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Fuck off

Or you could go one better by flipping it open at the counter in front of the register, asking for a napkin and a glass of water and dining in.

You’re tipping because you feel guilty that they’re underpaid. And it must work

The service fee at Little Grand covers the tip.

follow money. Obviously its not a congressman posting on reddit. But ignoring that Heritage and GOP want to send this message on full blast everywhere, what makes people think they wouldnt have employees who they pay posting in reddit? They spend millions to do the same messaging on traditional media.

Theyve been caught doing this on FFX Underground btw

How do you think the whole transgender freakout started spreading in Virginia before the gubernatorial race? It started on reddit/ffx underground/nextdoor --- not from some massive media pay on tv.

They create the fake outrage, then they say, look at this outrage we have to stop this woke agenda things! Then they really get going on changing policy with the idea that the outrage that they manufactured is what the people want.

Is DC's crime up? Yea. Its not great, I wish the police would do more. Is it a crisis? No not really, its not some enormous spike that overrides all other facets of life in the city. But they want people to think we live in New Jack and buildings are on fire and the people hide indoors to avoid criminals.

I order from red light through grub hub and just see a 10% sales tax on my most recent pick up order

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i think that argument during the beginning of covid held a lot of weight. i think that argument still holds weight if you're eating in person, inside. you're exposing yourself to a virus that can cripple you for life for fun, but the waiters just have jobs, you know? but a pickup fee is ridiculous. on delivery, i pay 20% on delivery and sometimes that means that takeout from a restaurant isn't in the cards, and i should get takeout from dominos instead, or cook. just because it's not in your budget doesn't mean it's unreasonable.

Is this a case of, ~~mY FrEedUms~~? The power you hold on deciding someone’s wages? If they look at you a little funny, do you deduct from them? If they make a mistake are you deducting from the tip? Have you ever made a mistake at work? Do they deduct from your salary?

You literally admit you’d leave 20% anyways. These threads and this mandatory tip outrage in this subreddit are getting so old. Two of the top three posts are about this. You guys would complain if there were no service workers willing to work and no bustling city full of good places to eat and then also complain about paying mandatory tips.

I have a whole family. It's not different.

I stopped ordering take out and started doing pick up only. Then all the crazy dine-in fees and tip culture creeped into pickup orders, so we just cook at home now. We make it part of family time. Having a family in this area is mind-numbingly expensive. Daycare costs are insane. Food costs are going up so fast. As a single person, I wouldn't have noticed a 10-20% difference in my food budget. But feeding a family of 4, plus occasional in-laws/guests, the increases really take a toll on the budget.

So no more restaurants for me for a few years, I guess.

Call Red Light and place phone order. Order pizzas for pickup with expectation that you will pay at pickup. Don’t pickup said pizzas. Ownership is stuck feeling like jackasses and the hourly staff, who have zero control over shitty ownership, hopefully gets to enjoy eating the “dead food”.

Enjoying the common sense in this subreddit, gives me hope

F no.

Wouldn’t a petition to tell the city to build homeless shelters and support systems be more productive than a petition to allow people who are typically drug-addicted and mentally ill and need serious help to continue to live in their own filth?

You’re more concerned about alleviating the symptoms than finding a cure. This ain’t progressive.

Don’t let them gaslight you. 20% tip is fine.

This, I tip damn well and it's frankly silly but here we are - but fuck this shit 100%.

Or their judgement.

20-25% isn’t cheap — don’t base anything off of a twitter thread.

You are aware this is the Suitland metro station, right? But you parked your card there anyway? You see where I’m going with this?