• iamthetot@piefed.ca
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    1 day ago

    It’s kinda insane to me how successful tip propaganda is. 20%??

    My whole life, 15% was considered a top tier tip. Prices have gone up on everything across the board, but tips are a percentage meaning 15% is still more money than it was twenty years ago, so why in the fuck has it gone from 15% for a great tip to 20% as a minimum?? So not only are prices higher, you want a higher cut of that higher price?? Insane.

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      5 hours ago

      Once again 20% was the norm in 2001 when I was doing that job. It has not creeped up. It hasn’t changed in nearly 30 years.

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        4 hours ago

        I don’t know what job or where in the country you were, but 20% was never the norm my whole life going back to the 90s.

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      People are stupid and that’s why it’s done what it has.

      I hate when I walk to a counter, order something then the machine is programmed to ask for a tip. Fuck everything about that. Hate hate tipping culture to begin with.

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      1 day ago

      Pay has gone up less than prices. That’s why tip percentage has gone up.

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        19 hours ago

        Most people’s haven’t; why am I further subsidizing the restaurant’s payroll??

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            5 hours ago

            BUT IM ENTITLED TO SOMEONE SERVING MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! You’re wanting me to go to an establishment of poors!