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Tipping culture - what do you tip? (thetakeout.com)
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Here in WA state, the minimum wage per hour is $15.74 (higher in some areas). Tipping culture says 20%, but that's generally to support lower paid waitstaff in areas that can pay less than minimum wage by employers. Where/What are you tipping and what kind of service would you expect for a 20% tip?

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[–] Chobbes@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

The proliferation of this stuff has started to make me far less receptive to being asked to tip. I've basically started to make a mental rule to hit "no tip" on every square terminal I encounter to guard myself from the guilt and pressure when it's a really absurd tipping situation like a self checkout, or picking something up or whatever. I really don't want to be an asshole, and I do try my best to tip in the appropriate situations... But I actually hate it so much that I avoid patronizing services where tips are expected. I just find navigating this to be more mental effort than I can spare most of the time and I hate second guessing myself about how much to tip or if to tip at all, and I just always feel taken advantage of or like I didn't do enough... I usually just suck it up and tip when in doubt, but I really don't like how it makes me feel. I just want everybody to be able to make a good living and to not have to think about any of this and have the price just be the price (with taxes included too, by god).