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Gig economy firm under fire for telling restaurants they can avoid UK’s new tipping laws
(www.theguardian.com)
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Ya'll tip over there? I thought the US was the only place with that assbackward practice.
Sometimes. Though via a different method. Which always causes utter confusion when anyone comes to the US and has to deal with the tipping culture of it being practically mandatory and done in a weird way, where it's added on to the bill.
I don't want the money going to the company I want it going to the employees, why would I have it added on to the bill, that's so weird.
In the UK if you want to tip someone you pay your bill and then you leave them some physical cash.
Most places in the US are in addition to the bill, it's just that many people who don't carry cash, so you can add it to your debit/credit on a separate line, but leaving cash is always an option. Some places that deal with a lot of non-tippers have mandatory gratuity or make it mandatory for groups above a certain size. Either way, I think it's bullshit that the employees' wages are not accounted for in menu pricing, and I'm expected to figure it out.
If we consider good service to have been given.
Rather then because the company can't be fucked to pay a fair wage.
We tend to take the Mr. Pink approach to tipping over here.