It’s as real as Kids requesting litter boxes in school because they identify as a furry, it’s just meme BS that a specific political group has latched on to and bitch about. It’s definitely not real.
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mifan@feddit.dk 6 months ago
Living in a part of the world where we don’t really tip I have to ask, is tipping your landlord really a thing?
Knightfox@lemmy.one 6 months ago
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I don’t think I’ve seen anyone bring this up in any way other than satire
Knightfox@lemmy.one 6 months ago
Until I joined Lemmy I would have agreed with you
Chocrates@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I have never seen it and I’ve been renting for 20 years (omg thst is so depressing). I can imagine a landlord with a poorly set up payment processor possibly having it, but that is a stressful ch
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 6 months ago
In my experience the only thing like this would be the bullshit service or convenience fees.
Add on that most places won’t accept cash app you need a money order.
I’m just sick of spending money to spend money
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s as real as Kids requesting litter boxes
That was a more subtle disinformation deflection by conservatives. Schools did need litter boxes for mandated mass shooting lockdown preparations.
Instead of the horror of children needing to use litter boxes because American conservatives cant regulate their firearms, it was, “Haha, liberals want litter boxes for furries.”
Octopus1348@lemy.lol 6 months ago
I think it’s just a joke that if you tip your landlord, you are really stupid or attracted to him.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yea. Why tip someone that’s pocketing money that could otherwise be building your equity? Landlords are quite literally just leeches.
EatYouWell@lemmy.world 6 months ago
No, they aren’t. Not everyone wants the hassle of owning and maintaining a property, or going a few hundred grand in debt to buy a non-liquid asset.
Apartments and rental units do serve a purpose.
goetzit@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Not everyone, but the vast majority of everyone, and even those who don’t want to buy would still probably be better off with owning instead of renting.
“Going a few hundred grand in debt to buy a non-liquid asset” a house is probably the best asset you could buy for yourself, and also, do you think you’re saving money renting? Do you think a landlord is losing money on his mortgage? You’re covering the mortgage anyway, and then a premium for not having it in your name.
Chocrates@lemmy.world 6 months ago
No one wants to rent. Sure landlords serve a purpose in this capitalist hellhole, but if people could live in a single family home that they own most would take that option to rather than be beholden to some shithead that takes a 3rd of your income and just brings you problems
LostWon@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
A while back, there was this thing where some very out of touch landlords were whining about having to actually do things for their tenants and that tenants should tip them for this. Naturally, they were rightfully shamed and ridiculed for it and it never caught on.
saigot@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
It (used?) to be expected to tip your maintenance man at the end of the year in big apartment buildings (there’s even a friends episode about it). Some scummy landlords try to claim that they are the maintenance man and more and so deserve a tip. I have personally had landlords ask for it,
mojo@lemm.ee 6 months ago
No lol
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 6 months ago
“Tipping the landlord” Some landlord/employer posted on Twitter how none of their employees/tenants are grateful for the nice things the capitalist provides them with. They said that they’d like to get tipped occasionally. It might have been a shitpost, but it blew up. Now, ‘tipping the landlord’ is an internet gag line. No one in real life tips their land lord.
mifan@feddit.dk 6 months ago
Ah, get it. Thanks for explaining.
QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 6 months ago
In addition to that. It's probably mocking these places where it asks if you want to leave a tip when you didn't see a single employee your entire visit. Or counter service/fast food etc.
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Its’ all good.
sukhmel@programming.dev 6 months ago
I always thought that it mocks the idea of giving tip for everything everywhere to highlight that tipping is not a very good practice
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Always look at it from the other side. If you’re making minimum wage, every extra dollar counts.