Last post was about whining restaurants who say you shouldn’t eat out if you can’t afford to tip.
I have too many feelings about tips
Replying to @farah@beige.party
@farah what are your feelings about tips when dining?
Replying to @PhoenixSerenity@beige.party
Personally? If you put a 'service charge' on my bill, that's rude and I'm not paying it just on principle, at least not without arguing.
OTOH, if I'm in a lovely little bistro, and I get the bill with none of that crap, I will almost always offer *the server* a cash tip, and I'm probably in the situation where the owner/proprietor knows that I love the work from the kitchen, else I'd likely not be there, and then he and they will get a bump on the final bill, but - important - at my own discretion.
Replying to @bytebro@mastodonapp.uk
@bytebro @PhoenixSerenity @farah
In the US, the pay structure for food service staff is written *assuming* income from tips. They can get as low as $2.13 per hour as base pay in 15 states, and under $4 per hour in 11 more: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped
So if you're in the US and not eating at a restaurant in a state with a higher service staff minimum wage, I think it's rude not to tip.
You have every right to be angry that the price on the menu is not the price you're morally obliged to pay for the meal. But the person who should suffer your displeasure for dishonest pricing is not the one in food service.
DOLMinimum Wages for Tipped EmployeesReplying to @firebreathingduck@vivaldi.net
@firebreathingduck @PhoenixSerenity @farah
I absolutely get that. The minimum wage there is just derisory. If I were there these days (never going to happen but) I'd comply with the local norm, of course.