I knew a dog who was so utterly dedicated to ripping the squeaker out of dog toys, that humans would buy him squeaky toys just for the pleasure of watching them being cheerfully disemboweled! That was a great dog.

great! finally some progression

Love this. I wish sign language was taught as standard in schools

Tipping is not as important here as it is in the US, but when we had a guys-only table, no matter who served them the whole night, we'd send our cutest waitress over when it came to paying the bill. It did work out almost every time. So yeah, indeed, tipping IS sexist.

Just hope they actually pay good wages.

You should pay your employees a decent wage AND allow tips; if my waitress is really nice I still want to give a little extra because they deserve it, not because they'll starve if I don't.

Love this, I do hope it was genuinely true and not just talk.

I wouldnt say sexist is the word because sexist means against a sex when that isnt really against a sex

Minus the minor grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization errors, this i a great message and I wish more places did this sort of thing!

At some places the tiping can double the salary even if the people get good money from the employer.

I use to be a waitress. My hourly pay was $2.85. I was literally living dollar to dollar.

Upvote to the max

Honestly, this should be #1!

I love this.

Need more places like this.

I so wish this ridiculous habit was abolished in the US, but we're so backwards in so many ways. Charge more for the food. Pay waitstaff appropriately. Americans eat out too much anyway, which is why we're so fat.

I live in Portugal, where you don't tip - it has been seen as an insult in the past, but in the cities that is different now. Kudos to this café-bar! They seem to understand what life is about. Not about economy per se

At the JCPenneys where I worked, the employees in some of the departments were paid on commission. The idea was that it would make the salespeople more attentive to the customer. What it did was to create a highly competitive workplace, and the customers were ignored because most of the staff was busy ringing up other workers' customers and getting the credit. It was like working for tips (with the other waitresses stealing your tips off your tables).

I wish this was the norm in US.

I've been told that tips were originally given BEFORE the meal....To Insure Proper Sevice.

Unfortunately, this sort of business policy isn't always that great. Note that it doesn't say how much the "fair and liveable wage" is. A lot of times here in the United States, what is advertized as a "fair and liveable wage" often is not either (inflation, competitive pay, poor labor laws, commute prices, union busting, etc.). Many restaurant workers genuinely need the tips in order to make enough money to survive, as the food service industry is often highly underpaid. While the sexism in tipping is a problem and should be addressed, it doesn't seem like a good reason to get rid of tipping altogether. Maybe this establishment genuinely does mean what it says, but I've seen too many businesses here in America say things like this only in order to exert control over their employees' lives.

At my job the servers only get paid about $2.85 an hour other than that they get tips. I feel so bad for the servers who work the slow days. I’m a hostess and I get paid almost 8 times more than they do. It’s really not fair. Also I live in a state where employers don’t have to give breaks. It’s always wonderful standing up between 4-8 hours almost everyday. The only time I can sit is to use the bathroom.

Could we make this a worldwide phenomenon? Not just the (no)tipping but the fair wages and general respect for all involved.

Is it tho? I went to a no tipping restaurant in New Orleans. It has signs everywhere that said no tipping and the employees flat out told us to ignore them. We tipped because it would have been awkward not to have.

It's a good concept, but you have to realize you will generally pay the same in any case (restaurants make less money per check than the server does in the US), and there's no motivation to go above and beyond. The best servers make the most money at the best restaurants, and in a normal business model, it won't work like that.

We need this in the US NOW!!

I live near Indianapolis! Does anybody know the cafe?

For me tipping is not racist, sexist, humiliating or awkward. It's just a token of appreciation for a job well done. For anyone wanting to make this some social or moral issue; Be my guest, but it won't stop me from tipping.

Tipping needs to go, I hate how some people look down on wait staff and the employees forced to kiss ass to jackasses. Who still doesn't tip. Also I really hope they aren't allowed to take a percentage of card tips any more, and then wait staff are expected to pay other employees from their tips. Like the bussers and even cook line.

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Tipping is sexist hahaha. This panda turned in f*****g political agenda with all the blm lgbt posts. White man bad ungabunga

It may be some lost work of Rembrandt 🤔

When Europe is not enough....

Not bad idea, way better than spork

Ouh, can we please have that regularly? Maybe first sunday a month, for starters?