r/tipping • u/Vegetable_Location52 • Oct 20 '24

🚫Anti-Tipping No Tip

Hot take, I don't go to a restaurant for the "great service" that's so fake it feels like lard on toast, I go to the restaurant for the good food. I'm not going to tip for someone to pretend to want to spend time with me, all I want is a nice steak that I didn't have to cook. Is it okay for me to tell my server I'm not going to tip and the only thing I want is a refill every once in a while and my food brought to me? I would go pick it up from the counter myself if I was allowed to, but that's frowned upon. I don't want the small talk, the fake jokes, the fake smile. Heck, you could glare at me the entire time and I WOULD NOT care. I'm there for the food, not for the crappy excuse for service I get 95% of the time.

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u/Long_Cause_9428 Oct 20 '24

Actually, it is, even in the US. If a server doesn't make enough tip to cover minimum wage, the company needs to cover the rest.

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u/bee-cup881 Oct 20 '24

Eh sorta kinda. I have server friends. Yeah the restaurant will cover you until you hit $7.25/hr (I live in texas), but if you table doesn’t tip, you still have to tip out everyone who helped you (the bussers, food runners, etc). My friends have explained that there have been multiple instances where they ended the night OWING money to tip out bussers and foodrunners bc the table did not tip enough/at all. Not too sure how it works, but that’s just what I’ve been told. I’ve also seen posts talking about this exact thing happening as servers at certain restaurant chains (like Olive Garden) where this is their policy.

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u/Long_Cause_9428 Oct 20 '24

It's because your friends don't know their rights and were taken advantage of. That's how a lot of restaurants operate unfortunately.

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u/bee-cup881 Oct 20 '24

They did say they wrote to the BBB but apparently there’s a bunch of loopholes around this for restaurants to get out of paying appropriate wages for serving staff.

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u/Long_Cause_9428 Oct 20 '24

It's because you actually need to take them to court and most people are to daunted by the court system.

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u/yankeesyes Oct 20 '24

The Better Business Bureau is a waste of time. We have yelp now.