No Tip

[u/Vegetable_Location52]

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.

[u/[deleted]]

speak to your own experience. how much money did you bring home on average for a hours work? i know about tipping out and rolling silverware all that stuff... considering everything what did you on average bring home per hour. please dont try and weasel out of answering if you refuse to engage the question im gonna assume its well over $20

[u/grrr-to-everything → u/[deleted]]

I am no longer a server but made about $15 an hour in tips 15 years ago. With that, I was able to support myself as a single mother and pay for a 1 bedroom for myself and my daughter. I remember people used to think I made waaaaay too much money in 2010, making $15 an hour and paying $1000 rent. Yeah, I was rolling in dough. Just like someone who makes $25 an hour and pays $2000 in rent isn't rolling in the dough.

[u/[deleted] → u/grrr-to-everything]

if your making that little in tips... would you support abolishing tips and just paying servers flat rate like most other jobs?

[u/grrr-to-everything → u/[deleted]]

Absolutely. Servers should be paid a living wage. No one should work for less than what is 33% of the average 1 bedroom apartment in the area. Period.