I always tip 30% at bars and I get excellent service and the bartenders tell the girls I’m hitting on that I’m a good guy. Tipping well has got me laid via social proof from tipping.

Tipping isn’t necessary but it benefits you in the long run

Maybe there are no repercussions for you this time. But unless you plan on never returning to a place where you stiffed the wait staff, you're just asking for shitty service because I can guarantee they will remember you and they will tell the other staff that you don't tip.

Yes, employers should pay their waitstaff actual wages, but the reality is that they don't. By not tipping, you're affecting someone's ability make a living. That's shitty imo.

This is the worst LPT I've ever seen.

As a biker, I feel your frustration

The bogus wage setup you are describing should be fixed.

Agreed. It's shitty for employers to stiff the wait staff by not paying them properly.

No repercussions FOR YOU, maybe. The servers and their families will bear the repercussions of your decision.

Instead of shaming OP or anyone who believes this, maybe pressure employers and restaurant owners into giving out decent liveable wages for their employees?

That will then make tips into a sort of bonus money, not an absolute necessity.

Ever think about that?

I guess some people think it's not the employer's responsibility to pay their employees properly or these people think it's acceptable for employers to take advantage of employees. It's one or the other.

You're taking it out on the employees though. If you don't agree with what the employers are doing, don't eat there.

Employers should pay their employees a good wage so you can get good service too.

Try open water swimming if it’s available near you!

That's really unfair that servers have to tip out to other staff too. They really should take this issue up with their employer.

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If you dine in a restaurant and do not tip, you are only hurting the servers while supporting their bogus wage setup.

LPT: be an asshole

Nope, it's a shitty excuse to stiff the wait staff and blame the restaurant. Have fun saving a few bucks to fuck over someone else

While this may seem controversial to people living in USA, this is how it's supposed to be and this is how it is in the rest of the world. Employers should pay fair amount to their workers and people should only pay to restaurants for the food they ate. If they liked the food or the service, it's upto the customer to give tip. Why is it so difficult to grasp?

I thought employers are supposed to pay their employees?

This, my friends, is a life amateur tip. Or a life bush league tip. Definitely not a life pro tip.

If you are a repeat customer you get shit service though. Just saying. This also happens if you tip low.

Employers should pay them for their time.

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You know you’re taking up their time that could be spent on someone else who tips, right?

"The servers are giving you good service? Great! That's what you pay them for (in your tip)." There, I fixed it.

Then ER nurses deserve more.