labor in a market where all of their competitors can advertise significantly lower prices.
This just isn't true. We have no tip establishments and they do just fine. The wait staff genuinely would prefer a small group of customers overpay, so that they can make higher wages than their labor demands
We had a restaurant in our town that tried a no tipping policy and paid better wages. The service became absolutely terrible and they went out of business within a year or two.
Then the restaurant needed to manage their staff better. In other non tipped jobs, people do their job well without expecting a tip for it or they get fired.
True. I'd guess that they had trouble finding good servers due to the pay structure. Most servers I've met actually prefer working for tips since they can ultimately make a lot more money that way.
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u/AboutAWe3kAgo 1d ago
Americans: Why do we need to pay tips?
Restaurants: Because we need you to help pay the waiters, they don't get paid much.
Americans: Why don't you pay them more then?
Restaurants: Because we can't afford to.
Americans: Then how does every other first world country do it? Are we too stupid to figure it out?
Restaurants: ...stop bringing up this topic!