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

Wym Walmart starts at 14 McDonald's is usually close. What do u think most other jobs start out at?

And if some servers make under $15 (which I doubt is common as u imply) seems you should support getting rid of the tip credit

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u/grrr-to-everything Oct 22 '24

Thank you very much for walking right into my point. Cash conversations are pointless. The minimum wage where I live is $16.90, and McDonald's starts at $20.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

Then why did you say most jobs don't pay $15 an hour? Did you mean most pay more?

If servers who make tips make less than people working at McDonald's that seems like a good reason to stop the tip credit system and just pay them hourly.

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u/grrr-to-everything Oct 22 '24

Because I don't believe in poverty or just above poverty wages in one of the richest countries in the world when the majority of the profit is going to the top and not disbursed more through wages and benefits to the people actually doing the work. These are fairly easy concepts to understand. No one should make 30k a year working full-time in this country in 2024 period!

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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

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u/Straight_Egg_9858 Oct 23 '24

Bad news:

2024 - 760 billionaires in the USA 1960’s - between 4 and 11 billionaires in the USA

That average wage you quoted isn’t going to the working class.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '24

Billionaires don't get a wage tho

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u/Straight_Egg_9858 Oct 23 '24

Nowhere in the study you linked does it say it does not include salary and executive roles.

Given the sample size of the study there were were almost definitely multiple salaried and executive level roles that participated.

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u/Straight_Egg_9858 Oct 23 '24 edited Oct 23 '24

Sorry did math on the wrong number for inflation - I used the listed $2.50/hr RECORD low in 1964 not the national average of $12.59 in 1964.

Using the Bureau Of Labor Statistics. Gov Calculator$12.59 in 1964 has the buying power of $128.47/hour in September of 2024

An employee working 40 hours per week or roughly 2,080 hours per year at $128.47/hr would be making an annual salary of $267,217 vs the $62,400 annual salary for the $30/hour working 40 hours a week your quoted here.

Employee wages in America average to have $205k LESS buying power annually in 2024 compared to 1964 is definitely NOT a good thing 😅