I have read several articles about tipping and it seems that a backlash against the practice is definitely brewing. My husband and I have typically always been 20% tippers as that seems to be the norm in our area, however during covid, I did increase our tipping budget to double in many cases, especially for local area restaurants that I knew were struggling with dine-in shutdowns. Now I feel like I helped contribute in a very small way to the creation of an overgrown monster LoL. My husband is a small HVAC business owner and has never asked or expected a tip and yet he on occasion will have customers that uninvited will insist on tipping his employees. Tipping in his business was something that very rarely happened prior to covid and while still not the norm, definitely seems to be a more common occurrence these days so I do wonder if covid didn't act as a sort of catalyst. And as an aside, while we pay our tab with a credit card, we always tip in cash as my daughter who worked as a waitress during a portion of her college years told me that they didn't always get their tips either.
Amen! I also oppose tipping at drive throughs or counters. If you had to schlep my food to the table, you deserve a tip. If you had to make several trips for drink refills, silverware, dessert order, etc. then you deserve a large tip. I give at least 20% if not more to my manicurist, because that woman rubs my feet! I make sure to hand her cash personally. Whatever they pay her, it's not enough! But the guy who gives me the wrong order at Taco Bell? No. Just no.
Tipping doesn't exist in Japan, and in Europe (or at least France and Italy) tipping is not expected.
It's a cultural thing here, one that has gotten quite nuts.
I have read several articles about tipping and it seems that a backlash against the practice is definitely brewing. My husband and I have typically always been 20% tippers as that seems to be the norm in our area, however during covid, I did increase our tipping budget to double in many cases, especially for local area restaurants that I knew were struggling with dine-in shutdowns. Now I feel like I helped contribute in a very small way to the creation of an overgrown monster LoL. My husband is a small HVAC business owner and has never asked or expected a tip and yet he on occasion will have customers that uninvited will insist on tipping his employees. Tipping in his business was something that very rarely happened prior to covid and while still not the norm, definitely seems to be a more common occurrence these days so I do wonder if covid didn't act as a sort of catalyst. And as an aside, while we pay our tab with a credit card, we always tip in cash as my daughter who worked as a waitress during a portion of her college years told me that they didn't always get their tips either.
Amen! I also oppose tipping at drive throughs or counters. If you had to schlep my food to the table, you deserve a tip. If you had to make several trips for drink refills, silverware, dessert order, etc. then you deserve a large tip. I give at least 20% if not more to my manicurist, because that woman rubs my feet! I make sure to hand her cash personally. Whatever they pay her, it's not enough! But the guy who gives me the wrong order at Taco Bell? No. Just no.