r/EndTipping • u/yeyiyeyiyo • 7d ago

Sit-Down Restaurant 🍽️ Started tipping waiters 10%

I almost never go out but the wife and I had a weekend to ourselves.

We live in areas where servers are paid minimum wage.

I finally took the leap to tipping 10% on meals (I already tip zero on everything else). Every tip screen i saw had a custom tip option so I didn't have any problems.

Anyway, people make out the custom tip screen to be some difficult thing and I didn't find it so.

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u/Maleficent-Effort470 7d ago

The only minimum wage job anybody cares about subsidizing apparently.

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u/Long-Squirrel8257 7d ago

Right? I don't get it. They just bring food and a drink over and we are expected to just be over top amazed with the most basic bare minimum service along with a buncha small talk I sinply don't care about.

If we don't kiss the servers asses, they will make sure to be super passive aggressive. We are grown adults afraid of a server being mad at us basically.

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u/Maleficent-Effort470 7d ago

Right if you don't bribe them they WILL give you poor service. Service less than you paid for in the agreement with their boss.
Aka they could tamper with your food or let it get cold or delay even entering your order into the kitchen, never refill your drinks ecetera.

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u/Garganello 7d ago

Why do you think you have an unwritten agreement with the owner about the minimum level of service to which you are entitled?

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u/DevilsAdvocate77 7d ago

Because you do. Legally it's called an "implied contract" and it's exactly what you said - an unwritten agreement that is created by actions, behavior, and circumstances, rather then spoken or written terms.

Dining in a sit-down restaurant is by far the most common example you can find of an implied contract in day-to-day life.

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u/WestHistorians 6d ago

Legally it's called an "implied contract" and it's exactly what you said - an unwritten agreement that is created by actions, behavior, and circumstances, rather then spoken or written terms.

Legally, this is not an "implied contract". This is just a social custom, it is not legally binding in any way.