Tipping is getting so out of hand these days. Maybe you're feeling the pinch, too: it seems like almost every establishment prompts customers to tip generously, even when they never would've done that just a few years ago.
Just the other day, I bought a scoop of ice cream and was prompted to tip. The restaurant was totally empty, and the server scooped me a single scoop of cookies and cream (it was super delicious, thanks for asking). It took probably five seconds to scoop it, and then I was rung up and prompted to tip between 15-30%. I felt bad for not tipping, but what would I have been tipping for, exactly? It's a question that Americans are having to ask themselves more and more these days, as every iPad-touting shop can easily pop the question onto the screen for every customer.
Should we be tipping servers, baristas, delivery drivers, and bartenders? Well, yes, since those positions have been tip-based for quite some time. But do I really want to tip the guy at the food truck who hands me a ready-to-eat slice of pizza, or a cashier who's working at a clothing retail store and just ringing up my clothes? Sorry, and maybe that's a hot take, but no, I don't actually want to tip employees who aren't doing much besides handing an item across the counter.
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That's why I also disagree with this guy a bit. He didn't tip an ice cream server. But it was at the kind of location where they ask you the flavor of ice cream you want, then ask the toppings you want, and then they chop it all together for a minute or two, making it a completely scrumptious concoction. Unlike an easy scooping motion, that's the kind of ice cream preparation I would tip for, but this dude decided against it. Still, he's not totally in the wrong: his GF had a big overreaction to his refusal to tip. And, as some customers pointed out, this worker probably wasn't even expecting a tip, the iPad just prompts the customer to tip regardless.
Up next, read about the car dealership customer who took his business elsewhere, then returned to gloat about it.
This person wasn't exactly throwing out their relationship over $3, they were trying to avoid drama. I wonder if meeting the kid was a lot of pressure, too: maybe it clarified this person's true feelings towards the now-ex GF before taking the relationship any more seriously.
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