Hey Folks!

I’ve been living abroad for over half my life in a country where tipping is not the norm. At most you would round up. 19€ bill? Here’s a 20, keep this change.

Going to the US soon to visit family and the whole idea of tipping makes me nervous. It seems there’s a lot of discussion about getting rid of tipping, but I don’t know how much has changed in this regard.

The system seems ridiculously unfair, and that extra expense in a country where everything is already so expensive really makes a difference.

So will AITA if I don’t tip? Is it really my personal responsibility to make sure my server is paid enough?

  • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    You enter a social compact when you enter an establishment that does tipping. When you don’t tip, you’re not making it better, your making sure someone goes hungry

    • c0mplexx@feddit.de
      1·
      1 year ago

      if:
      a. a person “has” to rely on other people to tip them
      b. said person goes “hungry” if a single person/table doesn’t tip them

      you… uh… have other issues to think about