[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Are you still tipping on takeout/pickup orde...
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       Ask HN: Are you still tipping on takeout/pickup orders? (USA
       2022-2023)
        
       During lockdown times it became custom in the US, at least around
       me, to tip restaurants even for pickup/takeout orders to support
       the struggling industry. Things are a lot more normal, there's not
       as bad of a shortage.. are people still tipping for non-dine-in and
       if so how much?
        
       Author : yuppie_scum
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2022-12-03 22:10 UTC (51 minutes ago)
        
       | spindle wrote:
       | You made me very happy by specifying "USA" in the title instead
       | of assuming that all readers were American :-)
        
       | whateveracct wrote:
       | I find tipping always works out
        
         | dontbenebby wrote:
         | To a point, if you go above 20% they'll think you're a paypig
         | and you'll get _less_ service, not more.
        
       | Eleison23 wrote:
        
       | Ancalagon wrote:
       | No. I'm over the growth of tipping culture. I've actually started
       | tipping less as a percentage because it's so in-your-face now,
       | expectations have gotten so ridiculous, and almost every time I
       | go out the service experience is WORSE than it was before the
       | pandemic.
       | 
       | And look, I get it, times are tough and inflation is high. But
       | begging for tips instead of pressuring businesses to pay their
       | employees is not the way to go. I've also stopped eating out as
       | much for dine-in food for the same reason. Food prices have gone
       | up enough at my local Chipotle, I don't feel the need to eat out
       | and experience a $30 8oz steak, poorly cooked, from my local
       | Olive Garden or whatever.
       | 
       | Edit: Looked at a below comment, if its a delivery driver or a
       | barista or something, yes I still tip as that involves the driver
       | spending most of their time to deliver something specifically for
       | me or the barista hand-making my coffee.
        
         | dontbenebby wrote:
         | >No. I'm over the growth of tipping culture. I've actually
         | started tipping less
         | 
         | What a rude, entitled, antisocial attitude. What happens if
         | everyone collectively decides you can stay home and cook your
         | own food and make your own... drinks?
         | 
         | And what specific actions have you taken to ensure those
         | workers are paid at least minimum wage, and that said minimum
         | wage is in line with inflation similar to what is was, oh say,
         | back under the times of Reagan that so many pine for when folks
         | like yourself probably would have had your income above 100ish
         | k taxed at 50%?[1]
         | 
         | IMO, if you can't afford both the tip and the meal, stay home,
         | lest someone assume your startup or company is failing and
         | short your stock or refuse to buy your products/services.
         | 
         | (And spoiler alert: This poster is not a barista, has never
         | been a barista, and will literally put a bullet their own head
         | before they go to what they endured like ten years of STEM
         | school to avoid.)
         | 
         | [1] https://taxfoundation.org/historical-income-tax-rates-
         | bracke...
        
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