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Thursday nights after golf league, I always call the Admiral and we get something from Dairy Queen.
Last night there was a tip jar in the drive through window.

I consider my self a pretty good tipper as well but this is getting out hand.

 

The only time I tip is at a restaurant, a real sit down one. And the gas dock kid is not getting a 20% tip on a $200 fuel bill for handing me a hose. Flat tip of $5. $10 if in generous mood.

 

Totally agree!

 

It’s completely out of hand. I tip the chit pumper. The pretty bartender. And generally those people I like. I don’t tip for normal services.

 

You guys have chit pumpers? We have to do our own, and they charge us for that privilege.

 

The tip jar at the self serve frozen yogurt places………

shouldn’t the employees be tipping the customer??

 

I asked the marina manager about tipping her employees and she said they get paid well.

 

Oh, I tip my local bar barmaid very well. Cause she tells me how she would rock my world and maybe just maybe I will get lucky. Who am I kidding!

 

How much of these “tips” even end up in the employees hands? This is just an end around to help business owners pay lower wages while still raising prices. Depending on the location or type of business there is absolutely No service involved yet they ask for a tip? Pick up carry out and they ask for a tip. Go to the vet and they ask for a tip. I’m surprised they have not set up a tip prompt in the self check out line at the grocery store!

 

Then I check my Jimmy John’s order and they calculated tip after tax. Like I should show my appreciation for them helping the government out.

 

Definitely getting out of hand.

I was at a restaurant last week which had an automated ordering system. I entered my order and as I went to the payment screen it asked me if I wanted to include a tip?! At this point, I had talked with NO ONE - who would I be tipping - the machine??

Stop the madness!!

 

Years ago I was in a "gentleman's club" in New Orleans giving a bid on some work at about 2 in the afternoon. The only stripper working at the time was about 55, covered in tats, bad c-section scar and what looked like a bullet hole in her right butt cheek. I gave her 20 bucks to get dressed.

 

Hahahaha. Ha ha ha ha. The image made me puke in my mouth.

 

We mostly pay cash in restaurant. I ask if they want cash and no tip or credit card and tip.

 

I'd be the opposite. If they want a tip it'll be with me paying cash. If a place requires payment by credit card, one I'd likely not dine there, and two, no tip if credit card required. I never use a credit card in restaurants.

 

 

As someone who depended on tips in college to pay the bills, I was a waiter at a restaurant, yes it's gotten out of hand. In my opinion all of these point of sale service credit card systems have made it easier. I'm waiting to see this at 7-Eleven now, the tip screen. You see them everywhere you go now, and the cashier is staring at you, there's that awkward silence when the tip screen pops up.

By the way I worked at at marina in high school, $2.50 an hour, pumped gas and such, and never got a tip.

 

 

Much of this is driven by the credit card processing companies looking for additional revenue. The more you charge the more they make since they work on a percentage discount. Move people from 15 to 20 or more percent tips on top of tax and they make more on each sale.

Same with the credit card convenience fee that has popped up all over. These companies convince merchants its better to push the fee onto the consumer so that they can keep all of the money from the sale. Problem is merchants could pay 2.6% and they push a 4% fee many times to the consumer. Guess who profits on the extra 1.4% on gross bill.

-Kevin

 

Same with the credit card convenience fee that has popped up all over. These companies convince merchants its better to push the fee onto the consumer so that they can keep all of the money from the sale. Problem is merchants could pay 2.6% and they push a 4% fee many times to the consumer. Guess who profits on the extra 1.4% on gross bill.

-Kevin

I think passing the credit card convenience fee is rip off. I would think that since most people use a card to pay with, the merchant would have that cost added into the price of the item they are selling. I understand where you get a discount for paying with cash. There is a difference when it is added and when it is a discount.

 

 

In my younger days, I worked as a bartender and a waiter. Therefore I am a good tipper for good service. I do however refuse to tip at my local gas station/store. PS I do tip at the marina, however lately the new Harbormaster is a 20 yr friend of mine and his brother works with him. It's awkward but I still try.

 

We used to drive to Mexico every winter. We paid cash for gas. They always pumped the gas. They got a tip

 

I said it when the pandemic started and all the companies etc. were waiving fees, cutting this and that trying to "help". I told my wife then than everyone - including the government would be looking to recover all that lost revenue -- and now the tipping thing is just part of the recovery. No one ever waives fees or costs, they defer them.

 

I tip 25%-30% at my local diner and at least 20% at restaurants. These employer companies are passing labor costs to their patrons and pay very little per hour wages.

My question is the forklift driver at the marina. What or do you tip him every time? How much? When? When he puts you in or takes you out?

Im about to move to rack-n-stack and to hell with crowded boat ramps w no trailer parking.

 

I tip 25%-30% at my local diner and at least 20% at restaurants. These employer companies are passing labor costs to their patrons and pay very little per hour wages.

My question is the forklift driver at the marina. What or do you tip him every time? How much? When? When he puts you in or takes you out?

Im about to move to rack-n-stack and to hell with crowded boat ramps w no trailer parking.

Regarding the marina -- I am also in a dry stack. I tip the dock hands usually$5 depending on what I have in my pocket, they help me tie up and get the boat moved over to the lift - these are high school / college kids. The forklift drivers are older fella's, full time and they get paid pretty well. It's a bit inconvenient to hand them $$ when they are trying to run the lift. I leave them an envelope with cash once a month - anywhere from $30 - $50 depending on how much I have been there and how often I ask them to move my boat around to wash racks etc.

 

I had a similar surprise when I got hit with a tipping prompt at an unexpected place recently. I was getting my car inspected for emissions in NC, and after shelling out $30 for the inspection, they asked for a tip! It caught me off guard for sure. It seems like those tipping screens are popping up everywhere now—even on online orders, which is kind of surprising.

 

Reported

 

When Trump is re-elected, and he removes the income tax on tips, will people reduce the amount they tip by the equivalent tax rate?

 

No, but I am sure people will shift reporting more of their "earnings" as "tips".

-Kevin