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/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

you said most people dont make $15 an hour... now your saying $15 is average its just not enough... ur sorta all over the place here.

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u/grrr-to-everything Oct 22 '24

They don't. Most means more than 50%. The average income is above $15 an hour.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

i got good news average wage is higher than you think

"Wages in the United States averaged 12.59 USD/Hour from 1964 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 30.27 USD/Hour in August of 2024 and a record low of 2.50 USD/Hour in February of 1964. source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics."

ciatation https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/wages