boycott tipping culture

If you are standing at a counter to order and pay, this is the first clue that a tip shouldn’t really be needed. What was the service, typing your order in? What’s even worse is that you sometime buy merchandise, coffee beans, etc at a counter, and that gets all added to the base of the tip you are supposed to pay 18+% for.

Two notes: First, I take a picture of the credit card reciept charges with my tip so if it's changed, I have proof, and Second, A fast food coffee counter in Knotts Berry Farm had a tip screen. It's out of control, and I didn't tip. That's crazy.

The tipping thing in the US is crazy. Figure it out, pay a wage, no tipping, easy enough.

American food is now more expensive than countries that pay minimum wage so the arguments are dead.

Thank God I'm not American. Their tipping system is completely b******t. It's just a way to underpay people and guilt trip customers into paying extra for basic service. But not even that. I've already seen tipping screens being added to even self-service devices or shops covering up the "no tip" button in order to force you to pay extra tips. Plus the fact shop owners mostly steal those tips for themselves instead of giving it to the employees. So no wonder most underpaid employees give tips to themselves in order to get a basic salary! It's unethical but what corporations in America do is much worse. But can't say I'm surprised as we talk about a underdeveloped first world country here like America.

Maybe businesses should be legally forced to pay decent wages & also 'Service charges' are ditched (we already pay for service via the cost of food, in restaurants, and non-mandatory tips are only handed over in cash? This pressure-tipping culture seems to be spreading everywhere else, nowadays, but the one good thing in the UK/EU, is at least we don't have to hand over our bank cards to restaurant employees/ers, as well. Talking about this spreading elsewhere: Businesses like Just Eat (similar to Uber Eats?) add a Service Charge (apparently to 'help them improve things') - AND push for tips, too. BTW, I deleted my account with them when they sent my £50 worth of food (had my daughter & SiL over) to another place and the driver didn't ask the peep who answered the door, for the delivery code. Just Eat refused to refund.

Definitely happens all the time. A friend of mine once admitted to changing the numbers on the signed copy of the credit card statement because they left an inadequate tip. He was working at Denny's. They fired him and should have. I can't imagine the tips at Jamba Juice are worth doing something like this unless the manager condones it. Given their response, that might be the case.

Find that location on Google Maps and write a scathing review. Mention the theft by an employee and the apparent lack of interest in a company that won't review security footage about an alleged theft or admit what they saw. Plenty of other places to leave reviews, too.

We had a server tip herself, after not ever bringing out one of our meals. Reversed that whole charge. It is theft guys, don’t be tempted.

When I use a credit card, I'm immediately notified by text, giving me the total and asking if this was me. I don't understand why everyone with a credit card doesn't do this. You'll know right away if something illegal has occurred.

Although I do strongly agree that tipping culture should end, until it does... most true servers/people in the industry are paid $2.13 per hour wages, so I will continue to tip appropriately/ generously. You can't take your hatred for the system out on the people who are just doing their jobs. If you want to boycott tipping culture, that means not patronizing business that don't pay a liveable wage to all employees. It doesn't mean stiffing your server who is doing the work and needs to support themself.