Am I the only person who feels so so bullied by tip culture in restaurants that eating out is hardly enjoyable anymore?

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[u/sassybaxch]

I just went to a concert and got a $40 t-shirt from the merchandise table. I paid on the iPad and it gave me options for a 4, 5, or 6 dollar tip.

[u/racesunite → u/sassybaxch]

It’s ridiculous that tipping culture has extended that far

[u/Professor_Smartax]

No, but this is the most first-world problem I have ever heard of.

If you can afford to eat at a restaurant expensive enough that the tip seems burdensome, you can afford the tip.

What should bother you is that waiters and others are paid so little that they can't eat or pay their bills if they don't get tips.

[u/boywonder5691]

I have always been a fair tipper and I will not feel an ounce of guilt if I don't give into all the extra bs.

As an aside, learning how to cook has saved me thousands of dollars. Its totally worth it and fun.

[u/[deleted]]

I think after demanding tips from self checkout it needs to be outlawed.

[u/ShesSoBored]

The girl at my local sandwich shop audibly scoffed when I dropped a dollar in the tip bin. I'm still like... mad about it.

[u/[deleted]]

Why are we being asked to tip at a dog daycare??? That’s like tipping at a regular daycare. Next the vet will expect a tip. I’m tired of tipping people for doing the bare minimum: their job!

[u/[deleted]]

I’m appalled at the tip requests at fast food places now

[u/rotatingruhnama]

I almost never go out to a sit down meal. It's just not in the budget too much, and it's pretty exhausting to go out with a small child who wants to climb and fidget.

I budget for a meal, tax and tip. I don't mind tipping*. I look at the menu in advance.

But restaurant owners love to nickel and dime with bullshit mystery fees that show up on the bill. Covid recovery fee (didn't my taxes already cover that?), staff health care fee (that's the employer's responsibility), cost of living fee (sir my sandwich already costs 25 percent more), fee for the fuck of it fee, fee fi fo fum fee.

It's just aggravating, it makes what should be a nice meal with my family feel like I'm getting scammed at a sketchy car dealership.

It's not worth it. I'll just cook at home.

*Though yeah, with tips I'm super sick of those giant screens being flipped around at me everywhere I go, so everyone in my small town knows how much I tip. I've definitely noticed nosy-ass people staring, and I don't like feeling like it's a strategy.