If I’m going up to order, I’m not tipping
Summary
A straphanger goes off on tipping culture, and they're not holding back. If they're walking up to order at a counter, they're hitting zero percent on that iPad screen. No exceptions. Their reasoning cuts straight to the point: why should customers subsidize wages when restaurants should just pay people properly? The rant escalates as they imagine a future where tipping hits 45% while customers do all the work themselves. Coffee shops? Zero. One place was so rude they didn't want to even mention the name. Kareem captures the frustration that's been building every time someone rotates that tablet screen your way.
Full Transcript
If I have to go up to order, I'm not tipping. You know, restaurants are all self—they're all self-served now. Zero percent, zero at this point. I work there. You're doing the work, you should get tipped. They have the nerve on the iPad to do 15% tip, 20% tip. Tip you? Why don't you tip me? Take 15%, 20% off the bill. No, literally, just pay people a living wage and leave us alone already. Tipping when you have to do the work is awful. What, come a year we're tipping 45%? We're making this ourselves. What about coffee shops? Zero. You didn't tip for that. Oh, this guy was rude as hell. I want to—I want to even cover the name here. I didn't want to give them anything.
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