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• codapine@lemmy.zip ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Always tip on the subtotal. If your server worked their ass off for your table but you had a coupon for, let’s say, 50% off 2 entrees and a birthday dessert, that’s just devalued their effort by about $50.

  Also, the tipping culture is broken, and this is bonkers.

  I came from a tipping-optional culture and worked foodservice. If I got good tips, they went back into the bar at the end of the shift, or into my savings jar at home. It was never make-or-break on whether I got to pay rent or not.

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  • h3rmit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The tip is not their salary, it’s an optional gratuity. It doesn’t devalue shit. They should get paid a living wage, and that’s it. That or you better stop being a hypocrite and start tipping tech support as well.

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  • Tja@programming.dev ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Does the waiter work much harder to bring a lobster than a Mac and cheese? Tips are dumb in general, but if anything they should be based on time, not food price. And they should be called a wage while we’re at it. At it should be enough to live decently.

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  • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    tip what is appropriate regardless of the bill

    there’s no reason for somebody to get $10 more because I bought the premium beer instead of what’s on special

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• bss03@infosec.pub ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Maybe a comp’d desert (or app) that’s ~$8 ?

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