/ck/ - Food & Cooking

you guys need to understand tipping is a self regulating system, it rewards people who tip well and incentivizes good service in return based off perceived compensation. There is no hard minimum, but it's a standard courtesy to leave a tip for good service, and a better tip for outstanding service.

Why? Because it enforces the feedback loop. Good service stays good because the incentive never goes away, the employee is always going to work for the tip which benefits both parties because the employee eventually works his way up to making bigger tips and really cashing out. It's a win win.

Also I can't tell you how many times I've dined abroad and just been totally appalled at the amount of time I had to wait to see a waiter or staff member. Yes I've had good service some places but a lot of places I felt abandoned at my table. I gladly left zero tip, they clearly didn't deserve anything.

Now some may not prefer to be annoyed and would rather just play a flat fee regardless, but that is simply not how it works here. These jobs are low skill as it is, by keeping them tip restricted, they shift the burden of performance from the company to the employee. This is a benefit to both the employee and the company because it allows both to control their own destiny. If the employees provides good service, he will get tipped accordingly, which will result in the customer coming back which rewards the company owner.

It's just the most logical system. People hate it because they don't understand it, and they take personal offense to it when it has a time and a place. Really your parents should have taught you anytime someone does something small for you with their hands, like bring your bags up to your room, park your car, clean your shoes, cut your hair, rub your dick, you tip them. It's just the bare minimum if we are trying to be polite.

I hope everyone understands now and has a better idea of why the tipping system is superior and still exists.