Those who oppose tipping culture should not use tipping based services.
That’s a very US centric opinion. What about places like Canada, where waitstaff, just like every other profession, are entitled to the minimum wage? In Ontario, that’s $17.50 an hour. I would argue that in such places, tipping should be entirely optional and seen as an added reward for good service, and forgoing a tip shouldn’t be seen as “abusing the employees”.
Tipping culture refers to having jobs where a significant or vast majority of their income is tips. Like 50%-95% of their income is tips, so tipping is expected. Tipping culture in the US is the culture where the meme takes place.
It is not referring to tipping as an option, which is what tipping should be.
You and I seem to have a different opinion on what Tipping culture means. To me, it means the practice of giving gratuities to service workers, which has turned into an expectation at most establishments, with the most recent development being the use of dark design to trick people into tipping more. Card readers now default the tipping prompts to 18%, 20% and 25% for “okay”, “good”, and “great” service. The option to skip a tip, even in places where you’re just picking up the food, is hidden two menus deep.
It also means the use of social desirability tactics to get people to tip more.
To me, it means the culture around tipping as a whole, not just “having jobs where a significant or vast majority of their income is tips”.
That’s a very US centric opinion. What about places like Canada, where waitstaff, just like every other profession, are entitled to the minimum wage? In Ontario, that’s $17.50 an hour. I would argue that in such places, tipping should be entirely optional and seen as an added reward for good service, and forgoing a tip shouldn’t be seen as “abusing the employees”.
Tipping culture refers to having jobs where a significant or vast majority of their income is tips. Like 50%-95% of their income is tips, so tipping is expected. Tipping culture in the US is the culture where the meme takes place.
It is not referring to tipping as an option, which is what tipping should be.
You and I seem to have a different opinion on what Tipping culture means. To me, it means the practice of giving gratuities to service workers, which has turned into an expectation at most establishments, with the most recent development being the use of dark design to trick people into tipping more. Card readers now default the tipping prompts to 18%, 20% and 25% for “okay”, “good”, and “great” service. The option to skip a tip, even in places where you’re just picking up the food, is hidden two menus deep. It also means the use of social desirability tactics to get people to tip more. To me, it means the culture around tipping as a whole, not just “having jobs where a significant or vast majority of their income is tips”.
Businesses are trying to expand tipping culture into jobs that were not previously reliant on tips, and those are the steps on the way.