People in the US - Do you tip at the register?

[noisyturtle]

I feel like there is this new forced stigma for tipping at the register. Something I straight up refuse to do, ever.
Way I see it is, you tip for service, not someone doing the job they are already getting hourly for. You don't tip the person at a grocery store, you don't tip the dude at 7-11, why the hell would you tip the person who rang you up?
I think it all started with coffee shops and Starbucks having that tip jar there, which seemed optional. Now it factors it into your total by % and adds it, and you have to take it off manually when you pay. Like they are trying to guilt you out of another 20%. Even at a nonfood place, I have been prompted for tips at freaking clothing stores! It is straight up out of control, and I refuse to give in.

How do you feel about guilt-tipping, and tipping for things that a few years ago never had tipping added?

For the record, I do tip at sit down restaurants or for deliveries. But if you work in retail, or fast food, sorry you do not get tipped for doing nothing.

[tp4tissue]

Easy, never tip, let capitalism destroy itself.

[fohat.digs]

for deliveries

I  HATE  the entire concept of tipping - unless it is for service above and beyond the norm. I wish there was no such thing.

[chyros]

I was told on multiple occasions that NOT tipping in the US is simply not done, because the staff are badly underpaid and are reliant on tips to get by. As though the cost of the staff's wage is not included in the bill by default.

[tp4tissue]

I was told on multiple occasions that NOT tipping in the US is simply not done, because the staff are badly underpaid and are reliant on tips to get by. As though the cost of the staff's wage is not included in the bill by default.

If everyone just stopped tipping, then the staff will quit if not paid up by the restaurant, as they should be.

[chyros]

I was told on multiple occasions that NOT tipping in the US is simply not done, because the staff are badly underpaid and are reliant on tips to get by. As though the cost of the staff's wage is not included in the bill by default.

If everyone just stopped tipping, then the staff will quit if not paid up by the restaurant, as they should be.

Tbh I think it's very unfair on the staff to have their wage depend on the customers really, or specifically, anything below a normal, liveable wage. Sure they can get extras if they do well, but they shouldn't DEPEND on the generosity of te customers.

[mohawk1367]

I was told on multiple occasions that NOT tipping in the US is simply not done, because the staff are badly underpaid and are reliant on tips to get by. As though the cost of the staff's wage is not included in the bill by default.

If everyone just stopped tipping, then the staff will quit if not paid up by the restaurant, as they should be.

in a perfect world, but the companies want the customer to feel bad so they don't have to pay their workers liveable wages. if you're the only one with the balls to not tip then you just look like an a-hole and you're not doing much in protest lol

i have to say though, I've never seen a single person tipping at a cash register and wasn't aware this was even a thing. maybe at smaller places but never a big store like Walmart or whatever. they don't have tip jars or anything

[fohat.digs]

NOT tipping in the US is simply not done, because the staff are badly underpaid and are reliant on tips to get by.

If everyone just stopped tipping, then the staff will quit

I think it's very unfair on the staff to have their wage depend on the customers really,

Labor laws in the US are abominable, and as long as the Republicans have a hand on the levers of power they will fight to the death against reason and fairness.

There are scenarios, however, almost always in high-end establishments, where customers tip extravagantly and servers make boatloads ....

[tp4tissue]

Stay home, never go outside, eat rice/ potato/yams, never restaurant = never tip. Restaurant workers wage rises, invest in centralized kitchens.

[iri]

I was told on multiple occasions that NOT tipping in the US is simply not done, because the staff are badly underpaid and are reliant on tips to get by. As though the cost of the staff's wage is not included in the bill by default.

If everyone just stopped tipping, then the staff will quit if not paid up by the restaurant, as they should be.

in a perfect world

which is basically the entire world

[Sintpinty]

As someone in Canada I do not tip at the register, I tip when I have waitress/waiter service