Mr. Pink was totally right about tipping
Nobody can convince me otherwise.
shareThe way I see it, if you've got the cash to spare, and you received good service, then why not tip?
Spread the wealth and good cheer around. Besides, it's only a few dollars.
Mr. Pink was just a greedy sob.
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The way I see it, if you've got the cash to spare, and you received good service, then why not tip?
Spread the wealth and good cheer around. Besides, it's only a few dollars.
Mr. Pink was just a greedy sob.
It's not about the few extra bucks. It's their job to give you good service. Same way it's my job to be nice to pilots. Why should the airline give me a tip for doing my job?
Do you tip a really nice cashier? Some places are really understaffed and cashiers work hard.
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What is your job exactly?
The way I see it, tipping is a pleasant gratuity, although is obviously less ingrained in Eurooe and other places. But tipping has a few advantages... It encourages better service, and adds a huge bonus to someone's wage merely through chump change. I would be lying if I didn't say I was grateful for the extra few dollars it adds to my paycheck.
That said, this philosophy that you are expected to tip when going out to eat at a restaurant or somesuch definitely is annoying. In my mind, it should be kept optional.
I think there is generally more incentive to tip those in the food and beverage industry simply because it is as much about the social interaction as it is the goods you're recieving. Then again, the fact that tips basically account for 80% of waiters and waitress's tips is frustrating, as it sort of becomes mandatory at that point.
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What is your job exactly?
I relay messages mostly between New York Air Traffic Control and flights and the airlines. For the most part, it's an easy job but it can become very stressful like any other job especially when there are a lot of flights and we are working short staffed.
The way I see it, tipping is a pleasant gratuity, although is obviously less ingrained in Eurooe and other places. But tipping has a few advantages... It encourages better service, and adds a huge bonus to someone's wage merely through chump change. I would be lying if I didn't say I was grateful for the extra few dollars it adds to my paycheck.
I would also like to be paid extra for doing my job.
That said, this philosophy that you are expected to tip when going out to eat at a restaurant or somesuch definitely is annoying. In my mind, it should be kept optional.
Agreed. And legally it is optional.
I think there is generally more incentive to tip those in the food and beverage industry simply because it is as much about the social interaction as it is the goods you're recieving. Then again, the fact that tips basically account for 80% of waiters and waitress's tips is frustrating, as it sort of becomes mandatory at that point.
It's a weird situation in the US at least. If employers are forced to pay their restaurant staff more, then the customers will end up paying more for the service. If employers are allowed to pay their staff very little...then the customer will continue to pay full price for the food as well as paying the bulk of the salary for the restaurant employees. The restaurant employers win either way.
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I relay messages mostly between New York Air Traffic Control and flights and the airlines
That sounds like a pretty awesome job, although aren't you getting paid by salary? If you're not, you should be in my opinion. I wish everyone was paid extra for their jobs, but tipping gratuities for people outside of the service industry seems to fall outside the bounds of certain social etiquette. For example, it just seems to make sense to tip a shoe shiner, but unexpected to tip a contractor. Certain jobs are designated as "tip professions" where customers are forced to foot he bill for their wage, whereas in others it doesn't really matter if a customer tips or not. So there's a lot of grey area. I think that the tipping culture has a lot to do with exchange of goods and services for a customer, whereas someone performing a necessary public service (like the mailman) wouldn't receive a conventional tip for good reason.
Personally, I think underpaying your staff and having customers foot the bill is scummy, although what you said about the raising the prices if they didn't tip was a good point. So it seems to be a lose lose situation in a way. Maybe other cultures are smarter by discouraging the practice (like the Japanese). Honestly, it wouldn't be such a big deal if tipping was more along the lines of a gift that you rewarded your server as a personal favour, because you like them or want to brighten their day. Tipping isn't always about them just doing their job.
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