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by ffsm8 321 days ago
I do, it creates perverse incentives and dehumanizes people.

Imagine yourself catering someone and then having them talk about how great that is and wanting to pay you for that. Not in abstract but actually, in practice. It nails down the servant role, frankly. It feels abhorrent to me, even if you get numb to it over time.

From my perspective, tipping is a socially acceptable way to establish classes. Which itself is a terrible practice and the people catering you aren't your servants.

I used "catering" in this comment as a placeholder for any job that receives tips.
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Wololooo 321 days ago
It really depends on the amount. In Belgium for instance there would be no tipping, but rounding up or adding one or two spare coins of change you still have on you in case the service was excellent.

It is like any job where people get a bonus because they have gone above and beyond.

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kelnos 321 days ago
Why can't the employer give that bonus? In non-service jobs employees don't get tips for going above and beyond; they get raises or bonuses.
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Wololooo 310 days ago
This is normally on top of any bonuses for performance that the employees would get and their living wage which is guaranteed.
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CalRobert 321 days ago
Is this changing as cash gets less common?
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Wololooo 310 days ago
Sorry for the delay, but yes, people have a tendency of rounding up if this is a possibility and it gets either charged to the person or put into a pot redistributed to everyone, depending on the local policy where everyone agrees beforehand.

This is normally on top of any bonuses for performance that the employees would get and their living wage which is guaranteed.

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ImJamal 321 days ago
Giving extra money is literally tipping?
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Wololooo 310 days ago
Yes, but the default would be no tipping, I meant this was and is seen as completely optional and non required.
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Cthulhu_ 321 days ago
What's worse, it adds "emotional labor" (if I may borrow that term) to a staffer's job; while it's expected for staff to be representative of their company, it really feels like staff in tipping establishments have to put on a show and fake persona to optimize the tipping. But likewise, if you don't tip or don't do enough you (as a customer) are treated like shit.

I'm too autistic to be playing these games and figuring this shit out. I'm glad I don't live in the US.

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