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Jun 27, 2017
4:38:51pm

Backcountry All-American

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Backcountry

Previous username: The Lone Wolf
New username: Simple Jack
Bio page: Backcountry
Joined: Sep 6, 2008
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What's the point of tipping? Paying above cost for good service, right?

Preppy

6/27/17 4:12pm

Set out a tip jar, see if anybody bites

Sea Chicken

6/27/17 4:15pm

Not the jar, the line on the check/receipt for tip.

Preppy

6/27/17 4:21pm

You can leave that blank too

Sea Chicken

6/27/17 4:22pm

The point of tipping is so businesses can be cheapskates, pay their employees dirt and rely on customers to be HR.

foofcoug

6/27/17 4:15pm

I refuse to tip

BigYfan

6/27/17 4:15pm

You mean for non-sit-down restaurants right?

Cashmeousside

6/27/17 4:17pm

expecting a tip is pan handling

BigYfan

6/27/17 4:43pm

Tipping is expected.

displacedute

6/27/17 5:12pm

You just strengthened my argument

BigYfan

6/27/17 5:14pm

Only person receiving a handout is you, buddy. You receive service and don't pay for it. Comes off cheap and broke.

Cashmeousside

6/27/17 5:15pm

It's not a handout.

displacedute

6/27/17 5:16pm

Until they make it illegal not to tip

BigYfan

6/27/17 5:29pm

It's people like you why BYU will never be invited to a P5 conference.

Hotty-Toddy-Reb

6/27/17 5:48pm

Lol

BigYfan

6/27/17 5:52pm

If you don't think money plays a role in these decisions, you're delusional.

Hotty-Toddy-Reb

6/27/17 5:55pm

Money yes

BigYfan

6/27/17 7:34pm

That's not fair.

displacedute

6/27/17 5:53pm

It's all part of the same argument.BYU fans don't spend enough $ on road games.

Hotty-Toddy-Reb

6/27/17 5:57pm

Yeah, but nobody cares if they tip.

displacedute

6/27/17 6:04pm

That's not true of all of us.

BengalCougar

6/27/17 6:34pm

I have not heard one single story of BYU fans at away games being

Fdnman

6/28/17 5:47am

BYU probably will never go P-5, but this is 1000% NOT the reason

Dissenter

6/28/17 9:02am

I hope the waiter/waitress spits in your food when you go out to eat. You can go ahead and try and argue why it's ok..

BengalCougar

6/27/17 6:31pm

Get off your high horse

BigYfan

6/27/17 6:36pm

Sure, it's optional. But it does say bad things about you if you don't.

BengalCougar

6/27/17 6:40pm

Its not optional if you receive decent service. That's why they are paid WAY BELOW minimum wage:

Finngirl

6/28/17 8:07am

How is it not optional?

BigYfan

6/28/17 9:28am

Only if you feel legal = non-optional, and not legally required = optional

Finngirl

6/28/17 12:35pm

But I have

BigYfan

6/28/17 12:49pm

OK, Mr. Pink

Kerbouchard

6/27/17 9:47pm

as far as I'm concerned, tipping is for service

Cougarclaw

6/27/17 4:16pm

Why tip someone for a job that I can easily do myself?

Caboom

6/27/17 4:18pm

Great minds think alike

IceBlueCoug

6/27/17 4:19pm

My Philosophy

IceBlueCoug

6/27/17 4:18pm

To pay the wage of the person serving you

KingDave

6/27/17 4:19pm

None of them make under minimum wage.

IGlowInTheDark

6/27/17 4:25pm

This new(ish) thing with the iPad and the tip screen has turned me off

BYUFBDAD

6/27/17 4:20pm

So, earlier someone was saying they didn't think Mormons are cheap

CocaColaRecovery

6/27/17 4:21pm

I don't think this is exclusively a Mormon thing... But good try

gmj81

6/27/17 4:38pm

My overall question was about being prompted tip at fast food...coolcats below.

Preppy

6/27/17 5:29pm

One of my most hated things we do in America. I don't mind paying a bit

Fdnman

6/27/17 4:22pm

I'm not sure what the restaurant industry currently thinks tipping should be

Nat Gas Man

6/27/17 4:23pm

I only ask for two things for good service...keep my water glass full and don't

Fdnman

6/27/17 4:24pm

Tipping is supposed to be 15% minimum, though it seems to be rising to 20%

CougarVeteran

6/27/17 4:26pm

I would say that 15 is still the minimum, but 20 is the standard.

Cashmeousside

6/27/17 4:30pm

Yes, more or less what I meant

CougarVeteran

6/27/17 4:37pm

I don't think I have tipped less than 15% for a long time, but having grown up

Nat Gas Man

6/27/17 4:38pm

Tipping is an odd mix of paying for service, salary shifting, and charity.

Paco

6/27/17 4:24pm

I think that if people want to not tip in a sit down restaurant they should tell the waiter beforehand

Cashmeousside

6/27/17 4:27pm

RE: I think that if people want to not tip in a sit down restaurant they should

IGlowInTheDark

6/27/17 4:31pm

I understand that. Even still, is minimum wage a fair wage for the work performed? That's like 1-2 dollars/table

Cashmeousside

6/27/17 4:33pm

What's fair? It's a job. Want more money? Get in back and wash dishes.

IGlowInTheDark

6/27/17 4:37pm

Providing service to a table is a rare transaction in that you don't know your payment until after. That said, there is

Cashmeousside

6/27/17 4:42pm

OK then let me go back and get my own food and give my own order

BigYfan

6/27/17 4:45pm

They could charge more and call it "fast pass"

IGlowInTheDark

6/27/17 4:47pm

Sounds like home? If that's the experience you want, maybe you should eat there instead?

Cashmeousside

6/27/17 4:47pm

eating out is when I don't want to cook or shop for groceries

BigYfan

6/27/17 4:54pm

You'd wait less time if you weren't known for being a horrible tipper.

displacedute

6/27/17 6:06pm

It's not just a city in China

Backcountry

6/27/17 4:38pm

here are some notes....

Nat Gas Man

6/27/17 4:53pm

Funny this very thing has been bothering me lately

coolcats

6/27/17 4:55pm

that particular piece was pushed down from Visa/MC/AMEX to drive revenue

Nat Gas Man

6/27/17 5:00pm

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Nat Gas Man

6/27/17 5:07pm

Exactly ... it's big (and small) corporations profiting off of social pressure

coolcats

6/27/17 5:15pm

It aids the cows

Florwood

6/27/17 5:10pm

I tip on the low side much of the time. Most places, they're never going to see me again anyway.

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