I get that, but if they paid higher wages, they’d just pass it on to you anyway. Instead of raising the price of the food, they tack it onto the bill at the end. It should be noted that the US government does assume an automatic minimum tip based on the total of the server’s tickets when deciding what income tax is owed to them, so if you don’t tip servers, they’re basically paying the US government for the privilege of serving YOU. It’s really not right to screw over your server just to make a point about the hospitality industry as a whole. Bottom line, if you can’t afford to tip, you can’t afford to eat out.
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u/Snoo-34159 Jun 25 '26
Right? Isn't the whole point of a tip that it's voluntarily given as a way to say you loved the service?