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Do you think tipping is to extravagant?

Update:

When is the last time you got paid extra for doing your job? Where can you get a 15% return on your money? Bank savings accounts typically pay a fraction of one percent. Tipping encourages employers to pay low wages and takes workers incentive away to look for a better job. Restaurant work is supposed to be temporary to gain experience while young, not a lifelong career. In many countries, tipping is considered offensive. 

Update 2:

Let's use $50 for a meal. 50 x 15% = 7.50 Tip | If it takes you waiter 2 minutes to take your order, 2 minutes to bring the food, and 2 minutes to collect the dirty dishes, a total of 6 minutes is dedicated to your table. There are 10 6-minute periods in an hour. Therefore the 15% tip = 10 x 7.50 or $75 per hour. Someone walking fast and serving several tables can exceed this amount. Meanwhile, the bank is paying you 0.02% on your savings account. 

Update 3:

Everyone seems to support tipping. What if you are in a drive through window and the server hands you a bag of food from the window? They spent time taking your order, filling your order, and handing it to you through a window. Do you give them 15%? I'm just doing the math and tipping just don't make sense when savings account pay less than 1% on your money. Should we have a monetary penalty just for eating?

Update 4:

Speaking of eating, suppose you give a 15% tip at the restaurant. That same food goes through your digestive system and eventually, you find yourself in the lavatory at an equally expensive restaurant. Should you leave the attendant a 15% tip for cleaning the toilet and wash basin? What about the floor you walk on? If you do, you've paid 30% for the privilege of eating. Your bank savings account is still paying less than 1% on your money. 

9 Answers

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 year ago

    No. It is necessary and just polite. Even if you can't give the 10/15% it is rude not to tip at all.

  • Don't you get paid at least minimum wage? They aren't getting extra they are earning their money period.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 year ago

    I don't tip if I get attitude.  And they do me no favors, then they get 10%.

  • 🦋
    Lv 6
    1 year ago

    tipping people is great just dont go all out lol i think $3 - $7 is plenty not $15

  • Anonymous
    1 year ago

    yes....................................

  • Erik
    Lv 7
    1 year ago

    It sounds like you're just looking for excuses to be cheap.  No one is asking for $20, or a piece of your net worth.  Just a few dollars from each customer is fine.  If you're spending $50 on your dinner, you can obviously afford it.

  • Not at all. Don't like it? Learn to cook or don't frequent places that have waitstaff.

  • 1 year ago

    No, I don't. In the countries where tipping is looked down on, they pay servers a living wage and it is charged on restaurant bills. Until the US adopts that model and raises prices to cover that model, tipping is reasonable.

  • Bob
    Lv 7
    1 year ago

    No I don't think tipping is too extrvagent and in the USA it's not considered offensive.

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