Should the practice of tipping be abolished?

[Kingofkings1992]

I think it should be. I think it’s very demoralizing and leaves a level of uncertainty when it comes to a person’s income. Are we able to dock a doctor’s pay if we feel unsatisfied with their services? No we aren’t. So why should a server be any different? Tipping is obviously unfair to both the server and customer. Why should I feel like I’m obligated to tip a higher sum of money if I order a $200 bottle of wine as opposed to a $30 bottle. Maybe we can just start… idk… pay them a wage they can live off of?

Yes

No

[madhatters4]

i don't think we abolish tipping per se but as we do it in america it needs to change. most other countries have figured out a way to compensate wait staffs for service without having diners at the end of the meals figure out how much they are going to offer up.

and i 100% agree about the discrepancy in tipping in pricey restaurants vs less pricey

if i tip 20% why should i tip a waiter/waitress in a steak house $60 vs $6 at the applebees. they did the same thing. they're service isn't why the bill $300 vs $30

[OddBeMe]

Well…toughy. Utopia? Sure. But restaurants and the food industry has a structure where tipping is involved. Take that away, and most restaurants would probably close.

Transition to a mandated salary for wait staff? Perhaps that could work. There would be a govt cost to help fund the transition but I think, like saving GM, the govt will be paid back in droves with a better economy.

[Anonymous]

I used to live in California. When they raised the minimum wage the restaurant I waitresses in raised their prices and people stopped coming and those that did didn't tip too much like before. You might think no tips but you getting paid more, no my hours got cut as nobody was coming anymore and they needed less staff. The restaurant like others went to the wall. Truthfully I made more from tips alone than what I would have got from the rise in minimum wage.

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

I think they should just pay them a living wage instead of expecting us to tip, but that's coming from someone who tips really well. I do know that if they did that though, the cost of food and services would go up making everything really expensive.

[Kingofkings1992]

True. There’s no perfect system unfortunately

[BarryLiverstone]

Tipping is mainly done in the service areas where a person is giving effort (or not giving effort) for a customer. These are not high paying jobs as is so if you took away tips many of these people would have to get another job

[BarryLiverstone]

Your example of a doctor vs a server.. a doctor goes to uni for years and has to get special training to perform their service. A server in a restaurant may be hired with no experience. The rates of pay are vastly different between the two on average so the server can make some of the delta up in tips if they hustle and satisfy the customer.

[Kingofkings1992]

I know that. I’m saying they should be paid any hourly wage they can live off of.

[Kingofkings1992]

An**

[BarryLiverstone]

That’s done in some countries. They don’t have tipping so the restaurant just passes the costs off directly to the customer. Your $30 bottle of wine becomes a $45 bottle to cover overhead.

[BarryLiverstone]

www.businessinsider.com/hate-tipping-here-are-12-countries-where-you-dont-have-to-2014-4

[Whatthefluff]

I think it helps restaurants out; we’d probably lose a lot of small businesses without tipping culture for service staff.

[Anonymous]

It should only be in full-service restaurants, not every chicken shack and coffee house. They try to make it mandatory now at up to 30% or more plus "health insurance fees" and everything else. I won't do it.

[chicken_nugget24]

No, as someone who has worked in the hospitality and catering industry, tips are mostly te things that keep up going

[Shamalien]

Good service deserves more compensation. There should be an incentive for working harder. Go back to china commie

[Kingofkings1992]

Dumbass I said that they should get paid more

[Shamalien]

“I don’t understand economics” said the ape.

Try owning a restaurant, or even just speaking to a restaurant owner. By the way, I never commented on them being paid more or less, I said pay should be merit based. You want them all paid an equal wage regardless of how hard they work

Fking commie

[Drumlin2001]

Just realise if you abolish tipping, prices in restaurants will rise so they can pay staff more.

[BootsLover94]

Yes why we must pay their staff salary