Holy shit! What an honor.

Tipping at a self-checkout is complete lunacy.

"Here's a tip, and a spear behind it." -Xin Zhao

I’m an employer and had recently bought a pizza shop (despite my business having nothing to do with food and tipping never occurs) and immediately ran into problems with tipping. Some people would not tip at all, and then I had an employee realize you can adjust the percentages on the software, and tried to see if he could slip it past our customers. Employees would get into fights because the manager supposedly like the one and not the other, and would give her shifts when it was busy, on and on it went. It got to the point that I just removed tips altogether, adjusted wages up to compensate. Guess what? Nearly half my employees quit on the spot, despite the fact they were guaranteed a daily wage. They wanted to work 15-20 hour weeks during the busiest time and extract tips from customers, not work 30 hours and make the same pay. That’s why you’re seeing more aggressive tip begging and shaming. Employers want to keep prices down and let all the compensation battling happen between customers and employees while they stick their fingers in their ears. My employees now start at 14.50 an hour, and drivers who use their own vehicle get a per mile rate on top of it. That was about 9 months ago, and so far, has worked fairly well.

I’m way more comfortable to press no on a digital screen.

Don't tip at all. Force business owners to actually have to pay their employees. Stop forcing consumers to cover burdens millionaires have the money to resolve by paying workers more.

"If you can't affort avocados and iphones, don't get them." If you can't affort employees, don't hire them.

The MythBusters literally did an episode on whether larger breasts would cause an increase in the amount of tips. It was myth confirmed.

I ordered a pizza and drove to go get it from the store. Paid with my card, and a prompt for a tip came up. Unbelievable

There's an ice cream place here in town where you get your own ice cream and put your own toppings on and they absolutely hate me cause whenever I go in there I never tip because the only thing the employee does is spin the tablet around when I go to pay and I always click 0% tip. You did actually nothing.

For a few years now, I live in a European country that doesn't have mandatory tipping culture. You can tip if you want, but it's not expected from you. Now, I rarely go out, but this difference in tipping culture is precisely what makes me want to tip when I had a great time and feel like it. If I had a great evening - I can unironically make some waiter's evening better by leaving a 10% tip. Left 20% tip once, when me and my wife had a particularly great and memorable evening at one restaurant - to this day I remember how the waiter lightened up once he realised it. He smiled all the way to the door while he was accompanying us to the exit, and shook my hand several times. Or the last time we went out: once it came to paying the bill, I asked whether I could add a tip - and the server lady said "sure", added *less than 4%* to the bill and asked if that would be too much. Seemed really happy when we said it's perfectly fine. Meanwhile, it almost seems like if you left a 4% tip in the US, at least in some places the waiters would spit in your face and curse your entire family.

In New Zealand we have this strange tradition where we tip people that we like, or people that put the extra effort in. It has this strange effect, where the workers really appreciate it and the customers are able to do something nice out of their own free will. Kinda fkd up though of you ask me.

Bring a fedora everywhere you go. When someone asks you for a tip, just tip the hat and say "m'lord/m'lady"

Tipping culture is wild to me. I'm European/German. We don't tip unless service is exceptional. Like genuinely amazing. And then it's maybe like 2€ or if you're rich 10€. Employers pay a living wage here so we don't need to make up for the greed of certain employers.

What kills me now is that you're supposed to tip before you even know if you're getting the food. Tip afterwards, that's the only logical use and barely ever happens anymore. You tip when you order now.

The first chain resturant that advertises not tipping would be the most sigma move

The moment they ask for, or expect a tip, Im out.

I’ve had workers at places with these tipping screens to tell me to just hit “no tip” or “skip” just like some do with the warranty option screen when it pops up. Like at a local restaurant and I go checkout after they already gave me my receipt to take to the front, they have outright told me “the option is on the receipt, don’t fool with that if you already did it or don’t want to do it, skip that” along with Subway workers telling me to hit the “no tip” screen. Don’t ever feel guilt for not tipping. That guilt should be placed on employers for not paying their workers enough in the first place. The only way to change it is to stop giving in and lining the boss’s pockets even more.

Honestly the thing is wait staff themselves don't want tipping to go away, there was a survey done in NYC and it was like 80% of wait staff in favor of keeping tipping because at a decent traffic restaurant waiters take home much MUCH more a day than a regular minimum wage worker

They never mentioned that I bet if you asked 100 servers they would prefer the tipping method on average. It’s not a detriment to the employee but to the consumer.

I prefer not to tip at all.

Ordered Domino's last week for the first time. When the delivery guy got here he passed me the receipt and asked me to cross out the zeros. I handed it back to him and he said "So no tip today huh?" I literally had a 5 dollar bill in my pocket ready to give to him but because he said such a ludicrous statement I responded with "Nah not today". His entire attitude and demeanor immediately changed as he left. Safe to say thats first and last time I will ever order from there. These people are getiing bolder and more entitled.

12:39 the minimum tip option on a digital screen is usually 15% you can't go lower unless you manually do so, which eats time you have away from the tipping screen

Yea, I got so tired of tipping, and I remember the first times I ever tipped or was with friend or family, what I heard about tipping was cause, "It's nice to do so" and other excuses, but I never grew up knowing it was an option or what tipping even was. And after hearing about some people throwing tantrums for not getting tips like this one dominoes clip or like, several restaurants/dominoes where people have terribly written curse words or got upset in person and tried teaching me that I should tip more, I started getting fed up. Thank you for this video! As of started last year, I tipped way less, and after this vid, I'm not tipping at all, unless I just want to. Not my fault the company doesn't pay them enough or at all. I never get tips at my job after all. They need to get better jobs. Either that, or companies need to make it where you have to tip, and no option to put $0. But well all know what would happen if people didn't have the option to not tip, pffff

I had a delivery company deliver some massive speakers, >500 pounds each, and I tipped the guys (they were big dudes) $100 each to bring them in the house, help me unpack them, and then move the speakers into place. That was 100% worth it. A tip for delivering an office chair, even if the guy brings it into the house? F--k that.

I stopped going to get my haircut, because the price went up 40% and they started asking for a tip on top of that. And I don't have a complex hairstyle, just basically buzzing. Takes me 20 minutes at home, I've gotten pretty good at it. I dont go to places that ask for a tip for basic work anymore either. Papa Murphys asks for a tip for making your pizza online. Its literally their only thing they do. Its just ridiculous. I haven't even seen the pizza yet, or eaten it. How the hell do I know if you even deserved the tip?

The two most annoying things in the world: 1. Servers who complain about tips. 2. Servers that brag about their tips

I’ve only ever tipped my waiters/waitresses, food delivery drivers, or my barbers. That’s it and I only tip 10%. I’m not tipping anyone else or anymore than 10%. I find it insulting when these tip screens start at 15%, that’s a very large percentage of the purchase. I’d rather they automate your job and get rid of you before I pay more than a 10% tip. If you have an issue with the 10% tip or give me bad service I can just not tip you and take my money elsewhere. Your job won’t last long if you chase customers away over tip amounts.

They raise the prices of Food, but they don't raise the pay for employees, so they expect us to pay up to 25% more money for a meal that has already had a price increase.

I was a delivery boy, the delivery fee does not all go to the driver. It is total fraud to me but no one prosecutes them

Funny you mention the garbage driver thing, at the end.. Because I actually have been outside a couple times and seeing those workers, who work hard, and have offered drinks and a tip, on quite a few occasions. I agree fully that some of the 'jobs' people take for granted and don't actually get tips nor the ability to even have a screen to ask for such tips are the ones out there working hard/tirelessly, every day. Cheers!

One other point...tipping the wait-staff separately allows the owner to effectively hide the true, total cost of that meal. As people look at the menu, price is one bit of info they use. But what they pay is that -plus- the tip; hardly anyone keeps a "true price" calculation going in their heads. That tricks people into spending more than they intended.

I learned to cook and stopped using services that accept tips. Paying no tips feels like escaping the matrix.

The fact that tip counts as an employer paying part of your wage is so messed up. In the normal part of the world, it's counted as a performance bonus.

The girls at Dunken Donuts taped a “tip” cup to the drive through window. Why would I just GIVE you extra money, for handing me the beverage I paid for…? Restaurants trying to get a 20-30% tip from their customers is fucking crazy. I’ve CHOSEN to come to your restaurant, out of all places nearby to eat. Then you try to fleece me for 30% or the entire meal cost? Absolutely not.

One of my hubbs and I's favorite brewhouse/restaurants started using the digital menu ordering for food. The wait staff only came by to get drinks and bring out food. It started to feel not very personable, so we just go there once or twice a year. When we did go, we only leave a good tip if the waiter or waitress actually pays attention to us.

If I try to haggle a dollar off of the $5 coffee when ordering, oooh *_then_* the price becomes extremely straightforward. _"Im sorry sir the coffee is $5 its not a negotiation its just $5."_ Fair enough, the coffee is $5.00. Ok now lets pay for it. *_"Would you like to pay $5.75, $6.00, $6.25, or $6.50?"_*

"I don't tip" "But I depend on tips, as the wage my employer pays me doesn't cover my costs" "That sounds like a problem between you and your employer. I agree it sucks, and it sounds like it should be illegal. I would support you if you contact your local politicians with the intention of changing that practice...... but what I won't do is bow to the pressure that wants to put the responsibility of covering those wages onto the customer. Don't put me between you and the person who is refusing to pay you a living wage."

I went to the starbucks drive thru today and the lady working there shoved one of those tablets with the different tip amounts out the window at me. Safe to say im never going to starbucks again

It is still on the customer to pay for the employee either by tipping or paying for higher food prices. in this case, it's optional. The best way to counter this is hiring fewer employees that the restaurant pay and they work harder. some amenities customers have to do it themselves like getting a glass of water, hotsauce ketchup and etc.

I have a friend that has only worked as waiter since high school. He started working at Buffalo Wild Wings and now, at 40 years old, works at 2 different high end steak houses and he make 400-500 bucks a day in tips and only works 4 or 5 hours a day.

It is not only "social pressure". In the past, tips were asked after the service was compelted, so to some extent it was "thank you" to the personnel. Now, it is asked before the service starts and whoever provides the service knows if you tipped and how much you tipped to them. If you don't you get much shittier service. Happened multiple times to me when I forgot to select tip in delivery: most times the order suddenly took at least twice the time it takes with a tip, and when arrived the delivery person claimed they could not contact me and I had to resolve it through support; by pure coincidence it never happened when I tipped max default tip.

I only tip in cash, and write cash on the tip line of the receipt. I feel like it’s way more likely the server gets the $$, and they can decide what to claim if I only write “cash”. If someone flips a screen at me or I get a tip prompt when I’m carrying out food or just purchasing something in person ( without being served ) that’s a big nope. I get the feeling of guilt that can come with it, but things are getting out of hand and you have to draw the line somewhere.

Yeah, this thing has hit Canada as well. A coffee shop I go to has one of those tablets that asks for tips all the time, even though the baristas all make minimum wage. I usually drop something in the actual tip jar instead. The baristas all try to hit the skip button before the customer can pay, so I suspect the owners just keep the tips from that terminal. I got to the part of video about how self checkouts have tip options now. That is beyond absurd; im expected to do the job of a cashier now, and I'm pressured to pay for it? Wtf? I haven't see that in Canada yet, but I wouldn't be shocked to see it in the future.

i know this tipping option for online like food deliveries. asked the driver every time and he said: didn't see any of the money on his paycheck so i stopped and gave it to him directly

in Poland we sometimes tip at restaurants and only in cash since it goes directly to waitress that took your order and not a restaurant.

as an asian. i had no problem giving bare minimum tipping for required, dining in. and i have no problem clicking no tip or even giving donation or any sort to anything else now.

Ordered 2 pizza from Domino's it was 12.73 plus a $6 delivery charge plus tip comes to 27$ that's more than the fuckin food

I'm from Australia. I've been in Las Vegas for 3 days and the tipping is out of control. Everything is already so expensive and every person wants a tip for doing the bare minimum. Rise up Americans and stop this madness! Pay everyone a fair wage and do away with this tipping culture.

I would hate to live in America. I would never be able to trust ordering at the same place twice because i'm not paying these people extra for the bare minimum of doing the job they got hired for.

Lately I've been taking an uber back and forth for a temporary job, it costs about $30-$50 one way. Then of course it prompts me for a tip and even if it's only 10% I'm still wondering wtf the rest of the money is doing.

Tipping shouldn’t exist. The price is the price. Companies shouldn’t provide a service if they can’t pay their employees.

I *always* tell people I deliver to : "If you don't want to tip, just hit the skip button". I never expect a tip. Yeah, a tip is nice. But that's why I do deliveries as a side job.

i only tip like 1-5% of all my orders, because i refuse to tip by default just because they get paid shit, if people stop tipping at a whole, the employees will just look for other jobs because it wont pay enough anymore, forcing them to pay higher, which solves the problem, but everyone too bussy with guilt feelings, the owners should just pay more, plain simple

Recently saw this same thing in germany for the first time EVER. I went out and bought some donuts at a rather fancy shop. The clerk took the donuts, put them in a box, turned the damn screen around and i needed to choose an amount to tip or not to tip before i could pay. This is crazy.

i asked the vape shop why they have tipping enabled when buying vape stuff is not a tipping industry. the owner said the POS provider actually charge him a higher rate if he disables tipping option.

I don’t care if people think I’m a miser. NEVER TIP. We have to get rid of these stupid subsidies for exploitative employers. Literally among the only countries that does this.

A lot of the times too the tip is just added on as a service charge of some percentile, usually 18% where im at, and they might put a sign up in in a dark corner that says "service charge included", but they're praying you don't see the sign, read the bill and see the service charge, because they're going to ask you for another tip.

Luckily I've never ever seen that in France so far Sounds wicked asf

The self checkouts around me evolved past tips to asking to round out your bill and give that amount as a donation to some cause or another.

My local supermarket has tipping for self check out now. Im already taxed on every food item I buy bro.

I'm so close to going full Steve Buscemi in Reservoir Dogs.

I could be wrong, but in large part id imagine its almost 0 sum benefit. Im sure owners do benefit (especially at chain resteraunts); however, most owners would probably just up the price of food to match wage increases. I think tips have essentially been turned into just another part of the hidden cost of food. Much like the sales tax not being required to have its total added to the sum, its another cost they know you "have" to pay, but wont register how much youre actually spending until its too late and the check is in front of you.

I never get delivery like grub hub and shit. I have made a pact with myself that if I want take out I have to go get it. This way I spend less overall because if I'm feeling lazy I don't get the delivery, and I never have to tip because I'm picking it up myself.

Luckily living in Europe I "need" to only tip at places I frequent or places that go above and beyond, because 0% tip is taken here as "the service was acceptable"

20 years ago it was normal to tip in restaurants, 20 years later, it’s normal to tip a nerd playing a video game on the internet..

when I worked as a barista, half the time a slow day or small tips day just meant the store paid less, so most of the time i didn't care or even felt bad for people trying be nice by just paying to the owner essentially, only high tip days would it really pan out, most times i don't tip, unless its an exceptional service or i am more confident the person will get the money but dam is it annoying going get food with my friend some times, their the kind of person who feels obligated to tip big even if the service was rude and neglectful

What a lot of people don't consider on this - they just think "oh well it lets the owner be a cheapskate and pay the employees less out of pocket" - is that without tipping, the cost to give people those jobs goes up. Then, either: a) fewer people have to cover the same duties at the location (more work for the same pay) -- or b) the actual BASE prices of the goods&services have to go up to compensate. (Which means the service/shop may fail, or at the very least, poorer people are priced out and simply no longer able to afford it. It really isnt just a matter of 'oh the owner just has to take less profits' - thats not how it goes.) Tipping effectively lets richer (or more generous) people subsidize the cost for people who have less money. It has value and its a lot more nuanced than "tipping bad, businesses bad". Until people can recognize that and actually have that discussion without being disingenuous, I hope nothing changes. (Obviously, there is still discourse to be had about these modern tips that indeed just "go to the CEO pockets" rather than the individual actually helping you, and of course those should be shut down.)

why should I tip the waiter, all he did was carry the plate. tip the chef instead.

Every time I watch videos on tipping in USA, I literally don't get it. Some weirdos support tipping culture saying that employees work under the minimum wage. But should customers take care of it? They have no obligations..? It is the business owner's fault. The owner is supposed to take care of it. I literally don't get why some people can't understand this simple logic.

I haven't tipped in a year. Due to the heavy push for it. I really believe service jobs should increase wages in general. Tips should be voluntary, not forced.

Good video. I just needed more red arrows so I know where to look

Don't forget that thoses are the companies that sells you a glass of coca cola for twice the price of the bottle, trying to pay their employee for lesser than a glass of coca cola

"imagine tipping for the approval of strangers" "yeah i tip because strangers know i have money and it's not a big deal to me"

australia dont tip whether in a poshy restaurant or just a casual cafe, owners cover the workers wage. I think min wage casual I think is about $35 aud an hour then get penalty rates like 2x on weekend or public holiday so can potentially earning $70 hr working weekend and public holiday

Its not just larry its the waiters and waitresses, I have remembered several times either state or feds have tried to offer wage no tip since the wage will increase prices and it would balance itself out since you are just paying for food and not tips for the food on top of the menu price. And it is always the servers pushing back on it because that tip money they only have to declare electronic and cash up to that $7.13 minimum wage and the rest they can forget to declare and have it tax free which almost doubles the take home. If they want to go full pay no tip like the majority of the world then lets do it but almost every server knows that is gonna be a net pay cut.

No tipping in Europe, advanced countries. Instead, franchises and owners have to actually pay workers a living wage. And the food prices are no higher than the US. So basically Americans are just paying wages to wait staff that the companies should be paying in the first place.

I NEVER tip when I pick food up. If I'm eating at a restaurant I only tip 10 dollars regardless of the price. I also don't go to expensive restaurants, I don't use rideshare stuff and even if I did wouldn't tip drivers. Do you tip taxes? No you payt for what they ask

There should be a Tik Tok challenge called “no tip” and make it catch on.

The other reason for digital being higher is the default or showed options in apps

Tips are stupid and I miss Japan because theres no tipping there. The servers in America don't do enough to begin with (unlike Japan where they treat you REALLY good, most of the time)...just taking my order isn't worth 20% of my meal cost. I'm the most low maintenance customer alive. The server only ever has to take my order and deliver my food. which i would be happy to waddle up and get myself if i can avoid paying the tip lol.

ive heard waiters and such say they get more from tips then a flat wage from the owner.

I notice they no longer have no tip, instead 10% is the lowest and you have to go to a 2 step option of Custom Tip and set it to 0. 😤

Your thoughts about using cash vs card our spot on; this was sighted in numerous psychological studies.

i know people who think not giving tips is rude and it's almost mandatory to give 10% lmao

I agree. A lot of people complain about tipping culture and they get upset because they walked into a pizza place for pizza carryout and was asked to tip, but I don't understand that. Literally just hit 0. From the beginning I assumed the reason you get asked to tip for everything is because it is baked into the software every business uses, not because they genuinely expect a tip from carryout. Just hit 0. Tip when it's reasonable.

At one of my favorite nearby places to eat they have a tip screen at the end of the purchase, but its legit just telling someone your order and walking up to the counter to get it when its done. Nobody ever comes to your table. Tip for what? Pushing a button on a screen? I'll push the buttons myself.

I never tip unless I sit down and eat in. If I order to go I don’t tip since there’s no extra service being given to me than what I already paid for.

Tipping is such an annoying topic because of how simple it is. If you got bad service, don't tip. If you got good service but would rather keep your money than subsidize labor for small, medium and big businesses... don't tip. You'd be surprised how much happier you become when you just stop doing things you hate doing that you don't have to do.

You know what's crazy. In Canada the companies have to pay minium wage and then there's a lot of companies that still ask for tips

All I will say is as a high end server/server assistant I think tipping at restaurants is a must because we can't afford to live otherwise. I completely understand tho that tipping is beyond out of hand for everything, especially things that didn't require a "service" to begin with or just taking an order at a fast food place/coffee shop. It's appreciated for sure but not something they live off of. I talk to my coworkers about this issue a lot, too, and how it would be so much better if restaurants would have hourly guarenteed base pay rates like they do in Canada plus tips cuz then it wouldn't feel like it's necessary for people to tip and we could survive and not worry as much, either. But yes, tipping culture is beyond out of hand. It's just that until Restaurants in America change how they pay employees all across the board, it's going to be a painful process and I really do hope it changes for the better someday. It's just greed at this point and exploitation.

I tip when I go to restaurants.. usually a rounding up on the bill (£85 becomes £100 etc). I know the staff get paid enough to start with but that little bit extra makes them even happier to work there and they then recognise me on future visits and offer better service in future. The issue is squarely on the shoulders of US staff not being paid enough to start with. A tip should be just that, a recognition of good service, not the wage supplement that some employers expect it to be.

Tipping for ordering online lol wtf

Just outlaw tipping. Employers can't be trusted to not abuse it.

A tip is for the service you received. If you weren't happy with the service it's your right not to tip. If you were happy with the service the tip is at your discretion but not required. No tip is ever supposed to be required however good service should be given a tip depending on the service.

There are fast food places I personally blacklisted from ever going back to due to their tipping system. At Blimpes, the guy at the drive thru window would ask me if I wanted to tip while they are still making my food. It absolutely made me think that if I said no; they are going to do something to my food. I avoided ever going back there, and I've started to eat more at home now.

I often tip at restaurants. My dad was a server and although I’m obviously part of the problem funding servers instead of the employers actually paying their staff. It was tips that was what allowed him to own his home and raise his children. And he still had to work a ton. I’d love to see this shift. But I also know if the culture shifts it’s a slow transition and it’s the servers who will get screwed over during this shift until employers start properly paying their staff

Tips are a tax on the stupid.

Also not a fan of places that have Required "gratuity" for a given party size. Like how about not bother with having a large party being formed in the first place.

I hated flipping the screen when i worked at a restaurant, just have a seperate screen so i dont have to do a passive aggressive monitor flip