YEEESSSSS!!!! THIS!!! I'm first in line to sign!!!
I wish I could go around asking random people to pay me a second time just for showing up to work!
It's even worse in California, where not only are servers making at least minimum wage now with inflated tip expectations (they say 20% is STANDARD), since restaurants have the gall to add a 3-10% ADDITIONAL "service fee" to "help cover the cost of our additional staff, such as green staff and bussers."
I worked for years as a server where I made less than minimum wage ($2.50/hr to be exact) and expected to makeup/exceed the gap with tips AND tip 10% of my wages to the bussers. Some of these servers now make more than I do, hourly (yes, I've considered going back, but a 53 year old body is far different than a 25 year old one), at places that apparently now expect me to pay for my food, the person who cooked it, brought it to me, and cleaned up the table after I left.
Except that is what I ALREADY paying for before all this insanity began.
I don't begrudge the fact that it's an almost Herculean feat to succeed in the restaurant industry these days. But this is unsustainable--talk about biting the hand that feeds you. It's almost enough to make one move to Europe.
Welcome to the petition line!! :-) You get it!! Seriously, what's next? Tipping at the grocery store because they bagged your groceries? Or because the cashier gave you the privilege of giving them the money for how much groceries cost?
Even thought I spent months of the past couple years in CA, I never noticed that additional service fee, probably because they sneak it in there like non-Southwest Airlines and obfuscate it with language that means...I'm not sure what.
Your perspective has extra clout because you worked in a tipping industry and can still see that it's gotten out of hand. Now that you mention it, I did love that in Europe it was totally not expected and often not welcome.
The service fee isn't everywhere, only in more bougie restaurants or areas. I also think it's less than it was as people started complaining about it. I've noticed it at some restaurants in the Pier 39 area of San Francisco, in the hipster districts and downtown LA. Sometimes they even have the guts to call it a courtesy fee. Like we're charging you--to extend you the courtesy of dining at our establishment 😡.
I've stopped tipping for simple counter service too. It's all just too much. Prices are increasing yet it seems like that cash isn't going to the employee's salaries (shocking). Then I learned that at many places even the tips on these machines don't go to the workers - the business just keeps them!
No thanks. I feel bad sometimes and I try to tip generously in situations I know/reasonably expect the person will be getting the money but getting a prompt every time I purchase something just isn't it.
I err on the side of tipping since I once upon a time worked for tips, but tipping 15-20% for the pleasure of watching me tap my bank card rankles a bit. I feel better about it when screens are set to dollar amounts rather than percentages. I’m more than happy to give a dollar or two for a self-serve purchase when the person at the counter was pleasant and efficient. If the option is not there, I add it using the Custom button.
YEEESSSSS!!!! THIS!!! I'm first in line to sign!!!
I wish I could go around asking random people to pay me a second time just for showing up to work!
It's even worse in California, where not only are servers making at least minimum wage now with inflated tip expectations (they say 20% is STANDARD), since restaurants have the gall to add a 3-10% ADDITIONAL "service fee" to "help cover the cost of our additional staff, such as green staff and bussers."
I worked for years as a server where I made less than minimum wage ($2.50/hr to be exact) and expected to makeup/exceed the gap with tips AND tip 10% of my wages to the bussers. Some of these servers now make more than I do, hourly (yes, I've considered going back, but a 53 year old body is far different than a 25 year old one), at places that apparently now expect me to pay for my food, the person who cooked it, brought it to me, and cleaned up the table after I left.
Except that is what I ALREADY paying for before all this insanity began.
I don't begrudge the fact that it's an almost Herculean feat to succeed in the restaurant industry these days. But this is unsustainable--talk about biting the hand that feeds you. It's almost enough to make one move to Europe.
Welcome to the petition line!! :-) You get it!! Seriously, what's next? Tipping at the grocery store because they bagged your groceries? Or because the cashier gave you the privilege of giving them the money for how much groceries cost?
Even thought I spent months of the past couple years in CA, I never noticed that additional service fee, probably because they sneak it in there like non-Southwest Airlines and obfuscate it with language that means...I'm not sure what.
Your perspective has extra clout because you worked in a tipping industry and can still see that it's gotten out of hand. Now that you mention it, I did love that in Europe it was totally not expected and often not welcome.
The service fee isn't everywhere, only in more bougie restaurants or areas. I also think it's less than it was as people started complaining about it. I've noticed it at some restaurants in the Pier 39 area of San Francisco, in the hipster districts and downtown LA. Sometimes they even have the guts to call it a courtesy fee. Like we're charging you--to extend you the courtesy of dining at our establishment 😡.
I've stopped tipping for simple counter service too. It's all just too much. Prices are increasing yet it seems like that cash isn't going to the employee's salaries (shocking). Then I learned that at many places even the tips on these machines don't go to the workers - the business just keeps them!
No thanks. I feel bad sometimes and I try to tip generously in situations I know/reasonably expect the person will be getting the money but getting a prompt every time I purchase something just isn't it.
I err on the side of tipping since I once upon a time worked for tips, but tipping 15-20% for the pleasure of watching me tap my bank card rankles a bit. I feel better about it when screens are set to dollar amounts rather than percentages. I’m more than happy to give a dollar or two for a self-serve purchase when the person at the counter was pleasant and efficient. If the option is not there, I add it using the Custom button.