I know that some American tourists actually do this, on giving servers cash tips as if they’re underpaid by their employer (since they’re used to it in the USA along with growing up with that mindset) but overlook the fact that servers are paid the minimum wage in the EU, as it’s not “typically” the norm. This practice is being exported it seems, in another region where that isn’t common.
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Some people are in industries where tipping is possible, others are in industries where it isn’t.
Since this is Europe and (theoretically at least) everyone is being paid a fair wage for the job they do, tipping would be unfair and should therefore not be encouraged.
If you live in a third world country where people serving you do not earn a fair wage then that’s a different matter. I’m very glad I don’t live in such a country. But if tipping culture were to become normalised it might lead to such a situation here too.
Absolutely not
I came here to say exactly that, character for character.
I guess I’ll have to say something else, then.
I’d rather normalise a paying-the-employees-a-decent-wage culture, at the absolute least.
No. Tipping is a stupid way to underpay people and have customers foot the bill. Its a hidden food tax. Just pay the workers. Pay people
oh fucking hell no!
No wtf just pay people
It shouldn’t even be normalized in the US. Tips should be reserved for going above and beyond; not for the bare fucking minimum because their employer pays them less than minimum wage.
If your business doesn’t pay a living wage so requires your staff to rely on tips, your business doesn’t have the right to continue existing
No.
Fuck NO!
NO
Short answer: No.
Long answer: Noooooooooooooooooooooo
Hell no!
Who the fuck even asks such a stupid question?
Let the damn businesses pay their employees accordingly to the prices they ask for. No paying you stuff (illegally) low wages and keep all the profits to yourself!
Absolutely not. Some groups are trying to do that shit here in Japan so they can stop paying a proper wage and pass off costs to consumers. It’s awful.
~ someone who spent years as a tipped employee
I’ve heard from a friend of mine who works in the service industry over there: it’s a pain in the ass for businesses due to how taxes work in Japan, as they’re required to disclose the tipped money (otherwise it may be tagged as tax evasion) alongside it being divided amongst employees. What makes it worse, is that in most cases they place either ¥5000 or ¥10000 bills inside the tip jar.
Legally this is true in the US. In practice, people claim enough to hit “real” minimum wage and no one usually cares (until that tipped employee needs to prove income for a loan or something and they’re screwed)
“No”
