Eating out is already so expensive, every menu item is like at least $17 dollars nowadays (live in the city).
I’d rather give money to a homeless guy. The psychological warfare and the bullshit socioeconomic arguments for tipping are unconvincing for me. Leave me alone. Thank you.
It used to be simple. You set the price, we pay it for services and food. Now there’s a social expectation to give more? Fuck off. Fuck right off, don’t give me bullshit like “oh they don’t make a profit” well that’s their fucking problem. I paid, I paid no less than what was necessary, I shouldn’t feel bad about myself.
Sorry about the rant. I love eating out. But I hate feeling like a tightwad asshole for not tipping. Don’t get me wrong, I mostly tip like 99% of the time. I just didn’t tip today. The food took a long time to come out, they didn’t give us hot sauce, I had to go to the front to pay instead of the server handing me the bill.
I hate this, I hate what the tipping economy has become. It should’ve been simple.
I only tip if the person I am tipping went above and beyond what was required. I don’t eat at most restaurants (especially corporate owned chains), because they do not pay their employees a decent wage and going to such a restaurant and not tipping does not hurt the business. It only hurts the server. But restaurants aren’t the only places where a service person can go above and beyond what is required of them to deserve a tip.
And if your place of work has a policy against accepting tips: Fuck them, just keep it on the DL. They sure as fuck ain’t gonna reward you with anything but a pizza party if you go above and beyond your duties.