Way too much here to comment on, but a few thoughts come to mind.
- If you think tipping sucks, try doing a job where you rely on tips to be able to pay the rent and feed yourself. Keep in mind, in many, if not most cases, the wait staff has to tip-out bartenders and bussers, etc. And many times when things are wrong it's not their fault.
- Leaving a tip in a shitty way says more about you as a person than the tipping system. And if you leave it that way do you really think you're going to help the next person get better service? Hint: Not even remotely.
- Yes, you do tip a roofer or electrician, a livable wage is built into the price you pay for their service.
- All of you tip-adverse types should get to know what it's like to be on the other end of the transaction. There are certain behaviours that customs exhibit that scream, "I'm a crap tipper," when you do those things of course you won't get good service, why bust your ass for someone that's going to stiff you on the tip?
In general, I think everyone should have to do other peoples jobs for a month every year just so they don't forget what it's like to walk in someone else's shoes. The salesman should work in engineering to see how hard it is to make a product do what it was never intended to do. An engineer should see how hard it is to sell stuff to people that don't really need it. Etc. Etc.
why are we expected to tip?
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Way too much here to comment on, but a few thoughts come to mind.
- If you think tipping sucks, try doing a job where you rely on tips to be able to pay the rent and feed yourself. Keep in mind, in many, if not most cases, the wait staff has to tip-out bartenders and bussers, etc. And many times when things are wrong it's not their fault.
- Leaving a tip in a shitty way says more about you as a person than the tipping system. And if you leave it that way do you really think you're going to help the next person get better service? Hint: Not even remotely.
- Yes, you do tip a roofer or electrician, a livable wage is built into the price you pay for their service.
- All of you tip-adverse types should get to know what it's like to be on the other end of the transaction. There are certain behaviours that customs exhibit that scream, "I'm a crap tipper," when you do those things of course you won't get good service, why bust your ass for someone that's going to stiff you on the tip?
In general, I think everyone should have to do other peoples jobs for a month every year just so they don't forget what it's like to walk in someone else's shoes. The salesman should work in engineering to see how hard it is to make a product do what it was never intended to do. An engineer should see how hard it is to sell stuff to people that don't really need it. Etc. Etc.