Walmart has a policy where you are not allowed to accept tips. If you are caught you are let fired. People try to tip all the time for the grocery delivery stuff and if they manage to get money into your hand or the delivery basket you have to inform a member of the management staff. Granted this might not be true at every location but it is part of the corporate training you have to do if you work there longer than 4 months.
Comment on higher wages for the servers... by the customers. Fnbs
chrizbie@lemmy.nz 1 year ago
I’m not in america, in our country when we buy a meal the tax is included, as is the cost of paying staff a living wage and tips are really only given (volunteerily, without prompt) in certain scenarios where service might genuinely be extraordinary.
It’s always been fascinating to me that it could be done any other way and to be honest it sounds incredibly complicated and quite shitty the way america does it, it seems to me like it’s an old fashioned relic from the swashbuckling 1800’s, pay your maiden well and she’ll make sure your mead is always topped up… But in 2023 it seems absurd, prepared food and drink is just a product like anything else, do you tip at Walmart when you buy a TV?
Master@lemmy.world 1 year ago
NathanielThomas@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Which is galling since Walmart pays the minimum wage
tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 1 year ago
Knowing some of the absurd stories I’ve heard from americans (tipping car salesmen, pharmacies…) then tipping walmart wouldn’t surprise me at all.
ickplant@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sure, the tipping culture is out of control, but anyone who tips a pharmacist or a car salesman is just a moron.