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    • MizmazzleM
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      @Jett129 I have next to zero experience at a BYOB establishment. But if I brought in a six pack and just cracked them open myself, I’d have a hard time being expected to add the $12 bucks I paid for that beer to be expectedly added to the meal tab as well for tip purposes.

      Like has been said…we have a policy in our house we call “Tipping from the Heart.” I’ll happily tip 40-50% sometimes if the service was lights out. But the increasing expectation to tip in every fast food joint, tip before the pizza ever hits the door, or just to take my order on a take out meal as a baseline when the service sucks…fuck off!

      In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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      • BrianB
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        BYO here there is always a corkage fee per bottle normally $10-$20 which is added even if the establishment doesn’t even touch the bottle they do provide the glasses and venue where it’s consumed
        As for tipping not a chance when most of the time workers will be on late night or Sunday penalty rates and will be earning over $60 an hour

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        • Walery SmirnoffW
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          Tips will drive you crazy))) Guys, it's easier for me to drink vodka at home with scrambled eggs. Restaurants are a show-off

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          • GilesG
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            I am in France at moment, tipping is not a thing. If I do round the bill up a few bucks, it’s met with a certain amount of surprise, if I don’t, it really is no big deal. As a visitor to the US, tipping is super stressful. FFS just be a civilised country and pay your staff a fair wage.

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            • N
              NickD
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              @Giles said in Random Rants:

              I am in France at moment, tipping is not a thing. If I do round the bill up a few bucks, it’s met with a certain amount of surprise, if I don’t, it really is no big deal. As a visitor to the US, tipping is super stressful. FFS just be a civilised country and pay your staff a fair wage.

              I can't upvote this enough. Tipping is meant to be a bit extra for great service, not an excuse for underpaying staff.

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              • I
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                The stress of knowing who and how much to tip in the US genuinely removes all enjoyment from any eating and drinking experience. I have loved all my trips over there but the tipping culture and expectation is ridiculous.

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                • GilesG
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                  If I have no US Dollars on me, I start stressing on the plane over. There are a million and one “opportunities” to tip between the plane and the hotel room.

                  Japan is such an immense breath of fresh air in this respect.

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  • BrianB
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                    Tipping is creeping in here slowly,When I was over in Sydney every bar / pub had tips turned on the card machine each time I just hit no, I stood waiting at the bar ordered what I wanted and the staff did their job of pouring it, that’s not tip worthy

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                    • endoE
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                      I like tipping to express that I appreciate someone's service and hospitality. But then it's up to me if and how much I tip. I very much dislike it if there is any kind of obligation. And I find it hard to bear when it's there to bring the salary of someone who works hard up to a decent level because the exploitative employer doesn't do it himself. There are efforts recognizable over here in Europe that tipping is becoming an obligation, at least in gastronomy. I hope it's not going to work and remains a sign of appreciation.

                      si tacuisses

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                      • S
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                        Tipping is such a long-lived institution here in the US that it’s not a matter of businesses “underpaying”. There is a tipped minimum wage that is orders of magnitude lower than the minimum in other industries. It’s $2.13 per hour. Generations of restaurants have built this labor cost into their operations budgets. They don’t really decide to do it—most places couldn’t operate without it without lots of other changes throughout the industry. In places where they’ve raised that minimum, it’s had to be done slowly, and with tax breaks to defray the cost until they could build it in.

                        There are very few places that have decided to pay more just because it’s the right thing to do.

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                        • goosehdG
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                          @Mizmazzle said in Random Rants:

                          @SKT your damn she’d dude!!

                          Translation please??

                          "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                          • AlexA
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                            @goosehd shed, not she'd (classic phone autocorrect)

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                            • AlexA
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                              The shed in question..
                              Screenshot 2025-07-21 at 12.54.07.png

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                              • goosehdG
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                                Thank you. I was wondering if he drank a little too much in Scotland.

                                "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                • endoE
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                                  @sabergirl said in Random Rants:

                                  the minimum ... is $2.13 per hour.

                                  that would be illegal in pretty much every country in the EU

                                  si tacuisses

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                                  • mclaincauseyM
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                                    @sabergirl said in Random Rants:

                                    Tipping is such a long-lived institution here in the US that it’s not a matter of businesses “underpaying”. There is a tipped minimum wage that is orders of magnitude lower than the minimum in other industries. It’s $2.13 per hour. Generations of restaurants have built this labor cost into their operations budgets. They don’t really decide to do it—most places couldn’t operate without it without lots of other changes throughout the industry. In places where they’ve raised that minimum, it’s had to be done slowly, and with tax breaks to defray the cost until they could build it in.

                                    There are very few places that have decided to pay more just because it’s the right thing to do.

                                    And when they do, and have to raise prices to do so, they get lambasted by the public for being “overpriced.”

                                    It’s a very difficult situation. And tip culture and practices have now bled into other service industries, even when the “service” provided is quite minimal.

                                    Think it, be it.

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                                    • MizmazzleM
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                                      @Alex auto correct indeed strikes again. At least in this case the offending apostrophe didn’t remove any letters of intended purpose.

                                      @goosehd i think summer vacation is more to blame then my whiskey consumption on this one. I’ve let my teacher instincts of proof reading slip in my summer laze. Which leads to my next rant!!

                                      We’ve been short changed a week of summer break in my school district this year due to calendar shifts. We have to return a week earlier. Sure, we get an extra week next summer…but what the hell does that do for me now!!?

                                      In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                                      • Tago MagoT
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                                        @Mizmazzle said in Random Rants:

                                        summer vacation is more to blame then than my whiskey consumption

                                        One more mistake and you'll be held back

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                                        • EdHE
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                                          @Brian said in Random Rants:

                                          had tips turned on the card machine each time I just hit no

                                          I once typed in my PIN, having missed the fact that the waitress had handed me the machine on the screen where it was asking for how much I wanted to tip. I then thought something on the machine had effed up, so typed in my PIN again and hit Enter. I don't want to get into what my PIN number is exactly, but I'll say that the first digit is a higher one... Anyway, I sheepishly had to ask for a refund which was almost triple the original bill once I realised my mistake.

                                          Take the dive...

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                                          • goosehdG
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                                            @EdH …that’s painful and extremely funny. I’ll keep that in mind to double check from now on.

                                            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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