Woman Is Flabbergasted By Starbucks Barista Who Put Her Change Directly Into The Tip Jar, And People Start Questioning Tip Culture Once More

Service people EXPECT upwards of 20% and they throw shame all over the place if people don't. Saying things like if you can't afford a 25% tip then you can't afford to do this, that and anything else. Why is it my responsibility to supplement your income for your job choice? Because it isn't. I am not tipping a coffee person. I am not tipping takeaway. I will tip at a restaurant, BUT it is dependent on the service I was provided. I don't not tip there, but, it is not a given amount, no matter what is printed on the bottom of the receipt for suggested amounts - which always start at 18%. TBH I haven't gone to a restaurant since 2019 due to covid, and I don't miss that aspect at all.

THIS and it's not like tipping At a regular cafe gets you anywhere they still mess my order up and have attitude, unlike at a bar

I am with you more than 10000%. The craziest part is how "service industry" changes their ideas of tips depending on where they are.. you think those baristas tip at a hotel? For getting their tires done? A heavy UPS delivery? NOPE! Those are all service industries in which tips are accepted, but rarely given. I'm MUCH more likely to tip the UPS guy, carrying a 100lb box into my house because I can't lift it myself, a hotel housekeeper who made sure my room is spotless and damn near germ-free, or the guy who did my tires and gave me a discount- than a barista who hands me an already expensive drink.

Same, especially at places like SBUX, Panera, fast food joints, etc. At sit-down restaurants, where waiters are doing major balancing acts (literally and figuratively), then I tip....and you gotta do something phenomenally stupid for me not to tip at those places.

the thing is it isn't even like baristas need tips to make up their wages in the same way wait staff do. they get paid at least min wage, we're not expected to tip fast food employees so why now are baristas expected to be tipped the same as in a sit down restaurant like idk, Applebee's or Chili's or whatever

I agree, a tip is not given unless you earn it. Just showing up to work is not enough , you have give service first, that being said , hospitality workers should get paid more from employers , tips should be an extra , not an income

And a tip is given voluntarily, no one is entitled to a tip for sloppy service no matter how bad the wages are. That is a problem with the employer and not the responsibility of the customer. One poor excuse for a 'waiter' ran yelling all across the parking lot after us complaining with his grubby little hand out because his 'service' merited not a tip but a reprimand and I had given neither.