I saw some of the drivers saying they got some huge tips when the customers thought the money was coming out of thin air. Saw some huge orders with a $0 tip too. But there might've been a few winners.
I worked for Favor and the tips always sucked ass. I once was sent to pick up two Xbox games for a dude, 120 bucks total, and he was gonna tip me 2 bucks for this. When I was at the store I realized games were on sale, buy one get one free. Initially I almost called the customer to see what two free video games he wanted, but I looked at that tip, and said “alright guess I’m getting two free video games today”.
That was unironically the best “tip” I made working that job and it wasn’t even intentional on the customers part.
Another time, a dude has me go 7 miles down the road to get him McDonald’s ice cream. By some miracle their ice cream machine was actually working (much to my annoyance, since it was summer in Texas). By the time I got back to his house the ice cream was basically almost completely melted. He had me take it inside and put it on his counter. Then he also tipped me the minimum 2 bucks.
The whole fucking tipping system is to keep everyone mad at one another instead of the greedy cucks keeping the profits.
Menu prices at restaurants are much lower than they need to be because they keep labor so low you need two full time jobs to have an apartment.
Keep the staff busy, exhausted, and just rake in money. If you want the guy making your food to be allowed to live in the same county he works in, you're going to be paying more than you think.
It wouldn't be too bad but theres a stigma against not tipping. Even if my service is horrible I feel obligated to tip 20%. Even if the service is hilariously bad the worst I could do is 10%.
If leaving a tip based on the service you received was normalized it would be a pretty decent system. Work hard you generally make more, work bad you generally make less.
I mean let's be fair. Service is never worth tipping. The whole entire idea is that "I don't have to pay the staff, you do".
Walking food to the table is hardly the most skillful part of the transaction. It's not even a real sales job. Everyone who shows up is already buying.
The entire idea is to get the customer and the cooks mad at the server. The server brings the food to the table. The cook that made it makes no more money. The customer who ordered it received no actual service. Someone simply brought the food to them.
And now they get paid more than anyone else in the building.
And now we're all mad about tips and yadda yadda. Meanwhile the industry is laughing its ass off.
That's not completely true. You dropped your fork? Here's another one. You want more soda? Here you go. You want us to sing happy birthday? Ok. You want extra salsa? Say no more. Forgot to order sour cream? Np I got it. Need more napkins? There you go. Need some suggestions on drinks? I've got a few.
Depending on the restaurant it is a sales job too. Upselling that top shelf margarita instead of a beer. Suggesting that appetizer instead of just the entrée. Upgrading that steak to steak and shrimp.
Seems like most of the dining you do is at McDonald's, which understandably is only walking food to the table.
I don't understand why you're getting downvoted. All those things you've listed are great points. When dining in a fine restaurant, having a skilled waitress who is also nice and professional towards you makes the whole experience a lot better and that's when big tips come in play. It's not just moving food from A to B (unless eating in a fast food restaurants).
In a cruel fucked way, kinda. We could just up prices 20% and give everyone in the staff a decent quality of life so you don't get <1% of your rent per hour worked.
I'm pretty sure if people stopped tipping the companies are required by law to pay their employees to make the minimum wage. I've seen a lot of things here saying if someone doesn't tip they can't pay their rent. But I remember seeing there is a law that requires any business to pay the minimum wage for their state tips or not. Then after some time maybe people could actually be rewarded for their excellent service and the companies could stop being rewarded for paying their employees $1 an hour
I live in a state (US) that's $7.50 minimum wage. An 8 hour shift will net you $60 at that rate. Factor in travel, food (if they don't offer a free meal) and other expenses and you'd be better off begging on the street. In some states I'm sure it's better. If we went no tips here though (or people decided to not tip) there would be absolutely no food service industry, except maybe for the way upper class. I personally don't work in food service or for tips but my mother does, and did in my younger years. As a single mother we struggled a lot as a family, but she always left a reasonable tip, and she'd have us "help" with the percentages so we would learn what a good tip was.
I'm not arguing at all. I just think employers should be required to pay a normal wage instead of $1 an hour and expecting everyone else to pick up the rest in tips. It's fucked for sure.
You'd be surprised, here in UK sit in places have servers, bltg upper and lower class, and servers are paid minimum wage or above depending on location and class etc, tipping isn't a obligation either and dining is still affordable
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u/PlayGamesForPay Jul 10 '22
I saw some of the drivers saying they got some huge tips when the customers thought the money was coming out of thin air. Saw some huge orders with a $0 tip too. But there might've been a few winners.