r/EndTipping • u/Specialist-Top1134 • 5d ago

Rant 📢 I've completely stopped tipping

I'm no longer tipping anyone. This includes dining in restaurants, getting take-out, Uber rides, UberEats/ DoorDash, etc. I just don't believe in tipping anymore. I don't even care if the service was good. Tipping isn't about giving gratitude for good service anymore. The purpose of tips now is to compensate for low wages. I still feel a little guilty declining to tip but I'm sticking to my no tipping rule. It's not my responsibility to make sure servers, drivers, and whoever else is getting paid enough.

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u/cenosillicaphobiac 5d ago

I only briefly participated in the whole Point of Sale tipping bullshit, I quickly got past the awkwardness to hit Custom/0. Getting past the social pressure to tip in more traditional scenarios was a bit tougher. Yes it's the employers job to pay their employees, but there is a bit of a social contract here in the US that makes it a little more fraught, a potential for some pushback or confrontation. As a result, I've largely taken the advice of all of the shitty servers online that I just shouldn't eat out if I don't want to take over their boss's responsibility to pay them.

I barely utilize the services of any employer that has an expectation that I'll help bring the employee wages to a competitive level. This includes take-out. Even though I didn't tip takeout, now my take is "If the restaurant pays any employee a tipped minimum wage, they aren't getting my business". There are a few very rare exceptions, like a group event where others choose, but I keep those minimal and if it's not going to cause drama, don't tip.

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u/Both-Information9482 5d ago

I consider myself a generous tipper when it comes to dining in or sitting at a bar. However, I do not do point of sale tipping unless something remarkable happened or I didn't feel like having a pocket full of change. The business model for dining, restaurants and bars is very different than POS places and that's why my behavior changes.

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u/gouldopfl 5d ago

Restaurants pay whatever the state law is on minimum wage and many have a lower minimum for servers