“Fuck you restaurant for trying to scam me, now I’ll only pay the correct 20% extra on top of my bill”
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Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Restaurant tries to scam customers, yet they still give a 20% tip?
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Siegfried@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yep, that’s a solid 0% for me
kautau@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah that restaurant owner will certainly learn from the fact that they don’t legally have to pay their servers minimum wage and you still paid the owner what they would have gotten whether or not the server got a tip
As another commenter said, in this situation pay the server in cash, and then review the restaurant badly everywhere you can
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
The solution is to never step foot in the restaurant again not punish the server.
Plurrbear@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Thank you! I am just one server do not punish me because you hate the tipping culture of America! Don’t like it, like you said, don’t go to a damn restaurant then! Easy peasy!
Don’t punish another person for your thoughts, feelings, etc about the situation of ripping, it’s not their fault, it’s yours for not tipping them because “you don’t agree” then go to damn McDonald’s!
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I’ve never worked as a server but I did date one long ago who said something to the effect, “that $5 means more to her than you” and while I was not nearly as financially stable back then, that idea has stuck with me.
An extra isn’t going to make or break my day but it could make someone else’s day.
Another way I’ve been thinking about this is how for a brief moment you someone’s “boss.” If you’ve ever complained about unfair compensation what does it say about you that you’re using than brief moment of power to be what you hate.
Plurrbear@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I agree! $5 to you might not mean much but to a server it would mean everything. It makes up for bad tippers or worse the no tippers at all. The little things makes servers day honestly!
And yeah, but I am not truly “their boss” it’s more that I have to deal with unsatisfying customers, intake orders of food and beverage vendors, and ensuring all customers are satisfied plus doing my server role… so honestly, it’s me dealing with all the issues but still having tables. I love my place of work and will never leave since I make like $3-4k a month as a server and that’s like 1/2 of what I was making as a teacher full time but some customers are the worst and would rather get paid less than dealing with them honestly…
bus_factor@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Pretty sure the waitress wasn’t the one who fucked with the register. Probably the restaurant trying to ensure they don’t have to pay the difference if the tips come up short and leave the staff below minimum wage.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I feels like reasoning like this is why it would never end.
bus_factor@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Shafting the waitress is not going to end it either. Most people wouldn’t notice this, so they’d still keep doing it if you didn’t tip.
The play here is to tip the waitress in cash if possible and slam the establishment on every review site.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
If the worker or anyone else not gonna unionise or protest the government for a better minimum wages, then the culture gonna continue. Slammin and jammin the establishment will do absolutely nothing, as with all non-disruptive protest.
I swear tipping is fetishized by american.
munsking@lemmy.world 1 month ago
stop tipping so waitstaff finds another job and restaurants that don’t pay enough go out of business
ezpz
LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Right?
Most people just pay it out of obligation, and the occasional nerd calls us out politely.
Her, whatever will we do?
random_character_a@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You think place like that distributes tips honestly?
AstaKask@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
The “I’m just doing my job” defence. Nice.
bus_factor@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Are you comparing the waitress not proofreading the math on a preprinted receipt (arguably not their job) to soldiers actively committing war crimes?
AstaKask@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
No. Soldiers are very much protected from such orders in most countries. They can’t be held responsible for refusing to follow an illegal order.
I mostly hear the argument from civilians helping their employer commit crime.